“And so, they dismissed me and I left and then a casting director named Don Phillips, who was in the room for the audition, saw the terrible audition…some of the people thought, ‘Why would we ever ask him to come back?'” he said. “And the others were strong enough in their argument and Don Phillips came running into the parking lot, where my broken down Mazda I borrowed was sitting, and I was just about to leave and he said, ‘Get back in here and audition your a—off…You’re not going anywhere.'”
Penn added, “I came in and as a result of that faith, I kind of gave it a little bit. And off of that, they took a gamble and then we had a great time making the movie.”
