How COVID and Globalization Have Upended TV Casting: ‘Some of the Magic Has Been Lost’

variety.com:

This is the third installment of a five-part series examining the transformation of television as the industry prepares to celebrate the Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept.

19.The pandemic has transformed the casting process – for now, at least – with Zoom actor tryouts largely replacing in-person sessions and self-taped auditions supplementing those as many of us hunkered down at home.It’s not yet clear whether these virtual auditions are here to stay or will fade away once the global health crisis finally does.

Casting pros and talent agents say there are clear benefits to virtual sessions conducted over video-conferencing platforms like Zoom but lament the lack of intimacy compared to in-person auditions.