Exclusive: UK agency Bodhi Talent has been accused of exploiting the acting dreams of children by charging their parents potentially unlawful representation fees worth hundreds of pounds.
A Deadline investigation revealed last week how Manchester-based Bodhi had been accused of sending clients fake invitations for self-tape auditions and breaking regulations by withholding paychecks from actors.
The company, which has repped soap stars including Emma Rigby, has since faced a reckoning. Several clients quit the agency and others went public with claims that they are owed money, including actor Luke Anthony Jr, who alleged in an emotional Twitter/X video that he was not paid for a job last year.
Now Deadline can reveal that a group of parents are on the warpath after claiming they have been “scammed” by Bodhi’s sister agency, Luna Kids Casting, which was set up to represent children and claims to have worked with the...
A Deadline investigation revealed last week how Manchester-based Bodhi had been accused of sending clients fake invitations for self-tape auditions and breaking regulations by withholding paychecks from actors.
The company, which has repped soap stars including Emma Rigby, has since faced a reckoning. Several clients quit the agency and others went public with claims that they are owed money, including actor Luke Anthony Jr, who alleged in an emotional Twitter/X video that he was not paid for a job last year.
Now Deadline can reveal that a group of parents are on the warpath after claiming they have been “scammed” by Bodhi’s sister agency, Luna Kids Casting, which was set up to represent children and claims to have worked with the...
- 2/14/2024
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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