Stars Recall Their Failed Auditions for Main Roles

In an interview with InStyle, Jessica Biel shared she auditioned for The Pocket book and appears on the function as one in every of “these ones that obtained away.” She additional mirrored, “What would my profession have been like if I had the chance to do this film? Clearly, that one wasn’t meant for me.”

A$AP Rocky revealed in an interview with Selection that he auditioned for the function of Lando Calrissian in 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story. “My audition was trash. I used to be trash that day,” he recalled, earlier than saying Donald Glover — who obtained the half — “was a method higher Lando than I might’ve supplied at the moment. And I feel he seemed a bit extra like [OG Lando Billy Dee Williams] than me.”

Lucy Hale revealed throughout BuzzFeed’s Pet Interview that she auditioned for the lead function in Hannah Montana, which in the end went to Miley Cyrus, as a youngster. “Once I nonetheless lived in Tennessee and I used to be 14 on the time, so this may have been … 21 years in the past, and it was a pair years earlier than they’d forged Miley in it,” Hale recalled. “I keep in mind the audition. It was a taped audition in Tennessee. It was the audition that made me need to be an actress. I do not forget that vividly. It was very, very cool.”

On Stay with Kelly and Mark, James Marsden revealed his failed audition for Saturday Night time Stay. The present had a nationwide expertise search, and Marsden auditioned along with his peer from drama class. He defined, “It wasn’t even one thing like, ‘Create an attention-grabbing character,’ or no matter. It was like, ‘Do no matter foolish factor you need to do.’ I don’t know why we selected to do that, however we clucked like chickens and simply walked round one another.” The Golden Globe nominated actor did not get a callback, describing his hen act as a “unhealthy alternative.” He then defined it was a dream of his to be an SNL forged member, and he could be all the way down to host someday.

Austin Butler reveals he auditioned to be within the 2012 Starvation Video games film, throughout a BuzzFeed Celeb video the actor recalled his audition to play Peeta, “I do not even suppose I obtained a callback for the character Peeta.”

Chris Pine confirmed a narrative from The OC casting director that he misplaced out on the function of Ryan Atwood attributable to his zits. “I had terrible pores and skin as a youngster, after which after faculty, my pores and skin began breaking out once more. I used to be going out for ‘The O.C.,’ which is a teenage melodrama. I can perceive that they wished to have fairly folks doing fairly issues, and unhealthy zits isn’t a a key [asset],” he mentioned on the Blissful Unhappy Confused podcast. He additionally mentioned he wasn’t thrilled the casting director advised the story in Welcome to the OC e-book, including, “It is no enjoyable having unhealthy pores and skin… it was one of the crucial traumatic factors of my life, however it’s my story, man.”

Cole Sprouse recalled his failed audition with twin brother Dylan to play Factor One and Factor Two for The Cat within the Hat whereas talking with Males’s Well being. “We confirmed as much as this dance studio, and our mother had put us in these silly Factor One and Factor Two outfits to try to get the gig, and it was horrible,” he mentioned, including the one course they’d was to go “insane.” He continued, “You inform two 7-year-olds to go wild, they usually’ll go wild, we broke a mirror on one of many partitions of the dance studio after which someway ended up in a full-on fistfight, completely unprompted. Evidently, we didn’t get the half.”

Robert Downey Jr. reveals he pitched himself to play Scarecrow in Batman Begins. Throughout a Q&A for an Oppenheimer screener, the actor opened up, “I’m fairly positive that I heard like, ‘There’s this function, Scarecrow,’ and I used to be like, ‘psh, I’m Scarecrow,’” he continued, “I keep in mind assembly for tea, and I used to be like, ‘He doesn’t seem to be he’s actually leaning in on this interview.’ And he was well mannered and all that, however I imply, , you possibly can inform when somebody is type of like, ‘It’s not gonna go your method.’”

Jamie Campbell Bower reveals how he failed his audition for Harry Potter, throughout an episode of the Blissful Unhappy Confused podcast he opened up, “They got here to my faculty to search for potential Potters or potential forged members and pulled me out of a bunch of individuals. So I went to go to the audition.” He continued, “I went to go meet Chris Columbus [director] in London for the primary Harry Potter, they usually’d requested us to organize a joke. I had simply heard this joke a few fairy, like the explanation why the fairy sits on high of the Christmas tree. It’s a very soiled joke as a result of it’s a Christmas tree up anyone’s backside, and I advised this joke within the audition. I used to be like, ‘Nicely, f-cked that up. Time to maneuver on.”

