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Avalanche of extras to go on The Spark of Life (18/01/2011)

More than 2,000 people formed a long line around the Palacio Molina to participate in the filming of the new tape à lex of the Church, a casting through which have passed between 800 and 1,000 people on the first morning

Maximum excitement at the gates of the Palacio Molina which this morning began the casting of representation for the new film by à lex of the Church.

On the first morning of tests have been unable to collect data between 800 and 1,000 stakeholders, although they were more than 2,000 people flocked to the call of the director and president of the Spanish Film Academy to participate as an extra in the filming of The spark of life, starting from February to Cartagena as one of the main scenarios.

By late yesterday afternoon came primarily interested in having his moment of glory and be one of the 1,000 lucky they can claim to have shared an experience with actors the likes of Salma Hayek and Jose Mota.

Young people, adults, unemployed, pensioners, children, women with babies in the cart and even people who brought their dogs to audition lined up to try their luck in this selection which looks for all kinds of people, as announced responsible for producing Trivisión in charge of the filming of The spark of life.

At the moment, as reported by those responsible for casting, s and look for people of all ages and social condition and the only yardstick to overcome this selection is availability.

CARTAGENA IN THE SPOTLIGHT

The film's director Bilbao not only show some scenarios emblematic of our city as the Roman Theatre and around the Palace Hall, but identify the environment of the city and will be an opportunity for recognition of activities for the recovery of the historical, been detailed by the Councillor for Tourism of the City of Cartagena, Javier Herrero.

The council has expersado welcomed the massive response to this call Cartagena citizens and highlighted the impact it will have for the city is priceless promotion that will bring millions of people Cartagena.

FIRST DAY OF CASTING

The first day of casting has begun at 10.00 hours and has grown to 13.00 pm noon.

About 800 people have been the first to make the selection trials this morning, but the tail, more than 2,000 people remain in the afternoon.

The test consists of a first contact with stakeholders who are entering the Palacio Molina in groups of 15 and must complete a form with personal data such as height or weight and the availability for the shoot, which will take place primarily at dawn and in shifts of up to 12 hours and will last six to seven weeks.

The selection will also continue from 17.30 hours to 20.00 hours in the afternoon and until Thursday 20 January.

People are finally selected to participate as extras will be informed by telephone in the coming weeks, as reported from the producer.

‰ kilometers COLAS ELECTRICS AND BENEFIT FOR LOCAL NEARBY

Caridad, Francisco and Lolic were the first to come around 8 pm yesterday at the Puerta del Palacio Molina Jara street, forming a queue kept growing kilometers throughout the night and at 9 am and was over the street Honda and ran to the corner of the Plaza San Francisco.

The first group of 15 people entered the Palacio Molina a few minutes from 10.00 am, with documents prepared and nerves to the surface.

While the queue was getting longer and the time that the doors opened and he turned down the street and surrounding Adarve windlass.

Early in the morning other queues also formed in some establishments in the area, where the less provident hurried to get a passport size photograph and make photocopies of ID and Social Security card in the parlor, only requirements that many stakeholders were not prepared to hand in the casting.

The bars around as well as underground parking lots of downtown, have made their owners in August before the massive influx of people.

DEPLOYMENT OF A LOCAL POLICE FROM THE DAWN

Given the excitement generated, members of the local police have been patrolling Cartagena until dawn around the Palace Jara Molina in the street to check that there were no incidents among the first people began to form the tail of the casting.

Local police reported that the long wait paid off early this morning was uneventful, except for some grumbling from neighbors by the noise of the people who were in the queue, which prevented them from hitting the eye nerves.

From early in the morning began to fence the area defined in order to form the tail that starts at the street Jara and continues through the Plaza of Three Reye s (intersection with Calle Honda), Honda Street, Street Blues and Balconies Adarve Street.

Local police had to change the direction of the queue for the route passing through the pedestrian zone and avoid traffic problems on those streets.

In addition, they will increase the strength of the local police to control the surroundings of the Palace Molina and avoid creating any incident.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena

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