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Sourcing actors for Cumha

 Cumha will have a minimal cast with three people at most; The main boy, the girl, and the second boy, who is only in it for a few seconds at the end. 


The most logical course of action was to go through our list of friends at first, as the characters of Cumha are of a similar age to us, the teenagers creating the film. 



For the girl, we contacted my friend Ríbh Brownlee. She did drama for GCSE and also outside of school, and was eager to help out where she could. Ríbh is small and slight, with a heap of auburn curls, which ties into the story we're basing Cumha off of being an Irish folk tale.


Ríbh Brownlee
Role: The Girl
Height: 5'1 
Build: Slight
Appearance: Pale complexion, curly auburn hair, hazel eyes 
Experience: Several stage productions 


We initially had plans to use another of our friends who did drama, Eamonn, to be our main character, but this plan fell through. In the end we asked Calum Hanna, a friend of Jennifer, a member of the Cumha production team. 

Calum contrasts nicely to Ríbh, as he's much taller then her, and they make a visually interesting pair on screen.


Calum Hanna
Role: The Boy
Height: 6'2
Build: Broad shoulders
Appearance: Ruddy complexion, short dark hair 
Experience: None


For our final character, we asked the help of Odhrán Doherty a mutual friend of everyone on the production team and also Ríbh. Like Calum, Odhrán is much taller than Ríbh but unlike Calum, he has pale eyes, and glasses, putting the two boys into a nice contrast. 
Odhrán Doherty
Role: The Other Boy
Height: 5'11
Build: Built
Appearance: Pale complexion, very short dark hair, pale eyes
Experience: None


So far none of the characters have names, and we might leave it like this. In a story as short and as compressed as this one, it appears more universal if we leave the characters without a solid identity. 

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