{"id":150387,"date":"2025-02-15T22:08:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T22:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/15\/maya-hawke-says-some-directors-in-hollywood-are-basing-their-casting-choices-on-instagram-followers\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T22:08:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T22:08:59","slug":"maya-hawke-says-some-directors-in-hollywood-are-basing-their-casting-choices-on-instagram-followers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/15\/maya-hawke-says-some-directors-in-hollywood-are-basing-their-casting-choices-on-instagram-followers\/","title":{"rendered":"Maya Hawke says some directors in Hollywood are basing their casting choices on Instagram followers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Maya Hawke says producers are now choosing their cast based on a collective amount of Instagram followers they have <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4LeVimYA9j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/4LeVimYA9j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Culture Crave \ud83c\udf7f (@CultureCrave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CultureCrave\/status\/1890468465183514942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">February 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For years, actors landed roles based on talent, auditions, and connections in the industry. Of course, being marketable always helped. But today, social media has become a major factor in Hollywood\u2019s decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>A strong Instagram, TikTok, or Twitter following can make an actor more appealing to studios. Why? Because followers mean potential ticket buyers. If an actor already has millions of fans, the studio has a built-in audience before the film even premieres.<\/p>\n<p>Maya Hawke even admitted that she was talked out of deleting Instagram by directors who told her it could impact her career. This shows that social media is no longer just for personal branding\u2014it can actually determine whether an actor gets hired.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/feminegra.com\/how-social-media-metrics-are-changing-film-casting-and-what-it-means-for-black-actors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">source<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CultureCrave\/status\/1890468465183514942\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/130039586.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maya Hawke says producers are now choosing their cast based on a collective amount of Instagram followers they have pic.twitter.com\/4LeVimYA9j \u2014 Culture Crave \ud83c\udf7f (@CultureCrave) February 14, 2025 For years, actors landed roles based on talent, auditions, and connections in the industry. Of course, being marketable always helped. But today, social media has become a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-150387","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}