Casting Interviews

Going back to our previous post about changing characters we thought we should divulge more information about how we decided on our choice of actors.
We decided to be quite professional about it and choose a few people to interview for casting.


For the casting of Cindy we interviewed:
- Cindy Wellings
- Emily Porritt
- Vivienne Smith.




First of all we got told them what the film was about and about the character of 'Cindy'. Then we asked them to read a few lines from the script in the way they felt was appropriate. Cindy Wellings and Emily Porritt both delivered the lines appropriately and how we imagined them to be said. Unfortunately , we felt Vivienne's voice was too soft for the character of 'Cindy' as we felt she would be a more independent and strong girl.
To decide between CIndy and Emily we took into consideration appearance and how well they could conform to the typical indie style. We liked the fact that Emily is quite petite but she is a natural blonde whereas we always imagined 'Cindy' as a brunette. We also feel Wellings would suit the indie attire more than Emily would. This is how we came to the conclusion of having Cindy Wellings playing the female lead.


For the casting of Chase we intervied;
- Antar Adams
- Tom Merritt
- Zac Houili


We used the same casting process for the boys , We felt Antar and Zac both had good execution of the lines but Tom sounded too common as we imagined Chase as being well brought up and quite posh. Then we analysed Antar and Zac to see who fitted the role better appearance wise. We decided that Zac ctually looked too much like an Indie kid and that Antar seemed more opposite to Cindy. We felt Antar would suit the preppy look better so decided to choose him to play "chase".