{"id":1824902,"date":"2026-03-13T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1824902"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:45:00","slug":"the-new-oscar-for-best-casting-is-wildly-overdue-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1824902","title":{"rendered":"The new Oscar for \u2018best casting\u2019 is wildly overdue \u2013 here\u2019s why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/601\/236-216-601-401\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441591.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/film-tv\/article\/69907\/1\/2026-oscar-best-casting-is-wildly-overdue-heres-why\" data-article-id=\"69907\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-portrait-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.75\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Marty Supreme Casting\" class=\"img\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1080\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441591.jpg\" width=\"1080\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">@jv8inc<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-13T15:45:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"13 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"13\">13,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - film-tv\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\">Film &amp; TV<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/feature\">Feature<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\">Film &amp; TV<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/feature\">Feature<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>The new Oscar for \u2018best casting\u2019 is wildly overdue \u2013 <span class=\"nowrap\">here\u2019s why<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>Casting is finally getting its flowers at 2026 Oscars \u2013 a move that matches the already growing public curiosity around street casting as an <span class=\"nowrap\">art form<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-03-13T15:45:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"13 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"13\">13,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-03-13T15:45:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"13 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"13\">13,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/laurapitcher\">Laura Pitcher<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Everyone, it seems, has an opinion on casting. Whether it\u2019s that Dev Patel should have played Heathcliff in Emerald Fennell\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@gretaclaire222\/video\/7546625111420456222\"><em><span>Wuthering Heights<\/span><\/em><\/a><span>, or that the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@danielfilmtherapy\/video\/7589310164147244343\"><span>casting in Marty Supreme was nothing short of genius<\/span><\/a><span>, the internet has made casting in cinema a hot topic. Of course, casting has always been an integral part of the making of a film. The famous quote \u201c90 per cent of successful movie making is in the casting\u201d comes to mind \u2013 although people can\u2019t decide if it was Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese or another director who said that one. But it took some time for the general public to care about casting directors themselves, and a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/culture\/482212\/oscars-best-casting-academy-awards-explained\"><span>50-year struggle to get a Best Casting category into the Oscars<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Sunday, the Academy Awards will give their first trophy to a casting director. It\u2019s a big deal. It\u2019s the first new category to be added to the Oscars in 24 years, and it\u2019s a category that\u2019s often female-dominated (whereas the Academy Awards themselves have the opposite track record). About <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.careerexplorer.com\/careers\/casting-director\/demographics\/\"><span>74 per cent<\/span><\/a><span> of casting directors are women, and so, for too long, it suffered the curse of being invisible labour. Casting directors weren\u2019t known as the directors themselves could be \u2013 until more recently. With the likes of Jennifer Venditti, the casting director behind <\/span><em><span>Marty Supreme<\/span><\/em><span>\u2019s incredible combination of one hundred-plus professional actors and non-professional actors (many of whom were street cast), being a recognised figure in her own right, casting is finally getting its flowers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo grateful for all the hard work my casting colleagues had done, for many years, to make this category possible,\u201d Venditti told me, calling the recognition of casting as an art form a win for \u201call of us,\u201d including the casting directors that came before her. When asked why casting is sparking so many conversations, Venditti points to the young casting directors scouting and casting on Instagram. \u201cFor years, there were only a handful of people in the fashion world that did what I did, and now there are people all over the world,\u201d she says. \u201cIn the end, casting to me is a portal into exploring humanity and expanding our compassion and empathy towards others, so the more the merrier!