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central casting definition

central casting

a studio department or other source that supplies actors to portray roles, often stereotyped roles, in films: usually used metaphorically

Etymology: < Central Casting Corporation, founded 1926 in Hollywood, Cal. to supply extras and bit players to film producers

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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