"Casting is not a talent process."
This somewhat failed actor who became a casting director uses the James
Bond audition process as an example. You can probably skip the Lazenby
stuff if you know the stories. I wish he'd spent more time on Casino
Royale. But there's the James Brolin screen test for Octopussy, and he's good.
He points out that the process is really about getting you remembered
for future opportunities.
He emphasizes the aura of confidence, how a man enters a room, so the audition begins before the line reading.
They don't discuss a famous "blown audition" -- Stephen Furst for Vir on Babylon 5. He got hired because he was so nervous and upset, he'd unintentionally walked into the room in character. When I first saw him,
I thought Vir was written with Flounder in mind, but they had no idea
who he was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssmrueQW7rM
Stephen Furst played an intern, Elliot Axelrod, who was frequently
nervous and upset in St. Elsewhere back in the day. Weirdly, it isn't
listed in IMDB although he was in the show at least a couple of seasons. >Does anyone else remember that? I see Wikipedia lists St. Elsewhere as
one of his TV roles.
I didn't realize he'd died in 2017, still relatively young.
Complications of diabetes, according to Wikipedia.
On 2026-09-06 2:44 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
"Casting is not a talent process."
This somewhat failed actor who became a casting director uses the James
Bond audition process as an example. You can probably skip the Lazenby
stuff if you know the stories. I wish he'd spent more time on Casino
Royale. But there's the James Brolin screen test for Octopussy, and he's
good.
He points out that the process is really about getting you remembered
for future opportunities.
He emphasizes the aura of confidence, how a man enters a room, so the
audition begins before the line reading.
They don't discuss a famous "blown audition" -- Stephen Furst for Vir on
Babylon 5. He got hired because he was so nervous and upset, he'd
unintentionally walked into the room in character. When I first saw him,
I thought Vir was written with Flounder in mind, but they had no idea
who he was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssmrueQW7rM
Stephen Furst played an intern, Elliot Axelrod, who was frequently
nervous and upset in St. Elsewhere back in the day. Weirdly, it isn't
listed in IMDB although he was in the show at least a couple of seasons. Does anyone else remember that? I see Wikipedia lists St. Elsewhere as
one of his TV roles.
I didn't realize he'd died in 2017, still relatively young.
Complications of diabetes, according to Wikipedia.
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On 2026-09-06 2:44 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
"Casting is not a talent process."
This somewhat failed actor who became a casting director uses the James
Bond audition process as an example. You can probably skip the Lazenby
stuff if you know the stories. I wish he'd spent more time on Casino
Royale. But there's the James Brolin screen test for Octopussy, and he's >>> good.
He points out that the process is really about getting you remembered
for future opportunities.
He emphasizes the aura of confidence, how a man enters a room, so the
audition begins before the line reading.
They don't discuss a famous "blown audition" -- Stephen Furst for Vir on >>> Babylon 5. He got hired because he was so nervous and upset, he'd
unintentionally walked into the room in character. When I first saw him, >>> I thought Vir was written with Flounder in mind, but they had no idea
who he was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssmrueQW7rM
Stephen Furst played an intern, Elliot Axelrod, who was frequently
nervous and upset in St. Elsewhere back in the day. Weirdly, it isn't
listed in IMDB although he was in the show at least a couple of seasons.
Does anyone else remember that? I see Wikipedia lists St. Elsewhere as
one of his TV roles.
I didn't realize he'd died in 2017, still relatively young.
Complications of diabetes, according to Wikipedia.
Furst is listed on IMDb as number 10 in all cast, which is in order of how many episodes they appeared in. Furst appeared in 67 out of 137 episodes.
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