Lucy Hale reveals she auditioned for the role that made Miley Cyrus a star
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Lucy Hale has delighted audiences in many of her projects, but the actress has revealed for each 'yes' she received from a casting director, there have been many more who told her 'no.'
The actress, 35, who is dating Australian reality star Harry Jowsey, spoke about one audition that didn't turn out the way she had hoped while promoting her film F*** Marry Kill on Buzzfeed's The Puppy Interview.
When asked about various roles the Make You Believe singer has auditioned for, she listed them off while trying to wrangle some adorable pups.
'Oh my gosh, I've auditioned for Pitch Perfect, Hairspray, Hannah Montana, 50 Shades of Grey, The Substance,' she said.
'I feel like, because I've lived in L.A. almost 20 years, everyone who gets the role is always, it's meant to be their thing, but for every 'yes' to an audition, there's like a lineup of 200 that you heard a 'no' for,' she explained.
'I should probably go back like in journals and look at all the things I've auditioned for.'
Lucy Hale, 35, has revealed she once auditioned for a role that eventually went to Miley Cyrus, 32. 'When I still lived in Tennessee and I was 14 at the time... it was a couple years before they had cast Miley in it,' she recalled
One project she hoped she might get was that of Hannah Montana, which eventually went to Miley Cyrus.
'When I still lived in Tennessee and I was 14 at the time, so this would have been, math, math, 21 years ago, and it was a couple years before they had cast Miley in it,' she recalled.
Even though she didn't get the part, the audition process made an impression on the young future star.
'I remember the audition. It was a taped audition in Tennessee. It was the audition that like made me want to be an actress,' she declared.
'I remember that vividly, it was very cool.'
It was on a the Nickelodeon kids' show Josh and Drake where Hale got her first big break.
'I had one word on Drake and Josh on Nickelodeon, and I was 15,' she said of the experience, which still seemed to remember as if it were yesterday.
'And I was wearing an orange shirt and like a blue terrycloth skirt. I was very nervous. In the scene, Drake [Bell]'s character, he was like, "What’s your name?" And I go, "Hazel!" And he goes, "Like the nut?" And I go, "uh-huh!"'
The role of Hannah Montana ended up going to Cyrus, but Hale said it was that audition that 'made me want to be an actress'
The actress shared some of her career ups and downs in a Buzzfeed's The Puppy Interview
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It was on a the Nickelodeon kids' show Josh and Drake where Hale got her first big break. In the scene, Drake [Bell]'s character, he was like, "What’s your name?" And I go, "Hazel!" And he goes, "Like the nut?" And I go, "uh-huh!"' she recalled
Hale made a name for herself as Aria Montgomery for seven seasons on the popular teen show Pretty Little Liars, seen here with Shay Mitchell, Troian Bellisario and Ashley Benson
'And that’s it. Groundbreaking,' she joked. 'My career skyrocketed since then, so, it’s all because of that.'
Hale is best known for her role as Aria Montgomery for seven seasons on the popular teen show Pretty Little Liars.
'We do have a big group chat with the whole cast of PLL. It's everyone, I mean, I think there’s like 20 people in it,' she said.
'We’re all kind of scattered around and doing different things, and like everyone has kids, and so we don’t see each other maybe as often as we’d like to, but we’ve been toying around with the idea the last couple years of having a big reunion.'
The Puppy Love star said she 'ran into' Sasha Pieterse and Ashley Benson recently. '(I) didn't know they were going to be there. It's just so nice to see familiar faces.'
Although the Teen Choice Award winner said she doesn't have much of a bucket list, there is one thing she would like to do professionally. 'I would love to do a musical. Maybe my character is a singer or just something that involves music'; Pictured in New York City on March 11
Hale is currently starring in F*** Marry Kill as a true crime fan trying to discover which of the men she is dating is a serial killer
Although the Teen Choice Award winner said she doesn't have much of a bucket list, there is one thing she would like to do professionally.
'I would love to do a musical. Maybe my character is a singer or just something that involves music.'
In F*** Marry Kill, Hale stars as a true crime fan who must discover which of the men she recently met on a dating app is a serial killer.
The romantic-crime-comedy is showing in select theaters and available for rent on various digital platforms.
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