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Jon Hamm and Dax Shepard recall losing Step Brothers role to Adam Scott: ‘I was resentful’

Jon Hamm and Dax Shepard are looking back on their failed 'Step Brothers' auditions, with Shepard noting that he felt 'resentful' toward Adam Scott after he was cast as Derek.

The Mad Men star and the CHiPs actor, who have each flexed their comedic chops over the years, recalled their respective failed auditions on Tuesday's episode of Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast. Shepard noted that losing out on the Derek role was one of "a handful of times" in which he was passed up and found himself getting mad about it afterward. "I didn't know who James McAvoy was, and then about four months later, I go and see The Last King of Scotland and I'm having a transcendent experience watching this guy act," he recalled.

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