screen test
noun
: a short film sequence for assessing the ability or suitability of a person for a movie role
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Preston met Travolta at a screen test for their 1989 comedy, The Experts, while Preston was still married to Gage.
On New Year's Eve 1991, Travolta got down on one knee inside the Palace Hotel restaurant in Gstaad, Switzerland, and proposed with a six-carat yellow-and-white diamond ring.
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Kate Hogan, People.com, 12 July 2025
In 1954, the year of Mansfield’s Paramount screen test, Hollywood was in crisis.
—Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2025
But during the screen test, Gunn saw something else in Hoult.
—Jason Kravarik, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
Fun fact: Hoult actually auditioned for Superman and made it to the final screen tests before landing Lex instead.
—EW.com, 28 June 2025
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Kate Hogan, People.com, 12 July 2025
In 1954, the year of Mansfield’s Paramount screen test, Hollywood was in crisis.
—Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2025
But during the screen test, Gunn saw something else in Hoult.
—Jason Kravarik, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
Fun fact: Hoult actually auditioned for Superman and made it to the final screen tests before landing Lex instead.
—EW.com, 28 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for screen test
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“Screen test.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screen%20test. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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