Casting

Harry:

After considering several options for actors to play the character of Harry (and a few people declining due to exams) I have chosen my younger brother Harrison to play the character of Harry. Not only does he fit the character biography I came up with fairly well, but he is very musical and can play guitar and drums, as well as edit music together. This will hopefully give me a lot of different kinds of shot that I can work with and I may be able to work with Harrison to create a soundtrack for the documentary too, as he produces all his own music. He also did part of the soundtrack for my film opening last year.
Having Harrison as my main actor is also benificial because It means that getting footage of 'the baby Harry' will be very easy to acquire as I have lots of DVDs that my dad recorded when myself and my brother were younger and has given to me to use.

Jane (Harry's mum):
After choosing my brother to play the protagonist, it seemed almost logical for my mum to play the mum in this story. Not only do my brother and my mum kind of look alike, my mum can also be a pretty good actress and can connect with the emotional pain of the fear of losing her son. She is also a nurse and therefore has a good understanding of how horrific brain tumours can be. She is in some of the archive footage too.



Olivia (Harry's twin sister): 
The character of Olivia is not written into the original script but after reviewing it, I feel that it is not long enough. Olivia is mentioned in Harry's character biography and so I thought that a small part for olivia would be a good idea to add to the realism of the documentary. At the moment, I do not have an actress to play Olivia however if I cannot find one soon, I will play her as I am running out of time to find actresses and obviously, myself and my brother look fairly similar. Also, Olivia's part in the documentary is very small so it shouldn't bee too big of a deal.