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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 3424410" data-attributes="member: 2525">1) The reason actors were cast, is because they advertised for them.  The ads for the first season were run on Actor's Access, which is the place that production companies advertise for actors.  You ask for actors, and you get actors.  Why they are not at San Diego Comic Con instead looking for people I do not know.  This time around, at least they made more of an effort to find non-actors, or people who had acting experience but who are not primarily actors.2) "Out of work" is a silly notion in that field.  Almost every actor is "out of work" every year unless they are on a soap opera which requires 5-day a week work for 52 weeks a year.  Even big stars are out of work the moment their movie wraps or TV show goes into summer hiatus, and they don't have another one already starting.  So an out of work actor is someone looking for their next project, and not necessarily a wannabe-actor.  It's a different kind of industry than most, and I think it is easy to be derogatory towards actors not currently on a project because the industry makes fun of itself a lot and people pick up on that attitude.3) Being on TV naturally attracts people who like the television industry and acting.  If you are shy and do not like the camera, the studio, the process of filming, or the idea that people will watch you on TV, then you are naturally disinclined to apply.</blockquote>