Saturday, March 18, 2017

"The Nerd Hunter"

"In the nineteen-eighties, even smart comedies like “WKRP in Cincinnati” featured misfits who were nonetheless gorgeous. Through her casting, Jones has introduced actors who more closely resemble people in real life. She found Andy Buckley, Michael Scott’s boss on “The Office,” at a farmers’ market in L.A., several years after Buckley had given up acting to become a stockbroker. The “Office” character Phyllis, a feisty, heavyset saleswoman, is played by Phyllis Smith, who was not trained as an actor; for several years she had worked as Jones’s casting associate. In 2013, Jones cast Joe Lo Truglio, a nebbish comedian, as a detective alongside Andy Samberg on the police comedy “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” Lo Truglio had auditioned for Jones dozens of times in the past two decades. “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” won a Golden Globe Award for best comedy series during its first season."

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/06/the-nerd-hunter

Still all men, but... I don't know, I think there is also an interesting thing where Hollywood and life are getting closer.

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