"Access" The Movie
Casting Call
A group of friends, each with their own reasons, decide to rob a bank. They won't stop until they get what they came for, but just when it looks like they've pulled it off, everything falls apart.
THE CHARACTERS:
Marcell, aged 25-40, male, is a calm and stern bank robber. He’s driven by a need to provide for his little sister, Tiyana, at any cost. His focus on taking care of her makes him both determined and relentless. Must have emotional range.
Tiyana, aged 12-19, is soft-spoken and sassy when she doesn’t get her way.. She's a loner who just wants love and attention from her older brother, Marcell. Must have emotional range.
Reek, aged 25-40, a bank robber, has a cool but outgoing personality. He has a wide emotional range and his girlfriend Christina is his world; he would do anything to protect her. Must have emotional range.
Christina aka Chris, aged 25-40, female bank robber who is loving, supportive, and sensual. She loves her partner Reek deeply and stands with him through thick and thin. Must have emotional range.
Malik, aged 25-40, is a quiet and strong bank robber. He's driven by the need to do whatever it takes to save his sick son. Must have emotional range.
Shakira, aged 15-30, hostage, is an outgoing and trendy female who loves social media. She often acts younger than her age.
Shannon, aged 25-40, hostage, is aggressive, observant, and bold. She doesn't take no for an answer.
Bank Manager, aged 30-50, is a charismatic and stern male. Despite his professional demeanor, he's a nervous wreck who just wants to do his job.
Don, aged 25-40, is an intimidating and stern male. He's sarcastic and witty, deeply involved in the streets, and Mike owes him money. Don just wants what is owed to him.
Nick, aged 21-40, hostage, is a male who is nerdy and sarcastic. He spends most of his day playing video games. Must have emotional range.
Karon, aged 6-11, hostage, is an imaginative boy who is very protective of his mother.
Mable, aged 35-50, hostage, is nurturing, motherly, and caring, with a wide emotional range.
Judge, aged 40-60, is fair and no-nonsense and will challenge participants in the courtroom.
Attorney, aged 30-50, male, is sarcastic and witty, and is very serious about getting his clients off the case.
Police Sergeant, aged 35-50, is stern and smart but can be impatient at times. He often doesn't know his place or rank as he insists on challenging superiors.
AUDITION SIDES
Scripts and a full list of characters will be available at the casting call. For your convenience, a digital copy is also available below.
CHARACTER SIDES: CHRISTINA (CHRIS) , REEK Chris is sitting on the couch, lost in deep thought, when Reek walks in, looking visibly bothered by something. CHRIS Reek, can we talk? REEK Yeah what’s up? CHRIS Ummm, I don’t know how to say this...I...ummm. REEK Just say what you have to say I don’t have all day. CHRIS Yeeaah...this is what I want to talk about. REEK What? CHRIS I don’t want to be with you anymore. I'm leaving you. REEK You’re leaving me? Good! Good, leave then! You know what I’ll help you. Reek grabs Chris and roughs her up and then throws her to the floor. Chris sits on the ground fearfully crying. REEK You're still here? Chris sits and continues to cry.
CHARACTER SIDES: MARCELL, TIYANA The closet door cracks open and a young man walks out. MARCELL Tiyana? You know better! TIYANA He's just a friend. MARCELL What did I tell you about friends? Nobody’s your friend. TIYANA Yeah well, he’s my friend. MARCELL A friend I’ve never met and he’s in my house while I’m not here. TIYANA Your house? This is Grandmom house. If she were alive she’d probably kick you out by now. MARCELL Watch your mouth! You won’t talk to me like that. I’m your big brother and you‘ll talk to me with respect. TIYANA Respect! Respect you for what? All you do is scam people and hustle people for a living! Oh you didn’t think I knew that? What type of big brother are you? What makes you think I should look up to you let alone respect you? Marcell grabs Tiyana and pops the chain on her neck. It holds a picture of their mom on it. Tiyana lunges at Marcell, swinging punches, and hitting him in the chest. Marcell grabs Tiyana, smothering her punches to calm her down. MARCELL Hey! I’m sorry! Hey listen, I'm sorry. I’m sorry. TIYANA Look what you’ve done! It was the only thing I had left of her!
