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After ‘Woman of the Hour’ Directing Success, Anna Kendrick Is Hearing From Filmmakers Who Didn’t Cast Her When She Auditioned for Them Years Ago

After 'Woman of the Hour' directing success, Anna Kendrick says she's hearing from filmmakers she auditioned for years ago, 'but they didn't cast me.'

Anna Kendrick realizes she has a lot to live up to following the success of her directorial debut “ Woman of the Hour.” “I haven’t found anything that I’m as passionate about because I think I really hit the jackpot with ‘Woman of the Hour’ — the script and the actors and everything about it,” she tells Variety at the LACMA Art-Film Gala on Saturday night in Los Angeles. “The coolest thing is some of the filmmakers who’ve reached out to me are people who I auditioned for 15 years ago, and they didn’t cast me.

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