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In the Spotlight: Casper Andreas
Casper grew up with his parents and sister in the small town of Tibro in southern Sweden, where entertainment for kids consisted of church youth groups and soccer practice. Casper's longing for the stage and big city glamour was hardly satisfied and he couldn't wait to grow up and discover the world.
At the age of 19, he came to the US for the first time as a college exchange student in Chicago. After another year of university in Uppsale, Sweden and Paris, France, Casper moved to New York to study acting.
A graduate of The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York, Casper also studied with Eric Morris and Margie Haber in Los Angeles. Career highlights include: playing the lead in an off-Broadway production of Hamlet, starring as Romeo in a Paris-production of Romeo and Juliet, being directed by Woody Allen in Celebrity, acting opposite Lisa Kudrow in Marci X, working with Amber Valletta, Kevin James and Alexander Skarsgard in the movie Hitch, performing in skits on The Late Show with David Letterman, working with Kristin Davis and Zivi Zhang in several Maybelline lipstick commercials, as well as directing himself in the romantic comedy Slutty Summer.
After some small roles in bigger movies and some bigger roles in smaller movies, Casper decided to move to Hollywood in 1999. During his years pursuing acting in LA he wrote several screenplays, studied directing, and took seminars in filmaking at IFP/West.
Once back in New York in 2004, Casper started his own production company, Embrem Entertainment, LLC and written, directed and produced the award winning films Slutty Summer (2004) and Mormor’s Visit (2005), as well as the drama Saying Goodbye (2006). Casper also co-produced Craig Cobb’s film Hustler WP (2006).
Casper wrote a monthly column interviewing other out filmmakers, writers, etc. The column ran in Las Vegas Night Beat. In addition, Casper has written articles, short stories, and is working on his first novel.
Casper resides in New York City where he is pursuing acting work in film, TV, and theatre, and also producing and directing.
Casper Andreas’ second feature film, “A Four Letter Word,” stars Jesse Archer (who co-wrote the film with Andreas) as Luke, a gay man whose promiscuous ways are challenged when he falls for Stephen (Charlie David). The film is Andreas’ follow-up to 2004’s “Slutty Summer,” won best feature film at the Fort Worth Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, and a special jury prize for best screenplay at Outfest. Another movie will follow in 2010, Bye Bye, Fruit Fly, directed and produced by Casper Andreas, and written by Jesse Archer.
He shot his third feature movie in 2008, also a gay themed film titled Between Love & Goodbye. Love makes the world go round. At least that's what Marcel and Kyle believe, until they suddenly discover that love can alternatively flip the world upside-down. When certain elements are set into motion, they tend to stay in motion. If tampered with, they can spin out of control. Marcel and Kyle are in love at first sight, and even though they can't legally marry, they will find a way to make it work. French Marcel marries their lesbian friend Sarah so he can stay in the USA with Kyle. Together they can overcome any obstacle, hurdle any barrier. Together they cannot be stopped. Enter Kyle's sister April, a former prostitute. She needs a place to crash, but for how long? Taking a quick dislike to Marcel, April methodically drips poison into their happiness. But where Marcel sees a conniving woman with a not-so-hidden agenda, Kyle only sees his sister - in need. And how do you choose between family and the love of your life? Why should you have to? Love isn't pure after it's been tainted. Our perfect couple falls headlong into possessiveness, jealousy and rage; trapped in the tangled emotions found in that space between love and goodbye. Just how far will one of them go to put a stop to the madness?
Another movie is in post production, The Big Gay Musical (2009). Paul and Eddie have just begun previews for the new Off-Broadway musical "Adam and Steve Just the Way God Made 'Em." Their lives strangely mirror the characters they are playing. Paul is looking for the perfect man and Eddie is dealing with how his sexuality and faith can mix. After yet another disastrous dating experience, Paul has an epiphany. He is done dating and just wants to be a slut like the sexy chorus boys that share his dressing room. Eddie has to tell his parents that he's gay and is starring in a show that calls the bible the "Breeder's Informational Book of Living Examples". Eddie comes out to his family and Paul goes on Manhunt. Eddie's parents are destroyed by the news and Paul can't even have a good one-night stand. But after musical numbers with scantly clad tap dancing angels, a retelling of Genesis, tele-evangelists, a camp that attempts to turn gay kids straight, and a bunch of showtunes, everyone realizes that life gets better once they accept who they really are. And they are just the way God made 'em.
Main Role as Actor:
Bye Bye, Fruit Fly (2010) (pre-production) .... Markus
Slutty Summer (2004) .... Markus (also writer)
Director:
Bye Bye, Fruit Fly (2010) (pre-production)
The Big Gay Musical (2009) (post-production)
Between Love & Goodbye (2008) (also writer) (soon on my LJ)
A Four Letter Word (2007) (also writer): http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/664649.html
Mormor's Visit (2005) (also writer)
Slutty Summer (2004) (also writer): http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/675453.html
Casper Andreas & Jesse Archer
At the age of 19, he came to the US for the first time as a college exchange student in Chicago. After another year of university in Uppsale, Sweden and Paris, France, Casper moved to New York to study acting.
