{"id":229518,"date":"2026-03-19T20:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/linda-cardellini-recalls-embarrassing-scooby-doo-audition\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T20:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:10:09","slug":"linda-cardellini-recalls-embarrassing-scooby-doo-audition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/linda-cardellini-recalls-embarrassing-scooby-doo-audition\/","title":{"rendered":"Linda Cardellini recalls embarrassing Scooby-Doo audition"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Linda Cardellini<\/a> “cried” over making “the biggest fool of [herself]” in the audition for Scooby-Doo.<\/p>\n

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Linda Cardellini as Velma Dinkley in Scooby-Doo 2002<\/p>\n

The actress rocked up dressed as Velma Dinkley in a bid to get cast in the 2002 live-action film, but she stuck out like a sore thumb as other “famous people” testing for the character were in “normal people clothes”.<\/p>\n

Appearing on Wednesday’s (18.03.26’s) episode of NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/a>, Linda, 50, recalled: “I remember when I was auditioning for Scooby-Doo – I was really excited because that was my favourite cartoon growing up – so I was going in for Velma, and I was like, ‘I’m not going to go in there without my glasses and my turtleneck.'”<\/p>\n

The star snapped up a “bargain” orange turtleneck at Ross Dress For Less and borrowed her pal’s glasses because she thought dressing up as the character actors auditioned for was good practice.<\/p>\n

Linda added: “I dressed in a costume, and I was kind of new when I got that part. It was after Freaks and Geeks, but Freaks and Geeks wasn’t like a big success or anything, so I was pretty new, and I just figured you were supposed to dress the part.<\/p>\n

\n“And so I went in there, and I saw all these famous people sitting in the waiting room.”<\/p>\n

\nJimmy, 51, asked Linda if they had also dressed as Velma, to which she exclaimed: “No! They were in normal people clothes! They looked great, and I looked like an idiot! And I went in there dressed up in this costume, and just felt so stupid.”<\/p>\n

\nShe continued: “And then I did my audition, and I did all these crazy things like take off my glasses, and I just felt like I had made the biggest fool of myself.<\/p>\n

\n“And I came home, and I cried, and cried, and cried.”<\/p>\n

\nHowever, the enthusiasm paid off as Linda landed the role of Velma in the film and its 2004 sequel, Monsters Unleashed – which also starred Sarah Michelle Gellar (Daphne Blake), Freddie Prinze Jr. (Fred Jones), Matthew Lillard (Shaggy Rogers), and Neil Fanning (Scooby-Doo).<\/p>\n

\nLinda quipped: “My dad always says he knew I would get a part if I came home crying. So I guess you have to make a fool of yourself.”<\/p>\n

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