As the former Nickelodeon star explained, her music career made her journey to be cast as Glinda an “uphill battle,” because people knew her as a pop star and didn’t immediately think of her as an actress.
She added, “I had to do a lot of deconstructing to convince a lot of people that I could disappear into her.”
And with Oz now behind her, she can hardly believe that she achieved so much.
“I know I did the work so that they could,” she said, “but I still feel as curious and inspired as…the first day I got here.”
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