The Avengers Casting call for 'The Avengers' film extras is next weekend in Independence

[Morg]

http://www.cleveland.com/avengers/index.ssf/2011/07/casting_call_for_the_avengers.html

Casting call for 'The Avengers' film extras is next weekend in Independence
Published: Friday, July 08, 2011, 6:52 PM Updated: Friday, July 08, 2011, 6:59 PM


CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Avengers need some help making their movie. Every one is invited.

The May, 2012 film about Marvel's premier superhero team is being filmed in the Cleveland area through the summer and Marvel Studios has announced an open casting call for paid extras.

Casting for "The Avengers" will be from noon to 4 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, at the Holiday Inn Independence, 6001 Rockside Road, off Interstate 77.

As many as 2,000 people are needed to fill crowd scenes and numerous other roles alongside the stars like Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Chris Evans (Captain America), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) and Mark Ruffalo (The Hulk.)

Interested people should dress in their "best business executive outfit" and be well-groomed.

The studio said all prospective extras must be at least 18 years old and should bring a pen to fill out an application.

Photos will be taken at the casting.

Principal filming on "The Avengers" is expected to begin in August and run through September.

The movie is slated to open May 4.

Marvel Studios has released five movies featuring members of the Avengers leading up to next year's big film. Some were done in association with Disney. The fifth "prequel" in the series is "Captain America: The First Avenger" which opens July 22.

Cap is the fourth member of the Avengers to have gotten his own movie, following films featuring the other founding members of Marvel Comics premiere superhero team: Thor, Iron Man (two films) and The Hulk (two films).

Evans, who starred as the Human Torch in two "Fantastic Four" movies, takes on the role of Captain America, the super soldier.

The movie sticks close to the comic book origins of Cap. He was Steve Rogers, a skinny Brooklyn man who was repeatedly rejected from the U.S. Army during World War II. He was so desperate that he agreed to submit to a dangerous "Super Soldier" experiment that would turn men into powerhouses.

It worked. Rogers grew a foot, added a mass of muscle and the strength and abilities of an Olympic athlete. But before the process could be used on anyone else, a Nazi spy murdered the only scientist who knew the method.

The character was created for Marvel Comics in 1940.

A few years after the end of World War II, Captain America comics were cancelled along with all of Marvel's entire superhero line. After a weak revival in the mid-1950s, Captain America was put on ice. Literally.

The character was brought back in 1963 when the new group, The Avengers, found him floating in a cake of ice in the North Sea. When released from the ice, he revived thanks to the Super Soldier serum in his body.

He went on to lead the Avengers and has been a cornerstone in the Marvel Universe.

 

[Vartha]

Damn I'm in Arkansas! lol

 

[ladyloki]

dont feel bad I am in Canada lol ....

 

[Vartha]

lol well looks like we'll miss yet another film then! lol

There's been filming in this area with certain films but none are Superhero related. lol

 

[Dark Raven]

Cap is the fourth member of the Avengers to have gotten his own movie, following films featuring the other founding members of Marvel Comics premiere superhero team: Thor, Iron Man (two films) and The Hulk (two films).

Evans, who starred as the Human Torch in two "Fantastic Four" movies, takes on the role of Captain America, the super soldier.

The movie sticks close to the comic book origins of Cap. He was Steve Rogers, a skinny Brooklyn man who was repeatedly rejected from the U.S. Army during World War II. He was so desperate that he agreed to submit to a dangerous "Super Soldier" experiment that would turn men into powerhouses.

It worked. Rogers grew a foot, added a mass of muscle and the strength and abilities of an Olympic athlete. But before the process could be used on anyone else, a Nazi spy murdered the only scientist who knew the method.

Shame the same didn't work out as well for Dr Curtis Connors, who grew an arm but turned into a Lizard. Steve Rogers had it good. He turned into a Super Soldier.

 

[Morg]

Looks like tons of people wanted to be in it, the local news show a half mile or longer line of people waiting to be interview

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

^^ Nice, lol. This is going to be one of the biggest superhero films ever made.

 

[ladyloki]

lol well looks like we'll miss yet another film then! lol

There's been filming in this area with certain films but none are Superhero related. lol

I know dont remind me lol .... too bad there is not at least one superhero movie in your area but there is always a sequel . lets keep our fingers crossed.

 

[Vartha]

I know dont remind me lol .... too bad there is not at least one superhero movie in your area but there is always a sequel . lets keep our fingers crossed.

Very true, Thor 2 IS coming up lol

 

[Morg]

Marvel Studio's The Avengers has been in production for some time all across the country and, as Cleveland.com reports, the shoot is looking at wrapping up with a bang. The city's East Ninth Street is in the process of being transformed into New York City's 42nd Street for a major battle scene.

Written and directed by Joss Whedon, the ensemble stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Clark Gregg, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Tom Hiddleston and Stellan Skarsgård and should begin shooting in the faux-New York on August 15th.

"We have to keep people back a bit for safety reasons," said executive producer Patty Whitcher at a press conference this morning, "There will be explosions. But [fans] will be able to see the actors and their favorite Avengers on the street during the filming... There will be six days of mayhem on this street with lots of explosions and car flipping."

The official shooting schedule for the coming weeks is listed as follows:

- Filming on East Ninth Street from Euclid to Prospect avenues, Aug. 15 to Aug. 24.

- Filming on Euclid Avenue from East Sixth Street to East 12th Street, Aug. 22, through Sept. 2.

- Filming on Walnut Avenue from East Ninth Street to East 12th Street, Aug. 17 to Aug. 30.

- Filming on South Roadway at Superior Avenue and Ontario Street, Aug. 29.

- Filming on the Detroit-Superior (Veterans Memorial) Bridge at intermittent times in August.

- Public Square in front of Tower City will be closed for filming.

Looks like they doing lots of filming