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How Oscar Players ‘Saturday Night,’ ‘Emilia Pérez’ and More Put Together Their Ensemble Casts
Casting directors for Best Picture Oscar contenders ‘Saturday Night’ and ‘Emilia Pérez’ share how they built their powerful ensembles.
Reitman also says the film was made through Sony versus NBC’s sister studio Universal simply because that’s where his production deal is, not because he and Kenan were avoiding any potential conflict with legendary “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels. The film’s director and writer, French helmer Jacques Audiard, wanted name talent from Mexico because that’s the main setting for his Spanish-language musical drama about a cartel leader undergoing gender reassignment surgery. Hool, who specializes in casting Latin talent — her credits include the Netflix crime series “Narcos” and the Pixar animated film “Coco” — realized that those are a lot of boxes to check.
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