The UK Casting Directors Association (CDA) has issued a full-throated condemnation of agents misleading clients with fake self-tape audition invites.
In a statement posted on Twitter (now X), the professional body said it was “disturbed and saddened” by Deadline’s reporting on two agents who misrepresented audition requests to their clients.
Deadline has reviewed evidence showing that International Artists Management (IAM) and Bodhi Talent sent clients self-tape audition invites that were not requested by casting directors.
IAM appeared to change the wording of emails from casting directors to make it seem as if they had requested actor Mark Barrett to tape for a role when in fact he had not been called to audition.
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