Call Details

Project name: THE BEAT OF OUR SOULS

Casting Call ID: 598

• Request type: Casting Call
• Project type: Film
• Casting for: Lead
• Pay: $125/Day Guaranteed Pay (For talent who are not Los Angeles local hires, production will also cover travel/lodging per SAG-AFTRA rules.)
• Union: SAG-AFTRA
• Role / Character: MULU
• Production dates: November 17 - 23, 2025
• Location Requirement: United States (Los Angeles local hire a plus)
• Production location: Los Angeles, CA
• Gender: Male
• Age range: 40-50
• Veteran Status: Not Required

• Role / Project description: LEAD ROLE. UPPER LIMB AMPUTEE. SPEAKS AMHARIC. Mulu Bekele is a parking valet at a hotel in Hollywood, Los Angeles. He is superb at his job, never late, and popular amongst his co-workers (we do not see him driving in the script). He has an acquired limb difference (amputee of arm) from an accident while working as an oil rig manager in Ethiopia over a decade ago. He spends a lot of his time at work in order to be able to afford his wife’s monthly admission fee at a psychiatric hospital and his daughter’s medical school tuition. Despite all of this, he is a loving father and husband. He is presented with the opportunity to join a dance therapy class that could help him with his phantom limb pain and his wife’s mental illness symptoms, but must overcome his pride and denial that he needs the same support as his wife. Role involves kissing wife ASTER. Works approx. 4 days. Storyline: An Ethiopian couple, both living with disabilities, join a dance and movement therapy class to heal their fractured marriage. Additional Project Info: CSUN Senior Thesis Film. Recent CSUN Senior Film Thesis films have screened in Cannes, won DGA Student Film Awards, and been semi- finalists in the Student Academy Awards and BAFTA Student Film Awards. Funding for the program is supported by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and directing mentors include legends like Donald Petrie and Robert Townsend. Selected projects have the distinction of being ‘ The ARRI Project’ and awarded use of a professional ARRI Alexa/ Amira camera, equipment, and ASC Cinematography mentor.
• Submission instructions: Please email recent photo, brief amputee description, Amharic level of fluency, and any acting experience to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Thank you!

Casting / Agency Contact Details

• Kerry Barker Casting
• Kerry Barker
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