John Casablancas International Reviews

This is a school requiring you to pay for overpriced education. If you already have education and experience then avoid this place. I made it to the 2nd interview to no one showing up over video chat. I got ghosted.

Up front J.C. seemed to be professional. They want you to sign a contract before starting class. I never received a copy of my contract. They will call you several times before starting class, almost to the point of harassment. Eighty percent of the classes consisted of a stupid game which lasted the whole hour. The photographer was unprofessional, and they over charged for the photos. After the pandemic, I lost touch with J.C., they moved, they never called, they never sent a text message, or an e-mail. At the end of the day J.C. did get around to sending a collection notice through the mail, and even after paying, it went straight to my credit report.

We spent time on the phone with Brandi and she was trying to recruit my son to pay for modeling classes. It is a scam. Brandi wasted our time. She was rude and did not do well with our honest comments about the information we received on the Better Business Bureau. Brandi claimed that she HEARD OUR conversation even though it would be PRIVATE between my son & I discussing their overpriced classes and she did not like it. When we came back up, she was angry and scolded us for our honest PRIVATE conversation that was not actually private. Consumer BEWARE.

I feel like I should have done this a long time ago. I'm only 7 courses in and they are guiding me right through the process. The coaches and staff are friendly. I've been told by my friend who does VFX and editing for Hollywood movies and he said the classes are worth the cost alone.

I was doing JC-MTM classes for a while and they were the greatest investment of my life. After my classes were over I almost immediately got calls among calls among calls. I hear most people calling it a scam because you have to pay for the classes and yes you do but you also have to pay for college classes still right? Nothing is free. You can't become a model or actor without a fee obviously. But I'm telling you that if you do pay for these classes it will not be taken for granted. As soon as you're done your classes you can quickly make that money up and that's exactly what I did. John Casablancas changed my life and it can change yours too.

I auditioned with John Casablancas Philly location about a year ago. I met with Annie in a virtual audition and it was a great experience. She was funny and straightforward. Then I signed up for the program with Jamie. Jamie has been so helpful, even to this day. The classes were great, they gave you tons of info, tons of tips and tricks to prepare you for the agency/industry.

I just finished taking classes a few months ago and I had an amazing experience. I worked with the Philadelphia JC. I live in NJ. I believe you get what you put in to it. I read through some of these posts on here calling this company a scam…. How is helping you and you paying for classes a scam? Who else should be paying for them? You pay for college classes so how is this supposed to be different? This is a very tough industry and you need to keep at it. Don’t give up!! Take advantage of every opportunity that comes your way!

My 16 year old daughter was filled with praise and confidence during the recruitment. She was assured that the money invested would easily be recuperated with plenty of modeling jobs. She completed the months of online classes and actually enjoyed most of them (hence the 2 star review). We were mislead to believe that photo shoots were included in the signup fee, which they were not. And on two different occasions, Brooke was “selected” to attend a convention in NY that cost thousands of dollars. I began asking questions at this point and requested for Caroline or somebody equivalent to get back in touch with me (just so I could understand more about the industry and how things worked - shoot, they may have even talked me into signing up my child but nobody called me back).

I have been a student with this modeling agency for few months after they went after me, praising the multiple potential talents I may have and convincing me to take classes with them to perfect those potential talents. When signing up with them I told them I couldn't afford the 3 thousand tuition for the training. They stayed I was only going to pay a $71 weekly fees for the weekly classes I was going to take till the end of the entire training. I got some family trials 3 months into taking classes and requested a break. After them telling me I will have a year to return to class, a debt collection agency is calling me 5 months later to let me know I own the agency a thousand and some hundreds dollars while I am not taking classes.

I had applied to model and the representation was named Jennfier and I had told her in audition, I tech my problems with my internet camera. She appeared to have an attitude when I told that I could have not to audition. I sent her text message and no response back. I was applying on the behalf of myself and no longer interested and will go elsewhere.