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Venditti is only a new name to those not in the casting world. To Michele Mansoor, one of the rising young casting directors that Venditti was referring to, she was once her boss. Mansoor started casting with Jen as an intern, and calls her \u201cone of the pioneers of streetcasting\u201d. It\u2019s exactly the style of casting that, recently, people have become captivated by. \u201cI think people see themselves in streetcasting; the different kinds of beauty and life experiences shown on the biggest stages get people talking,\u201d says Mansoor. \u201cPeople are inspired by hearing stories of people who never dreamed of being in a film, but never thought it would happen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When Nafisa Kaptownwala and Natalie Lin, the casting directors behind <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/insearchof.agency\/\"><span>In Search Of<\/span><\/a><span>, watched <em>Marty Surpreme<\/em>, they saw a few familiar faces. \u201cI was like, \u2018Oh my God, it\u2019s our assistant\u2019s ex-boyfriend!\u201d says Kaptownwala. \u201cIt felt local and authentic.\u201d But she was also excited by the casting of Junglepussy in <\/span><em><span>One Battle After Another<\/span><\/em><span>. Ultimately, no matter who wins on Sunday, Kaptownwala says it is a \u201creally great year for casting\u201d. \u201cI think people are starting to understand what casting is because it\u2019s been niche for a long time,\u201d says Lin.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u201cNow, with streetcasting specifically, it\u2019s becoming this huge portal for curiosity, as the craft has gotten more intentional, and the internet has completely changed casting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>All Oscar categories are subjective. If you ask different people who should win anything, you\u2019ll get different answers, and casting is the same. To Kaptownwala and Lin, what makes for good casting just comes down to authenticity. \u201cIt\u2019s really that simple,\u201d says Kaptownwala. To Miss Dylan, casting director at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pulse_casting\/\"><span>Pulse Casting<\/span><\/a><span>, the beauty of the casting in <\/span><em><span>Marty Supreme<\/span><\/em><span> was that it was less about putting together a bunch of big names and more about how the actors themselves in the real world had an effect on our understanding of them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI could tell you three different reasons why I could <\/span><em><span>Hamnet<\/span><\/em><span>, <\/span><em><span>One Battle After Another<\/span><\/em><span> and <\/span><em><span>Marty Supreme<\/span><\/em><span> winning,\u201d Miss Dylan says. \u201cFor me personally, it\u2019s <\/span><em><span>Marty Supreme<\/span><\/em><span>, but they all spark different conversations and are equally as deserving.\u201d In <\/span><em><span>Hamnet<\/span><\/em><span>, for example, Nina Gold cast real-life siblings for the core child actors, and Cassandra Kulukundis underwent extensive street casting for <\/span><em><span>One Battle After Another<\/span><\/em><span>. For years, Mansoor says she\u2019s been confused as to why casting hasn\u2019t been an Oscar-recognised category.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cFor years, there were only a handful of people in the fashion world that did what I did, and now there are people all over the world. In the end, casting to me is a portal into exploring humanity and expanding our compassion and empathy towards others, so the more the merrier!\u201d \u2013 Jennifer Venditti<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>When speaking to multiple different casting directors, you\u2019ll soon find that they usually ask who else you\u2019re speaking to (which isn\u2019t really a surprise considering their profession). \u201cCasting directors are very competitive, but also everyone\u2019s friends,\u201d another rising casting director, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sam__franco\/?hl=en\"><span>Sam Franco<\/span><\/a><span>, told me. \u201cMore people are becoming casting directors, and there\u2019s this creative accessibility where we have these social platforms now to promote our work.\u201d This, says Franco, has led people to recognise and follow along the journey of different casting directors, depending on their styles. \u201cJust like a filmmaker does, everyone has their own voice and vision, and you\u2019re able to have a favourite casting director now,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The casting process, especially for street casting, is often emotional and vibe-driven, alongside the obvious aesthetic requirements. Franco tells me about casting <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DLp-HyBPhqI\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=4\"><span>Edge City<\/span><\/a><span> with the Ross brothers. \u201cA huge part of my casting process is about understanding someone on an emotional level and finding people who have the soul of the characters,\u201d she says. \u201cI like to find those needle-in-a-haystack characters who are not just compelling in their acting craft, but as a whole person.