Top 10 Untold Stories of Cobie Smulders

7 She “Bombed’ Her Audition For Lost

Before How I Met Your Mother Cobie met fellow Canadian actress Evangeline Lilly a decade prior to becoming part of Marvel Cinematic Universe. Cobie, as Maria Hill, a SHIELD agent, and Evangeline in Ant-Man’s character The Wasp appeared briefly in Avengers: Endgame. The two Canadian women had met years before.

They both ended up flying together to Los Angeles. Both were hopeful actresses and they were on their way to Hollywood. They were both headed to the same audition, which was funny. The role: Kate Austen, in a buzz-worthy ABC pilot for Lost. We now know that Lilly got the role. It could be that Cobie failed to audition for her.