Editing The Thin Man (film) (section)

===Casting===
Van Dyke convinced MGM executives to let Powell and Loy portray the lead characters despite concerns that Powell was too old and strait-laced to play Nick Charles and that Loy had become typecast in exotic [[femme fatale]] roles.<ref name="bryant">{{cite book 
|last=Bryant|first=Roger|date=2006|title=William Powell: The Life and Films|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|publisher=McFarland & Company|pages=4, 10|isbn=9780786454938}}</ref><ref name="tcm">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2737/the-thin-man#overview|title=The Thin Man|website=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|access-date=January 1, 2022}}</ref>

[[Skippy (dog)|Skippy]] played Asta, the dog of Nick and Nora. Skippy was subsequently cast in two screwball comedy classics, ''[[The Awful Truth]]'' (1937) and ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'' (1938).<ref>{{AFI person | 161699-a-dog-Asta | A Dog Asta }}</ref>