i auditioned with kate winslet. had a good audition.fident that i had it. i didn't get it. >> it may have been a titanic loss for matthew, but with 47 films in his own right, he's pretty philosophical about it. >> i mean, look, in hindsight i sit there and say whatever the move would have been would have been the right move. >> hollywood lore is full of roles that got away. could you imagine "legally blonde" without reese witherspoon. >> the script came along my way and it was right after i finned "married with children" and it was, you know, a blonde who was in that first script. >> you know what, reese deserved that and she did a much better job than i ever could and that's her life. >> the role of jack on "this is us" went to milo ventimiglia, it could have gone to oliver hudson. >> even besties fight for parts. >> i auditioned for "easy a." i wanted it so bad. >> well, guess what? you didn't get it. you didn't get it because you suck. >>> we love surprises here. and all i can say is carrie underwood's husband mike fisher has a huge

. >> i auditioned with kate winslet-h a good audition, walked away pretty confident i had it.matthew in 1997 but with 47 films in his own right he's pretty philosophical about it. >> in hindsight i say whatever the move would have been would have been the right one. but still doing what i'm doing. >> matthew made that reveal on the hollywood reporter's awards chatter podcast. but this town's full of roles that got away. for instance, could you imagine "legally blonde" without reese witherspoon? >> the script came along my way and it was just after i finished "married." and it was a blond. i got scared. i got scared of kind of repeating myself. what a stupid move that was, right? >> you know what, reese deserved that. she did a much better job than i ever could. >> beyonce could have been the feather duster in disney's live action "beauty and the beast." but turned it down because it wasn't a big enough role. worked out. she's nala in the upcoming "the lion king." and john krasinski was almost captain america until chris evans showed up. >> how do you feel? >> and while we love

he even auditioned and he got down to the last thing, he auditioned with kate winslet herself.rdo dicaprio becoming the king of the world. matthew says there were no hard feelings, but he does regret another one, turning down the lead role in "l.a. confidential," a role that would go on to make another major star out of a young, do you remember, russell crowe. >> he would have been great in "titanic." but you can't even imagine. >> i agree. it's one of those roles that is so iconic. >> i think everything worked out okay for him. >> he is doing just fine. it's actually a great podcast. you can listen to it. it an hour long. "hollywood reporter" very revealing and very funny. >> can you imagine, all right, all right, all right, i'm the king of the world. would have been a little different. >>> then finally, i wanted to share this with you all. check out this group of gorillas at a zoo in the netherlands. it's amazing. they discovered a gopro in their enclosure. curious to the point of knocking the cover off with their knuckles. it even looks -- they're so funny. at one point, it