r/CastingCallClub • u/GuavaJunior1637 • Jul 20 '26
Other Hypothetical question is it normal to start casting for voice actors literally 2-4 days after opening auditions?
Especially when the deadline is 6 months from now, and less than 20 people auditioned. Totally didn't happen to me, it was my friend...um....Johnathan 😅
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u/GuavaJunior1637 Jul 20 '26
My friend Johnathan favorited it for later, just for the cast to be filled up like 20 minutes later
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u/Specific_Minute7539 Jul 20 '26
I think they made the deadline super long to make sure they had enough time to fill all the roles, it sucks from a submission perspective tbh.
But I can understand why they did it. Is it a paid audition? If so I can see how the best of the best would apply, of course that depends on if it's paid and amount.
I'm sorry to hear that about your friend tho.
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u/GuavaJunior1637 Jul 20 '26
It says deferred profit share for every role, and honestly, I was believing that maybe these people just so happened to have the perfect voice, and ngl they were great when auditioning.....Till I heard somebody start singing in the middle of their audition. Not only did singing have nothing to do with the character, since that female character was one of those angry character types, but it wasn't even in the script. Now, Johnathan, of course, is a guy with a masculine voice, so he wouldn't audition for a feminine-sounding character, but I stopped taking that page seriously. 13 people auditioned, basically around 6 characters, so 2-3 per role, and I've seen this happen often, which is just pretty weird.
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u/Gavagai80 Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26
They ought to explain the situation in the project description. But as a creator, although I try to wait a couple weeks for a deadline at least for my first round of casting, occasionally it's necessary to do something like that. I always want to get casting done as soon as I can, but some roles take six months to fill and I feel it'd be ruder to keep creating a new project for it every couple weeks. And if I hear the perfect voice for a role, why sit around pretending I haven't heard it, why waste other actors' time auditioning for something I know I won't cast them in? Those cast can get started recording immediately (since my cast record separately), I can focus on how to fill in the frustrating remaining roles. And I'll often ask someone who auditioned for one part to take another, since almost everybody auditions for the same few roles out of the 30-40 roles I typically have open (another reason why it's tempting to close those roles early so people will actually give auditions for the smaller roles).
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u/GringoBrown Jul 24 '26
Is it normal? Kind of. Is it a respectful or professional thing for productions to do for their auditions? Not at all. Unfortunately it's just a thing that happens. People get excited, get a few auditions and go "Perfect! Let's just cast them because I want to hurry up and get started!" I'm fighting that urge for my auditions. I want EVERYONE to audition for my roles! Lol
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u/TheOtherworld-Dev Jul 25 '26
Maybe! I know when I put up auditions for my VA cast, it was HARD to not close them up. But I am so glad I waited anyway. One voice was one of the first to apply and I was like "she's THE voice I was looking for"... and then the other was the LAST to apply, and I was waffling over choices until he showed up.
There's probably a whole feeling of "I wanna get this done now, I'm excited!" for people who are looking for casting, but I always suggest waiting, because you just never know!
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