Original Casting Notes:

 

Julie Anne: Probably the thoughest cast of the movie was the Tiffany Amber Character. She had to be gorgeous, an absolute knockout, but also had to be one of those people that just comes right through the lens at you, and be a total rock and roll alpha female. I decided my criteria would be, since I have girls, that the first time I saw Tiffany Amber, I would have an irrepressible urge to point a finger and yell GO TO YOUR ROOM RIGHT NOW, YOUNG LADY!.

Well, casting session two and in walks Julie.  Gorgeous, talented, perfect for the part, and a totally cool rock and roll look. She is also a wonderful lady, and a class act all the way around. Think Katherine Hepburn if she'd grown up as a road manager for ACDC.

 

Tarah Valdez:  The second big break came when the actress originally slated for the Brittney Jean Part dropped out, and we had to go to our second. We had loved her read, but she came off kind of hard business professional. Well, we ran her through test makeup and hair one rainy saturday, and she went from conservative office manager to Alicia Silverstone in like 2 hours.  She and Julie had AMAZING chemistry right off the bat, and we were good to go.

 

Ryan Yawgel: Probably the single most gifted physical comedian in american film since Jerry Lewis.  A scholarship student in chemistry at the University of South Florida, this was Ryans Freshman acting gig, and he was great from the get go. (I believe he actually licked a chair during the audition) He just blew us away. And his performance in the final cut is something worthy of a veteran actor.  Also, he may be made out of rubber. Seriously. No Kidding.

 

Chris Sarrls: Such a nice boy. Really. Chris is like, normal enough that it really is kind of hard for him to hit the plasticy, super normal Mike Brady like performance we were looking for, but he pulled it off. Interesting fact, Chris can sleep through anything, and I mean ANYTHING.

 

Kristin Mellian: A rare talent, Kristin came from a background of formal training blended with an incredible talent, and it really shows. She hit the part on the cold read, and just improved from there.  It's pretty spooky to see how quickly and completely a trained actress can utterly change her persona, her very identity, just, in the blink of an eye like that. Kristin SEEMS like a beautiful, personable talented young woman, but when an actress is that good, who knows, really. Kristin could be Al Sharpton. She could be a plant. She could be in the HOUSE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW!!! GET OUT!!! RUN!!!

Byron Sadik: Byron came out of the world of stand up comedy, and was utterly the opposite of the type we had written for the part, which was totally waspy, but that OVERWHELMING presence convinced us to go another way, and as the obnoxious blowhard, Harold Whelp, he was perfect.

 

Aaron Pushkar: You know what it takes to do a Patton speech on patriotism while playing a gay military commander and IN a bikini? Balls of solid rock, and Aaron brought them from the first audition. Another trained career actor, he went where few will ever go.

Ed Olson: A career military man turned career actor, Ed was outstanding in the Sprocket Role. A rubber faced improvisationalist, and a consumate pro, Ed was a delight to work with.

Tom Elgin: We were looking for pure preppy evil in the role of Hal Burton, and we found it in Tom.  Another career actor, Tom was just what we were looking for and brought alive the '30s bluster of the part.

Jon Schickedanz; A recent and proud father of Henri (please stuff me in a locker and take my lunch money) Schickendanz, Jon is a business professional, musician, and actor.  Mazeltov, Jon. 

Lonnie Sinclair: John and Lonnie were cast on the same day as the pilots in the plane and their work together was just magic. Lonnie is a career stand up comedy headliner whose credits include BET and Showtime at the Apollo. He is one of those actors that just comes right through the screen.