Several actresses like Ever Carradine (The Handmaid’s Tale), Merrin Dungey (Big Little Lies) and Sprague Grayden (Hightown) turned to Twitter this week to express frustration over the pandemic-era trend of (costly) tape auditions and whether in-person tryouts are truly a thing of the past.
Carradine began her social media rant by noting how an ad popped up on her Instagram account for a “respected casting director’s office offering self tape opportunities for a fee.
If we can go to casting and tape, can’t we just go to casting and actually read without paying $50 an audition?” When someone asked if actors now have to pay for an audition, Carradine replied, “No, but you have to pay a facility to tape and read with you.
In the before covid times, this was a last resort and most auditions happened in person in the room with casting, producers and the director.
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