“Stunt casting” refers to the practice of casting actors who are prominently known for their work in television or film - regardless of any lack of experience onstage - in plays or musicals as a way to increase interest and ticket sales for the production in question (eg casting Sabrina Carpenter as Cady in Mean Girls: The Musical, North West's casting as Young Simba in The Lion King, and David Hasselhoff being cast as the titular character(s) in Jekyll & Hyde).