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Prior to his photography career, Thurm, now living in Los Angeles, was a top casting director. His work includes three iconic movies: Grease, Airplane!, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show and 10 years as Senior VP Talent and Casting for NBC from 1980-90.
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Feb 2, 2023 · For the lead role of “The Boy in the Plastic Bubble,” the casting director Joel Thurm tapped a young John Travolta, an actor he would turn to again for the hit film adaptation of “Grease.”
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Apr 7, 2023 · Most of the lead stars were in their 20s and 30s while filming Grease with Travolta aged 23 and Newton-John aged 29, despite playing teenagers. However, casting director Joel Thurm has at long...
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Feb 10, 2022 · On the latest episode of "The Originals" podcast, "The Golden Girls" casting director Joel Thurm recounts how the leading ladies really felt about Betty White.
Feb 10, 2023 · “I am on [Pamela] is a lovely woman in person from what I can see and certainly from what I’ve learned from her new Netflix documentary, but it’s no surprise the ratings went up when she got joined,” Thurm said. “And if the ratings go up, it’s going to benefit [Hasselhoff].”
Embark on a captivating journey through Joel Thurm's memoir, "Sex, Drugs & Pilot Season: Confessions of a Casting Director," where he unveils the inner workings of the casting industry and his contributions to many movie and TV classics.
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As we stood outside of his charming original 1931 cottage, Joel Thurm seemed the king of the hill. Following his retirement several years ago—except to those he knows best—most of his neighbors probably refer to him as “the guy next door.”
