"At the Emmys in September, Adolescence all but swept the board. It won best limited series. It won awards for writing, for directing, for cinematography. Three of its actors Stephen Graham, Erin Doherty and Owen Cooper all took home awards. But Adolescence also earned another Emmy for a craft that often goes overlooked: best casting. Shaheen Baig was the woman responsible for casting Adolescence, and her Emmy is tucked away"
"Despite its incendiary subject matter and technical wizardry, Cooper was the beating heart of the series. So revelatory was his performance in turn heartbreakingly vulnerable and incandescently vicious that it was hard to believe he was just 14 years old at time of filming, let alone that this was his first ever role. Baig nods. He did exceptionally. He had this wonderful quality on screen. There was a real innocence to him visually, and a clarity which I thought was just"
Adolescence won numerous Emmys including best limited series, writing, directing, cinematography, acting and best casting. Shaheen Baig received the casting Emmy and immediately minimised its visibility. Baig led a six-month, highly targeted search focused on northern England to cast the central role. She chose five cities, researched schools, youth, art and music groups, created databases and contacted club organisers. That process led to discovering 14-year-old Owen Cooper, whose debut performance combined heartbreaking vulnerability with incandescent viciousness and became the emotional core of the series. Baig highlighted his visual innocence and on-screen clarity.
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