Casting call for new Ali Afshar feature film shoot in Petaluma

SAG film ‘Wheels of Fortune’ to shoot Aug. 20 through Sept. 8|

Petaluma filmmaker Ali Afshar is producing a new feature film – and casting for extras and small roles is talking place now.

The film, which has the working title of “Wheels of Fortune,” will be filming in Petaluma from Aug. 20 through Sept. 8, according to casting materials.

The film is being produced by Afshar and Ava Rettke; directed by Shaun Piccinino; and Forrest Lucas is the executive producer.

The film centers on a down-on-his-luck mechanic in Tennessee, who finds out he is the potential heir to a fortune. He sets off with childhood friends on a cross-county adventure entering one more wild racing event after another trying to lay claim to his inheritance.

The film is casting now for ages 18 and up for roles as swimming pool patrons, hotel and restaurant patrons and workers, bus passengers, a Chinatown crowd, race spectators, doctors and nurses, a bartender, a masseuse and members of a fancy dressed crowd. Some roles are featured, and some are needed to be on set for more than one day.

To apply, provide information, availability and photos taken within the past week to https://tinyurl.com/yaoqpv4j.

Those who apply must be legal to work in United States with proper ID.

The background actors pay is $104 a day for both union and nonunion actors.

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