Watch: Jack Black Talks Skipping His 'SNL' Audition in ...

In exclusive clips from his appearance on “Off Camera with Sam Jones,” Black talks about deciding against an “SNL” career path and gives a taste ... × BacktoIndieWire Watch:JackBlackTalksSkippingHis‘SNL’AuditioninExclusiveVideofrom‘OffCamerawithSamJones’ Watch:JackBlackTalksSkippingHis'SNL'AuditioninExclusiveVideofrom'OffCamerawithSamJones' KarenBrill Oct26,201510:01am ShareThisArticle Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp Email Print Talk READMORE: Review:‘Goosebumps’StarringJackBlack JackBlackhasappearedinplentyofdramaticfarelately—otherthanthekid-friendlycomedy,“Goosebumps,”intheatersnow—buthemadehisnameasacomedian,soit’sonlynaturaltowonderwhyheneverjoined“SaturdayNightLive.”Turnsout,heskippedhisaudition.  Inexclusiveclipsfromhisappearanceon“OffCamerawithSamJones,”Blacktalksaboutdecidingagainstan“SNL”careerpathandgivesatasteofwhathewouldhavedonehadheauditioned.Blackalsoremembersthemomenthediscoveredhehada“Lamborghini”voiceandsingsafewbarsfrom“Pippin.” “OffCamerawithSamJones”airsonDirecTV’sAudienceNetwork.Watchtheexclusiveclipabove(andmorefootagebelow). READMORE: Watch:JakeGyllenhaalExplainsHisEarlyCareer‘Mistakes’inExclusiveVideo SignUp:StayontopofthelatestbreakingfilmandTVnews!SignupforourEmailNewslettershere. ThisArticleisrelatedto:NewsandtaggedDIRECTV,JackBlack Loadingcomments... GetTheLatestIndieWireAlertsAndNewslettersDeliveredDirectlyToYourInbox Subscribe Podcasts ListentotheseIndieWirepodcasts. ‘EverythingEverywhereAllatOnce’andtheCaseforTheatricalMovies WhytheFilmandTVIndustriesAreFacingSimilarChallengestoTheirBusinessModels Apple’sNextBigChallengeAfter‘CODA’OscarCampaign:ABig-BudgetWillSmithMovie Craft InterviewswithleadingfilmandTVcreatorsabouttheirprocessandcraft. DavidLynchonRestoring‘InlandEmpire’andLauraDern’sOscarSnub ‘TheGodfather’50thAnniversary:WhyGordonWillisChangedCinematographyForever KogonadaonRestructuringTimein‘AfterYang’ FeaturedPosts The100BestMoviesoftheDecade 32Must-SeeNewMoviestoSeeThisSummerSeason The15BestFilmsof2022We’veAlreadySeen Hollywood’sBigRisks:25DaringStudioFilmsfromtheLast15Years EveryStudioFilmDirectedbyFemaleFilmmakersComingOutin2022and2023 ad