Fears Over How Much Time Casting Spends On Self-Tapes Renewed After Atlanta-Based Directors Talk About Watching Them For “Four Seconds”

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A recent taped conversation between two Atlanta casting directors — one of whom admits to devoting only four seconds to watching self-tapes — has renewed fears among actors who believe their auditions are not being taken seriously.

On a recent filmed installment of the Act Up podcast that was shared on Instagram, Rhavynn Drummer — who touts on her website that she has cast “fifteen television series, eighteen feature films, and seven touring plays” for Tyler Perry Studios — laughs out loud as she listens to fellow casting director Tiffany Roshae admit to giving very little time to audition tapes. “I’m dead serious,” Roshae, whose credits include the BET limited series Zatima, tells Drummer. “Does it take eight seconds to figure out if it’s a man or a woman?

Does it take 10 seconds to figure out if it’s an Amazon driver or a surgeon? No. When someone shows up as they are, they show up as they are.

That’s the human process. So when I come across a tape, and they are what they are from second one, from beginning, yeah, they’re in character.