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(October 2012). A talent agent, or booking agent, is a person who finds jobs for actors, authors, film directors, musicians, models, film producers, professional athletes, writers, screenwriters, broadcast journalists, and other people in various entertainment or broadcast businesses.n many cases, casting directors, or other businesses go to talent agencies to find the artists for whom they are looking. The agent is paid a percentage of the star's earnings (typically 10%). Therefore agents are sometimes referred to as 10 percenters.. Various regulations govern different types of agents.
No one knows how to be a movie star. You can be trained to act, but not â really â to be a celebrity. Living in the spotlight, promoting yourself as you promote your movie â¦ itâs something you learn on the job. Taron Egerton, one of Britainâs best young actors, hardly needs a top-up in the art of playing himself. In 2013, shortly after his (subsidised) training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, he was picked by Matthew Vaughn for the lead role in the R-rated spy caper Kingsman: The Secret Service.