Whitney Cummingsis recalling the horror audition she had forFrancis Ford CoppolasMegalopolis.
This was such a core trauma for me, Cummings said on theGood For Youpodcast.
Theres no vibe of, Were at an audition.
Whitney Cummings recalls ‘Megalopolis’ auditionCindy Ord / Getty Images / Lionsgate Films / Courtesy Everett Collection
Hey, whats up?
Hi, how are you?
Nice to meet you,' she recalled.
Its just so awkward.
I go in, Im like, So, where do you want to start first?
And hes, like, Oh no, no, were not going to do the scene.
I was like, OK, Its three days of my life.
Another thing she was asked to improvise was confront her husband using an Australian accent.
She continued, I started glazing over, and then he was, like, That was great.
I dont know where I went.
I just completely disassociated.
I am improvising my head off to just nothing, she said.
Why am I acting with him?
Hes, like, Its going to be me and were going to improvise the scene.
Im, like, But you dont [improvise].
Has anyone ever told you the truth since Apocalypse Now?
Has anyone told you the truth?
Like, thank you.
And then gave me a bottle of Francis Ford Coppola wine.
It was just so humiliating thats the only [word] and so confounding in that moment.
Megalopolisgrossed over $13M at the box office worldwide with an estimated budget of $120M.
Watch Cummings recall her audition process in the video below.
