SXSW film: casting directors say acting talent counts for 7% in their decisions

In a South by Southwest session, top casting directors break down the costs of hiring top actors for independent films and discuss YouTube's role in hiring Four top casting directors revealed some of the secrets of their industry at a SXSW panel in Austin, Texas, on Saturday. Christian Kaplan from Fox, Joseph Middleton from Paramount, Paul Weber from Weber Casting and Randi Hiller from Disney, whose job is to find the right actors for the right roles in the films they work on, discussed attempti...