Lena Dunham lost film role aged 12 after refusing to “smile on command”
Lena Dunham failed her audition for the film Riding In Cars With Boys after she refused to smile “on command”.The actor and writer, best known for HBO series Girls, recalled the audition on SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show, when she was asked if she’d met anyone connected to one of Dunham’s favourite films, A League Of Their Own.She explained that she previously encountered director Penny Marshall during an audition, aged 12, for her 2001 film Riding In Cars With Boys. Her role, however, was given to someone else after she refused to cooperate during an introductory task.“I understand why I didn’t get the role,” Dunham said.