![]() Prior to Freaks and Geeks coming along, I had done a pilot called Roswell High at the time, and then I think the show became Roswell, and that is where we had to have the best looking people in the world that we could get who were older to play younger. On how casting Freaks and Geeks required a different approach And my God, the shows I've done that get shown, repeat, repeat, repeat. Just ask for a dollar residual for each episode of that TV show." Nobody has ever given it to me. One thing my first boss, the late Judith Weiner, taught me was when we would make a deal to do a pilot, she would say, "Ask for a dollar residual - or even forgo some of your salary. On not getting residuals for successful projects, including Barbie "It's unsettling, and I think I'm getting a little concerned about work coming back, hopefully soon." "I honk in unison with all the people driving by the strikers over at Paramount, especially Netflix," she says. Though Jones is not part of the unions that are striking, she stands in solidarity with her colleagues. But things have been quiet ever since Hollywood actors and writers went on strike. She's cast dozens of films and TV shows, including Lady Bird, Knocked Up, Bridesmaids, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Freaks and Geeks and The Office. Widely credited with finding the actors who ushered in a new era of comedy, Jones has made a name for herself by casting actors who look like real people - and who are naturally funny. But we do get to see more actors this way." "God bless these actors for doing this because it's not easy and it's not cheap. "It's amazing to get to see so many people from literally all over the world audition and interpret a role," she says. Jones says self-taping has since become a "new normal" for the industry - and one she supports. ![]() (They did not cast the films' two leads, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling Robbie is a producer on the film and initially brought the project to Gerwig, and the part of Ken was written specifically for Gosling).Ĭasting for Barbie happened during COVID lockdown, so actors would send in tapes of themselves for her to sort through. "I wasn't allowed to have a Barbie, but I was allowed to have a Skipper."ĭecades later, Jones worked with fellow casting director Lucy Bevan to cast Skipper and the rest of Barbie's friends in Greta Gerwig's blockbuster film. "I think a lot of our mothers were like, 'You can't have you can't have a Barbie. Allison Jones, the casting director for Barbie, was a child when the iconic dollfirst came out, but she never had a Barbie doll of her own - and neither did her friends.
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