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Lights, camera, search!
The Canada Border Services Agency is holding a casting call for actors to help train newly hired officers.
The agency is looking for 55 men and women with the acting chops to improvise being searched and questioned by new border guards.
The actors will play travellers trying to cross the border and the guards will be graded on how well they do in different scenarios.
They won't win any Academy Awards for their parts, but the actors have to be versatile enough to play as many as three different roles a day.
"The actors must be able to improvise and deal with situations where unusual oral interactions in a second language take place," a contract document says.
"An individual at that level can take part in a conversation dealing with realistic issues. He or she can describe the actions taken, give specific instructions, provide descriptions and factual explanations."
The scenes could be as long as 20 minutes, and the agency may ask for up to 18 takes until the guards and actors get it right.
There won't be any nudity in this production. The agency makes it clear that strip searches aren't in the script.
"The searches include all baggage or other merchandise carried by travellers or in their vehicle. All vehicle parts easily accessible will also be searched," the document says.
"The actor acting as the traveller will not be searched in any of the scenarios. The extent of the search will be limited to the material, including the vehicles that are provided by the CBSA."