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Stephen Amell<\/strong><\/a> will be starring in the new NBC series Suits: LA<\/em><\/strong> this season, but he actually auditioned for a different new series just days before that one!<\/p>\n The 43-year-old actor just revealed in a new interview that he auditioned to play Young Gibbs in the new CBS series NCIS: Origins<\/em><\/strong>, but lost the role to Austin Stowell<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Stephen<\/strong> auditioned for NCIS: Origins<\/em> on a Wednesday and thought it went well, but then found out on Thursday that he didn\u2019t get the role. His Suits: LA<\/em> audition took place on Friday and he says his frustration went into the audition, which he believes helped him land the role.<\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMy focus wasn\u2019t on Suits L.A.<\/em> Two auditions came in [that week]. One was via Zoom, and this audition for suits was actually in person, which I remember being incredibly excited about because I don\u2019t remember the last time [that happened]. My actual focus that week was on an audition that I had on Wednesday for the prequel to NCIS<\/em>. It was playing the younger version of [Mark Harmon<\/strong>\u2019s Leroy Jethro Gibbs],\u201d Stephen <\/strong>said on Michael Rosenbaum<\/strong>\u2018s Inside of You <\/em>podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n While Stephen <\/strong>hadn\u2019t watched NCIS<\/em> and didn\u2019t know much about the role yet, he \u201cwas excited by the prospect of, OK, this is a network show. This is pilot season. This doesn\u2019t really happen that much anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n Stephen<\/strong> continued, \u201cThis came in, and I thought that the audition went extraordinarily well. I got great feedback. I hadn\u2019t looked at the sides for Suits L.A. yet, and then I found out on Thursday afternoon, after getting not just good feedback, but, like, good intel, like, \u2018We think [the series] is gonna move forward,\u2019 all of a sudden, it was dead, and I felt like someone, somewhere along the line, had, like, c\u2013k-blocked me\u2026 So I didn\u2019t know what was going on, and I was frustrated.\u201d<\/p>\n Stephen <\/strong>channeled his frustration into his in-person audition for Suits: LA<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cI walked into that audition with kind of no fear,\u201d he said. \u201c[I] tried to be a lot looser and more spontaneous than I think probably a lot of other people were because this guy\u2019s a lawyer. This guy\u2019s supposed to be the smartest guy in the room, but, concurrently, I just figured everyone was going to be stone-cold serious, so let\u2019s just have a little bit of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n Stephen <\/strong>added, \u201cRetrospectively, I got the job that I was supposed to get. Aaron Korsh writes a very fun, digestible show that has a lot of heart, and I think that\u2019s why the original has resonated with people in such a crazy, seismic way to the point where Heels <\/em>going to Netflix, you literally say I hope it gets the Suits <\/em>treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n Take a look back at 11 famous actors who were considered to play Gibbs<\/a> on the original NCIS<\/em> series before Mark Harmon<\/strong><\/a> got the role. <\/p>\n \n