Angela Winters (Louise Jameson — as Leela in the Doctor Who television series) is a London-based talent agent. She has seen better times, drinks way too much and needs a break. And that might just be happening if she can master the task of herding cats for a newly-announced, big budget American production titled Trading Faces.
Well, they are not really cats, they are actually eight actors that she has as clients, which is pretty much like wrangling feral cats. The entire London casting session will be done via Skype, which could be a challenge. But these are creative people, right? Sure. Piece of cake.
There’s one other catch to this audition session, each of the actors has to write their own audition script … like improv comedy!! Jump in and swim … or bomb.
Wait, that’s exactly how this very clever film from actor-turned-filmmaker Mark Haldor (in his directing debut) plays out. Like a stand-up comedy session, only the various actors here are actually trying to act. This makes their “sessions” all the more funny, especially when Haldor worked with each of the actors to tailor their specific “script” session for the film.
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