Lawrence Gilliard Jr. started his career on The Wire playing D’Angelo Barksdale. Because another actor from the series was already on AMC’s The Walking Dead, Gilliard was convinced he wouldn’t be able to land the part of Bob Stookey. “Scott [Gimple, the showrunner] told me, ‘You know, we’ve got Chad
HBO’s Game of Thrones is popular with audiences for many reasons — the drama, the blood, the dialogue, and, of course, the sex. So when Gemma Whelan, who starting playing Yara Greyjoy on the series in the second season, auditioned for the role she probably expected she might have to
You’ll see just about everything of actor Rafe Spall in the upcoming comedy I Give it a Year.
In a conversation at the American premiere for the movie, Decker admits that during the audition process it seemed unlikely that she would land the role.
Odette: “I feel so lucky thus far in my career not to have been stereotyped”
The cast of Being Human talk on their not-human characters, how they got their parts and more!
Hailee Steinfeld, nominated for her role as Mattie Ross in True Grit, on what it took to get her role.
Brendan Fehr talks about his new SyFy movie, Ice Quake, how he got his roles on Roswell & Bones and how he broke into acting!
Tom Felton grew up on the set of Harry Potter, playing the role of evil Draco Malfoy. I don’t really know much about him except that I love to hate his character.
From Entertainment Weekly, May 14, 2010 issue: With pilot season well underway, ABC needed a finished show in about 12 weeks. JJ Abrams agreed to direct the pilot, and they began furiously writing placeholder audition scenes, just so the actors would have something to read. Bryan Burk (Exec Producer) The
Walking into an audition with confidence is great! Leaving with confidence is even better – until you find out you you had a minor wardrobe malfunction.
“My character started out so small and I had such a small agent at the time that I didn’t really have any negotiating power.” – Kali Hawk
From CNN.com: Bill Nighy “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.” “Love Actually” “There was one that started out terrible, which was where I had to go to a disused tax office in Harrow [near London, England] very early in the morning and put on very tight velvet flared loon
