ATTENTION, WEIRD-LOOKING PEOPLE WISHING TO BE IN A MOVIE

Here's your chance.

Key Quote That Is Not Going to Persuade Anybody in West Virginia: "We tried to word it in a way that's not offensive. I hope it's not an offensive thing. It's not meant to be a generalization about everyone in West Virginia."

(Thanks to CJrun and Danny)

Update (thanks to insomniac, who notes that "Deliverance" was set in Georgia): The revenge of West Virginia.

Comments

[queensbee]

why is the theme from deliverance runnin thru my haid????????

[Annie Where-but-here]

No offense taken, I'm sure. Unless they find someone to read it to them.

[Steve Haller]

Why does it seem to me the only casting call the ladies on this blog are likely to be interested in is the one for Aida ??

[random "i can see WV for my window" thunking]

I can see a bit of a problem here. A typical West Virginian has a mullet, several tatoos (skulls are popular), three teeth, and one eye is a little bit lower than the other one. These people won't be auditioning but they honest think they don't look unusual.

[SW]

The Virginia Monologues

[Annie Where-but-here]

random - good point. If they've got more teeth than Uncle Vern, they's purty and won't show at a freak casting call.

The only time a West Virginian would take offense a fence is when they's outta firewood.

[Siouxie]

Some Mood music.

[fivver]

Okay, stop it with the West Virginian jokes. Just because our family trees don't branch...

True story:
Years ago a friend of ours three teenage sons applied to be extras (Union soldier prisoners) in the movie Andersonville. The only one they accepted was the one who had just recovered from a major car accident - the other two looked too healthy.

[Hammond Rye]

This will annoy many West Virginians. When they tell their brother/fathers, sister/mothers, and cousin/wives, it will just spread.

[crossgirl]

The announcement -- which was sent out in a news release and posted on the casting company's Web site -- asked for people with the following attributes:

"Extraordinarily tall or short.

cj.....? say it isn't so!

[oneblankspace]

At least they had the sense to leave Virginia.

[SW]

Better: Casting for

"The Virginia Mongoloids"

(Okay, G0d, I'm ready for that lightening bolt now")

[Annie Where-but-here]

fivver - if it's any consolation, they're casting this one in Pittsburgh.

But only because they have indoor plumbing.
*ducks*

[sthnbelle]

CJ, I answered your question a bit late on the power outage thread - I'm flying into Tampa for a conference in St Pete Beach. Tight schedule, but cg and I were thinking we possibly might be able to get together one evening.

[God, taking aim]

*ZZZZZZZZZZZZZAP!!!*

[Texgal]

Damn, now another obstacle for me to overcome. Both parents were born in West Virginia.

*Covers up third blue eyeball with hair*

East Texas might also be a target rich area for candidates.

[Guin]

They need to locate the actors from the X Files episode "Home."

[fivver]

Texgal, I'm kind of the opposite. My dad was from New York, my mom from Texas but I was born in WVa. All I know for sure is WWII and coal mining had something to do with it.

[Mot the Hoople]

I applied but I was turned down for being too weird.

Whut?

[insomniac]

update

i knew this would be on the blog...

and i knew what most of the comments would be...

so i'll just say this:

'DELIVERANCE' WAS SET IN GEORGIA, PEOPLE!!!!'

[James]

I didn't realize how different everything was in WV until I went to a West Virgina Walmart near the Ohio River. There's no need to put out a casting call they just need to put a few people at Walmarts and find some movie stars.

[DeskDiva]

"They clearly are not trying to create the image of a quaint, homespun mountain family," said Kevin Barksdale, assistant history professor at Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va. "Clearly, what they're trying to establish is this notion of the hillbilly monster."

I would think that since it's a horror flick that would be exactly the point.

[Mot the Hoople]

I've always wondered, if there was a call for an ugly person for a movie, how would you feel if you got the part?

[DeskDiva]

And honestly, the most disturbing thing about that Deliverance clip is the creepy old guy dancing. *shudder*

[Steve Haller]

Diva, speaking of creepy old men dancing, if you got $24 million to spend, have I got a property for you ...!

[DeskDiva]

Wow, Steve. I got $50. Think they'll negotiate?

[Steve Haller]

'Fraid he'd tell you to "Beat It!" ...

[Wench Lizzy]

And I'm sure after the West Virginians read this thread judi will be immediately fired.

[DeskDiva]

But...mama say mama sa mama moo sa!

[Kathybear]

Don't these film folks have makeup artists and CGI people to transform "ordinary looking people" (ie. "movie stars") into the kind of look they want? I mean, Boris Karloff didn't look like Frankenstein's monster until after makeup....

[Wench Lizzy]

People in West Virginia need to send out a casting call for people who can appear as LA residents in a movie. "Must have obvious botoxed and immovable faces, skin on the face must be stretched to the point of having a plasticzed look, fake boobies a must, eyebrows must be completely gone with only two slight penciled in lines, and completely unnatural hair colored preferred."

[Annie Where-but-here]

Kathybear - that's the beauty of Hollywood. This movie is, however, located in Pittsburgh, an excellent choice for oddity casting.

[crossgirl]

mot, you'd feel like you'd signed up with the right modeling agency.

[DeskDiva]

Lizzy - that could apply to Vegas showgirls, too. Just sayin'.

[Annie Where-but-here]

This is gonna get ugly.

We're gonna need a bigger bag.

[Texgal]

Wench, a lot of Houston women would also fit the description.

[Alien8]

(1) I saw DELIVERANCE with a friend who'd just canoed the exact stretch of river where they filmed. I think it was the Chattooga River. He was muttering under his breath the whole time.
(2) Do that casting call around Baton Rouge and you'll be done by lunch. Extra-long earlobes and necks are a dime a dozen.
(3) I saw Hillbilly Monsters opening for Goose Creek Symphony in '72. Helluva show!

[Guin]

Lizzy - you forgot the "lips inflated like balloons" in your L.A. list of must-have bodily appendages.

[Mad Snorker]

Julianne Moore reminds me of Jane Fonda.

And that's as specific as I care to get.

[Mark Stewart]

Jacksonville, Florida