The Desert Game: A Conversation With Culture

Doug: In terms of choosing the actors I mean there was certainly a little of that component to it but at the end of the day it was more just about, we were really clear on what we wanted for each character. We didn't use any kind of casting agency to find our Devin the chef for example we just used some personal networks. And even you know Nancy who plays Casey who was so perfect such a perfect angel both to work with and in terms of the sound of the voice. It's interesting Doug that you brought up Heinrich earlier because all the like the seven years of writing this character, we were like these are going to be grouchy guys no one will want to play