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Several Austin-based filmmakers shared their insights on working with actors for the “Independent Directors on Working with Actors” panel at last week’s SXSW Film Festival. The panelists included Andrew Bujalski, whose latest film “Results,” starring Guy Pearce and Cobie Smulders, premiered at Sundance and also screened at SXSW; “Hellion” writer-director Kat Candler; Todd Rohal, whose film “Uncle Kent 2” premiered at SXSW this week and David Zellner, whose film “Kumiko: The Treasure Hunter,” was released theatrically last week. The panel was moderated by Caroline O’Connor, Director of Communications for the Screen Actors Guild Foundation.
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Bujalski said that he found the casting of non-professional actors to be “the most thrilling part of the process, when you find someone you are interested in.” He always asks himself: “Do they make sense in my head for this role?” and “What happens if I point a camera at them?”
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