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I’m no celebrity but i’ll be the first one to admit that auditions are scary; they
are basically like a job interview but on crack.
You have to perform under pressure, on the spot, in hopes that you’ll book the role
and not make a fool out of yourself.
But, things don’t always go as planned and even some of Hollywood’s biggest stars have
had a bad audition.
Let’s hear some of their stories with today’s list of Top 10 Celebrity Auditions Gone Horribly
Wrong.
10) Starting off our list at number 10 is Kevin Hart for SNL.
You might be surprised because you didn’t know he ever auditioned for SNL, or you’re
surprised that he had a horrible audition because he’s naturally hilarious.
Like how could he not get a job on SNL?
But let’s not forget that before he was the most in-demand comedian, he was just like
any other up-and-coming comedian out there, trying to book different gigs.
Years ago he attempted to audition for SNL and it didn’t go too well.
As part of the audition process, actors have to play characters they’ve been working
on, like an impersonation type act.
The characters can be based on a real person or a character that the actor made up.
Now, most people would probably choose someone popular to impersonate so that the casting
directors would be able to see just how spot on the impression was.
But Kevin chose to play Avery Johnson, the San Antonio Spurs point guard.
In other words, not a well-known figure.
Kevin said when he told them who he was impersonating they just looked at him like he was crazy.
He said he did a one-line impersonation and just stood there in silence, because obviously,
they had no idea who this guy was or if it even sounded like him.
*clip from his interview here*
9) In at number 9 is Ryan Reynolds for a movie he didn’t name, but we know that it was
a musical.
Yes, there was a point in his career where he decided to venture off into the world of
musicals.
The actor admitted that he was never great at auditions and whenever he had to sing he
got really nervous, so that’s just a recipe for disaster.
He talked about his horrible audition experience with Variety Studios sating: so I did an audition
where I had to sing, and it was pretty bad.
It’s one of those auditions that was so bad that I look back and think: what if this
tape surfaces at some point?
That’ll be the death of me.
I mean, sorry Ry guy, but I’m really hoping that this tape does surface at some point.
I wasn’t able to find it, but a bad singing audition is never a good memory.
And if you’re wondering, he didn’t get the part.
Obviously.
8) Coming into number 8 is Lucy Hale for Fifty Shades of Grey.
Oh god, I can only imagine what could go wrong at an audition for this movie.
No matter what your resume looks like, nothing can prepare you for auditioning for that sexy
movie.
Lucy hale was one of the actresses up for the lead role and says that it’s an audition
she will never forget.
And not because it was so good.
She told Cosmopolitan that it was horrible because she felt so uncomfortable.
She said: that audition was so uncomfortable!
It’s exactly what you thought it would be: a big monologue, but very, very sexual.
There were some things that I was so embarrassed to be reading out loud, but it’s one of
those things where you have to commit wholeheartedly or you’re going to make a fool of yourself.
7) Up next at number 7 is Tina Fey who auditioned for a Mcdonald’s Commercial.
She told the story of her worst ever audition on the Tonight show.
She said that she went and sat in the audition room for 2 and a half hours before she was
called in to read her 2 lines.
She felt confident because how hard is 2 lines for a McDonald's commercial when you’re
Tina Fey right?
But what made the audition so bad was that she didn’t know it was actually going to
be shot at the drive thru.
For those of you who don’t know, Tina has a scar on one side of her face.
And the way that she would be driving in a car, would have the scar facing the camera.
So she immediately knew that they wouldn’t pick her because of it, so when they asked
her to read her line she did, but instead she said: Hi, I’ll have a Big Mac and my
scar will have an orange soda.
She said it was nothing but awkward silence and she just left the audition.
So she waited two and a half hours just to do that.
6) Swiping our number 6 spot is Dakota Johnson for a movie that is unknown.
Now, she’s the actress who got the lead role in Fifty Shades of Grey so if she can
nail THAT audition, I don’t see how she’s even on this list.
But she is.
She said she went to an audition that was so humiliating that she even felt embarrassed
to share the story of what happened.
But luckily for us, she did.
She told the story when talking to The Hollywood Reporter, she said: I had an audition, and
I got really into it, got really into the scene and it was really dramatic and I took
my shirt off, and you didn't have to do that.
And then afterwards I had to pick my shirt off the floor and still talk to them and put
it back on.
It was inappropriate.
And also still embarrassing, and I’m more embarrassed that I just told that story.
Girl.
I mean you did that to yourself, what in God’s name made you think taking your shirt off
would be a good idea?
It clearly wasn’t her Fifty Shades of Grey audition where that might have been more appropriate.
