casting.bzReviews of casting.bz

Genius Sales Pitch! If you are looking for acting/modeling classes then this is perfect for you. If you are a talented actor/actress looking for acting gigs then this is not for you. I only feel scammed because they said this was the last of a 10 day "scout" but I was able to register for the next "audition" on Tuesday. My son is only disappointed because he wasted his time but I see it as a learning experience. Thank you Gloria and Chris for making this a teachable moment to my kid. Live and learn!

SCAM SCAM SCAM After doing plenty of research I have realized that I'm not the only one having this problem! Every story sounds very familiar to mine so let's list off all the red flags I've seen and read so you don't have to do more research than needed. 1- spending 2 to 3 hours listen to a woman called Gloria meanie mean talk about how you're not gonna be this famous actor that you may think you're gonna be and nothing is free and this program is a “a bit” of money and if you leave to even go to the bathroom or a cup of water, YOU WILL BE KICKED OUT. Which is absurd! And while someone in the zoom of 200 people was sitting down on their bed, Gloria called it “very un impressional” and went on for a whole 30 minutes saying “if you're not perfect, you're going to be nothing. the industry needs perfect”. She was being an ass to poor kids and families for no apparent reason other than drinking a cup of water or even sitting down on your bed. She was a rude, rude woman who wasn't professional at all. 2- Have you seen the prices?? Starting from 1000 usd going up to 10 thousand dollars for 5 weeks of learning via zoom and few other small things that shouldn't cost this much. 3- You know, they say that they interview up to 1400 kids and pick and choose very very few of them (miss Gloria loved to press on that fact) But the weird thing is, is that they kept saying that there WILL be a call and went on for hours repeating the same damn things. it's hard to get picked, you have to be professional and perfect don't expect a call, it's one in a hundred but were still going to talk about it for a good 1hrs we will call you, tmr from 5 to 12. ofc only if you are chosen. so be damn ready. you will have only 15 minutes to sign up. or, bye byee 4- You know what's extremely weird, everyone gets chosen. Everyone is being accepted. 5- They ORDER that your parents are here for the only reason of; PAYMENT BABYYY 6- I made the stupid mistake of BELIEVING Mrs Chris which is anotherr red flag that we were gonna talk about in a few but this man, while i was filling up my payment chart. He sent me a whole document where I was writing my bank details and then when I was writing some of my information WHILE ON ZOOM because he needed to fulfill it with my presence. He said “Oh you've made a mistake on your name. Which meant he saw my card information going through and then proceeded by trying my card without my permission and thankfully it declined and then he told me “You should call your bank, your card isnt working.” Even though I didn't even start it. Huge red flag 7- Mister Chris makes me laugh thinking of his silly attempt to scam all of us. He said his daughter was BEST FRIENDS with the leading actress in riverdale who is one. Too old for his daughter who's 14 and never had any type of proof (After seeing many reviews about this that was from 2020). But thankfully he changed his story and now said that his daughter is bestfriends with Millie Bobby Brown and showed a picture of both of them together which is weird since it was a picture from a Meet and Greet and Mister Chris is from US but Millie is from UK. Anyways, other than the fact he calls everyone sweetie. He's a big scammer. and not a good one at that. He said he worked with Ariana Grande at that company and when asked “When?” He said , “None of your business, it's confidential.” Okayyyyyy There are so many other sketchy details. For example they said that an actor from This is Us and other shows was there even though he wasn't in any of the shows talked about…Weird. And so much more but this should be a little warning. Yes, there are many 5 stars but those are some fake and not only. This company isn't just about Gloria and Chris. I'm pretty sure the company is real but just not legit. IF YOU HAVE LOTS OFMONEY this program would help a little but its mostly a scam. if you got lucky and wasnt with gloria and chris i think you might have a chance to actually succeed in this, if you have loads of money.

Signed my daughter up to audition, when we got a call to setup a time, they gave a weird email address for any questions/concerns. This was for a different company name than I originally signed up for so I looked it up,and found many people complaining about it being a scam. So I didn't tell my daughter and we didn't show up. But 2 days later we got an email inviting her to the "final audition", because of what a great job she'd done.

This is whole entire scam, I'm a 13 year old girl who has dreamed of becoming an actor for many Years now, I did the 2 hour long audition an got a call back but they give everyone call backs!. After the final audition to get told yes or no if you passed then have to pay 1000 dollars just for the lowest level program this is a total scam. They are only doing this for money, The Disney star is a recorded video an isn't real, I took four days to memorize lines an spent money on a KitKat bar. I was so excited for this audition an thought I was gonna become a actor I thought that I was gonna be famous but it was all just a whole scam an crushed my dreams now I'm getting into a better acting classes that Is less expensive an has actual REAL agents that will sign me. So if you read all this don't waste your time on this audition it's all just one big scam all they want is money.

