As Dylan O’Brien is getting ready for the world to see his take on Dan Aykroyd in Saturday Night, which will be released on the 2024 movie schedule in a few weeks, it’s been revealed that the actor once had “hopes” of joining another iconic (yet totally different) ensemble, the Frozen II cast . However, as he hilariously shared, he realized pretty quickly that he did not have what it takes to play a citizen of Arendelle. O’Brien did not say who he auditioned for, but my instinct tells me he must have auditioned for a later cut character.
That's because, in the 2019 movie, only the original cast sang songs in the soundtrack. Here’s what he had to say about what happened during an appearance on Late Night : I knew I probably wasn’t going to get it. So, it’s a musical, and they are looking for sort of multi-talented, multi-hyphenate people, who can act and sing.
I didn’t check, to be honest probably either, but I sang across a desk to the casting associate, and I know I can’t sing, but I just wanted to do it, because sometimes it’s just good. Hey, to even be called into Walt Disney Animation to be considered is a rather big honor, isn’t it? However, O’Brien went into the audition without feeling strongly about his singing skills, and it backfired on him, as you can imagine. With that in mind, he continued his story with a lightness about the whole thing: This poor woman.
I remember actually...
she asked me painfully if I could get to the chorus, because.