Ashley King didn't have to search far for inspiration to play middle-school teacher Ms. Peterson, an endearingly spacey earth mother whose classroom is full of bullies, problem children, and one devilish little girl.
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Bill Oberst Jr... Got the Part!
"I'm terrifying," Bill Oberst Jr. says. "I had no idea I was terrifying before I came out here, but I am."
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Karin de la Penha... Got the Part!
"It's a very muscular and at times extremely dark script that really wrestles with some rough stuff," says Karin de la Penha.
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Danielle Lozeau... Got the Part!
After seeing the casting notice in Back Stage, Danielle Lozeau auditioned for the role of Olivia in "Red Hook Black," a feature film about six people living in Red Hook, N.Y.
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Karnell Matthews... Got the Part!
In earning the role of Ben in "The Rainbow Room," Karnell Matthews proved that hard work, sincerity, and initiative produce results.
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Sarah-Jane Casey... Got The Part!
"When you audition," says actor Sarah-Jane Casey, "that's a time for you to get out there and turn it into an experience of actually living inside the role, whether you get it or not."
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"I feel I'm destined to get these kinds of roles and play some kind of animalistic, futuristic entity here to save the planet or something. Either that or Mowgli from 'Jungle Book.'"
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After a 15-year hiatus from acting, Rosie Cosch is back doing what she loves. Cosch hoped that getting cast would be an opportunity to network and build a new—or, in her case, second—career.
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Jeanette Steiner... Got the Part!
With the help of Back Stage, the creators of the indie action thriller "Delivered" were able to locate their femme fatale in L.A.-based actor Jeanette Steiner.
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Sometimes a director finds an actor who is just right for a character. Other times the director finds an actor who is so right, the character itself has to change. The latter was the case for actor Les Mahoney.
