ACTOR WANTED FOR THE TV SERIES “LATE BLOOMER” – PAID – UNION AND NON-UNION MAY APPLY

PRODUCTION TITLE:  Late Bloomer

MEDIA:  TV Series / Episodic
Live-action scripted series, Comedy

STATUS:  Union

NETWORK:  Bell Media / Crave

PRODUCTION COMPANY:  Pier 21 Films

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER(S): Nicole Butler, Vanessa Steinmetz, Karen Tsang, Shebli Zarghami, Jasmeet Raina, Baljinder Dhawan

CREATOR:  Jasmeet Raina

SHOW RUNNER:  Shebli Zarghami

DIRECTOR:  Peter Huang

WRITERS:  Jasmeet Raina, Shebli Zarghami, Lakna Edirisinghe, Jagjiwan Sohal, Cathryn Naiker

CASTING DIRECTORS:  Larissa Mair, Colleen Rush

CASTING ASSISTANT:  Jade Hesson

TENTATIVE OUTSIDE DATES: March 20 – April 26, 2023 (the role will only be needed for 1 day)
– The role shoots for 1 day: April 10 (talent must be available)

SHOOT LOCATION:  Toronto/ Surrounding Area

PAY RATE:  ACTRA IPA

SHOW SYNOPSIS: 
LATE BLOOMER is a comedy series that follows the everyday life of Jassi, your average turban wearing ‘live at home’ millennial. Like many others his age, he continuously feels like he’s behind in life as he witnesses his peers with seemingly thriving careers and picture perfect marriages. The added pressure as an eldest son within an immigrant household is, of course, not really helping either. Working as a driver for a family-run tiffin business (delivering Indian home cooked meals to students), he decides to start a video blog and share the frustrations of his mediocre attempts at adulthood. As a result, he finds himself striking a chord with a steadily growing internet audience who can relate to his journey. Like many first generation children of immigrants, he stems from a deeply rooted Indo-Canadian community and constantly finds himself balancing his cultural Eastern roots while adapting Western ideals of discovering a sense of self. This show tackles themes like dating as a POC, digital-age friendships, self-growth with a million modern distractions, spirituality and dealing with a dysfunctional (yet loving) Punjabi family. All this while navigating the Wild West of online celebrity and becoming an unlikely voice of an unheard generation. Throughout Jassi’s journey in the show, he crosses paths with a variety of colourful characters, outlandish dilemmas, and trying situations that challenge the very notions of who he is.

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CASTING:

AMRIT – PRINCIPAL ROLE – FEMALE – 30s – SOUTH ASIAN – TURBAN WEARING – SIKH 
Female. 30s. South Asian. Turban wearing. Sikh. 
Sunny’s accountant, Amrit is introduced to Jasmeet, who is having a bit of an inner crisis about the fact that he wears a turban — but doesn’t quite know why. Amrit talks about her own reasons for wearing the turban, and they make sense — but don’t do much to soothe Jasmeet’s own state of puzzlement
– Bonus if talent have any experience with improve!
– Tentatively Appears in: 1 episode
– Shoot date: April 10