John Casablancas International Reviews

On the fourth time that I called into their 800 number, I did finally speak to a woman who was trying to line me up with an audition, although I had not completed the course, for a modelling job. When I told this fourth woman of my situation, she said, “I better tell someone” even though I had already spoken to several other women about this. And soon after that call, they sent my account to a collection agency! A COLLECTION AGENCY! My credit is perfect and I have never missed any payment ever and now, besides dealing with my health issues, I have this insult to deal with! I have come to the conclusion that all John Casablancas Agency is interested in is your wallet and check-book and nothing to do with you or your talent, or your health as a human being!

In retrospect, I would not have spent the money on this expensive company and their so-called training, done my research and found a class or organisation that actually teaches acting and/or modelling! So if you are reading this review, beware of them and look at other options to either start or further your career in the entertainment and fashion industry. And trust me, they will give you the hard sell! I am in contact now with an attorney to determine what my options are since I have paid for the classes that I took, in full, and made the offer multiple times to continue the few remaining classes that I have left! Then, and only then, would I pay for the few remaining “classes” I have left and not before, since I have found out how much they do not care, at all, about me or my health!

Annie, the main person or whatever, was having a private video chat with me and my parents, and she really liked my parents, she was laughing and it seemed cool, she kept complimenting me. But then she told us there was this dad with his daughter and she didn’t like how the dad was with his daughter and to her, so she didn’t let them pass. But why? If the child wants to act, why let them pass just cause you didn’t like how the dad was acting? My brother and aunt when they were younger, years and years ago. Possibly in the 90s-00s. They actually were in this, except they quit throughout cause of how expensive it was. Which is funny cause years later, i’m doing it now.

Also, you take a class every week, for 2 hours with a 10 minute break after 1 hour, which is weird because there’s a different instructor every week. Rarely you’ll get the same one. If they’re acting coaches, modeling coaches, they should have some money, they should be knowing what to do. Then why everytime they usually have bad camera quality, lagging, bad mic quality, uses backdrops. And just shows slideshows and videos, just reading off the slideshows, they always seem unprofessional, like it’s there first time teaching. How many coaches is there? 30 classes, 30 different coaches? It’s not adding up.

I also had an interesting experience when my camera wasn’t working one time. The coach told me to either leave, find a way to make my camera work, or reschedule. And that was it, I just left, she gave me attitude and didn’t seem right. But other times when people’s cameras aren’t working, they’ll allow them to stay and just watch, which makes NO sense??

One time, I had Will **, as a coach. He looked like he hasn’t slept in days, and even showed us that it was him. If it was actually him, he looked like him, sounded like him, then why did he look like he just woke up and that his equipment wasn’t as professional or seem rich if he’s such a famous model/actor, why is he coaching classes John Casablancas? It just DOESN'T make sense?

Otherwise it seems so real, I got other students socials, made group chats, had fun, did activities, got feedback. It seemed legit. But no, it’s not, wouldn't trust it. I’m not even finishing this program I’m quitting. Nothing is adding up, I’ve also checked their socials, Tiktoks 2k followers, barely or no likes or comments. And Annie’s Instagram posts give off odd vibes. Do your research, don’t think about it. Try actually finding auditions for things, research before committing.

Everything in me told me no but I was so excited to start. I didn’t even know why I had to pay for training again if I was already part of their agency. So they told me the plans, I chose the cheapest one and I asked if I could just pay half because I couldn’t drop the whole thing. She said yes and so instead of paying 396, I paid 160. Then said the next 236 is due before I start my classes. The next day after signing I contacted my rep and told her I was canceling. I also contacted johncasablancas.

The rep called me while I was at work. I immediately messaged her and let her know that I couldn’t come to the phone right now could she just text me. I didn’t hear back at all. I called when I was off and the number was no longer in service. When I finally got in contact with someone they told me I had to call a number and then when I did I was told I had to email this place just everyone kept throwing me off to someone else. It took only one person to take my money but I had to jump through all these hoops just to try to get my money back.

Long story short they tried to tell me that my application to withdraw or cancel my account was outside of the 3 day cancellation period and therefore I couldn’t get my money back. This is unacceptable. I don’t understand how that makes sense and why that wasn’t explained to me over the zoom call. Regardless of the fact please take my review into consideration before working with them. And do your research on them before getting your hopes up. They use scripted dialogues for every encounter they have during these “auditions”.

I sat through an audition for my niece before they had one with me and it was word for word down to the jokes. I should’ve known something was up as I’ve worked in sales before. And that my friends was a sales pitch. They just want your money in my opinion. But if you don’t want to take my word for it, go ahead and learn the hard way. Wish I didn’t. Now I’m trying hard and going out of my way to try to get my money back and they are just giving me problem after problem. I noticed that I’m not the first person they did this to and I’m sure I won’t be the last. Please be careful!