Robin Gurland, Casting Director: The stunt director selects his stunt team. In England, the assistant directors select the extras, however in the U.S. a separate extras casting department chooses the background players. All departments confer with each other to maintain a sense of continuity of look.
Robin Gurland began her film career as a casting director working in the Bay Area doing casting searches for over 17 films such as Life With Mikey, Forrest Gump, Little Panda, and When a Man Loves a Woman. Her credits as a local casting director include The Joy Luck Club, Dangerous Minds, The Quick & the Dead, Redwood Curtain and Golden Gate. As a casting director, she cast James & The Giant Peach, The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones.
