How to Use screen test in a Sentence
screen test
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Next were screen tests, a first date with the camera.
—Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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The screen tests themselves were part of the casting process.
—Pam Windsor, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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The rest of the process was over Zoom, and then there was one very high-risk screen test.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 14 June 2024
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The rest of the process was over Zoom, and then there was one very high-risk screen test.
—Stacy Lambe, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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To his surprise, he was brought in for a live showcase, then for a screen test.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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The last stage of the audition was the screen test with Jean.
—Caitlin Brody, Glamour, 26 May 2021
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The magic briefly started to wear off once the screen test began.
—Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2022
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Garfield spoke about being drawn to Stone during their screen test.
—Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 7 July 2023
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The elements of a film can all start to come together at the screen test.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 24 Feb. 2026
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Malick was given some script pages and told to come back Monday for a screen test.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 21 May 2025
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Takahashi spent three hours preparing a scene and recorded it the same day for his screen test.
—NBC News, 5 Mar. 2021
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The couple first met at Mendes’ screen test, where sparks flew instantly.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024
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From there, a screen test was required to cast his time-traveling bride, Claire.
—Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 15 June 2023
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And then the second week was costume fittings, screen test type things, and getting a sense of the space.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
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But that didn’t stop Nolan from wanting to screen test Murphy anyway.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
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But that didn’t stop Nolan from wanting to screen test Murphy anyway.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 10 May 2023
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Duvall, who had never traveled outside of Texas, turned them down at first but then agreed to take a screen test.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2024
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De Armas brought her accent coach to the in-person screen test with Netflix.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 22 Sep. 2022
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With that endorsement, Medavoy agreed to let Madonna have a screen test.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2022
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Joan Crawford was a dancer in a chorus line when she was summoned for a screen test and signed to a studio contract.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
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Josh was able to secure a screen test for me with Adam — at Barneys [department store] and at a karaoke bar.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Dec. 2019
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Baker remembers doing a screen test with Perkins the day Frank was visiting the set.
—Susan King, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2019
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Andy Warhol is in the audience that Sunday night of March 3, our screen test in reverse.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2022
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As Avis heads in to review the screen test footage, Henry blackmails her into casting Rock.
—Jean Bentley, refinery29.com, 4 May 2020
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But Nolan used the Batman screen test to convince the studio to let Murphy play the Scarecrow.
—Vulture, 10 May 2023
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Universal told Bob Zemeckis that Jerry could be cast, but only if subject to a screen test.
—Howard Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
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About five kids were selected to do a screen test with Jackman, one of whom was Goyo, the then-10-year-old from Toronto.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2021
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The Graham Norton Show and joked about her screen test for the film adaptation of the Broadway classic.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2022
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Florence did a guest shot on the TV show 227 and recently did a screen test for Norman Lear.
—Stephanie Mansfield, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2025
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Letterman was brought in to screen test for the lead role of Ted Striker, ultimately played by Robert Hays.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 26 Sep. 2023
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