Oscars recognize casting for the first time, offering a spotlight on a key job in the movie industry
Published on: Dec. 11, 2025, 3:22 p.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
NEW YORK, Dec 11: Behind the Wizard of Oz in the two-part “Wicked” movies were people actually pulling the strings. They set the table for the hit double-punch movies long before the cameras ever rolled out: The casting directors, helped pick who made it to Oz. “Our job is to know the actors that are out there or know how to find the actors that we don’t know,” says Bernard Telsey, one of the heavy hitters in the world […]
