Director Kenny Ortega knew he had found the lead for Netflix’s “Julie and the Phantoms” when he saw Madison Reyes’ audition tape after casting directors had put out requests to performing arts scho…
’ audition tape after casting directors had put out requests to performing arts schools across North America. Reyes, now 16 but aged 14 at the time of her audition, blew away Ortega with her rendition of a song from the musical “Waitress.”
Reyes stars as the titular high school student who forms a band with the ghosts of a former ‘90s pop rock band . The show, streaming now, is based on the Brazilian series “Julie e os Fantasmas.” “It’s incredible. I can picture my little self looking up at the TV and kind of seeing Zendaya for the first time and being like, ‘Wow she looks just like me,’ and ‘Look at her. She’s doing these incredible things,’” she says, adding that she also looked up to Vanessa Hudgens starring in “High School Musical” . “Being able be the role model for [people] is crazy — knowing that there’s going to be little girls, and little boys as well, as looking up at me and just being like, ‘Wow, she did it.
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