Allison Jones is known for casting actors who look like real people — and who are naturally funny. One of her hardest conversations? Telling Bob Odenkirk he didn't get Michael Scott in The Office.
Byron Cohen/NBCHe's brightly funny. ... [What's] interesting about Steve Carell, his character was really over the top, but he knew how to do it in a very realistic way. And those two thoughts are hard to find together. ...
We had two days of testing for that show and we had a lot of people up for the role of Michael Scott. ... The two people that came down to were... The worst thing I ever had to do — and I've said it before and I'll say it again — was to tell Bob Odenkirk he didn't getOn the Hollywood trope of pairing an older, less attractive man with a younger, gorgeous woman
It used to drive me really crazy. In the comedy world, yes, they would always have a goofball guy, the lead guy and his girlfriend was gorgeous. The scripts would often describe them as"A girl next door, but who is astonishingly gorgeous and doesn't know it." I did every pilot that came my way back in the day in the '80s. I did every pilot. I was glad to have any work.
The pressure to get something right when that camera is rolling is terrifying to me. Terrifying. So I had even more respect than I already do for the craft of acting. But what I learned from acting is the level of expertise that goes into everybody having to get their job right in making a film or making a TV show. Just the respect for the [assistant directors], for their good dispositions, for what they know is going on in the set. ...
Most likely at the supermarket or a coffee place. ... It's very awkward and I feel terrible and I feel the need to, if it comes up, to explain why they didn't get the part. Like,"By the way, you were too young when you came in for that," that kind of thing. I'll frequently say that because actors don't really get much feedback [from casting directors]. ...
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