{
  "id": 14961348,
  "title": "‘Clayface’ Director James Watkins on Why He “Auditioned the Hell” Out of Star Tom Rhys Harries",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/clayface-director-james-watkins-on-why-he-auditioned-the-hell-out-of",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-16T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hollywood Reporter",
    "slug": "the-hollywood-reporter",
    "url": "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/clayface-movie-actor-tom-rhys-harries-director-james-watkins-1236733512/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Welsh actor spent three months auditioning for the part and turned in two lengthy screen tests to play the title character. But he had no issues with it: \"I'm untested in this space, so I was glad he did it.\"",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}