As a casting director, discovering the right actor for the half can generally be a frightening process. That being stated, when a casting director is aware of they’ve executed their job properly, the business takes discover, and the award nominations begin rolling in.

However what if the film the casting director is engaged on is about their life?

Our sister platform Casting Networks determined to show the tables.

In varied articles interviewing casting administrators, Casting Networks asks company who they might forged to play them in a movie adaptation of their lives.

From these articles, we pulled 4 2023 Emmy-nominated casting administrators who forged themselves of their hypothetical biopics. And their solutions vary from uncanny to off the wall.

Bernie Telsey: Excellent Casting for a Comedy Collection, Solely Murders within the Constructing

Am I simply alleged to throw out a reputation like George Clooney and transfer on? [Laughs] I truthfully don’t know. This looks like one thing I might have been requested up to now, but it surely’s not. I’ve had folks make the connection to Gene Wilder — God relaxation his soul — so I suppose my reply could be a youthful Gene Wilder. I like to think about myself as an accessible and pleased particular person, which pertains to his work in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Manufacturing unit, for instance.

Jennifer Rudnicke: Excellent Casting for a Comedy Collection, The Bear

It’s undoubtedly not one thing I usually take into consideration or may simply reply. However my enterprise associate and wonderful co-workers have informed me that I’m like Lisa Kudrow. My husband, alternatively, thinks I’m extra of a Laura Linney. I’m honored by each of the comparisons — I’d take both!

Victoria Thomas: Excellent Casting for a Drama Collection, The Final of Us

In an aspirational method, I might like to have Regina King play me as a result of she’s simply so implausible. In an motion movie, it might’ve been the nice Diana Rigg, primarily based on her work in The Avengers collection. For a comedy, it might’ve been Thelma Ritter.

Wendy O’Brien: Excellent Casting for a Comedy Collection, Abbott Elementary; Excellent Casting for a Restricted or Anthology Collection or Film – Bizarre: The Al Yankovic Story)

I suppose it might be Laura Dern, solely as a result of I get informed on a regular basis that I appear to be her. We have been watching Jurassic World Dominion the opposite evening as a household, and my children pointed it out. They have been like, “That’s creepy.” Even my husband regarded over at one level and stated the resemblance was uncanny. I don’t see it, however I get the comparability incessantly. I suppose she and I’ve aged collectively, although, so I’ve gotten it by way of all of the completely different levels of my life. However, she is the queen, so …

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