Casting Calls - DR. EMILY THORNE

Dr. Emily Thorne

Subject 38

Short Film 150 Woman 28 - 35 Non Union Principal 08/03/2026 New York City

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Emily is a polished and highly disciplined psychiatrist whose professionalism functions like emotional armor. She is observant, precise, ambitious, and accustomed to being the most rational person in the room. After a patient challenges her understanding of reality, Emily’s confidence gradually deteriorates into fear, desperation, and existential horror. The performer must carry the film and convincingly portray Emily’s progression from controlled clinical authority to paranoia, emotional collapse, and devastating self-awareness. The role requires strong psychological depth, subtle reaction work, physical intensity, crying, panic, screaming, and sustained emotional vulnerability.

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