Red Room

Vancouver Actors Guide is casting the role of Red Room in Vancouver, BC, a character-driven acting role in a narrative film production rooted in World War II history. This is a performance role within the dramatic acting department, requiring the portrayal of Antonis Parianos, a celebrated Greek singer whose personal backstory intersects with wartime trauma and legacy. The role suits a male actor, approximately 30 years of age, with experience carrying emotionally layered characters across episodic television or feature film production.

About the Role

Red Room centers on Antonis Parianos, born Antonis Koutsoukelanikas, a famous Greek performer appearing at a New Year’s Eve gala whose participation in the production is driven by the death of his mother, Marina Kapeloni, who was killed by torture in a Gestapo cell. The character carries a strong sense of artistic pride alongside a private grief, and scenes will require the actor to hold both registers convincingly. A typical day on set involves dramatic performance work within a period-informed production context, with material that demands emotional precision and cultural specificity.

Key Responsibilities

• Portray Antonis Parianos, a Greek male character aged 30, with credible cultural authenticity and period-appropriate bearing across all scheduled shooting days.
• Deliver a performance that reflects the character’s public persona as a celebrated artist while grounding scenes in his private motivation tied to his mother’s death under Gestapo detention.
• Collaborate with the director during rehearsal to develop the internal logic of a character navigating grief, pride, and historical weight within a narrative film framework.
• Perform in New Year’s Eve gala sequences that require presence as a recognized public performer, which may involve vocal or stage performance elements.
• Maintain continuity of character between scenes that contrast the singer’s celebrated public status with the personal history driving his involvement in the story’s central events.
• Participate in the production’s shooting schedule as required by the production timeline set by Vancouver Actors Guide.

What You Bring

• Male actor, age 30 or appearance range consistent with the character breakdown.
• Screen credits in feature film production or episodic television with demonstrated dramatic range.
• Ability to portray Greek cultural identity authentically, with language or dialect experience considered an asset.
• Experience with emotionally complex roles in historical or period drama contexts.
• A current acting resume and professional headshots ready for submission.

Why This Role

Vancouver Actors Guide is a long-standing free resource for the Vancouver acting community, with direct access to productions casting locally and a track record of connecting performers with substantive screen roles. Red Room offers an actor the chance to anchor a historically grounded dramatic character with real narrative weight, not a supporting walk-on. This is a profit-share production, and the role sits at the center of a story with genuine dramatic stakes built around documented wartime history.

Submit your resume and headshots for the Red Room role through Vancouver Actors Guide using the apply button on this listing.