Hello and welcome back to the Directors' Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

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This episode is the second in our annual series devoted to our popular Meet the nominees feature film symposium.

Now in its 28th year, the event is a roundtable discussion with the directors nominated for the Guild's Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film.

This year's nominees include Bradley Cooper, the director of

A Star is Born, Alfonso Quaron, the director of Roma, Peter Farrelly, the director of

Green Book, Spike Lee, the director of Black Klansman, and Adam McKay, the director of Vice.

Each of these talented directors were gathered on February 2nd at the DGA Theatre in Los Angeles

to discuss the craft of directing and the making of their films with moderator Jeremy Kagan.

So please enjoy part two of our Meet the Nominees Special,

and listen to the five nominees discuss their respective approaches to casting.

Highlights include how Peter Farrely convinced Vigo Mortensen

to take on the role of Tony Lip,

why Alfonso Quaron doesn't believe in directing kids,

and how Bradley Cooper fared years ago during an audition for Spike Lee.

Talk about your process of casting

and how it is involved over the years?

And how...

Has not involved.

And how do you do it?

Get the best person for the role.

And how do you find that?

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