“The Crown,” “Slow Horses,” “Game of Thrones,” “Baby Reindeer,” “Hamnet” and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” have one thing in common: casting director Nina Gold.
Last month, she landed her first Oscar nomination for “Hamnet” after the Academy introduced the best casting category. For years, Gold has worked behind the scenes, invisible yet responsible for bringing the biggest names to film and TV. Here, she breaks down five casting stories.
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Jacobi Jupe had been on Gold’s radar. She’d seen him before, and he left an impression. The role was for “The Roses,”
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