Sunday, March 18, 2007

You Just Knew This Was Coming, Yes?

Chris Morris has a new TV script idea.

Last week, a production company began seeking actors for “a TV film about a bunch of Pakistani lads living in Britain” that Morris is writing and directing for Channel 4.

Morris fansites have been speculating for months about a rumoured “suicide bomber” project. On the Cookd and Bombd site, a well-informed fan envisaged the film as being much like an “Islamic Young Ones”.

In the casting call itself, one character, Azzam, is described as “the sort of guy who’d protest against cartoons in a bomb belt”.


Here's part of the "casting breakdown":-

CLOSING DATE:Sunday, 20 May 2007, 23:59
wt; chris morris project (Film)

a tv film about a bunch of pakastani lads living in britain now,its about what they do-for work for play,what they believe,how the relate to their parents,families,the culture around them,their sense of heritage,its being writen and directed by chris morris for channel 4.

Producer: derrin schlesinger

Director: chris morris

Casting Details:
pls send cvs+photographs to des hamilton 104c camden st,nw1 0hy,thanks.
Role:
ahmed (Male)
Description:
british/pakastani,30,bright,intense,knowlegeable,not good with people,attended islamic law school in damascus for a year.
Role:
omar (Male)
Description:
british pakastani,29,ahmeds brother,more streetwise though not a gangster,persuasive,capable of empathy,smart around people,all overlayed on a low self esteem.
Role:
maj (Male)
Description:
british/pakastani,20,less bright but not totally dim,loyal follower of omar,big guy,strong works out,fearless.
Role:
hass (Male)
Description:
british/pakastani,21,bright,more middle class poss public school,moralistic,funny,studying IT after doing good at school.
Role:
azzam (Male)
Description:
british/pakastani,,22,college mate of hass,bright,articulate,provocative,loves the spotlight, loves winding people up, sort of guy who'd protest against cartoons in a bomb belt, mouthy.
Role:
crow uncle (Male)
Description:
british/pakastani,38,fairly bright,mad brooding,watches a lot of tv between odd jobs (nightwatchman etc),seems more of a hick than the others.
Role:
crow uncles nephew (Male)
Description:
british/pakastani,17,insanely intense......bright,very very focused,blind to anything he's not focused on,small seething boffin.

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