Screen Daily is reporting that open auditions for the part of Lyra in the upcoming His Dark Materials film will be held. The producers say they are looking for a girl “who embodies Lyra's loyalty, bravery and mischievous nature” and say that she need not have any previous acting experience.
Auditions for the role will be taking place solely in England: at Cambridge, Oxford, Kendal and Exeter. The auditions will be held during the first two weeks of this April. A girl between the ages of 9 and 13 is being sought, allaying fears that Lyra's age would be raised for legal or moral reasons.
For those going: We'd like to cover the auditions here on BttS as fully as possible, so if anyone actually going to the auditions is interested, we'd love it if they could tell us of their experiences – how they convinced their parents, what the queue was like and perhaps even taking a few photos. If you are planning to go to the auditions and are interested, then you can email us here. Your stories would be featured here after each of the auditions.
Details:
The casting calls will have open queues in the morning lasting from 10 o'clock until 12 o'clock and will end at 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
The exact locations are:
- Cambridge's Corn Exchange (4 April)
- Kendal's Castle Green Hotel (6 April)
- Oxford's Examination Schools (11 April)
- Exeter's Great Hall at the University of Exeter (13 April)
My school's different, longer. We run from 8-4:10, but have a LOT of free time, it changes for everyday. Like, today I had 3 hours and 20 minutes free and 40 minutes for lunch. But tomorrow I have 20 minutes free and 40 minutes for lunch.
:tongue:
i start school at 8.40. have a 10 min registration then have first period from 8.50 to 9.50, 2nd from 9.50 to 10.50 then a 20 min break, then 3rd period from 11.10 to 12.10, 4th from 12.10 to 1.10 then 1 hour for lunch. a 20 mins in tutor. then last period from 2.25 to 3.25 and then its the end of the day.
What do you do during your free time?
Our school is like 80% complete different..:P
look this is my schedule:
monday: At school from 8.30 – 15.10
tuesday: at school from 8.30 – 15.10
wednesday: at school from 10.10 – 15.10
thursday: art school from 8.30 – 13.00
Friday: at school from 8.30 – 14.20
almost everyday is diffrerent. Adn if uhm, well the last lesson you've. Lets say English. If the teacher is ill, or whatever you can go home earlier.. becos you don't havce that lesson then. it not that the lesson will be amnopther time then. It's just gone..:P
and the same for the first lesson,,
And we don't have uniforms.. And we've so much holls.!
look:
the autumm holls – 1 week
the christmas holls – 2 weeks
the carnaval holls – 1 week
the mayholls – 1.5 week
summerholls -9 weeks!!
(really! xD)
but the sumholls are a bit too long..o_O 😛
ohjeah, something else..
My schedule changes all the time..:P This year, (6 weeks now) in that time my schedule already changedb 3 times..:P
but not very big changings..:P
and every class has a different one..
oops emily.. hadn't read what you asked..:P
but in my free time:
computering, dancing (I LOVE to dance), making jewels * check ma site!! : http://www.sksieraden.come2me.nl 🙂 * and uhh, write..:) I'm writing a book.. And ofcourse talking to you girls! 😉
*hugs Emily Rachel and Alewyn
alewyn is your real name also alewyn?
hey Missy-Me, what country are you from? England doesn't have nearly as many holidays as that :crying: or maybe you go to an English bording school?
Where do you come from, Alewyn? Your name suggests you are from main-land Europe . . . if so – which country
And Werecatweird, I'm guessing you live in Englang, too. I'm South-East (*!!!Essex!!!*) where abouts are you?
Hey peeps
I know I just posted but I have been to ur website Missy-Me and it is very cool! Didn't understand a word at first so I used an online translation site.
I see you sell jewellery! It is really nice, shame I'm all the way in England and can't order 🙁
It is SO proffesional – like a real business – I'm impressed. But why have you called it the Simone & hamper line?
Please post an extract from your book! In Dutch or English, I can just translate it on Babel Fish.
Gelieve te posten een uittreksel van uw boek! (voorbeeld van de Vissen van Babel!)
whaha I'm dutch rachel, and alewyn lives in america
mm yeh I'm afraid it be too hard for you to but it.. 😛 and expensive.o_O
but it isn't Simone & hamper line
😛
It is Simone & karlijn jewels
whaha! it makes from my name hamper line.. wheee!
