Naomi Watts reveals her worst ever audition – and says her performance was so bad it sent the director to sleep
She may be one of Hollywood’s most acclaimed actresses.
But it was not always this way for Naomi Watts, who unsuccessfully auditioned for many films and TV shows before her big break in Mulholland Drive.
Speaking to the Stav, Abby and Matt radio show on Wednesday, the 52-year-old revealed she once sent a director to sleep during an audition.
‘Oh God, please, just let the earth just swallow me up’: Naomi Watts (pictured) has revealed she once sent a director to sleep during a disastrous audition
‘I stopped to ask a question and I looked over and it just looked like he was having a nap,’ she said.
‘I had to carry on but I was like, “Oh God, please, just let the earth just swallow me up.” It was awful.’
Naomi said the best thing about being an established star was not auditioning for roles.
Privilege: Naomi said the best thing about being an established star was not auditioning for roles
‘[I do miss] certain things… when we were all just entering into it,’ the mother of two said. ‘But I do not miss auditioning one little bit. I’ll be clear about that.’
Elsewhere in the interview, Naomi revealed fellow Aussie Russell Crowe used to sleep on her couch in Los Angeles early in his career.
‘He had a bunch of meetings and didn’t want to spend money on a hotel at that point so he stayed a couple of times,’ she said.
‘He had a bunch of meetings and didn’t want to spend money on a hotel’: Elsewhere in the interview, Naomi revealed fellow Aussie Russell Crowe (pictured in October 2018) used to sleep on her couch in Los Angeles early in his career
Russell, now 56, worked in several Australian theatre productions before landing a role on television soap Neighbours in 1987.
He made his film debut in Prisoners of the Sun in 1990 and earned plaudits for playing a neo-Nazi skinhead in 1992’s Romper Stomper.
He continued to build his career throughout the 1990s, before making it big in L.A. Confidential (1997) and Gladiator (2000), for which he won a Best Actor Oscar.