Pinewood-based casting agents comes to the Capital in search of extras

FANCY being in the next Star Wars? Uni-Versal Extras head to Edinburgh next weekend to hold open castings in search of supporting artists to join their books.

Alec Guinness as Ben Kenobi

Amy Leyshon, events coordinator explains, “We work on the biggest and best feature films and have provided supporting artists for Star Wars, The Last Jedi, Justice League and Kingsman: The Golden Circle.

“ We have some exciting projects coming up in and around Edinburgh and across Scotland, so are looking for people to come and register to work as supporting artists with us.“

The casting will take place from 10am to 4pm on Saturday 14 April at the Radisson Blu Hotel on The Royal Mile.

The open casting itself is free to attend and any roles obtained are paid work.

The only requirement is that attendees must be over 16½ years of age with the right to work in the UK.

For more details of becoming an extra visit www.universalextras.co.uk