How did you get involved with this project? What was the audition process like?
FIONA GUBELMANN: I got involved through my agents. They actually sent me the audition appointment. So, it was just a regular audition, and the night before my audition, when I first read the script, I just absolutely fell in love with it. I thought it was just hilarious. I didn’t quite get the whole guy in the dog suit thing, so I went online and watched some of the Australian version of the show, and then I was like, “Oh my God, this is amazing!” So, I went back and re-read the script, and then the next day went in and had my first audition, and over the period of about three and a half weeks, I kept going back and auditioning. I eventually did a chemistry test between me, Elijah [Wood] and Jason [Gann], and then tested for the part. I was extremely lucky, and I booked the show.
How did you get started in acting?
GUBELMANN: I actually got started in acting when I was in pre-school. I was really into dance and performing, so my mom had me in dance classes, and then I got involved in a local theater company. My first play was The Cabbage Patch Kids, and it was a play/ballet. I didn’t do much there, but I grew up doing community theater and doing drama camp in the summers and being active in the drama department at my school. And then, I went to UCLA as pre-med. When I was there my freshman year, I auditioned for a play and got it, and I was so passionate. I just loved acting so much that I decided to switch majors and pursue acting. I was young, not married, didn’t have kids and I was like, “Why not just try for something now and see what happens while nothing’s tying me down?” And, I’ve been fortunate, since I graduated, to work in the industry and keep on working.
Source: Full interview @ Collider
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