In 1969, a now-iconic commercial first popped the question, “How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?” This deceptively simple line in a 30-second script managed ...
Heart thumping. Palms sweating. Gut twisting. Adrenaline pumping. That’s what it feels like to walk into an audition in a cold, dimly lit room with little fanfare and no audience. Long before the show ...
Casting director Allison Jones and associate Emily Buntyn look back on the process of finding master improvisers for the HBO series. “It’s the only comedy audition situation that is actually natural ...