If you’re a resident of West Cork and always wanted to appear in a movie, then now’s your chance as a large production has landed in the Emerald Isle and is looking for 1000 extras for the project.
The casting call was issued by West Cork Film Studios and is expected to be shooting in and around the region of Skibbereen.
The film will revolve around James ‘Jimmy’ Stewart’s wartime service, with the casting call illustrating that the production is looking for people to play a variety of roles and as dancers.
The casting call reads: "Extra extra is currently casting for a major feature film, Shooting in West Cork. We’re looking for talented background actors to bring scenes to life. This is a costume period film all extras will be paid and provided with a fitted costume.
"Join for free at extraextra.ie with your details and measurements. Featured extra roles, Speaking roles, Swing dancers wanted, Ballet dancers, Hollywood Oscar Party goers, Brass bands, Glen Miller Orchestra Players, Towns people, Airbase crew, Bomber Pilots, Army Officers and Medics."
A source told Extra.ie that the person tapped to play Stewart in the film "is being kept under wraps" and only a "few people" know who has been cast in the role.
"Filming has only just begun and I’ve been told that as little as four people know who the lead is," they told Extra.ie.
"It’s a major production and the lead is really being kept under wraps."
The film, operating under the working title "Jimmy," will mainly focus on how the Hollywood star, who famously appeared in "It’s a Wonderful Life," put his career on hold to serve in World War II with the US military in 1940.
He was the first celebrity to enlist, serving in the US Army Air Corps, and famously refused to be confined to support work from home soil, he insisted he serve on the front line.
He finished the war with the rank of colonel, and even remained as part of the Air Force reserves after 1945, retiring with the rank of brigadier-general.
*This article was originally published on Extra.ie.
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