Derrick
About the Job
We are seeking an African American male performer aged 32–45 for the lead role of Derrick in The Girl Trapped on Mars. Derrick is the most complex role in the script — a man who is genuinely warm and trying to hold his family together while being the source of its unraveling. The role requires a performer who can play charm and danger without telegraphing either one. Discipline and nuance are essential — the audience must believe in the version of Derrick who books vacations before they encounter the version who comes later. Role includes scenes of domestic violence, all handled with a qualified intimacy and safety coordinator present. Derrick requires extensive special effects makeup in the film's final sequence to create a distorted, zombie-like appearance — performer must be comfortable with a prolonged SFX makeup application and prosthetic elements. The actor will also be present on set during scenes involving a non-firing replica firearm. Film or television experience strongly preferred.
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