CHARACTER SIDES: MALIK Malik is sitting by his son QUADIR side in the hospital. Quadir is sleeping. He also has a servere illness. The doctor, DR. TILMAN, walks into the room. Malik stands up. MALIK What are we looking like? DR. TILMAN That's what I wanted to talk to you about, Mr. Washington. MALIK I know...I know I’m working on it. Trust me, I’m working on it. DR. TILMAN I know you are and I’m sure you would of been able to if you could by now. But you have to understand this is not on me. MALIK I understand that too. Losing my job, causing me to lose my insurance was something I couldn't control. I’m sure you can understand that. As I've stated before my lawyer is suing the company for wrongful termination and once I win the case, which I know I will, I’ll have more than enough to cover the expenses, due to the back pay they’ll own me as well as the settlement. DR. TILMAN Mr Washington this is out of my control as well. If it were up to me I would make sure Quadir gets any and everything he needs. MALIK Well can't you pull some type of strings to give me some more time? I mean you said you’re a father yourself. Look at my boy Doc...Look at him for me please? Now what if that was your little guy laying there? I already lost his mother to the same damn disease. I can’t lose my boy too... please...I’m begging you. Get me some more time.
CHARACTER SIDES: DON Don stops eating and dust his hands off, getting more serious with a stern face. DON I like you Mike, I know who you are and what you’re capable of. I know how dangerous you are and that’s all the more reason I won’t play with you. Not even a little bit. MIKE You threatening me Don? DON Did you hear me threatening you? Don looks up at his friend again. DON (CONT'D) Did you hear me threaten him? DON’S FRIEND Nope. MIKE Sounds like a threat to me. DON Yeah well you've been hearing things lately. You also heard me call you a thief. Don and Mike stare at one another for a few moments. MIKE I think I'm gonna head out. DON Don't go too far and don’t take too long to come back. You might start hearing things again. Pow...pow...pow! Don and his friend laugh. Mike looks at Don then walks out.
CHARACTER SIDES: POLICE SERGEANT The Police Sergeant picks up the phone and calls inside the bank, aiming to speak to one of the robbers to negotiate. POLICE SERGEANT Hello this is Sergeant McLowd, who am I speaking with? MARCELL A bank robber. POLICE SERGEANT What's your name Mr. Bank Robber. MARCELL Why does that matter? POLICE SERGEANT I want to know who’s about to get a thousand years for robbing a bank. MARCELL What’s up? What are you calling for? To tell me to come out with my hands up? POLICE SERGEANT That would be nice but I have a feeling that’s not going to happen so easy. So no that’s not what I’m going to say. MARCELL You’re a smart man. POLICE SERGEANT I do have a few questions though. MARCELL I'll wait for the negotiator. Marcell hangs up the phone.
CHARACTER SIDES: SHANNON Shannon quietly pulls out her gun and creeps up on Chris. Another hostage tries to silently warn Shannon not to do it. SHANNON Ssshhhhhhhh. Shannon creeps up on Chris and grabs her. Chris tries to grab Shannon's gun, but it falls to the ground. Malik quickly pulls out his gun and points it at Shannon. MALIK Let her go! Let her go! SHANNON Fuck no! Put the gun down or I’ll kill her. MALIK And then I'm going kill you. SHANNON Well I guess that’s how it going go. MALIK I'm not playing with you shawty! SHANNON Good cause I’m not playing either. Open the door and let us out or you‘re going to have to use that shit to try and stop me from leaving. But I'm going out that door.
