The original series at Hulu are slighter and cheaper, falling somewhere between basic cable and YouTube. It’s undeniable that the shows Netflix has developed have a substance and sheen comparable to the output of premium cable channels like HBO and Showtime. The analogy holds regardless of what you think about ballyhooed Netflix series like “House of Cards,” “Orange Is the New Black” and the rebooted “Arrested Development” and whether you think the company’s streaming-video wing deserves its 14 Emmy nominations. By that measure, Hulu is the scrappy, undersized contender of the Big Three, ranking below Netflix, the steamrollering champion, but above Amazon, which is still standing outside the ring lacing its gloves. “I can’t wait for the producers to see the little gems that we bring in," he says.One way to judge a streaming-video service - the only way, if you look at recent news coverage - is by its original series. Having previously cast Colleen Smith in “Super Fun Night” and “Selfie,” Payne was excited to show Smith to Lehr and Hower. One challenging aspect of casting Season 2 was finding a 6-foot tall actor to play Clementine Shank. Wardrobe helps, but he is careful to listen to their speech patterns and the things that they reference in the audition process because that will likely come out on screen as well. ![]() “ don’t want an actor married to a joke or coming to set with ‘just wait until you see what I’m going to do’ kind of mentality,” Payne explains.īecause “Quick Draw” is a Wild West period piece, Payne also needs actors who look and feel as if they fit in that period. Because of this, even after the audition process, the actors still don’t know what to expect on set. Once they arrive, they are verbally given a fake scene scenario for the audition. Actors are given nothing to prepare for the audition. Payne has learned that being funny or being a good actor doesn’t necessarily equate with being good at improv. “Then that’s when you really see who can do it and who can’t.” If an actor keeps up with Peck, he moves on to audition with Lehr. “Number one I couldn’t do it, but number two I couldn’t watch the actor-I would be trying to think of the next thing to say,” says Payne. Luckily, producer Evie Peck helps with the process by improvising with the actors so Payne can focus on watching. ![]() To round out the rest of the cast, Payne starts by putting out a breakdown, followed by lots of pre-reads to see if the actors can really improv. They also frequently bring in guest stars with whom they’ve worked in the past "When you fit in their world, they like to hang on to you if possible,” says Payne. ![]() The creative team drew on their relationships from “10 Items or Less” to cast several roles, including Bob Clendenin as the gambling mortician Vernon Shank and Allison Dunbar as Honey, the prostitute/bar maid/love interest. Lehr himself plays the leading role, John Henry Hoyle, the Harvard-educated Sheriff with a unique crime-solving style. The comedy, set in the Western town of Great Bend, Kansas, in the 1800s, relies completely on improv-so finding actors to populate the show took a special process. Having worked with John Lehr and Nancy Hower on other projects (including “10 Items or Less” and “Jailbait” for Crackle), casting director Tim Payne knew right away that he wanted to be involved in “Quick Draw,” an original Hulu series returning for Season 2 Aug.
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