No.95 when I walked into that room,
I was pretty sure that I wasn't playing the role.
It was like a -- It was a 'A' audition,
because Dougray Scott had the role,
and then he got caught up on "Mission: Impossible 2,"
but everyone thought that would get sorted.
But they said, "Look, we need a backup plan just in case."
So it was like this Hail Mary to begin with,
which is probably the best way to do an audition.
You're going in like, "Eh."
And I remember thinking, "Alright, so I'm going in there.
Literally, you showed a clip of about --
That was -- How long was that? 15 seconds?
I think the entire audition was about 20 seconds.
It wasn't much longer. -Wow!
-And -- Yeah, they were actually filming at that time.
I went up -- It was in Toronto.
That was in one of the offices, and it was at lunchtime.
So, first of all, I never thought
anything was happening with that.
And I flew back that next day, and Kevin Feige took me --
He drove me to the airport, who now runs Marvel,
for those who don't know him.
He was one of the assistants there.
And I said, "Dude, you don't have to --
Everyone knows I'm not getting the part.
Like, you don't have to drive me to the airport."
And he goes, "No, I'll drive you,
and we'll stop, grab some dinner."
I was like, "Dude, you don't have to be that nice.
Like, thank you. We all get it. We all understand."
So, who would have thought, nine years later --
nine movies later, 20 years later,
that that would have happened.
I mean, honestly, in Hollywood, a mate of mine said to me,
who's quite high up in the business,
and he said, "Dude, the word on the street
is not good about the movie.
No one watches comic-book movies.
They're, like, 'B'. That thing's gone forever.
Book another movie before it comes out.
Like, just say you're the lead in a big movie
and try and book another movie.
That way, at least you'll get another shot."
So I did.
I was just trying to get an audition, you know.

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