Tiffani Thiessen was almost Rachel Green in "Friends"
During a 2018 appearance on Nikki Glaser's radio show, Tiffani Thiessen, known for the series "Saved by the Bell" and "Beverly Hills," revealed that she had auditioned for the role of Rachel Green on "Friends." The casting did not go badly, according to the actress, but it was her age that left her out of the comedy that became an instant hit and ran for ten years. "I was too young compared to the rest of the cast." Thiessen had turned 20 in 1994 when the show premiered on NBC. The role went to a freshman Jennifer Aniston, who was 25 at the time and the youngest of the six main members of the cast. cast Aniston's time on the sitcom, which soon returns in a special, made her a star in Hollywood and one of the actresses most loved by the public.
Jennifer Lawrence auditioned for "Gossip Girl", but Blake Lively took the role
Ahead of the 10th anniversary of “Gossip Girl” in 2017, show creator Josh Schwartz revealed to The Vulture that a then-unknown Jennifer Lawrence auditioned for the role of Serena van der Woodsen, which ultimately went to Blake Lively. “Jennifer Lawrence really wanted to play Serena and she auditioned," Schwartz told the aforementioned outlet. "This story came to us secondhand, but we were told that she definitely auditioned and was bummed she didn't get the part." The television drama was a hit with teen audiences and ran for six years.
Thanks to the program, Blake Lively met fame and the actor Penn Badgley, with whom he had a relationship for three years; today she is married to Ryan Reynolds. Even though she had no luck on that occasion, Jennifer Lawrence did not do badly either: she has plenty of film work and she got her first Oscar before she was 30 years old.
David Rapaport, The CW's casting director, told BuzzFeed in 2015 that the channel initially wanted former child star Ashley Olsen and Rumer Willis, daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, for the respective lead roles of Blair Waldorf and Serena. , which ultimately went to Leighton Meester and Lively. “I felt like I did a horrible audition back then. I was really young and it was, like, one of the first things I auditioned for. It was all too new for me,” Rumer told People magazine in 2016 when asked about Rapaport's comments.
Mahershala Ali botched her 'Game of Thrones audition
The two-time Oscar winner for his roles in "Moonlight" and "Green Book" was still not well known to audiences when he auditioned for the small role of leader and foreman, Xaro Xhoan Daxos, in "Game Of Thrones”. Mahershala Ali called his audition for the HBO show "one of the worst in his life." During his time on the Jimmy Kimmel Show, Ali recounted the humiliating moment he experienced. Ali said he felt "really ready" for the role. However, it turns out that the failed audition was not entirely his fault. He had memorized all of his lines and practiced what he called "power moves" that would get him the job in Westeros. All he needed to succeed was a chair.
Sadly, HBO had no chairs in the audition room and it all went downhill from there. Once he entered the HBO offices, instead of chairs, the actor found two very uncomfortable high stools with no backs, making it nearly impossible for him to look natural during his audition. The casting director told him that he seemed too rigid and that he needed to relax. The role ultimately went to Nonso Anozie, an English actor of Nigerian origin known for his role as Samson in the 2013 miniseries "The Bible." But even though he didn't get the GOT part, Ali has done very well. He already has two Hollywood Academy Awards, a Golden Globe for "Green Book," was nominated for an Emmy for his work as Remy Danton on Netflix's "House of Cards," and also joined the Marvel universe.
