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00:00According to everyone from eventual gods of mischief to Oscar-winning sensations,
00:05dodgy evil voices simply being too lazy and opting to unleash the most inappropriate jokes
00:11possible were the real reasons they ultimately took themselves out of contention for the following
00:16roles. So I am Gareth here from WhatCulture.com and here are 10 more excuses actors use for
00:22blowing major movie auditions. 10. Tom Hiddleston gets the Pirates of the
00:28Caribbean script just before a night out. While it can be a touch frustrating to have to suddenly
00:33drop everything you're doing and immerse yourself in the world of a character for hours, the chance
00:38to have your life forever changed by one out of nowhere audition is certainly worth that small
00:44sacrifice. That's something eventual Loki star Tom Hiddleston learned the hard way, when some sides
00:50for a new little franchise by the name of Pirates of the Caribbean landed on his lap many moons ago.
00:56With the young actor promising his pal that he'd go out for a few drinks to celebrate them finishing
01:01their exams, Hiddleston eventually decided to pack the text away for the night after only a few hours
01:07of prep. Inevitably, the severely hungover and underprepared performer didn't produce his best
01:12work at the 10am audition the next day. And when asked why he didn't even bother to learn the lines
01:18for such a massive opportunity, a naive Hiddleston simply told the casting director that he only got
01:24the script at 5pm the day before. He's since learned that this is no excuse, the silly boy.
01:30You gotta take those opportunities by the balls.
01:339. Bradley Cooper Couldn't Help Turning Into Christian Bale's Batman In His Green Lantern Audition
01:39If it wasn't for an incredible performance from Christian Bale as the legendary Caped Crusader,
01:44Bradley Cooper feels he probably wouldn't have fumbled his chance to play the Green Lantern on the big
01:49screen. Before Ryan Reynolds eventually found himself in the horrendous CGI suit as Hal Jordan,
01:56Cooper read for the part too. And it was during that meeting when the star simply could not help
02:01putting on a Bale Batman voice once he donned the character's mask. Cooper would also reveal on The
02:06Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien that not even being told to speak in a normal voice beforehand
02:12could stop his backed sense from coming out during the scenes.
02:15Then after having a quick look at the performance he'd just produced on the monitor in the room,
02:20a rather embarrassed Cooper soon felt that his audition, one that looked like a Saturday Night
02:24Live sketch in his opinion, wasn't going to be enough to wrestle the part away from Reynolds,
02:29who Cooper admittedly claimed he would have cast if he was directing the film anyway.
02:348. Salma Hayek Was Too Lazy For The Matrix
02:37According to Salma Hayek herself, there was just one thing getting in the way of her and a part in the
02:43iconic first Matrix movie. She was lazy. Yep, we can all relate.
02:48As the Desperado star would explain during an appearance on the Red Table talk show,
02:53after jumping through many hoops in the audition process, the various ladies competing to appear
02:58in the Wachowski's flick as Trinity were put through a physical test. This consisted of a bunch
03:03of stunt coordinators from Asia coming in and putting the women through their paces. However,
03:08despite noting how she was certainly flexible and agile, Hayek felt that her inability to run around
03:14the room once without gasping for air was the main reason she didn't end up scoring a role in the
03:19franchise. 7. Jamie Campbell Bower's Dirty Joke Didn't Help Him Land The Harry Potter Part
03:25Jamie Campbell Bower was actually one of the many hopeful youngsters who tried out for the role of
03:31the boy who lived. And after being told to prepare a little joke for his meeting with director Chris
03:36Columbus, this confident lad felt he had just the gag to secure one of the hottest parts in the
03:41business. Bower recalled to the Happy Sad Confused podcast how he had heard a particularly filthy joke
03:47about why a fairy sits on top of a Christmas tree, with that cheeky joke focusing on the fact,
03:53you know, the plant was stuck up the thing's bottom. Sure enough, when it came time to deliver his rude fairy
03:57story, this potential Harry Potter was met with complete and utter silence. And in this future
04:03young Gellert Grindelwald's opinion, it was that crude one-liner that royally effed up his chances of
04:09putting on the legendary spectacles. 6. Marc Maron Had No Idea What Was Going On
04:15And Didn't Want The Part In His Avatar Audition
04:17When talking on that podcast again, Happy Sad Confused, about his surreal experience meeting with
04:24the legendary director for a part in the then-upcoming follow-ups to the Pandora smash hit
04:29Avatar, Glow star Marc Maron openly noted how the entire thing was ridiculous, and he wasn't exactly
04:35excited about the idea of moving to New Zealand for a few years to shoot. Said audition saw Maron
04:41being handed a top-secret script and being asked to read for the part of Dr. Ian Garvin. Only instead
04:47of your typical sit-down read-through, Maron ended up being thrown into a free zone, as he called it,
04:52with a bunch of other folks flying around him, and reading in parts as he attempted to imagine
04:57being on a boat on camera. Needless to say, Maron admitted to having no sense of character and no
05:03idea what was happening. Unsurprisingly, the absolutely perplexed Maron didn't quite do enough
05:08to convince Cameron he was the man for the job. And while it would have no doubt been tough to turn
