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- HBO Max released the first teaser for *The Pitt* season 3 in August.

- The third season jumps ahead to November, with Robby returning to the ED alongside new and familiar faces.

- Season 3 will premiere in January 2027.

Each season of *The Pitt** *unfolds across one terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day in a Pittsburgh emergency department. It’s a brilliant approach, allowing the cast and creative team to better convey the cumulative toll that every single day in a high-traffic ED takes on the doctors, nurses, and social workers in its halls. By season’s end, one question prevails: *How do you wake up and do all of this again tomorrow?*

That’s certainly the case in season 2, which sees senior attending Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch (Noah Wyle) collapsing under the weight of his own sky-high expectations. He’s set to begin a three-month sabbatical at the end of his shift, one from which he may never return.

Of course, that’s if he leaves at all. By season’s end, after 15 hours in the ED, Robby remains huddled in a back room, rocking an abandoned baby he can’t help but relate to.

The season 2 finale ended not with a period (or an exclamation point), but an ellipsis. Since then, the series has nabbed 25 Emmy nominations, many of which are for its stars.

So, what’s next? With the first trailer now out, here’s everything we know about *The Pitt* season 3, including new cast members, plot details, and when we can expect our favorite ED crew to scrub back in for another shift.

Will there be a season 3 of The Pitt?

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Yes, *The Pitt* was renewed for a third season by HBO Max in January 2026, just ahead of its season 2 premiere. That shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, as season 1 was a ratings juggernaut that went on to earn five Emmys, including one for Outstanding Drama.

And it only grew more popular this year. Various outlets, including *The Hollywood Reporter*, reported that the season 2 premiere nearly tripled the viewership of season 1’s. *The Wrap* has it dominating its streaming charts week after week.**

How did The Pitt season 2 end?

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Noah Wyle as Dr. Robby holding Baby Jane Doe in ‘The Pitt’ season 2.

The season 2 finale saw Robby reach his breaking point after a day spent alternately saving lives and not-so-subtly hinting that he doesn’t intend to come back from his sabbatical.

When he wasn’t portending his own doom, he was alienating colleagues old and new, from resident Dr. Samira Mohan (Supriya Ganesh) to new attending Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi (Sepideh Moafi), the latter of whom is suffering from absence seizures that could impact her ability to lead in the ED. Robby threatened to report her condition to the hospital’s administration if she doesn’t disclose it herself.

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Elsewhere, Dr. Mel King (Taylor Dearden) discovered the malpractice lawsuit she’s named in isn’t going away any time soon. And Dr. Frank Langdon lamented a misdiagnosis he made earlier in the day that partly led to a patient losing one of her legs.

Langdon and Robby, meanwhile, found no closure after a day spent mostly avoiding each other. Their final confrontation, if you want to call it that, ended with Langdon lashing out at Robby, telling him he needs help.

“How can any of us live up to your standards if you can’t even do it?” he said.

Robby ended the episode rocking Baby Jane Doe to sleep. “Everything’s gonna be just fine,” he whispered. “You got so many wonderful things to see, and so many people to love ahead of you. So many wonderful things to see, people to love ahead of you.”**

When will The Pitt season 3 be set?

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Following *The Pitt*’s latest round of Emmy nominations, Wyle confirmed in a *Deadline* interview that season 3 will take place on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. He noted that it’s a change for the series, as the first two seasons were written to take place roughly when viewers were watching them. “We’ve written the shows eight months before we air, but we’ve written them to take place in the time and place in which they are being watched this season,” he said. Instead, viewers will be watching a 2026 story in 2027.

Wyle added, “So we will be talking about where we’ve just been for the first time, and not where we’re going. That was a decision made because there’s going to be a lot of anticipation and fear and preparation going into January and the execution of the Big Beautiful Bill that will have a lot of ramifications in Americans’ lives.”

Creator R. Scott Gemmill had previously confirmed to TVLine that season 3 would jump ahead four months to November. He explained that the gap allows Robby to take his planned three-month sabbatical and remain away from work for a little longer before returning.

“One of the things we play in season 3 is that he comes back, but he doesn’t come back to the hospital right away,” Gemmill told the outlet. “He will show up [in episode 1], but he’s been away from work longer than three months.”

Is there a trailer for The Pitt season 3?

