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In today’s casting roundup, play gala guests in the upcoming Todd Phillips Warner Bros. feature film “Romeo,” starring Joaquin Phoenix. Plus, join the Marvel Universe as a performer in the touring “Marvel Universe Live!,” a Halloween-themed Comedy Central parody is casting roles, and voice a lead character in the Spanish version of an animated series. “Romeo”“Romeo,” a Todd Phillips Warner Bros. film starring Joaquin Phoenix, is now casting actors for background roles. Talent, aged 18 and older, is wanted to portray gala attendees. All talent is required to bring their own evening wear. Men should have a bit of length to their hair, and women should have short or shoulder-length hair. Filming will take place on Nov. 13 in New York City, with a fitting on Oct. 21, 22, 23, or 25. Pay is $26 for the fitting and $143 for 10 hours of work. Apply here! Marvel Universe Live! - Audition TOURAction performers, martial artists, gymnasts,...

The 1979 version of Dracula with Frank Langella didn't get the names right, but it nailed the cobwebs.

We love Dracula. Every year at Halloween we go down on The Count in rapturously horrific odes. The most romantic horror icon is based on a historical one, the real Dracula, Vlad Tepes, Vlad the Impaler, the son of the dragon who fought the Islamic Turks as they tried to conquer Transylvania and Wallachia. The military genius and source of nationalistic pride for modern-day Romania died in 1476, 200 years before the Declaration of Independence.

But the polar opposite of the warrior count is Frank Langella in the 1979 version of Dracula. Langella was a sex symbol. The first rock star Count Dracula, he was fabulously glam. Like Bela Lugosi, Langella made women swoon during his late '70s run in the Broadway play Dracula. As an easy shortcut, I will reference the versions of the...