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An hour-long podcast where we talk with casting directors about their careers, the films they help to make, and how the faces we all know and love found the limelight. 


Episode 15 - Rich Mento

Episode 15 - Rich Mento


Season 2 Premiere of The Placing Faces Podcast with Casting Director Rich Mento. Rich is a wonderful casting director known for movies like the Step Up series, Warm Bodies, The Wackness, Dear John and so many others, as well as being the vice president of the Casting Society of America. We talk about the importance of mentorship, working alongside other casting directors and how to find the person that fits the role.


Show Notes:

Rich Mento

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1683549/

Charlie Chappell

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3584890/

Joanna Colbert

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0170283/

Hollywoodland

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427969/

Chloe

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1352824/

Mr Nobody

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485947/

Van Helsing

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338526/

Half Baked

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120693/

Happy Gilmore

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116483/

Blues Brothers 2000

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118747/

Juliet Taylor

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852681/

The Exorcist

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070047/

Taxi Driver

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075314/

Schindler’s List

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108052/

Big

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094737/

Mark Saks

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0757265/

Step Up

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462590/

Channing Tatum

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1475594/

Jenna Dewan

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1564087/

Channing Tatum’s Mountain Dew Commercial

https://youtu.be/OzL0ddo06o8

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473488/

Dear John

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0989757/

Adam Shankman

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788202/

Jennifer Gibgot

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316774/

Step Up 2: The Streets

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1023481/

Step Up 3D

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1193631/

Step Up Revolution

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1800741/

Step Up: All In

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2626350/

Terri Taylor

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0853247/

Aaron Zigman

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0956374

Jamal Sims

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1744801/

Jon M. Chu

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160840/

Anne Fletcher

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281945/

Robert Hoffman

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1382207/

Briana Evigan

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0263759/

Ryan Guzman

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4554428/

Warm Bodies

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588173/

John Levine

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1349522/

Nicholas Hoult

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0396558/

Teresa Palmer

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1954240/

Rob Corddry

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1117791/

Dave Franco

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2002649/

Analeigh Tipton

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3006818/

John Malkovich

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000518/

The Wackness

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1082886/

Take me Home Tonight

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810922/

Safe Haven

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1702439/

David Lyons

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2256017/

Josh Duhamel

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0241049/

Lasse Hallström

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002120/

Juggernaut

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3130594/

Colin Farrell

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0268199/

Tangerine

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3824458/

Julianne Moore

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000194/

Ben Kingsley

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001426/

Josh Peck

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0669681/

Famke Janssen

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000463/

Olivia Thirlby

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1880888/

Mary-Kate Olsen

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001581/

50/50

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1306980/

Richard Hicks

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382947/

Monika Mikkelsen

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586570/

Russell Boast

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1827898/

Maria Perry

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4937933/

Colaborator.com

https://colaborator.com/

Casting Society of America

http://castingsociety.com






Intro and Outro Music

"Backbay Lounge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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