Despite being a longtime fan of Saturday Night Live, Emma never auditioned for NBC’s signature sketch show.
However, Emma revealed during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon that she once auditioned for Nickelodeon's beloved kid’s comedy sketch show, All That - a show that launched the careers of Nick Cannon, Kenan Thompson, Amanda Bynes, Jamie Lynn Spears, among many others! Unfortunately for the La La Land star, the audition didn't go as well as she hoped it would.
When Stone was 12, she traveled from Arizona to attend an open casting call for All That, but was unaware that she had to prepare her own original characters for her audition.
“I thought they were going to give us sketches,” Stone said. “And then five minutes before I went in the room they said, ‘You need to have three characters when you come in the room.’ So I was like, ‘Okay,’ and then I made up a couple of characters.”
Despite not getting the gig, Stone’s characters were pretty hilarious especially given that she created them mere minutes before her audition.
“I remember that one was a cheerleader that couldn’t spell what she was cheering,” she said, before reenacting her impression with a "Be Aggressive" cheer that goes horribly astray. “And then there was another one that was actually pretty nuts that was a babysitter who is possessed. So as she’s reading books to the kids, she’s like, ‘and then Goldilocks and the (demon voice) three bears,’ and she catches her head, and is like, ‘Sorry about that. Sorry about that.’ And then would keep reading,” Emma continued, before launching into an exorcist impression in the middle of reading Goldilocks and the Three Bears. "I did not get that. It's shocking, right?"
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It's not all bad for Emma, though, as the Oscar-nominated actress eventually got to appear on Nickelodeon when she guest starred on the iCarly episode "iFind Spencer Friends" in 2012.
But if Emma had starred in All That, then her hosting duties on SNL would have made for a fun reunion with former All That cast member Kenan Thompson. Maybe one day they can get together and create a “what if” scenario where Emma and Kenan play Randy and Mandy, the chefs who love cooking with chocolate.
Even though Emma never got cast on All That, at least fans will get to see her guest host Saturday Night Live for a third time this weekend.
Watch Stone reenact these hilarious characters in the clip below!
As much as it would have been great to have seen 12-year-old Emma on Snick, this is also a pretty fantastic reminder to never get discouraged — even when things don’t seem to work out the way you want. Also, um, always be prepared. Especially when you’re auditioning for a sketch show.
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