Off the Record: Cast

For this cast I need a group of younger people who would fit the role of young, troubled, drug addicted teenagers.
Mick Morrison- Rick White
Simon Rodgers-  Oliver Jackson Cohen
Ringo "Turpin" Harrison- Stephan Merchant
Friend  #1- James Buckley
Friend  #2- Blake Harrison
Friend  #3- Jack Whitehall
Mrs Morrison- Kristen Scott Thompson
Mr Morrison- 1st choice: Tim Roth
                      2nd choice: Phil Daniels

Director- Sam Osborne
Producer- Mel Crooks
Co-Producer- Richard Lemmington
Assistant Producers- Simon Petertson/ Terry Higrave
Assistant Director- Derek Tupmann
Writter- Simon Malchovich
CGI - Watercolour Pictures®
CGI Assistant- Rob Patterson
Camera Operators- Jill Down/ Doreen Green
Camera Assistant- Niamh McKeown
Distributed by- Fox Searchlight Pictures
Production Company- Palm Pictures

In terms of casting I chose these particular actors due to there unique characteristic attributes. Oliver Jackson-Cohan has  suitably best friend-like mannerisms, although he's older than the character he still looks quite young so can pass as Simon. Stephan Merchant is the "funny guy" and will bring his sense of humor to the role, and due to his recent involvement in 2017's Blockbuster, 'Logan' his status is high right now so will bring more of an audience to the film. As well as that Merchant can do Pathos very well which would increase the impact of the later scenes including his death scene. As for the unnamed friends we have 2/4 of the inbetweeners which is a direct reference to one of the inspirations for our film. And also Jack Whitehall who is also a popular amougst younger spectators. All 5 of these actors are also very active on social media site, especially Twitter, so will promote the film themselves via these sites. Hopefully we can get Tim Roth involved in the project as he would have the have only a small part to play and would have the sympathetic and haunting tone to play Micks dead farther. If we cant get  him we'd have Phil Daniels, slightly older but has the acting capability to create this feeling, and would cost less to have on the project. In terms of production company we will be using our own production company but will apply for a bursary or grant from the National Lottery and BFI to help produce the film, and if it gets enough credibility from critics it will be distributed by Fox Searchlight pictures.