Tina Fey admits she was a bit desperate for an "Into the Woods" audition
Rob Marshall's film adaptation of "Into the Woods" had an all-star cast -- Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, Emily Blunt and James Corden, among others -- but it could've had one more star, if Marshall had just seen things Tina Fey's way.
The "30 Rock" star confessed during a talk at the Tribeca Film Festival that when she was between TV shows she got it into her head that she needed to audition for the Disney big-screen adaptation of the Broadway hit.
"I tried to talk my way into that movie," she said. "I did that thing you never do, where I'm like, 'May I please audition?' And it's like, 'They knew where you were, sweetheart. They'd have found you if they wanted you to audition.'"
"That was in my weird year off between TV shows, when I realized when people say they're going to, like, stretch themselves? It just means they're going to annoy people. Rob Marshall did not need to hear me sing in his apartment."
It's unclear if Fey actually showed up and sang in Marshall's apartment or if she's just speaking rhetorically, but if so that sounds incredibly awkward.