Alina Lucia is sitting in a rehearsal room in Berlin, talking through the scene choices that rarely make a casting tape. "Silence tells you when the character is hiding something," she says. What follows is an edited Q&A. **RW:** You started working on contained dramas in 2023. What changed once casting teams saw the first tapes? **AL:** I learned to make smaller choices. The camera catches pressure before the actor names it, so I started trusting stillness and listening more.