Josh Peck revealed he auditioned to play Edward Cullen within the Twilight movies. On an episode of his Good Guys podcast, he claimed, “I keep in mind it’s like 2006-7, they’re like, ‘Audition for this film Twilight, it is primarily based on a e-book, it will be nice,” He added, “I ship in my tape… [for] Edward. A month later, I am with my supervisor, he goes, ‘It is all the way down to you and three guys. You’re shut.’ I am like, ‘Actually?’ I hadn’t even had a tummy tuck but, I am like there is not any method, he is obtained to be so shirtless. It’s not going to occur.” The function, in fact, went to Robert Pattinson.

Aubrey Plaza says she “blew it” when she auditioned for Deadpool 2 function. In an interview with Cosmopolitan, she remembers, “I’d simply come off a airplane and I feel I used to be taking pictures Legion on the time, I used to be actually not in a great zone as a result of auditioning — it’s a must to be in an auditioning zone and I used to be in a piece zone. That one damage. Me and Ryan Reynolds, what might go improper? We might be so nice collectively, however [I] blew it.”

The casting director for American Horror Story reveals Margot Robbie auditioned for the second season of the present, “Asylum.” In an interview with Backstage the director opened up, revealing: “Margot has a variety of ‘it’ components, That’s the powerful factor for casting administrators who aren’t within the room [anymore] with actors. Margot might be one in every of my favourite auditions of all time, and it was proper earlier than she broke out. She was such a star. It was loopy, her star attraction when she walked within the room. Though she didn’t get that function, that was a kind of issues as a casting director the place you go: It is a star, what can we do along with her? Instantly, although, she was out of our realm of risk of hiring. However that’s actually the enjoyable a part of casting, is seeing the folks whose careers are simply rising.”

Adam Brody revealed on the Simply For Selection podcast that he auditioned for the function of Peter Quill/Star-Lord within the 2014 Marvel movie, Guardians of the Galaxy. “I wished that one,” he mentioned. Whereas the half in the end went to Chris Pratt, Brody solely had good issues to say about Pratt’s casting, calling the actor a “higher match” for the MCU character. “He’s larger, stronger, however tonally, I actually dug it,” Brody mentioned.

Jennifer Lawrence revealed she auditioned to be within the Twilight collection whereas showing on The Rewatchables. The Starvation Video games actress shared, “I auditioned for Twilight, they turned me down instantly. I did not even get a callback, however my life would have been completely totally different.” Nevertheless, she mentioned how she dealt with her profession could be much like her post-Starvation Video games tasks, saying, “I’ve to churn out films in between in order that I am not solely identified for this franchise. I used to be nonetheless in a franchise, so I used to be nonetheless attempting to counteract the franchise-ness, and I might nonetheless be doing that if I used to be in Twilight.”

Dove Cameron has revealed she auditioned for the function of Glinda within the upcoming “Depraved” film. Whereas talking to TheWrap, the 27-year-old shared, “I undoubtedly went out for it. I do know that for everyone who did exit for it, it was a really lengthy course of. It was one of many longer processes I’ve been part of.” Though Ariana Grande was in the end forged as Glinda, Cameron mentioned she’s “actually, actually excited” to see the movie and thinks Grande is “gonna kill it.”

Rosie Perez remembers her failed audition for the function of ‘Trinity’ in The Matrix, which in the end went to Carrie-Ann Moss. In an interview with Selection the star opened up saying: “I used to be horrible. As I used to be strolling out, I used to be like, ‘I do know I didn’t get the job. I actually sucked,’ and the Wachowskis have been like, ‘No,’ and the casting director was attempting to not giggle,” she continued, “After which lastly I checked out her and I am going, ‘I actually sucked,’ and she or he simply burst out laughing. All of us have been laughing. I simply gave the Wachowskis a hug and I mentioned, ‘Nicely, good luck with this.’”

Patricia Arquette advised Selection she bombed an audition for Jerry Maguire. “Everybody was saying, ‘Oh, that is only a formality, you are gonna learn with Tom Cruise for ‘Jerry Maguire,’ however that is your half, you bought it,’ and I blew it,” she recalled. Renee Zellweger landed the function as an alternative, with Patricia including, “I truly suppose she was higher for it, and she or he was nice.”

Chase Stokes opens up about his failed audition for Steve Harrington in Stranger Issues. In an interview with Entry Hollywood the Outer Banks star revealed: “I forgot all of the strains and completely effed up, I drove eight hours from Atlanta again to Orlando regretting each second of my life on that.”

