🍺 Pull up a bar stool! We're casting background for THE CHALLENGER, a period drama about NASA and the 1986 Challenger disaster. This form covers our BAR SCENES, filming in the Atlanta area:
📅 Tue 10/20 — Mouse Trap dive bar (1986)
📅 Mon 10/26 — The Outpost bar (1977)
📅 Tue 10/27 — The Outpost New Year's Eve party (Dec 31, 1985) 🥂💋
📅 Wed 10/28 — The Outpost bar (1978) · evening / night
📅 Thu 10/29 — The Outpost bar (1981) · late call, likely overnight 🌙
💵 Rate: $182 / 12 hrs per filming day. Our Outpost regulars may be booked across all four Outpost days, so that paycheck adds up fast!
👕 Paid fitting: $28 / 2 hrs at Assembly Studios on Fri 10/16 or any day Mon 10/19 – Fri 10/23 (at least 1 day before your filming date).
📍 LOCAL HIRES ONLY (Atlanta area) · NON-UNION · All roles are non-speaking background.
This is an availability check, not a booking. Please fill it out ASAP, even if you're not available, so we don't text you and bother you. Thank you so much! 🙏
Please let us know your general availability for filming dates SEPTEMBER 2026 - FEBRUARY 2027.
✅ OPEN AVAILABILITY - You are available nearly any time with little notice beforehand needed (0-1 days notice required)
🟡 FLEXIBLE AVAILABILITY - You can usually be available when given a couple of days notice beforehand (2-3 days notice required)
❌ LIMITED AVAILABILITY - You can only be available with significant notice beforehand (4+ days notice required)
Rate: $182 / 12 hrs. Select every date you can work, and please only select dates you're free for the whole day (about 12 hours). Heads up: Wed 10/28 is an evening / night call and Thu 10/29 is a late call that will likely run overnight. This is an availability check, not a booking, and we'll confirm with you if you're booked.
We'd love to keep the same group of Outpost regulars across all four days.
🌙 Overnight: roughly a 6PM call / 6AM wrap
☀️🌙 Split: roughly a 1PM call / 1AM wrap
Select
every role you fit and want to be considered for. All roles are
non-speaking background.
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Have a vintage car? Apply to our ongoing vintage vehicle casting here:
castingtaylormade.com/chln/vehicles-block-1. If you've already applied there, you don't need to apply again! But if you want to work
Tue 10/20, select
"Mouse Trap Regular WITH my vintage car" below.
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Bartender, Server / Cocktail Waitress, Busser and DJ are ONLY for people with REAL-LIFE experience in that job. If that's not you, please don't select those roles. There are plenty of other great roles for you!
Paid fitting: $28 / 2 hrs at Assembly Studios. Select every date you can come in.
⚠️ Please note: if you're able to come to a fitting (ideally!), your fitting must be at least 1 day BEFORE your filming date. For example, if you're filming Tue 10/20, your fitting needs to be on or before Mon 10/19.
Please select the option that best describes your CURRENT hair color.
Some roles may require a hair cut from our Hair Department. Please indicate below if our hair department can cut your hair if your role requires it.
Do you currently have facial hair? Would you be willing to shave if needed?
Please provide your sizes for the following categories. Do your best to provide the most accurate sizes possible!
Males only. Females put N/A.
Measure around your natural waist (the narrowest part of your torso, usually just above your belly button). Please enter your measurement in inches.
Males only. Females put N/A.
Females only. Males put N/A.
