Will Arnett Was Once 'Worried' He Would Poop His Pants in Front of Kevin Costner
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Tommy McArdleJanuary 30, 2026 at 5:09 AM
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Will Arnett once auditioned for Kevin Costner's 1997 movie The Postman just after experiencing some form of food poisoning
"I was meeting Kevin Costner and I legitimately was worried about crapping my pants," Arnett recalled
Costner costarred with Will Patton, Olivia Williams and Tom Petty in The Postman
Will Arnett's audition for a Kevin Costner movie came at a most inopportune moment.
When the Is This Thing On? star, 55, appeared on the Thursday, Jan. 29 episode of Hot Ones, he recalled auditioning for Costner's 1997 movie The Postman just after suffering a form of food poisoning.
"Remember Kevin Costner did that movie, I think it was called The Postman? Anybody remember that movie?" Arnett said, after host Sean Evans asked him to reveal his "most painful" audition story.
"The night before I had eaten something bad, and I ended up going to the hospital because I was so dehydrated from being ill," he remembered. "At that point, that afternoon going to meet him, that was the furthest I’d been away from the bathroom in like 14 hours. And I remember getting up there and meeting him and being a fan of his and just sweating. And just thinking like this could go really bad right now. I was meeting Kevin Costner and I legitimately was worried about crapping my pants.”
Kevin Costner in 1997's The Postman Warner Bros.
Costner starred in and directed the 1997 movie, which takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. In the movie, Costner portrays a man who becomes known as The Postman, who helps bring people across the former United States back together. The movie also starred Will Patton, Olivia Williams, Tom Petty and Giovanni Ribisi, among others.
Arnett, who made his onscreen debut in 1996 in the movies Ed's Next Move and Close Up, did not clarify which role in the movie he auditioned for. Though his first six onscreen roles came on the big screen, he ultimately found success and fame in 2003 when he began playing Gob Bluth on the hit TV series Arrested Development.
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Will Arnett in 1999
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Arnett has long been open about his struggles booking roles early in his career. In 2004, he shared with Variety that he had refused to audition for television pilots just before Arrested Development came around, because he had been burned before.
“When it went to series, my character got cut or I got fired,” he said at the time, noting in particular the CBS series Still Standing, which he was cut from when CBS ordered additional episodes. “I’m not entirely sure. I know that both things happened.”
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