This weekend's "Saturday Night Live" took the liberty of re-imagining what the uncomfortable "12 Years A Slave" audition process may have been like.
"We sought out to discover raw talent through open calls," director Steve McQueen (played by Kenan Thompson) explained. "It was not always easy."
Awkwardness ensued. Watch below:
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