BAFTA winning casting director Nicky Barrett returns for part two, pulling back the curtain on how movies actually get cast: where star power, financier lists, and directors who need "director-proof" actors collide with the search for something real. The conversation widens into acting styles across cultures, the messy politics of authenticity casting, and closes on a genuinely unresolved question: can an AI performance ever have charisma, or is that something only a human being pretending to be someone else can give you?

This is Part 2 of our conversation with Nikki Barrett. Part 1 was released last week.

Host: Emile Sherman

Producer: @jonahprimo on Instagram, Jonah Primo on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/cjFIF

Composer: @Adiescar

Artwork: @studiostromberg

A See-Saw Films Production