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After spending hours searching for new faces or established ones that we are delightfully introduced to in a new context, casting directors watch the world fall in love with the people that caught their eye. Now, they\u2019re witnessing the world fall in love with their craft. And the inaugural casting Oscar will only confirm a shift that\u2019s already underway. It shows the young casting directors that Venditti speaks so fondly of that a new level of recognition is possible in their craft. \u201cWinning an Oscar is kind of everyone\u2019s dream, but I\u2019m also just glad that it\u2019s getting recognition,\u201d says Miss Dylan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Perhaps most importantly, really good casting can also inspire a curiosity in the people around us. As Venditti puts it: \u201cLet\u2019s make it a world where we are all curious about each other.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! 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Whether it\u2019s that Dev Patel should have played Heathcliff in Emerald Fennell\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@gretaclaire222\/video\/7546625111420456222\"><em><span>Wuthering Heights<\/span><\/em><\/a><span>, or that the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@danielfilmtherapy\/video\/7589310164147244343\"><span>casting in Marty Supreme was nothing short of genius<\/span><\/a><span>, the internet has made casting in cinema a hot topic. Of course, casting has always been an integral part of the making of a film. The famous quote \u201c90 per cent of successful movie making is in the casting\u201d comes to mind \u2013 although people can\u2019t decide if it was Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese or another director who said that one. But it took some time for the general public to care about casting directors themselves, and a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/culture\/482212\/oscars-best-casting-academy-awards-explained\"><span>50-year struggle to get a Best Casting category into the Oscars<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Sunday, the Academy Awards will give their first trophy to a casting director. It\u2019s a big deal. It\u2019s the first new category to be added to the Oscars in 24 years, and it\u2019s a category that\u2019s often female-dominated (whereas the Academy Awards themselves have the opposite track record). About <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.careerexplorer.com\/careers\/casting-director\/demographics\/\"><span>74 per cent<\/span><\/a><span> of casting directors are women, and so, for too long, it suffered the curse of being invisible labour. Casting directors weren\u2019t known as the directors themselves could be \u2013 until more recently. With the likes of Jennifer Venditti, the casting director behind <\/span><em><span>Marty Supreme<\/span><\/em><span>\u2019s incredible combination of one hundred-plus professional actors and non-professional actors (many of whom were street cast), being a recognised figure in her own right, casting is finally getting its flowers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo grateful for all the hard work my casting colleagues had done, for many years, to make this category possible,\u201d Venditti told me, calling the recognition of casting as an art form a win for \u201call of us,\u201d including the casting directors that came before her. When asked why casting is sparking so many conversations, Venditti points to the young casting directors scouting and casting on Instagram. \u201cFor years, there were only a handful of people in the fashion world that did what I did, and now there are people all over the world,\u201d she says. \u201cIn the end, casting to me is a portal into exploring humanity and expanding our compassion and empathy towards others, so the more the merrier!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Venditti is only a new name to those not in the casting world. To Michele Mansoor, one of the rising young casting directors that Venditti was referring to, she was once her boss. Mansoor started casting with Jen as an intern, and calls her \u201cone of the pioneers of streetcasting\u201d. It\u2019s exactly the style of casting that, recently, people have become captivated by. \u201cI think people see themselves in streetcasting; the different kinds of beauty and life experiences shown on the biggest stages get people talking,\u201d says Mansoor. \u201cPeople are inspired by hearing stories of people who never dreamed of being in a film, but never thought it would happen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When Nafisa Kaptownwala and Natalie Lin, the casting directors behind <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/insearchof.agency\/\"><span>In Search Of<\/span><\/a><span>, watched <em>Marty Surpreme<\/em>, they saw a few familiar faces. \u201cI was like, \u2018Oh my God, it\u2019s our assistant\u2019s ex-boyfriend!