CHARACTER SIDES: MABLE , NICK Two hostages are lying next to one another, one being MABLE, a middle aged woman and NICK, a middle aged man. MABLE You think they're going to kill us? NICK How would I know? MABLE I mean, they shot that lady. That’s why I asked. NICK Well you just answered your own question. MABLE I don’t want to die. NICK I don't think anybody does lady. MABLE Well I’m asking, do you think they're going to let us go? NICK Not if you keep talking. They said shut the fuck up, numerous times already. Mable looks at Nick as if she can’t believe he just said that.
CHARACTER SIDES: KARON KARON, a little boy sits beside his mother. KARON'S MOM is crying. KARON Don't cry mommy. Everything is going to be ok. Karon rubs the tears off his mom's face. KARON I’ll protect you. Just wait right here. KARON'S MOM No, no, no, baby stay right here. Mommy's ok. KARON I got you mommy trust me. I got you. Karon starts to get up. KARON'S MOM No, no, no, no, no baby sit down please, please baby. Karon come on. Sit back down next to mommy. KARON Hey! Hey you guys are scaring my mommy. She’s crying! You hear me? You're scaring my mommy. Marcell and Malik turn around and look at Karon. Malik walks over to Karon. Karon raises his toy gun at him. Malik smirks.
CHARACTER SIDES: ATTORNEY , JUDGE The sound of the Judge's gavel hitting the desk echoes loudly. The defendants' sit at the table, their faces a mix of anxiety and acceptance. The courtroom is packed. The attorney stands, addressing the Judge. JUDGE Order in the court! Carry on. ATTORNEY Your Honor, I request that all charges against my clients be dropped. No one was hurt throughout the entire incident. JUDGE Hold on. Council states here that a young lady was shot and it happens to be one of the defendants. ATTORNEY Yes, that's correct your Honor. My client Christina Hicks was shot in the lower back area by an under cover cop who was on duty in the bank. JUDGE Is this true? ATTORNEY Unfortunately your Honor, yes it’s true. JUDGE There’s also the matter of another young lady, a bank teller, by the name of Lakisha Billman that was shot. ATTORNEY No Sir. She did not get shot, your Honor. JUDGE So you’re saying this young lady is fine? ATTORNEY Alive and well your Honor. She's present today in the courtroom.
CHARACTER SIDES: BANK MANAGER Marcell punches the Bank Manager in the mouth making him bleed. MARCELL You know what we’re here for? BANK MANAGER I'm assuming the money? MARCELL Nope not here for money. There are some very important items that I need and I happen to know they're in this bank. BANK MANAGER (stuttering) Items...what type of items? MARCELL I just said very important ones. The most important ones you have in the bank. BANK MANAGER Well there‘s a lot of paper, stocks, bonds, documents...I don’t know what you’re looking for. MARCELL Ok let me be more specific. Hardware wallets. BANK MANAGER That's very classified. They would be inside our vault but I wouldn’t know exactly where, only the owner of them would. MARCELL Ok and I’m aware of that! BANK MANAGER But it’s not that simple. The codes are broken up. One piece of the code is in one of the safety boxes downstairs in the vault and no one here knows which one it’s in. Even if we did, you would need to gain access to the seed phase and the only person who knows the information is the account holder.
CHARACTER SIDES: SHAKIRA Two young hostages SHAKIRA and TASHA lay down on the bank floor side by side. SHAKIRA I can’t believe this. I do not want to die. TASHA I don’t think they’ll do anything to us if we just do what they say. SHAKIRA I still have my phone. TASHA What? How? SHAKIRA I never gave it to them. TASHA I don’t think that was a good idea. SHAKIRA I wasn’t giving my phone up. TASHA Well it's not like you can make calls. Even if you could, what you think would happen. You call somebody and they‘re going to actually come and get us. SHAKIRA I don’t know if I just kept it, maybe it’ll come in handy. Maybe it won’t. But I think it’s better than not having it. TASHA Don't get caught with it please. You see what happened to the teller.