8 Embarrassingly Bad Movie Auditions Starring Famous Actors

4. Taylor Lautner (The Adventures Of Sharkboy And Lavagirl)

Role? Sharkboy.

Did he get the part? Yes.

A movie called 'The Adventures Sharkboy and Lavagirl' will hardly require top-notch acting talent in the first place, and in that sense, Taylor Lautner - whether the sprightly young man seen in this video or the older, brooding teen found in the Twilight series - is the perfect candidate.

And even he probably looks back on this tape and groans.

He feigns pain (ouch!) like he's filming a low-budget advert for first-aid kits, and then, rather hilariously, takes a tumble as he attempts to stand on his hands in a "Sharkboy action pose", face turning a brighter shade of red than his overly baggy muscle shirt.

The film turned out to be a critical and box-office dud, but Lautner would go on to enjoy a relatively fruitful movie career before finding success on TV, so apparently, the quality of his earlier performances is irrelevant.

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