Sep

Law and Order – Boy Gone Astray – Casting News

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[RAFA ALVES] 14 year old, Hispanic from Washington Heights. He comes from a poor/working class background. He is recruited by Eddy Blanco, a lieutenant in a powerful Latin drug cartel, to become an assassin. He and the other recruits are sent to a “camp” in Mexico and trained to use weapons and become killers. When they return to New York, they are put up in a Scarsdale mansion, isolated from their family and friends and are given drugs, video games and prostitutes to keep them happy and compliant. Rafa and his buddies are ordered to murder Nina Wilshere and they do. They are brought up on charges. Rafa’s parents are afraid for him, but they finally do convince him, at least temporarily, to testify in exchange for immunity and protection. LEAD

[MARCUS WOLL] 43, “slick, moneyed” lawyer with an impressive reputation. He suddenly appears and claims that he has been “retained by the families” to represent these young defendants. It soon becomes clear that he was hired by a very powerful drug cartel to represent these teenagers who were groomed by the cartel to become assassins. LEAD. WILL RECUR.

[ESTHER PINN] 30s, White, public defender assigned to represent Rafa Alves and his co-defendants. She is booted off the case when Marcus Wool suddenly claims to have been retained by the families and is reinstated when Rafa breaks ties with Woll.LEAD

[RICARDO ALVES/ISABEL ALVES] RICARDO ALVES – 42, Hispanic, working class, Washington Heights.
ISABEL ALVES – 38, Hispanic, working class, Washington Heights.
They are the parents of Rafa Alves. Their young son has been turned into an assassin for a powerful drug cartel. They are afraid they may have lost all influence over him and they fear for his safety and the safety of the whole family. They know the right thing to do is try to convince their son to testify against the drug cartel…but they also know how dangerous these men can be. Isabel Alves speaks some lines in Spanish. FOUR SCENES EACH

[LUCAS EVRA] 30, a chiropractor, successful practice. He’s also a drug dealer on the side and the murder victim; Nina Wilshere was his supplier. He argued with her just before she was murdered and their exchange was caught on a surveillance camera. He is the first suspect detectives interview. THREE SCENES

[JUDGE KAREN MILNER] m/f, any race, 40 and up. Presides over motion court proceedings and trial. SEVERAL SCENES

[DR. THERESA BURKHARDT] 35, a therapist who has done extensive work with the child soldiers in Africa. She gives Rubirosa some advice on how to deprogram Rafa Alves and have him reconnect with his family and abandon his allegiance to the drug cartel.

[PATRICIA WILSHERE] 50, upper middle class. Her daughter has been murdered. She is interviewed by detectives. She is caught off guard and cannot think of anyone who would want to hurt her.

[JONNY ALVAREZ] 30s, Hispanic, handsome & smart, a DJ at popular NYC Latin radio station, and an ex-boyfriend of ADA Rubirosa. He helps Rubirosa and Cutter identify the origins of a “narcocorrido” – a drug ballad.

[DEA AGENT RORY CALIFANO] 33-45, any race, he and his team have had a wire on Dr. Evra for quite some time. He shares information with Bernard and Lupo.

[EDDY BLANCO] 27, Hispanic, a lieutenant in a Latin drug cartel. He is responsible for recruiting young boys and sending them to “training” facilities in Mexico where they emerge brainwashed assassins.

[GLENN MOWBRAY] Indian, any age, he works a newspaper kiosk on the street right near Nina Wilshere’s apartment building. He tells detectives he remembers seeing a town car parked across the street the day of the murder.

[GAVIN PETERS] 40ish, car salesman, ultra-luxury cars, very high end. He sold a few very expensive cars – cash transactions – to a man detectives believe might the drug cartel guy responsible for Nina Wilshere’s murder.

[TINA] 24 years old, a “Latina hottie”, who works as an escort. She has been hired by a drug cartel lieutenant to provide services for some of his crew. She’s scared when the cops pull her in. But, she is more afraid of the drug dealers – she won’t talk.

[JUDGE NEWSOM] m/f, any race, 40 and up, presides over arraignment of Rafa Alves, Samuel Molina and Carlos Cabezas.

[ERIC KLEBAN] 40-50s, any race, warden at a juvenile prison facility. The drug cartel has had Sammy Molina killed in prison. Kleban relays the details of what happened to ADA Cutter.

[SAMMY MOLINA] 14-year-old Hispanic from Texas. His one of several boys groomed by the drug cartel to become an assassin. TWO–THREE SCENES

[NINA WILSHERE] 28, attractive, seems like a successful professional but, her interior decorating business is just a front. She is actually a drug dealer and money-launderer. Her business is strictly cash so there is no paper trail. She is shot to death in her apartment.

[LEXI TRUDEAU] 30ish, a “touch hoity-toity”, runs a Chelsea art gallery. She did quite a bit of business with the murder victim – and all in cash.

[PLAIN CLOTHES COP] male, 20s 30s, any race, assigned to guard ADA Rubirosa after she receives death threats.

[NJ STATE TROOPER] male, 26 – 34, speaks to Rubirosa about the shooting that took place outside the Vineland Bar, after a performance by a gang affiliated Latin band sptv050769.

[SGT. BALLMER] m/f, 30s, at the crime scene where Nina Wilshere has been found shot to death in her own home.

[DMITRI SABOR] 30-50, Eastern European or any ethnicity, the building manager of a Manhattan condo complex.

[BAILIFF] m/f, any race, 30s 40s, reads charges at arraignment of Rafa Alves, Samuel Molina and Carlos Cabezas.