9. Erica Berger: A Casting Director's View

Prepare to have your mind blown! CD Erica Berger joins us this week for her side of the casting table. She shares with us how much she LOVES actors (what!), what CD's think of your reel, why she doesn't want your gift (ha!) and lots more! 1:50 — Erica's background in casting from interning for Joey Paul (That's So Raven, Phil of the Future, and Raise Your Voice) and now being a Casting Director for The Mayor on ABC 2:20 — Why she decided to become a Casting Director 2:55 — What Erica liked about casting + why she values knowing actors' names 6:00 — Erica's roots in Montreal + San Diego 6:40 — Her experience as an intern, including: writing breakdowns, filming actors in the room, technology improvements in casting, keeping past tapes, moving up the later, and why she didn't like working at an agency 15:00 — The difference between Casting Director + Casting Associate 17:00 — What draws Erica to someone 21:20 — After deciding on actors from their headshots, the process of assessing actors in the room, giving her top choices to the producers, giving feedback to agents, bringing in her favorite actors, and how an actor's outfit influences her 35:00 — Whether or not you should ask Casting questions in the room 36:35 — Having a kid while working in the industry, how long it takes to cast, and dealing with self-tapes 48:25 — What she wishes she knew about the industry 51:55 — What she wishes actors knew about industry Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Erica's IMDb -------- Want more? Check out Patreon for bonus episodes, IG Close Friends content, and so much more. And don’t miss all the content on IG and as always at, OneBrokeActress.com And if you're needing some personalized help from Sam, you can schedule a chat with her right here. Don't forget to join the mailing list here!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-broke-actress-podcast/message