85. A Modern Class of Casting Visionaries- Featuring Neely Eisenstein!

Join us this week for our latest installment of the Modern Class of Casting Visionaries with the fabulous Casting Director, Neely Eisenstein!Over the past 10 years, Neely has cast nearly 30 films including the coming-of-age movie, SNACK SHACK written and directed by Adam Rehmeier, rom-com PLUS ONE starting Jack Quaid and Maya Erskine, and the Sundance favorite, EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL AND VILE starring Zac Efron. In this episode we dive in with Neely discussing...-Her unconventional start in casting that all stared with the toy industry-Her love of theatre -We sidetrack into how Shakespeare is having a resurgence in -Her outlook on how the industry was when she started all through how she sees it looking in the near future-The problems we as CDs are running into dealing with lack of willingness with agents to participate in helping to attach talent to Indies-How we can try to bridge gaps and get back on the right road -Diving into some current awards season controversy from the SAG awards to the BAFTAS and the casting awards being awarded to people who are not in casting-How amazing it is to be back in the room for casting sessions and how it “fills our cup right up”-Neely tells us what her favorite projects were to castMake sure to subscribe, rate and review! Follow us @tipsycastingResources: Neely's IMDB────────────────────────────⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stay Tuned with Tipsy Casting on IG⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tipsy Casting YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Jessica ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Jenn ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn More About ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jess ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠& ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jenn's⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Casting Journeys ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get Casting Life Away Merch here!⁠⁠