Celebrities Recall Their Worst Audition Stories | V3F1745 | 2024-02-23 13:08:01
Matt LeBlanc's worst audit
It is unattainable for actors to not have a "worst audition" story after years of making an attempt out for roles — however some stand out greater than others.
Matt LeBlanc's worst audition earned him the position of Joey Tribbiani on Friends, one of his most famous characters to this day.
"I keep in mind I had gone in a bunch of occasions and I feel it was on the ultimate callback, I had gone with a pal of mine to run strains," LeBlanc recalled during the highly anticipated Friends reunion, which debuted on HBOMax in Might 2021. "And he stated, 'So the present is about pals and being associates? Only a group of associates?' And I stated, 'Yeah, kinda!' And he was like, 'Nicely, we should always exit consuming.' I used to be like, 'Yeah, that's a good idea!'"
Nevertheless, it turned out to not be such a good idea.
"To make an extended story brief, I awakened in the midst of the night time at his house and needed to go to the toilet," LeBlanc defined. "I obtained up too fast and I can't consider I'm telling this, however I sort of blacked out — as you do — and fell face-first into the toilet, hit my nose on the underside of the bathroom seat, and a huge chunk of meat came off my nose. And I'm wanting in the mirror, it's bleeding, and I'm like, 'Oh, my God. I have to go in for the large callback and [there's] an enormous ugly scab on my nose.'"
As luck would have it, the co-creator of the present, Marta Kaufmann, discovered the story behind the damage so true to Joey's character that it scored LeBlanc the position.
Scroll down for extra fascinating worst audition stories that actors have shared from their pasts:
The previous Disney star revealed that he and brother Dylan Sprouse had a nightmare audition at 7 years previous for Thing One and Thing Two in the 2003 adaptation of The Cat within the Hat. Cole recalled that the casting director informed the twins to "go wild," to which they obliged.& "You inform two 7-year-olds to go wild, they usually'll go wild," he explained in a February 2024 interview with Men's Health. "We broke a mirror on one of many walls of the dance studio and then by some means ended up in a full-on fistfight, completely unprompted." Lionel Hahn/Getty Pictures
A decade after its premiere, the "Cardigan" songstress remembered auditioning for the 2012 movie adaptation of Les Misérables. "Principally I used to be up for 2 roles," she recalled on the U.Okay.'s Graham Norton Present in October 2022. "I had the look of Cosette and the range vocally of Éponine, so it was established I was there for a great time but not for a long time. I wasn't going to get the position." Auditioning alongside Eddie Redmayne as Marius was a "nightmare" for Swift. "Once I acquired there they put me in full 19th century road urchin costume and informed me they have been going to color my tooth brown and I used to be like, 'You will do this after I meet Eddie Redmayne, right?'" she stated. "They made me seem like dying. ... Once I met Eddie I did not open my mouth to talk!" Matt Crossick/PA Pictures/INSTARim/Cowl Pictures
The Australia native revealed that he auditioned for Sandra Bullock's love interest in Miss Congeniality — a task that finally went to Benjamin Bratt. "Nobody knew X-Men yet. I used to be a no one," Jackson advised Variety in October 2022. He defined that he'd been stunned to see Bullock when he walked into the audition. "It was the primary time I might examined [with another actor]. I was impressed that she was in there. I didn't anticipate her to be in there. I am guessing eight individuals she tested with," he stated. The Biggest Showman star recalled that the Blind Aspect actress was "superb" and that he felt unprepared as compared. "I used to be pedaling as fast as I might, but I did not know the script properly sufficient," he advised the outlet. Jackson described the expertise as "humiliating," particularly as a result of his agent had informed him to land the position simply so they might use it as a bargaining chip for an additional film he was doing.& Marion Curtis/StarPix for Sony Footage Classics/Shutterstock
The Set It Up actress auditioned for Katniss Everdeen in The Starvation Games franchise, a task that finally went to Jennifer Lawrence. Throughout an August 2022 appearance on the "Lights Digital camera Barstool" podcast, Dutch revealed that she "knew she didn't get" the position after the display check because of a remark made by somebody involved within the casting process. "He was like, 'Why do not you read this other part?' ... Yeah, that one was a bit painful," she stated. Todd Williamson/JanuaryImages/Shutterstock
Most fans think about the Buddies star's cameo in Bruce Springsteen's music video for "Dancing In the Dark" to be iconic, but she has a much more humiliating reminiscence tied to it. "I went in to [director] Brian De Palma's workplace, he put on the music and stated, 'Will you dance?'" Cox recalled throughout a March 2022 look on The Howard Stern Present. "It was so embarrassing. I feel that is why I received it, as a result of I used to be [nervous] ... I feel that is what they needed, a fan that simply couldn't consider it." Although working with The Boss was an "unimaginable" experience, Cox confessed that she does not like watching the video back. "I mean, God, did you see my dance? It was pathetic," she stated. "I am not a nasty dancer, however that was horrible. I used to be so nervous." Ryan Miller/Shutterstock
