Saturday, April 30, 2005

CASTING - DAY 1 - Birmingham

James: I remember being hideously unwell and tanked up on ibruprofen for our first casting session. We'd hired some really dank studio space in the Digbeth area of Birmingham, and the alarm kept going off every time someone opened the front door.

Gabby: No James was not at his best. And this ‘ casting room’ was is large, old and shabby...slightly embarrassing.

We see a lot of good actors for the extra parts. First in was Jane Lyndsey-Smith, midwife turned actor. We were convinced from that moment she would be our doctor.

James: We were also particularly keen on Zak Lee, who demonstrated great talent. I remember thinking that it was a shame there wasn't a larger part for him to play in the script.

Gabby: We then run hideously late chatting to our last actor, she drives us to the station and just catch our train down to London for day 2 of casting.

No main parts even potentially filled. Even though it had been a productive day, I remember being slightly worried.