My daughter went in today for the 1st time...long audition with pages of script.. has anyone heard what's up with this? I thought they cast this log ago. I have friends who went in the summer 2007.

Apparently they have been looking at several ages, on both coasts and in between, and all different looking types of kids (brunettes, blondes etc). Either they havent found their Eloise yet or they are just exhausting the market before making a final decision. Sometimes they have a particular kid in mind all along and go through such a wide search anyway. One can never really tell. Hopefully they just havent found her yet since you just auditioned.
Good luck!

supermum did your daughter audition in person or was she put on tape?

I heard on another board that they might start seeing hispanic girls for this role. Does anyone know if this is true? TY

Does anyone know what age ranges they are looking at?

Asked our manager and it's not true. I believe they're seeing small 9-11 year olds.

My daughter said she was taped as she auditioned. The audition was long, about 30 minutes, or at least that's how long she was in the back away from me (I was getting nervous).
She was pleased with herself when she came out, and said the casting person also asked her questions on film, like what were the names of her pets, & what she;d like to see if she gets to go to Paris. My daughter wants to see a real french poodle, not the fake ones we have here. And she wasn't sure why everyone was laughing.

Supermum thats so cute and funny! Good luck to your DD.