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American Cryptids

 

Casting leading and supporting roles for American Cryptids, a horror feature film starring Anne Bobby (Nightbreed) and Lukas Hassel (The Blacklist). Talent based in the South Florida or Central Florida area is preferred. Shooting dates are January 6 - January 17, 2025 in the Fort Lauderdale and Orlando areas. All roles are paid. 

 

To audition, please submit the following:

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• Headshot

• Resume

• Role you would like to be considered for

• Your city/state

• Union status (nonunion, SAG, SAG-E)

• Reel (if available)

 

Once received, we will be in contact with an invitation to submit a self-tape audition should you be suitable for one of the roles listed below. 

 

Synopsis:

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American Cryptids tells the tale of two feuding families, one human, and one not. When an attempt at peace results in even greater bloodshed, both sides go into hiding, waiting to see what the other will do next. In a world of monsters, folk magic, and ghosts, can the youngest generation shake off the violence of their elders? Or is their fate written by bullets, fangs, and claws? Written by Joseph Zettelmaier, directed by Erynn Dalton.

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Breakdown:

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Johnny Carver (lead, mid-late 20s)

A graduate student. A good-natured goofball who moved far from his family (from Indiana to Florida) to get away from their isolated ways. He is in fact a cryptid, specifically a woodwose, as are all the Carvers. He comes unstrung after his father’s murder and begins to question his family’s seclusion and violence. Combat-fight training is a plus.

Ethnicity: Ethnically Ambiguous / Multiracial, White / European Descent

Required Media: Headshot/Photo, Video Reel

Required Skills: Combat/fight training a plus

 

Kat Carver (lead, 25-35)

A park ranger. Johnny’s older sister. Very emotionally guarded and quick-witted. She doesn’t have much patience for idiocy. She’s still hurting from a tough break and it’s made her quick to distrust. She’s very close to her family, but after the murder of her father, she’s the first of them to choose revenge. Also a woodwose. Kat identifies as LGBTQ+ and Abbie is her ex-girlfriend.

Ethnicity: Ethnically Ambiguous / Multiracial, White / European Descent

Required Media: Headshot/Photo, Video Reel

Required Skills: Combat/fight training a plus

 

Maya McClain (lead, 20-25)

A college or grad student. Fun, deeply caring, a believer in the supernatural. She’s a joyful presence who brightens the room and seems to be deeply in love with her boyfriend Johnny. However, she keeps dangerous secrets even from those she loves most. Fight-combat training is a plus.

Ethnicity: Ethnically Ambiguous / Multiracial, White / European Descent

Required Media: Headshot/Photo, Video Reel

Required Skills: Combat/fight training a plus

 

Clayton Carver (lead, 40s-50s)

A pumpkin farmer. Uncle to Johnny and Kat, and younger brother to their father Mitchell. Clay is a jolly, plain-talking midwestern farmer who is very happy to live far off the beaten path. He dislikes conflict and is perfectly happy being by himself, unbothered by the rest of the world. The death of his brother wounds him deeply, but he’s torn between violence and going deeper into seclusion. Also a woodwose cryptid.

Ethnicity: Ethnically Ambiguous / Multiracial, White / European Descent

Required Media: Headshot/Photo, Video Reel

Required Skills: Fight-combat training is a plus.

 

Abbie (supporting, 30-35)

A police detective. Kat’s former girlfriend. She still cares for Kat a lot and doesn’t reject her when Kat explains that she is actually a monster. However, Abbie couldn’t accept the violence that comes with being a cryptid trying to stay hidden. She’s still willing to risk her career to help Kat track down her father’s murderer.

Required Media: Headshot/Photo, Video Reel

 

Jill (supporting, mid-40s, early 50s)

Owns the farm adjacent to Clayton Carver's farm. Interested in being more than just neighbors with Clayton and not afraid to show it. Biting sense of humor, sassy.

Required Media: Headshot/Photo, Video Reel

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