Olivia Munn on Losing 30 Rock Role as Alec Baldwin Love Interest
Olivia Munn Playfully Reveals How She Was “Gaslit” By Her, John Mulaney’s Daughter
What a week Olivia Munn recalls having.
As the Newsroom alum revealed, in 2010 she was cast on the NBC series 30 Rock and was set to play Alec Baldwin’s love interest Avery Jessup. But after several days of back and forth, Olivia ultimately missed out on the role, and Elizabeth Banks ended up taking on the part.
“I got the job … and then two days later, they were like, ‘Alec thinks that you look too young to play his love interest,’” Olivia shared with The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published April 3. “Another two days later, ‘No, no, no. They think you’re perfect. You’re going to fly out on Saturday.’ On Friday, ‘No, no, no. Alec thinks that you look too young and he’s putting his foot down.’”
E! News has reached out to reps for Alec and NBC for comment but has not heard back.
While Olivia, 45, was disappointed not to have booked the series—especially because looking back “it would have been such a big, big break” for her—she found that she “was not devastated.”
