All articles tagged with #audition
Quiet Riot has appointed 23-year-old John Torra as their new lead vocalist, replacing Jizzy Pearl. Torra won the role after submitting an online audition that went viral, beating out over 700 applicants. The band begins a year-long tour with him on October 1, 2026.
Kat Dennings recalls a lengthy Mad Max: Fury Road audition where Tom Hardy stood out not just for his acting but for kindness: he offered to drive her home, met her mom, and stayed for tea, leaving Dennings a lifelong fan.
Kat Dennings shared on TikTok her six-hour audition for Mad Max: Fury Road, where she and Tom Hardy were paired for a chemistry read with an acting coach. The process included a long day of reading, role-swapping, and improvising lines as noises, with Hardy showing a free, creative approach. Afterward, he gave Dennings a ride home and even met her mom, staying for tea—an unexpectedly wholesome ending to an intense audition.
Charles Esten shared his touching first encounter with Hayden Panettiere during the Nashville pilot audition, describing how Panettiere overheard him sing and greeted him with a beaming smile, sparking a quick friendship as they navigated early Nashville years together; the reminiscence comes as fans mourn Panettiere following tributes from Connie Britton and others.
Adam Scott recalls his failed The Office audition that his daughter's acting class studied, with a teacher comparing it to John Krasinski’s successful tape; the mortifying moment became a teachable lesson as Krasinski landed Jim Halpert, while Scott later found fame on Parks and Recreation and is now promoting projects like Severance Season 3 and The Whisper Man on Netflix.
Jennifer Stone, the former Wizards of Waverly Place star and current ER nurse, said on the CHEERS! with Avery podcast that she auditioned for The Pitt when it debuted, even rehearsing lines between patient shifts. She recalled the pilot’s COVID flashbacks and hospital scenes so vividly that she nearly had a panic attack reading them, and noted The Pitt felt very close to her real-world nursing experience.
Moana star Catherine Laga’aia, daughter of actor Jay Laga’aia, addresses being labeled a nepo baby and shares her father’s core advice: your job is the audition, not the job itself. She explained to The Hollywood Reporter that she’s aware of the nepotism label as she navigates Hollywood and focuses on delivering strong auditions ahead of Moana’s live-action release.
Michelle Pfeiffer says she felt humiliated after a cattle-call audition for Grease 2, struggling with singing and dancing, but she still won the lead role as Stephanie Zinone, launching a breakout career that would lead to Scarface and multiple Oscar nominations.
Adam Scott said on Seth Meyers that he auditioned for Hellraiser 6 despite his character being killed off in Hellraiser: Bloodline, joking that maybe they wouldn’t notice; he didn’t land the role and was largely unfamiliar with the franchise at the time.
Dakota Johnson says she once blew a callback audition by being polite—she shook everyone’s hand and introduced herself, and the feedback was that she seemed pompous. She didn’t get the job, with the team saying she appeared cocky, though she insists she was simply courteous. Johnson has since built a career in film and produced projects through TeaTime Pictures, including Am I Okay? and Daddio, and she’s open to more producing work or even unconventional acting roles, like a psychopath or an action project.
Dakota Johnson recalled an audition where she introduced herself and shook everyone’s hand; she later learned that this polite gesture made some in the room label her “pompous” and “cocky,” costing her the job despite making it to the callback.
Dakota Johnson recalled promoting Splitsville in the UK when she shook everyone’s hands in an audition and introduced herself, only to be told that doing so made her “pompous” and “cocky.” She says she wasn’t being arrogant, just polite, and didn’t get the job as a result of the feedback.
Jamie Lee Curtis nearly auditioned for the role of Regan in 'The Exorcist' at age 12, but her mother Janet Leigh declined, preferring to protect her childhood; Linda Blair ultimately played the role.
Ray Winstone revealed he showed up drunk to his 'Star Wars' audition for Padmé Amidala's father, which didn't go well, but he has no regrets about missing the role. He also shared that George Lucas was silent during his audition, possibly due to jet lag, and that he later worked with Lucas on 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.'
Ray Winstone revealed he was drunk during his audition for a role in Star Wars and it didn't go well, but he has no regrets about missing the part of Padmé Amidala's father, which was played by Graeme Blundell in Episode III. Despite the mishap, Winstone has worked with George Lucas on other projects, including Indiana Jones.