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Lexington-based Lucky Day Studios has released the trailer for Unrequited, the feature film shot in Central Kentucky last summer by director Jason Epperson and starring Michael Welch, who plays Mike Newton in the Twilight movies. The movie, which also stars Sarah Habel, is currently in search of a distributor, and producer Jeff Day says there are several interested parties. We’ll keep you posted. Meanwhile, enjoy the trailer.

They were going with the rain plan.

With just five days left to film, the cast and crew of Unrequited faced something they have not seen much of in the previous three weeks of filming the teen psychological thriller in Central Kentucky: precipitation. But that meant they could easily adjust to shoot a key interior scene between troubled Ben Jacobs and his ex-girlfriend Jessica Morgan.

This didn’t faze actors Michael Welch and Sarah Habel.

“We’ve got some important stuff to do today,” Habel, who just came downstairs in the secluded Scott County home where they have been filming, cheerfully saids to director Jason Epperson.

Unrequited is an important film to most everyone involved.

For Kentucky-based Lucky Day Studios, it will be the debut feature that they hope will show they are capable of making high quality films.

For Winchester native Epperson, it will be his debut feature after making a name for himself nationwide as the first runner up on the Fox film director series On the Lot.

For Welch, it’s a chance to take the lead after getting on many movie fans’ radars with his supporting role in Twilight, and fellow actors such as Habel also hope to turn heads with their performances in the gritty drama.

And for much of the Kentucky-based crew, its a chance to put their best feet forward as brand new tax incentives could potentially start attracting more film work to Kentucky.

“The crew senses this is something meaningful,” Epperson says. “We want to all be successful together.”

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Yesterday in the paper and at LexGo.com, we told you about Unrequited, a new movie directed by On the Lot runner-up Jason Epperson that will begin filming in Lexington late this month.

We now have word on a local casting call for the film. Auditions will be held 3 to 6 p.m. Friday at Images Modeling and Talent Agency. Click here to read the full audition notice.

The auditions will be recorded and sent to casting directors in California.