I'm a 20yr industry veteran in film, TV etc. They called me out of the blue insisting I'd submitted my materials for representation (I didn't) but appeased them with a zoom "interview" that turned out to be a mass Zoom of noobs (big surprise) required to a commercial read for feedback (seriously). So nothing private at all. When they learned I'm an IMDB actor, the tone IMMEDIATELY changed, and they never followed up. Lmbo.

First of all they get you all excited thinking you really have an opportunity with those fake auditions and fake scouting. When they should just start off with, "We need your money." They will not assist you unless you have 70 hrs of a curriculum. Lol. Mandatory before you get signed. Don’t waste your breath or time. Scam!!!!

This agency is garbage, they take the most perfect people, well qualified and make you feel that you're not enough. They want you to pay thousands of dollars to be a puppet with directions. Not worth it!

I joined JC Modeling and Acting Agency of CT in the spring of 2022. I always knew I wanted to be a model and an actress, but I wasn't sure what I needed to do to get started in the industry. I used to model when I was in my early 20's, but I never had professional representation and didn't get very far. Now 35, I knew I would need an agent if I wanted to accelerate my career.

Classes are somewhat educational- although you pay thousands to take the courses, you could get same training on YouTube videos for free. After you graduate, you pay a monthly fee for online portfolio for fake clients to view. This is a rip off not just the membership fee charged monthly but also time spent on fake auditions for fake clients! Have done this stupid membership for almost a year with absolutely no success.

This school is full of rude staff, manipulative pushy scouts, and petty awkward management. I regret ever falling for such a scam. They pretty much take your money for some silly classes like how to stand and things you can learn for free on YouTube. I never even made it to the part where classes were completed and I had a 'manager' to help book me, sure I wouldn't have made much anyway since the rates of success aren't anything impressive. I'm also pretty sure half the class you see are plants, paid people already working there to pretend to be students having a "great experience". It proves so because they claimed if you quit you're banned from the school, yet someone, when I took my first and last class, said she quit before but got to come back since it was an "emergency".

If you are thinking about doing this JC training program please read this first, thank you. I’m writing this as a graduate of the JC 60 hr. acting/modeling training program. I graduated in November of 2022. Please do not make the same mistake I did and waste $2500. $2000 for tuition, $240 for the 3 Photo shoots and another $200 plus for clothes, shoes, makeup etc. The Photo shoots were done at a hotel, either in a small conference room with bad lighting or literally right outside the main entrance to the hotel. They didn’t have any of the basic necessary equipment that you see at any professional photo shoot to make the lighting optimal. And yet they are charging each student 80 dollars on top of the 2000 tuition fee. And if you have to reschedule the photoshoot they don’t give you your money back! You have to pay them another 80 dollars, it’s a joke.

Had the most unbelievably unprofessional experience with Mary at John Casablancas. I have never experienced such a lack of competence and civility. When I mentioned contacting the Better Business Bureau she literally giggled

I was on an initial Zoom Audition, and I signed off when it came to the Video introduction. I said to myself that it was beyond what I was willing to do to practice my natural acting capabilities. A few hours later "Kirin" calls me back (The same lady who invited me to the first Zoom meeting), and asks me why I signed off, then convinces me to do another Zoom meeting. So I agreed, she said it wouldn't take so long. I nailed the ** commercial Audition. And they called me back for a second, one on one Audition. WHICH we discussed in detail, what I said in the first audition, How I have an Imagination and can become Different people, which I examples in my commercial audition which blew them away. Then she starts going on about these training courses, but it defied everything we spoke about. There's no way an actor like me needs training. John Casablancas Contradict themselves.

John Casablancas Modeling and Acting Agency of CT is remarkable! Above all, Tina and Kara, demonstrate a high level of involvement, commitment, engagement and enthusiasm, both highly professional and competent to work with!! I have been presented with, and accepted multiple bookings, modeling for a diverse clientele. Thank you for all the incredible experiences and opportunities – I am honored and privileged to be a part of the team!

