BALTIMORE — During the five seasons that “The Wire” was broadcast on HBO, co-creators David Simon and Ed Burns filled it with more complicated and nuanced characters than a Russian novel.
The show introduced an international television audience to dozens of actors at a relatively early stage of their careers. Some had never acted before they showed up on the Baltimore set.
“This was the hardest show I’ve ever done,” said Pat Moran, who handled casting duties for the show with the New York-based casting director Alexa L. Fogel.