The Marvel star's worst audition expertise got here because of him feeling starstruck by Ben Affleck. "I walked in and I'm walking down the halls on the lookout for this room, and as I passed a room I heard, 'There he is.' In my head I used to be like, 'That's Ben,'" he explained to Backstage in September 2011. "I rotated and it was, and for some cause, I immediately was nervous. I went in and shook his hand, and the very first thing I stated was, 'Hey, how ya doing — am I gonna be okay where I parked?' And he stated, 'Where'd you park?' And I stated, 'At one of the meters.' And he stated, 'Did you set cash in it?' And I stated, 'Yeah.' And he stated, 'I feel you will be all right.' That awkward introduction led Evans' to wrestle the complete time he auditioned for 2007's Gone Baby Gone, directed by Affleck himself.& "From that moment, I just needed to get the f--k out of the room. I just needed to be anyplace however there. I sat down with my heart beating out of my chest, I was so mortified that I started this meeting off that approach. I began giving him one-word answers," he shared. Evans added: "They put me in a rocking chair, so I'm simply rocking and twisting, simply nervous. 'So, what was your final film like?' 'Good.' 'What was it wish to work with Danny Boyle?' 'Good.' I simply needed to get out of there. It was horrible, an entire catastrophe. So clearly, I didn't get that job." & Rob Latour/Shutterstock
"I had an audition, and I obtained actually into it, obtained really into the scene and it was actually dramatic and I took my shirt off, and then you definitely didn't have to try this," Johnson informed The Hollywood Reporter in November 2012. "And then afterwards, they have been like, 'Uh, that was great. That was really nice,' and I was like, 'Thank you,' and had to decide my shirt up off the ground and nonetheless speak to them and put it back on. It was inappropriate. And in addition nonetheless embarrassing, and I'm extra embarrassed that I simply advised that story." Matt Baron/Shutterstock
The Thor star revealed that he virtually didn't get the Marvel position due to audition nerves. "I was intimidated by the director, Kenneth Branagh. To me, he is Shakespeare. My brother, Liam [Hemsworth], was luckier. He was one of the ultimate five guys up for the part," Chris explained to W Journal in January 2014. The Ghostbusters actor tried out once more when the casting agents struggled to seek out anyone the primary time around. "My supervisor stated, 'In the event you favored Liam, perhaps you will also like his older brother.' That time, I used to be pissed off. I didn't care about Shakespeare anymore. Swagger received me the part," Chris added. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
"I did not understand that the business was set at a McDonald's drive-thru, so that you needed to go up, like, [from the side]," Fey explained during a March 2014 clip from The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. "And I have this huge 'ol scar on my face, which I didn't understand was going to be featured prominently in my audition for McDonald's. ... So principally, after a two-and-a-half-hour wait, I obtained in there and was like ... 'Hello, I am going to have a Huge Mac and my scar could have an orange soda.' After which I simply left, as a result of they weren't going to provide me that." & Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
"That audition was so uncomfortable!" the Fairly Little Liars alum informed Cosmopolitan in August 2014 of auditioning for Fifty Shades of Gray. "It's precisely what you thought it might be: an enormous monologue but very, very sexual. There were some things that I used to be so embarrassed to be reading out loud, nevertheless it's a type of things the place you must commit wholeheartedly otherwise you're going to make a idiot of your self." Rob Latour/Shutterstock
The actress revealed that it was her personal audition guidelines that led to her worst experience. The Love, Simon star explained on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in October 2014 that she most popular to stick to at least one outfit for a selected position that she was auditioning for. After making it to the fourth round in the casting course of, Garner came upon that it was her selection in garments that made her stand out &- but not in one of the simplest ways. "'We do need to convey Jennifer again, but does she have some other garments?'" she recalled the casting agent asking her workforce. David Fisher/Shutterstock
"I keep in mind there [were] lots of stage instructions, so there have been no strains," Gyllenhaal explained to Jimmy Fallon in 2016. "We didn't have any strains to say, really. It was simply, like, finding the ring, you're alleged to open the factor, and there's a ring there. … I keep in mind I didn't really do it, as a result of I didn't perceive it because there have been no strains. So, I walked up, opened it up, and was like, 'Is that good?'" The Lord of the Rings director expressed that the audition wasn't good and even advised the actor to "hearth" his brokers. John Salangsang/BEI/Shutterstock
The Incredible Beasts actor had a less than productive audition for Kylo Ren in 2015's Star Wars: Episode VII &- The Drive Awakens. "They gave me, like, a Star Trek scene &- or, like, something from Delight and Prejudice. It was a type of films. With movies that prime secret, they don't give you the precise strains," Redmayne informed Uproxx in November 2016. "So they provide you a scene from Satisfaction and Prejudice, however then they inform you you're auditioning for the baddie. In case you're me, you then put some ridiculous voice on." The Academy Award winner referred to as the moment "hilarious," however his strategy wasn't what labored for the casting brokers. "And after, like, 10 photographs [Nina Gold] is like, 'You got anything?' I used to be like, 'No,'" he shared. & Gregory Pace/Shutterstock
