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1 month ago | 
dailyactor.com | Chris McKittrick |Christopher McKittrick
The 1983 film Risky Business launched Tom Cruise‘s career as a leading man — a status he has enjoyed for 40 years. While Cruise would have undoubtedly become a star in another breakout film, Risky Business gave his career much-needed success to help him become one of the most in-demand actors in Hollywood history.
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1 month ago | 
dailyactor.com | Chris McKittrick |Christopher McKittrick
The “teen heartthrob” label can be difficult for actors to shake off, but Josh Hartnett has managed to do it in recent years after several intriguing role choices, including the critically acclaimed film Oppenheimer. Speaking with Variety, Hartnett went into detail about how his career has changed since his younger years. Hartnett notes that his priorities in acting have shifted since his younger years.
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2 months ago | 
dailyactor.com | Chris McKittrick |Christopher McKittrick
In his multi-decade career, casting director Ruben Cannon cast over 100 film and television productions, including projects that won Oscars and Emmy Awards.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
dailyactor.com | Chris McKittrick |Christopher McKittrick
When he isn’t making Dunkin’ Donuts Super Bowl advertisements that become a huge hit with audiences nationwide, Academy Award-winner Ben Affleck is best known for his roles as both an actor and director — and since he has concentrated more of his behind-camera work over the last dozen years it has given rise to the rumor that Affleck far prefers directing than acting.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
dailyactor.com | Chris McKittrick |Christopher McKittrick
Because Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated actress Dakota Fanning has appeared in films for over 20 years, it’s easy to forget that she is only 30 years old. Her career has had incredible breadth in those years, from Steven Spielberg-directed blockbusters (War of the Worlds) to animation (Coraline) to the Twilight film series, Tarantino movies (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) and ythe Netflix hit, The Perfect Couple.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
dailyactor.com | Chris McKittrick |Christopher McKittrick
Though Julia Louis-Dreyfus will always be best known as Elaine on Seinfeld, the Emmy Award-winning actress has had a varied career in film and television since the beloved comedy series ended. Her recent projects include the indie drama, Tuesday, as well as a villainous turn in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thunderbolts*. Speaking with Variety, Louis-Dreyfus shared her thoughts on her approach to acting across genres and provided insight into her role selection process.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
dailyactor.com | Chris McKittrick |Christopher McKittrick
For the first time, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese cast his two most frequent lead actors, Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio, in the same film, last years Killers of the Flower Moon, a film based on a real-life series of murders of Osage members and relations in the Osage Nation shortly after oil was discovered on the land. The three-and-a-half-hour epic also includes dozens of speaking roles, which meant that work was cut out for the casting directors.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
dailyactor.com | Chris McKittrick |Christopher McKittrick
Casting director Geoff Josselson of JZ Casting has had a two-decade career in casting, mostly for theaters throughout the country, including Broadway. In an interview with Variety, Josselson explains his casting process and how his team seeks actors and how they support their careers. Regarding how he finds new talent, Josselson says:“We see lots of theater, and we go to showcases and teach a lot.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
dailyactor.com | Chris McKittrick |Christopher McKittrick
In his sixth film with director Christopher Nolan, Golden Globe Award-winning actor Cillian Murphy stepped into a lead role as the title character in the biographical film Oppenheimer, about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the leading figure behind the development of the atomic bomb. The performance has given Murphy the highest acclaim out of any role in his long career, which has included hit films like Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy and TV series like Peaky Blinders.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
dailyactor.com | Chris McKittrick
Emmy Award-winning actress Carrie Preston first played the trial lawyer Elsbeth Tascioni on The Good Wife and has continued to portray the popular character on The Good Fight and now on the character’s own spinoff, Elsbeth. In an interview with Variety, Preston spoke about playing the character over an extended period from a guest star to a leading role and how she developed her characterization of Elsbeth over the years.
