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When recounting how he became a part of this movie, Thompson describes his first audition as the “biggest misunderstanding in the world.” Having been given his lines just that morning, his audition was ill-prepared and read cold. Thompson was angry and shocked after...
Calling his manager, who had once represented Whitaker, Thompson was able to secure a second, more favorable audition. The second time around, final casting for the role of Fat Albert came down to Thompson and Omar Benson Miller (8 Mile, Sorority Boys), with the part eventually going to the latter...
But when Zwick came aboard, the audition process began once again.
Thompson remembers how he made a special audition tape for Cosby. “The legend is that [Cosby] watched, like, twenty seconds of it and just gave me the job,” says the Fat Albert star.
Occasionally, this unique process led to significant script alterations, including a new character. “The role of head genie wasn’t in the script as of common casting,” Scheuer says, “but K’idar [Miller ’08...