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I have no idea from actual experience, but I would think they’d be working on their next projects by then, and would only need to be called back in if an actor needed to be replaced for whatever reason.
Aye, casting is pretty much strictly pre-production work. Once filming begins, their job has usually been done for a while and they will have moved on to their next project.
What if there is an issue with an actor during shooting? Who does the actor or their agent interact with? The Director? The Producer? Someone else?
It would depend on the people involved - how powerful they are (or think they are) and the issue.
A typical producer puts the money into a film and is the one who would close it down or lose most by having it close down.
A typical director has artistic control and wants to create the best film.
Actors can be a law unto themselves and unpredictable.
All the above would normally start working on a film with pretty specific contracts.
A “Big Name” actor slumming it in a Direct to Video (DTV) with a no-name Director will pull all sorts of stunts including flouncing off. The producer would be the only one likely to deal with the actor in a truly punishing way. Everyone else will grovel, cajole or do what they can. A “Big Name” actor facing up to a “Big Name” Director can lead to fireworks - typically the Actor will unleash on the First AD (Assistant Director) who is there to deal with any issues including prima-donna Actors. These examples suppose it is a “creative” issue at hand.
If it is presented as a contractual issue (I was promised a bigger caravan, I was told I didn’t need to do nude scenes, I was told I would get time off) then agents, lawyers and producers will rush to check the contracts.
But most people involved in a film want it to be made and so everyone tries to pull together to make it work. Some actors are known to be difficult to work with but are worth it either because they (ultimately) shine on screen or because their name is sufficient box office draw.
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Most of the people hired by casting directors are those who are being placed in minor roles. You wouldn’t see one calling up, say, Benedict Cumberbatch or Meryl Streep.
Major roles are extremely important, and are chosen by the director or producer. If they drop out, the project is often shelved until someone else comes along; all negotiation deals with his or her agent.
The casting director supplies the bit players for a film – the actors you haven’t heard of (yet). They also may be involved in hiring extras; if so, they would continue to be working on the shoot.
For bit players, they are usually interchangeable, and the casting director might be called in the middle of a shoot with a “Bit Player A broke his hand; we need someone to replace him for tomorrow.” The casting director would have a list of actors who are available to substitute (especially when the director wants a certain “look” for the actor).
Wasn’t it Spielberg himself who stepped in after Eric Stoltz had done a number of scenes as Marty McFly, saying, no, wait; he’s a fine actor in general, but he’s all wrong for this in particular; can we get, say Michael J. Fox? And, if we get him, can we also get a shorter actress to play his girlfriend?
I don’t know about that, but I do know that Fox is who they wanted originally; he just had conflicts with being on Family Ties.
I just checked IMDB – it was Zemeckis and Gale who made the call, after four weeks of filming with Stoltz, adding $3 million to the cost by reshooting all the scenes with Fox, who at that point had slightly more free time because Meredith Baxter Birney was back after her pregnancy.
Thus prompting, as said, the bit about needing a new and shorter Jennifer.