Casting: William, Tenah, Dan and Alessandro's Auditions

I have been in contact with all of the actors that have applied for roles in the film since I wanted to see some variation in how actors interpreted the roles. Auditionees that really stood out were William, Tenah and Alessandro. They all responded quickly and seemed extremely interested. I asked if they could come down and audition, but Tenah and Alessandro were too far away to come for a quick audition, so they filmed performances of themselves. It was mainly the location issue that both of these auditionees didn't get the part, as the auditions were quite strong.

William however was able to make it to Norwich to show me his acting skill and read through the script. He was friendly, enthusiastic and we went to the filming locations to give him an idea of what the product would look like. He read the script with us, giving his own spin to the character of Ray, making him seem more uptight and sarcastic, which added depth to his interpretation of what we'd told him about the character.

Joe introduces me to Dan as someone he knew through a friend of his, saying that he was an actor and had performed bits and pieces to him before. We got in contact with him and we arranged an audition, so we went to the filming location and talked through the project with him, as we did with William. He also seemed extremely interested, but he had more of an extroverted personality, which enforced my opinion that he would make a great Ali, an extroverted character. We then went through the script, reading for Ali and Ray. He played the character up to his strengths and this secured his place in the production.

Tenah was a strong candidate for Tracy but due to scheduling problems, she couldn't be back in the country in time to film. Alessandro lives in Edinburgh, which would be hard to organise travel for.