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Jon Hamm Talks Mad Men Series Finale
You'll ne'er cognize who you'll tally into connected your mode up the ladder of success.
During a Sept. 19 interrogation on SiriusXM's The Howard Stern Show, Mad Men's Jon Hamm shared that connected his travel to landing the relation of Don Draper successful the play series, determination was different recognizable look who besides went retired for the part: West Wing's Joshua Malina.
"The lone sanction that I retrieve from immoderate of those audition sign-in sheets was Josh Malina" helium recalled, "who I'm not definite had a large changeable astatine being Don Draper. But it would've been a choice."
Now, earlier you deliberation that is shade, Jon assured Howard Stern listeners that helium is simply a instrumentality of Joshua's, adding, "He's a great, fantastic actor."
Of course, Jon recalled that helium was precise anxious to nab the Don Draper part, noting, "I retrieve speechmaking the script, putting it down, and thinking, ‘Holy s--t, that's a truly bully story."
Auditioning a whopping 7 times earlier officially landing the role, Jon remembered 1 stressful moments earlier his beingness would alteration forever.
"It took maine astir 2 hours to get to this audition wherever I'm sitting adjacent to similar a 15-year-old kid, waiting," helium told Howard. "The kid goes, ‘Are you present for the toothpaste commercial?' And I go, ‘What? No.' Then I thought, ‘Maybe I tin get a occupation connected that toothpaste commercial."
Since those days, helium went connected to prima successful not only Mad Men, but also Top Gun: Maverick, Keeping Up With The Jonesess, The Town, and Million Dollar Arm.
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And we tin spot much of Jon erstwhile helium stars successful play 3 of Apple TV+'s The Morning Show, which returns successful 2023.
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