Kaley Cuoco felt a huge blow to her ego after losing out on a role in the sequel to Rian Johnson’s star-studded hit 'Knives Out' to Kate Hudson.
“I was convinced [the part was mine]… I was so convinced that my bags were packed for Greece,” Cuoco told Glamour in her April 2022 cover story. “And then I didn’t get it. I was so devastated. And I’m not [normally] devastated over roles." She explained that she had made it quite far in the audition process, which made the news sting more. "I cried and I cried all night long," she confessed after learning she didn't land the part.
But hindsight is certainly 20/20, and she's since realized that everything worked out as it should have: the day after she lost the part, she got a call about the upcoming rom-com 'Meet Cute' co-starring Pete Davidson. “I said, ‘This is the most magical little script,'” Cuoco recalled. “And I would’ve never gotten it if I [got] ‘Knives.'" She continued, "That’s what it was supposed to be, and ‘Knives’ is going to be great and Kate’s great. She was supposed to do it and I was supposed to do this. And maybe I’ll get to audition for the third one.”
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