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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Says ‘SNL’ Audition Was ‘Excruciating’: My Sketches ‘Died a Terrible Death’ in Front of ’20 Very Unfriendly Cast Members and Writers’
Julia Louis-Dreyfus says her excruciating "SNL" audition took place in front of "20 very cynical, unfriendly SNL cast members and writers."
She traveled to New York City with three other “complete and total unknowns” in order to audition for “SNL” by performing the first act of their comedy show. Louis-Dreyfus remembered it bombed, as the group performed “under fluorescent lights in the middle of the day in front of 20 very cynical, unfriendly ‘SNL’ cast members and writers. Louis-Dreyfus appeared on “SNL” with such famous cast members as Billy Crystal, Eddie Murphy, Martin Short and Christopher Guest.
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