5) Half way through the lit at number 5 is Kat Dennings.
We’re not sure what movie it was for but she did admit that it’s one that went on
to win Oscar Awards.
The actress says it was the most painful audition she ever did and because it did so well, she
wants it to go unnamed.
However, she does tell the story on the Tonight Show, explaining what had happened.
Without giving too many details she explains that she was reading for the role of the daughter.
In the audition scene, she was supposed to act out this big emotional meltdown where
she needed to be restrained by the actor playing her father.
She said the actor was in the room with her but for some reason he stood on the opposite
end of the room and didn’t participate in her audition.
So she had to kind of think on her feet and improvise so when it came to the restraining
part, she used her own arms to restrain herself.
She admits that she looked totally ridiculous and wasn’t surprised when she didn’t get
the part.
She also revealed that the actor who played the father got fired, so she felt better about
the whole thing.
4) Here we are at number 4 with Jake Gyllenhaal who auditioned for Lord of the Rings.
He’s an Oscar-nominated actor but within the walls of the industry he’s also known
for being one of the worst auditionees for Lord of The Rings.
Turns out he tried out for the lead role of Frodo, but his accent was nothing but a joke
to the casting directors.
He recalls the audition and says that he remembers going into the audition room NOT being told
that he needed to have a British accent.
That is a complete nightmare for any actor because sometimes it can take months of training
to really nail down a believe accent.
But regardless, he gave it a shot.
He said: I really do remember Peter Jackson (the casting director) saying to me, you know
that you have to do this in a British accent right?
And then when I was done he looked at me and said: you are the worst actor I have ever
seen.
Yeah, that definitely means you had a horrible audition.
3) Taking over spot number 3 is January Jones for Coyote Ugly.
This is another audition moment that I don’t think anything could prepare you for.
If you haven’t seen the movie Coyote Ugly, you should, it’s basically about some bartenders
who dance like strippers.
Like they have clothes on, but barely.
So it’s no surprise that actors would be required to dance in the audition process.
However, the girls in the movie dance on poles, but when January went into her audition, there
was no pole.
She tells the story, saying that they had asked her to pole dance, without an actual
pole.
She calls it, I quote: one of the worst moments of my life.
She went on to say: I just turned beet red.
It was awful, and the producer said something like: honey, you did a great reading, but
you’ve got no rhythm.
She admits that after she left the audition room she called her agent and told her she
didn’t want to do it anymore.
2) In spot number 2 is Chris Evans.
Because he’s such a big star you wouldn’t expect him to get nervous when going for a
role, but one time he came down with a serious case of the jitters.
It was when he auditioned for Ben Affleck’s 2007 movie, Gone Baby gone.
He recounted the entire audition process while speaking with Backstage and explained that
he was nervous from the second he was walking down the hallway to the audition room.
He said he heard Ben say: there he is, and he instantly got nervous.
Chris says the first thing that he said when he shook Ben’s hand was: am I gonna be okay
where I parked?
Uhhh, wouldn’t be my first choice of words.
What made it worse was that Ben asked him where he parked and he said a parking meter,
so Ben just looked at him and was like: if you put money in it, I think you’ll be alright.
Chris explained the rest of the story saying: from that moment on, I just wanted to get
the eff out of the room.
I wanted to be anywhere but there.
I sat down with my heart beating out of my chest; I was so mortified that I started this
meeting off that way.
I started giving him one work answers.
It was horrible, a complete disaster.
So obviously, I did not get that job.
Honestly, when you’re nervous sometimes you do and say the weirdest things; it’s
like uncontrollable sometimes.
1)Taking the number 1 spot on our list is Meryl Streep for King Kong.
Before this video, there is no way you could convince me that the first lady of American
cinema would have had a bad audition.
But, just like anyone else in the industry, she started out as another struggling artist
in New York City.
When she was 27 years old, she was called in to audition for the remake of King Kong.
She says the audition aspect went okay; she felt that her performance went well.
What made the audition so horrible was that the producer didn’t have an issue with her
performance, he had an issue with her looks.
She tells the story saying Dino De Laurentiis started speaking in Italian, right in front
of her, commenting on how ugly she was.
He wasn’t aware that Meryl could also speak Italian.
So being the queen that she is she said to him: I’m sorry you think I’m too ugly
for your film.
But you’re just one opinion in a sea of thousands and I’m off to find a kinder tide.
She left the room pissed but recalls the experience and says it was, I quote: very sobering as
a young girl.
YOU GO GIRL.
Meryl Streep is goals.
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