"You look at these lists, and they say, 'If you cast this person, you can get this much money.'" Slattery, who also co-wrote the "God's Pocket" script, was able to set aside such computations and select the actors he wanted, including Hoffman in the lead role and his "Mad Men" co-star Christina Hendricks, along with Richard Jenkins and John Turturro, in prominent supporting parts.
The producer said he had already selected the actor to be the host of the "Saturday Night Live" premiere next fall — it will be Mr. Baldwin's record-setting 16th time as host.
"You're selecting the actors as an investment and you need to give new talent as many opportunities as possible.
Santell and Al Rockett, the film's producer and production manager, selected the actors to appear in the film.
We will need the auditions by Wednesday morning at the latest and once we have selected the actors, the shoot will be on Thursday, Sept 30th.
The question is thus how to select the right actors with which to collaborate.
But in "The Select" the actors cue the sounds from controls concealed, behind a bar and inside a desk, on the set.
These leading actors, the protagonists, were responsible for selecting the supporting actors, the deuteragonists and tritagonists.
The actors helped select the books they will read, making choices because they wanted "to inhabit a character that has always fascinated them, show a different side of themselves from what audiences have seen on camera or tell a personally beloved story," said a statement from Audible.
Actors first assess the similarity of any pair of concepts via common referrals by other actors and then select the concept that makes the best match with the actor's own previously named concepts.
