Before starring in the 2001 film directed by Lynch, Watts had starred in 1995’s Tank Girl and 1996’s Children of the Corn IV: ...

Naomi Watts said on Tuesday that she almost quit acting before David Lynch cast her in Mulholland Drive.

Watts said "the chips were down" and she was "desperate" for work after "10 years into flunking auditions" in Hollywood before Lynch agreed to work with her.

My heart is broken. My Buddy Dave…” began Mulholland Drive star Naomi Watts on Instagram about the death of that pic’s filmmaker David Lynch today. “The world will not be the same without him. His ...

Caulfield/WireImage Naomi Watts is mourning the loss of her Mulholland Drive director David Lynch ... to break into for ten plus years, flunking auditions left and right. Finally, I sat in ...

On the same day as the news of his passing, Watts paid tribute to Lynch — whose cause of death was not given, but who had ...

Watts told host Kelly Ripa and guest co-host Anderson Cooper that when she met Lynch, “the chips were down,” and it had been “ten years of flunking auditions.” “Nothing was happening ...

Naomi Watts said on Tuesday that she almost quit acting before David Lynch cast her in Mulholland Drive ... director had “a very different way of casting,” continuing: “He sat me down ...

Mulholland Drive ... Watts wrote on Instagram. “His creative mentorship was truly powerful. He put me on the map. The world I’d been trying to break into for 10-plus years, flunking auditions ...

Naomi Watts almost made it ... Shortly thereafter, Watts said their meetings led to her being cast in the 2001 classic Mulholland Drive, the production of which led to Lynch becoming "a real ...

My Buddy Dave…” began Mulholland Drive star Naomi Watts on Instagram about the death ... to break into for ten plus years, flunking auditions left and right,” said the British-born actress ...