20 Mind-Blowing Facts You Never Knew About Friends
15. Jon Cryer's Audition Tape For The Role Of Chandler Arrived Too Late
Jon Cryer may have found fame playing the role of Alan on Two And A Half Men but, like hundreds of jobbing young actors at the time, entered the sweepstakes for a role on NBCs new show. Cryer was doing a play in London at the time and received a phone call at 3 a.m. asking if he would be interested in auditioning for the role of Chandler, but ultimately it wasn't to be:
I went in and read with a British casting person; they took the tape and said they'd get it to L.A. So I went home, and a few days later was told the tape didn't get there in time for the network executives to see.