The 25-year-old actress revealed that she was given a two-page monologue and it was very uncomfortable, reported Ace Showbiz.
"I think any girl in my demographic would have loved to be a part of it. Mainly, I was just interested in doing something risky and doing something a little different than my character on 'PLL', so it took me out of my comfort zone," Hale said.
But the audition was "awkward" and was "unlike any audition I have ever done before in my life," the brunette beauty said. "Let's just say I don't want my grandmother watching this audition tape," she joked.
The adaptation of EL James' erotic novel is due February 13, 2015. Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, it stars Dakota Johnson as Anastasia and Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey.