12 Actors Who Got Drunk Or Stoned For Auditions
10. Tim Roth - Reservoir Dogs
Some actors don't like to audition. Whether that's because they think they're above it and should be asked to take on roles as a mark of respect or for some other reason, it's genuinely a thing. Just ask Tim Roth, who doesn't like formal auditions because he thinks he's terrible at them.
For that reason, he initially refused to audition for Reservoir Dogs even though the script had impressed him enough to want to be in it. He even met up with Quentin Tarantino and Harvey Keitel, but still passed on auditioning, so Tarantino resorted to extreme measures after Keitel left the meeting
They stopped at a liquor store for more booze on the way back to Roth's apartment and he "proceeded to read the entire script… every part in it about 10 times because we were hammered by then. And that’s how I got the job.” Hell of a way around auditioning, that.