PREVIEW: You Will Miss Every Shot You Don't Take - With 'All Creatures Great & Small' Casting Director Sheraz Ahmed!
Jan 30, 2025*Act On This members get access to the FULL 2.5 HOUR recording of this feature, in BOTH video and audio-only formats. CLICK HERE to grab your PREMIUM membership NOW!
Sheraz Ahmed has been working alongside TOP TV casting director Beverley Keogh since 2014 - and over the past decade has been responsible for casting some of the BIGGEST shows to grace our screens.
Sheraz's casting credits include BBC’s BAFTA-winning dramas Time and Happy Valley, BAFTA and Emmy-winning drama Help, world-wide smash-hit All Creatures Great & Small - and tonnes more.
In this 2.5 HOUR member-only mastermind, we dive DEEP into Sheraz's casting process, explain EXACTLY what you need to do to get on the team's casting radar at Beverley Keogh Casting, Sheraz shares his best strategies for nailing that next in-person audition or self-tape - and members of Act On This jump on camera for some 1-2-1 coaching too!
During the broadcast, we discuss:
- Sheraz's background in screenwriting and his accidental transition into casting.
- Landing an internship, casting 'Ackley Bridge'.
- Why actors should be creating their own work right now.
- Sheraz' latest casting credits and his biggest learning experiences from them.
- Why Sheraz's priority is to always make actors comfortable.
- Getting out to meet new actors in the real world.
- The pros and cons of self-taping.
- How Sheraz and Beverley work together on projects.
- Casting 'All Creatures Great & Small'.
- Casting Rachel Shenton as Helen Herriot - with a guest appearance from Rachel herself.
- What Rachel has learned from 6 seasons of 'ACGAS'.
- Chemistry reads - and how to approach them best.
- Sheraz's casting process - and how he finds new talent.
- Why Sheraz WANTS actors to email him.
- What Sheraz needs to see on your showreel, to give you a shot.
- How to keep your mental health in tip-top condition.
- Things Sheraz wishes actors WOULDN'T do.
- How social media affects an actors' chances of being seen.
- The best ways to prepare for your next casting.
- The ONE thing Sheraz wants EVERY actor to know.
- And MUCH MUCH more!
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