My Cheater Wife Opened My Eyes

Production Company
Garrett VanDusen Productions
Producer(s)
Garrett VanDusen, Micheal Watt
Casting Director(s): 
Garrett VanDusen (Assistant: Karina Frislev)
Union Status
Non-Union
Project Type
Online / Web Series
Student Production
No
Compensation Details

LEADS 500$ a day
Princials 200$ a day
Actor roles 100$ a day

Shoot / Performance Date(s)
Last two weeks of February
Shoot / Performance Location(s)
Vancouver lower mainland
Submission Deadline
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Submission Instructions

Please email mycheaterwifecasting@gmail.com with the character you would like to submit for, Headshots, and Resume & DEMO reel if available, and we will send you the sides! Tapes Due Feb 6rd at 12pm PST

Project Synopsis
This is a non-union Vertical 72 one minute episodes shoot on a 10 day schedule.
Additional Information & Safety Protocols: 

IMPORTANT MEMO:
Intimacy coordinators will be present on appropriate days. Our shoot days will not exceed 10 hour days. 10 day shooting schedule total. (last two weeks of February.)
Its import to note there will be no Nudity in our project.

Team:
Garret VanDusen - https://garrettvandusen.com
Michael Watt - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3045981
Karina Frislev - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0295906

Character 1
Victoria Benson
Age
27-32
Gender
Female
Description
White woman. Master Manipulator as selfish & smart as she is beautiful she is a seasoned criminal and...serial husband killer, who is out for herself undercover as the wife to a Blind Millionaire OLIVER BENSON. She plans to trick him into signing his company and fortune over to her in a calculated plot that has been going on for the last two years before our story even begins. Sneakily dating her husbands corporate employee PETER ARGON right before his eyes thinking he can't see her. She cold hearted and uses everything at her disposal to get what she desires, power and money driven. LEAD (500$ a day rate. 8-9 set days)
Character 2
Nora Smith
Age
26-31
Gender
Female
Description
White Woman. Maid in the Benson Mansion, beautiful and innocent, kind, smart and a virtuous person. she witnesses daily the horrible deceitful doings of her employer VICTORIA BENSON, is doing in front of her blind husband OLIVER BENSON. But she cant not say a word to anyone about it or VICTORIA will cut off Nora's sick mothers expensive hospital treatments, which are the only thing keeping her alive, so her hands are tied. Nora also has developed a secrete crush on OLIVER BENSON herself. LEAD (500$ a day rate. 6-8 set days.)
Character 3
Peter Argon
Age
27-35
Gender
Male
Description
White Male. VICTORIA's evil right hand man for the last 10 years/ boyfriend, a bit rough around the edges but not hard on the eyes, he is a member of a high level organized crime operation, who has been to prison for a crime he helped VICTORIA commit. He loves her till the ends of the earth, and is excited to get rich with VICTORIA and then kill off Oliver her husband and live his version of happily ever after with the apple of eye and ride or die partner in crime. For now he is undercover as OLIVERS corporate employee, putting on a MOSTLY convincing performance. LEAD (500$ a day rate. 7-9 set days)
Character 4
Oliver Benson
Age
27-34
Gender
Male
Description
White Male. Rich, Handsome, Kind, Masculine Energy, Razor Smart, competitive and a good man with a large dash of charm about him. Oliver is in line to take over his family's dynasty, but unfortunately has fallen blind in resent years, both physically and to seeing his wife's dishonest and cheating ways. UNTILL HE's NOT :). As our true hero he works hard throughout the series to right all wrongs in his path. (LEAD 500$ a day rate. 7-10 set days)
Character 5
Paul Martin
Age
28-35
Gender
Male
Description
Male any ethnicity. An old friend of OLIVERS an EX detective, who is strong, very intelligent, masculine and a bit curmudgeonly/ jaded, who comes out of retirement to help OLIVER take down his cheater wife and the organized crime operation behind her, ONLY because he needs the money OLIVER offers for the job to save the life of his sick daughter. (PRINCIPAL 200$ a day rate. 2-3 set days)
Additional Characters

All actor roles are set days 1-2 days only.

Henry Fortune- Olivers rich business friend (ACTOR ROLE age 40-60 100$ a day rate.)
Margot Fortune - Rich spoiled pretty heiress with her eyes on all the BEST in life. Including Oliver. (ACTOR ROLE age 24-32. 100$ a day rate.)
Mr Benson- Olivers CEO father scary, boss man think Logan Roy from succession vibes. (ACTOR ROLE age 40-60 100$ a day rate.)
Sarraf Roman Debois- World famous Jewelry expert. and friend of the Bensons. (ACTOR ROLE age 35-60 100$ a day rate.)
Lucas- Norahs old friend and Jewelry expert Sarraf Roman Debois son. Has a crush on Nora. (ACTOR ROLE age 25-30 100$ a day rate.)
Pauls Wife- Fiercely protective and traditional wife, untrusting of others. (ACTOR ROLE age 30-40 100$ a day rate.)
Pauls Daughter- sweat, helps her mom see the bensons are not the enemy. (ACTOR ROLE age 8-13 100$ a day less then 8 hour day)
Nora's Mother- Sick in hospital, with expensive illness, warm women loves her daughter dearly (ACTOR ROLE age 50+ 100$ a day rate.)
Women party guest- Nosey guest at the Benson's NYE party (ACTOR ROLE age 25-35, 100$ a day rate.)
Male party guest- Curious guest at the Bensons NYE party(ACTOR ROLE age 27-35, 100$ a day rate.)
Mr Williams- Thug with tattoos or a gangster look, part of the organized crime gang (ACTOR ROLE age 28-35, 100$ a day rate.)
Male Priest- Officiate's a marriage at the end. (ACTOR ROLE age 30+ 100$ a day rate.)
Board Member- Works at Benson's INC business type male or female (ACTOR ROLE age 27-60 100$ a day rate.)
Police Officer #1 & 2- Male or female these two arrest Victoria in the end. (ACTOR ROLE age 27-60 100$ a day rate.)
Doctor- Tries to save Olivers life at the end. ( ACTOR ROLE age 30+ 100$ a day rate.)