Sentences with phrase «auditioned for the role of»

Any of the places or activities we've recommended could help you meet someone special and audition for the role of girlfriend or boyfriend.

They resemble tramps auditioning for the role of Magwitch in a musical of Great Expectations.

Despite his non-resemblance to future onscreen sister Laura Linney, Ruffalo talked Lonergan into auditioning him for the role of Linney's brother in Lonergan's first film, You Can Count on Me.

It was during this time that he had a minor guest role in a first - season episode of The X-Files called Genderbender.The producers were impressed by his performance and when, in the second season, he auditioned for the role of turncoat FBI agent Alex Krycek, he was successful.

Over 3,000 actors auditioned for the role of Han Solo.

He was the first to audition for the role of a young Han Solo, which turned into a six - month process with hundreds more candidates.

Stenberg, 19, auditioned for the role of Shuri in the new blockbuster, which focuses on King T'Challa of the African country of Wakanda, the most technologically advanced nation on earth.

John Krasinski opens up about auditioning for the role of Steve Rogers / Captain America in the MCU - before Chris Evans snagged the role.

Badass Digest has just revealed that 16 - year - old Weeds star Mateus Ward has already auditioned for the role of Marvel's Spider - Man in preparation for a Captain America: Civil War cameo.

Then, Orji talks to us about auditioning for the role of Molly, her faith, and more.

«Kyla came in to read for [director] Denis [Villeneuve] with Kerry and I in L.A., and she is such a sweet young little girl you don't really know how she's going to be able to pull this out of her, but she just went there,» Delia says of Kyla Drew Simmons» audition for the role of Joy Birch.

A then - unknown Courtney Love auditioned for the role of Nancy, but won a smaller role instead.

Special mention is due to Samantha Barks, who, after appearing in the stage version, kept auditioning for the role of Eponine before winning it (although how she sings with that tiny waist is beyond me.

Eddie Redmayne was terrified to audition for the role of Professor Stephen Hawking in «The Theory of Everything».

She also reportedly auditioned for the role of Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games franchise, though the role eventually went to Jennifer Lawrence.

Actress Sally Kirkland was open to Howardís request for an audition for the role of Edís mother, contrary to her feelings a decade ago when the newly Oscar nominated actress (for the 1987 independent drama, Anna) rejected the filmmakerís proposal for a script reading for his comedy, Parenthood.

Breckin Meyer also auditioned for the role of Jay.

In related news, Omega Underground has uncovered an audition tape for the sequel, featuring a French actress auditioning for the role of Gwen Stacy — reimagined here as a foreign exchange student.

Recently, Wiseau teamed up with Nerdist to audition for the role of The Joker (Heath Ledger edition) and the results are almost indescribable.

Watch Benedict Cumberbatch's amazing audition for the role of Smaug on «The Hobbit» Benedict Cumberbatch has quickly become a household name.

The only time I laughed was when an actor auditioning for the role of Hitler said, «I was in No No Nietzsche, and Lane said, «You were Nietzsche?»

While in New Hampshire, he wrote a story on a local theatre company, auditioned for the role of the telegraph boy in their production of Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, and went on to become a full - time actor.

Caviezel then discussed his audition for the role of Christ with Mel Gibson (the director of The Passion).

Not exact matches

But Netflix made the Bright sequel official on Wednesday with a jokey Twitter post showing mock auditions of «orc» actors auditioning for roles in the sequel.

It's a big ask for Alex Iwobi to keep Mesut Ozil out of the side, but there's no doubt that he aced his audition in the No 10 role.

«You could be auditioning for the most important role of your life: being the companion to an incredible person,» reminds online dating expert Julie Spira.

At this point, there's hardly a scene in the slowly paced «The Hero» that doesn't telegraph where it's going, including the eventual audition scene, which screams «breakdown» since the role Lee is up for is, surprise, that of an absent father.

There, they are thrown through the wringer of the industry, failing audition after audition for years and never landing any roles.

It was director James Goldstone who in 1965 suggested that Doohan audition for the supporting role of chief engineer of the U.S.S. Enterprise on Star Trek.

The producers of SCARFACE were convinced that he was right for the role based on his strong audition, as well as his authentic Cuban background.