John Casablancas Modeling and Acting Agency located in Rocky Hill Connecticut has assisted me in jumpstarting my modeling career and advancing it to the next level. Offering runway classes, makeup advice, and acting lessons, as well as helping me build my portfolio, network, and understand the industry. John Casablancas has booked me to model for Connecticut tourism restaurants/breweries, jewelry, hair product lines, and a well-known suntan lotion company. I can’t wait to see what the following year has to offer!

These people are a bunch of crooks. After they said everything was included in the $2200 payment I made now they want me to pay for pictures separately. RUN FAST AND FAR. DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING THEY SAY.

I worked with a woman named Lisa **, she told me about the company, asked if I could pay 2000 upfront. I said I couldn't afford that, she told me about the 71$ a week option which requires a 295$ registration fee. I was so excited I paid that. Later on I told her I don't know if I could afford it, I sent a cancellation letter out that next morning which the contract States to do, Lisa than told me that I could not get the fee back, even though the contract stated I could if cancelled on time, thinking about legal actions, since Lisa has stopped responding. Complete scam artists.

I can't say enough good things about John Casablancas! I went through their training and it has prepped me for so many casting calls especially since most auditions in the industry are online now. They were very transparent from the beginning on how they operate. There is a training side and an agency side which is MTM. It's all about the work you put in and there is no free training in any endeavor whether it is college for a specific career or any other kind of extracurricular activity you choose to be involved in. After college you aren't guaranteed a job and extracurriculars don't guarantee you a career either.

I signed with them and before I did they asked for $2000 payment I couldn’t make that so I put a down payment of $150 so right after I signed I started feeling queasy about John Casablancas and so I called the lady back and told her that I didn’t want to do it anymore. In the contract it says if you mail out a letter to them three days after you will get a refund I called the lady not even three hours after I signed and told her I didn’t wanna do it and I also sent out the letter the same night. So after I sent out the letter I called the next day and told them I sent out a letter and she was so sweet, saying that I’ll get my refund and they’ll handle it.

They start by making you pay $291 which is ok if you are serious about investing in your child's career. If your child want to become an actor they don't care. They will put him in a class with others who are there for modeling. Ok so now you've spent 295.00 + 71.00 weekly class charge, you get the syllabus and it's talking about dress shoes, makeup kits, excuse me last time I checked learning how to do makeup is not a tool that they need to know. And if they do I'm sure a little teaching from mom can help, not 2000.00 dollars later. I feel sorry for any parents sitting in that zoom supporting their child on their dreams and little do they know they are about to pay a ton of money for something that they aren't going to need or could get just by googling it or watch a makeup tutorial.

Extremely bad vibes from this one. Don't do it, they will want you to sign bad contracts and spend $2,000 right off the bat. If you are interested in school for creative arts, go to school for creative arts, not some weird agency **.

I auditioned many years ago and was accepted into the school to further develop acting skills, although I auditioned to be a model. I’m 5’11 and was about 140 back then. I remember how critical Annie was about my natural hair. As a ** woman, this was very insulting. The market is open to all types of looks and I know for a fact that the natural hair scene is a money maker. So I took one class and then was told about the insane amount of money I needed to pay. So I decided this wasn’t for me.

Please make sure if you are Aspiring to be in Entertainment, Research, Research Research. No Talent Agency charges you nothing unless you are paid for your projects PERIOD. They took advantage of my Excitement of the moment and totally Bummed Rushed me into paying registration fee and 71.00 for a 2 hour online course.

My teenage son started taking classes with this company over a year ago, and he learned so much from the virtual classes and it helped with his confidence. During the classes he was sent out on smaller jobs to gain experience, they helped prepare his headshot and resume too. Then, when he was done the classes he joined their agency, MTM. Since then, he has been in several films and a few commercials. They just booked him for a film this month in Northern NJ. This company did exactly what they said they would. They prepared him for the industry, and gave him opportunities, which he booked. I do recommend this company to anyone trying to break into the industry and don't know where to start. Annie and Jamie, in the Philadelphia location are so helpful still, to this day.