In August, HBO Max released the first teaser for the third season, which begins with Dr. Shen (Ken Kirby) observing that Dr. Robby’s name is back on the schedule. “Is he finally back?” he asks. “I’ll believe it when I see it,” says Dr. Abbot (Shawn Hatosy), king of the nightcrawlers.

And see it he shall! Dr. Robby has indeed returned to the most hectic ED in Pittsburgh. “I knew my first day back was gonna be hard dealing with what we go through here,” Wyle says in voiceover. “And I knew that it could get a little bit crazy. But it’s time to get back to it.”

The voiceover plays over a montage of quick shots featuring several of our beloved doctors and nurses, as well as the patients they’ll be helping in season 3. The teaser ends on a tense moment, with Langdon welcoming Robby back. Robby takes a beat before responding, “Thanks.” Chilly.

What will The Pitt season 3 be about?

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Sepideh Moafi and Shabana Azeez in ‘The Pitt’ season 3.

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As of this writing, there’s no official synopsis for *The Pitt* season 3. But don’t expect it to find Robby as the proud father of Baby Jane Doe.

“I think the last thing Robby needs is an infant,” Gemmill told EW, adding that season 3 will be about the embattled attending trying to pull himself out of the darkness. “I think the season 3 mantra is ‘Physician, heal thyself.’ I’m hoping that Robby is smart enough and courageous enough to take the advice that he’s always giving to others.”

Gemmill also teased “more story to be told” regarding Al-Hashimi’s medical condition, place in the ED, and rocky relationship with Robby. What interests him about the plotline is “what happens when you’re faced with an affliction that may cause you to lose the one thing and prevent you from doing the one thing that you really have spent your whole life working towards, and what does that mean and how does that affect your identity?”

Finally, after introducing an ICE storyline in season 2, Gemmill said the creative team will continue incorporating real-world events and shifts in healthcare policy. “There’s a lot of changes to Medicare and Medicaid, and those are going to have real repercussions on the emergency department and everyone who works there and uses it,” he said. “We’re going to explore that this year, for sure.”**

Who’s in the cast of The Pitt season 3?

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Ayesha Harris, Pruitt Taylor Vince, and Fiona Dourif in ‘The Pitt’ season 3.

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Returning for season 3 are Noah Wyle, Sepideh Moafi, Patrick Ball, Taylor Dearden, Katherine LaNasa, Fiona Dourif, Isa Briones, Gerran Howell, Shabana Azeez, and Shawn Hatosy. Joining the main cast this season is Ayesha Harris, whose no-nonsense Dr. Parker Ellis we’ve seen as part of the ED’s night shift, a.k.a. “the nightcrawlers.”

Gemmill told TVLine that Laëtitia Hollard will return as Emma, the fresh-faced nurse who chose one hell of a first day, and that Victoria Javadi (Azeez) will explore emergency psychiatry, which was teased in the season 2 finale. Azeez later elaborated on what that’ll look like, revealing that Javadi is on a psychiatric rotation in season 3 and won’t be working in the ED. “It’s a very different vibe for me. And I’m scared and nervous. But it’s an honor to be able to show that part of medicine,” she said.

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Someone who won’t be returning is Supriya Ganesh, who played Dr. Samira Mohan. “It’s sort of the nature of the show,” Gemmill recently said while addressing her exit. “Unfortunately, the way the medical profession works, you come in, you learn, you move on, and we want to try and be as truthful to that process as possible.”

In addition, EW has confirmed that Stephen Chang (*Bosch: Legacy*), Barry Clifton (*The Madison*), Lawrence Kao (*Criminal*), Brent Sexton (*Deadwood*), and Hannah Ware (*The First*) will play new ED patients in season 3. Chris Diamantopoulos (*The Lincoln Lawyer*) will play Dr. Asher Grossman, chief medical officer of PTMC, while JB Tadena (*The Adventures of Cliff Booth*) will play Dr. Reed Thomas, a PTMC physician.

Is there a release date for The Pitt season 3?

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Geoffrey Owens, Cheyenne Perez, Shawn Hatosy, Luke Tennie, Sofia Hasmik, and Ken Kirby in ‘The Pitt’ season 3.

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HBO Max hasn’t set an exact date, but *The Pitt* season 3 will premiere in January 2027.

That’s in line with what Wells told *Deadline* in March 2026, when he said the show planned to return in January with another 15 episodes.

Where can I watch The Pitt?

*The Pitt* is available to stream on HBO Max.

