Jim Gaffigan almost had a role in one of M. Night Shyamalan‘s movies. However, he explained that a commercial he previously did cost him the part.
As it turns out, the 57-year-old comedian might have lost a role with a celebrated director. However, he also dodged a bullet.
He opened up about the opportunity in a recent interview. Read more about Jim Gaffigan’s lost opportunity… Speaking to Variety, Jim explained that he was up for a role in Lady in the Water. “It came down to me and another guy and the other guy got it,” he recalled. “But a week later I got a call that ‘He wants to reshoot the scene and do it with you.’ It was just one day, but I was like, ‘Great, I’m going to be in an M.
Night Shyamalan movie!’” Unfortunately it was not to be. “So the story goes, [Shyamalan] took his kids to a movie and he saw a commercial I was in before the previews.
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