ArthurBea t1_j9ksh3v wrote on February 22, 2023 at 6:27 PM

Reply to comment by tinoynk in Mary Elizabeth Winstead Joins Ewan McGregor in ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ Series at Showtime & Paramount+ by DemiFiendRSA

Casting directors are good at chemistry. They intentionally cast actors who work well together, and have a charismatic spark between them.

It’s no wonder so many result in hook ups, even if that’s not intentional.

Hanguarde t1_j9l83td wrote on February 22, 2023 at 8:02 PM

> Casting directors are good at chemistry.

Well except for whoever the casting director for You People was.

Deferential_dreams t1_j9m6qfx wrote on February 22, 2023 at 11:41 PM

Or the people who cast the leads in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. That might be the worst casting I’ve seen in any project.

namewithak t1_j9p0k8b wrote on February 23, 2023 at 3:37 PM

I remember a retrospective article on Friday Night Lights after the show wrapped up. In it, the producers/creators talked about how Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton had such amazing chemistry that they were terrified to let them drive down to Texas together on their own (they wanted to do this to bond before the 1st season started shooting) as they were convinced that by the time the two arrived, they'd be in a torrid affair. Fortunately, nothing like that ever happened and Kyle/Connie were really just BFFs that hit it off immediately.