Feature Film
The Long Way
Details
Union:
Union
Area of media:
Feature Film
Network:
Paid?:
No
Rates:
ACTRA
Deadline:
Sept 15, 2025
Shooting locations:
Nova Scotia
Cities for response:
Halifax
Roles
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
LeadTERRYMale 45 - 55 Years old
Description
A sharp-tongued, world-weary Welsh ex-music manager, nursing the scars of a failed marriage and a career built on burned bridges. Blunt, cynical, but fiercely knowledgeable about the industry, he becomes an unlikely ally—pushing Ginny and Robbie forward with tough love and uncompromising honesty.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
PrincipalCARLMale 45 - 55 Years old
Description
Ginny’s fiercely loyal drummer, a scrappy, hot-tempered yet big-hearted friend whose blunt humor and unwavering support keep her grounded through the chaos.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
PrincipalBRUCEMale 45 - 55 Years old
Description
Ginny's grey haired former bassist who now works as a pub server, a weary but talented musician still harbouring resentment toward Ginny for abandoning their band years ago.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
PrincipalJESSICAFemale 18 Years old
Description
Ginny’s daughter, a gifted and determined dancer whose departure for school in Toronto leaves her mother facing an empty nest and a renewed pursuit of her own dreams.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
PrincipalGWENFemale 40 - 50 Years old
Description
Carl’s ambitious, no-nonsense lawyer girlfriend, supportive yet skeptical of Ginny’s comeback, whose sharp observations add tension and humor to the group dynamic.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
PrincipalSAILOR #1Male 21 - 29 Years old
Description
A rowdy, hard-partying Australian sailor whose drunken antics in Ginny’s cab inadvertently lead her to discover Robbie’s music.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
PrincipalWILLYMale 75 Years old
Description
Black, Ginny’s seventy-five-year-old taxi dispatcher and longtime ally, a gruff yet supportive presence who mixes tough love with wry humor as he watches her chase one last shot at music.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
PrincipalHARLANMale 31 Years old
Description
Robbie’s sarcastic older brother, a rough-edged fisherman quick to mock and fight, embodying the hard, unsentimental world Robbie longs to escape.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
PrincipalCLIFFMale 58 Years old
Description
Sweaty bear of a man, Robbie’s gruff father, a hard-drinking fisherman whose stubborn pragmatism and cutting humor mask his inability to support his son’s musical dreams.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
PrincipalBARRYMale 45 - 50 Years old
Description
A former bandmate of Ginny’s who, alongside Bruce, carrying lingering resentment but ultimately rejoining her for a long-delayed comeback.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
ActorAMBERFemale 21 - 25 Years old
Description
Robbie’s spirited younger sister, a pregnant bride with a mischievous streak whose impulsive gift of Robbie’s demo sets Ginny on the path to discovering his talent.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
ActorDELMale 60 Years old
Description
Gruff, no-nonsense bar manager of the Royal Canadian Legion.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
ActorGARYMale 35 Years old
Description
Giant-sloth-like bass player, who ultimately quits the band in frustration.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
ActorDWAYNEMale 29 - 35 Years old
Description
Robbie's sweeter, larger brother who is also a fisherman.