Teen drama followers might know Lucy Hale as the fashionable, crime-solving Aria Montgomery on “Fairly Little Liars,” however she nearly performed one other iconic YA position: Hannah Montana.

Taking part in Buzzfeed’s “The Pet Interview,” Hale was requested about which roles she’s auditioned for that might shock viewers, and he or she rattled off quite a few motion pictures, together with “Pitch Excellent,” the 2009 model of “Hairspray,” and “50 Shades of Gray.”

Among the many titles Hale listed was “Hannah Montana,” the beloved Disney Channel sequence following a teenage pop star who juggles twin identities. Although the title position in “Hannah Montana” would finally go to then 13-year-old Miley Cyrus, Hale revealed she additionally auditioned for the half.

“It was a pair years earlier than that they had solid Miley in it,” she defined. “I bear in mind the audition. It was a taped audition in Tennessee. It was the audition that made me wish to be an actress. I do not forget that vividly, it was very cool.”

Although she didn’t nab the half, Hale made her tv debut at 15 on the Nickelodeon teen comedy “Drake and Josh,” the place she performed one in every of Drake’s dates. “I used to be very nervous,” Hale recalled. “Within the scene, he’s like, ‘What’s your title?’ And I’m going, ‘Hazel!’ And he goes, ‘Just like the nut?’ And I’m going, ‘uh-huh!’ And that’s it. Groundbreaking. My profession skyrocketed since then, so, it’s all due to that,” she joked.

“For each ‘sure’ to an audition, there’s like a lineup of 200 that you just heard a ‘no’ for,” Hale added. “So I ought to in all probability return in journals and take a look at all of the issues I’ve auditioned for.”