R&P Post 17: Casting

Casting:

When it came to casting we used a website called Star Now  which is a website which allows talented actors, musicians, models, dancers, photographers and more to be connected with casting professionals. We looked at various different actors for our film 
project but eventually decided on these two actors to play Maya and Drew for our film:

Maya will be played by Cqimere Douglas

We chose Cqimere Douglas, aged 22 years old and educated at the BRIT School and Identity School of Acting, to play the role of Maya because she has a distinctive look to make Maya's character more memorable for the audience, making her stand out more as a result. She is also quite a confident and cheeky person which strongly suited Maya's character. 

Drew will be played by Hytham Sympa

Coach Stiles will be played by Shakiel Bahia

For Drew, we decided to cast Hytham Sempa, educated at the BRIT School to play this character because he is a confident and bold person, who again had quite a strong look to make Drew stand out more to the audience. Also, Hytham has many years of experience which convinced us that he would be able to play Drew's character to the best that it could be. 

When we were doing our location planning and went to look at McKenzie's Boxing Gym, one of the coaches who actually trains people at McKenzie's said that he would be happy to star in our film as Coach Stiles. This is really helpful for us because, as he is in fact an actual boxing coach in everyday life, he has the knowledge and experience of being a boxing coach, making him very well suited to playing our own character of Coach Stiles. But as well as this he will be able to teach our other actors any tips and tricks for boxing as they are not very experienced in boxing. 




Now we have planned what props and costumes we need and what location we are going to use we are pretty much ready to film. Come back soon for an update on our final script and storyboard!