Casting Safety Guide
Learn how to recognise warning signs, verify casting opportunities and protect your personal information.
Trust & Safety
The entertainment industry includes legitimate opportunities, but aspiring talent can also encounter misleading offers, unrealistic promises and fraudulent casting approaches.
The safest approach is to slow down, verify important details and avoid making decisions based only on promises of guaranteed work or selection.
Warning Signs
A single warning sign does not automatically prove that an opportunity is fraudulent, but multiple warning signs should make you stop and verify the situation carefully.
Be cautious of anyone promising guaranteed roles, auditions, employment or selection in exchange for payment.
Be careful when an unknown person contacts you unexpectedly with an opportunity and pressures you to act quickly.
Requests for urgent payment before you have verified the opportunity should be treated carefully.
Avoid sharing sensitive personal, financial or identity information until the source and purpose have been properly verified.
Stay Safe
Use this checklist before sharing sensitive information, committing to an opportunity or making a payment.
Check where the casting opportunity came from and whether the person or organisation can be independently verified.
Review the opportunity carefully and make sure the requirements, process and expectations are clearly explained.
Be cautious when someone guarantees success, a role or employment without a proper selection process.
Do not share sensitive information simply because someone claims to represent a production, agency or casting team.
Before making any payment, understand exactly what the payment is for and verify the relevant terms.
Keep relevant messages, emails, payment information and other records if you need to review or report an issue later.
Before Making a Payment
Payment or membership should never be treated as a guarantee of an audition, casting opportunity, selection or employment. Carefully review the terms and details associated with any payment before proceeding.
Verification Checklist
Never let urgency or excitement force you into a decision. Verify important details independently, protect sensitive information and review the terms before making payments or committing to an opportunity.
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