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Current Talk '04 I / Out of the 'Shadows'
« on: March 06, 2004, 10:17:54 AM »
While searching the 'Net to see if there has been any mention of any casting news for the WB DS, I just came across an article about the pilot's casting director, Mathew Lessall. It's an interesting article if you like to read about behind the scenes sort of stuff, but I can't say he has all that much to say regarding DS:
Current and favorite casting: Lessall is presently experiencing that initiation rite of L.A. casting directors: his first pilot season in the trenches. For a first-timer, he ended up with a none-too-shabby assignment: an hour-long drama from John Wells Productions for the WB, Dark Shadows (which Lessall is casting with Robyn Ray), which is a remake of the 1966-71 series, revisited previously in the early '90s. Helmed by its original creator, Dan Curtis, the show follows a vampire named Barnabas, who moves in next door to his modern-day descendants in Maine, posing as a long-lost English relation. What drew Lessall to the project was the script, which he describes as "wonderfully written drama" with "a lot of characters and storylines, flip-flopping between the 1700s and the present."
For the up-and-coming caster, current assignments and favorite assignments are one and the same. "I hope that I have more favorite things coming up," he says. "I don't know if it's about being favorite; it's just about being passionate about the work that you're doing and trying to complete it all in a timely manner so everybody's happy." He laughs. "So, Mean Creek looks great, and I hope that Dark Shadows turns out to be my favorite."
The full text of the interview can be found here.
Current and favorite casting: Lessall is presently experiencing that initiation rite of L.A. casting directors: his first pilot season in the trenches. For a first-timer, he ended up with a none-too-shabby assignment: an hour-long drama from John Wells Productions for the WB, Dark Shadows (which Lessall is casting with Robyn Ray), which is a remake of the 1966-71 series, revisited previously in the early '90s. Helmed by its original creator, Dan Curtis, the show follows a vampire named Barnabas, who moves in next door to his modern-day descendants in Maine, posing as a long-lost English relation. What drew Lessall to the project was the script, which he describes as "wonderfully written drama" with "a lot of characters and storylines, flip-flopping between the 1700s and the present."
For the up-and-coming caster, current assignments and favorite assignments are one and the same. "I hope that I have more favorite things coming up," he says. "I don't know if it's about being favorite; it's just about being passionate about the work that you're doing and trying to complete it all in a timely manner so everybody's happy." He laughs. "So, Mean Creek looks great, and I hope that Dark Shadows turns out to be my favorite."
The full text of the interview can be found here.