Sarah auditioned for SNL at 22 at Sharna Halpern's urging, bombed badly by doing what she thought the assignment was — characters and impressions — rather than being herself.
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Sharna Halpern set up Sarah's first SNL audition when Sarah was 22 and performing as Sarah Squirm. Sarah knew it was probably too soon but went anyway. She did what she thought the assignment was — characters and impressions — and it was obviously terrible, she says. She remembers her outfit in crystalline detail (her memories are always marked by clothes) but less vividly the actual set, which is telling. This follows her Northwestern rejection from the sketch group, which she describes as devastating. Both rejections are fuel: Sarah is explicitly motivated by spite, and getting a 'no' from peers or institutions tends to sharpen her creative ambition rather than deflate it.
Sarah Sherman admits she has spent six years at SNL building characters from the outside in — picking the wig before knowing the motivation. Watching castmate Ashley Padilla work from internal character truth made her realize her approach was making writing twice as hard. She's trying to flip it for season six.
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Jimmy Tatro noted that The Hawk on Netflix is Will Ferrell's first TV series where he is the lead, despite Ferrell's long movie career.
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The Motor City script appeared on Hollywood's prestigious Blacklist of best unproduced screenplays as early as 2009 and was greenlit nine times with different directors before finally being made.
Alan Ritchson turned down the role of Hawk on Titans five times before finally accepting, having convinced himself he was destined for Shazam — which he ultimately did not get.
Alan Ritchson's failed Thor audition was so poor the casting director broke protocol to call his team and say he didn't have the craft — a moment Ritchson describes as the career-defining crossroads that sent him to acting school.
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