Lisa London has been a Casting Director for 30-plus years and has cast over 100 successful film and television shows. Alongside her casting business partner Catherine Stroud, many notable actors she has cast early on in their careers have gone on to become stars; such as Miley Cyrus in Hannah Montana, Jonah Hill in Grandma’s Boy, Emma Stone in The House Bunny, Selena Gomez in two Disney Pilots, Jennifer Aniston in her first feature, Mark Ruffalo in the CBS series Due South, and Brad Pitt in an episode of Freddy’s Nightmares. Lisa has cast many films including Identity Crisis, Strong Daughters Strong Fathers, Buster Brooks, Old Henry, and several movies for Adam Sandler’s company including The House Bunny and Grandma’s Boy.

Lisa is currently teaching monthly in-person and on-line audition classes where she helps actors with many aspects of their careers such as audition technique, improvisation exercises, making bolder choices and breaking down scenes. She helps actors to build confidence in themselves including assisting them to turn their goals into realities. You can find out more about her classes on her website.

Lisa also wrote a book, From Start To Stardom (The Casting Director’s Guide For Actors). The book is the 411 Guide on the business of acting. It includes how to get started as an actor, tips on taking the best headshots and creating your resume, how to go about getting an agent and/or manager, the steps to auditioning, what are the keys to successful self-taping, what does the casting director look for, interviews with industry professionals plus so much more. The book is available on Amazon.

VersaVision brings on inspirational working entertainment industry guests to speak about their work in Film, Television, Commercial, and Theater productions with host and veteran entertainment mogul Versa Manos. Through our interviews with casting directors, managers, agents, actors, producers, publicists, writers, directors, and many other specialists we endeavor to shine a light on the magic and inner workings of Hollywood and beyond, offering earnest advice and motivational words by speaking to these prolific game-changers.

This episode was originally recorded live on 3/29/2024 in the VersaVision room on Clubhouse.