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Casting minor actresses (6,8)

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martin scorsese

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'casting minor actresses' is the definition.
The definition and answer are not the same part of speech.

'casting minor actresses' is the wordplay.
'casting' indicates an anagram.
'minor'+'actresses'='minoractresses'
'minoractresses' with letters rearranged gives 'MARTIN SCORSESE'.

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