A casting director scrolling submissions gives your headshot about a second before deciding whether to keep reading. Here's what has to be true in that second, step by step.
Above everything else: it has to look like you, walking into the room today. No heavy retouching, no photo that's three years and a haircut out of date.
UK actors often submit for both UK and US-run castings, and the conventions differ — crop, expression, framing. Every studio session here includes US and UK style headshots, so you're not choosing one at the expense of the other.
Casting directors want to see if you can be cast as different things — not a costume change, just a shift in energy: commercial-friendly and open, then something quieter and more dramatic.
Nothing in the frame should compete with your face. A clean studio backdrop keeps the attention exactly where it needs to be.
Retouched images delivered in 3–5 working days (or next day with the 24-hour add-on), so a new headshot doesn't sit unused while you wait.
Most actors need more than one look: commercial vs theatrical, corporate vs indie, a couple of genuinely different energies rather than one safe shot repeated. Premium gives you up to 4 changes across 2 hours, with 20 retouched images — enough to build out a proper range without a second session.
Casting increasingly asks for a self-tape or short video introduction alongside your headshots. If that's next on your list:
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