Eddie Redmaynewas as soused as Sir Toby Belch when he landed his career-making role.
Searching for someone to play Viola, Rylance turned to the local schools.
“So they asked around the universities, and I had no clue,” Redmayne recounted.
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“So I went for an audition.
I didn’t really know Mark’s work that well.”
A few days after the initial audition, Redmayne got a surprising last-minute callback.
Things got more complicated when Rylance decided to test Redmayne’s capacity for improvisation.
And I was lucky enough in that moment to get cast in that."
