i don't think he auditioned for it. he just read the script but i don't think he actually tried out for the part. that was during the time he was going through so much legal shit so i doubt he would have had any shot at the role cause of that.
if you remember, all the old sites used to have a main section and a pac section, and in the pac sections there was ALWAYS a section called "rare facts" or something. and it used to be listed in there. i wonder if he actually did an audtition.