Invest £5,000 and win London film audition - Film - Arts - Evening Standard
       

Invest £5,000 and win London film audition

A trilogy of films set and filmed in London will have at least one new face among a cast including Neve Campbell and Kelly Reilly.

Any investor willing to stump up at least £5,000 will get the chance to audition for a speaking part in one of them.

Quicksilver Films is looking to raise £2 million of a total £2.4 million budget for the three scripts.

Matchstalk Men, based on a play by Mark Underwood, is a pyromaniac thriller. It has Campbell, star of Scream, Reilly from Mrs Henderson Presents, Leo Gregory, of Stoned and Green Street, and Billy Boyd, from Lord Of The Rings, attached to appear.

The other two films on the slate are The Last Olympian, a futuristic thriller set in 2054, and No Reason, a psychological study of a London office worker.

The projects have been brought together by Rebecca Long, a Rada and King's College graduate; Lance Roehrig, an assistant director, whose work includes Mr Bean's Holiday and Hotel Rwanda; Alexander Holt, a director in film and theatre, and Underwood himself.

Long said: "We figured there must be a lot of small investors out there who would love the opportunity to act in a movie."

Comments

Don't Miss
Gala night for the Queen of arts - stars turn out in their hundreds to pay tribute

Happy & glorious

Stars turn out in their hundreds to pay tribute to Queen
Prints charming: patterned trousers for summer

Prints charming

Patterned trousers for summer
Promethipedia: the lowdown on Ridley Scott's new blockbuster Prometheus

Promethipedia

The lowdown on Ridley Scott's new blockbuster Prometheus
The Middletan: Kate Middleton has the most requested tan in London

The Middletan

Kate Middleton has the most requested tan in London
Amy Childs bares all like Britney

Dare to bare

Amy Childs vajazzles like Britney
Thais go Gaga: singer’s ‘fake rolex’ tweet sparks new tour row... but fans still mob her at airport

Thais go Gaga

Singer mobbed at airport
Trip the bright fantastic - in vertiginous neon

Fashion

Trip the bright fantastic - in vertiginous neon
Chelsea Champions League celebrations - in pictures

Victory parade

Chelsea Champions League celebrations
High-flying heroes

High flying heroes

David Oyelowo reveals all about new film Red Tails
The Twitter Diaries: Think Bridget Jones tries social networking

The Twitter Diaries

Think Bridget Jones tries social networking