central casting

noun

Movies.

1. an agency, studio department, etc., responsible for hiring actors, especially bit players or extras.

Word History and Origins

Origin of central casting¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Still, between the hot cases and the cold cases, with their collateral damage; hippie squatters from central casting chanting “Our Earth, our land;” a mysterious gold tattoo, indigenous glyphs and old mines — there is an especially tense scene involving a tight tunnel and rising water — the show stays busy.

From Los Angeles Times

Unfortunately, it does appear that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is not living up to what the president and the entire Republican Party apparently believed was his vast potential based upon his "central casting" good looks and white supremacist tattoos.

From Salon

He is, after all, a person who commonly hires people because they are "out of central casting."

From Salon

Sen. Mitt Romney, a choice straight out of central casting for the sort of blue-blood establishment Republican that once defined the party, admitted that his time was done in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper.

From Salon

She's right out of Central Casting.

From Salon