IndieWire craft roundtables: Casting directors of some of 2025's top films talk about their unique process

In celebration of the Academy's first year honoring casting with its own Oscar category, the casting directors behind three of 2025's most inventive films join IndieWire's craft roundtables to break ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘The Crown’ Casting Director Calls Elizabeth Debicki’s Performance as Princess Diana “Perfect”

Robert Sterne dives into the process of casting and recasting the main royals on the hit Netflix drama, from Claire Foy setting up the series' Queen Elizabeth to the moment they knew Debicki should ...
The Hollywood Reporter

How ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Casting Directors Assembled the Osage Nation Onscreen

Casting director Ellen Lewis and head of Indigenous casting Rene Haynes saw 2,500 Indigenous people during an open casting call for the Martin Scorsese film. By Hilton Dresden Associate Awards Editor ...
Variety

‘Love Is Blind’ Team Details Rigorous Casting Process: Outreach, Social Media Cross-Checks and Why ‘Influencers and Actors Are Off the Table’

Dramatic. Conniving. Fame-seeking. If you turn on many reality TV shows today, these are some of the descriptors that may come to mind when thinking about the cast members. The team behind Netflix’s ...