How ‘The Other Two’ Cameos Became New York’s Hottest Club

Editor’s Note: The following interview took place before HBO confirmed “The Other Two” would end with Season 3 and The Hollywood Reporter revealed that showrunners Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider were the subject of an Hr investigation.“The Other Two” may have definitively ended at HBO Max, but the series’ star-studded celebrity roster unique and untouchable.

Season 3 included appearances from Simu Liu, Fin Argus, Ann Dowd, Edie Falco, Ben Platt, Dylan O’Brien, Lukas Gage, Kiernan Shipka, Lawrence O’Donnell, Spike Einbinder, Andrea Boehlke, and Dana Delaney — some as themselves, others as hyperspecific characters.In their three seasons with the show, casting directors Alison Estrin and Henry Russell found the right balance in casting the very meta, very weird, but beloved cult series created by Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider.

In a joint Zoom interview with IndieWire, Estrin and Russell talked about the unique logistics of their roles, a balance between planning…

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