Penn Badgley remembers auditioning for Aaron Paul’s half in Breaking Unhealthy, referring to it as “the one which obtained away,” throughout an interview with Buzzfeed, the actor revealed: “One I obtained shut on was Breaking Unhealthy, it was between me and Aaron Paul, we examined. And truly, that was the very best tv script I would learn at that time. That was the one which obtained away.”

In a latest interview with Sirius XM, Noah Centineo opens up about a few of the failed auditions he is had up to now. The Fosters alum mentioned he auditioned for the function of Austin in Disney’s Austin and Ally, which was in the end given to Ross Lynch. Centineo additionally revealed he went for the lead function in The Maze Runner, which was given to Dylan O’Brien, along with dropping a number of roles in Netflix collection 13 Causes Why and Teen Wolf. The actor goes on to disclose how he handles the rejection, saying: “It’s probably not an actual, I don’t actually take it as rejection. I feel that’s the improper method to consider it. I feel the appropriate method to consider it’s I’m auditioning for a job. I’m bringing the whole lot I probably can to it. In the event that they’re not okay with that, that’s superb.”

Joe Jonas revealed he auditioned for The Superb Spider-Man. “I keep in mind years in the past I used to be up for Spider-Man and I used to be so, so excited and it was the 12 months Andrew Garfield obtained it. Clearly, he was the appropriate one. I do not forget that was an enormous factor on the time, going again for callbacks and the director [Marc Webb] was once a music video director. So I used to be like, ‘I obtained an in right here.’”

Taylor Swift seemed again on her failed audition for Les Misérables whereas showing on The Graham Norton Present. “Principally, I used to be up for 2 roles. I had the look of Cosette and the vary, vocally, of Eponine. So it was established I used to be there for a great time however not for a very long time—I wasn’t going to get the function,” she mentioned, including that she was requested to do a display check with Eddie Redmayne anyway. “Once I obtained there they put me in full nineteenth Century road urchin costume and advised me they have been going to color my tooth brown and I used to be like, ‘You will try this after I meet Eddie Redmayne proper?’ However no, they made me seem like dying and it grew to become a nightmare. Once I met Eddie I did not open my mouth to talk!”

Hugh Jackman revealed he misplaced out on a job in Miss Congeniality whereas talking with Selection. Of a studying reverse Sandra Bullock, he recalled considering, “Holy s—! She’s superb! And so fast and quick. I am not even vaguely up to the mark right here.” He added, “I used to be pedaling as quick as I might, however I did not know the script nicely sufficient. I used to be impressed that she was in there. I did not anticipate her to be in there.” He misplaced the function to Benjamin Bratt, including, “That is humiliating, when your agent says, ‘I don’t need you to get this job, however simply go get it.’ And you then don’t get it.”

Dylan McDermott reveals he auditioned for the function of Mandy Patinkin in The Princess Bride, in an interview with Sirius XM McDermott admits, “I used to be up for the Mandy Patinkin function. It was very shut. I used to be younger… however that audition opened the doorways to many different issues. I feel I obtained within the line of fireplace due to it, however abruptly simply I used to be off of it, however I used to be, trigger it was the identical casting administrators, uh, that opened a variety of doorways, however I actually liked that film and I, I had this complete, full blown character able to go, however Mandy was unbelievable in it, however I feel that that type of sticks in me someplace.”

Zoey Deutch opens up about how she auditioned to play Katniss Everdeen within the Starvation Video games franchise, in an episode of Lights Digicam Barstool the actress revealed, “I screen-tested for Katniss, however knew I did not get it, as a result of within the display check, he was like, ‘Why do not you learn this different half?’ However, yeah, that one was a bit painful.”

Lena Dunham opens up about her failed audition for Driving In Vehicles With Boys, in an interview with SiriusXM she revealed, “The one factor I’ll say is I perceive why I didn’t get the function as a result of she requested all the younger actors to say our title, our top, the place we have been from and smile. And I mentioned, ‘I’m Lena. I’m from New York. And I don’t smile on command.’ during which Penny Marshall responded, ‘It is known as performing, honey.’” Dunham continued, “The factor is, it is like, she was proper, like, would you rent an actor who was like, ‘I am sorry, I can’t smile on command’?”

Chace Crawford mentioned he was “extraordinarily devastated” after not getting function of Jason Avenue in ‘Friday Night time Lights.’ Crawford said that he and his then-roommate Taylor Kitsch each auditioned to be on the collection — and whereas Taylor landed the function of Tim Riggins, Scott Porter wound up getting forged as Jason.

