On august 13th we held auditions for the 3rd installment of Love 10 to 1, “Addict”.

So we put an advertisement on breakdownexpress.com.

Here are the breakdowns:

Caitlin
Mid-20's (all ethnicities please apply) - A lesbian sex addict who has finally attained the stable and loving relationship she has always wanted, but tempting groupies force her to struggle for control of her addiction and risk the only woman she has ever loved. Eventually she must choose between addiction and love, and then deal with the ramifications of her choices. Caitlin plays bass in a local rock band. Must be able to look like you play in a rock band - think Shakira, Courtney Love during the early days, a female Lenni Kravitz - you get the idea. Your headshot does not need to reflect this, but please only submit if you can be the rock star. This character requires being very comfortable portraying a lesbian and kissing another woman. Partial nudity is involved, but not gratuitous (the tone of the film is a dramedy).

Sarah
Mid-20's (all ethnicities please apply) - Feisty, lesbian, sharp, yet forgiving girlfriend of the bass player of a local rock band. Very intelligent (med student) and very cute, but her trust and want for a good relationship clouds her to the fact that her sex addict girlfriend is not in control of her addiction. Her world and her ideals come apart as she comes to grips with the fact that her girlfriend has been cheating on her.

We got 408 submissions for Caitlin and 743 for Sarah. Even though it clearly says mid 20s, there are a lot of actors out there who are pushing 40 and think they can pass for mid 20s. I understand that there are not a lot of good roles for women in their late 30s, because let’s face it, in Hollywood 30 is over the hill. Christine and I want to continue writing for women and yes, this is our first project but once we get our feet wet we will write roles for all women. Our cast does include older women, a grandma & a mother (Virgin), a very cool band manager (Californication), and the part of Caitlin’s group therapist (Addict).

So we picked a total of about 17 people to see for both roles, I think only 6 showed up, and out of those, most of them came in late. I hate actor time! I think that breakdownexpress.com should let casting directors give feedback on actors, think of it as Ebay’s positive/negative feedback.

The other thing that baffles me is how people post headshots that are very old. So that by the time you see a person you chose from breakdownexpress.com, they look nothing like the headshot they submitted. People please, update your headshots regularly.

We found one girl for Sarah that Christine and I really liked. There’s another girl I’d also like to see but I don’t think Christine was that impressed with her. No one really floored us for Caitlin but there was one person that I liked but Nick and Christine were not impressed by her. She definitely looked the part, and gave a new interpretation of Caitlin that I had not seen before.

All in all, this has been a slow and sometimes painful process. For the next film, I will hire a casting director to audition people for me.

Lucy