MEET OUR NEWEST TEAM MEMBER 🎥

Al Gill, our new Extras Booker in the Casting Department 

What is your favourite thing about working at Face? 

The lovely team I get to work alongside ☺️ 

What does your job as 'Extras Booker' entail? 

I work in the casting department, booking our Supporting Artists on jobs. My daily tasks include; liaising with clients and talent, sending out briefs and booking forms. 

What is the top destination on your must-visit list? 

I would like to visit as MANY countries as possible. 

Which season is your favourite? 

We're in it right now, Spring. 

What three words would your friends use to describe you? 

Easy-going, adaptable & creative. 

In The Spotlight: NICK GAYLE

 1. How did you get into the creative industry? 

I was a professional athlete before getting into modelling. I was not making enough money to keep my career going and one day at the physiotherapy clinic I was paying my bill and I told the receptionist that I might have to retire. She talked me out of it and suggested getting into modelling might help pay for my athletics training. I went home got my then girlfriend to take a picture of me and applied to an agency, a week later I got signed!

2. Your best piece of advice for aspiring models? 

Network! Build a relationship with your peers and surround yourself with people who care about your career.

3. What has been your favourite shoot to date? 

I love all of the work. If I had pick one, I would say shooting with Jet2 was special. Travelling to Crete, shooting on the best beaches and hotels was unreal. This was a special job for me because five years earlier I didn’t know where my career was going and I saw one of their commercials on TV and I kept rewinding back thinking I wish I could do a shoot with them. To achieve that was like a wish come true.

4. If you had to choose someone (besides yourself) to play you in a movie, who would you choose & why? 

I would have Leonardo DiCaprio OR Kano. Kano and I are both from Jamaican British backgrounds and his performances in Top Boy are out of this world.

5: Best thing about being represented by Face? 

I love being represented by Face, they are an amazing team who have helped me get dream jobs. Vicky and her team have been great at communicating with me and have consistently taken my career serious.

6. Did you always want to be in this industry or did you have a different childhood dream? 

My dream was always to be professional athlete. I never really prepared for this career, I learnt on the job and the goals I wanted to achieve came later.

INTRODUCING our newest Juniors

With a new year, comes lots of ADORABLE new faces! 

Check out some of our new juniors here at Face... 

For enquires & bookings email: lacey@face-agency.co.uk

Keep up with the latest news & what our juniors get up to over on our Instagram 

 

Merry CHRISTMAS 🎄

There is only a few more sleeps until the big man arrives 🎅 

Which means another year has come to an end and it has been a fabulous one here at FACE thanks to YOU - our amazing clients, talent & employees! 

We want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas & we look forward to connecting with you all when our offices REOPEN on 2nd January 2024.

 Be safe, happy & healthy over the festive period. ⭐️

Lots of love, FACE 

In The Spotlight: LEAH HARRIS

 1. How did you get into the acting / modelling industry? 

After my A-levels I went to a Performing Arts college in Essex and we had to get head/ body shots for auditions and I absolutely loved the photoshoot! It was from those first images that I got signed to my first agency in London !

2. Your best piece of advice for aspiring models / actors?

Invest in yourself. At the start I did a couple of test shoots for photographers/ videographers without payment, this added to my portfolio and gave me more modelling experience.

3. What has been your favourite shoot to date? 

I couldn’t choose there has been too many fun days and every shoot is so different! But being Taylor Swift's stand in has to be up there! I learned so much watching her in action and just being on that set!

4. If you had to choose someone (besides yourself) to play you in a movie, who would you choose & why? 

Rachel McAdams because she is one of my favourite actresses AND she gave us The Notebook and Mean Girls in one year, I mean the diversity!!! 
OR 
Julia Roberts because she’s just incredible.

5: Best thing about being represented by Face? 

I absolutely love everyone at Face! The girls in the office are all so easy to get along with and chat too. Vicky is at the end of the phone whenever I need! The girls keep me busy with regular work and it’s FACE that really helped take off my career as a model so I will always appreciate them for that.

6. Did you always want to be in this industry or did you have a different childhood dream? 

When I was about 5 I saw Mary Poppins in the West End, that’s when I decided I wanted to perform. Although, I’d already been annoying my family with performances since I was tiny. 

I think I always secretly wanted to model especially after watching Victoria Secret runways when I was younger!! I still have a long way to go and want to push the acting side of my career too as I always saw myself being in films and naturally taking to acting roles. Let’s manifest ✨

In The Spotlight: DEBORAH HIRZEL

1. How did you get into the acting / modelling industry? 

Quite by accident in my 40s. I was spotted in a charity fashion show and was also a runner up in Specsavers Spectacle wearer of the year, both of which led to me being signed. I threw myself into it full time after I turned 50. 

2. Your best piece of advice for aspiring models / actors?

Be yourself. There's so much rejection in this industry, so just remember, if you don't get the job, they weren't looking for you & move on to the next one. 

3. The shoot you are most proud of booking, to date? 

My first speaking role in a TVC filmed in Copenhagen. An incredible experience that allowed me to stretch my modelling career in a new direction.

4. If you had to choose someone (besides yourself) to play you in a movie, who would you choose & why? 

When I was a teenager I was told I looked like Brooke Shields, in my 20s Demi Moore and Elizabeth Hurley, in my 30s Jennifer Aniston and in my 40s Kate Middleton and Bobbi Brown. Now my hair is going grey that's a tricky one. My kids think I look like the Bride of Frankenstein with my white side streaks!! 

5: Best thing about being represented by Face? 

Face were one of my first agencies and the variety of jobs I've had gave me the confidence to pursue this career full time after being a stay at home mum for 20 years. 

6. Your dream brand to model for?

A big hair brand. Don't rule me out because I'm going grey. 

In The Spotlight: NICKY CAMPBELL

 1. How did you get into the creative industry? 

I’ve been “in the biz” since I was a child. I then trained full-time in Dance, Acting & Singing at a professional Theatre School and embarked on a professional Dance career for over 15 years. Focusing more on the Acting/Presenting was a natural progression once my Dance career came to an end.

2. Your best piece of advice for aspiring models / actors / presenters? 

This is a tough industry, you need to accept the rejection and move onto the next project. Be professional at all times, this is a career not a hobby. 

3. What has been your favourite shoot to date? 

A TV Commercial campaign for BetFred several years ago. I got to play so many different characters and wear some fabulous costumes!

4. If you had to choose someone (besides yourself) to play you in a movie, who would you choose & why? 

Reese Witherspoon. Love her. 

5: Best thing about being represented by Face? 

The variety of different sorts of work that come in. TVC’s, Presenting, Photographic, VoiceOver. 

6. Did you always want to be in this industry or did you have a different childhood dream? 

Having been in the industry since I was a child, it’s all I’ve ever known! The only other job I would do would be working with animals.