I always wondered how certain actors just somehow *poof* appeared on world stage, without really being in anything smaller before (for example John Krasinski with The Office). How do they get a leading role in a big production? Are there auditions for big movies where pretty much anybody could apply or does everything go via agents/managers and then it‘s just luck?
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>for example John Krasinski with The Office
This is not an example of an unknown actor getting in a big production. It’s also not technically a “film audition.” TV works a little differently from film. In TV, writers pitch a show idea and then they get approved for a pilot, then they put out a casting call to acting agencies. These acting agencies act as a sort of vetting system. John Krasinski would have had to audition for the agency and prove that he can act, then the agency helps connect him with auditions that he would be more likely to get. John Krasinski wouldn’t have been auditioning for a primetime NBC show, he would just be auditioning for a pilot. A pilot is like a proof of concept for a TV show. It’s made to show to the network and then the network will decide if they want to order a full season of episodes or not, but many of these pilots never get broadcasted and it’s possible John Krasinski was in other pilots. Pilots sometimes become the show’s premiere episode which I think was the case for “The Office” (US), but sometimes they shoot a new premiere episode if the network has a lot of notes on things to change or if they need to recast a role. So it wasn’t until the show was officially picked up for a full season that John Krasinski knew that he was a lead on an NBC sitcom which he would have already gone through the auditioning and casting process and have shot 1 episode.
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