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‘Woodlawn’ star: Movie ‘timely’ in wake of Ferguson & Baltimore riots

October 16, 2015

By Michael Foust, Christian Examiner

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (Christian Examiner) – Caleb Castille, the lead actor in the new movie “Woodlawn,” is accustomed to the audibles and last-second changes that make football so fun, having played the sport himself in college and having watched his father and two of his brothers join NFL teams.

But even he was a little surprised by the “audible” that Woodlawn’s moviemakers tossed at him less than a week prior to the first day of filming.

Castille was set to be a stunt double for the lead actor in the film when the lead actor pulled out. Soon, Castille got a life-changing phone call.

“Three days before production they called and said, ‘We’re looking at a few new guys and you’re one of them.’ So I went back through a three-day audition process and at the end of those three days, I was the one,” Castille said.

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