Note that they say they will film though June!

What they are looking for in extras:

… Public Enemies is a “period” feature film, circa early 1930s. You know what this means period hair styles and wardrobe fittings – guys please keep your hair long – do not cut it!! Women will need to have period hair styles – Everyone that will be cast will need to attend a wardrobe fitting. The fitting usually takes a few hours – you’ll be fit in an outfit and also be looked at by the hair department. Haircuts will most likely happen at the wardrobe fitting. The fitting usually happens a week or so before your day on set.

I am looking for a core group of extras (non-speaking roles) that will be able to work many days. So let me know if this might be you! I’m also searching for people that might be available for one or two days. These are paid extras positions. Rate TBD.

Being that this is a period film we need to find people that are able to fit into the period wardrobe. There are size requirements!

MEN need to be 6’1” and under and WOMEN 5’8” and under (no larger than a size 12), all ages (including children) in order to be considered.

*KIDS: I only consider casting kids that have current work permits on file with Joan Philo Casting. Casting children goes down fast. I mean super fast. They might call me the night before a shoot and ask for a child of a certain age. I run to my kids’ files and pull any child that has a work permit. Don’t miss out because your child doesn’t have a work permit! (I know that getting a work permit takes effort and I appreciate that this is done in the hopes of getting cast, thank you!)


We start shooting in mid-March and shoot through June 2008. I will be holding open casting calls soon! Stay tuned.

We will be shooting in Chicago and on location in Wisconsin (various towns). We will have open casting calls in Chicago for our Chicago extras and in Wisconsin for our Wisconsin extras. All casting calls TBD.

http://www.joanphilocasting.com/

Well, maybe we could move to Wisconsin? Or all hang out in a really big RV for the season! ;)

How fun---maybe some here will give it a try----looks like Johnny will be around the area for awhile.. :)

-Donna

Well let's see I would have to go on a crash diet (I would have to lose two sizes) and shrink an inch in height. But anything for Johnny. ;)

Nicci :angel

Can you just imagine being an extra in a Johnny movie! :thud
Or being an extra in a scene with him! :thud :thud

How exciting! I am in the area too, but would also need to crash diet down a couple sizes..

What I'm wondering is: was no one in that era overweight? Oh wait, this is Hollywood. Anyone over a size two is overweight. Never mind.

This is exciting news! It really brings the reality of the movie home, so to speak, especially for those lucky enough to live in the area! But I wonder too about the casting/size dimensions... Was there noone back in the '30's who was plump, or old?? :huh: Being both of those things, I guess I won't be loading up the RV and driving back to audition! Pity!

By the looks of it Ellen, no, I don't think people were overweight. So many people were out of work at the time.

This is a great site to see what was happening in the USA at that time, and there are photos. :D

http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7E1930s2/Time/timefr.html

Good luck to anybody who tries for an extras job. :crossfingers

Anne x

So, I guess this means Eleanor Roosevelt doesn't count? :huh:

Good point there Parlez. But unfortunately the country was going through a crisis at the time so people didn't eat too well. But I am sure there were chubby people out there somewhere.

Nicci :angel

That's funny ~ it appears we're going through a similar economic crisis now, and yet obesity is the biggest health problem facing the country! Go figure... I guess they didn't have the kind of junk food back in the '30's that allowed people to be starving and heavy at the same time!

:P Probably not. They had to MAKE their own doghnuts.

FOOD list:
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/30sfood.html

1930's JUNK FOOD ?
Quote from a different page:
"There was always excitement when the huckster wagon came because one of the things he carried was candy. "

Quote a different page:
"We did not often get candy bars, but many of the candy bars from that time still exist today: Baby Ruth, Butterfingers, Milky Way, Heath Bars, Bit-O-Honey, and Three Musketeers. Three Musketeer bars were different back then; they actually had three separate pieces in the bar—each with a different kind of filling. For chewing gum we had Wrigley’s Spearmint and Doublemint Gum, Adam’s Clove and Blackjack Gum, and Chiclets. Juicy Fruit was popular, but the packaging was different; the package used to have green and white diagonal stripes.

We did not eat many snack foods. Once in a while we might have some potato chips. My mother baked most of the cookies we ate—her specialty was oatmeal cookies; but occasionally she would get store-bought cookies. My favorites at that time were a cream-filled wafer and a chocolate-covered marshmallow cookie. I still like the wafer cookies, but I haven’t had—or wanted—a marshmallow cookie in years. "
Full article: http://faculty.buffalostate.edu/beaverjf/nbd/shop.htm

Nice site Anne! :thumbsup Worth surfing around in.
If you go to IN PRINT --> Advertising --> Slang, we might find Willie Wonka hanging around there somewhere during that time frame! :unsure: Funny slang!

Here's some more specifics on extras casting in Madison, WI, this Saturday (or is it Sunday - some contradiction here):

I fit the descrption needed, but I live in Cali! ****GGGRRR*****