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Lawrence Gilliard Jr.’s Great Story on His Audition for ‘The Walking Dead’

Lawrence Gilliard Jr. started his career on The Wire playing D’Angelo Barksdale.  Because another actor from the series was already on AMC’s The Walking Dead, Gilliard was convinced he wouldn’t be able to land the part of Bob Stookey. “Scott [Gimple, the showrunner] told me, ‘You know, we’ve got Chad

How the ‘Lost’ Actors Got Their Roles

From Entertainment Weekly, May 14, 2010 issue: With pilot season well underway, ABC needed a finished show in about 12 weeks. JJ Abrams agreed to direct the pilot, and they began furiously writing placeholder audition scenes, just so the actors would have something to read. Bryan Burk (Exec Producer) The

A ‘Lost’ Audition?

Walking into an audition with confidence is great! Leaving with confidence is even better – until you find out you you had a minor wardrobe malfunction.

Embarrassing Audition Memories From Big Name Actors

From CNN.com: Bill Nighy “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.” “Love Actually” “There was one that started out terrible, which was where I had to go to a disused tax office in Harrow [near London, England] very early in the morning and put on very tight velvet flared loon

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