Casting: Clooney project: Burn After Reading
16/05/07 17:31 August 2007
Casting: Clooney project: Burn After Reading
Who: Casting these roles:
ROLES AVAILABLE: FEMALES
Connie, any ethnicity, 20s - 30s. She is pretty and has a phony, upbeat exterior, but she is actually very cynical under the surface. Connie is the co-host of a morning talk show called "Good Morning Seattle" with the character Del. On the show, she gushes over her guest Sandy----but she really thinks that Sandy is a complete bitch. Sandy, any ethnicity, Mid 30s - 40s. She is an attractive woman, and she is married to a Treasury Department agent named Harry. Sandy is a successful children's book author. At first glance she is very lovey-dovey with her husband, and Sandy seems sad that she must take off on an extensive tour to promote her latest book. However, behind the scenes, she's also having a hot affair and is just about to serve her husband with divorce papers. LEAD ROLE MALES
Bogus Terikhian, any ethnicity, Mid 20s - 30s. This ostentatious, flashy, expensively-dressed attorney is the high-priced expert whom Katie Cox (played by Frances McDormand) has hired to handle her divorce. He's glib and slick, he encourages Katie to "spy" on her husband and discover his assets, so that they can freeze the accounts and take Osbourne Cox for everything he is worth. Plastic Surgeon, any ethnicity, 30s - 40s. This high-priced, smooth-talking plastic surgeon meets with the eager Linda Litzke to discuss a series of expensive procedures that she is planning on having. Del (Process Server), any ethnicity, 30s - 40s. Pretending to be Osbourne Cox's old Princeton classmate, this man catches Osbourne off guard and proceeds to serve him with divorce papers Palmer Debakey Smith, Caucasian, 50s. A distinguished silver-haired man, he's Osbourne's boss at the CIA, who calls Osbourne into his office and tells him that he's been demoted----which prompts the outraged Osbourne to quit on the spot. Later, Palmer reports to his boss about the turmoil surrounding their recently dismissed agent----but the bodies are piling up and answers are in short supply. LEAD ROLE Gardner Chubb, Caucasian, 50s - 60s. He is Palmer's boss. He's another silver-haired honcho at the CIA. Palmer reports to him about the mysterious events surrounding their recently dismissed agent, Osbourne. Gardner is trying his best to do damage control on the deadly string of disasters----but he really has no idea what the hell is going on. LEAD ROLE Krapotkin, Caucasian, 60s. An assistant cultural attache' at the Russian embassy. He's a 60ish Russian functionary "with the beetle-browed sphynxlike look of the Brezhnev-era bureaucrat." He's taken aback when Linda and Chad approach him with an unusual proposition. Russian Man, Caucasian, 40s - 50s. This Russian embassy worker in a suit asks Linda and Chad to accompany him to see another man at the embassy
What: Dark comedy about a former CIA agent who writes his memoirs after being fired.The film is loosely based on the novel "Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence," by Admiral Stansfield Turner
Where: Casting in New York and Washington D.C. starting this August. Production expected to commence late August 2007.
ROLES AVAILABLE: FEMALES
Connie, any ethnicity, 20s - 30s. She is pretty and has a phony, upbeat exterior, but she is actually very cynical under the surface. Connie is the co-host of a morning talk show called "Good Morning Seattle" with the character Del. On the show, she gushes over her guest Sandy----but she really thinks that Sandy is a complete bitch. Sandy, any ethnicity, Mid 30s - 40s. She is an attractive woman, and she is married to a Treasury Department agent named Harry. Sandy is a successful children's book author. At first glance she is very lovey-dovey with her husband, and Sandy seems sad that she must take off on an extensive tour to promote her latest book. However, behind the scenes, she's also having a hot affair and is just about to serve her husband with divorce papers. LEAD ROLE MALES
Bogus Terikhian, any ethnicity, Mid 20s - 30s. This ostentatious, flashy, expensively-dressed attorney is the high-priced expert whom Katie Cox (played by Frances McDormand) has hired to handle her divorce. He's glib and slick, he encourages Katie to "spy" on her husband and discover his assets, so that they can freeze the accounts and take Osbourne Cox for everything he is worth. Plastic Surgeon, any ethnicity, 30s - 40s. This high-priced, smooth-talking plastic surgeon meets with the eager Linda Litzke to discuss a series of expensive procedures that she is planning on having. Del (Process Server), any ethnicity, 30s - 40s. Pretending to be Osbourne Cox's old Princeton classmate, this man catches Osbourne off guard and proceeds to serve him with divorce papers Palmer Debakey Smith, Caucasian, 50s. A distinguished silver-haired man, he's Osbourne's boss at the CIA, who calls Osbourne into his office and tells him that he's been demoted----which prompts the outraged Osbourne to quit on the spot. Later, Palmer reports to his boss about the turmoil surrounding their recently dismissed agent----but the bodies are piling up and answers are in short supply. LEAD ROLE Gardner Chubb, Caucasian, 50s - 60s. He is Palmer's boss. He's another silver-haired honcho at the CIA. Palmer reports to him about the mysterious events surrounding their recently dismissed agent, Osbourne. Gardner is trying his best to do damage control on the deadly string of disasters----but he really has no idea what the hell is going on. LEAD ROLE Krapotkin, Caucasian, 60s. An assistant cultural attache' at the Russian embassy. He's a 60ish Russian functionary "with the beetle-browed sphynxlike look of the Brezhnev-era bureaucrat." He's taken aback when Linda and Chad approach him with an unusual proposition. Russian Man, Caucasian, 40s - 50s. This Russian embassy worker in a suit asks Linda and Chad to accompany him to see another man at the embassy
What: Dark comedy about a former CIA agent who writes his memoirs after being fired.The film is loosely based on the novel "Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence," by Admiral Stansfield Turner
Where: Casting in New York and Washington D.C. starting this August. Production expected to commence late August 2007.
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