NYCastings - DirectSubmit » Academy Awards https://www.nycastings.com Casting Tools for Casting Directors and On-Camera Talent Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:20:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 Why does Hollywood love actors playing real people? https://www.nycastings.com/why-does-hollywood-love-actors-playing-real-people/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-does-hollywood-love-actors-playing-real-people https://www.nycastings.com/why-does-hollywood-love-actors-playing-real-people/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2022 19:50:38 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=23346 It’s Oscar season again, and Austin Butler’s buzz-worthy performance in Elvis has caused me to revisit a question I ask myself every year: why does Hollywood have such an adoration for actors playing real people? In a vacuum, there’s nothing odd about Butler’s performance being praised – he did a very good job portraying the […]

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