Casting directors Tiffany Little Canfield and Destiny Lilly get candid about Paul Rudd’s “impossible” casting, the magic of Meryl Streep, and how clues about the killer could be hidden among this season’s new faces.
—“came in and claimed that role, as he often does, because he’s absolutely brilliant.”
With two critically acclaimed seasons under their belt, Canfield and Lilly had no shortage of actors clamoring to be a part of the show’s current round. “People move mountains to become available,” Canfield tells me. “Everyone wants to play.” Recurring guest stars likehave full dance cards, but still managed to pop by for appearances.
This year, the show has also welcomed two bona fide movie stars. The first is Rudd, who made his first surprise appearance in the show’sas an actor who collapses to his death while performing in Oliver’s stage play. But that’s not the last we see of Rudd: when he took the cameo part, he also signed on for several episodes of a then unwritten third season.