I got SO pissed when they said that no one wants to be ensemble. First of all without ensemble the show would be really weird. Second of all most people start in the chorus and work their way up. Third of all if that’s how you think about the ensemble you won’t do well onstage because if everyone doesn’t work together with everyone the show won’t work so if you think badly of your cast members you won’t be able to work together
Maia Weinstein if the ensemble didn’t exist there would be no show there the root of most of it when ever I’m in a show the first thing they say to us on the first night of the rehearsals is that every character it’s just as important as the main character because if you only had the main character there would be no show
An ensemble is literally a group of people working together as one unit so that means EVERYONE plays a vital role. From “Rock #3” to the lead in the show, everyone should be respected and viewed as equal.
Also if you're in a show like this where the ensemble can make or break the atmosphere... you best hope the chorus loves you and do your damndest so they do. Seriously, make their jobs easier, just be someone lovable. On top of that, casters love to see that their actors/singers work well with and are nice to others. By actively being catty you are making your life harder. P.S. always be kind to your orchestra/band and remember to thank them as well.
I commented last year but I just watched the zoom call from all the contestants and I just want to say that everyone needs to lay off Cassie. The producers decided she was the villain, even though all the girls got along. She was a sweet and inexperienced girl and they edited her to make her look bad and selfish. She said people would throw things at her when they saw her in public. She had no idea they would edit it that way. She was very young and inexperienced and didn’t know anything about broadway but she was very eager and talented and they tried to destroy her. Seth and all the other contestants have pointed out so many times how she actually NAILED the harmony but the show only showed her singing this unfamiliar weird harmony to make it sound like she can’t sing correctly. This is false. She has been on Broadway already twice. She can sing she can dance and she is still good friends with some of the other contestants (mostly Natalie) and everyone had only nice things to say about her and everyone else. The MTV producers spun things to make it look dramatic. The only people these girls didn’t like were the producers, who made them spend 8!!!!!! hours cycling that day and only gave them some food because Celina finally forced them to. The comments here make me feel sad for these girls who are continuing to get online abuse for edited drama that didn’t even happen and aired 12 years ago. All of them agreed that the cyber bullying was awful and it affected many of them in a very bad way. Please be kind. That’s the whole message of legally blonde :) Elle would lift up these talented women not tear them apart.
Coco Chanel the did a reunion like two weeks ago and all of the girls defended Cassie because the producers edited the video to make her look like the villain
omg and i could totally see emma as regina, rihannon as karen, lena as janis, and then maybe lauren as cady. also bc autumn is a bit older she could be all the adult women lmaoooo. they could cast the whole show just from this group of girls lol
I refuse to believe these girls were 'huge fans' of Legally Blonde before they came onto the show and DIDN'T KNOW the lyrics to all Elle's songs. Also why are they so set on singing Elle and don't want to sing backup? That is the life of an understudy
whymustielaine it’s a tv show obviously they’re going to say that . In reality, everyday performers audition for roles that they aren’t necessarily passionate about but in order to get cast must act passionate about it
Keep in mind their only access to the show at this time was a soundtrack on an mp3 player and maybe the MTV video if they were given it. I agree they should know the show better though
things I’ve learned so far: •bailey and cassie have a rivalry for like no reason. they just tend to butt heads •rhiannon is really sweet and seems like a good person •drew barrymore was (is?) a cover girl
Cassie: * does horrible * Also Cassie: the other girls did bad and I did amazing edit: yes i know she is doing the harmony. and yes theres probably a lot cut out of the edit. but i still dont think she sounds great, even with the harmony. not her best work, she could do better.
This was a while ago but if you watch Seth Rudestky (the vocal guy) he said that he taught the girls a crazy harmony and they only showed Cassie.S singing it! So she isn’t an awful singer she was doing a harmony that they didn’t show them teaching or singing
Lena (formerly Celina)'s reaction in ep 1 to her was more than appropriate. At that point she had been on broadway in 4 shows and was more qualified to mentor the other girls. In the reunion the other contestants (particularly the younger ones) said that they learned a lot from Lena, Autumn and Emma. The oldest 3 and most experienced, which says a lot about how good of a mentor Haylie Duff was.