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Braves&x27; Sale says Brewers&x27; Misiorowski has &x27;probably the most impressive fastball I&x27;ve ever seen&x27; By STEVE MEGARGEE Sat, August 22, 2026 at 12:41 AM UTC 1 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski outdueled one of his favorite pitchers and got quite a compliment from him afterward. “It seems like he’s kind of in a league of his own this year,” 2024 NL Cy Young Award winner Chris Sale said after his Braves lost 21 to the Brewers on Friday. “It&x27;s probably the most impressive fastball I&x27;ve ever seen.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski outdueled one of his favorite pitchers and got quite a compliment from him afterward.

“It seems like he’s kind of in a league of his own this year,” 2024 NL Cy Young Award winner Chris Sale said after his Braves lost 2-1 to the Brewers on Friday. “It's probably the most impressive fastball I've ever seen."

That compliment meant plenty to Misiorowski, who has said on multiple occasions that Sale was one of the pitchers he enjoyed watching the most while growing up. Misiorowski pitched six shutout innings Friday in his first head-to-head matchup with Sale, who allowed two runs over six innings.

“It’s awesome to hear it from a guy like Sale, such a great guy, definitely a guy I looked up to — and still do,” Misiorowski said. “It’s really cool.”

Sale’s praise for Misiorowski’s fastball came on a day when the Brewers phenom didn’t rely on it nearly as much as usual. He solidified his status as the NL Cy Young Award favorite by showing he can thrive even when his fastball isn’t at its best.

Misiorowski’s 96-pitch outing included 56 four-seam fastballs but also 23 sliders, 14 cutters and three curves. Heading into Friday, Misiorowski was throwing four-seam fastballs 64% of the time and using his slider on only 11% of his pitches.

His fastball also didn’t have quite as much velocity as usual, at least by Misiorowski’s extraordinary standards. Misiorowski reached a top velocity of 103.1 mph, but that was the only pitch in which he exceeded 101.8. He reached at least 100 mph in 32 of his pitches.

“Just one of those days where it was just a down day,” Misiorowski said. “I had to grind through it and make it work.”

He made it work just fine.

“Today I wasn’t seeing the same kind of typical aggression that you usually see out of the fastball with Miz, but the slider was great,” Brewers catcher William Contreras said through an interpreter. “He’s being able to throw the sliders a little bit more to lefties now as well. Tremendous job by him just being able to give us different pitches to use whenever the fastball is maybe a little bit off.”

That assortment kept Atlanta’s hitters off balance.

Misiorowski (13-5) struck out six batters while allowing four hits and two walks in his six-inning stint. He has a 1.68 ERA and 216 strikeouts to lead the majors in both categories. Sale (12-9) has a 2.20 ERA to rank second.

“It’s tough,” Braves manager Walt Weiss said. “You’re gearing up for 100 and then you’re having to deal with cutters and sliders.”

Misiorowski needed to be that good to beat Sale, who has allowed three runs or fewer in an MLB-leading 20 consecutive starts.

The matchup of Cy Young Award contenders on first-place teams featured a sellout crowd and playoff-type atmosphere. Both pitchers benefited from outstanding fielding.

“Pitching and defense in that game are as good as you’re going to see — really high-level stuff,” Weiss said.

Braves shortstop Mauricio Dubón made a diving stop to start an inning-ending double play. Milwaukee’s Luis Lara attempted to stretch his single into a double but got thrown out on a 92.3-mph laser from right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr., according to Statcast.

Lara, who calls Acuña his favorite player, had a couple of gems of his own. He made a leaping catch at the center-field wall to rob Matt Olson of an extra-base hit in the sixth inning, then moved over to right and snared a 99.3-mph liner from Dubón for the final out of the eighth after Atlanta loaded the bases.

“I think we’ve got to change his name tag to ‘Air Lara,’ “ said Misiorowski, who jokingly asked Lara about that nickname while posing as a reporter during the rookie outfielder’s postgame media session.

With a little help from his friends, Misiorowski won his first head-to-head matchup with Sale, a player the Brewers right-hander has grown to appreciate even more now that they’ve met at the All-Star Game the last two years.

“That’s been really cool,” Misiorowski said. “That’s honestly been probably my favorite part, just getting to talk to guys like that, that I watched … and to get to play (against) now. It’s fun. It’s really fun.”

