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07-28-2022, 09:01 PM
https://www.nickiswift.com/945034/the-unlikely-way-matt-leblanc-scored-his-role-on-friends/
Matt LeBlanc's mistake landed him the iconic role
While getting drunk the night before a major audition was a risky move, Matt LeBlanc explained that things didn't exactly go as he feared they might.
"To make a long story short, I woke up in the middle of the night at his apartment and had to go to the bathroom," LeBlanc explained, according to Us Weekly (https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/celebrities-share-worst-audition-stories-matt-leblanc-more/). "I got up too fast and I can't believe I'm telling this, but I kind of blacked out — as you do — and fell face-first into the toilet, hit my nose on the bottom of the toilet seat, and a huge chunk of meat came off my nose." Yikes. He continued, "And I'm looking in the mirror, it's bleeding, and I'm like, 'Oh, my God. I have to go in for the big callback and [there's] a big ugly scab on my nose.'"
Instead of immediately rejecting LeBlanc, series creator Marta Kauffman found the story amusing. According to the writer, she felt like the incident sounded like something Joey would do. As a result, LeBlanc scored the role.
Matt LeBlanc's mistake landed him the iconic role
While getting drunk the night before a major audition was a risky move, Matt LeBlanc explained that things didn't exactly go as he feared they might.
"To make a long story short, I woke up in the middle of the night at his apartment and had to go to the bathroom," LeBlanc explained, according to Us Weekly (https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/celebrities-share-worst-audition-stories-matt-leblanc-more/). "I got up too fast and I can't believe I'm telling this, but I kind of blacked out — as you do — and fell face-first into the toilet, hit my nose on the bottom of the toilet seat, and a huge chunk of meat came off my nose." Yikes. He continued, "And I'm looking in the mirror, it's bleeding, and I'm like, 'Oh, my God. I have to go in for the big callback and [there's] a big ugly scab on my nose.'"
Instead of immediately rejecting LeBlanc, series creator Marta Kauffman found the story amusing. According to the writer, she felt like the incident sounded like something Joey would do. As a result, LeBlanc scored the role.