Alison Arngrim just looked back at her “hysterical” audition for Little House on the Prairie.

The 63-year-old American actress and author played the role of Nellie Oleson in the historical drama television series loosely based on the Little House on the Prairie book series by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

At the 50th Anniversary Reunion of Little House on the Prairie, Arngrim reflected on securing the role of the show’s bully after facing rejection from previous auditions for the core Little House cast.

She said, “I did not read the books … but I auditioned for everything as a kid. So, I go and audition for the part of Laura and the part of Mary, and I didn’t get them. I remember saying, ‘It’s because I’m not a country girl.’”

The Even in Dreams star was asked again to give an audition mainly because they wanted to expand the Ingalls family’s world after the series was picked up.

Arngrim recalled, “Then I get a call, ‘You need to go down to Paramount to read for the Little House on the Prairie. And I remember I said, ‘But I did that. And they cast it. They made it on TV, which is great. So, what do you mean?’”

She still consented to read for the part, without knowing what it would involve.

Arngrim remembered, “These were the days when, especially kid actors, they just throw you a page and they tell you nothing. And so I get these scenes, I don’t know, they didn’t say she’s mean or anything,”

“And I’m sitting there with my dad, sitting on stairs [because] there’s no seats left at the audition, and I start reading, and I’m like, ‘Wait, what?’ And I turned to my father, and I said, ‘This is not a normal part,’” she elaborated. 

Spencer Pratt has spoken candidly about his good friends from the industry.

While speaking to US Weekly ahead of the release of his upcoming book, The Guy You Loved to Hate, Pratt talked about some of his most memorable experiences.

He began by sharing that he used to be closed friends with Meryl Streep’s daughter Mamie Gummer as they spent time on the sets of Death Becomes Her together.

“Growing up, my best friend — and I was so young I didn’t even appreciate it — was Meryl Streep‘s daughter Mamie Gummer. I was on set multiple nights with her for Death Becomes Her, which now I look back, I’m like, ‘What a dope movie!’” Pratt began.

He went on to recall hanging out with Joe, the son of Jim Abrahams, during the filming of Hot Shots movies.

He added, “My other close friend was the director [Jim Abrahams] son Joe Abrahams, so I was on the set of all the Hot Shots movies with Charlie Sheen when he was all buff. I walked on the set of Armageddon.”

Pratt also reminisced about Adam Sandler’s early days in his book, which is slated to be released on 27th January 2026.

He moved on to a new topic by saying, “Growing up all the time in the kitchen at my buddy Zach’s house was just Adam Sandler at peak Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison.”

Gaten Matarazzo became widely popular through his portrayal of Dustin Henderson in Stranger Things. But there is a downside to fame, too.

For the actor, that was an odd interaction with a fan.

“This woman in her 40s said straight up, ‘I’ve had a crush on you since you were 13.’ And I was like, ‘That’s upsetting’ … then she doubled down. She was like, ‘I’m aware of the age difference.’ … her daughter was with her, and her daughter goes, ‘Mom, what the ****?’ I swear to God,” she said,” he previously told Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum podcast.

In other news, a documentary on Stranger Things is showing what went on behind the camera during the making of the finale.

But in the doc, David Harbour and Winona Ryder did not feature in a one-on-one interview. But the series director, Martina Radwan, said they were not interviewed due to scheduling conflicts.

“No, they’re not [in it]. We just didn’t get the time. They were busy with other projects, and so we didn’t have the time to sit down,” he told Variety.

The filmmaker also said the two-hour documentary was meant to show the people close to the production.

“There aren’t interviews with people beyond the show itself. It’s the Duffers, it’s the cast, it’s the department heads. There’s so much information about Stranger Things out in the world that I wanted to keep it in the bubble. Anything that you need to know outside of the show, you can get — it’s out there.”

Stranger Things is streaming on Netflix.

Gaten Matarazzo has spoken candidly about the bond he shares with Stranger Things cast.

In a new chat with GQ Magazine, the acting sensation has shared heartfelt thoughts about the time he shared with the cast members of the Netflix series.

Recalling the time when all the cast members came to watch the finale together in New York, he said, “It was tremendously emotional.”

“We needed to share that with each other before we shared it with the world. We could appreciate the work that had been put in on our end as a collective.”

“These are some of my best friends, my family, and people I’ll have for the rest of my life,” he added. 

He also praised the collective effort made by the cast members to make the show binge-worthy.

“And it’s been a crazy group effort, and I don’t think we would have wanted to see it with anybody else. I’m glad we were able to get it done,” he concluded.

It is noteworthy of the sci-fi drama included, Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers, David Harbour as Jim Hopper, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven/Jane Hopper, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers, Joe Keery as Steve Harrington, Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield, Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley, Priah Ferguson as Erica Sinclair, and Jamie Campbell Bower as Vecna/Henry Creel alongside Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson.