Finding an actress to play the character of Vera has proved to be more difficult than originally thought. About two weeks ago (17 days to be precise) I advertised for the role on Gumtree and Studio NI. We had around 12 people interested at the initial stage, asking from more information about the film. I sent a copy of the script to all the possible Vera's and the provisional shooting dates. I arranged a casting for Monday 31st March for the people who continued to be interested in the role after reading the script, and four people let me know that they could attend.
Over the weekend, two of these people emailed me to let me know that they could no longer attend. On the day, they girl who we had been most interested in seeing, based on the CV and showreel she sent us emailed to let us know she could no longer attend but would be happy to send a video audition instead.
Nobody ended showing up the casting, and although I left the casting feeling quite dejected, I was not altogether surprised, having sat in on one or two other castings where little or no people have shown up.
More people responded to the post on Gumtree, and I sent them the script and shooting dates. I also updated the Gumtree with our more precise shooting dates. We have one girl interested who says she will come for an audition on Friday, but at this stage I'm still in the mindset that we still need to find the Vera, so am coming up with a Plan B (and possibly a Plan C) in case the actress doesn't work out for the role.
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