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Peaky Blinders star Sam Claflin recalls ‘horror ballet audition’ for Cats-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro
Sam had a horror audition experience before returning to the world of musical theatre.
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Sam Claflin has recalled a horror ballet audition for 2019 film Cats, admitting he called his agent straight away knowing he wouldn’t have got the role.
The Me Before You actor, who is set to take on musical theatre in Daisy Jones and the Six alongside Riley Keough, appeared on This Morning with Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary on Friday.
The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical featured the likes of Taylor Swift, James Corden and Jason Derulo – but resulted in some pretty terrible reviews.
Talking about his experience audition, Dermot questioned: ‘You auditioned for Cats as well?’
Sam replied: ‘Yeah, that was my other musical theatre, terrible… It wasn’t just an acting or singing audition, there was a whole dance sequence to that particular audition.
Sam said he’d ‘never forget’ the ‘horror’ audition (Picture: Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP/Shutterstock)
The Peaky Blinders actor continued: ‘It’s one of those horror stories that people tell you about.
‘Those auditions where they tried to teach me ballet, in a matter of seconds.’
As Dermot and Alison chuckled at the story, Sam continued: ‘Let me tell you, I’ll never forget, I called my agent afterwards, like “I don’t think I’m going to be a cat.”
Sam plays Billy in the upcoming series (Picture: Lacey Terrell/Prime Video)
‘He said, “Sam you always put yourself down,” and [I said] “No, this time I’m pretty sure this isn’t…”‘
‘Not for me,’ he laughed.
Sam is set to put his musical theatre fears aside for Daisy Jones and The Six.
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Based on the best-selling 2019 novel of the same name by Taylor Jenkins Reid, the TV adaptation follows a rock band in the 1970s ‘from their rise in the LA music scene to becoming one of the most legendary bands in the world and explores the reason behind their split at the height of their success’.
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It stars Riley as the titular character and Sam as her band-mate Billy Dunne, while Camila Morrone plays his wife Camila.
Daisy Jones & The Six premieres on March 3 on Amazon Prime.
This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV.
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