TV show actors who originally auditioned for different roles than the one they ended up playing.

In ABC’s ‘Desperate housewives’ actress Nicollette Sheridan who plays the role of Edie Britt, the scandalous ‘man-eater’ originally came into read for the part of Bree Van De Kamp. Creator Marc Cherry claimed that she would be a ‘dreadful’ Bree and decided to cast her in the role of Edie instead.

In ‘The Vampire Diaries’ actor Paul Wesley who plays the role of Stefan Salvatore, originally came in to audition for the role of the more bad boy brother Damon Salvatore.

In ‘Brooklyn Nine Nine’ actress Stephanie Beatriz originally read for the part of Amy Santiago, after the reading, she was told to come back and read for Rosa Diaz.

In ‘Buffy the Vampire slayer’ Charisma Carpenter who plays Cordelia Chase originally auditioned for the titular role of Buffy. Ironically Sarah Michelle Gellar also wanted to be Cordelia. Joss Whedon ultimately ended up deciding Gellar would be better for Buffy.

In HBO’s ‘House of the Dragon’ actress Olivia Cooke who plays Lady Alicent Hightower originally auditioned for the role of Rhaenyra Targaryen twice. The casting directors said they had her read for both Alicent and Rhaenyra twice and decided finally she would be better suited to the former.

In ‘Game of thrones’ actor Iwan Rheon who plays the brutal sadistic killer Ramsay Bolton auditioned originally for Jon Snow

In Netflix’s Bridgerton actor Luke Newton auditioned for the role of Simon, Duke of Hastings but after reading the script, he eventually ended up getting the part of Colin Bridgerton instead. Actor Jonathon Bailey who portrays Anthony Bridgerton also auditioned for the Duke.

In ‘Gossip girl’ Actor Ed Westwick auditioned for the role of Nate Archibald, and was encouraged to read for Chuck Bass after not landing the part.

In ‘Supernatural’ Jenson Ackles who plays the role of Dean Winchester originally auditioned for the role of Sam Winchester, he however confessed to the producers he liked the role of Dean more.

In ‘Gilmore girls’ Liza Weil who plays the role of neurotic hardworking Paris Gellar actually auditioned for the main role of Rory Gilmore.

In ABC’s ‘Pretty little liars’ Lucy Hale originally auditioned for the role of Hanna Marin, the show creator Marlene King decided she would make a better Aria Montgomery.

In ‘Succession’ Jeremy strong auditioned for the part of Roman Roy, which ended up going to Kieran Culkin, Creator and lead writer Jesse Armstrong decided Strong would be good as Kendall Roy.

In ‘Sex and the city’ actress Kristin Davis came in to read for the main role of Carrie Bradshaw, she however thought she would be a better fit for the role of Charlotte after reading character descriptions and convinced her agents to let her audition for that role instead. As it turns out Cynthia Nixon who plays the role of Miranda also came into read for Carrie but it was reported she didn’t nail the audition.