{"id":380022,"date":"2026-07-20T20:32:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/380022\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T20:32:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:32:25","slug":"whataburger-seeks-young-football-players-for-paid-commercial-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/380022\/","title":{"rendered":"Whataburger seeks young football players for paid commercial in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Could your child star in\u00a0Whataburger&#8217;s next commercial? According to a Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1ECCYLsAWX\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a> from Austin-based casting director Michael Druck, there&#8217;s a good chance \u2014 but only if you hurry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;RUSH CASTING CALL,&#8221; the announcement said. &#8220;WHATABURGER COMMERCIAL &#8230; Michael Druck Casting is expanding our search and is now seeking boys ages 10\u201313 with football experience for an upcoming non-union Whataburger commercial filming in Austin, Texas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The commercial is scheduled to film Friday, July 24. Selected participants will earn $200 for up to 10 hours of work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are accepting submissions as soon as possible,&#8221; the casting announcement said. &#8220;Once we receive the client&#8217;s selections, our casting team will contact those who are being considered or selected.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To apply, parents or guardians should email\u00a0michaeldruckcasting@gmail.com with the child&#8217;s name, age, height and city of residence, along with the parent or guardian&#8217;s contact information, a brief description of the child&#8217;s football experience, a recent color photo and football photos, if available.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants also must confirm they are available to film Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The casting team is also encouraging youth football teams, leagues, clubs and coaches across Central Texas to share the opportunity with eligible families.<\/p>\n<p>Selected participants may receive the $200 payment directly or choose to have it donated to their football team, league or organization as a fundraising opportunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Could your child star in\u00a0Whataburger&#8217;s next commercial? According to a Sunday announcement from Austin-based casting director Michael Druck,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-380022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}