How was cast selected in the show Louie?
What was the criteria for selection of cast with such variety in the TV show Louie?
Louie CK's casts Amy Landecker as young Louie’s mom [S01E011, S04E11/12], after already using her a few episodes earlier to play adult Louie’s blind date [Sandra S01E09]. Is there any incoherence in this?
Another actor he places in different unexpected and unrelated roles is F. Murray Abraham who plays as a Swinger, Jonathan, in New Jersey/Airport [S02E13], and then as Uncle Excelsior in Dad [S03E08], and later on as his Dad in In the Woods: Part 2 [S04E12].
He also casts David Lynch but to play an acting part, instead of directing...
What is the inspiration?
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In Louie CK's words:
This show doesn’t really function as a series. I don’t think of it that way. I use what I need to tell each story.
In the same source the writer notes in the same site [UPPROX news] that:
CK and FX have referred to this show as a collection of short films before.
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The choice of Lynch is almost certainly a commentary on the conventional talk show format. (Lynch is most known for making films about nightmarish situations.) I don't know if CK has commented on conventional talk shows, but he has expressed his dislike of conventional sitcom formats...
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