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What Klay Thompson signing with Heat means for Lakers Melissa Rohlin Sat, August 22, 2026 at 3:06 PM UTC 0 Klay Thompson, who had been tied to the Lakers this summer, reached a buyout agreement with the Mavericks on Friday and plans to sign a twoyear, $13 million deal with the Heat. What does that mean for the PurpleandGold? Thompson was far from the perfect fit for the Lakers, even though the team very much needs to bolster its perimeter shooting and Thompson ranks fourth on the NBA’s alltime 3pointers made list. Klay Thompson will try for his fifth NBA ring with the Heat.

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Klay Thompson, who had been tied to the Lakers this summer, reached a buyout agreement with the Mavericks on Friday and plans to sign a two-year, $13 million deal with the Heat.

What does that mean for the Purple-and-Gold?

Thompson was far from the perfect fit for the Lakers, even though the team very much needs to bolster its perimeter shooting and Thompson ranks fourth on the NBA’s all-time 3-pointers made list.

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The Lakers need a young and athletic wing, such as Jonathan Kuminga, to pair with Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves and Walker Kessler. The Western Conference is young, fast and deep — with the Thunder and Spurs seemingly having an endless army of fresh legs at their disposal.

The 36-year-old Thompson no longer fits that bill, even though he helped the Warriors win four championships in eight years with his legendary sharpshooting. Last season, Thompson averaged 11.7 points on 39.3% shooting from the field and 38.3% from beyond the arc for the Mavericks, who didn’t make the playoffs in Thompson’s two seasons with the team amid health issues.

The Lakers pursued Thompson in free agency in 2024 before he ultimately decided to join the Mavericks. Thompson and Luka Doncic played 21 games together in Dallas before the Mavericks stunningly traded the superstar to the Lakers in February 2025, a deal that was a great blow for Thompson’s title-winning hopes.

Thompson has deep ties to Los Angeles. His father, Mychal, won two championships with the Showtime Lakers in 1987 and 1988 and currently serves as the team’s radio color analyst. And Thompson attended Santa Margarita High and was a huge Kobe Bryant fan as a child.

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But Thompson will now compete for his fifth ring in Miami alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bam Adebayo.

As for the Lakers, they’ll continue their search for an athletic wing who could help them win their first title since 2020.

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Serena Williams will play mixed doubles with Carlos Alcaraz in her return to the US Open By BRIAN MAHONEY Sat, August 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM UTC 0 NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams will team up with Carlos Alcaraz to create a powerhouse mixed doubles pair in her return to the U.S. Open. The U.S. Tennis Association announced Saturday that Williams and Alcaraz had been given a wild card into the tournament. The mixed doubles main draw begins Tuesday, with the winning team sharing $1 million. It will be Williams&x27; first time playing at the U.S. Open since 2022.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams will team up with Carlos Alcaraz to create a powerhouse mixed doubles pair in her return to the U.S. Open.

The U.S. Tennis Association announced Saturday that Williams and Alcaraz had been given a wild card into the tournament. The mixed doubles main draw begins Tuesday, with the winning team sharing $1 million.

It will be Williams' first time playing at the U.S. Open since 2022. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion returned to tennis this summer.

“Let’s gooooo!” Alcaraz posted on X, with a fire emoji and tagging Williams.

Williams is not planning to play singles in New York. The USTA had been holding one women's wild card, presumably in case Williams wanted it. However, the tournament announced Saturday that it had been given to American Sofia Kenin, the 2020 Australian Open champion.

Williams played singles at Wimbledon but sustained a knee injury in her first-round loss. She played doubles with older sister Venus at the Cincinnati Open, and they could still opt to play together at the U.S. Open.

Alcaraz announced this week he would return to defend his U.S. Open singles title after being sidelined since April with a right wrist injury.

Serena Williams won a mixed doubles title at the U.S. Open even before winning any of her six singles titles there. She teamed for the 1998 championship with Max Mirnyi, who now works with top-ranked woman Aryna Sabalenka.

The mixed doubles tournament is far different now, as the USTA revamped it last year to make it a two-day, 16-team event it hoped would draw top singles players.

Few are bigger than Williams and Alcaraz, the two-time U.S. Open men's champion who is ranked No. 2.

The USTA also announced a number of updates to the field after some players withdrew from the competition.

Americans Jessica Pegula and Taylor Fritz will team up, after their previous partners, Jack Draper and Elena Rybakina, pulled out with injuries. The teams of Emma Navarro and Tommy Paul, along with Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik, were given the remaining two wild cards into the main draw.