My name is karlijn so..;-) Just 2 names
hehe
but indeed dutch schools have more holls..:) And no uniforms and less tight then english onces. We can do more. 😛
oh the book extract..:P
ok I'm just gonna put the dutch here. See yourself how you translate it.. But im afraid it won't be very nice to read then :p it was too long so it's in 2 posts..:P the story is that Sarah, finds a book and get by that without wanting it to another world where she is a princess and blhablah but its a bit complecated..:P
but uhm okj:
Eenmaal thuis wilde ik naar boven gaan om mijn boeken weg te leggen en nog eens naar het vreemde boek te kijken. Maar een onverwachte stront vervelende verassing verprutste dat.
Ik was net halverwege de trap toen mijn moeder me riep.
‘Sarah, Saraahhh kom eens gauw naar beneden!
Snel rende ik naar mijn kamer en kwakte de boeken op mijn bed waarna ik weer naar beneden sprintte. Eenmaal beneden tref ik mijn moeder super blij aan samen met mijn tante Angela en haar enórm irritante kinderen Laura-Anne en Daan. Daan was een snot verwend kind met altijd wel de nieuwste “geweldige†games en Laura-Anne was een enorm modetrutje.
Hoewel Laura-Anne duidelijk probeerde mij aandacht te trekken keek ik wanhopig boos naar mijn moeder. Hoe kon ze me dit aan doen?! Als of ik niet genoeg te doen had dan mijn tijd te verspillen aan Daan’s verhalen hoe hij level 68 had gehaald of naar Laura-Anne’s verhalen over wat er bij haar op school was met dat meisje dat een model was.
Geweldig.
Boos liep ik naar de tuin en ging op de oude krakkemikkige schommel zitten. Midden in de zon, 30 graden. Maar ik zou mijn protest niet opgegeven, nee! Nooit.
Na 5 minuten liet ik me van de schommel glijden en ging ik onder de oude perenboom liggen.
Al gauw hoor ik Laura-Anne’s klikkende pumps over het terras lopen en verstommen toen ze het gras op liep. Ze ging naast me in het gras zitten en plukte een madeliefje. Al gauw begon ze een verhaal en ik zwierde mezelf omhoog zodat ik naast haar kwam te zitten terwijl ze vertelde over die nieuwe fantaastisch lijn make-up.
*Gaap…
Ik luisterde maar half plukte ook een madeliefje en begon de blaadjes van het bloemetje te plukken. Een paar minuten later werd mijn aandacht door iets anders getrokken.
Ik stond op en liep naar de heg. Er stond een jongen die ik nog nooit had gezien. Wauw, bruine korte haren diepe ogen en een superschattig kuiltje in zijn wang wat ik ontdekte nadat hij vriendelijk lachte.
‘Sinds wanneer ben jij hier’ vraag ik oprecht nieuwsgierig half flirtend.
‘Oh, sinds gisteravond’ en hij knipoogt. ‘Ik logeer een poosje bij mijn tante’ zegt hij nonchalant met zijn handen in zijn zakken terwijl hij knikt in de richting van mijn buurvrouw die in een tuinstoel lag te zonnen.
Hij heette Mark en was 15 jaar. Alles ging zijn gangetje totdat Laura-Anne eindelijk door had waarvoor ik naar de heg liep en aanstellerig heupwiegend naar Mark en mij toe liep.
‘Heey, wie ben jÃÂj?’ Zei ze en de jongen had meteen aandacht voor haar, en voor haar cup C die goed te zien was in het truitje. Ik had een gewoon leuk T-shirt aan waarin je wel goed kon zien dat ik ongeveer cup AAA had.. Als die al bestond.
Grr, ik kon haar wel vermoorden!
Ik liep weer naar binnen met als plan chagrijnig op mijn kamer te gaan mokken en mezelf zielig te vinden als mijn moeder, die het avondeten aan het maken was me tegen hield.
‘Dek je even de tafel schat’
God shit.
Here is Missy-Me's story in English (the words are all mixed up – but that's the programmes fault – not mine!):
Once at home want will I up my put aside books and once more to the strange book to look at. But an unexpected shit annoying verassing bungled that. I was exactly halfway the staircase then my mother me called. ` Sarah, Saraahhh bowl once rapidly down! Rapidly I ran to my chamber and dumped the books on my bed whereupon I down sprintte. Once downstairs I find my mother super gladly to children Laura-Anne irritating with my aunt Angela and its enórm and Daan. Daan a snot had been spoiled child with always, however, the newest "terrible" games and Laura-Anne were enormous modetrutje. Although Laura-Anne tried clearly me attention to attract I looked at desperately angrily to my mother. How she could me do this to?! As or I to do not enough then my time had to waste to Daan's recovers how he had obtained level 68 or to Laura-Anne's recover concerning what at her on school was there with that little girl that a model was.
