10 More Excuses Actors Used For Blowing Major Movie Auditions

10. Tom Hiddleston Gets The Pirates Of The Caribbean Script Just Before A Night Out

While it can be a touch frustrating to have to suddenly drop everything you're doing, cancel any immediate plans, and immerse yourself in the world of a character for hours, the chance to have your life forever changed by one out of nowhere audition is certainly worth that small sacrifice.

That's something eventual Loki star Tom Hiddleston learned the hard way when some sides for a new little franchise by the name of Pirates of the Caribbean landed on his lap many moons ago.

With the young actor promising his pal that he'd go out for a few drinks to celebrate them finishing their exams, Hiddleston eventually decided to pack the text away for the night after only a few hours of prep (in the Muse of Fire clip below at 40:18).

Inevitably, the severely hungover and underprepared performer didn't produce his best work at the 10am audition the next day. And when asked why he didn't even bother to learn the lines for such a massive opportunity, a naive Hiddleston simply told the casting director that he only got the script at 5pm the day before.

He's since learned that this is "no excuse". Who knows, if he'd actually made an effort to learn the lines, Hiddleston could have ended up playing the part of Will Turner that eventually went to Orlando Bloom.