NEED TO KNOW
- Jesse Metcalfe handed on auditioning for Adrian Grenier’s position in Entourage as a result of he thought the pilot was “silly”
- Entourage ran for eight seasons and received six Emmy awards
- Metcalfe admits to ipromiseyoumedia that he now takes auditions for nearly every part
Jesse Metcalfe realized a useful lesson after skipping an Entourage audition early in his profession.
Throughout the twelfth Annual Luxurious Luncheon in Southampton, N.Y., on July 26, hosted by Jill Zarin and Tickets2Events, Metcalfe spoke with ipromiseyoumedia completely in regards to the one position he regrets not taking severely.
“I had an audition for Entourage, and I learn the pilot episode, and I used to be like, ‘That is silly,’ and I did not go to the audition,” the 46-year-old actor shares.
“Clearly, I had no concept what I used to be speaking about,” he continues. “That ended up being an iconic present that I completely love, and positively want I used to be part of.”
The John Tucker Should Die actor shares that he was “auditioning for Adrian Grenier’s position” because the present’s protagonist, Vincent Chase.
“I blew that one. Typically you gotta say no, however that was the mistaken one,” he provides. “It taught me that I do not know every part.”
When HBO premiered Entourage in July 2004, it rapidly turned a cultural phenomenon as viewers turned enamored with Chase, an rising A-lister, and his group of childhood buddies.
Created by Doug Ellin and loosely based mostly on Mark Wahlberg’s early experiences within the leisure trade, the collection ran for eight seasons from 2004 to 2011. Throughout its run, Entourage amassed quite a few awards, together with 14 Golden Globe nominations and 26 Emmy nominations, successful six.
Grenier additionally reprised the character for a characteristic movie in 2015.
Together with Grenier, the collection additionally featured actors Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara and Jeremy Piven, who performed Chase’s interior circle of buddies and administration group.
Metcalfe says the miscalculation made him “completely” extra “more likely to audition” for roles even when he is not certain in regards to the script or if it is the precise match.
“I have been auditioning for what it looks like is every part currently,” he provides.
Metcalfe lately revealed one other audition mishap throughout an episode of Tori Spelling’s misSPELLING podcast, the place he talked in regards to the time he tried to get forged as a vampire.
The Nutrl Pores and skin founder revealed that he auditioned for The Vampire Diaries, which in the end ran on the CW from 2009 to 2017, however was turned away for a stunning motive.
“’I will always remember, a very high-up government at CW was like, ‘You possibly can by no means play a vampire as a result of you might have too good of a face.’ That is what she mentioned to me. She mentioned, ‘You appear like too good of a man to play a vampire.’ ”
“I am probably not that good,” Metcalfe joked with Spelling. “I received quite a lot of edge.”