Missy-Me's story continued:
Terrible. Angrily I ran to the garden and will on the old krakkemikkige swing sit. In the middle of in the sun, 30 degrees. But I my protest given up, no! Never. After 5 minutes I let slide itself lie of the swing and will I under the old pear tree. Already rapidly I Laura-Anne's clicking pumps concerning the terrace hear run and strike dumb then them the grass on ran. She will sit beside me in the grass and picked a daisy. Already rapidly she started a tale and I swaid myself omhoog so that I came beside her sit whereas them concerning that new fantaastisch line make-up told. * Gaap… I listened but halfly picked also a daisy and started pick the sheets of the flower. A couple minutes later my attention something else was drawn. I stood up and ran to the hedge. There a boy stood whom I had seen never. Wauw, bruine short haren deep look and super-sweet kuiltje in its cheek what I discovered after he laughed pleasantly.
Missy-Me's story continued (again):
` since when have been you here have asked I sincerely curious halfly flirting. ` Oh, since yesterday evening and he has been winking. ` I stay poosje at my aunt say he nonchalantly with its hands in its pockets whereas he nods in the direction of my neighbour who lay sunbathe in a garden chair. He was called mark and was 15 years. Everything went its gangetje until Laura-Anne had at last by for which I walked up to to the hedge and affected waggling to mark and me ran. ` Heey, which are jÃÂj? She said and the boy had immediately attention for its, and for its cup c which was well to see in the truitje. I had an ordinary nice t-shirt in which you managed see, however, well that I approximately cup had AAA.. If that existed already. Grr, I could assassinate her, however,! I walked in to with as plan chagrijnig on my chamber sulk to will and pitiful to find itself as my mother, who makes the evening meal to were me against kept. ` cover you just as the table value god ****.
thats really good missy_me! i didnt understand some bits, but i got the gist! sorry :wassat:
and i love talking to you guys too! *hugs everybody*
yeah i live in england. i technically live in the south-east, but i live in hampshire, so i'm pretty much on the border between south-east and the south-west. kinda. but anyhow. i DO live in the south-east. :wassat: i'm confusing myself here.
whatever. i'll quit while i'm still talking vague sanity
Missy- it sounds so good!!!
My real name is Alexandra and I live in America. That almost rhymed… :tongue:
hehe the english variant is a bit weird..o_O
bleh have yto make hw..
OMG! I got the cd and stuff from meggie thing back…o_O
I told my mum.. she wasn't mad thankfully but I feel very ashamed now..:S
*but btw thanks for the compliments of the weird english variant of my book..:)*
hey! look! were back up and running! go btts!
Guys– pic of Dakota, thoughts on it?
I don't like the pic.. she's too sweet…o_O
She's not me. Therefore, she's not right.
I like my logic 😉
i dunno. but i am COMPLETELY freaking out! i saw it earlier on newsround and couldnt bloomin check till now!!!!!!!!!!!!
i dunno waht i think of it though. its…
Yay! We're bac! I can't believe I didn'y notice . . . oh well . . . da dakota pics? Well, just picture, not plural. Hmmmmmm . . . i don't know, here hair seems sorta red . . . and she has got a very pointy up nose . . . but i gues im just sayin that coz im jealous . . . like 2 see her full face, thou . . . but there will be more roles! 🙂
which I won't ever get..o_O
Yeah..actually..it's really her nose that's annoying me lol…it's too ski-jump-y
Any comment on the Roger pics? If he's not got a free ticket to girl stardom I don't know who has (2 young 4 me, though!) I'm not sayin he's good lookin or anyfin, but girls go crazy for anyone famous! How old do you reckon he is?
Just wait till we get a Will
i mean seriously, i have a crush on the CHARACTER lol
whaha, hopefully a handsome guy will play him..^^
but roger, well i dunno and don't care. I mean he's important for the story but we won't see him often on the screen will we.
Yh – how old is Will supposed to be? I hope hes gona b an older teen . . . it'll take ages for them to cast him, tho
well in the beginning of the subtle knife he's 12.
