The kicker: Georgianne never told Shannon she’d discovered him that night. Years later, at an awards afterparty, he thanked her for “the audition.” She smiled. “There was no audition, Michael. I just watched you breathe.”
That’s the Georgianne Walken method:
The director balked: “No credits? No reel?” Georgianne said: “Trust the walk.” (A nod to her husband’s famous stillness.) georgianne walken castings directed
Here’s a good story angle on (the longtime casting director, and wife of Christopher Walken) and the unique “castings she directed”: The kicker: Georgianne never told Shannon she’d discovered
She hired the unknown actor. During filming, the crew called him “The Shadow.” His performance was so unnerving that the editor restructured the film around his silences. The movie became a cult hit—and the actor? A then-unknown . at an awards afterparty