How do Hollywood movie producers and their casting directors pick the lead actors for their project?
It really depends on the size of the production and who is already involved. Not every Hollywood film is a big tent pole production. For the one's that are, the film is likely high-profile enough that the producers and director can come up with a wish list of talent that they've seen/worked with before, and approach them about playing the key cast. In that case, who gets picked comes largely down to who is willing to work for what you can afford, and who is available and won't have scheduling conflicts. For smaller Hollywood productions, the director might still contact a star or two, especially if it's somebody they already know, but often they'll let the casting director know what they're looking for. The casting director then does a casting call, usually contacting casting agencies or possibly directly contacting agents/managers that they know. For smaller parts, it's not uncommon for the casting director and maybe a producer to make final decisions. For larger parts, especially roles that get top-billing, the casting director's job is to weed out the one's they know won't fit what the director wants and do call-backs until the most promising actors have been widdled down to a manageable number (between 5 to 10, usually), at which point the director usually comes in. Once the director is involved, the actor will likely read again, and if the director likes them, they'll often get to do a screen test either opposite somebody else that's already been cast or opposite one of the finalists for a different position. If the director doesn't like the talent the casting director has picked, they'll go back into tapes from prior readings to see if there's something the director likes more. Basically when casting key roles, the bigger a movie is, the more likely the director or casting director is to go either straight to the actor, or straight to a manager/agent who handles x number of actors. When that happens, call backs don't happen as often, or possibly at all, because the talent pool you're looking at is already much smaller. But most of the time, except for the biggest productions (and even then, only when the director has worked with the actor), the actor still has to at least screen test with others that have been/might be cast.
Why does the gemini have a twin symbol and you dont have to be a twin??
I am a Gemini and I do not have a twin so why does the gemini symbol have the twins and why can twins be something besides a Gemini?????? I am confused!!!!!!!!!!PLZ HELP!!!!!!
How did bruce lee die ?
On July 20, 1973, Lee was in Hong Kong, due to have dinner with former James Bond star George Lazenby, with whom he intended to make a film. According to Lee's wife Linda, Lee met producer Raymond Chow at 2 p.m. at home to discuss the making of the movie Game of Death. They worked until 4 p.m. and then drove together to the home of Lee's colleague Betty Ting Pei, a Taiwanese actress who was to have a leading role in the film. The three went over the script at her home, and then Chow left to attend a dinner meeting. A short time later, Lee complained of a headache, and Ting Pei gave him an analgesic. At around 7:30 p.m., he lay down for a nap. After Lee did not turn up for dinner, Chow came to the apartment but could not wake Lee up. A doctor was summoned, who spent ten minutes attempting to revive him before sending him by ambulance to Queen Elizabeth Hospital. However, Lee was dead by the time he reached the hospital. There was no visible external injury; however, his brain had swollen considerably, from 1,400 to 1,575 grams (13%). Lee was thirty-two years old. On October 15, 2005, Chow stated in an interview that Lee was allergic to Equagesic. When the doctors announced Bruce Lee's death officially, it was coined as "Death by Misadventure." Another theory is that he died from an allergic reaction to marijuana, which he was consuming at the time in hashish form. This is controversial, but it is confirmed that the coroner did find traces of the substance during his autopsy. However, the exact details of Lee's death are controversial. Bruce Lee's iconic status and unusual death at a young age led many people to develop many theories about his death. Such theories about his death included murder involving the triads, a curse on Lee and his family, etc. The theory of the curse carried over to Lee's son Brandon Lee, also an actor, who died 20 years after his father in a bizarre accident while filming The Crow.