Christopher McKittrick

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.