Olivia Wilde reveals Sam Rockwell's audition trick that 'worked every time'.

Before she became an actress, The O.C. star worked as an assistant for casting director Mali Finn, and was often told about "the legend of the Sam Rockwell audition" for the 1999 movie The Green Mile. Recalling the audition story she was told, Wilde revealed on Monday's episode of SmartLess that Rockwell pretended he had been given the wrong scenes to learn, and made the casting team believe he had impressively memorised the new lines in five minutes. "He had been given the wrong scenes, and this man, Sam Rockwell, he didn't even pause..."