OIU: Overnight Investigations Unit | Original IMVU Crime Series Casting
Ress Carter for Detective Amaya Carter | Series Regular
Detective Amaya Carter | Series Regular
Description / Characteristics
Age: 29 | Lead Investigator
Amaya is the kind of detective who notices when your story changes by one word.
She’s sharp, controlled, observant, and very hard to fool. She doesn’t need to yell to take over a room, and she’s usually watching more than she’s saying. She cares deeply about getting the truth, but that can also work against her. Once she becomes convinced someone is lying, she can lock onto that person a little too hard.
This is not a cold, emotionless cop character. Amaya has empathy, humor, frustration, anger, and vulnerability. I’m looking for someone who can make her feel like a real person, not someone doing a generic “detective voice.”
What I’m looking for:
Natural, believable delivery
Calm authority
Strong emotional range
Able to handle interrogation scenes without overacting
Comfortable with subtle acting and quieter moments
Able to take direction and adjust a performance when asked
Commitment:
This is a series regular role, so I’m looking for someone who genuinely wants to be part of OIU long-term. You’ll need to be available for future episodes, retakes, and scheduled IMVU filming sessions.
- female adult
Calm / Observant “I’m not saying you’re lying. I’m saying your story changed. The first time, you said you left at two. Now you’re saying two-thirty. That might mean nothing, but I’m not going to pretend I didn’t notice it.” Direction: Calm, conversational. She isn’t accusing them yet. She’s watching to see how they react.
Interrogation / Pressure “You keep answering the question you wish I asked. I asked where you were, not where you were supposed to be. So take a second, think about your answer, and then tell me the truth.” Direction: Controlled authority. No yelling. The pressure should come from how certain she sounds.
Emotional / Intense “She was hurt. She was scared. And instead of helping her, you made a decision that put her in even more danger. So don’t sit there and tell me you panicked like that somehow makes what you did disappear.” Direction: This is where we hear Amaya’s anger and empathy. Emotional, but still contained.