“To claify, on the Thursday they made two lines. One (nearest the road) of the callbacks from Wednesday) and their 'favourites' on the day. The second line (initially where everyone queued) were possibles but not definite, despite somebeing given a 'yes' early on. Some people in this line were told straight away no and asked to leave (politely, of course). Once chosen to go in the first line you were given a star, some red and some orange and went inside about 100 at a time. Then , you were split, inot extras and featured extras. the extras were photographed only and left, most with very little paperwork or explanation. The featured extras were asked to fill out more paperwork and then went through to the other room to have measurements taken. It goes without saying that you could be selected from either category as they will not need 250 'featured' extras but the chances of getting through would naturally be smaller.

Regards the choosing of people to, I saw a women with tattoos all over her upper body, I saw bobs, died hair, lots of people who appeared to be in the 40's, 50's and more.
At the end of the day, there was lots of people and good luck to you all. I had a fab time, met some really nice people and good luck if you made it. Please do tell...you lucky things!

This I can say despite being the first in the queue on Thursday arriving at midnight, being given a 'yues' at 10am and still not being moved into the line to be seen. It was my long 15 minutes and I had a blast. Its not often you get the chance to say you had a go at something like this so no regrets.

Good like all.”

“The article I read that advertised the auditions didn't say a passport was needed, i just took mine because people on here said you needed to. Like you said, once i was there no one did ask to see it. But my guess is it was probably just incase they needed a reliable source of i.d. ..maybe if someone looked too young for example????”

“Monica - Did it need to be said by me? :-S what did u mean by that,

Just the thing is many people I know, hadn¿t gone to the auditions due to Pass-ports being needed, and from following old pages on thisisplymouth site regards Alice in wonderland there¿s a thew more people who say its ridiculous, just my point is that it could have been once in life time chance and many people are in disappointment due to this”

“Jamie Plymouth: In the scheme of things, this was`nt an overly important matter but maybe something did need to be said about it....but did it need to be said by you? What were you on about??!!”

“Myself and daughter Josie qued on Wednesday and luckily got in for photos with application forms. Ilenka told me there were no 'favorites' for different rooms it was merely that they had a tight schedule for time. I was there for my dear daughter Beki who sadly passed away in June ages 12 from Cystic Fibrosis. Beki was in local theatre shows, won awards a LAMDA etc Easter, also a performer with Italia Conti associate school. I know Beki's spirit shone down on us Wednesday and it would be lovely in Beki's memory if one of us gets through.”

“I don't think they were looking for "Stars", just extras. But good luck anyway to everyone who waited in the "Hot sun".”

“i totally agree, my sister was there both days, on the second gives a yes early morning, then continued to wait in a queue that barely moved an inch, in the baking sun. she was there for almost 10 hours, having told she was a yes, yet at 4pm they closed the door and said thanks for coming. what a swiz!!! i think the event was very poorly managed and am very dissapointed.”

“On Thursday, I queued from 7.55am from Pavilions entrance. Given a ' Yes ' at 10.40am at the side of the New Continental, so not too far to go I thought ! Until the people near the road were given red stars and ' Fast- tracked through taking about 30 at a time compared to maybe 5 in my row, ( sometimes none from my row ), Then late on casting staff went to the back of the queue and picked even more people to overtake the line. One guy got in with two greyhounds, ( which he stood in full sun for hours ) which in my opinion was cruel to the dogs. Myself and all the others in the ' Patient ' waiting line got to within four feet of the doors at around 16;00pm, only to be told no further people would be seen, and thank you very much for attending. A more honest approach would have been better, every so often casting staff could have advised more people not too waste their time. Several older women went through with short hair as did numerous men with hardly any hair, so the requirement of women with long hair and men with over two inches of hair didn't mean anything either. Those of us who queued in good faith for 8 or more hours were basically left to one side, as being given an early ' Yes' we felt we should have been at least been interviewed. Especially, as at the end they just randomly picked people when one women with obviously died jet black hair and a mahogany look face got in. What happened to the pale Victorian look ?.

Good luck to all those who were not stitched up!”

“Not the most encouraging comment Nick, but it did raise a smile on an otherwise dull day in the office!”

“Biggest DISSAPOINMENT - Is that PASSPORTS wasnt needed after all, I mean many people went without passports and it wasnt needed and even people with passports theres wasnt checked. To be honest its out of order that being told PASS-PORTS ARE NEEDED, then hearing that they wasnt.

Many people havent been to the auditions as in this case.

Something needed to be said about this”