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1.   Robert Pattinson Summit Entertainment Pattinson’s  audition for the role of Edward in  Twilight  went so terribly , he apparently called his parents afterward and said he was done torturing himself. However, he got called back in and eventually nabbed the role! 2.   Ashleigh Murray Katie Yu / The CW / Courtesy Everett Collection Murray  was about to  take a six-month break from acting to make money and get out of debt when she won the part of Josie on  Riverdale. 3.   Monique Coleman Fred Hayes / Disney Channel / Courtesy Everett Collection Coleman  told BuzzFeed  that she was on the brink of giving up on acting because she didn’t think it would happen for her. She debated with her agents and manager about the audition for  High School Musical,  but ended up going and securing the part of Taylor! 4.   Chrissy Metz Ron Batzdorff / NBC / Courtesy Everett Collection “Literally, I was going to quit acting and move back home,” Metz  told  the  Today  show about h...

Existentialism and cinema have always gone hand in hand. How do we create soul-searching cinematic films and aspire to true art while our lives can be viewed the same way? As humans, we simply have to find a purpose for meaning and to live our lives regardless of the absurdity, free will, and explanation behind the daily encounters in life or in our heads. Sure, philosophies from Marcel to Schopenhauer to Heidegger to Kierkegaard can be explored, but the main question is from Sarte – of what it means to be a human being existing in the world. What are the reasons behind it? In terms of existentialism, he stated, “Man must create his own essence: it is in throwing himself into the world, suffering there, struggling there, that he gradually defines himself. And the definition always remains open ended.” In tears of film, Stanley Kubrick expressed it best in terms of technical or soul searching when he said, “However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light,” possibly linking to Sa...