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Casting is 65 percent of directing.

by on Nov.19, 2009, under Creators Blog

Morning Everyone,

Almost didn’t have time to write this one, but let’s get to it.

Nathan Atkison directs Janna Bossier.

Nathan Atkison directs Janna Bossier in Compulsions

John Frankenheimer once said that “Casting is 65 percent of directing”. During our pre-production process our Director Nathan Atkinson would repeatedly recite very similar notions. The idea is that with the right actors you can pull off your characters correctly and give them that realism and believability that’s especially important in a series like ours.

Remember yesterday‘s post about exploring inner evils? Well that’s not something you can properly execute by just handing off roles. Even in our rushed pre-production schedule we made sure to do our due diligence and go through a casting process. Nathan and our Producer Michael Tohl sat through a full two weeks of auditions and callbacks before I got to finally sit in with them and watch tapes. We then sat and discussed for hours before finally nailing down our actors.  The results? An ensemble cast that we are confident will at the very least turn most heads, and at the very most? … you’ll find out for yourselves on December, 1st.

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5 Responses to “Casting is 65 percent of directing.”

  1. Jeff Koenig says:

    Any chance you’ll release some of the better audition tapes? Both for the actors you did cast and the ones you liked but didn’t end up going with?

  2. Bernie Su says:

    Probably not. In general actors don’t like people seeing their audition tapes.

  3. David Nett says:

    That’s what DVD extras are for, Jeff!

  4. Bentoboxx says:

    I think 40% is location…make that 50%….no, 63.8%!

  5. [...] auditions. Am I playing favorites? No, cause I wasn’t even there to witness this first hand. Remember it was Director Nathan Atkinson and Producer Michael Tohl who were seeing everyone, they [...]

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