But, the casting director’s responsibilities extend far beyond communicating with agents or actors or holding auditions with producers and directors. Obviously, part of the job is instinctive, but even more so, choosing the correct talent for any production takes familiarity with all aspects of a production, observation, insight, and tenacity. Professional casting directors must have a vast knowledge of the industry, and an extensive inventory of actors and actresses, and an understanding of their talent and abilities. The casting director or casting agency then selects the talent felt to be most suitable for the job and schedules an audition with directors and producers. In some cases, talent agents and managers will submit individuals for an audition based on the needs of a specific production. Casting directors pre-screen actors, and contrary to their title, typically offer hopefuls very little “direction.”Ĭasting directors will often contract with a number of talent agencies and also use online services such as Breakdownexpress, Castingnetworks or Voicebank for finding talent. In this process, casting agents or casting agencies are made aware of casting opportunities and given ideas on the types of characters a director or producer is looking for. Ryan has two children with his partner, actress Eva Mendes.Often confused with casting agents, a casting director, or CD, is the individual responsible for finding talent specified by a project’s director, client, or producer. ![]() In 2017, he starred in the long-awaited science fiction sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017), with Harrison Ford. Throughout the subsequent decade, he has become all three of an internet fixation, a box office star, and a critical darling, having headlined Blue Valentine (2010), Crazy, Stupid, Love. In a short time, he has established himself as one of the finest actors of his generation. Gosling reached a summit of his profession with his performance in Half Nelson (2006), which garnered him an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor. More significantly, he was named the Male Star of Tomorrow at the 2004 Show West convention of movie exhibitors. After appearing in the sleeper The Notebook (2004) in 2004, Gosling won the dubious honor of being named one of the 50 Hottest Bachelors by People Magazine. ![]() He was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award as Best Male Lead in 2002 for the role and won the Golden Aries award from the Russian Guild of Film Critics. He was cast in the part by writer-director Henry Bean, who believed that Gosling's strict upbringing gave him the insight to understand the character Danny, whose obsessiveness with the Judaism he was born into turns to hatred. He first attracted serious critical attention with his performance as the Jewish neo-Nazi in the controversial film The Believer (2001), which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. Though he received no formal acting training, after "MMC," Gosling segued into an acting career, appearing on the TV series Young Hercules (1998) and Breaker High (1997), as well as the films The Slaughter Rule (2002), Murder by Numbers (2002), and Remember the Titans (2000). While appearing on "MMC" for two years, he lived with co-star Justin Timberlake's family. He attended an open audition in Montreal for the TV series "The Mickey Mouse Club" ( The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989)) in January 1993 and beat out 17,000 other aspiring actors for a a spot on the show. ![]() Ryan first performed as a singer at talent contests with Mandi. The family then relocated to Burlington, Ontario, where Ryan attended Lester B. He also attended Gladstone Public School, Cornwall Collegiate, and Vocational High School in Cornwall, where he excelled in Drama and Fine Arts. The Gosling family moved to Cornwall, Ontario, where Ryan grew up and was home-schooled by his mother. His ancestry is French-Canadian, as well as English, Scottish, and Irish. Ryan was the second of their two children, with an older sister, Mandi. Born Ryan Thomas Gosling on November 12, 1980, in London, Ontario, Canada, he is the son of Donna (Wilson), a secretary, and Thomas Ray Gosling, a traveling salesman.
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