"I used to be by no means an amazing auditioner. However I had one where I needed to sing, and I'm a nervous singer," he advised Taraji P. Henson during a Variety Studios: Actors on Actors interview in November 2016. "I am a type of folks that … you already know whenever you're within the shower, and you're like, 'This is pretty good?' However once I get out into the actual world, it is identical to my voice turns into a hammer that hits everyone within the face." He continued, "So I did an audition the place I had to sing, and it was pretty dangerous. It is a type of auditions that was so dangerous that I look back and I feel, 'What if that tape surfaces sooner or later? That'll be the dying of me.' Yeah. That was fairly terrible." & Dave Allocca/StarPix/Shutterstock
The Spider-Man: Homecoming actor revealed that his take on Finn from 2015's Star Wars: Episode VII &- The Pressure Awakens was not one which he remembers fondly. Holland advised Backstage in February 2021 that he's had "fairly a couple of" dangerous auditions through the years. "I've learn the improper strains at the fallacious audition earlier than," he stated. His studying for the a part of Finn — which ultimately went to John Boyega — stands out as considered one of worst. "I keep in mind my audition for Star Wars, I used to be, like, 4 or five auditions in," the British actor informed the outlet. "I keep in mind doing this scene with this woman, bless her, and she or he was just a drone." The audition referred to as for the Cherry star to interact with a robot character. "I was doing all of this, like, 'We gotta get back to the ship!' And she or he was going, 'Bleep, bloop bloop, bleep bloop,'" he stated. "I simply couldn't stop laughing. I found it so humorous." Holland admitted that he "felt really dangerous, as a result of she was making an attempt really arduous to be a convincing android or drone or whatever they're referred to as," but he couldn't include his laughter. He added: "Yeah, I obviously didn't get the half. That wasn't my greatest second." Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock
"My worst audition expertise was once I dressed up as a lady. I assumed I [did] great. The director and producers thought otherwise," the comic advised Us Weekly in February 2021. & Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock
After an evening of consuming, the Associates star discovered himself with an obvious face damage that he couldn't cover during his audition for Joey Tribbiani. "'What occurred to your face?'" the actor recalled being requested at the audition through the sitcom's HBOMax reunion in Might 2021 . "And I advised the truth and obtained the job." Matt Baron/Shutterstock
"Sure, I auditioned for Recreation of Thrones. I auditioned for, like, the assistant to the casting director in a small room in New York with just a digital camera on me and them studying the script," Olsen stated on The Hollywood Reporter's "Awards Chatter" podcast in June 2021, revealing she was studying for the part of the Mother of Dragons Khaleesi, which finally went to Emilia Clarke. "I was doing the Khaleesi speech when she comes out of the hearth. It was terrible. I didn't get a callback." Matt Baron/Shutterstock
"This perhaps says more about my appearing capability than I'd wish to, but I went to quite a number of business auditions where the position is 'man having fun with a celebration,'" the Different Two star informed Web page Six in August 2021. "Making an attempt to dip a chip and being like, 'This is so fun!' in a room that's painted all blue and has carpet in all places and there's any person who's uninterested in filming actors all day being like, 'Great, good, OK, sure, the celebration's fun, you're having fun,' and also you're just in a room by yourself being like, 'Man, I really like this guacamole!'"& Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock
"I'm not good at auditioning. I'm like, 'Put me within the scene. Do not ask me to audition. Simply write it for me,'" the musician advised Variety in February 2022 after auditioning for Ursula in the live-action version of The Little Mermaid. "However, you already know, I'm wonderful as hell. That has nothing to do with Ursula, but I was right down to make Ursula a THOT, shaking ass." The "Fact Hurts" singer recalled later operating into Melissa McCarthy, who obtained the part of the Disney villain, whereas at an Adele concert. "She was like, 'Hi, I'm Melissa.' And I was like, 'Hello, I'm Melissa. And I additionally auditioned for Ursula.' And she or he was like, 'Nicely, why the hell did I get the half?,' which is a basic Melissa McCarthy thing to say," Lizzo remembered. "And then I used to be like, 'Woman, because my audition was horrible.' And I say that as Tyler Perry walks by. And I was like, '[I] ruined my possibilities there.'" The Michigan native noted that her audition for the part "wasn't horrible," hinting that it was her comedy that value her the position. "Typically I wish to make jokes. My audition was good. You possibly can ask Disney. I don't need to speak an excessive amount of about it," she added. "The singing was nice. I'll simply say that." Jordan Strauss/AP/Shutterstock
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