The tables are finally turning for Green Day fans in the Oklahoma City area. Now, instead of paying to rock out at the band’s live shows, a casting call for an upcoming comedy film inspired by their early days will give them a chance to get paid to be in the audience of a pop-up rock show.
”Punks, emo, hardcore, alternative and rocker young adults, aged 18-30, are needed for the feature film NEW YEARS REV, featuring the band Green Day,” the casting call reads. “Everyone selected will work multiple days on the film. They will appear as attendees of a pop-up rock show at an outdoor location.”
The opportunity promises to provide “live music, skateboarding, and a rowdy good time,” plus a daily pay rate of $101.50 with potential for overtime. There will also be an additional $25 added onto payment for one particular shoot day that entails a “rain and mud” fight.
The call doesn’t mention whether the scenes will feature Green Day. The band is set to appear in New Years Rev alongside Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey, and Sean Gunn. Lee Kirk is both writer and director for the film, which follows three best friends on their journey to Los Angeles to open for Green Day on New Year’s Eve. “Their roadtrip is a rowdy and mischievous jaunt across the country filled with adventures, based on the exploits of Green Day and their years of living in a tour van,” a synopsis of the movie reads.
Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tre Cool serve as film producers. “Van days rule. You will drive all night on no sleep then play a show for 10 kids in a basement of a friend of a friend’s house 50 miles east of anywhere you’ve ever heard of,” Armstrong told Variety in a previous statement discussing the film. “But you’ll do it again the next day, and the one after that. Because you’re doing it with your bandmates who become your family and it’s unlike anything you’ve ever known.”
From Rolling Stone US