Also, Diana Shnaider remains in the field and will be given a chance to find a new partner after Daniil Medvedev withdrew.

The current field:

Sabalenka and Novak Djokovic, Pegula and Fritz, Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud, Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli, Amanda Anisimova and Learner Tien, two-time defending champions Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori, Alex Eala and Felix Auger-Aliassime, Leylah Fernandez and Frances Tiafoe, Taylor Townsend and Alexander Zverev, Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils, Williams and Alcaraz, Muchova and Mensik, and Navarro and Paul.

The remaining two spots will be determined through an eight-team qualifying tournament Monday. The USTA gave wild cards to the teams of Mirra Andreeva and Andrey Rublev, and Peyton Stearns and Christian Harrison, to be part of that field. It is otherwise largely made up of the traditional doubles specialists who lost out on the chance to play in the U.S. Open last year, with direct entry based on the players' combined singles ranking.

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Nets rank 21st in NBA future power rankings, get A+ in assets Sharif PhillipsKeaton, Nets WireSat, August 22, 2026 at 3:09 PM UTC 0 The Brooklyn Nets came into the 2026 NBA offseason with the goal of improving the roster as much as possible following a 202526 season in which they finished with a lowly 2062 record. Brooklyn is not only building for next season, but they&x27;re also building for the future, but there are some around the league who aren&x27;t too optimistic about where the Nets will be in a few years. "The Nets have one of the best asset situations in the league.

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The Brooklyn Nets came into the 2026 NBA offseason with the goal of improving the roster as much as possible following a 2025-26 season in which they finished with a lowly 20-62 record. Brooklyn is not only building for next season, but they're also building for the future, but there are some around the league who aren't too optimistic about where the Nets will be in a few years.

"The Nets have one of the best asset situations in the league. They have five surplus first-round picks to work with, some of which have immense value," Stephen Noh wrote of the Nets for Sporting News. Noh put together his list of all 30 NBA teams in terms of where they will be three years from now and he ranked the Nets 21st despite gushing about their assets at the moment.

"That gives them the means to accelerate their rebuild if they want to. They will probably still be a few years away from pulling that lever," Noh continued. "They still won't be in contention by 2029, but they should be on their way up as a playoff hopeful and have at least one point guard in the future between Brown, Demin and Traore."

Heading into the 2026-27 season, the Nets have at least 12 first-round picks between the 2027 and 2033 NBA Drafts, meaning they can still add plenty of young talent to the roster moving forward. Brooklyn also has veterans like Michael Porter Jr. and Julius Randle in the fold while having promising players like Egor Demin and Mikel Brown Jr. still in the early stages of their careers.

The present doesn't look bright as the Nets are once again expected to be one of the worst teams in the league while also having a 2025 NBA Draft class that is underwhelming in the eyes of many, except for Demin. Plenty of moves can take place between now and the 2029-30 season, but as of now, there are writers like Noh who aren't so optimistic about Brooklyn's future prospects, but acknowledge that the Nets have the necessary assets to change that reality.

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In a March 2026 interview on Hits Radio, Dakota Johnson shared one of the most absurd ways she ever lost a role: being too polite.

“I had an audition once, and it was a callback, and I went into the room, and I shook everyone’s hand and introduced myself. Then I did the scene, and I left,” the *Fifty Shades *actress said. “The feedback I got was that, because I had gone and introduced myself and shook everyone’s hand, I was pompous. That I was schmoozing, and I was full of myself.”

Johnson couldn’t believe it. “I was like: ‘What?’ I didn’t get the job because they said that I was being cocky,” she explained. “But I just had manners… It was pretty crazy.”

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Chris Pine attends the 2024 iHeartPodcast Awards on March 11, 2024 in Austin.

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Believe it or not, Chris Pine lost the role of Ryan Atwood on *The O.C. *because of his acne. Casting director Patrick Rush recalled the audition in the 2023 book *Welcome to the O.C.: The Oral History*, saying Pine was “really good” — but in Rush’s words, the actor was “at the age where he was experiencing really bad skin problems. … it looked insurmountable.”

Pine opened up about it on the *Happy Sad Confused* podcast in May 2024. “I had awful skin as a teenager, and then … after college, my skin started breaking out again,” he said. “Look, I was going out for *The O.C.*, like a teenage melodrama. I can understand why they wanted to have pretty people doing pretty things. And bad acne is not a key to [success].”

