BONUS: World-Renowned Casting Director Linda Lowy Unpacks the Industry
Unpacking The Toolbox
Shondaland Audio and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Linda Lowy, casting director for major productions including so many of Shondaland’s hit series, shares the unbelievable story of how she found her way into Hollywood. Plus, Katie, Guillermo and Betsy dive into the many secret functions of a casting director and how much the casting process has improved.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.4 | Unpacking the toolbox is a production of Shondaland audio in partnership with IHeartRadio. |
| 0:24.1 | It's the scandal. Guys, Guys, first of all, we have to say that at the time of this recording, we're just coming together after one of my best friends, the entire world's favorite day on Earth, which is Halloween. |
| 0:47.1 | Halloween. |
| 0:48.6 | Oh. |
| 0:49.7 | Whose special holiday is that? |
| 0:51.9 | Is that Mr. Chi? |
| 0:53.4 | Oh, Mr. Chi. Mr. Guillermo Diaz is.? Is that Mr. Chi? Oh, Mr. |
| 0:54.6 | Chi. |
| 0:55.2 | Mr. |
| 0:57.0 | Guillermo Diaz is. |
| 0:58.6 | Yes, I love Halloween. |
| 0:59.5 | I do. |
| 1:00.1 | I do. |
| 1:01.0 | And oddly enough, |
| 1:01.8 | I was traveling. |
| 1:04.3 | I was in Berlin for about a week. |
| 1:07.3 | So I was traveling up until the 30th. So on the 31st on Halloween, |
| 1:09.3 | I ended up just staying like home in my living room watching horror movies and I didn't do anything. I didn't even dress up. But I was, I was fine with that. I was exhausted. Oh my God. Secretly, gee, you kind of loved that. I mean, you've done all the things you could possibly do out to celebrate Halloween, that it's like, it's okay once in a while |
| 1:28.9 | to have a quiet one. Exactly. And it was on a Tuesday. So it was like, okay, just going to stay home |
| 1:33.1 | and rest. Yes. For everyone listening who has listened to unpacking the toolbox and its |
| 1:40.1 | different incantations, you know that a big part of the show is that we always do |
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