Get Involved

We’re looking for talent to embody these unforgettable characters.

COURTNEY (22) 

Courtney is warm and outgoing. They are the outward-facing half of the film’s two main characters. Where Kai sees edges and angles, Courtney sees people. She’s ambitious about content creation, but her ambition is grounded in connection, she genuinely wants to entertain, maybe even inspire, though she hasn’t figured out how.  Her humour leans observational, sometimes self-deprecating, and she enjoys being on-camera more than behind it. Courtney has never really left Bridgwater, which feeds her restlessness but also makes her instinctively protective of it, even when she joins Kai in mocking it.

KAI (22) 

Kai is the duo’s technical brain: sharp, ambitious, and a little cynical.  They’re obsessed with getting the shot, chasing trends, and “winning” at the algorithm. Bridgwater, to Kai, is raw material, useful for rage-bait because it’s easy to sneer at. Beneath that, though, is a need to prove themselves; their cynicism masks insecurity about whether they actually have anything original to say.

LEANNE (Late 50s) 

Leanne is Bridgwater distilled: practical, witty, and quietly radical. She’s lived here all her life and wears that with pride, but she’s also worldly, she reads widely, knows how the national narrative paints towns like hers, and refuses to let Bridgwater be flattened into a stereotype.  She’s a community champion in the truest sense: not a politician, but someone who makes things happen, whether it’s wrangling kids at the Hamp Centre or rallying the high street to fix a problem. Her philosophy is “perspective, that you can choose to look at scraps or see the whole. Leanne’s role in the story is catalytic.

MARY (70s) 

Mary looks like the archetype of a Bridgwater granny, cardigan, knitting bag, small dog, but she is chaos incarnate.  She has a sharp tongue and a mischievous streak. She and Margaret have been frenemies for decades, bickering like it’s an Olympic sport, yet they’re inseparable. Mary embodies the town’s rebellious undercurrent: she delights in upending expectations and relishes being underestimated. And while her humour sometimes skirts the edge of propriety, it’s never mean-spirited; she’s the trickster who loves her town fiercely, even as she laughs at it. 

MARGARET (70s) 

Margaret is Mary’s foil: grounded where Mary is chaotic, serious where Mary is cheeky. She’s deeply practical and takes pride in things being done “properly,” whether it’s measuring crochet murals by tape not dachshund length or keeping her tea cup exactly three-quarters full. She’s the straight woman in their double act, but her dry humour is lethal, delivered with the precision of someone who’s been sharpening it for decades. Margaret represents the quieter kind of Bridgwater pride, the one rooted in care, tradition, and understated resilience.

If you would be willing to volunteer your time and would like to be involved as an extra, then send us your contact details, with a photo and your date of birth to info@somersetfilm.com with the subject “Bridgwater Film Extra”.