“Selma” director Ava DuVernay is seeking kid talent from around the globe to play the three leads in Disney’s “A Wrinkle in Time.” The anticipated film adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s fantasy/sci-fi classic is scheduled to film this fall.
It’s the story of Meg Murray and her little brother Charles Wallace. Their scientist father has been missing for five years from the series’ onset after he discovered a new planet and found a way to wrinkle space and time to get there. Meg and Charles Wallace are befriended by a trio of astral travelers—Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which—and set off on an interplanetary excursion in search of their father along with Meg’s friend and classmate, Calvin O’Keefe.
Meg is a troubled and intelligent 14-year-old girl of mixed race, and Charles Wallace is only five but speaks “like a well-read college professor trapped in the body of a five-year-old child.” Calvin is Meg’s age, also mixed race, and described as “handsome, fit, genuinely sweet, and caring.”
For more information on how to apply for “A Wrinkle in Time,” check out its full casting notice here. And for more kid actor casting notices, check out the rest of our audition listings, which you can sort by age!
And before submitting for “A Wrinkle in Time,” take a peek below at acting coach and Backstage Expert Denise Simon’s advice on whether or not child actors should be on social media.
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