The Weird and Funny Way Sandra Bullock Told Harry Connick Jr. He Got the Part in ‘Hope Floats’

Harry Connick Jr. kicked things off on his new daytime tv show, Harry, with a story about how he found out he had landed his starring role in Hope Floats. That 1998 movie also starred Sandra Bullock. But unlike Bullock, Connick Jr. had to audition for the part and after a while found himself to be one of two finalists for the part. After a screen test with Bullock in Texas, Connick Jr. was flying back to LA with her when things got weird.