'The Bear' star Ayo Edebiri says she's 'still slightly salty' about having to audition for a 'Bottoms' role that was written for her

• Ayo Edebiri, who stars in "The Bear," said she had to audition for a role that was written for her.
• She told The Hollywood Reporter that she was "still slightly salty" about being asked to audition.

Ayo Edebiri, a critically-acclaimed star of FX's "The Bear," said in a new interview that she had to audition for a role in the upcoming feature comedy "Bottoms" — even though the role was written for her.

"I'm still slightly salty about it. I don't know who made me audition, but I passed," Edebiri told The Hollywood Reporter's Seija Rankin.

Edebiri stars alongside Rachel Sennott, an actor from "Bodies Bodies Bodies," in the upcoming comedy that follows two queer high schoolers attempting to gain popularity and meet attractive girls through an impromptu fight club.

Emma Seligman, the director of "Bottoms," told The Hollywood Reported in the same interview that Edebiri's audition was more of a chemistry read between Edebiri and Sennott for the studio.

"Her résumé was good, and it was already obvious that her career had so much promise, but it was cool to feel validated that we all saw something," Seligman said of Edebiri's casting.

The filmmaker also praised the acting style Edebiri honed in her past stand-up routines. Seligman said Edebiri had "such a good handle on slapstick physical humor that you never really see in the alt-comedy scene."

In addition to her work on "Bottoms," Edebiri appears in "Theater Camp," a mockumentary-style comedy about a summer-arts program that sees her play a woefully-inept theater instructor. She also voices a character in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem."

Season two of "The Bear" is now streaming on Hulu, and you can watch the trailer for "Bottoms" below.