Veteran Casting Director Suggests Actors See “Insensitive” Four-Second Self-Tape Viewing Claim As A Challenge To “Be Present”

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A long-time casting director-cum-acting coach is hoping to offer a fresh perspective for actors whose confidence may have been shaken after watching a viral interview with an Atlanta casting director who admitted to only devoting four seconds to self-tapes.

Risa Bramon Garcia, whose vast credits include casting SEAL Team, The Affair, Masters of Sex and CSI: NY, filmed her own video for social media that acknowledges last week’s “insensitive” discussion between CDs Rhavynn Drummer and Tiffany Roshae.

In the now-deleted video, Drummer laughs out loud as she listens to fellow casting director Roshae admitting 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.