He reportedly auditioned for a small part, and though the show's producers did not deem him right for the characterization, they felt so impressed by Eigenberg's presence that they created the character of Steve Brady especially for him, as an extension of his own personality; the plan, again, was to create a sincere, committed, down - to - earth male paramour to offset Miranda's (Cynthia Nixon) cynicism.Though initially intended as a temporary part, the popularity of the character among viewers (and Eigenberg's onscreen chemistry with Nixon) led to Eigenberg's permanent inclusion on the show, as well as subsuquent movies.Circa 2002, Eigenberg expanded into film roles by playing the business partner of Richard Gere in Mark Pellington's underrated supernatural thriller The Mothman Prophecies.

Dissatisfied with a mere taste of the theatrical arts and eager to extend acting into a full - time passion, Eigenberg subsequently moved to New York and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, working odd jobs on the side (construction et al.) to put himself through school.Scattered roles followed, including a guest appearance on The Cosby Show and a bit part in the awful 1989 generation - gap comedy Rude Awakening (co-starring Cheech Marin and Eric Roberts), but Sex and the City (which Eigenberg auditioned for out of innumerable hopefuls) represented the actor's first huge break.

The role of Jack McClane was rumoured to be one of the most sought after roles for young actors in Hollywood with Liam Hemsworth, Paul Walker and Milo Ventimiglia auditioning for the role.

At twenty - eight, Jones already has more than a decade of experience on the big screen, having made his début at sixteen in the Coen brothers» Oscar - winning No Country for Old Men as a teenager who stumbles upon Javier Bardem's Anton Chigurh after a car accident, a role he landed after his first - ever audition.

The search is one for the role of the Afghan fixer, and if you're in Fremont on February 16th, there will be an open audition.

As she tries to audition for an acting role, meets a new animal companion and accidentally crashes a male - only Bible study group, Gretchen grapples with the reality of discovering love in odd places.

In no time at all (reportedly less than one week), Kebbel auditioned for a recurring guest role on the WB's series comedy drama Gilmore Girls — and was hired immediately by series producers, thus realizing instantly her dreams of becoming a respected Tinseltown actress.In the popular Gilmore program, Kebbel portrayed Lindsay Lister, the woman who dates, then marries, then divorces small - town hunk Dean Forester (Jared Padalecki).

Plummer, who auditioned for the role years ago, had just over a week to re-film all of the scenes.

This 1980s - set Los Angeles comedy series stars Alison Brie (Mad Men, Community) as Ruth Wilder, an out - of - work actress who finds herself with the unexpected role of a lifetime after being invited to audition with a group of eccentric women for the first - ever women's wrestling TV show — GLOW.

2007 Before landing the role of Violet on Fox's «Drive,» Stone auditioned for the part of Claire Bennet on NBC's «Heroes,» but didn't get it.

When he auditions, early on, for the title role in a low - rent production of «Richard III,» he may be dreadful but the theatrical commitment is intense.

In casting news, Deadline has a list of actresses who are auditioning for the title role.

She auditioned for Bullets Over Broadway, we assume for the role of Olive that went to Jennifer Tilly.

Lord of the Rings star Dominic Monaghan confirms that David Bowie actually auditioned for a role in Peter Jackson's epic fantasy saga.

Tarantino wrote the character of Pulp Fiction's Jules Winnfield for Samuel L. Jackson after working with him on True Romance and after a reading for Reservoir Dogs, but a subsequent, lackluster Pulp line reading (Jackson did not realize he had to give an energetic audition for a part written for him) planted doubt in Tarantino's mind — and Jackson lost the role to Paul Calderon, who gave a great reading.

When I got CHiPs, I auditioned as an Italian - American cop for the role, name of Poncherelli.

I'd like to bet a lot of young actresses auditioned for this role, so did Wes ever tell you what made him pick you?

I got an voice over agent quickly but then came the very slow process of auditioning for roles.

Fox's stipulation was that, should Lethal Weapon continue, the role of Riggs would be recast, and the show has spent the weekend in limbo as multiple actors auditioned for the open role.

Before he was one of the most well - known celebrities on the planet, Matthew McConaughey was just a good Texas boy auditioning for his first major film role.