The actor admitted losing the role hit him hard, and that he had “a little PTSD” from how brutal the audition process felt while dealing with his skin issues. “It’s no fun going to auditions when you have bad skin. It was one of the most traumatic points of my life, but it is my story.”

Elle Fanning

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Elle Fanning attends the 97th Annual Oscars at Dolby Theatre on March 02, 2025 in Hollywood.

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In May 2023, Elle Fanning said she lost a role in a major franchise film simply for not having enough Instagram followers.

“I didn’t get a part once for something big — and it might not have just been this reason, but this was all the feedback that I heard — because I didn’t have enough Instagram followers at the time,” Fanning revealed on the *Happy Sad Confused* podcast. “And so, that was a little like, ‘OK.’ I firmly don’t believe in not getting a part [because of my Instagram followers].”

Maya Hawke shared a similar experience on the *Happy Sad Confused *podcast in February 2025, explaining just how obsessed some producers are with follower counts.

“I’m talking about deleting my Instagram and [some directors are] like, ‘Just so you know when I’m casting a movie with some producers, they hand me a sheet with the amount of collective followers I have to get from the cast,’” Hawke said. “‘So if you delete your Instagram and I lose those followers, understand these are the kinds of people I need to cast around you.’”

Mindy Kaling

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Mindy Kaling attends the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on Jan. 05, 2025 in Beverly Hills.

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In 2014, Mindy Kaling told *The Guardian* she got rejected from a show that was literally *about her*. A network reached out and offered her her own sketch comedy series… then made her audition for the role of herself and ultimately rejected her.

“We were not considered attractive or funny enough to play ourselves,” Kaling said.

She called the whole thing “humiliating,” but hasn’t let it slow her down. “That network is no longer on the air, and *The Office* went on to be one of NBC’s most hit shows in years. I feel like karmically, I was vindicated, but at the time it felt terrible.”

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James McAvoy

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James McAvoy attends the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards at The Royal Festival Hall on Feb. 16, 2025 in London.

In 2019, James McAvoy confessed that his height has cost him jobs in Hollywood.

“As a shorter man, I sometimes get told I’m too short for a role,” the *Split *actor told the *Telegraph*. “Or even when I get a role, I’m made to feel like, well, of course, we’re going to have to do something about that.”

He also mentioned how much looks come into play, saying, “Sometimes you’re made to feel like you’re not good-looking enough to get a role. I was told once by an actress that it was an interesting choice, my casting, because nobody would usually believe that I would be with somebody like her. That was a kick in the nuts!”

Reese Witherspoon

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Reese Witherspoon attends the ‘You’re Cordially Invited’ screening at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Jan. 28, 2025 in New York City.

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Even award-winning actress and producer Reese Witherspoon has been turned down for roles over some pretty baffling reasons, including for reportedly being “too smart” for a part.

“Over the years, I lost as many parts as I got,” she wrote in a since-deleted Instagram post (per *Harper’s Bazaar*). “I was always considered TOO something. Too short. Too feisty. Too energetic. I once got told I seemed too smart to play a young female character. 😳”

The *Big Little Lies *star admitted rejection really got to her at the time, but she’s since changed her perspective. “Sometimes the universe is protecting you from a bad job or a toxic relationship. So remember next time you fail at something or someone leaves you heartbroken... let yourself be sad, grieve what didn’t happen for a minute but move ON. Better things are waiting for you.”

Robert Redford

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Robert Redford attends the ‘The Old Man & The Gun’ premiere during 2018 Toronto International Film Festival at The Elgin.

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The late Robert Redford actually auditioned to play Benjamin Braddock, Dustin Hoffman’s character in *The Graduate*, but he didn’t get the part because he reportedly never “struck out with a girl.”

Director Mike Nichols, who had just worked with Redford on *Barefoot in the Park* on Broadway, said Redford was “eager” to land the role. But in the end, Nichols told him he wasn’t a good fit.

“I interviewed hundreds, maybe thousands, of men,” Nichols said at a 2003 screening of *The Graduate*, per *Vanity Fair*. “I said, ‘You can’t play it. You can never play a loser.’ And Redford said, ‘What do you mean? Of course I can play a loser.’ And I said, ‘O.K., have you ever struck out with a girl?’ and he said, ‘What do you mean?’ And he wasn’t joking.”

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