"Hairspray" casting director David Rubin shares the story of how the 2007 movie found actress Nikki Blonsky for the role of Tracy Turnblad. His story includes how she was discovered at an open call audition and how she first found out that she landed the role. Subscribe and see Academy Originals first: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToAO Follow The Academy everywhere. Web: http://Oscars.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/theacademy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Th... Google+: https://plus.google.com/+Os... Tumblr: http://theacademy.tumblr.com