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Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Dustin Hoffman’s audition for Midnight Cowboy is perhaps just as memorable as the performance itself. 

“Midnight Cowboy: Before Dustin Hoffman auditioned for this film, he knew that his all-American image could easily cost him the job. To prove he could do it, he asked the auditioning film executive to meet him on a street corner inManhattan, and in the meantime, dressed himself in filthy rags. The executive arrived at the appointed corner and waited, barely noticing the “beggar” less than ten feet away who was accosting people for spare change. At last, the beggar walked up to him and revealed his true identity.

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