Posted by sean at threshold5n.jpmorgan.com on May 21, 2002 at 12:00:32:
In Reply to: Look at Smith though posted by Nitram on May 21, 2002 at 11:56:12:
: From the articles he wrote about the casting of JSBSB, and from the commentaries, it seems he does the major casting for his films. I would imagine other directors do the same. They probably don't pick Waiter #1, or Guy in Store, but the major roles should be theirs to choose.
I mean, the casting director and the producer, especially when dealing with people like Stone and Coppola and Kevin [not so much Soderbergh at the time of "Out of Sight", though], aren't going to make the final decision, because the director has to be able to work with the person too. A casting director, yes, would be picking the waiters and such -- though not always, of course ... I doubt that Vincent had to audition for "Hey, are you supposed to be here today?" -- and the producer would certainly have input in it.