Jane Jenkins

American casting directorWikipedia

2

MENTIONS

1

EPISODES

1

PODCASTS

Oct 4, 2026

Oct 4 · 2 Mentions

speaker_1HOST

12:42

Yeah.

speaker_1HOST

12:43

And according to the casting director, Jane Jenkins, Wright's first audition was actually pretty terrible.

speaker_2HOST

12:48

Oh, really?

speaker_1HOST

12:48

Yeah.

8 MINS LATER

speaker_1HOST

20:30

A $5 million payday in 1987? You don't just ask someone to walk away from that to do an independent fantasy movie.

speaker_2HOST

20:37

Exactly.

speaker_2HOST

20:38

It, it was such a logistical impossibility that the casting director, Jane Jenkins, was actively pursuing backups.

speaker_2HOST

20:45

They considered Arnold Schwarzenegger.