The Casting Director or The Director
Jun 17th, 2009 by Alan Yu
Yesterday I heard a conversation where a bunch of actors were talking about the things that they have tried thus far to promote their acting career. Example, taking workshops, doing independent films and so fourth. One person made that age old joke about how some people sleep with the director to get the parts except in this case the casting director was referenced instead.
That was funny I thought as usually from the outside even my perspective as a film viewer that it’s always the actual film director that you have to convince in order to get the part. Actually, I didn’t even know there was such a thing as a “casting director”. However, as an actor I came to realize just how different it is.
Similar to what I learned in the workshop that I took that was conducted by a casting director, a lot of times the production would simply trust the casting director to provide the talent. Therefore, it’s important that these casting directors are aware of your capabilities and presence.
So if you are starting out, don’t forget these people.
