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A star is found, our adventures casting some of Hollywood's biggest movies, Janet Hirshenson and Jane Jenkins, with Rachel Kranz

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A star is found, our adventures casting some of Hollywood's biggest movies, Janet Hirshenson and Jane Jenkins, with Rachel Kranz

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A star is found

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Janet Hirshenson and Jane Jenkins, with Rachel Kranz

Sub title

our adventures casting some of Hollywood's biggest movies

Summary

For anyone who's ever walked out of a movie and said, "That guy was all wrong for the part," comes this first-of-its-kind look at how actors are chosen and careers are born. Two of the top-casting directors in the business, who recently cast the much-lauded choice of Daniel Craig as the new James Bond, offer an insider's tour of their crucial craft-spotting stars in the making. Janet and Jane share the fascinating, funny stories of discovering and casting then-unknown stars such as Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, John Cusack, Matt Damon, Jennifer Connelly, Virginia Madsen, Joaquin Phoenix, Meg Ryan, Benicio Del Toro, and the Harry Potter kids. Taking us from the first casting call through headshots, auditions, meetings, and desperate searches to fill a part, they give us the kind of behind-the-scenes access to the machinery of star-making that captivates movie fans and aspiring actors alike

Target audience

adult

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