About Veena Sud
Canadian television writer and producer... | Veena Cabreros-Sud is a Canadian-born American television writer, director, and producer. She is best known for developing the American television drama series The Killing (2011–2014), which is based on the Danish series Forbrydelsen .
![“The thing I love about this story [The Killing] and this type of storytelling is that I don't have to know the end before I know the beginning.” quote by Veena Sud](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/aa7/veena-sud-27264_ends_the-thing-i-love-about-this-story-the-ki_1286541.jpg)
![“But, for the role of Sarah Linden, we saw everybody. Everybody wanted this role. Every female actor in town really wanted to play a real woman and be in this drama. It was incredible that all these women were coming in. And then, Mireille [Enos] walked in the door and she was reading the lines…” quote by Veena Sud](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/745/veena-sud-27264_actors_but-for-the-role-of-sarah-linden-we-saw_2352547.jpg)
![“It was a very, very intense and long casting process [for The Killing] because we really had to find the right people who could carry the weight of this story, who had the chops and who had the spirit, where they could bring in so much of their own selves to these characters. So, the casting…” quote by Veena Sud](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/85a/veena-sud-27264_casting_it-was-a-very-very-intense-and-long-cast_1344580.jpg)
![“The most surprising thing to me is what an incredibly intense effort it's been to create a world from the ground up. I had run a show that had already existed and had been created by the show-runner, Meredith [Stiehm]. It's a very different experience to come in at ground zero and meet people and…” quote by Veena Sud](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/930/veena-sud-27264_casts_the-most-surprising-thing-to-me-is-what_262618.jpg)