05:13down the Avatar director if he did unexpectedly offer him the chance to dive into this epic franchise,
05:18Marin was somewhat relieved when he received a box of cigars after the Terminator and Aliens
05:24filmmaker opted not to cast him. 5. Eddie Redmayne's Ridiculous Scary Voices Ruin His Chances
05:31of Being in Star Wars When he found himself in the middle of an
05:35audition for the role of Kylo Ren in the incoming Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens flick,
05:40eventual Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne told the Happy Sad Confused podcast, yep, they really do get
05:46all the scoops that he opted to dramatically alter his voice for the part. But instead of blowing away
05:51those in the room with his sinister-sounding performance, this British sensation's many
05:56different embarrassing Darth Vader voices eventually resulted in casting director Nina Gold asking him,
06:04you got anything else? He did not. And it was in that moment that Redmayne likely realised his
06:10ill-advised decision to put on a ridiculous baddie voice probably just cost him one of the biggest parts
06:15out there. 4. Aubrey Plaza Went Full Method As The Killer In Scream
06:21With Aubrey Plaza trying to land the part of Ghostface in the popular Scream franchise,
06:26the Parks and Rec actor recalled to Liv Marks how she felt that going full method and dressing up as
06:32an actual murderer for the meeting would give her the best shot at being handed the iconic mask for
06:37one of the flicks. Only the team casting the movie actually wanted an actor you wouldn't expect to
06:43be revealed as the murderer. So Plaza sticking out like an insane sore thumb by intentionally
06:48dressing like a killer and looking terrible and frumpy for the audition, in comparison with the
06:53rest of the glamorous lady she was up against on the day, didn't exactly do her any favours.
06:59The role unsurprisingly went to one of the performers who didn't look like a legitimate slayer
07:03in the end, and the actor would eventually class her call to go full method as a really bad idea.
07:083. Matthew Rhys Blew His James Bond Audition With A Terrible Joke
07:13Returning to those times awkward comedy cost folks roles, as Matthew Rhys would tell the times,
07:19he was once asked to don a dark suit and read the script for the then incoming Casino Royale flick
07:25before Daniel Craig was eventually cast as 007. And it was during that meeting for the James Bond role
07:31in the intimidating Broccoli family's office when the American actor was asked what he'd personally do
07:37differently with the Bond franchise. Immediately wondering whether what he'd just been asked was
07:42actually a trick question, Rhys instead refrained from giving a straight answer and joked that he'd
07:47like to give the iconic agent a limp. And silence. Rhys then decided to double down on the joke,
07:54following up with the suggestion of eyepatch. The casting team clearly weren't impressed by this
07:59potential 007's quips on the day, and opted not to hand this nervous joker a license to kill.
08:052. Martin Compton Was Dealing With Extreme Jet Lag Before His Star Trek Meeting
08:11Frustratingly for Line of Duty's Martin Compton, he'd reveal on his Restless Natives podcast that he
08:18actually explicitly requested for some time to get over the jet lag from flying all the way over to
08:23Los Angeles from the UK, before being asked to come in to read for any parts. Things tend to move quite
08:28fast when it comes to meetings stateside, and Compton likely sensed he wouldn't really be able to do his
08:33best work so soon after a long-haul flight. However, when he touched down in LA at around
08:388 or 9 at night, he discovered an email in his inbox telling him that he had an audition for the
08:43role of Scotty in the then-new Star Trek flick The Very Next Day. Not only that, but the actor would
08:50also need to learn a whopping three-page monologue overnight, and he ultimately ended up heading to
08:55the wrong address the day after, a move that made him two hours late. Nightmare.
09:001. Jamie Foxx Got Starstruck Because Of Tom Cruise During His Jerry Maguire Audition
09:05A few years before the pair would produce big-screen magic together in Michael Mann's Collateral,
09:11Jamie Foxx came face-to-face with the movie legend that is Tom Cruise in a Jerry Maguire audition.
09:17And things didn't exactly go smoothly for the future Oscar winner. On top of attempting to show
09:22off to the Top Gun star by boasting about how many houses he had, Foxx soon found himself getting a
09:28little starstruck. Then, after Cruise decided to take a dramatic pause in the middle of the scene,
09:33his anxious scene partner assumed he lost where he was in the script, and foolishly tried to help
09:38him before being awkwardly told it was an intentional choice, Jamie. Simply put, Foxx never really recovered
09:44from the overwhelming feeling of meeting the big-name actor for the first time, and blames
09:49his truly terrible Jerry Maguire audition for the role of Rod Tidwell on the fact he just could not
09:54keep his cool. And that's our list of any other excuses actors used for blowing major movie auditions?
10:00Well, let us know all about them in the comments section right down below, and don't forget to
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10:11articles, just like the one this video you're watching right now is based on. I've been the man
10:16who has blown many auditions, called Gareth from whatculture.com. Thank you for checking out
10:20this video today, now go and smash life wherever you are on this ball of chaos. Bye-bye!
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