Casting Services

Here is how this works in practice. We give full casting services for shoots in Malta — principal supporting roles, day players, background artists and pro extras. Our team keeps a working database of Maltese performers, runs casting sessions in Valletta and across the islands, and sets up both self-tape and in-person auditions in English, the working language of each Maltese set. Because Malta is a compact archipelago, we assemble and brief large background contingents fast, moving performers between unit bases in thirty to forty-five minutes.

Here is the short of it. For period epics and crowd-heavy shoots we scale beyond the local pool, drawing extra performers and stand-ins from Sicily and mainland Italy under EU freedom of movement, with no work-permit friction for EU nationals. We handle openings tracking, fitting schedules alongside the costume department, minor-performer chaperoning and the forms that links casting to the production's contract and talent-release workflow.

Here is the breakdown. Malta has cast crowds for global shoots since the 1920s, and the experience shows. Local extras have populated the Roman mob in 'Gladiator' at Fort Ricasoli, the streets of King's Landing around Mdina in 'Game of Thrones', and Ridley Scott's repeated returns for 'Napoleon' and 'Gladiator II'. That heritage means a background pool comfortable with scene matching, many takes and long days under the Mediterranean sun. The Maltese population is small — around 520,000 — so for very large set-pieces we plan early and supplement from nearby Sicily.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. A growing home-grown feature scene, from Rebecca Cremona's 'Simshar' to Alex Camilleri's Sundance-winning 'Luzzu', has deepened the bench of trained Maltese actors. With English and Maltese both official languages and Italian widely understood, casting for multilingual shoots is straightforward.