BA #268: Ross Lacy

April 8, 2019

 

On the two-hundred and sixty-eighth Box Angeles casting director Ross Lacy (Independence Day, Murphy Brown) stops by Studio 309. He discusses working at 200 South, always trying to find new talent, people that crash auditions, working for Ted Koppel, and more!

 

 

the BA #268 breakdown
– Box rants funky tomatoes.
– Drinking and rituals and breakdowns and organizing auditions.
– Union v Non Union and audition crashers.
– Growing up in NYC in the 80s and studying poli-sci at Michigan.
– Working for Ted Koppel in DC and moving to Portland for a reporter gig, but breaking an arm.
– Moving to Los Angeles, doing a little acting and pivoting to casting for work.
– Starting his own company and finding Progressive’s Flo.

For more Ross, @rosslacycasting on Instagram.

 

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