THIS IS A GREAT ONE FOLKS!  We asked actors, "If you could ask a CD anything what would you want to know?"

Please enjoy my very best and oldest friend, my childhood friend, he's my favorite person in the entire world and will probably be yours too - John Power!

John's casting career spans over 20 years.  He serves as the Senior Vice President of casting at Warner Brothers Television.  His long list of credits include some of the most seminal YA series including: the original Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, Superman & Lois, All American & Riverdale.

We dive deep into the studio and network casting process and talk all things pilot from audition to testing to the table read

I'm learning this podcasting thing as we go along.  Apologies for my sound.  I'm a bit lower in the episode.  Enjoy!

Here we go...

Elizabeth Boykewich is a Coach & Facilitator specializing in Transformation, Mindfulness & Leadership.  She is a casting maven and served as the Head of Casting for ABC Family & Freeform at The Walt Disney Company for over 16 years.

"All people are creative, capable, resourceful and whole."

Giant THANK YOU to all of the actors who submitted questions.  If you'd like to submit a Q to be answered on the podcast or tik tok please visit the "for actors" page on my website.  Link below.

EB Website: https://theeb.co/for-actors

EB Imdb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0102130/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

+NY vs LA

+How working for a network differs from the studio

+What does a studio casting executive do?

+John's process and responsibilities when casting pilots

+How they decide on which casting director to hire for the pilot and/or series

+What happens once the CD knows which actors they want to test for a pilot

+Using takes from different reads to land the job

+How producers walk a delicate line while casting a pilot with studio and network

+Good rules of thumb for a pilot table read

What goes down after pilot table reads

+How the pandemic changed his job and expectations for auditions

+What is the process for casting a tv family? How important is it to have the family look similar or related?

+Recasting pilots

+What makes you remember an actor?

+What distinguishes a good audition? From a great audition.

+What grabs your eye the most in a self tape or in person?

+Your best tool to be able to really land that audition

+What to do if you forget your line during an audition

+Are you testing actors live and in person?

+Does the number of followers and actor have impact odds of getting a job

+John's thoughts on stunt casting

+The process and struggles of introducing, suggesting, pushing for actors of color /diversity for roles that are not initially written as, or looking to be cast as diverse.

+Do you have a favorite project that you've cast?