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Answering calls and managing schedules for the better part of the past decade, Kesslering was nearly making a career out of taking care of others — and, sometimes, their dogs. “I was coming up on two years as James Corden’s assistant,” says Kesslering, 28, who also covered desks at CAA. “I’d been an assistant in various capacities since 2011.” That changed overnight when he sold the comedy feature Turned On in November 2016. The hot project, about an engineer who accidentally creates artificial intelligence while slacking off on the job, lured Bridesmaids director Paul Feig as a producer. “The most drastic change, lifestyle-wise, is no longer being able to park for free at CBS when I go next door to the Grove,” he says. “I tried recently, and security confiscated my old ID badge. It felt like a chapter had finally been closed.”