Awkward Audition Tapes From Your Favorite Actors

It's not that easy, or comfortable, to get the lead role.

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It goes without saying that any kind of audition is uncomfortable. You are asked to act by yourself, with very little context, in front of a handful of people who are there just to judge you. No pressure! Unfortunately, it comes with the job and even Hollywood's most successful actors have failed an audition—usually many. Fortunately for us, plenty of audition tapes have made their way to the Internet and we can watch our favorite actors, and productions, at their most vulnerable: unsure, raw, and awkward.

Sit back, relax, and watch things go wrong for beautiful and talented people with these audition tapes.

Miley Cyrus for LOL

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Chloë Grace Moretz for Let Me In

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Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, and Rupert Grint for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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Hugh Laurie for House, M.D.

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Kurt Russell for Star Wars

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Keanu Reeves for America

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Hugh Jackman for X-Men

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Gerard Butler for Dracula 2000

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Megan Fox for Transformers

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The Jonas Brothers for Disney Channel

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Christopher Mintz-Plasse for Superbad

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Alyson Hannigan for American Pie

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Robert De Niro for The Godfather

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Kristen Bell for Forgetting Sarah Marshall

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Naveen Andrews for Lost

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Seth Rogen for Freak and Geeks

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Anna Gunn for Breaking Bad

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Jim Carrey for Man on the Moon

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Jennifer Garner for Daredevil

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Katherine Heigl for Knocked Up

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Steve Carell for Anchorman

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Jessica Alba for Get Smart

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Audrey Tautou for Amelie

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Julia Roberts for Unknown Project

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Jimmy Fallon for Saturday Night Live

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Josh Hutcherson for The Amazing Spider-Man

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Leonardo DiCaprio for The Outsiders

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Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling for The Notebook

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Scarlett Johansson for Jumanji

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Natalie Portman for Leon: The Professional

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