Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is out today in the UK, and its is already earning rave reviews.
The sequel is set five years after the original, with Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) now pregnant and learning about her mum Donnas (Meryl Streep) past.
Dominic Cooper returns as Sophies boyfriend Sky – and we all love a bit of Dominic.
However, we have to dream of an alternate universe where he didnt get the role of Sky, and it was won by Chris Klein.
The release of Mamma Mia! 2 marks eight years since an audition tape that was arguably better than the actual film hit the internet – American Pie star Chriss attempt to win the role of Sky.
The noughities star auditioned for the role in 2007, singing ABBAs Lay All Your Love On Me, but sadly he wasnt selected for the film.
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And when the video leaked three years later, we got to see why.
Chris started his audition with a sweet yet bizarre shower of praise for Mandy Moore, who had apparently tried out for the film too.
He said: You guys had Mandy Moore in here? She is an angel of all angels. I dont know if you guys saw American Dreams that her and I did together, where I too sing! Hopefully better here then I did there. That was acting, this may be slight singing.
She is just a dream come true, you should hire her on the spot, shes amazing.
Klein then said they should start before he embarrasses himself further – resulting in the most intense rendition of Lay All Your Love On Me weve ever heard.
We dont know whats better – his intense staring, the theatrics, or his total key change f*** up near the end. Its all pure genius.
While the video is no doubt mortifying, Chris has been a really good sport about the leak.
Now 39, the Election star previously spoke about the audition leak, telling Huffington Post: I thought to myself, Wow, did I piss somebody off? Or maybe it was too good of an opportunity to pass up. You know?
And its all good, man. Its all in the scheme of things.
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And hes well aware of how terrible his audition was, continuing: An audition that I had done years ago for Mamma Mia, somehow, was put on to the web. And its a horrible audition. And I took a chance – I cant sing! I dont know why I was in there.
But I took a chance! Its a musical – lets see if I can give it a shot. And, you know, the way that they put it out there, it gets taken out of context and all that kind of thing. It was really a dreadful audition.
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Chris even took the mickey out of himself further by filming a Funny Or Die sketch in which he did more failed auditions for films including Twilight, Dreamgirls, MacGruber and There Will Be Blood.
We love you, Chris.
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is in cinemas now.
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