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Where a director's gut decides whose face the whole world remembers.
means The process of choosing which actors or performers will play the roles in a film, play, or show.
from From the verb 'cast,' which comes from Old Norse 'kasta,' meaning 'to throw.' The thread that ties the senses together is this idea of throwing or arranging things into their proper places — you cast dice, cast a fishing line, cast metal into a mold. By extension, to 'cast' a play meant to throw actors into their assigned roles, distributing them across the parts like pieces falling into position. The theatrical sense was already in use by the 17th century, long before cameras existed to record the results.
- origin word
- From throwing metal into a mold to fill a role
- chemistry
- Auditions test pairs together, not just solo talent
- typecasting trap
- One iconic role can haunt an entire career
- open calls
- Thousands show up; almost nobody gets cast
- voice work
- Animators sometimes cast based purely on a voice
game of thrones — david benioff and d.b. weiss cast 500+ speaking roles across 8 seasons starting 2011
the godfather — francis ford coppola's 1972 film famously cast marlon brando and al pacino, reshaping both careers