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To the extent possible, taking into consideration availability and box office potential, we want to use Texas natives who have gone on to Hollywood, or current Texas residents for all roles in the movie.

We have listed some possibilities for the lead roles, which will give you an idea of who might be right for the role, without regard to availability. If you have suggestions, send them in!

Characters are listed in approximate order of screentime.

Starring roles:

Amy Evans, 17, high school senior, cheerleader. (Renee Olstead, Kay Panabaker)

Kevin Frazier, 20, just returned from Viet Nam, Bobby's best friend. (Jesse Plemons, Jared Padalecki)

Bobby Dalton, 18, recent high school graduate, former football star, on his way to Viet Nam, Amy's boyfriend. (Taylor Ball, Cody Linley)

Supporting:

Maggie Mills, 22, recent college graduate, new high school teacher, something of a hippie chick, out of place in this conservative town. (Alexis Bledel, Nora Zehetner)

Cliff Billingsly, 25, recently returned from Viet Nam, first black teacher in this high school. (Texas Battle, Jeremy Batiste, Kethian Sammons)

Sandra Brewster, 17, high school senior, cheerleader, Amy's best friend.

Doug Carlton, 17, high school senior, football player, Sandra's boyfriend.

Nikki Spalding, 14, freshman cheerleader, writes to all the local boys in the military.

Brant Gardner, 17, current high school football star, trying to move in on Amy while Bobby's gone.

Chief Harding, 50, local police chief, WWII veteran. (Barry Corbin, G.W. Bailey)

Helen Frazier, 55, Kevin's mother, farmer's widow, works at Frank's Food Store. (Betty Buckley, Sissy Spacek)

Frank Dalton, 48, Bobby's father, owner of Frank's Food Store, WWII veteran. (Bruce McGill, Lee Horsley, Bill Paxton)

Patty Dalton, 46, Bobby's mother, owner of Frank's Food Store. (Janine Turner, Lori Singer, Lisa Hartman)

Tom Evans, 38, Amy's father, pharmacist, owner of Evans Drug Store, Korean war veteran. (Matthew McConaughey, William McNamara)

Vivian Evans, 36, Amy's mother. (Jill Goodacre, Meredith Monroe)

Taxi Driver, early 20s, Viet Nam veteran.

Mr. Fishburn, 40s, high school principal.

Mrs. Tillinghast, 80, retired, nurse in WWI.

Clara Washington, 50, works in school cafeteria, black, sings on soundtrack. (Liz Mikel)

Billy Washington, 20, Clara's son, currently in Viet Nam, graduated with Kevin.

Arthur Spalding, 50, Nikki's father, gas station owner, WWII veteran.

Others:

There are several additional supporting roles, from kids through adults, which will definitely be cast in Texas.

Although casting is a long way off, if you are a Texas actor, feel free to send in your headshot and resume.

Texas actors

There are quite a few Texans who have gone on to considerable fame in Hollywood, as well as many more who are successful actors, both in Hollywood and at home in Texas. We feel confident that we can cast most, if not all, of the leading and supporting roles with native Texans. Some of the actors on the list below are superstars far beyond our ability to attract with money alone, but many of them might well be willing to come home and be part of our project.

We have a wealth of talent with recognizable names available, particularly in the age range of the parents and adults in our movie.

If you know of any other native Texans who are working actors, let us know and we'll add them to the list so we can consider them at casting time.

1940
Barry Corbin (Lamesa) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0179224/

1941
Robert Foxworth (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289343/

1942
Mac Davis (Lubbock) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205067/

1944
Gary Busey (Goose Creek) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000997/
Lynda Day George (San Marcos) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0313519/
G.W. Bailey (Port Arthur) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0047265/

1945
Kevin Cooney (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004668/
Steve Martin (Waco) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000188/
Jaclyn Smith (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000646/

1946
Tommy Lee Jones (San Saba) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000169/
Sandy Duncan (Henderson) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242098/

1947
L.M. Kit Carson (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0141281/
Marvin Aday (Meat Loaf) (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001533/
Betty Buckley (Fort Worth) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000990/
Lois Chiles (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001042/
Farrah Fawcett (Corpus Christi) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000396/

1948
Larry Gatlin (Odessa) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0309705/
Steve Railsback (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706883/
Barbara Mandrell (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005178/
JoBeth Williams (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001851/

1949
Shelley Duvall (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001167/
Phyllis George (Denton) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0313575/
Sissy Spacek (Quitman) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000651/

1950
Randy Quaid (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001642/
Bruce McGill (San Antonio) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569226/
Kathy Baker (Midland) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000834/
Morgan Fairchild (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000392/

1951
Stephen Tobolowsky (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864997/
Margo Martindale (Jacksonville) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0553269/

1952
Patrick Swayze (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000664/
Annette O'Toole (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001578/

1953
Michael Bowen (?) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100889/
Kate Capshaw (Fort Worth) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001009/
Tracy Scoggins (Dickinson) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001712/
Christopher Rich (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0723621/

1954
Dennis Quaid (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/
Brad Leland (Lubbock) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0500894/
Peter MacNicol (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001493/

1955
Lee Horsley (Muleshoe) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395448/
Bill Paxton (Fort Worth) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000200/
Donna Bullock (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0120141/

1956
Robby Benson (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000913/
Bo Brinkman (Pasadena) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0109626/
Jerry Hall (Gonzalez) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355717/
Lisa Hartman (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004998/
Lisa Niemi (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001568/

1957
Lyle Lovett (Klein) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005164/
Lori Singer (Corpus Christi) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001742/
Tom Virtue (Sherman) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0899487/

