--- description: Spoiler alert: it would be even better title: Here's What 'Orange Is the New Black' Would Look Like if Crazy Eyes Played Every Part image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's What _Orange Is the New Black_ Would Look Like if Crazy Eyes Played Every Part by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 11, 2014 9:41 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 11, 2014 9:41 PM CUT Uzo Aduba is known for brilliantly portraying Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren on _Orange Is the New Black_, but how would the show have panned out if she’d been cast in a different role? Or if she’d been cast in _every_ role? Well, Funny Or Die has [provided](http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/5ac625a1a2/leaked-uzo-aduba-s-oitnb-audition-season-1 "undefined") this “leaked” audition reel so we can find out. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2861306/crazy-eyes-orange-is-the-new-black/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2861306/crazy-eyes-orange-is-the-new-black/"},"headline":"Here's What Orange Is the New Black Would Look Like if Crazy Eyes Played Every Part","datePublished":"2014-06-11T21:41:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:40.789Z","description":"Spoiler alert: it would be even better","url":"https://time.com/2861306/crazy-eyes-orange-is-the-new-black/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Netflix","Orange Is the New Black"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2861306/crazy-eyes-orange-is-the-new-black/","name":"Here's What Orange Is the New Black Would Look Like if Crazy Eyes Played Every Part"}}]}] ```