@@dcfan7838 Right! I also think that someone called Haylie a "Broadway veteran??" I was confused by that Lol. Paul and Lena are definitely Broadway veterans. I admire how confident Lena was in one of the episodes when she said "Ready girls?" when they were going to one of the rehearsal spaces. I wouldn't have thought she was one of the contestants Lol. Bailey even lived with Lena during her show run. I would have expected Haylie to be in the house more actually mentoring them without deleted scenes Lol.
@Bethany Taullie i do feel sorry for her, i know there were key changes, but 1. she messed up her lines, 2. she generally sounded flat and ugly and 3. she was mean haha (i would understand if they edited the interview out of context, but it doesnt seem to have any other possible context. also she was annoying)
Ignore this Channel too I messed up kinda of ironic that she auditioned for a role that was played by Reese Witherspoon in the movie and than starred in a musical based on a movie also with Reese Witherspoon as the lead
Um boo if i was in a broadway show i would not care what i got as long as i persue my dreams of being on broadway and idk if i sing chorus im still on broadway
Agreed. Plus it would be easier to be in the chorus for your first broadway show. If you were the lead in your first broadway show, it would be a huge smack in the face!
1, The producers edited it in a way to make them look way worse than they actually were. 2, Both Emma and Lena had already been on broadway and new that already. 3, The theatre community is open and accpeting and very loving, no matter who you are in the cast or crew, which the girls knew but when you have a camera on you 24/7 you're gonna faulter and make mistakes at some point which are all just edited together in a way to make villians and to make them seem ungrateful
Seth (the musical arranger) said in a later interview that he taught all the girls a different arrangement and they only showed Cassie's which is why it seems so odd.
Agreed! She was destined for better things! I believe she's the only one of these girls who won a Tony. She won for hedwig! She changed her name to Lena Hall.
i hated it so much when they were like “who wants to be f**king chorus?!” because as a theatre kid myself and being in quite a few musicals, you have to learn that the ensemble is just as important as the lead, if not sometimes more. i’d always be disappointed when it came to getting cast in ensemble but it’s really about the experience. even being in a show is better than getting cut. so be f**king grateful that you’re even here, because u might not be for long.
If they ever bring legally blonde back on broadway, they need to do this again. And if they ever do this again, please let me be old enough to audition by then!! Elle is my biggest dream role!!! UPDATE: OMIGOD YOU GUYS!!! MY SCHOOLS DOING LEGALLY BLONDE Update: I got called back for Serena, Margot and Pilar Update: I GOT ELLE update 5 years later: doing a little update because i get replies to my comment even now!! thank you all so much!! the original comment was from my sophomore year of highschool and now i’m going into my junior year of college. i’ve actually been dating the guy who played emmet with me in that production 5 years ago, and we are moving in together in the fall:) never did i ever think that when i wrote that original comment that i’d get to play my dream role and meet my real life emmet at the same time loll
OhMyGodItsNikkie she actually played Elle woods in a different theater years later! I don't remember which one, but I know there's a video on TH-cam that shows the teaser of her show! (She was always my favorite)
“I hate not being treated like a person.. they talk down on us like we’re two years old!” Uhm, it’s called critiquing. If you can’t take a simple critique then you aren’t fit for Elle.
dunchaknow holy shit, I’ve seen Lena hall at the broadway cons and didn’t realize celina was her, now that you say that though I can definitely tell but damn
In their recent reunion on Zoom, the girls mentioned this bit was edited to sound like she was crying about the judges' critique, but she was in fact complaining about the producers not feeding them properly or allowing them to take breaks, and how it almost looked like they wanted for someone to pass out just for the dramatic effect. It had nothing to do with the judges, who she very much likes to work with. The girls have talked multiple times about how the show was edited to make them all look bad, so think critically about everything shown on the show. There's an article somewhere where they discussed each episode and revealed most (if not all) of the conflict was entirely from twisting their words; they also talked a lot about this on the Zoom reunion last night. They all spent HOURS giving examples of this ridiculous editing, so this moment is only one of many. It's truly wild once you start hearing them list the examples of all the shit that was edited to twist their words, it's A LOT lmaooo I highly recommend you look into it - it's even more juicy than the show itself hahah
I’m just gonna say, the casting panel was NOT talking down to the girls. They were being honest. Not condescending. If you’re gonna be on Broadway, you need to have thick skin. If that makes you break down and get all defensive, this isn’t the career for you.
honestly, having watched the reunion I feel sooo bad for Cassie. She talked about having drinks poured on her in malls and people publicly cornering and threatening her in stores because of this show. I can't imagine being on a reality show especially as a 19 year old because I was a hot mess.
