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The Crazy Story Behind Sophie Thatcher Getting Cast In ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ AND ‘Yellowjackets’ Days Apart · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Sophie Thatcher is enjoying
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  Speaker 1: a pretty rare moment in Hollywood, starring in two of
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  Speaker 1: the most talked about shows of right now, The Book
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  Speaker 1: of Boba Fett and Yellow Jackets. Particularly because she wasn't
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  Speaker 1: exactly a household name beforehand, her career pretty much went
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  Speaker 1: from zero to sixty in an instant, so the experience
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  Speaker 1: has been surreal. It all started when Sophie had to
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  Speaker 1: shoot and submit her own audition tapes for both because
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  Speaker 1: of the pandemic. She tells the Hollywood Reporter, I was
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  Speaker 1: towing millions of self tapes and most of the time
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  Speaker 1: I didn't hear anything in my head. It was like
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  Speaker 1: Star Wars, There's no way. And then I got a
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  Speaker 1: random call one night. I just ordered Popeyes. I was
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  Speaker 1: eating a chicken sandwich and my agents say, remember that
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  Speaker 1: Star Wars audition. Two days later, I was confirmed for
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  Speaker 1: Yellow Jackets. It was a little overwhelming, and after staying
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  Speaker 1: at home, not doing anything, being lazy and a little
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  Speaker 1: bit depressed, even more so when it rains it pours.
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  Speaker 1: The Book of Boba Fett is on Disney Pluts and
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  Speaker 1: Yellow Jackets is on Showtime that's direct from Hollywood,