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“24″ Casting Director in Australia

Did fearless Los Angeles casting director Debi Manwiller (partner of Pagano/Manwiller) of “24″, 2 time Emmy winner and mother of 3 think she was Jack Bauer? After arriving in Sydney at 7:00am last Friday, she was on top of the Harbour Bridge by noon!

And this was just the start of her Sydney expedition! Saturday, in North Sydney she conducted a question and answer seminar for close to 150 Sydney actors and in the afternoon lead a master class for some of Australia’s finest.

Bet Jack Bauer could not do that after a 15 hour flight form Los Angeles.

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See Video of TVI in Australia

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TVI in Australia with “24″Casting Director

One hundred plus actors and Queensland talent agents and casting directors converged at Bond University in Robina, Australia tonight to meet and hear two time Emmy Award winning casting Director Debi Manwiller speak about casting the Hit TV series “24” and about the casting process in Los Aneles.

Special guests that showed up included Lee Donehue from the popular industry newsletter “Quiet on Set“, former American Casting director Tom McSweeney who has been casting the past 12 years in Australia and John Stewart from TAFTA in the Gold Coast,TVI’s Alan S Nusbaum moderated the event this evening.

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TVI in Australia with “24″ Casting Director

One hundred plus actor sand Queensland talent agents and casting directors converged at Bond University in Robina, Australia tonight to meet and hear two time Emmy Award winning casting Director Debi Manwiller speak about casting the Hit TV series “24” and about the casting process in Los Aneles.

Special guests that showed up included Lee Donehue from the popular industry newsletter “Quiet on Set“, former American Casting director Tom McSweeney who has been casting the past 12 years in Australia and John Stewart from TAFTA in the Gold Coast,TVI’s Alan S Nusbaum moderated the event this evening.

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Desperate times desperate measures?

OK, so there is the story of the over-anxious eager actor who, in an attempt to become remembered, put his 8X10 headshot on the inside of a pizza box and had it delivered to the casting director. You’ve probably guessed the outcome. When the pizza box was opened, instead of being noticed, the actor’s face was covered with cheese and sauce!-Remembered for all the wrong reasons. Trying too hard simply makes for an uncomfortable situation for everyone involved. Candy, flowers, baked goods, gift certificates, fruit, back massage, foot rubs, doughnuts are just a few offers that I know (first hand) have been offered in order to get noticed. I wonder why this need to do more than we need? Its seems more of a statement on how we feel about ourselves- that we can never do enough to become remembered. A good truthful, connected audition should stand on its own without the, “notice me more” agenda involved. If the casting director is doing his or her job properly, then good work is all that is needed. Be careful of trying too hard, it can lead to a pie in the face!