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'Jury Dury: Company Retreat' Casting Director on Building the Ensemble
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'Jury Dury: Company Retreat' Casting Director on Building the Ensemble

Variety·Jazz Tangcay·25 days ago
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“ Jury Duty ” successfully pulled off its Season 1 conceit, where all but one person are hired actors. (Who can forget Ron Gladden ?) But Season 2 provided new challenges for the show’s producers. This time around, the show moves away from the courtroom, trying its luck with a “Company Retreat.” The concept is the same: Everyone is a hired actor, except one civilian, Anthony Norman, who is led to believe he’s been hired as a temp at the family-owned hit sauce company known as “Rockin’ Grandmas.” Popular on Variety Casting director Susie Farris, who returned for “Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat,” knew what she was looking for with her actors: “People who are really quick on their feet. We were looking for people who are smart, clever, funny and grounded.” Ferris searched for improv actors who could act as if that had a history with Rockin’ Grandmas and could create believable working relationships.…

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