“How can anyone say that about a little kid?
This is insane.”
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Kat Denningsis reflecting on the challenges of Hollywood casting.
Kat Dennings as a teenager in 2001; Kat Dennings in 2022.Credit:SGranitz/WireImage; Gilbert Flores/Variety/Penske Media via Getty
The2 Broke Girlsstar recently recalled the troubling atmosphere surrounding her auditions as a child.
“There was not a lot of inclusivity at all.
It was very harsh.
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There was a lot of extremely negative feedback, and people would not hold back.”
Looking back, Dennings can’t believe she received such horrible feedback.
“It was pretty crazy, thinking about it,” she said.
“I’m like, ‘How can anyone say that about a little kid?
This is insane.'”
“It was really gross.”
Dennings’ latest project,Shifting Gears, is an ABC sitcom starringTim Allen.
“He’s Santa Claus and Buzz Lightyear,” she told PEOPLE.
The show opportunity surfaced at a critical moment in her career.
“I was like, ‘God, I don’t know what I want to do.
I am just feeling so crazy,'” Dennings told PEOPLE.
“Then the next day I got this call to do this show.
So it felt like I wished for something and I got it.
It just felt like a meant-to-be thing.”
Shifting Gearsairs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
