Friday, May 19, 2000
Here's a chance to be in pictures
Producers plan open casting call
By Margaret A. McGurk
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The long-awaited news of an open casting call for would-be movie extras finally arrived Thursday.
Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Film Commission director Lori Holladay said Thursday that the makers of Traffic will hold an open casting call from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the gym at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, 3520 Central Parkway.
The film needs more than 700 male and female extras of all ages, races and physical types to appear in scenes at a high school, courthouse and airport, among others.
Applicants must bring a photograph and be prepared to fill out forms. Linda Winters of Winters Casting in North College Hill has re ceived nearly 2,000 applications already; she said everyone who submitted a resume is already in the running. “There is no need for them to show up (Saturday) unless they enjoy standing in a really long line,” she said.
Ms. Winters also stressed that extras must be available for eight-hour shifts on any days they are called to work. She said the film's casting department promised to see everyone. “They won't turn anyone away,” she said.
She said that once shooting starts, a few extras could be chosen on the spot to speak a line in the film. Such instant promotions mean a hike in daily pay from about $40 to more than $600.
The movie, starring Michael Douglas and directed by Steven Soderbergh (Out of Sight, Erin Brockovich), is the first Hollywood production to shoot more than a few days in Cincinnati since Milk Money in 1993. The company is expected to be in Ohio until June 10.
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