Casting Rebecca New //free\\ — Woodman

Later, as cameras would circle and lights would bloom, nobody would forget the day Woodman cast Rebecca New. People would say it was the room, the script, the luck of a sunbeam. But those who later worked alongside them would remember a quieter fact: that casting is less about finding someone who can be a role than about finding the person who will let the role happen through them. Woodman had found that permission in Rebecca, and she, in turn, had found a craftsman who recognized the grain and knew how much pressure a plank could take before it sang.

This rigorous approach means that when news broke of , industry insiders paid close attention. For Woodman to select New for an undisclosed but highly anticipated project, the actress had to possess a rare combination of emotional intelligence, physical storytelling, and intellectual grit. woodman casting rebecca new