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If you\u2019ve ever wanted to be part of a film led by an Oscar-winning director, now\u2019s your chance.<\/p>\n
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Renowned director Ang Lee is casting extras for \u201cGold Mountain,\u201d<\/a> a new movie about the Gold Rush, set and filmed in the Sacramento area. According to an open call for auditions, the movie crew is looking for people in the capital region to be part of the production.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Taiwanese director has previously directed top movies including \u201cSense and Sensibility,\u201d \u201cLife of Pi\u201d and \u201cBrokeback Mountain,\u201d the latter two of which earned him the Best Director Academy Award.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here\u2019s what to know about Lee\u2019s newest upcoming movie.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to the Film & Television Industry Alliance\u2019s Production List website, \u201cGold Mountain\u201d will be a \u201cperiod adventure\u201d set in 1850s San Francisco.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe story centers on a resourceful widow and a young woman she brings over from China, two characters who begin as wary strangers and gradually forge an unlikely alliance while running a marriage con on unsuspecting men in the chaos of Gold Rush-era California,\u201d the Production List site said. \u201cIt is a period adventure with a sharp con-artist backbone, and that combination of frontier setting and intimate character work signals a production that will demand both scale and precision.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The film\u2019s production team has not yet confirmed who will play the leading roles.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Production on the movie in the Sacramento area is set to start in mid-May, according to Production List.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The film\u2019s production will be based in Folsom, though filming will span throughout Sacramento County until roughly late July.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Extras will shoot between May 18-June 5, according to a casting call posted by the film\u2019s team.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cGold Mountain\u201d is looking for extras<\/a> to be townspeople, railroad workers, horseback riders, blacksmiths, butchers, wagon drivers, coal miners and more, the open casting call announcement said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Folks of various ethnicities were encouraged to apply, particularly people who are white, Chinese, Hispanic or Indigenous.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To apply, the casting team requests actors submit four photos of themselves: Up-close, upper body profiles and full-body shots. The photos should include no logos, and applicants must have no easily visible tattoos, dyed hair or facial piercings.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It was unclear whether extras are required to have union status to participate in the film, and pay rates were not mentioned in the casting call.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Interested actors can reach out to casting team Nina Henninger and Sarah Kliban at realitycasting23@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What is Ang Lee\u2019s new \u2018Gold Mountain\u2019 movie about?<\/h2>\n
When and where is \u2018Gold Mountain\u2019 filming?<\/h2>\n
How can I be an extra on Ang Lee\u2019s new movie in Sacramento?<\/h2>\n