“Men of Granite” starring William Hurt and Shirley McClain is looking for folks in the area to work as paid extras.
“Men of Granite” is set during the Great Depression and casting directors are looking for extras that appear to be from that time…. natural looks, no piercings, visible tattoos, modern haircuts, etc. The movie is filming in the Cleveland Ohio area this summer and has a casting call out for extras to fill small roles in the project. Locals interested in working as background extras on the film can sign up online through the casting directors website (See submission information below).
According to the films IMDB page, “Men of Granite” focuses on a group of poor immigrant high school boys in Granite City, Illinois who defy all odds and go on to win the 1940 state championship in basketball. The project is being directed by Dwayne Johnson-Cochran and written by Armand Kachigian.
By the way… William Hurt is also part of the “Captain America: Civil War” cast. Hurt plays General Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross in Captain America 3 which is filming this summer in Atlanta.
The Cleveland Film Commission posted the following casting notice on their site:
OPA Casting is seeking paid extras for New Feature: ‘Men Of Granite’
If interested in being an extra in this film, please go to www.olmstedperformingarts.com, click on casting and fill out a free profile. If chosen, you will be notified via email regarding all extra work on this film.
Based on a true story: It’s 1940 and America is still struggling out of the Great Depression. Granite City is a town divided. The Depression has hardly touched the town’s wealthy elite, but for the town’s immigrant poor, it’s a far different story. Under the auspices of their teacher and mentor, feisty SOPHIE PRATHER, the immigrant boys in the Lincoln Park gang — including HUGGY, ANDY, and EVON — find an alternative to the mean streets in Sophia’s newly opened youth center, where they gather to practice the sport of basketball.
Later, this “band of brothers” are the first immigrants allowed into the town’s elite high school, where they are initially met with resistance and suspicion. Coached by a reluctant, somewhat disenchanted head COACH BOZARTH, the boys win their way onto the school varsity basketball team, break the team’s sad losing streak and score a series of unprecedented victories, the line between rich and poor begins to blur, as the entire community embraces the spunky immigrant kids, cheering them on all the way to a championship..
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