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3. Natasha Lyonne Auditioned For Woody Allen High
While Natasha Lyonne is currently known for her roles on hit Netflix series Orange is the New Black and Russian Doll, these parts came to Lyonne after a lengthy career hiatus following her minor successes as a child actor. Her 2013 episode of WTF is a delight to listen to largely due to her charming, very New York-centric personality and her candor regarding her personal struggles and addiction issues
During the interview, Lyonne talks with Marc about her early career as a child and adolescent, including her breakthrough role as Woody Allen's daughter in 1996's Everyone Says I Love You.
She details how she arrived to the audition high and rattled off an improvised monologue about her life in front of Allen and the casting directors. Apparently, she impressed Allen sufficiently enough to cast her in the part of his character's daughter.