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Adam Devine's Mistaken Audition Leads to Pitch Perfect Role

8/24/2025

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Story summary

Adam Devine mistakenly believed his Pitch Perfect audition was for a baseball movie due to not reading the script.
He was preoccupied with his popular show Workaholics during the audition period.
Despite being unprepared, he secured the role of Bumper and starred in the spinoff Bumper in Berlin.
Workaholics ran for seven seasons, but a planned movie adaptation was canceled in 2023.

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Story summary

Adam Devine mistakenly believed his Pitch Perfect audition was for a baseball movie due to not reading the script.
He was preoccupied with his popular show Workaholics during the audition period.
Despite being unprepared, he secured the role of Bumper and starred in the spinoff Bumper in Berlin.
Workaholics ran for seven seasons, but a planned movie adaptation was canceled in 2023.