What Makes Actors Pop with ‘Nobody Wants This’ Casting Directors | ‘How We Role’

The casting team behind Netflix’s Nobody Wants This is here to make sure “everybody” wants to cast you.

Casting Directors Brett Greenstein and Collin Daniel join host and actor Robert Peterpaul to chat through what actually gets actors hired, from self-tape prep to how tiny choices can make a co-star role feel alive.

In this episode:

• What “being prepared” looks like in practical audition terms
• If you need to be off book or not
• How many actors are typically called in for co-star roles
• How props can help or hurt you
• What makes a performance feel specific, natural, and real
• How they scout new talent on Instagram and TikTok
• What they learn from working with legendary talent like Kristen Bell, plus much more!

BRETT GREENSTEIN, CSA, and COLLIN DANIEL, CSA, launched Greenstein/Daniel Casting more than 20 years ago. Together, they have cast hundreds of hours of entertainment.

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Brett Goldstein: I think keeping it simple, keeping it minimal, is the way to go. Certainly we’ve seen props where they totally work and it makes us laugh and they nail it. Other times we see people who just get so bogged down by a costume or props or too much blocking, working the room. For the sake of [auditions], keep it easy, keep it simple, keep it grounded.