Casting call made for extras for Far Cry 5 commercial

A popular video game needs extras for a commercial that will be filmed in the Merritt and Lower Nicola area.

Filming will take place between Tuesday, September 26th and Friday, September 29th.

There are 50 extras needed for the first two days of filming and only a few extras will be needed for the last two days.

Production is seeking males and females of all ethnicities who are 20 years old and older.

Casting sessions will take place in three places over the latter half of this week.

• Merritt: Wednesday, September 20th @ Merritt Civic Centre (1950 Mamette Ave.) from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
• Kamloops: Thursday, September 21st @ The Plaza Hotel's Gottfriedson Room (405 Victoria St.) from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
• Lower Nicola Indian Band: Friday, September 22nd @ LNIB Community Hall from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

You’re asked to wear street clothes to the casting session.

A casting person will take pictures of you and collect forms with your contact information.

You must also have your own transportation and be legal to work in Canada.

Extras that are cast will be paid a minimum of $15 per hour plus overtime, plus travel time, and there’s an opportunity to be paid an extra $50 if your car is used for outside location shots.

You can bring pictures of your car to a casting session or e-mail them to [email protected].

Fry Cry is a franchise of first-person shooter video games around gun and other weapon based combat.

The player experiences the action through the eyes of the main character, ex-special forces soldier Jack Carver.