Casting directors who came to celebrate their own at the 38th annual Artios Awards on Thursday had a message for actors who worry that making a self-tape means sending one’s work into the abyss: They do take the time to see your at-home audition.
Casting Society President Destiny Lilly told Deadline that she recognizes that some actors probably think those self-tapes that were made during the pandemic ended up in some massive, unopened pile of manila folders. And that couldn’t be anything further from the truth, she said.
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“Actors are the lifeblood of what we do.
Casting Society President Destiny Lilly told Deadline that she recognizes that some actors probably think those self-tapes that were made during the pandemic ended up in some massive, unopened pile of manila folders. And that couldn’t be anything further from the truth, she said.
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“Actors are the lifeblood of what we do.
- 3/10/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
The Casting Society has confirmed the changes to its Board of Directors for 2022-23. Destiny Lilly is the newly elected President, while Elizabeth Berra will serve as Secretary and Steven Tylor O’Connor as Treasurer.
CSA also announced its commitment to diversifying its board and made some notable appointments. Candido Cornejo Jr. is the first board member from the trans community, while Erin Tomasello is the first representing members who work in reality casting.
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Lilly is a New York-based casting director who has worked on the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building, Tony-winning Broadway musical A Strange Loop...
CSA also announced its commitment to diversifying its board and made some notable appointments. Candido Cornejo Jr. is the first board member from the trans community, while Erin Tomasello is the first representing members who work in reality casting.
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Lilly is a New York-based casting director who has worked on the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building, Tony-winning Broadway musical A Strange Loop...
- 8/2/2022
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
These ''Sleepwalkers'' aren't the standard kind that go bump in the night and then toddle back to bed. They're feline-reptilian-human creatures who feast on the life force of young virgins. Columbia should wake up today with some lively opening weekend numbers from the latest from Stephen King's imagination.
His first work written directly for the screen is a weird and brainy genre transmutation that will have appeal beyond the usual bloodsuckers who require their periodic fill of gore and guts, namely among those who relish countercultural send-ups of Middle America.
In this skillfully executed horror piece, King slices weird and deep into the fabric of Smalltown USA and the Norman Rockwell lifestyle. He plays with popular taboos (sexual, mainly) and carves up civic practices.
For those well-versed in vampire iconography, sleepwalkers were the legendary inspirations for werewolves and vampires. Able to subsist only on the life force of virtuous young women, they have, as you might expect, a hard time finding sustenance in this day and age. As such, like the practitioners of certain religions, they're now few in number; as this story proclaims, they're down to two sleepwalker survivors, Charles Brady (Brian Krause) and his mother, Mary (Alice Krige).
Voraciously hungry, teen Charles and Mother Mary hightail it from Southern California to the land of plenty -- namely, the Midwest, where virginity does exist. The blond, angelic-looking Charles has little trouble in attracting female attention. He methodically woos Tanya (Madchen Amick), a comely National Merit finalist.
Like most young men, Charles receives mixed signals from Mom in carrying out his romantic game plan: In this case, these signals are particularly mixed since Charles and Mom sleep together and since Mom is real, real hungry. Mom wants to keeep Charles to herself, but if she doesn't share, she doesn't eat.
Which is stronger, jealousy or hunger? Admittedly, this storyline goes beyond even the daily dabbles into weirdo psychopathology that Phil, Oprah and Geraldo heave up. Better yet, it provides some real answers and establishes some real heroes, namely a hundred or so stray cats who do ultimate battle with the evil Sleepwalkers.
Throughout, King's macabre humor is nicely juiced by director Mick Garris' smooth and stylish direction. Garris adroitly blends the standard genre parts with the witty peculiarities of this storyline. Under his deft handling, the film's top-flight technical contributions, mainly Apogee Prods.' sizzling visual effects and Tony Gardner's seamless, scary makeup, conjure up the maximum in thrills and chills.
The players are similarly outstanding, particularly Krause and Krige for their eerily endearing and frightening performances as the sleepwalking Bradys. Top marks for Amick for her winning performance as the young damsel in distress, not willing to be just another morsel of this Bradys' brunch.
