Results for: Casting Directors

Anne Hathaway has shared her experiences of uncomfortable chemistry tests during auditions in the 2000s. She revealed that she was regularly asked to kiss other actors to determine their chemistry on-screen, a practice she described as “the worst way to do it.” While Hathaway did not name specific casting directors, at least one who worked with her during that period has denied conducting such tests. Casting directors from “The Princess Diaries” and “Brokeback Mountain” have also stated that they have no recollection of similar practices. Hathaway has since developed her own approach to chemistry tests for her film “The Idea of You,” which involves actors choosing songs that their characters would love and dancing together.

Anne Hathaway’s recent claims of having to kiss multiple actors during chemistry tests have been refuted by casting directors from two of her notable early films, ‘Princess Diaries’ and ‘Get Real’. Donna Morong, casting director for ‘Princess Diaries’, and Linda Lamontagne, who cast Hathaway in ‘Get Real’, both denied any such practices during auditions for their respective projects. Additionally, Avy Kaufman, casting director for ‘Brokeback Mountain’, another film in which Hathaway starred, has no recollection of similar kissing auditions.