Killer Casting

This week Lisa and Dean breakdown the penultimate episode of the HBO Original Series "Mare of Easttown" joined by none other than Kate Winslet's own dialect coach, the fantastic Susan Hegarty. Susan coached Kate on the now famous "Delco" accent used in "Mare". Susan has coached so many A-List actors, it is ridiculous — and she helps us understand the way she works to make her clients sound as flawless as possible. To Lisa's nerdy delight we get deep into the weeds discussing the differences between accents and dialects….but then we turn to analyzing Episode 6 titled "Sore Must Be the Storm". Tune in to find out our take on this emotionally rich episode, so filled with amazing performances by all the "mothers" in this story.

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This week on Killer Casting we plunge ahead into the shocking episode 5 of "Mare of Easttown" titled "Illusions". Lisa was holding her breath all through the last 5 minutes of the show. Even Brian was stunned! Incredible work by Kate Winslet, Evan Peters, and all the supporting cast.

Today on an extra special Killer Casting, Lisa, Brian and Dean sit down with "Mare of Easttown" Pennsylvania local casting directors Diane Heery and Jason Loftus. They give us some inside scoop on the audition process for the show. Plus we take a deep dive into Mare Ep 4 "Poor Sisyphus".

The team continue their breakdown of the epic new HBO Max limited series Mare of Easttown. We talk the massive talent displayed by Kate Winslet and Jean Smart in their mother/daughter scenes. The brilliance of Sosie Bacon. And the best damn drunk scene ever played by Evan Peters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFsBFcu8cOs

Acting is a transformative art and few do it better than the great Stanley Tucci. For years he existed in the realm of "you're that guy who was in that thing," but with his turn in Big Night, he showed he was more than just a supporting actor. He brings an intelligence and charm to every role he brings to life and with a seeming effortlessness that is a joy to watch. And what a dapper dresser!

Lisa, Dean and special guest Paul Sullivan wade through the detritus of the weirdest Oscars since Rob Lowe sang with Snow White

Lisa, Brian and Dean are joined by two very special guests to discuss the amazing tour de force that is Chadwick Boseman's final performance, but which also features knockout performances from a killer ensemble cast, starring the spectacular Viola Davis, Coleman Domingo (who Lisa has cast before in the film Nothingman), Glynn Turman (who Lisa cast on Criminal Mind and adores from Fargo) and Michael Potts (Brother Mouzone to you Wire fans out there!!). Chiming in with great insight are two professors who are both experts and authors in the field; Dr. Monica White Ndounou is an Associate Professor of Theater and the founding Executive Director of The CRAFT Institute which convenes The International Black Theatre Summit and administers the Pay-It-Forward All-Career Level Mentorship Program along with various initiatives designed to create culturally inclusive ecosystems throughout the world of arts and entertainment by transforming formal training and industry practices while promoting equitable access. She is also the past President of the Black Theatre Association (BTA) (2016-2018), Vice President of Advocacy for the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) (2019-2021) and serves on the board of The August Wilson Society. She is a founding member of the National Advisory Committee of The Black Seed, a national strategic plan to create impact and thrivability for Black theater institutions and initiatives.https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/shaping-the-future-of-african-american-film/9780813562551 *******************************************

Laurence Glasco is Associate Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh. Since coming to the University of Pittsburgh's History Department in 1969, he has focused on African American history, both locally and globally. A graduate of Antioch College, Dr. Glasco received his Ph.D. in History from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Professor Glasco has studied the history of Black Pittsburgh for the past decade or so. He researched and narrated the recent exhibition on slavery in early Pittsburgh, "Free at Last?" and has extensively written about Black Pittsburgh history for exhibits at the Heinz History Center and a variety of publications.

Dr. Glasco has made an intense study of the Pittsburgh upbringing and childhood experience of August Wilson to reveal how the playwright developed his characters, gained inspiration for his stories, and cultivated his craft as one of the most celebrated African-American playwrights in the world. What can we glean about ourselves from the life and writings of Pittsburgh's own playwright?

Editor, The WPA History of the Negro in Pittsburgh (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004)

Legacy in Bricks and Mortar: African-American Landmarks in Allegheny County (with Frank Bolden and Eliza Smith) (Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, 1995)

"Race, Caste and Untouchability: Lessons from India" (Sanskriti 1993)

"National Versus Racial Identity: Juan Gualberto Gomez of Cuba and W.E.B. Du Bois of the United States," in Wolfgang Reinhard and Peter Waldmann, Nord und Süd in Amerika (Rombach,1992)

"The Life Cycles and Household Structures of American Ethnic Groups," Journal of Urban History (1975)

How's that for some heavy hitters kids ? Enjoy!

Video Games. You might be surprised to know that some of the best roles for actors are not in Film or TV but IN video games. Love stories, stories of adventure, stories of great emotional loss. They are all contained in these projects....and they are not just voice overs, they are performance and likeness capture. So it is the actor IN the video game, their acting, their face, their emotion, their movement.

Director Tom Keegan has worked on some of the biggest video game franchises, Star Wars, Battle Field and many others. Check out his insanely diverse CV here https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1146741/

And if you think then audio in the pod SOUNDS good, check out the trailer here on You Tube. https://youtu.be/0GLbwkfhYZk

Lisa has worked to help Tom cast many projects. She sits down with Tom to talk about the casting process for video games.

Of course, there is a lot of glitz and glamour in the film and music industries. But would you be surprised to learn that these two are not the top-grossing sectors in entertainment?

As a matter of fact, these two put together do not even match half the revenue the video game industry is earning. According to the latest figures, the video game business is now larger than both the movie and music industries combined, making it a major industry in entertainment.

This year, the global games market is estimated to generate US$152.1 billion from 2.5 billion gamers around the world. By comparison, the global box office industry was worth US$41.7 billion while global music revenues reached US$19.1 billion in 2018. Read more here https://www.ejinsight.com/eji/article/id/2280405/20191022-video-game-industry-silently-taking-over-entertainment-world