Earlier this month, Deadline kicked off its Hollywood Contraction series by checking in with the acting community to see whether opportunities have picked up since the end of the strikes.
The response wasn’t so positive. On top of fewer shows in the works and the disappearance of pilot season, the available acting gigs are paying less than they used to amid rising cost of living, making it hard for many working actors to afford their rent or mortgage and support their families.
So we went to the front lines to the people who would know best — casting directors– to ask about the contraction going on in the industry, and whether the fears are justified. Though just about everybody acknowledges that change is happening, they also remain optimistic about the future.
Related: Artios Awards: ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’, ‘Holdovers’, ‘Past Lives’ & ‘Barbie’ Among Casting Society’s Film Winners – Full...
The response wasn’t so positive. On top of fewer shows in the works and the disappearance of pilot season, the available acting gigs are paying less than they used to amid rising cost of living, making it hard for many working actors to afford their rent or mortgage and support their families.
So we went to the front lines to the people who would know best — casting directors– to ask about the contraction going on in the industry, and whether the fears are justified. Though just about everybody acknowledges that change is happening, they also remain optimistic about the future.
Related: Artios Awards: ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’, ‘Holdovers’, ‘Past Lives’ & ‘Barbie’ Among Casting Society’s Film Winners – Full...
- 3/8/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Miami, Rebecca Delgado Smith started acting when she was 10 years old. She says she was always drawn to comedic roles, even when she enrolled in New York University and studied at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School. While at Nyu, she became friends with Jen Curran, Clayton Early, Faryn Einhorn, Katie Larsen, Adam Lustick, Billy Scafuri, Sara Taylor, and Chris Smith, a group of fellow actors who would go on to form the award-winning Harvard Sailing Team sketch comedy troupe in New York City."The biggest lesson I've learned writing and performing with [Harvard Sailing Team] is collaboration," Smith says. "When you have nine people with different personalities and opinions trying to put up one sketch, you learn how to build on an idea in a positive manner. I think our comedic voice comes from being great friends for such a long time....
- 7/10/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Daniel Lehman)
- backstage.com
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