Film #1: A Perfect Mistake Sofia (Lead) Age: 25-30 Height: Any Physical Appearance: Open to Latina, Middle Eastern, or South Asian. Naturally beautiful, warm, and disarming. The kind of woman whose composure under pressure reads as quiet strength. Description: A young nanny who walks into a dangerous situation and refuses to be its victim. Sofia's journey moves from vulnerable to targeted to strategic — and the audience needs to believe every step. Must play warmth and fear convincingly through Scenes 1-4, and the calculated seduction of Scene 5 must feel like a woman fully in control for the first time. Critical: the fake compliment build in Scene 5 must land as performance within a performance — the audience should feel the shift the moment it happens, before Ryan does. ----- Film #2: Lucia (Lead) Age: 25-30 Height: Any Physical Appearance: Open to Latina, Middle Eastern, South Asian. Naturally beautiful, unassuming. The kind of woman whose face does more than her words. Must read as both genuinely vulnerable and quietly strong — sometimes in the same breath. Description: A young immigrant woman who has spent two years invisible in someone else's home — until one moment of weakness makes her impossible to ignore. Lucia's journey moves from humiliation through fear through unexpected love to clear-eyed, courageous choice. Requires genuine emotional range and the ability to hold stillness on camera. Critical: the hiding sequences must feel viscerally real, the nightly visit chemistry with Daniel must build naturally across the series of shots, and the final scene must land as earned joy not melodrama.

Film #1: A Perfect Mistake Ryan (Lead) Age: 35 Height: Any Physical Appearance: Conventionally attractive, well-dressed, effortlessly entitled. The kind of man who has never been told no by anyone who mattered. Must read as charming enough to have fooled people and repellent enough that the audience never forgets what he is. Description: A husband and father who uses his home, his money, and his authority as weapons. Ryan moves through the script with complete, unearned confidence — right up until the teddy bear eye pops out. Must play every escalation as a man who genuinely believes he will not be caught. Critical: the check reveal in Scene 2 must be played with total comfort — he's done this before. The Scene 4 blackmail must feel like a man closing a trap. And the final collapse must be fast, complete, and earn zero sympathy. ----- Film #2: Love in the Dark Daniel (Lead) Age: 35 Height: Any Physical Appearance: Warm, quietly authoritative. The kind of man whose stillness reads as strength. Must read as both genuinely decent and completely conflicted — a man who knows what he should do and keeps doing something else. Description: A wealthy man days away from the wrong wedding who doesn't know it yet. Daniel's arc moves from oblivious to aware to committed — and the audience needs to believe every step. Must play tenderness without sentimentality and authority without coldness. Critical: the nightly visits must feel like a man falling in love in real time, the proposal must land as impulse and conviction simultaneously, and the ring removal must be the most casual devastating thing he's ever done.

Film #1: A Perfect Mistake Janet (Supporting) Age: 30s Height: Any Physical Appearance: Polished, warm, deceptively composed. The kind of woman who moves through a room like she owns it — because she does. Must read as both genuinely trusting and quietly dangerous. Description: A wife who already knows and has been building her case. Janet's arc is the script's best kept secret — she plays the oblivious departing spouse in Scene 1 and the fully prepared architect of Ryan's downfall in Scene 5. Must play warmth and intelligence simultaneously without tipping the hand. Critical: the teddy reveal must land as the payoff it is — a woman who thought of everything. The shoulder-to-shoulder final moment with Sofia must feel like a partnership that was always inevitable. ----- Film #2: Love in the Dark Victoria (Supporting) Age: 30-35 Height: Any Physical Appearance: Striking, immaculately presented. The kind of woman who treats beauty as armor. Must read as both genuinely formidable and completely threatened — a villain who believes she's the hero. Description: A fiancée who sees what's happening before anyone admits it and responds by making everything worse. Victoria moves through the script with absolute conviction — she is never wrong, in her own mind, until the moment she runs. Must play cruelty as instinct not performance, and entitlement as a lifelong condition not a character choice. Critical: the slap in Scene 1 must be impulsive not calculated, the ICE truck line must land as casual evil, the flower scene threat must be genuinely chilling, and the final exit must be a woman who waited too long to read the room.

A British psychiatrist who talks with Paul Robeson in many scenes throughout the film. The actor must be able to speak with a convincing British accent

Eslanda Robeson was the wife of Paul Robeson. Her biography is on Wikipedia. Actor must be a Black woman aged 35-55. As is seen in the sides, there is one scene involving full nudity. There is also a very brief scene with (fully clothed) "making out". There are no sex scenes.

Dalton is a kind, funny, perceptive and supportive friend. Dalton cares about his appearance, he is always well presented and likely goes to the gym a few times a week.

Ages 40–55 A respected herbalist. A patriarch. An implicit religious/moral authority. He is seen as: Wise Helpful Indispensable Religious But within the home, he is the law. He doesn’t see himself as a monster. He sees himself as: The one who knows The one who corrects The one who decides The one who saves The one who has absolute power over who lives and who dies He believes he is “ordained by God” with divine power thanks to his herbal remedies. He believes deeply in his own legitimacy. And that is what makes him dangerous. He despises women, whom he relegates to household chores

Strong male actors for a variety of roles

Strong female actors for a variety of roles

Open ethnicity. Open, conversational, reflective. One of Parker’s regular passengers in her senior driving business.

Warm, chatty, with a playful personality. Light connection to Hello, Dolly!—may hum or sing. Performance Notes: Expressive, musical ability an asset.

Open ethnicity. Dry, thoughtful, speaks in pauses. Observant and reflective.

Open ethnicity. Direct, grounded, carries lived experience. Slightly more blunt in demeanor.

BIPOC. A hardworking blue collar man from Ontario, itching to get out. Comfortable with trades specific to cars a plus but not required.

Open ethnicity. Charismatic, ambitious, and restless. Determined to leave for New York City. Loves Parker but struggles to understand her contentment. Performance Notes: Energetic, expressive, capable of improvisation.

Dreamy, sensitive, and quietly conflicted. Torn between staying and leaving. Softer presence than Jules. Performance Notes: Subtle, natural, strong listener.

Warm, practical, and perceptive. Parker’s grandmother. Represents a life built on routine and care. Performance Notes: Naturalistic, understated, with quiet emotional depth.

A capable, no-nonsense tire shop worker who assists Parker during a roadside breakdown. Performance Notes: Grounded, minimal dialogue, strong presence.

Trisha Mid 30’s, ANY ETHNICITY, FEMALE. Jury foreperson. Thoughtful, soft-hearted, and obsessive. Mature look. She has just finished a high profile court case as the foreperson and fears she and the jury made the wrong choice by convicting the man as guilty. She struggles to come to terms with her decision and is afraid the court case was a setup. LEAD. NOTE: Role also includes off camera voice over dialogue for Trisha’s sister.