Having an A-lister like Leonardo DiCaprio as your good friend doesn't damage for those who're an actor. However it additionally doesn't assure success at an audition.

Actor Jay R. Ferguson, who's recognized for his work on reveals resembling The Conners and Mad Men, revealed on a latest version of the Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum podcast that his good good friend obtained him an audition for Baz Luhrmann's 2013 tackle The Nice Gatsby.

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The dialog turned to the story after Ferguson mentioned he wouldn’t be okay with the Oscar winner simply handing him a job.

"I’ll inform you, although, I used to be, for a really small second — I wouldn't even say I used to be within the working," Ferguson mentioned. "I believe they most likely simply did it as a favor to Leo — however once they had been doing Nice Gatsby, I had simply come off of The Fortunate One…which can also be a Warner Brothers film. I did attain out and ask if he may help in no less than getting the director to have a look at my tape of my audition. And he did."

A 2012 Nicholas Sparks drama, The Fortunate One was led by Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling.

His Gatsby audition concerned one other mutual good friend and a costar within the film, Toby Maguire — plus a little bit of luck.

"On the time, there was one other actor within the working for it, however then he fell out," Ferguson mentioned. "And the director evidently appreciated my audition, and they also determined to arrange a check."

It sounds good, however the two-hour session was "wildly uncomfortable."

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"They've been my greatest mates for years and years," Ferguson mentioned. "So it was me and Leo and Toby and Baz Luhrmann in a lodge room on the Chateau [Marmont]. Doing all these scenes and doing take after take."

However it was actually even longer, as a result of DiCaprio and McGuire helped Ferguson put together, which he referred to as "simply one other testomony to how superior these guys are." He mentioned they knew he wished to earn it.

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When he didn't get the half, Ferguson, who's now 50, was "a bit of unhappy."

He mentioned his friendship with DiCaprio stays robust, however they see much less of one another these days.

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