Christopher Meloni on His ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Audition: “We got control of the room”
Christopher Meloni recalls what he did during his unconventional screen test for the role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
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Aidy Bryant on Performing on ‘SNL’: “You really are tracking things on, like, four different levels”
Aidy Bryant also talks about one aspect of Saturday Night Live that viewers may not know about and that the cast members must contend with.
Emma Stone and Nicholas Hoult on Their Odd Auditions for ‘The Favourite’
Emma Stone and Nicholas Hoult talk about their strange auditions for the film, ‘The Favourite’
KiKi Layne Almost Stopped Acting Before Her Audition For ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’
Kiki Layne, an unknown actress before appearing in the film, spoke about her audition and just how close she was to quitting the business before landing the part of a lifetime.
‘The Good Place’ Star William Jackson Harper on Auditioning for the Series: “That is not at all what I was expecting”
Actor William Jackson Harper speaks about the casting process for the series and how what he read for didn’t end up being part of the series or about his character.
Zachary Levi Originally Passed on Auditioning for ‘Shazam!’
Zachary Levi didn’t think he was a good fit for the role of Shazam… but then when the opportunity came back around, he felt very differently.
Winston Duke on His ‘Black Panther’ Audition
Winston Duke talks his now-exploding career and his experience auditioning for the Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster.
Riz Ahmed Got a “Bit Obsessive” For His ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ Audition
Ahmed admits that he wanted to be in the Star Wars spinoff movie so badly that he went extreme to convince the director that he was right for the part.
Interview: Brian Dennehy on ‘The Song of Sway Lake’, Acting and One Audition That Changed Everything
Actor Brian Dennehy also reveals the advice that actor Christopher Plummer gave him that he still uses today.
David Costabile on his Surprise ‘Better Call Saul’ Appearance and His ‘Breaking Bad’ Audition
David Costabile talks about the challenges of returning to play Gale and how sometimes characters are just “clear” to an actor.
Interview: Mishel Prada Talks ‘Vida’, Creating a Backstory and Moving to LA
“In a matter of two days, I found out that I was going to be playing Emma and that in a week and a half we would start shooting” – Actress Mishel Prada on Getting Cast in ‘Vida’
‘The Walking Dead’ Star Ross Marquand on his ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Role (Spoilers!)
“I had gotten the breakdown, and I said, “Okay, let’s go over this a million times.” – Ross Marquand
Interview: Bella Dayne on Survival Jobs, Auditioning and Playing Helen of Troy in ‘Troy: Fall of a City”
“It’s out of my hands. There’s nothing I can do. I can just do my job as an actor.” – Bella Dayne on Auditions
Interview: Brittany Curran on Her Role in ‘The Magicians’, Auditions and Acting Dry Spells
“I’ve never lost that childish joy and excitement that I had in the beginning of my career. I think that’s one of the only ways you can survive in this industry” – Brittany Curran
Logan Shroyer on His Audition for ‘This Is Us’
“To come onto a show as a young actor, I just wanna get better.” – Logan Shroyer
Interview: Shawn Doyle Talks ‘Bellevue’, His First Day On-Set and One Crazy Audition
“The first day is always, ‘What the hell am I doing here? Who am I kidding? They’re gonna see. They’re gonna fire me!'” – Shawn Doyle on Acting Jitters
Interview: Johnathan Fernandez on ‘Lethal Weapon’ and the Self-Taped Audition That Got Him the Role
“I’m learning a ton, and the character is evolving a bunch, and I feel like I learn something new every time I learn a new script.” – Johnathan Fernandez on ‘Lethal Weapon’
Interview: Anne Winters on ‘Mom and Dad,’ ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ and Selma Blair Audition Stories
“Anytime I get a chance to play something completely different, or do something that’s so out of the ordinary, than I take that.” – Anne Winters on Choosing Her Roles
Jodie Foster Recalls How She Got Her Role in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’
Foster revealed how she landed the role as FBI agent Clarice Starling and why she only worked with her co-star briefly on set.
Linnea Berthelsen on Her ‘Stranger Things’ Audition and Keeping Her Role a Secret for a Year
Danish actress Linnea Berthelsen had to keep her role on the Netflix series, Stranger Things, a complete secret, something she says she didn’t mind too much