Actors Audition

Everybody auditions. Every actor.

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Even successful actors have bad auditions.

Actor Chris Klein tried out for ‘Mamma Mia’, and, um…didn’t get the part.

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Young Actor Robert DeNiro. His Screen Test for the role of Sonny, The Godfather.

He did not play this role. He played the young Godfather in Godfather II, the role which was played by Marlon Brando in Godfather I.

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Actors Al Pacino, Martin Sheen, Diane Keaton, audition for The Godfather. Director Francis Ford Coppolla and Actor James Caan do a commentary…

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Actor James Caan auditions for role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather. Eventually, he played the role of Sonny. Al Pacino played this role, Michael Corleone, in the film.

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Bruce Willis auditions for what would be his breakthrough acting role, Moonlighting.

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You can see that we both had different hair styles then. It’s a good thing that we both re-styled, dontcha think?

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Actress Emmy Rossum, in a singing audition for Phantom Of The Opera.

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Jared Padalecki’s acting audition is one of the only ones on this page, that looks just like what auditions actually, look like.

Sittin’ in a chair, in a non-descript room. One actor who either makes the character and story come to life, or doesn’t…With only his (or her) acting ability, as tools.

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Sharon Stone gives an amazing audition for the leading role in the film, Basic Instinct.  You can hear director Paul Verhoven in the background. What’s interesting about this, is that Sharon Stone was no stranger to acting in movies. She had many leads in films, prior. But they were called “B movies” and didn’t make it to the “A level” movie theaters. Clearly, she was ready for the big time, as an actor. It is so clear here, on this screentest.

Yes, this was her breakout role.

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For Superbad :: Actors Michael Cera and Jonah Hill, already cast, read with auditioning Christopher Mintz for the role of McLovin.

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Christopher Reeves, an unknown actor, auditions for the lead of a major movie, to play an American icon.  Sometimes a “perfect fit” in casting is just a perfect cast.

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This is interesting, because Christopher Reeves is reading with all the actresses auditioning for the role of Lois Lane. Their auditions vary from each other, a lot.

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A little Lindsay Lohan, auditioning for The Parent Trap.

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John Belushi‘s audition for Saturday Night Live. Since he was an original cast member, his audition pre-dates any script for the show, or air-date.

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Seth Rogen, looking quite young, auditioning for the television show Freaks And Geeks.

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Michael Cera auditioning for the part of Evan, in Superbad.

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Rachel McAdams auditioning for The Notebook, with Ryan Gosling reading his lead acting role, off-camera.

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Dustin Hoffman auditioning for Tootsie.

Note how he came in costume, even with glasses! Different than the memorably-awful ones he wore, acting in the film.

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Actor Kristen Bell.

This audition video made me sit up and give respect.

—————————[Strong language warning, not G-rated audition.]

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Miley Cyrus at her acting audition for Hannah Montana.

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Two very early Julia Roberts auditions, two separate acting scenes, for the same role.

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More to come…

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