Lucy Hale could also be finest generally known as the de-facto chief in Fairly Little Liars, however in an alternate actuality she may need been enmeshed in a double life because the protagonist in Disney‘s Hannah Montana. The actress stated the auditioning course of for the position, which finally went to Miley Cyrus, solidified her want to be within the leisure trade.
In a current installment of BuzzFeed’s The Pet Interview, Hale revealed a sequence of roles she auditioned for which may be shocking for viewers, together with Pitch Good, Hairspray, Hannah Montana, 50 Shades of Gray and The Substance.
“Oh my gosh, so many,” she stated. “I really feel like, as a result of I’ve lived in L.A. nearly 20 years, everybody who will get the position is at all times, it’s meant to be their factor, however for each ‘sure’ to an audition, there’s like a lineup of 200 that you simply heard a ‘no’ for, so I ought to in all probability return like in journals and have a look at all of the issues I’ve auditioned for.”
When requested which position she tried for within the widespread youngsters’s sitcom, which ran from 2006 to 2011 and solidified Cyrus as a teen star, Hale confirmed it was for the lead, including that she was 14 and nonetheless dwelling in her house state of Tennessee on the time.
“It was a pair years earlier than that they had forged Miley in it,” she defined. “I bear in mind the audition. It was a taped audition in Tennessee. It was the audition that made me wish to be an actress. I keep in mind that vividly, it was very cool.”
Afterward within the interview, the F*** Marry Kill star touched on her first performing job in one other youngsters’s sitcom staple: as considered one of Drake’s dates in Nickelodeon’s Drake and Josh on the age of 15.
“I used to be very nervous. Within the scene, Drake [Bell]’s character, he’s like, ‘What’s your identify?’ And I am going, ‘Hazel!’ And he goes, ‘Just like the nut?’ And I am going, ‘uh-huh!’ And that’s it. Groundbreaking. My profession skyrocketed since then, so, it’s all due to that,” she joked.
