Rex Sikes' Movie Beat chats with CSA Helen McCready

Helen McCready, casting director, C.S.A., began working as an actor in 1985 in British Columbia. as an extra on 21 Jump Street. She assisted in extra casting at Denise Love Talent Agency. In 1999, Helen launched Helen Wheels Productions, LLC in Arizona. Now in Burbank  Helen’s success as a casting director has continued with projects such as Director Sam Mendes’s Away We Go, Nancy Meyer’s - Meryl Streep’s and Alec Balwdwin’s It’s Complicated. McCready is casting director for a number of films Margarine Wars with Doris Roberts, Robert Loggia, Terri Moore, Dee Wallace, Zombie Drugs and Suspicion. She is currently casting two SAG web series The Resolve and “Writers Block”. She is casting Just Like Me, starring Chris Kattan and location casting for Sleeping Around  along with eight other feature films in 2011. She is VP of casting for two inde production companies, Bengal Pictures and DB Rich Productions. Helen will executive produce  and cast her screenpla Racetrack in 2012. Helen uncovers everything an actor needs to know from the audition to booking the role in her book for actors, “Audition & Book It!” Stay tuned to Rex Sikes' Movie Beat for other great interviews, cast and crew listings, events, premieres and more at rexsikes.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.