About this episode

Meg Morman discusses the US casting process and shares insights for actors.

Meg Morman, award winning US Casting Director will talk to QLD Equity Vice President, Sophia Emberson-Bain about the US casting process, the actor/casting director relationship, her advice for actors and what she has learnt along the way. There will be plenty of time for audience questions. Meg Morman, CSA is an award-winning casting director and a partner at Morman Boling Casting. Previously a manager of casting in the Feature Film Department at 20th Century Fox, she also spent four years as an associate and then casting director at Walken/Jaffe Casting. In 2004, Meg cast the acclaimed films Me and You and Everyone We Know (Sundance & Cannes 2005) and Steal Me (Sundance 2005), and soon after, she launched her company with partner Sunday Boling Kennedy. Since then, she has cast over 100 films, including Omaha (Sundance 2025), Green and Gold, Waitress, Hello, My Name is Doris, Aporia, The Ballad of Lefty Brown and Suze. Her television and streaming credits include The Baxters, Sneakerheads, Ish Hashuv Meod, The Dead Girls Detective Agency, In the Vault, and Relationship Status. She has also worked extensively in narrative podcast casting, with notable projects such as Star Trek…

People in this episode

Host: Sophia Emberson-Bain

Guest: Meg Morman

Topics covered

• US casting process
• actor/casting director relationship
• advice for actors
• casting director experience
• audience questions

Keywords

• casting director
• actors
• film casting
• television casting
• podcast casting
• advice
• audience questions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Morman Boling Casting, 20th Century Fox, Walken/Jaffe Casting

Books & works: Me and You and Everyone We Know, Steal Me, Omaha, Green and Gold, Waitress, Hello, My Name is Doris, Aporia, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, Suze, The Baxters

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