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You have to be in the Screen Actors Guild and have a good agent.
Knowin the right people
Grab those student films and commercials while you can. They are best way to attract an agent and fill up a resume.
Millions of actors are looking for roles, agents help the producers and directors type-out the ones that absolutely aren’t right and thin down the herd.
All feature film actors have agents and SAG cards – it’s required.
If by mainstream you mean studio feature films, you’re going to have to have a combination of things going on for you.
1. You need to be in a major market (Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver, Toronto, London). That’s where the feature films are cast, even if they shoot elsewhere.
2. You need to have an agent pitching you to get meetings with the top casting directors, who cast those big films. We (casting directors) have far too many submissions coming at us to do our job without an agent or manager helping us filter out the most talented folks we need to see (vs. those who are just hoping to be famous).
3. Until you have an agent, and until you’re in a major market, you need to build up your own credits in indie films, student films, and community theatre plays. These things will help you get on the radar of casting directors and agents (see above) which will help you get closer on the studio projects, assuming that’s what you’re looking to accomplish.
4. If you want an idea of what’s casting, ActorsAccess.com tends to have most of the listings–including network TV and studio feature films–but you have to remember that MOST of the projects you’re hoping to have access to are ones that will ONLY be put in front of agents (see above, again), as we don’t NEED to see submissions from actors who simply aren’t ready to be working at that level yet.
(Note: This doesn’t mean there’s not work out there for everyone, just that we have a filtering process in place to help us do our job better. For example, I get over 3000 submissions per role sometimes on INDIE films! I can only imagine what the STUDIO film casting directors receive!!)
(Also note: If you’re ready to be on the radar of studio film casting directors, you already know your agent or manager is hustling for you; you’re already showcasing for top casting directors; you’re doing networking events and getting in front of top CDs. And many actors find a way to get on our radar just by producing their own work and putting it up on YouTube.com. You NEVER know!! A *big* part of our job is finding NEW talent. So, be out there so we can see you. And keep doing good work.)
Hope this helps!
Well I’d have to say the best way to get into big, mainstream movies is to start by building your resume. Casting directors look for people who are experienced, so building your film credentials by being in all those short films and student films you’ve found would be a good start. And the people who have already answered are pretty much right, an agent would definitly be useful. But even agents want some experience, so the first thing to do is go audition for those short films that are close to where you live. When you feel like you have enough to put on your resume, send your headshot and resume to a bunch of agents and casting directors. I found lists of SAG franchised agents(thats the kind you want) at insidebrandedentertainment.com and also talentagents.blogspot.com. Also, actingbiz.com and actingcareerstartup.com have great articles about how to get started. And for those short films close to where you live, I would suggest talent6.com or actorsaccess.com.