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Jun 2018
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Ch. 2: Allison Jones & Ben Harris, Casti...

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The Good Place casting directors Allison Jones and Ben Harris join comedy writer Alan Yang and host Marc Evan Jackson to discuss Jameela’s audition performance for Tahani, writing for demons, anecdotes about acting and writing and a fork-ton more. 


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