central casting
noun/ˌsentrəl ˈkɑːstɪŋ/
/ˌsentrəl ˈkæstɪŋ/
[uncountable]- a company or a department that supplies actors, usually for small, stereotypical film roles
- (figurative) He looked like an absent-minded professor straight out of central casting.
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