1. Cast notes and considerations:
Considerations:
For the role of Claire:
Name: Eisvina Dumbliaskaite
Age: 17
Previous acting experience: No
Name: Promise Oladimeji
Age: 14
Previous acting experience: No
Name: Bridget Jacobs
Age: 18
Previous acting experience: No
2. For the role of Helen:
Name: Jasmin Bispham
Age: 23
Previous acting experience: No
Name: Rachel Lopez
Age: 18
Previous acting experience: yes
Name: Frankie Goldsmith
Age: 16
Previous acting experience: No
3. For the role of Isabel:
Name: Vanessa Thomas
Age: 17
Previous acting experience: Yes
Name: Sarah Gakpe
Age: 17
Previous acting experience: No
Name: Divine Kemi
Age: 12
Previous acting experience: No
4. For the role of Rachel:
Name: Busayo Mataluko
Age: 17
Previous acting experience: No
Name: Eisvina Dumbliaskaite
Age: 17
Previous acting experience: No
Name: Bridget Jacobs
Age: 18
Previous acting experience: No
5. Final Casting Decisions:
Character to be played: Claire
Name: Eisvina Dumbliaskaite
Age: 17
Features: light brown hair, with green eyes.
Reason behind casting: we chose to use Eisvina
as our character for Claire because out of all the
characters she was the one who we felt was
emotional enough to portray the character due to
her natural personality. Out of all the other people
we considered she also happened to be the right
age and she was most convenient for us to use
since she attends the same school as us.
Character to be played: Isabel
Name: Vanessa Thomas
Age: 17
Features: black hair and dark brown eyes.
Reason behind casting: the main reason why we
chose to use Vanessa as Isabel was because she’s
an A-Level drama student, which made her stand
out amongst the rest of the people we considered.
Being a drama student is vital because it means
she already has experience with acting, therefore
her performance would seem natural. Another
reason why we chose Vanessa was because she
was the most convenient for us as she also attends
the same school as us.
6. Character to be played: Helen
Name: Jasmin Bispham
Age: 23
Features: brown hair and brown eyes.
Reason behind casting: we chose to use Jasmin
as the mother simply because she’s the oldest
person we had for the role of Helen. Not only
that but she also happens to be a mother
therefor she already knows what it’s like to
raise a child, therefore the role would suit her
best.
Character to be played: Hannah
Name: Busayo Mataluko
Age: 17
Features: dark brown hair and dark brown eyes.
Reason behind casting: the reason why we chose
Busayo to be one of the best friends of Claire’s
character was because both Eisvina (who will be
playing Claire) and Busayo are best friends in real life.
This means that whatever scene they act together
wouldn’t be weird or awkward between them
because they are already used to each other.
