{"id":25828,"date":"2024-04-16T16:46:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T16:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecdg.co.uk\/?page_id=25828"},"modified":"2026-06-01T12:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:38:07","slug":"ore-olowokere-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thecdg.co.uk\/ore-olowokere-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"ORE OLOWOKERE (2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ore Olowokere was our first intern, in 2022. Her 3 month programme consisted of a month each at Kahleen Crawford Casting, Kharmel Cochrane Casting and Suzanne Smith Casting<\/strong><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_single_image image=”25133″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion][vc_tta_section title=”What were you doing before you got the internship?” tab_id=”1713286332592-b306c918-6ec5″][vc_column_text]I was working as a Youth and Community Drama Facilitator Assistant with a local theatre company called Blue Elephant Theatre. I used to help run drama sessions for the community and schools. I was the middle man between parents and the theatre.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Is casting something you have always been interested in?” tab_id=”1713286332634-8bbc8d13-1e78″][vc_column_text]It wasn\u2019t something I saw in my career at first but I always knew I wanted to work behind the scenes in the industry and the more I looked into casting I really enjoyed the things I was learning about. Being the first point of contact with actors is something I always wanted to do and casting gave me that. It felt cool being part of the first steps of the film and TV stages. The idea of looking at the TV and knowing that the cast was picked by me and a team was cool.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Do you want to pursue a career in casting now?” tab_id=”1713286461968-d1ac9096-63ce”][vc_column_text]Doing it for the three months at the beginning of the year confirms this is something I wanted to do actively and progress in it for a long time but who knows what the future holds?[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”What do you feel you gained from the internship?” tab_id=”1713286531501-d9a1aa67-4434″][vc_column_text]An understanding of how the process works, and that there is more to it than auditions, a lot more! I have gained a support system with the Kahleen Crawford, Suzane Smith and Kharmel Cochranes teams, and in doubt, I can call them to always help me out. I gained a lot of respect for casting directors because I feel like they are one of the most unseen but vital parts of the process.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Best bit\/worst bit?!” tab_id=”1713286569835-3fbd148b-c540″][vc_column_text]The best part was the auditions, of course! As acting was my first love and watching actors is something I love! So working with actors was amazing because seeing it live is like a dream come true. Also emailing famous actors’ agents for avails! Little old me emailing Daniel Kaluuya\u2019s agent and calling on first-name bases was so surreal!<\/p>\n

The worst part, well I think we can all say FastCapture and CastIt! Just the downloading and when it doesn\u2019t work.\u00a0 I do love it but how it can take long![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”What are you up to now?” tab_id=”1713286633124-2af229f1-983d”][vc_column_text]Well during the internship, I went to Kharmel Cochrane and was offered a job to join her team. Hearing that it is not normal to be offered a permanent position in a casting office this early in someone\u2019s career, I am grateful and absolutely love it. Don\u2019t get me wrong it gets hard at times but I’m so grateful for this opportunity and the doors it has opened for me and everyone I have met on this journey.<\/p>\n

I really want to say thank you to the team at\u00a0 Kahleen Crawford for being my first office and giving me the foundation to carry me through the internship I truly believe if it wasn\u2019t for her I wouldn’t have gotten the job with Kharmel.<\/p>\n

I want to say thank you to the team at Suzanne Smith. I really enjoyed my time at the office with all the life lessons to navigate my career in casting and all the Outlander knowledge I got,\u00a0so I started watching it!<\/p>\n

Lastly, Kharmel Cochrane, well for giving me a job! All jokes aside, thank you for always hearing me and allowing me to be my quirky and wonderful self. I\u2019m enjoying myself a lot with the team.<\/p>\n

Want to give a BIG shoutout to Ri McDaid-Wren! Who was my point of contact throughout the process and who helped me with everything. She has been patient with me with my slow replies but always there.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Ore Olowokere was our first intern, in 2022. Her 3 month programme consisted of a month each at Kahleen Crawford Casting, Kharmel Cochrane Casting and Suzanne Smith Casting [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_single_image image=”25133″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion][vc_tta_section title=”What were you doing before you got the internship?” tab_id=”1713286332592-b306c918-6ec5″][vc_column_text]I was working as a Youth and Community Drama Facilitator Assistant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25828","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecdg.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecdg.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecdg.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecdg.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecdg.co.uk\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecdg.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29182,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecdg.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25828\/revisions\/29182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecdg.co.uk\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}