Kaufman revisits working with Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee, Wes Craven, and many more!
The Big Picture Avy Kaufman didn’t move to New York City with big screen ambitions, but one thing led to another, and she wound up becoming one of the most successful and prolific casting directors in Hollywood.
While celebrating her third Emmy nomination for the series, Kaufman took the time to join me for a Collider Ladies Night conversation to revisit some of the key experiences that paved the way to casting Succession, beginning with her original ambitions to become a ballet dancer: “I knocked on every door to become a casting director for film and wasn’t hired, so I started doing extras, which was completely different. You know, waking up at three in the morning to do extras. Then John Sayles found me doing location casting and hired me to do Matewan and then Jodie [Foster] hired me for Little Man Tate, and things happened. Ang Lee came into my life. Great things happened. I’m very appreciative.
With so many years of experience, Kaufman is clearly at the top of her game, but the reality of a cast process is that it’s a collaboration. There are times when Kaufman brings a suggestion to a director or showrunner and they choose to go in a different direction. In fact, it happened on Succession. But, there was a particular time when showrunner Jesse Armstrong and the team were wary of Kaufman’s casting choice, but Kaufman had such faith in this actor that she pushed for her.
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