Stand By
Feature Film
Non Union
Stand By is a grounded drama about loyalty, trust, and the quiet strength it takes to choose yourself. After four close friends pull off a major score, their lives shift overnight. But when one of them is arrested and sent to jail, the money is buried for safekeeping—known only to two people. One of them is his girlfriend, a woman whose life becomes suspended in uncertainty as secrets, pressure, and suspicion begin to close in. She is not loud or reckless, but observant, thoughtful, and emotionally rich. While her boyfriend is incarcerated, she remains in place—waiting, hoping, questioning—trying to understand the man he’s becoming and the life they were supposed to have. Her patience is mistaken for compliance, her silence for guilt. When the buried money is discovered to be fake, trust among the group fractures. Accusations surface, and suspicion falls on her and another close friend. Forced to confront betrayal, fear, and the limits of her loyalty, she reaches a breaking point. In the end, Stand By is not about the money—it’s about self-worth. As the truth unravels, she makes a quiet but decisive choice to walk away, reclaiming her dignity and emotional clarity. Her transformation is subtle yet powerful, told through restraint, presence, and the weight of unspoken emotion. This is an intimate character-driven story that centers a woman who evolves from patient and conflicted to self-possessed and free.
Roles For This Project
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Submissions Due:
01/31/2026
Beautiful, striking but not flashy,o stereotypical. Soft deep thinker, there a quiet anxiety to her
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Feature Film
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Man, Woman, Non-Bina...
Gender:
Man, Woman, Non-Binary Person, Trans Man, Trans Woman
Los Angeles
21 - 40
Non Union
Feature Film
Submissions Due:
01/31/2026
Background to play friends and passersby
More Roles For This Project
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Submissions Due:
01/31/2026
Beautiful, striking but not flashy,o stereotypical. Soft deep thinker, there a quiet anxiety to her
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Submissions Due:
01/31/2026
Background to play friends and passersby
