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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Why the Casting Process for Off Campus Was Incredible Complex and Groundbreaking · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: The new show Off Campus, which Sysney and Tanya are
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  Speaker 2: obsessed with, has made stars out of two of its leads,
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  Speaker 2: el Upright and Belmont Camelli. But what some fans might
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  Speaker 2: not realize is the current supporting cast will also get
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  Speaker 2: their turns to shine.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so kind of like Bridgerton, each season we'll focus
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  Speaker 1: on different characters at Bryer University, just like the Off
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  Speaker 1: Campus book series is based on.
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  Speaker 2: Which made casting the show, particularly in season one, very complex,
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  Speaker 2: because producers needed to know the actors will be capable
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  Speaker 2: of handling storylines they haven't even written into episodes yet.
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  Speaker 1: Leading to a very unique process. Showrunner Luisa Levi tells
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  Speaker 1: The Hollywood Reporter that they actually wrote dialogue for actors
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  Speaker 1: to audition with for future episodes that don't exist, even
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  Speaker 1: for stories that they might not even tell.
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  Speaker 2: She highlighted the character Tucker in particular. They needed to
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  Speaker 2: know the actor would be able to handle the range
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  Speaker 2: needed for some very challenging stuffy faces in future books.
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  Speaker 1: So the cast Jalen Thomas books as Tucker, knowing that
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  Speaker 1: he's got the skill set to handle that story, even
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  Speaker 1: though they might never move forward with it.
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  Speaker 2: M HM Season one of Off Campus is streaming on
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  Speaker 2: Prime that's direct from Hollywood.