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‘Perry Mason’ Casting Directors Reveal the Casting Process Behind the HBO Series

Sharon Bialy and Sherry Thomas reveal the reasons behind some of the major casting decisions for the HBO series, Perry Mason.

Amanda Seyfried spoke about getting into character as Marion Davies and how their careers are similar.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen spoke about how he gets into character, The Trial of the Chicago 7 and shares some acting advice.

Elisabeth Moss spoke about directing episodes of The Handmaids Tale and what it was like working with her co-stars in a different capacity.

Evan Peters also talked about the difficulties of balancing two different television roles in a short period of time.

Brian Cox speaks about his entire career, with a strong focus on his dominating role on Succession.

Actor Jesse Plemons spoke about his more recent roles and the unique circumstances surrounding both of them in those movies.

Amanda Seyfried spoke about the career and explains that she has faced many challenges on her way to that Oscar nomination.

Riz Ahmed nearly quit acting before being cast in his breakthrough role in the 2014 film Nightcrawler because he was not making enough money.

Anthony Mackie says he’s followed a traditional career path as an actor, and feels he is finally enjoying the benefits of that groundwork.

When Gary Oldman worked with director David Fincher on Mank it was a positive thing that they were on the same page.

Rebecca Breeds admits that she didn’t have a handle on Starling’s accent at first because she misunderstood the sides for the audition.

Glynn Turman spoke about playing his part on both stage and screen and how his approach to playing Toledo changed.

The talk focuses on Rhea Seehorn’s Better Call Saul role, but she does speak about her long road to booking the series.

Jodie Foster went into detail about rehearsals with Robert De Niro on Taxi Driver and why it ended up being important to their characters.

Scott Glenn talks about his career, the military and reveals that he became an actor almost by happenstance.

Giancarlo Esposito details his early career struggles and what he had to do to adapt to the expectations people had of him as a performer

Kate Winslet went into detail about her early career and how the blockbuster film, Titanic, changed everything for her.

George Clooney points out that as an actor nearing sixty, he is now gearing toward a different caliber of roles.

Hugh Grant talks about character actor work that he had done early in his career and why comedy is more challenging for an actor than drama.