I remember being really, really nervous, but I was really nurtured, I think because I was the youngest. And I was just this 11-year-old girl that hadn’t grown into herself yet being like, ‘Oh my god, who are these angels?’. I remember walking in and meeting Phoebe and Claire, I don't think Cariba was there, but I remember meeting them and thinking, ‘They’re so pretty!’. The first day I went in and met everyone, we did a script reading. ‘I was just treated so well on that set by the cast and the crew, I was never uncomfortable.’ Photo: Channel Ten Do you remember your first day on set? We'd only seen a couple of episodes, like I think we had a little viewing in the studios of one or two episodes, but really, I was sitting down to watch it for the first time sometimes, so it was pretty nerve-racking. Me, mum, dad and my brother Joey would always watch it, but sometimes I'd have friends over. And sometimes my friends would come back to my house after school and we'd watch it. Yes! I think from memory it was on a Friday afternoon at like, four or five. The major stuff happened online with people who I didn't know. So there were little things like that, but honestly nothing major. And I remember that cut me deep because I was like, ‘No, it's because I deserve the role okay!’. Like, I do remember I got a lead in one of the school plays and someone made a comment being like, ‘It's just because she's famous’ or whatever. There were always comments made here and there. So I think people found it kind of interesting that I wouldn't be at school a lot and then I would kind of come to school sometimes when I wasn't filming, but I was really lucky during school with my peers, I guess you could say. I had the best group of girlfriends who are still my best friends to this day, and at school, everyone thought it was cool, but they all knew me already. I guess I was an easy target for bullying, but it didn't happen at school and I was so lucky. What was it like filming while at school? Because Phoebe’s real sister actually has blonde hair like me and we actually look quite similar, so thanks to her I didn't have to dye my hair. And then I heard mum go, ‘And she doesn’t have to dye her hair?’. I was so terrified like, what’s everyone in school going to think? I was in year seven. Three or four days later, we got the call and I just heard mum being like, ‘Oh my god, she got it? Wow, that’s amazing!’ and I remember sitting in the backseat of the car being like, ‘I don’t want it! I don’t want to dye my hair’. I just remember thinking I was so out of place like, I’m not going to get this. When I walked into the audition room, it was just filled with these beautiful-looking girls with dark long thick hair and beautiful tan skin and I was sunburnt just from the walk in with my blonde hair. I walked in there going like, I'll do the audition because mum was telling me to just do it and have fun, and we’ll see what happens. ICarly cast open up about how the show is ‘a love letter to the fans’Īussie star Claire Holt on feeling 'homesick': 'It's really hard' H2O: Just Add Water’s Cariba Heine on why a reboot wouldn't work And as an 11-year-old with light blonde hair, that was terrifying, so I didn't want the role. Phoebe Tonkin was already cast as Cleo, which was a coincidence in itself, and they said that they wanted the character of Kim to dye their hair to match Phoebe's hair. So this audition came along for this show called H2O: Just Add Water, which meant nothing to us at the time, and they wanted me to audition for the role of Kim. My mum was a performing arts teacher so I did drama and I was an extra on a few different productions when I was younger, but nothing big. I was kind of in the industry, but not really. So I was 11 years old, I was super young. Photo: Channel Ten What was your audition process like? Cleo Massey played Phoebe Tonkin’s on-screen sister Kim Sertori on H2O: Just Add Water.
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