'Sons of Anarchy': Ashley Tisdale explains how she was cast as a high-priced escort
by Mandi Bierly
Tags: Ashley Tisdale, Sons of Anarchy, Television, TV Scoop, News
On Tuesday, Ashley Tisdales arc as innocent-looking call girl Emma Jean on Sons of Anarchy continues. Emma Jean was last seen taking a beating from Gemma (Katey Sagal) after being discovered in a back room with Clay (Ron Perlman) at Neros. She may or may not have phoned the cops, who raided the brothel and arrested everyone including Gemma. On her lunch break today from the set of Scary Movie 5 in Atlanta, Tisdale, 27, best known for Disneys High School Musical movies, participated a conference call with reporters. Im so grateful for what Disney gave me and the experiences that I got, she said, but at the end of the day, its like, I can do so much more than what I did on that channel and what I did in those movies. And it takes just one person to kind of give you that chance. And for me it was Kurt Sutter
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The highlights:
On how she got cast: I didnt audition for the role. I actually was just a really big fan of the show. Its kind of a funny story. My dad, who built my house, also actually builds for Kurt Sutter and Katey Sagal, and he has for years. And Ive been in love with the show and Ive always been like, Dad, you gotta tell Kurt
. I want to be on the show. My dads so quiet and shy. Hes like, No, no, no. I cant do that. And so it just so happened that Kurt was writing Emma Jean and came upstairs to the kitchen and actually asked my dad. Hes like, Ive got a favor to ask you. I would love for Ashley to be on the show. And my dad was like, Ohmygod, shes gonna die. And so he definitely thought of me for the character. But of course, my agents, at first, were like, I dont know. We have to read it. Im like, I gotta do it! I gotta do it! Because like I said, it is one of my favorite shows.
On filming: It was actually my first time ever being on a motorcycle, and Charlie Hunnam was the first person to give me a ride. And I thought that was amazing, because I am a big fan of his
. Like, I dont get starstruck because Ive met Angelina Jolie, Ive met tons of people. For some reason, because I watch the show religiously, I just was so starstruck every single time. Id be sitting in hair and makeup and somebody else would come into the room. The worst was when I had to do the table read for [my] second episode because everybody in the show was there, and I was like shaking. I was so nervous. But it was the coolest thing ever.
On her reaction to Opies death: I had only [been] emailed my part, and then I was reading the script [in my trailer], and just being a big fan of [the show], I was completely shocked. Like I was sad. And I was like, this is crazy. I could not believe it. The worst part was I couldnt even talk to anybody about it because you cant say anything.
On Emma Jeans fate:*SPOILER ALERT! She doesnt just trust everybody, however, [Jax] comes through in a way for her, she says. She does bond with [Jax], and Id love to see more bonding in the future, she adds with a laugh. She doesnt die. So I think that maybe there could be a chance that I do come back, I guess. I think that thats definitely a possibility.
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