Two Actors Needed for Ice Cream Commercial in Toronto

PRODUCTION TITLE:  PROJECT ICE CREAM

MEDIA:  COMMERCIAL

STATUS:  NON-UNION

CASTING BY:  MANN CASTING

AUDITIONS:  BY SELF TAPE (DUE MARCH 3RD @ 10AM)

RECALLS: MARCH 7TH TBD

COVID TEST DATE: TBD

FITTING DATE:  MARCH 9TH OR 10TH TBC – potentially on set

SHOOT DATE: WEEK OF MARCH 21ST : 22ND, 23RD, 24TH or 25TH (1 is a night shoot)

USAGE: 1 YEAR TV & WEB

PAY RATE: SEE BUYOUT BELOW EACH ROLE – ALL BUYOUTS ARE PENDING FINAL EDIT
– SESSION FEE:  $500.00 SESSION/DAY
– COVID TEST FEE:  $75.00
– FITTING FEE (IF APPLICABLE): $75.00

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CASTING NOTES:
ALL TALENT MUST WORK AS GTA LOCAL AND BE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19

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CASTING:

COW FRONT – PRINCIPAL ROLE – MALE – 30s – ANY ETHNICITY
CANNOT BE TALLER THAN 5’10”
LOOKING FOR COMEDIC PERFORMERS. THIS PERSON WILL BE IN THE FRONT HALF OF A COW COSTUME. A REAL QUICK-WITTED COMEDIAN AT HEART, BUT NOT IN A STAND-UP COMIC WAY. A REAL IMPROVISER, CHAPPY IS A LOYAL AND AVID SPOKESPERSON FOR THE BRAND, AND HE’S ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PLAYFUL NEW WAYS TO BE INFORMATIVE AND HELPFUL TO ICE CREAM AND FROZEN DESSERT SHOPPERS. BUT DON’T LET HIS PLAYFUL FAÇADE FOOL YOU. FRONT-HALF CHAPPY TAKES HIS JOB SERIOUSLY. HE SEES HIMSELF AS A REAL EXPERT, A TRUE CONNOISSEUR, AND THE ACTUAL BRAINS OF THIS TWO-MAN OPERATION, MEANING HE’S OFTEN FRUSTRATED BY THE ACTIONS OF BACK-HALF CHAPPY, OFTEN TIMES SEEING BACK HALF AS A NUISANCE, A REAL “TAG-ALONG” AND AS AN INCONVENIENCE WHO UNDERMINES HIS CREDIBILITY BY STEALING FOCUS FROM THE SPOTLIGHT IN HIS MIND THAT’S SHINING EVER SO BRIGHTLY ON HIS IMPORTANT LIFE’S WORK.
(WILL APPEAR IN TWO SPOTS).
“2 LITRES”: $1,500.00 BUYOUT.
“FAMILY-OWNED”: $1,500.00 BUYOUT.

COW BACK – PRINCIPAL ROLE – MALE – 30s – ANY ETHNICITY
CANNOT BE TALLER THAN 5’10”
LOOKING FOR COMEDIC PERFORMERS. THIS PERSON WILL BE IN THE BACK HALF OF A COW COSTUME. WE NEVER SEE HIS FACE, BUT THAT DOESN’T STOP BACK-HALF CHAPPY FROM BEING PHYSICALLY HILARIOUS IN HIS COMEDIC TIMING AND THE WAY HE MOVES. WHILE THIS CHARACTER COULD BE PLAYED BY SEPARATE ON- CAMERA AND VOICE ACTORS, IDEALLY THE SAME ACTOR WOULD BRING THIS UNIQUE CHARACTER TO LIFE. BACK-HALF IS MORE LIGHTHEARTED THAN FRONT-HALF, BUT IS CONSTANTLY SEEKING VALIDATION IN THIS ODD PARTNERSHIP. WE GET THE SENSE THAT HE TRULY BELIEVES IF HIS GOOD IDEAS GET THROUGH OFTEN ENOUGH, HE’LL GET PROMOTED TO FRONT-HALF STATUS – LIKE HE DESERVES.
(WILL APPEAR IN TWO SPOTS).
“2 LITRES”: $1,500.00 BUYOUT.
“FAMILY-OWNED”: $1,500.00 BUYOUT.