The Hobby Stop: Cast

Colin Ray as Brad Loews

Although not lovely or beguiling, Colin brings ability and charm to the protagonist Brad Loews. We're predicting big things for this young man, and we hope to be the catalyst that gets him started.

Ali Bayless as Angela Bondurant

The lovely and beguiling Ali Bayless will be playing the part of Angela Bondurant.  Ali's performance during her audition and subsequent rehearsals shows a natural understanding of the material. Tops in our book.

Spenser Pollard as Mikey Brenner

Spenser is not quite sure what 'beguiling' means, but he has emphatically stated that he does not want to be considered 'lovely'.  Spenser brings a natural energy to the role of Mikey that will undoubtedly play well on screen.  He is also looking forward to meeting...

Carrie Malabre as Bree Loews

How many lovely and beguiling young women can you have in one film? Carrie will show off her natural talent while playing the most emotionally demanding character: Bree Loews.

Alex Kaupp as Willey Silmer

We don't think anyone would accuse Alex of being lovely or beguiling, but he is a bit of a ham which is exactly what is needed to bring the character of Willey to life. We are all looking forward to Alex's delivery of 'Willey's homily', a six page dissertation on Binney World, Muppets, and the meaning of life. 

Christopher Privette as Marty Jacobson

We understand that in certain (female) circles, Christopher is actually considered to be both lovely and beguiling. The producers of The Hobby Stop don't care to speculate on that, but we are very happy to have Christopher's quiet mannerisms slated for the role of Marty.

Ted Lacki as Gerard

You wouldn't guess it from the photo, but Ted can do things with his eyes.  Not lovely or beguiling things, more like crazed "I can't believe the institution is serving meatloaf to us again!" things. Perfect for Gerard.

Russ Bryan as Sparks

Trouble.

Steven Yount as Jason

Trouble's best friend.

John Rutland as Michael

Although not lovely, beguiling may not be too far off the mark.  John has 'chops', the combination of raw ability and experience.  His audition was so spot on it was almost spooky.

Karen Reynolds as Mrs. Loews

Lovely?  Beguiling? Just wait till you see her!  The level of talent auditioning for Mrs. Loews was incredible, yet there was one standout, and we got her...

Cooper Musgrove as Max

We had trouble finding Max.  Cooper came into the studio and hung out with us and even started to mix it up with us.  He's currently studying 'Patton' in preparation for delivering Max.

Ben Sabet as Scott

Can a 13 year old boy be lovely and beguiling?  Of course not, but bright and talented are must haves, and Ben has these in spades.

Zane Amundsen as John

As previously stated, you cannot expect lovely or beguiling from a young teen, but Zane is impressive.

Rory Dunn as Tim

If you are making a film in the Metrolina region you have to cast Rory Dunn.  He won't bring 'lovely' or 'beguiling' to your production, but he will bring 'chops'. (See definition above) 

Jonathon Benton as Jack

As evident from his portfolio submission, Jonathan is a young man of many different looks.  Lovely and beguiling may even be in there somewhere...

Scot (with one T) Slusarick as Carey

Talent.  Dripping with talent.

The only thing holding Scott back from the big time is his last name.  Gibson..., Crowe..., Slusarick?  Scott Lovely or even Scott Beguiling would be an improvement.

Annette B. Gill as Elderly Woman

This lovely and beguiling woman spooked us.  When the casting call described an Alzheimer's patient we never dreamed that an actual Alzheimer's patient would audition.  Turns out she was acting, but she sold us and we are glad of it.

Bill Martin as Sr. FBI Agent Smith

As a rule ex-football players are not lovely or beguiling (Except for Howie Long maybe).  Bill is a first timer and a natural; don't worry Bill, we'll be gentle.

Harrison Pierce as Young Customer

Spot on as Young Customer...

David Reynolds as Elderly Man

David had the entire casting team laughing at his delivery.  Casting him was a 'No Brainer'.

Caroline Avery Granger as News Desk Woman

Lovely?, check. Beguiling?, check. Talented?, check.

Jonathan Ray as William Jacobson

Before you get started with the Hollywood / nepotism thing understand that we didn't even realize that Jonathan was our lead's father.  Its just another example that talent and ability runs in some families.  

David  Blamy as The Newsman

Due to a scheduling conflict David was slotted in as the news caster at the last minute, and did we luck out.  His performance as the Newsman was so funny that stopping the crew from laughing during recording was a problem. 

Andrew Crafa as Jr FBI Agent Johnson

Jeff Joslin as Sgt. Todd Dunn

Jeff is coming all the way from New York to be a part of our project.  This is a man with a passion for the industry.

Tommy Allen Taylor as Greg Loews

I just cannot say enough good things about Tommy.  Although cast in a small role, he is playing a huge part in bringing The Hobby Stop project to life.

Nicole Axelrod as Young Bree Loews

We were inundated with entries for Young Bree, even so we are still amazed with how well we did.

James Setzer as Young Brad Loews

Book-ending our cast list is James Setzer who will be playing Young Brad.  We count ourselves very lucky to find a bright young talent that so closely resembles our lead.