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Auditions can be very nerve-wracking experiences for actors. They can especially be anxiety-ridden when the star is relatively unknown and the movie they are auditioning for is from one of the highest-profile directors. Well, that's precisely the situation Brandon Perea faced when he auditioned for Jordan Peele's latest, Nope. Unless you're a fan of The OA (in which he played French) or the short films Oh, Sorry and Delivery, you may not be familiar with Perea's past work. The young actor is now revealing that not only…

Image via Universal Pictures Casting his upcoming semi-autobiographical movie The Fabelmans was not without its pressures for Steven Spielberg, but choosing The Batman actor Paul Dano to play a character based on his own father didn’t take more than ten minutes. Dano’s audition happened over Zoom, Spielberg told The Hollywood Reporter. “There was something so evocative of my dad. Ten minutes after the Zoom, I was choking. I was holding back my emotion,” the director confessed. Spielberg asked Dano to audition…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeTom Felton has remembered a terrible experience auditioning with Anthony Hopkins for his film Hitchcock.Hopkins starred as the late famed filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock in the 2012 drama, which chronicled his daring choice to adapt Robert Bloch’s novel Psycho for the screen.During the latest episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Felton recounted the “awful” moment of his audition,…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeHugh Jackman has described a “humiliating” auditioning experience with Sandra Bullock back near the start of his career.The Greatest Showman star had been in the running to play Bullock’s love interest, FBI agent Eric Matthews, in the 2000 comedy Miss Congeniality.According to Jackman, he did not want to get cast in the project, but his agent wanted him to audition with the hope of…

Terry Wyatt/Getty Images Appearing in 2012’s Les Misérables wouldn’t have necessarily pumped up Taylor Swift‘s reputation in musicals, especially if it was going to be followed up by the disastrous and nightmarish Cats anyway, so her not bagging the role of Cosette or Eponine probably worked out for the best. Continuing to celebrate the release of Midnights, and breaking several streaming records while at it, Swift recently appeared in a bejeweled frock on the Graham Norton Show alongside a roster of other…

Before Daniel Craig had even said goodbye to his time as the face of the James Bond movies, several actors kept cropping up as periodic favorites to replace him. One such candidate was none other than Outlander’s Sam Heughan, who up until recently still seemed pretty keen on landing the role. That outlook may have changed, as Heughan has recently revisited his memories of that early 007 audition.How Sam Heughan Feels About His Casino Royale AuditionWhile talking to EW about his new memoir, Waypoints: My Scottish Journey,…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeGeena Davis has discussed her memories of Brad Pitt’s audition forThelma & Louise, as well as the future A-listers he beat to land the part.The role of cowboy hitchhiker JD brought Pitt to mainstream attention in 1991, and is widely credited with having helped to launch the actor’s career.During an appearance on The Graham Norton Show on Friday (21 October), Davis recalled that she…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeGeena Davis has discussed her memories of Brad Pitt’s audition forThelma & Louise, as well as the future A-listers he beat to land the part.The role of cowboy hitchhiker JD brought Pitt to mainstream attention in 1991, and is widely credited with having helped to launch the actor’s career.During an appearance on The Graham Norton Show on Friday (21 October), Davis recalled that she…

Image via Paramount Pictures/Spyglass Media Ghostface is unique in the annals of horror history in that they are an iconic slasher villain whose identity changes every movie,with each successive Scream film introducing a new killer (or, more often, two) who’s hiding behind that giant-jawed mask. It’s always a huge twist when a character we assumed was innocent is ultimately revealed to be the latest murderer, then. But the game would’ve been given away right off the bat if this Parks & Rec star had once…

My Best Friend's Wedding was a charming romantic comedy hit when it was released in 1997. It's okay if you don't remember the almost three-decades-old film because, if you ask Russell Crowe, the film's director barely does. Or at least, according to the actor, he has a skewed memory of the pre-production process. In a recent interview, director P.J. Hogan asserted that he initially wanted Crowe in the part of the best friend and romantic lead, playing opposite Julia Roberts. Hogan, however, claimed that Crowe gave a poor…