STEPHEN KING'S SLEEPWALKERS
Columbia Pictures
An ION Pictures/Victor & Grais Production
A Film by Mick Garris
Producers Mark Victor, Michael Grais, Nabeel Zahid
Director Mick Garris
Screenwriter Stephen King
Co-producer Richard Stenta
Director of photography Rodney Charters
Production designer John DeCuir Jr.
Editor O. Nicholas Brown
Executive producers Dimitri Logothetis, Joseph Medawar
Music Nicholas Pike
Casting Wendy Kurtzman, Lisa Mionie
Color/Stereo
Cast:
Charles Brady Brian Krause
Tanya Robertson Madchen Amick
Mary Brady Alice Krige
Ira Jim Haynie
Mrs. Robertson Cindy Pickett
Captain Soames Ron Perlman
Mr. Robertson Lyman Ward
Andy Simpson Dan Martin
Running time -- 91 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
His first work written directly for the screen is a weird and brainy genre transmutation that will have appeal beyond the usual bloodsuckers who require their periodic fill of gore and guts, namely among those who relish countercultural send-ups of Middle America.
In this skillfully executed horror piece, King slices weird and deep into the fabric of Smalltown USA and the Norman Rockwell lifestyle. He plays with popular taboos (sexual, mainly) and carves up civic practices.
For those well-versed in vampire iconography, sleepwalkers were the legendary inspirations for werewolves and vampires. Able to subsist only on the life force of virtuous young women, they have, as you might expect, a hard time finding sustenance in this day and age. As such, like the practitioners of certain religions, they're now few in number; as this story proclaims, they're down to two sleepwalker survivors, Charles Brady (Brian Krause) and his mother, Mary (Alice Krige).
Voraciously hungry, teen Charles and Mother Mary hightail it from Southern California to the land of plenty -- namely, the Midwest, where virginity does exist. The blond, angelic-looking Charles has little trouble in attracting female attention. He methodically woos Tanya (Madchen Amick), a comely National Merit finalist.
Like most young men, Charles receives mixed signals from Mom in carrying out his romantic game plan: In this case, these signals are particularly mixed since Charles and Mom sleep together and since Mom is real, real hungry. Mom wants to keeep Charles to herself, but if she doesn't share, she doesn't eat.
Which is stronger, jealousy or hunger? Admittedly, this storyline goes beyond even the daily dabbles into weirdo psychopathology that Phil, Oprah and Geraldo heave up. Better yet, it provides some real answers and establishes some real heroes, namely a hundred or so stray cats who do ultimate battle with the evil Sleepwalkers.
Throughout, King's macabre humor is nicely juiced by director Mick Garris' smooth and stylish direction. Garris adroitly blends the standard genre parts with the witty peculiarities of this storyline. Under his deft handling, the film's top-flight technical contributions, mainly Apogee Prods.' sizzling visual effects and Tony Gardner's seamless, scary makeup, conjure up the maximum in thrills and chills.
The players are similarly outstanding, particularly Krause and Krige for their eerily endearing and frightening performances as the sleepwalking Bradys. Top marks for Amick for her winning performance as the young damsel in distress, not willing to be just another morsel of this Bradys' brunch.
STEPHEN KING'S SLEEPWALKERS
Columbia Pictures
An ION Pictures/Victor & Grais Production
A Film by Mick Garris
Producers Mark Victor, Michael Grais, Nabeel Zahid
Director Mick Garris
Screenwriter Stephen King
Co-producer Richard Stenta
Director of photography Rodney Charters
Production designer John DeCuir Jr.
Editor O. Nicholas Brown
Executive producers Dimitri Logothetis, Joseph Medawar
Music Nicholas Pike
Casting Wendy Kurtzman, Lisa Mionie
Color/Stereo
Cast:
Charles Brady Brian Krause
Tanya Robertson Madchen Amick
Mary Brady Alice Krige
Ira Jim Haynie
Mrs. Robertson Cindy Pickett
Captain Soames Ron Perlman
Mr. Robertson Lyman Ward
Andy Simpson Dan Martin
Running time -- 91 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
- 4/13/1992
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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