Actress Jodie Whittaker is returning to her home town to shoot a new film - and you could be in it.
The team behind How to Live Yours want to find a pair of identical twins for a walk-on part in the film, set for cinema release next year.
Jodie is among the Yorkshire-strong cast and crew of the film that is being shot in and around the region over the next month, including several days at a secret location in Huddersfield.
Producer Michael Berliner said: “We are filming locally and Jodie will play the main character Anna.
“We’ve got a scene where she’s cycling by and sees identical twins and it freaks her out.
“It will be one day’s filming and they’ll get to work with and meet Jodie.”
How to Live Yours is being filmed by Pico Pictures backed by Creative England, who champion filmmaking in the regions.
It’s written and directed by Rachel Tunnard, from Sheffield.
For former Shelley High School pupil Jodie, star of top TV drama Broadchurch, it will see her return to film in her home town, as well as other locations in Yorkshire and the Peak District.
She is also due to appear in feature film Black Sea with Jude Law, due for release next year.
The crew of How to Live Yours would ideally like to find identical twins, children or teenagers aged up to 18.
And no acting experience is necessary, with crew on hand to talk the twins through the scene.
How To Live Yours is a comedy about resistance to growing up.
Anna, played by Jodie, is stuck. She’s a late twentysomething living in a shed at the bottom of her mum and nan’s garden in the Lake District. Anna keeps people at emotional arms’ length – she has a low paid, low respect job and her mum thinks she’ll never find a man because she dresses like she has a dog on a piece of string and has a haircut that puts her gender in question.
Anna’s life is defined by the death of her twin brother, a tragedy she has not come to terms with. She replicates the lost relationship by making videos using her thumbs as actors.
When Anna’s mum gives her an ultimatum to move out of the shed she initially resists the pressure to move on with her life. But as her mum drags her round a series of revolting flats it becomes increasingly obvious that Anna’s situation is unsustainable.
The arrival of two outsiders add to the pressure on Anna – an estranged friend from school and a troubled boy. Together they set in motion a chain of events that challenge her emotional isolation, hold a mirror up to her life and highlight the horror and futility of making videos in your shed for no audience.
If you are interested, email howtoliveyours@gmail.com for more details.
