THE meeting went on for a few hours. Everything went smoothly, since everyone seemed to be on the same page.
Director Hale assured that since Whale Studio would be the one producing and distributing the movie, there wouldn't be any worry about them interfering with the shooting or the casting. It's because Whale Studio was known to not interfere with production of any of their movies. Unless it's truly necessary.
The only downside of having them produced the movie would be that most of the cast would certainly be newcomers or unknown actors. This was to cut on talent fees that could be very well put to the production cost. Which meant that the audition would be held for the other roles. Unless, of course, the writer would suggest another actor or actress for a certain role, like she did with Astrid.
