How 'Argo' Got Just the Right Actors

6:00 AM PDT 10/23/2012 by Tim Appelo

A winner of the Casting Society of America's top honor, the Artios Award, explains her process.

The Academy refuses to give an Oscar for casting, but the Casting Society of America will honor 107 nominees during its own annual bicoastal kudos fest, the Artios Awards, on Oct. 29 at the Beverly Hilton and New York's XL Nightclub. Ben Affleck, Lora Kennedy and Harvey Fierstein will respectively collect the Career Achievement, Hoyt Bowers and New York Apple awards.