Five Things to Know About Twelve's Billy Magnussen

Talk about an audition: Trying out for the role of a disturbed drug addict in Joel Schumacher's gritty new drama, Twelve, Billy Magnussen got into character. Way into character.

At the audition, Magnussen licked the casting director's face. "I went in as the character," he says. "I take acting pretty seriously!"

Besides Magnussen, 25, who also appears on As The World Turns, Twelve also stars Chace Crawford, 50 Cent, Emma Roberts and Rory Culkin – and, right before its Friday opening, PEOPLE got to know something about the movie's resident bad guy.

Read the article at People.

Find out about other projects Billy is working on now at IMDB.