Production: The Gilded Age
Signatory: HBO
Contract: SAG-AFTRA Television Agreement
Location: Newport, RI
Shoot Dates: early 2021
Grant Wilfley Casting is seeking background performers for the upcoming HBO series The Gilded Age which is set in the 1880s.
Seeking Actors Able to Portray:
- 1880s Middle, or working class types
- 1880s Caucasian female maids working in wealthy households
- 1880s Caucasian, young, male, attractive footmen (6'+, slender build) in wealthy households (must be ok with period haircut, being clean-shaven, and possibly wearing a wig) (possible fitting in December in NYC)
- 1880s Upper class caucasian men ball guests (height range 6'2 and below)
- 1880s Upper class caucasian women ball guests (height range 5'2 - 5'8, waist size 24 - 34inches)
- 1880s musicians to play a 12-member orchestra with real classical music playing experience
- Must be ok working around smoke and have natural-colored hair. All women must have hair 4-6 inches past shoulders in length or longer.
To submit, register with Grant Wilfley Casting at www.gwci.app/talent or submit via email at gildedage@gwcnyc.com. For instructions on how to register and submit online, visit: https://gwcnyc.freshdesk.com/support/home.
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