Working as a background actor is an excellent way for performers to jump-start their career with one foot in Hollywood’s door—and for nearly 25 years, Grant Wilfley Casting has been helping New York actors do just that. Responsible for casting background talent for a laundry list of the area’s top productions, Wilfley and his CD colleagues’ current slate of programming can add credits with Amazon, Fox, ABC, and HBO to an actor’s résumé in one fell swoop.
Want to learn how to become a professional background actor on series like “Gotham,” “Red Oaks,” “Mozart in the Jungle,” “Quantico,” and “The Deuce”? Below, Grant Wilfley Casting’s managing director Melissa Braun breaks down what she looks for in actors submitting through Backstage, what to expect on a show like “Quantico,” and what to know during your first day on set.
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Treat it like a professional job. “Whenever we’re posting on Backstage, we’re typically looking for new faces that we don’t currently have in our own database. So usually, odds are, those people are
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