TV Star Reveals Alec Baldwin Got Her Fired From ‘30 Rock’
April 3, 2026
The Daily Beast
NBCElizabeth Banks’s 30 Rock character, Avery Jessup, was almost played by actress Olivia Munn. And on Friday, she revealed that it was the show’s star, Alec Baldwin, who made the calls to have her replaced in the role.Munn, 45, who is promoting her Apple TV+ show Your Friends Neighbors, told the rest of the story behind her hiring and then removal from NBC’s 30 Rock in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter out Friday.
“I got the joband then two days later, they were like, ‘Alec thinks that you look too young to play his love interest.’” Munn said the decision seemed to be up in the air for a while. Read more at The Daily Beast.
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