How reality TV shows cast the right people
How reality TV shows cast the right people
How do you find the perfect person for a reality show? We spoke to the casting director for Queer Eye (and a ton of other shows) to find out.
Danielle Gervais is the Emmy-winning casting director for Netflix’s Queer Eye (and she and her team are nominated this year as well). In addition to the hit series, she’s cast everything from Pawn Stars to Wife Swap.
Vox’s Phil Edwards spoke to her about what it takes to find the right people at the center of each episode: the “heroes” that the show’s core cast give a makeover (or, in Danielle’s words, a “make better”).
It’s not just her and her team sitting in an audition room. After hashing out story themes and location for the new season, they’ll hit the ground in their new setting (in normal circumstances) and try to find the perfect people to feature on the show. Extensive interviews and background checks help finish the project — and the result of all that hard work is an hour of seamless entertainment, with a perfect star at the center.
Check out Danielle’s IMDb page here:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3896030/
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I wish reality shows could actually be real
I thought I saw Critical in the thumbnail
“Droopy-mustache.jpg” 😂
please make her stop saying "hero"
Honestly I wish this covered the trashy side of reality TV, which this casting agent has done as well.
Who ever edits these videos needs a raise
This episode was extremly strangely edited.
The editing on this was top notch!
what is a french tuck gif?
omg are we related im a gervais too ><
can’t believe she wanted to root kenny
I was on one of these reality shows. They really do ask a lot of questions. And theyre so aggressively friendly, you can’t help but open up to them.
I am so tired of production value that Vox tries to cram in to these videos. Just do people talking please, 10x better.
I LOVED WIFE SWAP AS A KID HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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@eUEY
this was so interesting
A solid reminder why I don’t waste time watching reality TV!
Hmm… I thought there were only 3 ways. Sleep with someone, Know people, or the odd one something called "Talent".
Sounds like a very fun job
How much do I have to pay ?
I didn’t subscribe for this content.
Super awesome to learn about the production side of reality shows!!! I always wonder about casting specifically, thanks for this!!
May I ask what is the show all about? I am not sure if I want to watch it. 😂😂🤧
So many no need talks. And many cuts ehich are not really need. You should have minimized the time by erasing those.
I thought they just choose the craziest people from the casting
How do I get involved in this line of work?
Idk guys… these days I just dont feel like continuing your videos
Have you changed your format in any way? I have been a subscriber since yall were at 600k and I have endorsed your channel to all my friends
But these days I dont feel like even clicking on the video after seeing the heading in the notification and if i do click it, the first few seconds turn me away from the video.
Just letting you know cuz I’m still a loyal subscriber who wants you to grow as much as possible cuz you deserve it
how to cast reality tv shows: be white
Woohoo the MCU is bad thumbnail editor is back
Reminds me of Charlie’s thanksgiving dinner. 2:03
*_can we all just ignore the entire video content for a moment and appreciate how amazing the bg music is? where can i get access to such music vox? i dont care if its not free, ill save up n buy it_*
This video is well done. Love it!
JVN cracks me up omg 😂
They pick people that barely pass psych evaluations because they know it will cause drama.
They have Shakespeare’s level of skills to trick people
Vox, honestly you need step up your sound mix game
Can you please allow Johnny to use the Borders 3 footage if you guys aren’t going to release it?
Someone give that editor a raise
yass.png omfg
This is how they do it, they get a bunch of blue eyed white guys but then they say we need more diversity and thats how they do it
ok
Am I the only one that would be an actor
Very creative editing for the restrictions of Covid. You don’t even notice the lack of "on-location" shooting.
Does anyone know what did they use for editing ?
Anyone knows the song that starts at 7:07?
We want to see the new season of Borders. We don’t care if it’s “out of touch”. Most of us can handle it, as we aren’t snowflakes bound by current events. By not showing us you are essentially talking down to your biggest fans. Calling your viewers fragile is an insult.
Background song?
is ur computer a macbook pro or air?
When the lady says they will often do a 10 year sweep of a potential contestant’s social media, do these companies have access to deleted posts and things like that? Like can they get in touch with Facebook/Instagram or Twitter and the like and get access to everything someone has ever posted? I know social media companies keep a lot of info on users and even though from the public perspective your posts are deleted I’m assuming something is kept on the backend…?
1:15 Kansas city lol