So perhaps you have a body made for Baywatch and a chiseled face out of the steamiest afternoon soap opera. So perhaps you have a body made for Baywatch and a chiseled face out of the steamiest afternoon soap opera. What Sunshine State casting director Dinaz Stafford is looking for, in fact, is quite the opposite. She wants people who look like the other 99.9 percent of North Floridians.
Families are preferred.
Candidates will fill out an information form and have their photographs taken at the Ritz. If you've already sent a photo and resume to the film's production offices, there's no need to come to the casting call. The people who make this film, which is called Sunshine State after all, want people who look like the people here. To that end, she's holding an open casting call for actors and extras Saturday at the Ritz Theatre in downtown Jacksonville. She's encouraging families to show up.