John Turturro on Choosing Christopher Walken as His ‘Severance’ Love Interest and Auditioning to Play Madonna’s Boyfriend: ‘She Really Kissed Me’

John Turturro on Choosing Christopher Walken as His ‘Severance’ Love Interest and Auditioning to Play Madonna’s Boyfriend: ‘She Really Kissed Me’ hakkında magazin dünyasında yaşanan en son ayrıntılar ve sıcak gelişmeler netleşti. Nov 9, 2026 9:15am PT John Turturro on Choosing Christopher Walken as His ‘Severance’ Love Interest and Auditioning to Play Madonna’s Boyfriend: ‘She Really Kissed Me’ By Isabelle Farina Plus Icon Isabelle Farina Latest ‘I’ve Had It’ Podcast Hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan Apologize for Laughing at Charlie Kirk Joke: ‘We Regret It’ 21 hours ago Judi Dench Says Vin Diesel Sent Her Flowers ‘the Length of a Kayak’ to Persuade Her to Join ‘The Chronicles of Riddick’: I’m ‘Far Too Easily Wooed’ 23 hours ago ‘La Bola Negra’ to Receive International Star Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE) 3 days ago See All Add us as a Google Preferred Source Comments With over 120 acting credits to his name, John Turturro has accrued a long list of what-ifs and missed opportunities, including a role as Madonna’s boyfriend. Turturro joined Variety’s co-editor in chief Ramin Setoodeh to chat in partnership with the Miami Film Festival and receive the Creative Vanguard Award.

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In this conversation, the seasoned actor recalled his memorable audition with the pop star in her early days for the 1985 comedic “Desperately Seeking Susan.” Related Stories ‘The Mosquito Bowl’ Star Tom Francis on Singing in the Movie Last Minute and the ‘Visceral and Intense’ World War II Scenes ‘I Play Rocky’ Star Stephan James on Paying Tribute to Carl Weathers with His Red Carpet Look: ‘I Can Literally Walk in His Shoes Yet Again’ “I auditioned for Madonna’s boyfriend. I didn’t know who Madonna was,” Turturro said.

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“She wasn’t that famous, and we had a kissing scene and she really kissed me. I was like, ‘I’ve never been kissed like that in an audition.’ I dropped all my sides, all my pages on the floor.

I was like, ‘I thought this was an audition. I didn’t know it was this kind of movie.’” Ultimately, he didn’t get the role as her fictional boyfriend — he played the comical club manager Ray instead — but he claimed her interest in him lasted long after their audition, but he preferred they stick to being friends.

“Because some people, you feel like maybe they want to absorb you and I didn’t want to be absorbed,” Turturro said. “I do like her; we’ve always gotten along, but because we didn’t get absorbed.

I haven’t seen her in a long time because she was married to all these different guys. I’m married to one woman.

That’s my motto.” Turturro’s extensive filmography means he has stories like this with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Martin Scorsese, Tom Cruise, Spike Lee, the Coen brothers, Adam Sandler, Zoë Kravitz and Meryl Streep, to name a few. Along with his slew of interesting stories, his vast career has granted him the freedom to choose which roles he agrees to and which he declines.

For Turturro, big-budget franchises versus indie films or plays are two kinds of jobs that fulfill different needs: one gives him financial stability, the other gives him the opportunity to grow as an actor. “[Franchises are] my electrical job, and my other kind of job is my plumbing job, so I consider myself a plumber and then I do some electrical work,” Turturro said.

He also revealed he was trusted with the decision of who would play his love interest in Apple TV’s hit series “Severance.” He chose longtime friend Christopher Walken. “He’s actually underestimated,” Turturro said of Walken playing his romantic interest on the show.

“People don’t realize the different things he can do. He has a vulnerability to

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