Casting call for ‘young Scribe’
Rapper’s life story to be told through TV docuseries, with new music touted
Fame, money, drugs, domestic abuse, mental illness, prison, rehab. Scribe has been through it all. Now he’s clean, working on a comeback album and ready to stand up.
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Scribe has taken to social media to advertise for a “young Scribe” to play a younger version of him in a six-figure story of his life.
Scribe — The Return of the Crusader is coming to TVNZ OnDemand this year. The series’ 12 episodes will follow the rapper’s redemption arc, as he reflects on his career and works on new music.
And a casting call has been made for a young person to play a younger version of the Christchurch-based musician.
“Looking for a Young Scribe (6-10 years but looks 6/7) & his big brother Tenare (10-13 years but looks 11). Must be confident & able to lip-sync Scribe’s new lyrics, for our TVNZ doco on his life,” the post read, which was shared on social media by filmmaker Chris Graham and Scribe himself.
The project has received about $460,000 NZ On Air funding, plus a platform contribution relief of $41,272.
“Fame, money, drugs, domestic abuse, mental illness, prison, rehab. Scribe has been through it all. Now he’s clean, working on a comeback album and ready to stand up,” an NZ On Air funding announcement description read.
And although his music launched him to fame, the rapper made headlines after battling drug addiction at the height of his career.
He was sentenced to jail at the end of 2018 after a series of bail breaches. After a four-month rehab stint he returned to the music scene.
TVNZ were tight-lipped on the upcoming docuseries, but the Herald on Sunday understands production for the show is ongoing. It’s understood there could be new music on the way as part of the series.
The project was first teased last November when TVNZ revealed its content offering for the year.