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Naomi Watts Recalls ‘Mortifying’ Audition Moment With ‘Very Well-Known Actor’

Naomi Watts felt ‘a bit rattled’ when she had to make out with an actor during an audition and ‘just kept going’

Naomi WattsSantiago Felipe/Getty ImagesWatts, 55, appeared at the roundtable alongside Anna Sawai, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Jodie Foster, Brie Larson and Sofía Vergara. Matt LeBlanc‘s worst audition earned him the role of Joey Tribbiani on Friends, one of his most famous characters to this day. The key for Watts was meeting filmmaker David Lynch, who took the time to get to know her instead of just asking her to read lines — or make out with a stranger.

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