Casting Director Alexis Allen Winter: “We Have Been Vilified For Making Our Process Fit The Current Industry Standard”
deadline.comI, like most of the casting community, have spent time reading over the latest articles on the current state of casting (and the comments on those articles).
It has been gut wrenching to read and try to digest, especially as someone who learned this industry in the southeast where self-tapes have been the prominent form of auditions since I started in 2007 working as a casting assistant and in extras casting.
It leaves me feeling as if I’m in Quantum Leap where in this reality, self-tapes are a brand new idea, and especially happening during the week of the first in-person Artios awards since 2020.
It feels like our process is mostly misunderstood, because I assume it is. I come from a film and TV background, so I can’t speak for reality, commercial, VO and other casting specialties.
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