Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later urgently needs babies for a day's filming in Northumberland

When filmmakers said they were looking for all ages of extras to join the cast of Danny Boyle's new feature film being made in the North East they clearly meant it and now they have launched a search for babies - the younger the better - to add to the mix.

Filming for 28 Years Later - the Oscar-winning director's sequel to his 2002 virus-zombie hit 28 Days Later - gets under way in Northumberland this May and is expected to extend across the region. There was a huge response to the recent appeal to find hundreds of local extras needed for the shoot, with roles up for grabs for outdoor types ranging from gardeners to wild swimmers.

Candy Marlowe, second assistant director in charge of the film's crowd scenes, is looking to build up a whole community of people - all generations and ethnicities - and they include children, those of student age and lived-in character faces. Following the initial call-out for fit and outdoor-loving extras to join the cast ahead of the start of work in May, there came a further appeal to find the likes of ultra-marathon runners, serious cyclists and triathletes.

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And now Candy is specifically looking for some very young additions to the cast - tiny babies, ideally twins who could role-share. It means that any babies born around now could find themselves among the youngest ever 'actors' in a major movie.

Candy wants to fill the roles urgently as it's now all systems go on the movie which is set to star such big names as Cillian Murphy, Charlie Hunnam and Jodie Comer. "We are urgently looking for a newborn baby or babies, to be in our film," she says, adding that it would be even better if they could find "two babies, or even twins".

The roles on offer would not involve anything too taxing. The filming would involve being on location in Northumberland during one day only - May 22.

The baby and parent would receive the best possible care. As Candy has previously said, if the team find what they want then they will make it work.

So mothers and babies, for instance, would be ferried to 'work' in a car that would collect them from their home. Filming would take only five hours and they would be well-paid.

And, what's more, the experience should make for some special memories too, adds Candy. Those interested who have a newborn they think might fit the bill are asked to send a photograph of their baby as soon as possible to the Sally Young casting agency: see here.