My regional newspaper has a report on the Coen Brothers casting call in Scottsbluff my wife and I attended.

starherald.com

They wanted to see if they had what it takes to play an extra in a Coen brothers Western.

But what does it take?

Well, for this particular Western (called “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”), the Oscar-winning filmmakers are looking for about 50 “ordinary” Nebraskans — for families with children older than 10 and for women with long, natural hair and for men with beards and mustaches — to play the settlers of a wagon train in the 1800s.

About 700 people, most from the area but some from much farther, came to the theater Tuesday night for an open casting call.

(more at the link)