Casting director Richard Hicks (Gravity, Zero Dark Thirty) stops by Studio 309 and discusses winning casting work, attending Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and more!

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- Box talks streaming wars advertisements.
- Drinking and rituals.
- Winning casting work and actors winning the parts being in the moment.
- IMDb star meters, filling audition slots and having an Excel database.
- How'd new actors get seen, being the CSA president and yoga.
- Growing up in Ohio and attending Catholic University of America in DC.
- Moving to London for acting at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and moving in with parents.
- Writing to regional theatres around the country and performing at Guthrie in Minnesota.
- Moving to NYC, doing various regional jobs and odd jobs like cater waiter.
- Moving to LA for a boy, blaming acting for frustrations and not enjoying it as much.
- Being an audition reader, starting as a casting assistant and getting fired from Curb.

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