I gave it a shot and it snowballed from there.
I felt like I had experiences to pull from, to bring her to life.
It was definitely an eye opener.

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It was just us being goofy, she says.
Zendaya was, in some ways, like a mentor.
It was so wonderful to share all those landmarks with a new emotion with her.

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For Schafer, a recent holiday really exemplified the shows far-reaching appeal.
I put a lot of myself into Jules, she says.

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