Actor Growth

While on set for the shooting of season 2 of Fringe yesterday I was talking to another local actor that was currently in the midst of seeking for new principal representation. His reasons are pretty straight forward as he knows that there are a lot of auditions that he could be suited for but is not getting called for them.

He then dove a bit about the issue on how if a certain agent has a bad relationship with a specific casting director then most likely you won’t ever get called for potential roles that they may be casting for. I’ve been told many times that it is definitely small network of people that

The interesting thing is I personally can’t think of a non intrusive way to verify if say an agent and casting director hate each other for whatever reason as for the most part you are only going by rumors and hearsay from other people. In reality, if you are semi established with a unique skill then chances are things like this can be just a hurdle. But for up and coming talent this is more crucial as virtually no one knows you and things like this don’t exactly help the situation.

It seems like the only real way to find out is to network with a lot of other actors to get their general experiences where you then compile it to come up with your own conclusion. I know in general an agent can make a big difference though in terms of how much potential work you can get professionally.