Scam. Good god.

SCAM. Please don’t fall for this. Spent 2 days in auditioning process and got my hopes up just to find it was one huge scam. Everybody makes it to the final callback where they proceed to persuade you to pay for the bigger packages and make you pay on the spot. Gloria gave zero time to think about the money which was one of the many red flags. The guest star is a pre recorded video. They have you waiting for hours to hear fake results. They claim that your in the last 12 of a 10 day audition process, the reality is they do this every week I’ve even seen ads for next weeks round even though they were “closed” for the next 10 days. Do not give them any bank details or information! Don’t waste your time if you are passionate about acting/ modelling there is real professionals out there who will appreciate you for a lot less money!

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT!!! I actually went through the audition process, so I know almost everything about it. Let me give you guys some pre-information. I was in the last zoom audition group of the 10 days audition process. We had around 300 candidates in the last group. The boss lady Gloria said there are 1600 candidates throughout the 10 days audition that they have been doing, and they are going to choose 7-10 people out of 1600 candidates. After the explanation of the company and services, we got separated into 4 breakout rooms(around 70 people for each). One of the judges explained the audition process, which is sending an audition tape to him, and the zoom meeting finished. I send my audition tape to him and got a text back that night. It said “Congratulations! You’ve been chosen for one of the finalists! We will have a final audition zoom meeting tomorrow 8pm central time!” They sent the zoom meeting ID and the password 20min before 8pm the next day. In the final audition, we had 5 or 6 candidates. I was the first one so I performed my monologue. The judge liked me and said they would love to work with me. I got a client agreement to sign and he moved on to the next person. In short, he approved three people in a row including me. It’s just a group with 5 or 6 candidates out of 1600, and there are supposed be choosing 7-10 people out of 1600, and they already approved 3 out of 7-10 real finalists. There is no way that they are judging seriously. I do not want to be rude, but I will say this straight. The child who performed after me was far away from doing good enough to get chosen. In the client agreement, it literally says “CASTING CALL is not an employment agency, a talent counseling service, a talent listing service, nor a talent agency, and does not procure employment or guarantee that taking classes or otherwise utilizing the Services will guarantee employment in any field whatsoever.” And one of the parents was made make a payment during the meeting. I was asked if I’m doing right signing the agreement, and I told him I cannot decide it now because it’s not me who’s paying the money I have to ask my parents. He said we can talk about it later. And I left the meeting. I have not heard from him yet. In conclusion, I would not say it is a total scam because they at least offer services, which are the acting and modeling classes. However, it’s once a week, 2 hour zoom online class, through 5 weeks. That means it is only 10 hours for almost $1000(it is the cheapest class they offer called COMPETITIVE 1, which is an acting class) So I would not say it is worth the money either. These are all I know about this company throughout my all audition process. Last thing, I only know things before the payment! I have no idea how the class experiences are. So it is your choice, but do not forget that they are not trying to find talents mainly. It is a business. Thank you for reading!

This lady called Gloria Morakinyo is a absolute scam. The "business" is called casting.bz. Which is a relatively new site according to another website and a rating of scam on a scale of 100 (best) to 1 (worst). The rating was a whopping 24 of 100!!! She claimed to be a talent scout. She said that the audtion will be a hour. It took 3 hours for the whole process. It was a scam from YouTube, it was ad. She was rude, talked for more than a hour then made every kid stand up for 2 hours. Then said they will cut you out of your opportunity if you or your parent leave the screen. She asked to download what's app to communicate. Instead of a call that was promised, it was a regular text from phone number. We also cross referenced the address and it was for a different casting company in Oak Brook, Illinois which was never mentioned during the session. Indicating that this address was used as a cover up. They asked for half upfront the next day. Which the plan we choose not them, like they said they would choose, would have been 7000 dollars. No chance to fundraise just wanted the money. She had been reported to the FTC and I advise any other parent to do the same as well. Fortunately we got a picture of her to send as evidence to the FTC. Once again, report her to the FTC. I also reported her directly to Disney. Thier report email can be found easily on Google. My daughter was crying for 30 minutes after we found out it was a scam. My daughter is emotionally scarred from this, her self esteem is shot as this saddened hee very much. Please do not put your children through this. Always do your research!!! Lesson learned on our end. Hopefully this review helps at least one other family protect thier child.