These People Were Rejected From Saturday Night Live, And Look At Them Now

Donald Glover (AKA Childish Gambino)

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Donald Glover was already working as a writer for 30 Rock when he auditioned for SNL in 2008. He heard that the program was looking for someone to play the newly-elected Barak Obama. Kenan Thompson was the only black cast member at the time, but Fred Armisen ended up playing Obama until Jay Pharoah joined the cast.

Although Glover never made it onto SNL, he had an awesome role in Community, branched out into music with his alter-ego Childish Gambino, and now has his own hit show, Atlanta.