Film Casting

culture-and-entertainment

Contrary to widespread internet speculation, Elizabeth Taylor did not appear in the 1978 film Grease. This evergreen clarification addresses a long-circulated myth and explains...

film-and-cinema

In the 1993 live-action film Dennis the Menace , the character Dennis Mitchell was played by actor Walter Emanuel Jones, who was 11 years old at the start of principal photograp...

film-casting-and-performance

Millie Bobby Brown joined Free Guy as a high-profile supporting performance that helped bridge a family-friendly video-game comedy with a younger, globally recognizable star. He...

film-industry

Casting a movie is a structured workflow that turns a script into a cast of characters portrayed by actors who fit creative, logistical, and business considerations. It begins w...

film-performance roles

In Star Wars: A New Hope, the role of Darth Vader is split between two performers: physical acting and voice. David Prowse played the on-screen suit, performing the character’...

film-performance-guides

Virginia Venit is the supportive mother of Happy Gilmore in the 1996 comedy Happy Gilmore. The role is played by actress Julie Bowen, known for later work in Modern Family and T...

Cinema

Paul Dano replaced Reese Witherspoon in the role of Elizabeth Sunday in There Will Be Blood (2007). Witherspoon was originally cast but dropped out during preproduction, after w...

Celebrity Profiles

Alec Baldwin was 31 years old at the time of filming The Hunt for Red October (1990). The movie premiered in March 1990, and production primarily took place in 1989. Released by...