🎬 NOW CASTING

“CHALLENGER”

1986 PERIOD BACKGROUND CASTING | ATLANTA, GA

Casting TaylorMade (Casting™) is now casting background + specialty background for upcoming scenes set in 1986 Houston, Texas and a Utah engineering company.

📍 FILMING: Atlanta, GA
🎬 NON-UNION
💵 RATE: $182/12hrs
📅 FILMING: Wednesday 10/14 + Monday 10/19 through Friday 10/23
🚗 LOCAL HIRE ONLY - no travel or lodging provided

✂️ IMPORTANT 1980s HAIR NOTE

This is a 1986 period project.

Everyone must have natural, 1980s-friendly hair with no unnatural colors and must be comfortable with period-appropriate hair styling or a haircut if requested by Hair/Makeup.
If you’re interested in working on CHALLENGER, please STOP cutting your hair at this time! Longer, grown-out, natural hair gives our Hair & Makeup team much more to work with when creating authentic 1970s and 1980s looks.

Please submit CURRENT photos showing exactly what your hair and facial hair look like right now.

⭐ CURRENTLY CASTING

MORTON THIOKOL STAFF

1986 Utah engineering company

Looking for engineers, office staff, secretaries and maintenance personnel.

Secretaries: especially seeking older women for period-appropriate office looks.

📅 10/19
📅 10/21
📅 10/22
📅 10/23

PRESS CORPS 📰

1986 television reporters, camera operators, newspaper reporters and photographers.

📅 10/14
📅 10/19

CLEAR LAKE NEIGHBORS 🏡

1986 Houston-area suburban neighbors.

ALL AGES WELCOME for this group.

📅 10/14
📅 10/19

HOUSTON POLICE 🚔

1986 police officers.

📅 10/14

⭐ NASA ASTRONAUT FAMILIES

Portray the family and friends of astronaut candidates.
Spouses • Parents • Adult Friends • To Look Younger (18+)

📅 10/16

NASA + CONTRACTORS 🚀

NASA Headquarters representatives, JSC/KSC representatives, accountants, contractors

📅 10/19
📅 10/21

COMMISSION HEARING

Commission aides + secretaries, NTSB employees, visitor staff and security guards.

📅 10/22

HOSPITAL / ER 🏥

Doctors, nurses, orderlies, patients + family members.

📅 10/21

1980s BAR REGULARS 🍻

Looking for authentic 1980s bar regulars, plus bartender + server types.

📅 10/20

ICE TEAM WORKERS 🧊🚀

Launch-pad ice inspection crew.

📅 10/21

🚗 REAL 1980s VEHICLES

We are looking for REAL vehicles approximately 1980-1986 that are in good condition and appropriate for camera.

📅 10/19
📅 10/20

For 10/20, approximately 15 of our Bar Regulars will also be driving their approved period vehicles.

IF SUBMITTING A VEHICLE, PLEASE INCLUDE:

YEAR • MAKE • MODEL • COLOR + A CURRENT PHOTO OF THE VEHICLE

Please only submit vehicles you personally have access to and can bring to filming.
SUBMIT HERE FOR VEHICLES (NOT IN THE FORM BELOW)

CHECK OUT DETAILS BELOW

Please submit your availability + information in the form below. If you’re a match for one of our roles, we’ll reach out via text!

✂️ FACIAL HAIR

If you’re interested in working on CHALLENGER, please STOP cutting your hair at this time! Longer, grown-out, natural hair gives our Hair & Makeup team much more to work with when creating authentic 1970s and 1980s looks.

For facial hair, the preference is a little more specific: mustaches and longer sideburns are especially helpful for the period. Full beards are much less commonly needed, so please keep that in mind when submitting.

There are A LOT of different types of roles we’ll be casting throughout this production, and we promise: if your hair, facial hair, and overall look are right for the period and what we’re looking for, we will find a spot for you on this one!

And no need to text us asking if we saw your submission — we see you. 😉 We review your submissions and photos carefully and will reach out when we have the right fit for you.

📸 PLEASE HELP US WITH YOUR PHOTOS

Please upload a CURRENT close-up photo and a CURRENT full-length photo. Professional photos are NOT needed — current, clear photos are much more helpful to us!

Upload NO MORE THAN 3 photos
NO videos/movies
Make sure we can clearly see your current hair + facial hair
BEFORE uploading to Dropbox, save each photo to your computer or phone using your FIRST + LAST NAME as the file name

The easier you make it for us to identify you and see exactly what you look like RIGHT NOW, the easier it is for us to find the right spot for you!

👗 FITTINGS

A costume fitting will be required for almost all booked background performers. This is an important part of creating the correct period look for each scene.

There may occasionally be an exception depending on the specific role or Production’s needs, so please communicate your availability honestly in the form. That said, please do your best to be available for a fitting if selected.

👞 WARDROBE

Costumes will also provide a specific list of clothing, shoes and/or accessories to bring from home, and we would LOVE your help with this! The more period-appropriate options we have to work with, the better we can build this world together.

🎭 ROLES
— LET US DO THE MATCHING!

There are A LOT of different roles we’ll be casting for CHALLENGER, and Casting TaylorMade will be responsible for placing you in the role we feel you are BEST suited for.

Most important to us is knowing ALL of your skills, experience and special abilities so we can make the best possible match.

Morton Thiokol Staff — engineers, office staff, secretaries, maintenance
Press Corps — reporters, camera operators, photographers
Clear Lake Neighbors — all ages
Houston Police
NASA Personnel + Contractors
Commission Hearing Staff — aides, secretaries, NTSB employees, security
Hospital / ER — doctors, nurses, orderlies, patients, family
1980s Bar Regulars — bartender + servers
Ice Team Workers
1980s Vehicle Owners 🚗

📅 FILMING DATES

10/14 - Wednesday
10/19 - Monday
10/20 - Tuesday
10/21 - Wednesday
10/22 - Thursday
10/23 - Friday

CHALLENGER is a limited series inspired by the true story of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, exploring the people, ambitions and decisions surrounding America’s space program in the years leading up to the 1986 tragedy and its aftermath.

Spanning the 1970s through the late 1980s, the series is set against a transformative era in American history, from the evolution of NASA and the Space Shuttle program to the culture, fashion and everyday life of the period.

Casting TaylorMade is seeking MANY different types of background performers to help us tell this story as authentically and historically accurately as possible.

And you know how much we LOVE creating an 1980s world! We’re bringing it 110% for this production, and we’d love your help making this world as authentic as possible.

SUBMISSION FORM ✍🏼

AFTER HITTING SUBMIT IN FORM ABOVE

—> PLEASE CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO THE RIGHT TO UPLOAD 📸 PHOTOS PLEASE READ

📤 BEFORE uploading to Dropbox, save each photo to your computer or phone using your FIRST + LAST NAME as the file name.

☑️ Upload NO MORE THAN 3 photos
🚫 NO videos/movies
👀 Make sure we can clearly see your CURRENT hair + facial hair

"CHLN"// MORE ROLES // SUBMISSION REQUEST (LTD SERIES)