\u201d says Kaptownwala. \u201cIt felt local and authentic.\u201d But she was also excited by the casting of Junglepussy in <\/span><em><span>One Battle After Another<\/span><\/em><span>. Ultimately, no matter who wins on Sunday, Kaptownwala says it is a \u201creally great year for casting\u201d. \u201cI think people are starting to understand what casting is because it\u2019s been niche for a long time,\u201d says Lin.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u201cNow, with streetcasting specifically, it\u2019s becoming this huge portal for curiosity, as the craft has gotten more intentional, and the internet has completely changed casting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>All Oscar categories are subjective. If you ask different people who should win anything, you\u2019ll get different answers, and casting is the same. To Kaptownwala and Lin, what makes for good casting just comes down to authenticity. \u201cIt\u2019s really that simple,\u201d says Kaptownwala. To Miss Dylan, casting director at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pulse_casting\/\"><span>Pulse Casting<\/span><\/a><span>, the beauty of the casting in <\/span><em><span>Marty Supreme<\/span><\/em><span> was that it was less about putting together a bunch of big names and more about how the actors themselves in the real world had an effect on our understanding of them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI could tell you three different reasons why I could <\/span><em><span>Hamnet<\/span><\/em><span>, <\/span><em><span>One Battle After Another<\/span><\/em><span> and <\/span><em><span>Marty Supreme<\/span><\/em><span> winning,\u201d Miss Dylan says. \u201cFor me personally, it\u2019s <\/span><em><span>Marty Supreme<\/span><\/em><span>, but they all spark different conversations and are equally as deserving.\u201d In <\/span><em><span>Hamnet<\/span><\/em><span>, for example, Nina Gold cast real-life siblings for the core child actors, and Cassandra Kulukundis underwent extensive street casting for <\/span><em><span>One Battle After Another<\/span><\/em><span>. For years, Mansoor says she\u2019s been confused as to why casting hasn\u2019t been an Oscar-recognised category.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cFor years, there were only a handful of people in the fashion world that did what I did, and now there are people all over the world. In the end, casting to me is a portal into exploring humanity and expanding our compassion and empathy towards others, so the more the merrier!\u201d \u2013 Jennifer Venditti<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>When speaking to multiple different casting directors, you\u2019ll soon find that they usually ask who else you\u2019re speaking to (which isn\u2019t really a surprise considering their profession). \u201cCasting directors are very competitive, but also everyone\u2019s friends,\u201d another rising casting director, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sam__franco\/?hl=en\"><span>Sam Franco<\/span><\/a><span>, told me. \u201cMore people are becoming casting directors, and there\u2019s this creative accessibility where we have these social platforms now to promote our work.\u201d This, says Franco, has led people to recognise and follow along the journey of different casting directors, depending on their styles. \u201cJust like a filmmaker does, everyone has their own voice and vision, and you\u2019re able to have a favourite casting director now,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The casting process, especially for street casting, is often emotional and vibe-driven, alongside the obvious aesthetic requirements. Franco tells me about casting <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DLp-HyBPhqI\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=4\"><span>Edge City<\/span><\/a><span> with the Ross brothers. \u201cA huge part of my casting process is about understanding someone on an emotional level and finding people who have the soul of the characters,\u201d she says. \u201cI like to find those needle-in-a-haystack characters who are not just compelling in their acting craft, but as a whole person.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After spending hours searching for new faces or established ones that we are delightfully introduced to in a new context, casting directors watch the world fall in love with the people that caught their eye. Now, they\u2019re witnessing the world fall in love with their craft. And the inaugural casting Oscar will only confirm a shift that\u2019s already underway. It shows the young casting directors that Venditti speaks so fondly of that a new level of recognition is possible in their craft. \u201cWinning an Oscar is kind of everyone\u2019s dream, but I\u2019m also just glad that it\u2019s getting recognition,\u201d says Miss Dylan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Perhaps most importantly, really good casting can also inspire a curiosity in the people around us. As Venditti puts it: \u201cLet\u2019s make it a world where we are all curious about each other.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! 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