by Samantha Simmonds-Ronceros.
Writing characters and?casting them are two of the most enjoyable parts of the filmmaking process.? Bringing people to life on the page and then seeing them manifest in front of you in the casting room is really quite thrilling.
Regardless of the type of script I am writing or the length or the genre, I believe in writing characters big, very big.? My husband thinks, quite often in fact, that they might be a little too big, but I prefer to begin that way and whittle them down if needed, rather than pad them out in rehearsal, or on set, or heaven forbid in the edit!
If you?re anything like me, the characters you see in your mind as you write are so perfected by the process and your imagination that you cannot see the piece on film without being able to fully realize them in the flesh, or more precisely, during casting.
While I have been lucky enough, almost always,? to have been able to either find my cast through the wide net of online casting and casting services, or through writing characters for actors I already know in mind (take note actors, this happens an awful lot?so be nice to writers!). This is not always possible, and I have, from time to time, had to either change my mind about the character completely, or cast an actor in the hopes that they can stretch into the role.
This has worked to varying results?
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