Box Angeles (for Actors)

Lindsey Weissmueller


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Casting director Lindsey Weissmueller (Adam Ruins Everything, Searching) stops by Studio 309 and discusses hiking with directors, what actors should do in auditions, and more!

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- Box rants curving is worse than ghosting.
- Drinking and rituals and casting and casting ...
- Meeting with directors to test the fit and trying to get gigs at a certain price.
- Brainstorming good fits for roles before posting and opinions on agents / actors reaching out.
- Divvying up of audition slots and thoughts on self tapes, actors' personality.
- Holding scripts, improvising, asking for another take and how to stand out.
- Postcards, getting in front of a CD and making your own stuff.
- Growing up in Tampa and playing a lot of sports with a little acting.
- Attending University of Florida and doing a casting internship in LA.
- Skills that make a good casting director and studying abroad in Spain.
- Moving to LA, working in different casting offices and starting her own business.

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