On Location Casting
**LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY!!! Where you at???
I am in town personally TODAY – SUNDAY 5/25/25 to meet with and take photos/video of anyone who is interested in possibly being in our WILD TURKEY BOURBON Commercial!!
(especially looking for ASIAN Men and Young Hip Cool Black & Hispanic Men & Women, but meeting with ALL types 21+)
IF YOU or Someone you Know IS IN LEXINGTON, Want to be in this commercial and want to meet with me – SEND ME AN EMAIL ASAP! I’ll be setting up meetings for later this evening in Lexington. Email to: nashvilleextras@gmail.com with subject line IN PERSON AUDITION. Make sure to include your name and phone number.
(NOTE: If you have already submitted – please don’t request meeting as I am trying to find a few more faces who haven’t yet submitted (Director is still making his choices) See below for details of the job opportunity. Also – if you can’t make it in person – you can still submit via google form or email
KENTUCKY (Louisville, Lawrenceburg and others)
COMMERCIAL CASTING NOTICE
BACKGROUND & FEATURED BACKGROUND
Link to Submit: https://forms.gle/8EF2ckhtBo2ZK5icA
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Project: Wild Turkey Bourbon – COMMERCIAL
LOCATION: KENTUCKY (Louisville, Lawrenceburg and surrounding areas) KENTUCKY LOCAL HIRE ONLY! (transportation/accommodation/travel expenses will not be provided!) OK to live out of state as long as you are a reasonable self DRIVE to KENTUCKY and are not expecting compensation for travel. MUST be LOCAL HIRE and not require a flight to get to locations in KENTUCKY!
DATES NEEDED:
SATURDAY 5/31, SUNDAY 6/1 MONDAY 6/2, TUESDAY 6/3. **May work (1) or more dates in this timeframe-prefer flexible availability until we know which date(s) you will be needed
-we do NOT have exact Call/Wrap times, so you should have FULL evening/night available to allow for whatever the Call Time ends up being.
UNION STATUS: NON-UNION
Rates of PAY:
BACKGROUND – $300.00 for up to an 8 hour day (OT after 8 if applicable, but will likely work less than 8 hours and will still be paid the full 8 hour guarantee) (*should be available for longer just in case though!!)
CONFLICTS: Any other Alcohol beverage brands (please let us know if you have been in a campaign for another brand)
USAGE:
+ 3 years global usage
+ Media:
All Broadcast media; including, but not limited to, network, spot, free and/or paid basic cable, syndication
All Digital/New Media, Internet, Streaming & Social Media; including, without limitation, on Brand’s social media site and in paid media and including, without limitation, mobile phones and other mobile media
All public exhibition/industrial uses; including, without limitation, in-store, kiosk, in-stadium, in-flight, corporate videos, mobile phones, military bases, trade shows, in-cinema and at any events attended by or sponsored by Advertiser
Behind the Scenes/PR Materials/Internal may be used in any and all media, including without limitation, all in all broadcast media and for all industrial purposes and anywhere on the Internet, worldwide.
All Print Media; including without limitation consumer/trade magazine and newspaper, OOH, wild postings, bus shelters including electronic media
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ROLES: **BACKGROUND & FEATURED BACKGROUND**. —We are not looking for your stereotypical Actor – we are looking for REAL PEOPLE, REAL COMMUNITY, REAL LIVES: people who represent family, celebration of blue collar life, hard-working every day men & women from a variety of professions to include Nurses, Construction Workers, First Responders, Welders, Waitresses, Line Cooks, Bikers, American Legion/VFW Members, Truck Drivers, Bus Drivers, Factory Workers, Farmers, Auto Mechanics, Landscapers, Trash Collectors, Ranchers, Airport Workers, Veterans, Bourbon Drinkers, JAPANESE & ASIAN Men and Women, Karaoke Lovers, Dog Walkers, Horse Lovers and everyone in between – REAL PEOPLE with REAL JOBS!
[HIP BAR PATRONS – FEATURED BACKGROUND] Male and Female, all ethnicities, age range 25-35, Hispanic and Black, good looking, hip, cool, stylish
[ASIAN BAR PATRONS – FEATURED BACKGROUND] Male and Female, able to portray ASIAN, age range 25-80, variety of ‘real people’ types, genuine, interesting faces, memorable characters. MUST be minimum 21 for alcohol brand.
[FACES OF KENTUCKY FEMALE – FEATURED BACKGROUND] Female, all ethnicities, age range 25-80, wide variety of types – we’re looking to celebrate the real people of Kentucky, Kentucky proud, interesting, quirky, memorable, hard-working, salt-of-the-earth, blue-collar, imperfect, incredible characters with great faces and even greater spirit. Maybe you’re a bourbon drinker, maybe you’re not – but you love Kentucky. MUST be minimum 21 for alcohol brand.
[FACES OF KENTUCKY MALE – FEATURED BACKGROUND] Male, all ethnicities, age range 25-80, wide variety of types – we’re looking to celebrate the real people of Kentucky, Kentucky proud, interesting, quirky, memorable, hard-working, salt-of-the-earth, blue-collar, imperfect, incredible characters with great faces and even greater spirit. Maybe you’re a bourbon drinker, maybe you’re not – but you love Kentucky. MUST be minimum 21 for alcohol brand.
[REAL DISTILLERY WORKERS – FEATURED BACKGROUND] Male and Female, all ethnicities, age range 25-65, wide variety of interesting types who currently work at or have worked at a local distillery and are familiar with the process/equipment/etc. MUST be minimum 21 for alcohol brand.
*YOU SHOULD NOT SUBMIT IF YOU NEED TO COME LATE/LEAVE EARLY. YOU MUST HAVE ENTIRE DAY AVAILABILITY ON THE FILMING DAY! NO EXCEPTIONS!
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TO SUBMIT for this role: https://forms.gle/8EF2ckhtBo2ZK5icA
Please fill out the above submission link -OR- send us an email ASAP to – nashvilleextras@gmail.com (*please don’t do both!) With subject line WILD TURKEY (specify role submitting for)
Emails must include ALL of the following:
-First & Last Name
-Phone Number
-Email Address
-Recent Color Photos of you (prefer cell phone photos rather than professional headshots – NO FILTERS!) Please include at least (2) photos – (1) Close Up and (1) Full Body Standing (make sure you are the ONLY person in your photo, no sunglasses or hats)
-Height & -Weight
-Clothing and Shoe Sizes
-Current City/State you are located in
-Confirm that you are fully available on listed filming dates – if not, please list which dates you CAN be available (chances of being booked are increased the more open your availability is!!)
-What type of work do you do or what type of hobbies do you have that might represent “real people, real work, real communities, real life”?
-Do you drink bourbon (NOT required at all – just curious)
-Confirm that you are AT LEAST 21 years old with valid ID
**** Please ALSO include a short VIDEO of you telling us your name, where you’re from, what you do for a living, a little bit about yourself, what you love about Kentucky. Can just be a casual video taken on your cell phone. Should be 60-120 seconds of video. If the file is too large to upload to email – you can send it either via dropbox or WeTransfer. **Video note – if you are Retired, please let us know what occupation/field you are retired from. If you do Background work – leave that out!! Client doesn’t want to hear about ‘actors’ or ‘background’ – they only want to know what you do in your ‘real’ jobs, they want to know what you do/did before you ever started doing background work or acting – trust me – if you mention in your video anything about acting or being on a set – they will NOT choose you