What Casting Directors Notice Before Your First Line
Most actors spend the majority of their preparation thinking about dialogue. They analyse objectives, rehearse line readings and search for emotional truth, convinced that the audition truly begins when they speak. Casting directors have often started making decisions long before your first line. That doesn’t mean they’re judging you unfairly. It’s simply the nature of […]
The Specialist Skills That Actually Help Actors Get Work
You have probably been told to “add more skills” to your acting CV. It is not bad advice, but it is incomplete advice. The point is not to look busy but to become easier to cast. A specialist skill is only valuable if it makes you more believable, more useful, or more trusted in the […]
Acting Tips and Tricks for New Actors from Casting Director Ben Cogan
Esteemed casting director Ben Cogan has worked in casting for over 25 years and began as a Casting Assistant for many TV shows (including EastEnders, Holby City and Waking the Dead), before becoming the Casting Director for Doctors in 2002. 380 episodes later, Ben moved to Casualty and, in his time there, six episodes that […]
