One of the most iconic scenes in the first Pitch Perfect film is Anna Kendrick‘s “Cups” audition. If you’re one of the three people on Earth who’s never seen this movie and doesn’t know what I’m talking about, here’s a quick boiler plate: Kendrick’s character, Beca, decides to audition for her college’s all-female acapella group (the Barden Bellas) by randomly hitting cups on the floor and singing “When I’m Gone” with no background music. It’s quirky and weird and ultimately lands her a spot on the Bellas. But here’s the interesting part: Kendrick didn’t come up with this herself. Way before Pitch Perfect happened, she actually found people on the Internet who had performed the song acapella with cups and learned it secondhand—just for fun. She had no idea it would come in handy for the film.

“Handy” is definitely an understatement, too. When it came time to film Pitch Perfect, the producers needed to make sure Kendrick and the other Bellas could actually sing. “They were like, ‘Can you sing something for us?’ and I was like, ‘I get to do [‘Cups’].’ I had no use for it before.”

Producers were so impressed with Kendrick’s “Cups” performance that they decided to put it in the film in place of what they’d originally planned for Beca’s audition—which was “I’m a Little Teacup.”

“I don’t know how I was supposed to play [‘I’m a Little Teacup’], so thank God they changed that,” Kendrick said. “I would’ve been like, ‘I don’t know how to make this scene work, guys.'”

Watch Kendrick explain this, below.

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Seriously, can you imagine Beca singing “I’m a Little Teacup” in front of terrifying Aubrey Posen? Talk about aca-awkward.

Pitch Perfect 3 hits theaters on December 22.

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