1958
Rebecca Holden (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0390258/

1959
Larry Poindexter (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0223315/
Duane Whitaker (Abilene) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0924261/
Beverly Leech (Paris) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0498536/

1960
Terri Eoff (Lubbock) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0258247/
Thomas Haden Church (El Paso) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002006/

1961
Woody Harrelson (Midland) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000437/
Billy Maddox (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002556/
Forest Whitaker (Longview) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001845/
Peri Gilpin (Waco) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004963/
Lar Park-Lincoln (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0661983/

1962
Jesse Borrego (San Antonio) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001963/
Lydia Cornell (El Paso) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003981/
Tyra Ferrell (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0274508/
Heather McPhaul (Lamesa) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1573698/
Hunter Tylo (Fort Worth) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0878950/

1963
Dan Burkarth (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0121572/
Jay O. Sanders (Austin) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761587/
Isaiah Washington (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913460/

1964
Steve Austin (Austin) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0042524/
John Cameron Mitchell (El Paso) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0593463/
Andrew Wilson (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932992/

1965
Jonathan Joss (San Antonio) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0430885/
William McNamara (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001530/
Cristi Conaway (Lubbock) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0174192/
Michelle Forbes (Austin) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000405/
Jill Goodacre (Lubbock) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004969/

1966
Gil Birmingham (San Antonio) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0083655/
Robin Wright Penn (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000705/
Paula Trickey (Amarillo) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0872632/

1967
Jamie Foxx (Terrell) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004937/

1968
Les Brandt (Amarillo) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0104954/
Owen Wilson (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005562/
Charlie Spradling (Fort Worth) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0518680/

1969
Matthew McConaughey (Uvalde) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000190/
Renee Zellweger (Katy) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000250/
Austin Brooks (McAllen) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2153152/
Steven Montfort (San Antonio) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1535301/
Meredith Monroe (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005243/
Chandra Wilson (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933156/

1970
Julie Condra (Ballinger) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0174442/
Margaret Easley (Austin) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247475/
Ethan Hawke (Austin) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000160/

1971
Luke Wilson (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005561/
Merrilee McCommas (?) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566202/

1972
Jennifer Garner (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004950/
Angie Harmon (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004990/

1973
Shannon Elizabeth (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002436/
Angela Bettis (Austin) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0079374/

1974
Buddy Quaid (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005330/
Samantha Buck (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0118419/

1975
Eva Longoria (Corpus Christi) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0519456/

1976
Amy Acker (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009918/
Texas Battle (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1564024/

1977
Todd Lowe (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0523067/
Steve Howey (San Antonio) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0992538/
Misty Rice (Lubbock) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1560598/
Branden Waits (Lubbock) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1456792/

1978
Hillary Tuck (Kerrville) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0875765/
Brooke Burns (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004786/
Benjamin McKenzie (Austin) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1360270/

1979
Chad Brannon (Tomball) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0105172/
James Jordan (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2028579/
Nick Stahl (Harlingen) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001763/
Jennifer Love Hewitt (Waco) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001349/
Christine Lakin (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003115/

1981
Josh Henderson (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1259068/
Alexis Bledel (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088127/
Cheyenne Rushing (Temple) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750735/
Nora Zehetner (El Paso) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0954253/
Summer Glau (San Antonio) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1132359/
Aaron Bertram (Lubbock) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2178047/
Jonathan Murphy (Arlington) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1344103/

1982
Jared Padalecki (San Antonio) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0655585/
Sean Faris (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0267511/
Michael Arden (Midland) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2260797/
Jeremy Lelliott (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0500969/
Justin Mentell (Austin) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1742252/
Elizabeth Chambers (San Antonio) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1467342/

1983
Chase Ryan Jeffery (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1812943/
Preston Jones (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1171144/
Kim Smith (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808990/
Jeremy Batiste (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2057913/
Zach Freeman (Austin) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1736471/
J. Mack Slaughter (Fort Worth) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1416245/
Stephen Sowan (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1307733/
Ryanne Duzich (Corpus Christi) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1721063/

1984
Taylor Cole (Arlington) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1543157/
Sarah Hagan (Austin) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0353247/
Ashlee Simpson (Waco) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1249883/
Matt Barr (Allen) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1204778/
Josh Duhon (McKinney) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2070868/
D'Anthony Palms (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2396969/

1986
Amber Heard (Austin) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1720028/
Sara Rae Foster (Lubbock) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2552131/
Jake McDorman (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1416330/
Josh Wise (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200635/

1987
Hilary Duff (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0240381/
Taylor Ball (San Antonio) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0974059/
Cameron Finley (Garland) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278026/
Rheagan Wallace (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0908830/
Samantha Droke (De Leon) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1534182/
Michelle Page (Fort Worth) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1565101/

1988
Jesse Plemons (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0687146/
Sean Marquette (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0549826/
Austin Stout (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0832852/
Olivia Hardt (?) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2397526/
Erica Mer (San Antonio) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580082/
Cherami Leigh (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0473873/

1989
Cody Linley (Denton) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0512963/
Renee Olstead (Houston) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0648164/
Shelley Buckner (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1569479/
Courtney Hope (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1890824/
Whitney Dupree (Dallas) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0243432/
Britni Sheridan (Fort Worth) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1335715/

1990
Kirby Bliss Blanton (The Woodlands) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1926300/
Cheyenne Kimball (Frisco) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1948520/
Kay Panabaker (Orange) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0659048/
Morgan Farris (Austin) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1555417/

1991
Mitchell Musso (Garland) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1102053/
Jordan Hinson (El Paso) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1836666/

1993
Jenna Boyd (Bedford) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101799/

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