"Your ears must have been burning!" This is how the agent I phoned answered my call. It had been a year since we had last spoken so I wondered what she was referring to. Apparently she had attended a charity function for the Saban Community Clinic earlier in the week where Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer at Netflix, was being honored. Before he spoke, he was introduced by a video shot at the “secret Netflix content lab 5,000 ft. below its headquarters” that showed him rea

I remember when casting would be hesitant to even look at a self tape. However, since I represented young actors, many of whom did not live in LA full time, I would have my clients put themselves on tape so casting might consider them for a role. I'd let them know that if they liked what they saw, the client would be willing to come to LA for an in person callback. Something caught on and casting eventually warmed to the idea of self-tapes, especially for kids, and it soon st