A graduate of The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York, Casper also studied with Eric Morris and Margie Haber in Los Angeles. Career highlights include: playing the lead in an off-Broadway production of Hamlet, starring as Romeo in a Paris-production of Romeo and Juliet, being directed by Woody Allen in Celebrity, acting opposite Lisa Kudrow in Marci X, working with Amber Valletta, Kevin James and Alexander Skarsgard in the movie Hitch, performing in skits on The Late Show with David Letterman, working with Kristin Davis and Zivi Zhang in several Maybelline lipstick commercials, as well as directing himself in the romantic comedy Slutty Summer.
After some small roles in bigger movies and some bigger roles in smaller movies, Casper decided to move to Hollywood in 1999. During his years pursuing acting in LA he wrote several screenplays, studied directing, and took seminars in filmaking at IFP/West.
Once back in New York in 2004, Casper started his own production company, Embrem Entertainment, LLC and written, directed and produced the award winning films Slutty Summer (2004) and Mormor’s Visit (2005), as well as the drama Saying Goodbye (2006). Casper also co-produced Craig Cobb’s film Hustler WP (2006).
Casper wrote a monthly column interviewing other out filmmakers, writers, etc. The column ran in Las Vegas Night Beat. In addition, Casper has written articles, short stories, and is working on his first novel.
Casper resides in New York City where he is pursuing acting work in film, TV, and theatre, and also producing and directing.
Casper Andreas’ second feature film, “A Four Letter Word,” stars Jesse Archer (who co-wrote the film with Andreas) as Luke, a gay man whose promiscuous ways are challenged when he falls for Stephen (Charlie David). The film is Andreas’ follow-up to 2004’s “Slutty Summer,” won best feature film at the Fort Worth Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, and a special jury prize for best screenplay at Outfest. Another movie will follow in 2010, Bye Bye, Fruit Fly, directed and produced by Casper Andreas, and written by Jesse Archer.
He shot his third feature movie in 2008, also a gay themed film titled Between Love & Goodbye. Love makes the world go round. At least that's what Marcel and Kyle believe, until they suddenly discover that love can alternatively flip the world upside-down. When certain elements are set into motion, they tend to stay in motion. If tampered with, they can spin out of control. Marcel and Kyle are in love at first sight, and even though they can't legally marry, they will find a way to make it work. French Marcel marries their lesbian friend Sarah so he can stay in the USA with Kyle. Together they can overcome any obstacle, hurdle any barrier. Together they cannot be stopped. Enter Kyle's sister April, a former prostitute. She needs a place to crash, but for how long? Taking a quick dislike to Marcel, April methodically drips poison into their happiness. But where Marcel sees a conniving woman with a not-so-hidden agenda, Kyle only sees his sister - in need. And how do you choose between family and the love of your life? Why should you have to? Love isn't pure after it's been tainted. Our perfect couple falls headlong into possessiveness, jealousy and rage; trapped in the tangled emotions found in that space between love and goodbye. Just how far will one of them go to put a stop to the madness?
Another movie is in post production, The Big Gay Musical (2009). Paul and Eddie have just begun previews for the new Off-Broadway musical "Adam and Steve Just the Way God Made 'Em." Their lives strangely mirror the characters they are playing. Paul is looking for the perfect man and Eddie is dealing with how his sexuality and faith can mix. After yet another disastrous dating experience, Paul has an epiphany. He is done dating and just wants to be a slut like the sexy chorus boys that share his dressing room. Eddie has to tell his parents that he's gay and is starring in a show that calls the bible the "Breeder's Informational Book of Living Examples". Eddie comes out to his family and Paul goes on Manhunt. Eddie's parents are destroyed by the news and Paul can't even have a good one-night stand. But after musical numbers with scantly clad tap dancing angels, a retelling of Genesis, tele-evangelists, a camp that attempts to turn gay kids straight, and a bunch of showtunes, everyone realizes that life gets better once they accept who they really are. And they are just the way God made 'em.
Main Role as Actor:
Bye Bye, Fruit Fly (2010) (pre-production) .... Markus
Slutty Summer (2004) .... Markus (also writer)
Director:
Bye Bye, Fruit Fly (2010) (pre-production)
The Big Gay Musical (2009) (post-production)
Between Love & Goodbye (2008) (also writer) (soon on my LJ)
A Four Letter Word (2007) (also writer): http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/664649.html
Mormor's Visit (2005) (also writer)
Slutty Summer (2004) (also writer): http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/675453.html
Casper Andreas & Jesse Archer