Casting Assisant: Dog’s ‘Cloud Atlas’ Audition Was “Disastrous”

Casting Assisant: Dog’s ‘Cloud Atlas’ Audition Was “Disastrous”

The web has been abuzz this week with the release of the extended trailer for the highly anticipated new movie from sibling directorss Lana and Andy Wachowski, Cloud Atlas.  The star-studded and visually stunning 5-plus-minute trailer has been the talk of the Internet, as critics and fans try to dissect the labyrinthine story of the movie, based on a novel of the same name by British author David Mitchell.

But in an exclusive interview with assistant casting director Lorena Trautmann, The Fluffington Post learned that the first choice for the film’s lead was not Tom Hanks, but a puppy actor named Rupert.  Unfortunately, he blew his audition – big time.

“He came to the audition dressed as a cloud,” said Trautmann. “Literally… a cloud! I mean, clearly he had never read the book.  I’m not even sure if he read the pages we sent him for the audition.”

Needless to say, Rupert was not asked back for a second reading and Tom Hanks won the role handily.

Via crunchy.