Hello and welcome into another episode of Not Too Deep. I'm your host Grace Helberg. Get ready for a very sweet and

anxiety-helpful episode with Cassie Scarbo.

You likely know her from the cultural cornerstone that is Sharknado, or if you're me or my younger brother,

you know her from Make It or Break It on ABC Family, the dramatic gymnastics television show that we were obsessed with. You'll hear all about it.

Also bring it on. All these cool things that she has been so classically involved in. We talk all about it.

Plus, she's got an incredible organization called Boo to Boolean that is doing really great, great, great work to counteract

Boolean in real life and online. This was a really sweet conversation. So please enjoy this episode of Not Too Deep with Cassie Scarbo.

Cassie, thank you so much for being here. I'm so excited to chat with you. Thank you for having me. I'm so excited to chat virtually as well.

Of course. Now, are you in Florida? Are you in Los Angeles right now?

I am in Los Angeles. I wouldn't mind being in Florida with my family in a little less of a lockdown, but I am in Los Angeles.

That's where you're originally from and that's where all of your family is currently.

Yes, so I was born in New York. My family is a very East Coast, very New York Italian cultured family.

But in Florida, that's where everyone is now.

Gotcha. Take me back to the beginning. How did you get from Florida out to entertainment in California?

Yes. Well, let's see. Actually, this is kind of a fun question because the first time I ever came here for anything entertainment wise, the very first time you came to California was a family vacation at the end of the month.

Okay. The very first time they came out here for the business, I had a screen test for for Hannah Montana for the role of Hannah Montana.

Wow.

I had that was kind of at the time the passes directors had brought me out here. They set me up with Blake Live's father who was an activist and also an acting coach.

I worked with him a bit and you know how the industry is. It's kind of kind of crazy. You know, things get put on hold and the new writers, new producers and everything happens for a reason and my life is great.

But my original reason for coming out here and it wasn't even between her and I at the time. I actually never got to do the screen test. I got the contract and then they kind of change things up right before I tested.

So, you mean another girl who I remember was like a soap actor at the time.

Wow. And that was the first time I came out here and I just fell so in love with everything. L.A. and I couldn't stop there.

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