Chace Crawford Auditioned for ‘Friday Night Lights’ While Taylor Kitsch Was Sleeping on His Couch
usmagazine.comTeen drama crossover! Chace Crawford opened up about an old audition story that revealed Jason Street — and Nate Archibald — almost looked very different.“It was for Jason Street, the quarterback. … I kind of knew in my head, ‘This is gonna be the best thing this year, or possible, or maybe ever … this could be the coolest thing ever,’” Crawford, 36, said on his former Gossip Girl costar Jessica Szohr’s “XOXO” podcast on Wednesday, February 16.The Boys star knew Taylor Kitsch, who was residing in Canada at the time, after starring together in 2006’s The Covenant.“Kitsch kind of hit me [up] and was like, ‘Yo, can I stay with you in L.A.?
I’ve got to go do the same thing you’re doing,’” Crawford recalled. “He’s staying on my couch, he ends up going in, obviously for Tim Riggins.
And I’m thinking, like, ‘This is the greatest thing. This could be the most epic thing in the world, you know, we just did this movie [together].’”Crawford explained that he tested for the NBC show with director Peter Berg, Minka Kelly (Lyla Garrity), Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen) and Jesse Plemons (Landry Clarke).“I obviously didn’t get it.
I can’t remember what the feedback was there. But I think I still looked pretty, pretty young at that time. But Taylor got it,” he continued, referring to Kitsch getting the gig as Tim Riggins. “I was pretty bummed.
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