- James McAvoy, Arthur Christmas, 2010. Will Ferrell and David Tennnant were also considered for Santa’s clumsy offspring – given two hours to solve a major Christmas gift glitch.
- Ben Schwartz, Sonic the Hedgehog, 2019. For the new movie version of the video game, 11 actors tested for the voice of the Blue Blur: Samberg, Charlie Day, Dane Dehaan, Adam Devine, Will Forte, Josh Gad, Bill Hader, Freddie Highmore, Dylan O’Brien, Adam Pally and Jim Parsons., Playing Sonic was an insane honour, said Schwartz. As was co-starring with his hero, Jim Carrey, as the evil Dr Robotnik.
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