Sam Claflin Recalls Singing Elton John’s ‘Your Song’ ‘Terribly’ For ‘Daisy Jones’ Audition
etcanada.comSam Claflin says his audition for “Daisy Jones & The Six” couldn’t have gone worse. Speaking with Variety about the upcoming series, the actor, who plays lead singer Billy Dunne, says he landed the role despite his “terrible” song performance.
Based on the book of the same name, it follows the rise and fall of a Fleetwood Mac-like band the Six. As Claflin was preparing for the audition, he learned he would have to a sing a ’70s rock song.
The U.K. native admitted he wasn’t a big music fan and chose something from the Apple Music app. “I went into a recording studio for the first time in my life, confronted with a microphone and people watching me in a fishbowl,” Claflin recalled. “I sang Elton John’s ‘Your Song.’ Terribly.” READ MORE: ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ Costume Designer Reveals How The Show Honoured Star Riley Keough’s Grandfather, Elvis Presley “Daisy Jones & the Six” showrunner Scott Neustadter even went as far as to call it a “train wreck”. “It was the train wreck of all train wrecks.” he admitted, but was willing to overlook it due to Claflin’s impressive portfolio. “We’ve seen him be a chameleon in so many other projects that he’d done — the range really made us feel like this guy can do anything.” The actor has taken on everything from big movie franchises with “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” and “Hunger Games” to more grounded roles like Will Traynor in “Me Before You” and the villainous Oswald Mosley in “Peaky Blinders”.
For his second audition, he took on The Beatles. “They started playing ‘Come Together’ by the Beatles,” Claflin said, though he thought it was a Michael Jackson track. “Well, now I know it’s the Beatles.” READ MORE: ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’: Riley Keogh Takes Centre
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