This was not a day or weekly player role, Nan. It wasn't a lead, but it was definitely a principal part. I mean, the part was of enough interest to people that it made it into a story on this website.

I was in contention for a cool role in a cool movie that's been getting a lot of coverage on this site. I even met with the director, only to wait several months as the number of other people in contention for this part whittled down to just two. About a month ago, after constant reports that no decision had been made, I was feeling pretty positive that I might finally get the job, only to hear that they went with one of the other guys. How did I hear this news? By reading an item about it on the front page of /Film.

It's entirely possible that James Wan found out that he didn't get the job by reading it in Variety. I'm obviously not saying that all's the same as me and my story, just that it's possible.