GUS VAN SANT - VAN SANT SAYS FILMMAKERS USING MYSPACE FOR CASTING

VAN SANT SAYS FILMMAKERS USING MYSPACE FOR CASTING

Director Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Psycho) has indicated that casting directors are increasing turning to such social networking sites as MySpace to cast movies. He said that for his latest film, Paranoid Park, which is competing for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival this year and stars a group of unknown teen actors from Portland, OR, he put out a list of "Who I'd Like to Meet" on MySpace, including skateboarders, cheerleaders, punks, drama kids, athletes, leaders and followers. "When you're putting out an open casting all, [casting directors] have been using MySpace, because you're speaking to a great number of people -- it's so popular," he said.

21/05/2007