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The cast ofFull Housecould have looked a bit different.
WhenDavid Duchovnyappeared onThe Ellen DeGeneres ShowMonday, he opened up about the roles he previously lost out on over the years, including the three male leads on the family-friendly sitcom.
“You tried out for every male character ofFull House,” hostEllen DeGeneressaid, to which Duchovny, 61, confirmed as being true.
“Yeah, I tried out forFull House, for, I think, all three of them,” he said before joking, “and the little girls.”
Duchovny revealed the series of auditions had occurred early in his Hollywood experience.
“It was my first time out in L.A., and they brought me out for different shows,” he recalled. “I ended up with theFull Housestuff, and they just kept on trying to plug me into different characters. And clearly, I was wrong for every single one.”
The parts eventually went toBob Saget(Danny Tanner),John Stamos(Uncle Jesse) andDave Coulier(Uncle Joey). But it all worked out for Duchovny in the end as he went on to find major success playing FBI agent Fox Mulder onThe X-Files, which premiered in 1993 and ran for 11 seasons.
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Duchovny previously opened up about not landing theFull Housegig onJimmy Kimmel Live!, calling it a “great disappointment.”
“I was auditioning for every show that would have me. Right before [The X-Files], I had great disappointment because I had auditioned forFull House,” he said in 2018. “I had actually auditioned for all three parts. They could not figure out how to use me.”
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“I would go home and I’d get the call, ‘You’re not that guy. Go in for this guy,'” he said, noting it happened twice more.
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Candace Cameron Bure,Jodie Sweetin,Mary-Kate Olsen,Ashley Olsen,Lori LoughlinandAndrea Barberwere also featured in the cast.
A sequel series,Fuller House, later aired for five seasons on Netflix between 2016 to 2020.
source: people.com
