Susie Figgis Dies: “Unique” Casting Director Of ‘Gandhi’, ‘The Full Monty’, ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ & Many More Hits Was 77

Susie Figgis, the British casting director who worked on Gandhi, The Killing Fields, The Full Monty and Harry Potter, has ...
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Iconic casting director of ‘Die Hard,’ ‘Sixteen Candles’ dies at 74 after cancer battle

Emmy-nominated casting director Jackie Burch, who spent decades shaping the casts of major films like “The Breakfast Club” and “Die Hard,” has died at 74. Her longtime friend and fellow casting ...
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How Hollywood Finds Its Stars: Behind the Scenes With Casting Directors, the Most Important and Least Understood Job in Movies

Casting director Sarah Finn has been Marvel's longtime secret weapon: She's the one fielding thousands and thousands of auditions to populate Hollywood's biggest film franchise. Over the years, she's ...
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Watch Disney Casting Directors Explain How They Chose Their Actors for ‘Only Murders,’ ‘Deli Boys,’ ‘Paradise,’ ‘Abbott Elementary,’ and More

What does a casting director do? It’s one of the most important roles on any film or TV production, but there are a lot of misconceptions about the job. At IndieWire and Disney’s Pass the Remote panel ...
Vulture

‘The Job I Signed Up for Doesn’t Exist Anymore’

Ask a casting director about their job — usually her job — and you will hear words like intuition and alchemy. Ideally, they work closely with their director to create the human canvas of a project.

The Run-Up to ‘The Long Walk’: How Casting Director Rich Delia Found the Perfect Ensemble | Presented by Lionsgate

The Long Walk casting director Rich Delia explains how he found the perfect ensemble for the harrowing Stephen King ...