Hardee's Commercial Casting: Kids for Fast Food Kitchen Chaos Scene
About This Casting
Project Overview
Casting kids for an upcoming Hardee's commercial. The scene features a kid running from the camera, revealing a fast-food kitchen run by toddlers creating various scenes of chaos.
Project Details
- Project Type: Commercial
- Location: NASHVILLE, TN area
- Local Hire Requirement: ONLY TN AND LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. MUST be able to work in the Nashville, TN area as a LOCAL HIRE! (Travel/Transportation/Accommodation will NOT be provided.) OK to live outside Tennessee as long as you are a reasonable self-drive to the Nashville area and are not expecting compensation for travel. MUST be a local hire and NOT require a flight to work in the Nashville area.
- Union Status: NON-UNION
- Conflicts: Fast Food Restaurants
Schedule
- Zoom CALLBACKS (if selected for Callback): FRIDAY 10/2/26
- FITTING (if necessary): TUESDAY 10/6/26
- FILMING: WEDNESDAY 10/7/26, THURSDAY 10/8/26
- MUST be available for ALL Listed dates!! You will likely only work (1) Filming date, but need to have full availability for BOTH, pending the final schedule.
Compensation
- Fitting (if separate day): $50
- Shoot: $250 per day for 8 hours on set
- Use: $500 total to cover appearance in (1) spot. Usage is guaranteed.
Usage Terms
- TERM: 6 months beginning with the date of first use, tentatively 11/16/26.
- MEDIA: Broadcast (Linear TV), OTT, Paid & Unpaid Internet and New Media (e.g., TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, etc.), and Industrial use.
- TERRITORY: US
- OPTION FOR ADDITIONAL 6 MONTH USE/RENEWAL: Clients hold the option to renew Usage for an additional 6 MONTHS at +10% increase over the initial term fee.
Audition Self Tape Instructions
Please have the child say their first & last name and their age, their height and weight if they know it, tell us a little bit about what they like to do for fun, and a short video of them 'going crazy' and being rambunctious for these types of scenes:
- KID: AAAAAAAHHHHH!
- Pull back as a kid runs from the camera, revealing a fast-food kitchen run by toddlers creating various scenes of chaos.
Requirements
Categories
Roles
2KID EMPLOYEE 1
To portray younger (4 to 5-ish), Rambunctious. Have energy. Can cause chaos, scream, and cry. Looking to cast children to cause chaos in a fast-food kitchen. Fun, good personality, able to take direction, and portray a range of emotions. Kids who can go crazy in a controlled environment. Parent/Guardian MUST remain on set with child at all times!
KID EMPLOYEE 2
Rambunctious. Have energy. Can cause chaos, scream, and cry. Looking to cast children to cause chaos in a fast-food kitchen. Fun, good personality, able to take direction, and portray a range of emotions. Kids who can go crazy in a controlled environment. Parent/Guardian MUST remain on set with child at all times!
Compensation
$800 / Project
Location
Burnsville
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