Taylor Kitsch as Tim Riggins in “Friday Night Lights.” Friday Night time Lights/YouTube
Some modern-day stars did not get their “Texas Forever” second on Friday Night time Lights, despite auditioning for the iconic NBC demonstrate.
FNL adopted a fictional superior university football team in the (also created up) town of Dillon, Texas from 2006 to 2011. The crew and city had been performed by 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 Avenue), amid other folks.
Texas native and Leading Gun: Maverick star Glen Powell revealed in March 2023 that he unsuccessfully auditioned for two roles on the demonstrate.
“I auditioned for J.D. McCoy,” Powell shared throughout an visual appeal on the “It’s Not Only Football: Friday Night time Lights and Beyond” podcast, hosted by Porter, Gilford and fellow actress Mae Whitman. The job of J.D. McCoy ultimately went to Jeremy Sumpter.
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Porter chimed in, calling Powell “too likeable” to perform that character. “I’m telling you that proper now,” the actor continued.
“The audition for that went so bad,” Powell additional. “I was bummed out when that did not work out. I so believed I was going to get that.”
Porter speculated that Powell was “too young,” for the position, describing that he was in his mid-20s when forged as Jason Street.
“You were really in large university and they didn’t like to cast folks in higher school unless… Jesse Plemons (Landry Clarke) was the exception,” Porter extra.
Powell should not get as well down about the rejection. He’s not on your own in losing out on the probability to engage in a Panther. Keep scrolling to see which other stars auditioned for Friday Evening Lights — but did not get cast:
Glen Powell
Aside from his J.D. McCoy audition, Powell was also up for the part of Tim Riggins, famously performed by Taylor Kitsch. The actor experienced a third audition for Luke Cafferty, which ultimately went to Matt Lauria.
“I imagine that was the issue auditioning for this was I beloved the show so significantly that [it’s like] you are nearly like far too big of a admirer. You know what I imply, you care too considerably,” Powell mentioned on the March 2023 podcast. “Acting so much is like throwing it away and kinda being capable to kinda interpret it in way — and currently being a enthusiast of the display and auditioning for it, you may experience also a great deal strain.”
Chace Crawford
The Gossip Woman star, who is buddies with Kitsch, was up for the function of Jason Road back again in the day.
“I auditioned for that show and did not get the quarterback,” he shared on a “Call Her Daddy” podcast physical appearance in June 2024. “Was devastated at the time.”
Emma Stone
Stone approximately experienced a key role as Julie Taylor (Aimee Teegarden) but didn’t get the portion.
“When I was auditioning in L.A. when I was 15, I received a few [of] callbacks for Friday Evening Lights for Coach Taylor’s daughter,” she recalled on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in June 2024. “I was totally devastated that it didn’t work out.”
