You know, you hear about these types of scam artists occasionally, but it’s never actually a path to stardom! Molly Shannon revealed in her new memoir that she broke into Hollywood in a way you definitely should not try at home — even though it totally worked for her!
LOLz! In Hello Molly!, the Saturday Night Live vet revealed she and pal Eugene Pack were desperate and came up with a scam to get their foot in the door!
She wrote: And so they began their grift… The Mamet Scam! OMG! We can’t believe it! Related: Jamie Dornan Explains Why He & Andrew Garfield Shunned Robert Pattinson! The future Mary Katherine Gallagher would would call and say, “This is Liz Stockwell calling from David Mamet’s office.” She recalls: We cannot believe she did this!
But it worked! She wrote: Ray introduced her to co-creator David Lynch, and she got cast in a small part in Season 2 of the hit show, her first TV role.
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