Casting

Pilgrim is a three-piece band formed of Kayvon, Gavin and myself. We kept the band members within the group to make scheduling easier for ourselves and also because we are all friends, therefore making the chemistry on camera more genuine.

Kayvon Nabijou

We cast Kayvon as the lead singer and guitarist. We felt that Kayvon was the most comfortable in front of camera out of the three of us. This was because he played the lead singer and guitarist in our prelim exercise when we remade The 1975 'Girls' video. Below is a short video of shots from our prelim shoot demonstrating Kayvon's stage presence.

Kayvon's character is the leader of the group and he is cool, stylish, confident and modest.

Alice Cahill

I am the bassist of Pilgrim. We decided to have a female member in the band to break conventions and to appeal to wider audiences. By having a female bassist, female audiences could view her as an aspirational figure. We wouldn't be able to achieve this with an all-boy band.

I have experience in front of the camera and know how to play guitar, so playing bass on-camera should look more natural.

My character is cool, quirky, aspirational and a tomboy.

Gavin Fraser

Gavin is the drummer of Pilgrim. We cast Gavin because he plays drums and has experience playing drums on-camera for the Girls video remake, therefore playing in our music video should not be a problem for him.

Gavin's character is relaxed, funny and laid-back. We felt that this fit well with his personality anyway so he will look genuine on camera.

Once we had made the final choices, Mahalia created a cast list for us to reference to whilst we're shooting.