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Josh Einsohn and Us | Casting Director
This week on That Was Us, we’re joined by one of the most pivotal people behind This Is Us: casting director Josh Einsohn. Josh reflects on 25 years in casting and shares how he got his start in production, what led him to feel passionate about casting, and how This Is Us ultimately changed his life forever.
In this episode, Josh chats about:
* His 25-year journey in casting and how he got his start
* The role Tommy Lee Jones played early in his career
* Working on The Polar Express and The West Wing
* Partnering with Tiffany Little Canfield to cast This Is Us
* Bringing Jon Huertas onto the show
* The pressure of casting multiple ages of the same characters
* The urgent recasting of the teen Big Three
* How auditions changed after COVID
* Casting Griffin Dunne as Nicky
* Casting Jennifer Morrison as Cassidy
* His advice for actors navigating the industry
* How This Is Us influenced his decision to adopt his daughter, Molly"
That Was Us is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Music by Taylor Goldsmith and Griffin Goldsmith.
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🍋 About the Show:
The stars of This Is Us, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, and Chris Sullivan, dive back into the world of the Pearsons, reliving each episode and all the life lessons that came with it.
Together, they dig in and dig deep, have the tough conversations, bring in very special and familiar guests, share never-before-heard behind-the-scenes moments, and feature listeners in highly anticipated fan segments.
Join your favorite family back in the living room to examine our past, cherish our present, and look to the future with new episodes of That Was Us every Tuesday.
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00:00 Intro
00:02:22 Interview
01:10:13 Outro
Executive Producers: Natalie Holysz and Rob Holysz
Creative Producer: Sam Skelton
Production Coordinator: Andrew Rowley
Video Editor: Todd Hughlett
Mix & Master: Jason Richards
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By Mandy Moore, Chris Sullivan, and Sterling K. Brown
4.9
22882,288 ratings
This week on That Was Us, we’re joined by one of the most pivotal people behind This Is Us: casting director Josh Einsohn. Josh reflects on 25 years in casting and shares how he got his start in production, what led him to feel passionate about casting, and how This Is Us ultimately changed his life forever.
In this episode, Josh chats about:
* His 25-year journey in casting and how he got his start
* The role Tommy Lee Jones played early in his career
* Working on The Polar Express and The West Wing
* Partnering with Tiffany Little Canfield to cast This Is Us
* Bringing Jon Huertas onto the show
* The pressure of casting multiple ages of the same characters
* The urgent recasting of the teen Big Three
* How auditions changed after COVID
* Casting Griffin Dunne as Nicky
* Casting Jennifer Morrison as Cassidy
* His advice for actors navigating the industry
* How This Is Us influenced his decision to adopt his daughter, Molly"
That Was Us is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Music by Taylor Goldsmith and Griffin Goldsmith.
-------------------------
Support Our Sponsors:
- With Shipt, it’s never just a delivery order – it’s shopped same day – in the same way you would. Use code "podcast" to get a year of Shipt for only $49 – HALF OFF the regular $99 price – at https://Shipt.com/offer. Terms apply
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🍋 About the Show:
The stars of This Is Us, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, and Chris Sullivan, dive back into the world of the Pearsons, reliving each episode and all the life lessons that came with it.
Together, they dig in and dig deep, have the tough conversations, bring in very special and familiar guests, share never-before-heard behind-the-scenes moments, and feature listeners in highly anticipated fan segments.
Join your favorite family back in the living room to examine our past, cherish our present, and look to the future with new episodes of That Was Us every Tuesday.
-------------------------
00:00 Intro
00:02:22 Interview
01:10:13 Outro
Executive Producers: Natalie Holysz and Rob Holysz
Creative Producer: Sam Skelton
Production Coordinator: Andrew Rowley
Video Editor: Todd Hughlett
Mix & Master: Jason Richards
About Headgum:
Headgum is an LA & NY-based podcast network creating premium podcasts with the funniest, most engaging voices in comedy to achieve one goal: Making our audience and ourselves laugh. Listen to our shows at https://www.headgum.com.
» SUBSCRIBE to Headgum: https://www.youtube.com/c/HeadGum?sub_confirmation=1
» FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/headgum
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