Concerns about the approach of the company Premiere, which requires payment for young actors who pass an audition to be given an acting role, have been raised by parents and a Perth agent who runs auditions for Disney and Nickelodeon shows.
Perth woman Hannah Moore says her nine-year-old daughter Matilda was excited when she walked into a mass audition for aspiring child actors on the weekend.Premiere holds mass auditions for child actors but requires payments of thousands of dollars for a child to be given a rolePremiere did not respond to requests for comment
"My nine-year-old daughter was incredibly heartbroken, so she was in tears. She couldn't understand why we were not going to pay the money." "They're setting it up like you are going to be auditioning for a major network in the US. And they're not, they're going along for what we call like a cattle call."
She said the company representative told her Matilda should come back for a final audition the next day, but she was taken aback by the information they gave her.If Matilda passed the final audition, a Premiere flyer said her parents would need to pay between about $4,000 and $21,000 Australian dollars to appear in Premiere's next movie.
Ms Rumpf, who was a teenager at the time, flew to Orlando, Florida, to participate in workshops and a showcase in front of talent scouts and agents.“It was a really positive experience,” she said.