Joel Thurm: Last News

Tell me more, tell me more: It has been 45 years since "Grease" was released in theaters, making John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John household names. The movie, which was released on June 13, 1978, followed Sandy Olsson (Newton-John) and Danny Zuko (Travolta) as they struggled to make their relationship work due to the fact that they come from two completely different worlds. Danny is a greaser and Sandy is a good-girl cheerleader.

The Grease casting director is slamming a complaint about the iconic movie and it’s cast – that the stars were too old to believably play teenaged highschoolers.

According to Joel Thurm, David Hasselhoff was "blessed with looks, luck and me." The veteran casting director said he was the one "who paved the way" for the actor’s "best years" in shows like "The Young and the Restless," "Knight Rider" and "Baywatch." He also witnessed a new star make a major splash on "Baywatch," the series about lifeguards who tackled rescues and relationships. Thurm, who recently wrote the tell-all "Sex, Drugs & Pilot Season: Confessions of a Casting Director," claimed to Fox News Digital that Hasselhoff was hesitant about having Pamela Anderson join the cast. "I’m sure [Pamela] is a lovely woman in person from what I can see and certainly from what I’ve learned from her new Netflix documentary, but it’s no surprise the ratings went up when she joined," said Thurm.

Olivia Newton-John "didn't jump at the offer" to do 'Grease. ' The star- who passed away on Monday (08. 05.

The late Betty White's "Golden Girls" co-stars might not have been her biggest fans. Joel Thurm, who oversaw the casting of the "Golden Girls" as head of talent for NBC at the time, claimed Rue McClanahan (Blanche Devereaux) and Bea Arthur (Dorothy Zbornak) in particular had issues with White during an appearance on "The Originals" podcast. White passed away on New Year's Eve in 2021.

A month after Betty White's death at 99, Golden Girls casting director Joel Thurm has revealed that her main co-starsBea Arthur and Rue McClanahan did not like her and called her profane names.Thurm appeared on The Originals podcast - hosted by entertainment journalist Andrew Goldman and produced by Los Angeles Magazine - as he recalled White's tumultuous relationship with Arthur and McClanahan.He explained: 'Literally Bea Arthur, who I cast in something else later on, just said, "Oh, she's a f***ing c***," using that word."' Tumultuous:A month after Betty White's (center) death at 99, Golden Girls casting director Joel Thurm has revealed that her main co-stars Bea Arthur (right) and Rue McClanahan (left) did not like her and called her profane namesGoldman - who previously referred to White as 'America's Sweetheart' - seemed shocked by the revelation as he asked: 'Bea Arthur called Betty White a C-word?'Thurm replied: 'Yeah, she called her the C-word. I mean, I heard that with my own ears.'And by the way, so did Rue McClanahan.

remains popular for the hilarious — and sometimes inappropriate — hijinks of four single, aging women who share a home in Miami. But while the on-camera chemistry between Rose Nylund (Betty White), Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur), Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan) and Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty) still charms viewers, the mood was decidedly different behind the scenes.The latest episode of “The Originals,” a podcast hosted by entertainment journalist Andrew Goldman and produced in partnership with Los Angeles Magazine [LINK TK], includes an April 2021 interview with the sitcom’s casting director Joel Thurm, who recounts how the leading ladies, especially Arthur, really felt about White — who died this past New Year’s Eve, weeks before her 100th birthday.“Literally Bea Arthur, who I cast in something else later on, just said, ‘Oh, she’s a f – – king c – – t,’ using that word,” Thurm says on the podcast.