Some modern day stars did not get their “Texas Forever” second on Friday Night Lights, despite auditioning for the long-lasting NBC show.
FNL followed a fictional highschool soccer staff in the (additionally made up) the town of Dillon, Texas from 2006 to 2011. The crew and the town had been played by way of stars Connie Britton (Tami Taylor), Kyle Chandler (Coach Taylor), Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins), Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen), Minka Kelly (Lyla Garrity) and Scott Porter (Jason Street), among others.
Texas local and Top Gun: Maverick big name Glen Powell published in March 2023 that he unsuccessfully auditioned for two roles on the display.
“I auditioned for J.D. McCoy,” Powell shared all the way through an look on the “It’s Not Only Football: Friday Night Lights and Beyond” podcast, hosted through Porter, Gilford and fellow actress Mae Whitman. The role of J.D. McCoy in the long run went to Jeremy Sumpter.
Porter chimed in, calling Powell “too likeable” to play that personality. “I’m telling you that at this time,” the actor persevered.
“The audition for that went so unhealthy,” Powell added. “I used to be bummed out when that did not work out. I so idea I was going to get that.”
Porter speculated that Powell was once “too young,” for the role, explaining that he was in his mid-20s when cast as Jason Street.
“You have been in reality in highschool and so they didn’t like to forged other folks in high school unless… Jesse Plemons (Landry Clarke) was once the exception,” Porter added.
Powell shouldn’t get too down about the rejection. He’s now not alone in losing out at the likelihood to play a Panther. Keep scrolling to peer which different stars auditioned for Friday Night Lights — but didn’t get solid:
Glen Powell
Aside from his J.D. McCoy audition, Powell used to be also up for the position of Tim Riggins, famously played through Taylor Kitsch. The actor had a 3rd audition for Luke Cafferty, which in the end went to Matt Lauria.
“I think that was the issue auditioning for this used to be I beloved the display such a lot that [it’s like] you’re nearly like too large of a fan. You know what I mean, you care too much,” Powell said at the March 2023 podcast. “Acting so much is like throwing it away and kinda having the ability to kinda interpret it in method — and being a fan of the show and auditioning for it, you could feel an excessive amount of force.”
Chace Crawford
The Gossip Girl star, who is buddies with Kitsch, was up for the role of Jason Street again in the day.
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“I auditioned for that show and didn’t get the quarterback,” he shared on a “Call Her Daddy” podcast appearance in June 2024. “Was devastated on the time.”
Emma Stone
Stone nearly had a major role as Julie Taylor (Aimee Teegarden) but didn’t get the section.
“When I used to be auditioning in L.A. when I was 15, I got a couple [of] callbacks for Friday Night Lights for Coach Taylor’s daughter,” she recalled on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in June 2024. “I used to be totally devastated that it didn’t determine.”
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