Since San Francisco casting director Kristen Beck enjoyed her previous work on commercials and corporate projects with “The Shallows” director Joel Pincosy, she was excited to work with him again on his short film. Written by Peter and Joel Pincosy, the film tells the story of a middle-aged woman who faces an abrupt end to her party days. “The Shallows” stars Christine Ostrander, James Ted Harvey, Michael X. Sommers, and John Lennon Harrison.
To find fresh talent for the film, Beck turned to Backstage. “Backstage was super easy and quick. The staff are always quick to respond and very helpful. The website is simple to understand, and easy to contact the talent directly,” she says of the experience.
Through Backstage, she found actor Dalton Leffler, who plays the role of Young Man, an attractive but somewhat dim man who encounters the Young Sue [Grace Ingland] in the film. “It was a very small role, but the chemistry with Young Sue had to be perfect.” Although Beck was not the final decision maker in casting Leffler, she felt his chemistry with the actor playing Ingland was spot on.
The most difficult role to cast was actually the leading role of Sue, according to Beck. Not
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