:O that young..?!
oh yh – but they'll prob go for someone older, since they'll be better at acting, Dakota will be 14-15 by the time they finish the second one, tho . . . so they mite get someone the same age as her – but she is 13 in the 2nd isn't she? Now all I'm doing is confusing myself!
nah in the subtle knife Lyra's still about 11/12
Is she? I swear she is 12 in the first one and the second one is a year later
Whoops, sorry! Just read what you said again – you said he, not she
*retracts first statement*
I know this is my 3rd post in like 20mins, but I was just wonderin, are all you guys into acting and stuff? Considering we were talkin about the Meggie and Lyra auditions. How many have parts have you all auditioned for? I've only done the Meggie and Lyra. Did anyone try out for Luna? Do you think the actress who plays Hermione (Emma Watson) will quit? If so, will you audition?
~*~ BoNfIrE ~*~ nIgHt ~*~
Yay!
…bonfire night?
and no, i'm not going to be an actress. maybe a director or producer or screenwriter, but not an actress
Oh yeah I 4got u woodnt hav bonfire night in the US! Bonfire Night / Guy Fawkes Night / Firework night is on the 5th November in the UK. Here is somfin I found on the internet 2 explain:
It celebrates the failure of the Gunpowder Plot, in which a group of Catholic conspirators, led by one Robert Catesby, and including Guy Fawkes, attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in Westminster on the evening of 5 November 1605, when the Protestant King James I (James VI of Scotland) was within its walls.
The celebrations, which in the United Kingdom take place in towns and villages across the country, involve fireworks displays and the building of bonfires, on which "guys", or dummies, representing Guy Fawkes, the most infamous of the conspirators, are traditionally burnt. Before the fifth, children traditionally used the "guys" to beg for money with the chant "Penny for the guy", although this now rarely seen.
Fun, hey? Absolutely LOVE bonfire night!
omg, that sounds sooooooo awesome
do you guys get like the day off from school or something?
No, we don't get the day off school coz its always in the evenings 🙁
OMG Manchester United are right around the corner from where I live – RIGHT NOW! AH! My town's tiny football team have somehow ended up playing them! Luv Southend United and all – but they stand NO chance! I wanted 2 go but tickets were SO expencive – the stadium is really close though!
And for any1 who doesn't know british football (soccer) Man U (Manchester United) are absolutly brill and no one has heard of Southend United! Ar….. It would be SO cool if we won – then every1 wood no Southend U! However unlikely …….
uh Man U stink!
sorry just had to let taht out. pretend i havent said that ok?
i went to bonfire night!!
the one i went to was a bit smokey though. to much smoke.
and no, we dont get a day of school espeicially as this year it was on a sunday 🙂 but i think most places celebrated it on the saturday where i live, but y,know, sundays are awkward in a way.
to the question about being an actress, i'm really torn. because i LOVE acting, i LOVE music (i play 3 instruments) and i LOVE story writing. and i just dont know what i'm gonna do!!! :crying:
ANYWAY…
What instruments do you play? Could you post an extract from your story?
And I know Man U aren't great or anything – but they're just so big and famous!!! AND WE BEAT THEM!!! OMG!!! It has SO shocked every1! Man U are gutted! Southend U ARE BETTER than MAN U! That is just SO huge! (Sorry if I'm goin on about this 2 much – but if u were from Southend you'd understand! My whole school couldn't stop goin on bout it!)
(forgot 2 mention) Do you think the full shot of Dakota is real? I hope it is – there is something oddly 'Lyra' about her …
omg…your team beat Manchester??? that's AWESOME!!!
and…er…i don't like dakota :wassat:
me neither, she sucks.>!
But i haven't done any real auditions yet..:( Ony for a dutch movie but in holland you just need to send in informationwith pictures byb internet and then if you're lucky they invite you.
But soon there will be auditions for a film of a suuupppeeerrr succesful dutch book! *it's translated in 10 laguages..o_O!*
and i'm SOOOO going for that part..xD
But here in holland we don't do it by part, just one big audition where they pick everyone,,
handyer i'd say…
I luuffff to act and dance..xD
sorry huys, for the last like week, the internets either been broken or wont access btts. grrrrrr.
anyway. i'm not rly fond of any football teams to be honest, they all irritate me :tongue:
oh yeah. and i play the piano, flute and the saxaphone.
I'm grade 5 on the piano, and have been playing it for over 5 years
Grade 4 on the flute and have been playing or 5 years
and grade 3 on the saxaphone which i've only been playing for just over a year!
(if anybody knows what this means)
and i love playing all 3! i love music!
but i also love acting!
and story writing!
:crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:
i just cant win!!!!!
rly? so far i think dakota's living up to my expectations