Casting call for Marshall movie
By Sarah Zopfi
The Herald-Dispatch
Want to see your face on the big screen?
Patrick Ingram, local extra casting director for the Warner Bros. Pictures movie "We Are ... Marshall," will be on Marshall University's campus Thursday, March 16, to visit with potential extras for the movie.
The open casting session will take place from 3 to 8 p.m. in the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center.
"We are seeking men and women 18 and over, and a few children ages 5 and up," Ingram said in a prepared release. "This film is set in 1970 and 1971 so clothes and hairstyles were very different than today. Men who are interested should not cut their hair or shave until they are contacted. This will help our hair and makeup departments to be able to style everyone to have that 1970 look."
Pam Haynes, with the West Virginia Film Office, said the title of the movie has been confirmed by Warner Bros. as "We Are ... Marshall."
"There is a special ring to that," Haynes said. "Their battle cry is now a major motion picture film title."
Haynes said extras are considered non-speaking roles, but for those fans who truly want to be a part of the film, it might not matter.
"They would essentially show up and have long days of boredom," Haynes said. "But so many people want to be involved because they have been touched by this tragedy."
Extras chosen for the movie will be contacted between March 27 and April 17.
The film's cast already includes actors Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, David Strathairn, Anthony Mackie and Kate Mara.
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The Herald-Dispatch
Want to see your face on the big screen?
Patrick Ingram, local extra casting director for the Warner Bros. Pictures movie "We Are ... Marshall," will be on Marshall University's campus Thursday, March 16, to visit with potential extras for the movie.
The open casting session will take place from 3 to 8 p.m. in the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center.
"We are seeking men and women 18 and over, and a few children ages 5 and up," Ingram said in a prepared release. "This film is set in 1970 and 1971 so clothes and hairstyles were very different than today. Men who are interested should not cut their hair or shave until they are contacted. This will help our hair and makeup departments to be able to style everyone to have that 1970 look."
Pam Haynes, with the West Virginia Film Office, said the title of the movie has been confirmed by Warner Bros. as "We Are ... Marshall."
"There is a special ring to that," Haynes said. "Their battle cry is now a major motion picture film title."
Haynes said extras are considered non-speaking roles, but for those fans who truly want to be a part of the film, it might not matter.
"They would essentially show up and have long days of boredom," Haynes said. "But so many people want to be involved because they have been touched by this tragedy."
Extras chosen for the movie will be contacted between March 27 and April 17.
The film's cast already includes actors Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, David Strathairn, Anthony Mackie and Kate Mara.
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