Editing Twin Peaks (section)

===Casting===
[[File:Piper Laurie 1990.jpg|alt=|thumb|upright|Veteran film actress [[Piper Laurie]] (pictured here in 1990) helped cement the ''Twin Peaks'' cast.]]
''Twin Peaks'' features members of a loose ensemble of Lynch's favorite character actors, including [[Jack Nance]], [[Kyle MacLachlan]], [[Grace Zabriskie]], and [[Everett McGill]]. [[Isabella Rossellini]], who had worked with Lynch on ''Blue Velvet'', was originally cast as Giovanna Packard, but she dropped out of the production before shooting began on the pilot episode.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/844979/25-facts-about-twin-peaks-that-might-surprise-you |title=25 Facts About Twin Peaks That Might Surprise You |website=E! News |first=Tierney |last=Bricker |date=April 21, 2017 |access-date=April 1, 2020 |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809183500/https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/844979/25-facts-about-twin-peaks-that-might-surprise-you |url-status=live}}</ref> The character was then reconceived as [[Josie Packard]], of [[Han Chinese|Chinese]] ethnicity, and the role given to actress [[Joan Chen]].<ref name="secrets from another place">{{cite video |date=October 30, 2007 |title=Twin Peaks&nbsp;– The Definitive Gold Box Edition, "Secrets from Another Place" featurette |medium=DVD |publisher=Paramount Home Video}}</ref> The cast includes several actors who rose to fame in the 1950s and 1960s, including 1950s film stars [[Richard Beymer]], [[Piper Laurie]], and [[Russ Tamblyn]]. Other veteran actors included British actor [[James Booth]] (''[[Zulu (1964 film)|Zulu]]''), former ''[[The Mod Squad]]'' star [[Peggy Lipton]], and [[Michael Ontkean]], who co-starred in the 1970s crime drama ''[[The Rookies]]''. Kyle MacLachlan was cast as Agent [[Dale Cooper]]. Stage actor [[Warren Frost]] was cast as Dr.&nbsp;Will Hayward.

Due to budget constraints, Lynch intended to cast a local girl from [[Seattle]] as Laura Palmer, reportedly "just to play a dead girl".<ref name="rodley" /> The local girl ended up being [[Sheryl Lee]]. Lynch stated: "But no one—not Mark, me, anyone—had any idea that she could act, or that she was going to be so powerful just being dead."<ref name="rodley" /> And then, while Lynch shot the home movie that James takes of Donna and Laura, he realized that Lee had something special. "She did do another scene—the video with Donna on the picnic—and it was that scene that did it."<ref name="rodley" /> As a result, Sheryl Lee became a semi-regular addition to the cast, appearing in [[Flashback (narrative)|flashbacks]] as Laura, and portraying another, recurring character: Maddy Ferguson, Laura's similar-looking cousin.

The character of Phillip Gerard's appearance in the pilot episode was originally intended to be only a "kind of homage to ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]''. The only thing he was gonna do was be in this elevator and walk out", according to David Lynch.<ref name="rodley" /> However, when Lynch wrote the "Fire walk with me" speech, he imagined [[Al Strobel]], who played Gerard, reciting it in the basement of the Twin Peaks hospital—a scene that appeared in the European version of the pilot episode, and surfaced later in Agent Cooper's dream sequence. Gerard's full name, Phillip Michael Gerard, is also a reference to Lieutenant Phillip Gerard, a character in ''The Fugitive''.

Lynch met [[Michael J. Anderson]] in 1987. After seeing him in a short film, Lynch wanted to cast the actor in the title role in ''[[Ronnie Rocket]]'', but that project failed to get made.

Richard Beymer was cast as [[Ben Horne]] because he had known [[Johanna Ray]], Lynch's casting director. Lynch was familiar with Beymer's work in the 1961 film ''[[West Side Story (1961 film)|West Side Story]]'' and was surprised that Beymer was available for the role.<ref>This was also the first project to reunite Beymer and Russ Tamblyn since ''West Side Story'', in which Tamblyn played the character of Riff. "Secrets from Another Place", a featurette in the ''Twin Peaks Definitive Gold Box Edition'' DVD release of October 2007.</ref>

[[Set dresser]] [[Frank Silva]] was cast as the mysterious "Bob". Lynch himself recalls that the idea originated when he overheard Silva moving furniture around in the bedroom set, and then heard a woman warning Silva not to block himself in by moving furniture in front of the door. Lynch was struck with an image of Silva in the room. When he learned that Silva was an actor, he filmed two panning shots, one with Silva at the base of the bed, and one without; he did not yet know how he would use this material.<ref>{{cite book |first=David |last=Lynch |title=Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity |url=https://archive.org/details/catchingbigfishm00lync |url-access=registration |publisher=[[Tarcher]] |date=December 28, 2006 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/catchingbigfishm00lync/page/77 77–78] |isbn=9781585425402}}</ref>

Later that day, during the filming of Sarah Palmer having a vision, the camera operator told Lynch that the shot was ruined because "Frank [Silva] was reflected in the mirror." Lynch comments: "Things like this happen and make you start dreaming. And one thing leads to another, and if you let it, a whole other thing opens up."<ref>{{cite book |first=David |last=Lynch |title=Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity |url=https://archive.org/details/catchingbigfishm00lync |url-access=registration |publisher=[[Tarcher]] |date=December 28, 2006 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/catchingbigfishm00lync/page/77 77–78] |isbn=9781585425402}}</ref> Lynch used the panning shot of Silva in the bedroom, and the shot featuring Silva's reflection, in the closing scenes of the European version of the pilot episode. Silva's reflection in the mirror can also be glimpsed during the scene of Sarah's vision at the end of the original pilot, but it is less clear. A close-up of Silva in the bedroom later became a significant image in episodes of the TV series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-29-greatest-twin-peaks-moments/there-s-bob |title=The 29 Greatest Twin Peaks Moments |work=Total Film |first=Nathan |last=Ditum |date=March 22, 2010 |access-date=October 9, 2014 |archive-date=October 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017105622/http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-29-greatest-twin-peaks-moments/there-s-bob |url-status=live}}</ref>