Martin Egas
Two months after moving to Toronto to pursue acting full time, Martin Egas landed a strong supporting role in a feature film. He arrived ready to work, auditioned without representation, and booked Rick in Sorority Shark Attack. A fast turn from a bold decision to a big-screen opportunity.
For the Ecuadorian actor, the moment reflects years of creative curiosity, focused craft work, and a conviction that acting was where he belonged. Now Toronto-based and represented by da Costa Talent, Egas joins an ensemble built for a creature feature with a shark-sized appetite for chaos.
A creative path from Quito
Born in Quito, Ecuador, Egas was drawn to the arts from a young age. His parents encouraged him to explore different creative paths, including visual art, guitar, and theatre. In high school, another side of him came forward: he competed nationally in tennis and internationally in soccer.
An injury eventually forced him to stop competing. Egas now sees that interruption as life redirecting him toward acting.
The realization came when he was fifteen, watching The Force Awakens. In that moment, he decided that becoming an actor would be the most incredible job in the world. The idea stayed with him even as he took a less direct route toward the screen.
After high school, Egas moved abroad to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Marketing at the University of New Brunswick. But, as his da Costa Talent profile explains, he always knew acting was the pursuit underneath the degree. During university, meditation and stillness helped him find clarity about his purpose. Acting was not simply a passion; he says it gave his life meaning.
He put that conviction to work. Egas dedicated his spare time to studying the craft, taking classes at Milne Acting Studio and developing his skills independently.
A move, an audition, a feature role
In June 2025, Egas moved to Toronto to commit fully to acting. Within two months of auditioning without representation, he landed a strong supporting role in Sorority Shark Attack, directed by David Langlois and produced by Andromedia Distribution.
That timeline is striking, but it is not a shortcut story. It is preparation meeting an opening. Egas had already built a foundation through independent study and acting classes. The move gave that work a new place to meet opportunity.
His approach is grounded in a belief that purpose changes what feels possible. “Martin believes that when one aligns with their true self, life becomes effortless and limitless,” his profile says. And he describes acting as “the ultimate tool to explore what it means to be human”. A purpose he strives to pursue through his work and his journey.
Meet Rick: out of his depth, right in the action
In Sorority Shark Attack, Egas plays Rick, an awkward member of a trio stranded on an island with a group of sorority sisters. He is out of his depth in a situation that is already several degrees beyond anyone’s idea of a relaxing getaway.
That makes Rick a natural fit for a comedy-horror ensemble. The creature-feature setup supplies danger; the character’s awkwardness gives the danger room to play for laughs. Rick has to occupy the gap between the strange predicament and the people trying to survive it, while the shark keeps the stakes very much alive.
The role calls for a performer who can make a fish-out-of-water character feel human rather than helpless. Comedy-horror depends on that balance: the threat has to land, but so do the reactions. Rick’s island predicament gives Egas a vivid place in the film’s escalating group dynamic.
Creature-feature artwork inspired by the lake-set world of Sorority Shark Attack.
A lake, a bull shark, and an ensemble built for mayhem
Written by Bill Dever, directed by David Langlois, and produced by Sam Dever, Sorority Shark Attack is an Andromeda Studios comedy-horror creature feature and a loving homage to the exploitation films of the 1970s and ’80s.
Its premise wastes no time: a group of sorority sisters’ weekend getaway turns dangerous when a ravenous, genetically modified bull shark enters the picture. As the stakes rise, the young women must rely on their wits and courage to survive. The island strandings pull Rick and his group into the trouble, where being out of your depth stops being a figure of speech.
The film was shot on location at Rice Lake, just south of Peterborough, using practical effects alongside CGI. That blend puts a classic creature-feature setup in a distinctly Ontario setting. Principal photography concluded in October 2025, and post-production wrapped on March 16, 2026. A theatrical release is planned.
Egas joins a broad cast that includes Robert Carradine, known for Revenge of the Nerds, as Professor Marvin (a role described in coverage of the film as his final screen performance), Kate Mayhew as Chloe, Sarah Ircana as Alex, Elle Rose as Tiffany, Paul Matte as Greg Johnson, Marc Rico Ludwig as Lorne, and Lee J. Poichuk as Squat, along with Bailey Antzis, Drew Antzis, Magdalena Barys, Lambros Bryan Demos, Kimm Dizdari, Ed Ho, Daniel Christian Jones, Nick Mirka, and Vanessa Verdeaux.
In its announcement about the rising ensemble, Bill Dever said: “We were really graced by a bevy of talented young performers. Their dedication, enthusiasm, and raw talent brought a fresh energy to the set, and I have no doubt they will be defining figures in Canadian genre film for years to come.”
An island predicament with no easy way back.
International talent, Canadian genre filmmaking
Egas’s path (from Quito to New Brunswick, then to Toronto) adds an international perspective to a Canadian production. For genre filmmaking, the value is practical as well as creative: ambitious projects need committed performers, resourceful crews, and stories that can travel beyond their place of origin.
That is the promise of independent film production at its best. A focused indie film production company can bring distinct voices into a shared creative effort and build genre movies for audiences well beyond the set. And strong digital media production can help those films find their audiences, from the first image to the release campaign.
For low-budget genre producers, direct regional partnerships with small, single-screen exhibitors can also create a clear path to local audiences. A six-week marketing runway (built around fast, low-cost assets tailored to each community) gives that partnership a practical start.
The ensemble meets the creature-feature stakes.
The next chapter
Egas made a major move, kept building his craft, and earned a feature role within two months of arriving in Toronto. In Sorority Shark Attack, he brings Rick into a story where an island, a stranded group, and one genetically modified bull shark make “out of your depth” the understatement of the weekend.
The film has completed post-production, with a theatrical release planned. For project updates and a look at more upcoming genre productions, visit the Andromeda Studios slate and follow the studio for release news.