Machine Gun Kellywas destined to playTommy Lee.
“I didn’t get approached; I auditioned for this sh six times,” he tells EW.
And then four auditions after that, they gave me the thumbs-up."
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It’s cool getting the confirmation from the living legends themselves that we had it right."
It wasn’t all fun and games on the set, though.
“I kinda didn’t want that in there,“Lee recently told EW.
“I’m not proud of it.
But it’s real and it happens to people.
We didn’t hide it when it was in the book.
Maybe a new tattoo is in order.
The Dirtpremieres March 22 on Netflix.
