A Focus on Casting: Period Projects

Whether you are looking for modern background, specialty roles, or period looks, Central Casting has the solutions you need for hiring Background Actors. As part of our premier casting services, we wanted to highlight our Casting Directors' great work in casting period appropriate Background Actors for your project.

Central Casting Los Angeles

For the 1950s-set Lessons in Chemistry, our Los Angeles casting staff booked a variety of roles, including cooking show audience members and crew, chemists, and equal rights protesters. When casting for This Is Us, spanning the 1950s through the future, our Casting Directors worked with production to understand their desired look for each time period, casting roles like Vietnam War soldiers, 1970s carnival goers, and '80s karate students.

Central Casting New York

Many scenes in Halston, set across the 1960s-1980s, featured high society fashion looks, with our Casting Directors booking runway models, Studio 54 patrons, and fashion show attendees. Then for the 1970s-set The Crowded Room, our staff booked more blue-collar roles, including detectives, students, and court reporters.

Central Casting Georgia

When casting 1960s Civil Rights era looks for Genius: MLK/X, Central Casting Georgia staff booked many Background Actors for historical events, including the meeting of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X and the March on Washington. For the 1990s Los Angeles-set Them: The Scare, Casting Directors booked many unique looks from angry mobs to movie auditioners to photo double contortionists.

Central Casting Louisiana

For Emancipation, our Louisiana Casting Directors worked closely with production's hair and wardrobe departments to cast Background Actors who could portray 1860s looks. When casting for Daisy Jones & The Six, our team booked multiple large calls with '70s roadies, groupies, and rock fans.

No matter the type of Background Actors you need, Central Casting is ready and able to provide the best talent for your production. To learn more about our period casting and our other premier casting services, email us at clients@centralcasting.com.