Olivia Munn's Near-Miss on 30 Rock

On April 6th, Olivia Munn just spilled on a wild near-miss from her early career.

Back in 2010, she landed the role of Allied Baldwin's love interest on 30 Rock,

but it fell through because he felt she looked too young.

For it, Elizabeth Banks snagged the part instead.

The whole process dragged on for days with total back and forth.

One call said she was perfect and to fly out Saturday.

Next day, nope, Alex putting his foot down.

Munn called it straight up gaslighting in her Hollywood reporter chat from April 3rd.

She took it in stride though, no devastation.

At the time, it stung missing that big break, but she focused on how far her talent got her.

Kept her head up, no envy toward other actresses.

Instead of 30 Rock, she jumped to perfect couples on NBC for one season,

then hit the newsroom on HBO as Sloan Sabbath for all three seasons.

That role leveled her up big time among heavy hitters.

Looking back now at 45, with kids Malcolm F4 and May June at 18 months alongside John Mulaney,

she sees it all as fuel for her.

Confidence.

Smart way to spend a loss into wins.

That's the story for today.

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