Vera Farmiga has revealed that she wanted Sarah Paulson's role in 12 Years a Slave .
Speaking on The Hollywood Reporter 's actress roundtable, Farmiga told Paulson: "Trust me, I wanted [your part]. It was a high-stakes role. Girl, I made a full-blown audition tape with hurdy-gurdies playing in the background."
Farmiga is currently starring in A&E television series Bates Motel and is also due to reunite with Peter Sarsgaard in upcoming comedy Prima .
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Paulson played Mistress Epps in the Academy Award-winning historical drama, the wife of slave master and cotton farm owner Edwin (Michael Fassbender).
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Speaking on The Hollywood Reporter 's actress roundtable, Farmiga told Paulson: "Trust me, I wanted [your part]. It was a high-stakes role. Girl, I made a full-blown audition tape with hurdy-gurdies playing in the background."
Paulson admitted she was not aware that Farmiga had also auditioned for the role, saying: "That's not possible. You would have been so extraordinary. I didn't know."
Sarah Paulson as Mistress Epps, alongside Lupita Nyong'o's Patsy
Farmiga is currently starring in A&E television series Bates Motel and is also due to reunite with Peter Sarsgaard in upcoming comedy Prima .
Meanwhile, Paulson is expected to return for a fourth season of American Horror Story: Freak Show.
Watch a clip from 12 Years a Slave below:
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