Tituss Burgess Shares Kimmy Schmidt Audition Stories on Corden

Tina Fey wrote the part of Titus for Tituss Burgess, she named the character after Tituss Burgess, and based it entirely on Titus Burgess, but he still needed to audition for the role, and was convinced that he didn’t get it. Last night on the Late Late Show, Titus told Corden that when he found out, he was sitting in his basement apartment, grabbing a nice slice for himself, and didn’t want to answer the phone. He was too afraid of bad news. When his manager told him he got the part, he was so excited he tossed his pizza, which made him sad again. Hey, a good slice is a good slice.

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