Lucy Bevan

Lucy Bevan is a British casting director based in London known for her work across film television and theatre She trained under the late Mary Selway describing that period as the finest training I could have wished for Her early career involved working as a runner and then an assistant before moving into casting She worked for several years within the casting department eventually taking a lead casting director role Her first film credit as a casting director alongside Mary Selway was The Libertine 2004 directed by Laurence Dunmore Bevan has cast a number of highprofile and genrediverse films Her credits include The Duchess 2008 Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides 2011 300 Rise of an Empire 2014 Alice Through the Looking Glass 2016 Their Finest 2016 Beauty and the Beast 2017 Ghost in the Shell 2017 Dolittle 2020 The Batman 2022 Cruella2021 Belfast 2021 and Barbie 2023 In addition to her film work Bevan cocasts large ensemble television projects one recent example is Masters of the Air2024 an Apple TV series in which she worked with Olivia Grant casting over 300 speaking parts Her work has earned her nominations and awards in casting categories for instance the British Independent Film Award for Best Casting for Belfast 2021 Bevan is a full member of the Casting Directors Guild UK Ireland and her company is Lucy Bevan Casting She works internationallyacross the UK Europe North America and othersand her specialism spans theatre film and television