Andrew Garfield advised Selection he auditioned for the Prince Caspian function within the Chronicles of Narnia movies and believes it got here all the way down to him and Ben Barnes, who landed the half. After asking his agent why he did not get it, she advised him, “It is as a result of they do not suppose you’re good-looking sufficient, Andrew.” He added, “Ben Barnes is a really good-looking, gifted man. So looking back, I’m not sad with the choice and I feel he did a good looking job.”

Gabrielle Union tells Corden a few failed audition for “The Matrix.” “Everybody and their mom was auditioning for ‘The Matrix’. I went to audition, to me, I wanted to really feel like probably the most highly effective, lovely and superb girl on the earth, so in fact, I wished to channel Janet Jackson,” she mentioned. “I actually discover the precise outfit from her album cowl. I draw within the rattling mole. I totally dedicated.” “I play Janet the entire time, ready for the audition, in there early. Nobody’s going to cease me… in walks Janet Jackson,” she recalled, “I’m fairly positive there was a restraining order of types.”

Matt Damon revealed he auditioned twice to play Robin on the “Blissful Unhappy Confused” podcast. First, he audition to play Batman’s sidekick for the unique 1989 Tim Burton movie, however the function was in the end minimize from the script. He later auditioned for 1993’s “Batman Endlessly.” Chris O’Donnell already had the half, however they have been haggling over cash,” he exaplined. “The studio was flexing, principally, by flying in two different folks to display check. They wished Chris, however they simply wished him for a worth.” O’Donnell landed the function.

Salma Hayek and Jada Pinkett Smith have been each up for the function of Trinity in “The Matrix.” “We have been one of many 4 finalists for ‘The Matrix,’” mentioned Hayek on “Purple Desk Speak.” “We had jumped via many hurdles and display testing and lots of auditions, they usually introduced these stunt coordinators from Asia, and it was the bodily check.” “Now I am versatile. I am agile, however I am lazy,” the she added. “I by no means actually went to the gymnasium they usually mentioned to me, ‘You need to run,’ I am going, ‘To the place?’ ‘Round, it’s a must to run round…’ They by no means known as me once more after that day.” Carrie-Anne Moss in the end obtained the half.

Throughout a latest episode of the “Welcome to the OC, Bitches!” podcast, casting director Patrick Rush revealed that Chris Pine was a finalist for the function of Ryan Atwood. “We noticed Chris Pine, he was actually actually actually good however – that is painful. On the time Chris Pine’s pores and skin was actually actually unhealthy and that broke my coronary heart as a result of I used to be a child with zits. I keep in mind considering he was so good,” Rush admitted.

“One Tree Hill’s” Hilarie Burton revealed that her now-husband auditioned for the present years earlier than they met. On the “Drama Queens” podcast Burton mentioned, ““Once I met Jeff, he was like, ‘Oh, I auditioned for that present.’ I’m like, ‘Wait, what?’ My husband, Jeffrey, auditioned for [Craig] Sheffer‘s half.” “He was like, ‘Yeah, , I appreciated the entire gritty storage man, that edgy factor,’” she recalled. “Had Jeff proven up in these tight denims that Sheff was sporting, I might have undoubtedly had children earlier!”

Nicholas Hoult remembers the time he auditioned for “The Chronicles of Narnia. “One in all my all-time worst [auditions] was undoubtedly Prince Caspian,” he advised EW. “They requested if I might do a Hispanic accent. I used to be like, ‘What would I base that on?’ They have been like, ‘Have you ever seen Shrek? Puss in Boots.’ I used to be doing the scene, however in my head earlier than saying every line, I used to be attempting to do my impression, saying [in a Desperado voice] ‘I’m Prince Caspian!’ It was horrendous. It sounded extra like Borat.”

Henry Cavill talked concerning the time he misplaced the function of James Bond in “On line casino Royale” to Daniel Craig. “I most likely might have ready higher,” he advised “Males’s Well being.” “I keep in mind the director, Martin Campbell, saying, ‘Wanting a bit chubby there, Henry,’” Cavill recalled. “I didn’t know find out how to prepare or food plan. And I’m glad Martin mentioned one thing, as a result of I reply nicely to reality. It helps me get higher.”

Chris Evans remembers botching his audition for “Gone Child Gone” after being starstruck by Ben Affleck. “I rotated and it was [Ben], and for some purpose I immediately was nervous,” he advised “Backstage,” “I went in and shook his hand, and the very first thing I mentioned was ‘Hey, how ya doing — am I gonna be okay the place I parked?’” “From that second, I simply wished to get the f— out of the room. I simply wished to be wherever however there,” Evans continued. “It was horrible, an entire catastrophe. So clearly, I didn’t get that job.”