""When I was a much younger actor, greener actor - let's go with green - there were moments where I thought that something approaching this level of attention or scrutiny was gonna happen," he told Katz. "I tested for Fifty Shades of Grey, for instance. And I was like, 'Oh, am I ready to sign my life away, in a sense?'" He didn't reveal which role he had screen tested for."
"'I wanted the opportunities that would come with a job like that and then being able to choose my projects,' he said, but added that he truly 'valued normalcy and real life and real relationships' in his life, which fame may have impacted. 'I don't think I would have been ready for that. I'm thankful that it didn't happen to me... At that age, I'd probably be dead,' he continued."
Francois Arnaud rose from a jobbing actor to an overnight viral sensation after starring as gay ice hockey pro Scott Hunter in Heated Rivalry. His career began in 2007 with an appearance on C.A. and includes roles in Yellowjackets, Schitt's Creek, The Borgias, and the film I Killed My Mother. He auditioned for major franchises such as Pirates of the Caribbean and Fifty Shades of Grey. He experienced moments when he anticipated intense attention and scrutiny but feared sudden fame. He valued normalcy, real life, and relationships, feeling earlier mass fame might have been harmful.
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