A casting call for characters in Warner Bros. Pictures’ 300 has gone out. The war epic, to be directed by Zach Snyder, is based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel of the same name. Gerard Butler stars in the movie, which starts filming on October 17 in Montreal.
The film tells the true story of 300 elite Spartan fighters who, led by King Leonidas (Butler), fought to the death against King Xerxes’ massive Persian army during the battle of Thermopylae in 481-480 B.C. According to lore, their valor inspired all of Greece to rise up against the invading Persians, planting the seeds of democracy.
If you or someone you know is interested in submitting, we suggest you go through a local agent and you can use the address below:
300
Producers: Mark Canton, Bernie Goldmann, Gianni Nunari
Director: Zack Snyder Casting Director: Lora Kennedy
Start Date: October 17, 2005 Location: Montreal
SUBMISSIONS ASAP TO: LORA KENNEDY CASTING
4000 WARNER BLVD., BLDG 103, RM. 4
BURBANK, CA 91522
PLEASE: NO PHONE CALLS. WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS ONLY.
CAST: GERARD BUTLER
[PLEISTARCHOS] MALE. Age: 6 – 8
SHOULD BE ABLE TO PERFORM PROPER ENGLISH/BRITISH ACCENT. ALL MALE PERFORMERS PLAYING SPARTAN CHILDREN WILL BE REQUIRED TO SHAVE THEIR HEADS BALD (OR A BUZZ CUT WITH NO GUARD ON THE RAZOR). Leonidas’s son, he is a young warrior in training. He is one year from starting the Agoge – the Spartan system of physical, social, intellectual and moral education that every boy must go through in order to become a man. For now, he enjoys learning his lessons from the best teacher in Sparta, his own father. And he is a fast learner. He is too young to fully comprehend what being a Spartan means, but already he has mastered the importance of two words: respect and honor. SMALL ROLE IN LINES, BUT REQUIRES A GOOD CHILD ACTOR – LOTS OF SILENT PERFORMANCE. APPROXIMATELY 5 SHOOTING DAYS.
[LEONIDAS @ 3 – 5] (Non Speaking) MALE. Age: 3 – 5. TO PORTRAY LEONIDAS (played as an adult by GERARD BUTLER) AS A YOUNG WARRIOR. THIS CHARACTER WILL ENGAGE IN MOCK BATTLE WITH WOODEN SWORDS. MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING IS AN ASSET. ALL MALE PERFORMERS PLAYING SPARTAN BOY CHILDREN WILL BE REQUIRED TO SHAVE THEIR HEADS BALD (OR GET A BUZZ CUT WITH NO GUARD ON THE RAZOR). Even at this young age, as Leonidas fights with his father with wooden swords, it is no game. Even now, he must learn what it means to fight with honor and respect and fight until your body can fight no more. WE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE YOUNGEST MATCH POSSIBLE, BUT MAY BE REQUIRED TO RAISE THE AGES TO FIND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR; PLEASE SUBMIT ACCORDINGLY. ONE SHOOTING DAY…
[LEONIDAS @ 7 – 8] (Non Speaking) MALE. Age: 7 – 8. TO PORTRAY LEONIDAS (played as an adult by GERARD BUTLER) AS A YOUNG WARRIOR. THE CHARACTER WILL ENGAGE IN A FIGHT WITH ANOTHER BOY. MARTIAL ARTS (OR STUNT FIGHT) TRAINING AN ASSET. ALL MALE PERFORMERS PLAYING SPARTAN BOY CHILDREN WILL BE REQUIRED TO SHAVE THEIR HEADS BALD (OR GET A BUZZ CUT WITH NO GUARD ON THE RAZOR). A boy thrust into the violent world of the Agoge, the Spartan system of physical, social, intellectual and moral education that every boy must go through in order to become a man. Physical education being the most important and vicious…WE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE YOUNGEST MATCH POSSIBLE, BUT MAY BE REQUIRED TO RAISE THE AGES TO FIND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR; PLEASE SUBMIT ACCORDINGLY. APPROXIMATELY 2 SHOOTING DAYS.
[LEONIDAS @ 11 – 12] (Non Speaking) MALE. Age: 11 – 12. TO PORTRAY LEONIDAS (played as an adult by GERARD BUTLER) AS A YOUNG WARRIOR. EXTREMELY PHYSICAL ROLE; GYMNASTICS/ACROBATICS/MARTIAL ARTS AN ASSET. REQUIRES EXCELLENT CHILD ACTOR – LOTS OF SILENT PERFORMANCE. ALL MALE PERFORMERS PLAYING SPARTAN BOY CHILDREN WILL BE REQUIRED TO SHAVE THEIR HEADS BALD (OR GET A BUZZ CUT WITH NO GUARD ON THE RAZOR). A young Leonidas is whipped that he may learn to show no pain, to show no mercy. He is sent out into the blistering cold and forced to kill the wolf – the first of many legends that would be told of this King. This is truly the boy that would become the man, the man who would become a King…APPROXIMATELY 2 SHOOTING DAYS.
[PERSIAN MESSENGER] MALE. Age: 30’s – 40’s. ETHNICITY REQUIRED; PERSIANS are scripted as being: Assyrians, Arabians, Bactrians, Cappadocians, Medes, Karians, Babylonians, Armenians, and other Asiatic tribes…’a hundred nations’. Could be middle-Eastern, Asian, African… They can (and probably should) have an ‘old world’ somewhat Arabic-sounding accent. MUST BE SCARY, TOUGH & POWERFUL LOOKING; A scarred face and sharpened teeth (all prosthetics) through which he delivers his message to Leonidas: kneel in servitude to the God King Xerxes or perish. It is the same message he has delivered to many other Kings and he carries pieces of their skulls as a grim warning to those who would oppose Xerxes’s rule. He has no fear. He serves Xerxes – the most powerful man in the world – and what’s more, he is a messenger and so believes that he is untouchable. But his arrogance is his undoing. Leonidas holds everyone accountable for their words. Even messengers. And his insults directed at Sparta and her Queen earn this messenger a one-way trip down a very deep well…HORSE-BACK RIDING EXPERIENCE A PLUS. APPROXIMATELY 4 SHOOTING DAYS.
Source: BeestBoi