The Song Birdie of course it it, but that’s a personal thing that she has to deal with. Just because they other girls don’t smoke, doesn’t mean they deserve the win any less because they’re not battling with trying to quit
@@lunalevandoski Cassie was edited to look terrible. In a recent reunion video, everyone defended her and said the producers fed them lines and forced her to play the villain.
Same, but I think she handed it better then some people do when that happens. She didn't show it too much on her face which I think was very professional just from how she handled it.
She actually handled it pretty well. I thought how her expression stayed the same and she didn’t say “oh sorry” or “dang it” was pretty cool and that she went on with the song
I feel like there’s two types of people watching these videos - adults who remember it the first time and are now well aware how toxic and unrealistic this whole process is, and have seen the zoom reunion and know how awful the producers were to the girls and how much of this is bad editing… and theatre kid high schoolers (honestly my favorite kinds of people, I promise I love you guys!!) who, I’m so bummed to see, are fully buying into all the toxicity. I get it, I did too when this came out and I was seventeen! It feels so real world theatre-y to be like, “Um it’s THEATRE 101 to know to improvise if a line is dropped!” or any variation of “the theatre world is dog eat dog and if you can’t take it, find another job” - but let me tell you, as a now-adult working actor, we are all now working so hard to dismantle so many of the toxic aspects of the theatre business culture showcased in this show! I still love it, it’s a Time Capsule and it gave me LYFE in 2008! But just know, the real world is not like this at all, and we’re working so hard to make it as healthy and accessible and equitable as possible.
For me, Lindsey was one of the most Elle in the group. Her personality, kindness, that "We girls have to stick together." attitude and her overall looks. Not to mention, her voice, acting and dance is really good. Edit: I wanted Cassie S to go but expected Celine instead. Seeing Lindsey go was hard..
awww I feel you, I loved Lindsey, she was the sweetest ! I honestly wish Cassie would’ve gone but out the 4 in the casting office, Celine should’ve gone home, she’s the least elle Woods out of them
I’ve actually had the opportunity to talk to Cassie during an interview for my podcast! Cassie is the sweetest person ever!!! Like I have never met anyone as sweet as she is! Cassie talked about how she knew nothing about theater going into the show, and the show is actually what led to her wanting to continue doing it. She also said the reason why the show was so staged was because and I quote “It just didn’t work. Theater is a community. It doesn’t work when you put everyone against each other.” So trust me when I say this, Cassie is the bomb and is super nice ❤️✨
Girls in this show: No one wants to be chorus Me getting cast in chorus: I’m gonna be in that chorus and I’m gonna have fun. WHOOP! Like come on girls if you get cast in a Broadway production even if it’s the chorus you should be very thankful for that opportunity don’t take it for granted.
I encourage everyone to watch the reunion zoom call because it just proves that all of these girls were mistreated and are all amazing and all of the shade was manufactured by the producers. It’s especially obvious that Cassie S is a wonderful person and they just used the worst clips of her out of context
cassie wasn't exactly wrong for kicking her peers under the bus bc they DID totally flake out on her, but did she deadass gotta do it like that? and with those BIKE VOCALS like omigod
She was actually singing the harmony correctly. The musical arranger, Seth, said she sang it correctly and did it wonderfully, but it sounds weird without the melody. :)
I really liked bailey in the first clip...not really a fan anymore Edit: no, I'm not a professional broadway actor, but I have played ensemble for many many plays, i have only had leads in a few. Let me tell you that the ensemble works just as hard, if not HARDER than the leads, and they have the most fun. Heck, they are on stage just as much as the leads sometimes. They play a very integral part in all musicals, and to hear some of the girls just bashing ensemble pissed me off, like come on, you can't seriously tell me every single one of y'all just jumped right in to a lead role, you had to have been ensemble at least once in your career as an actor. And if not, YOU SHOULD STILL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT AND AMAZING ENSEMBLE IS!!!
It’s 12:37am and these girls are giving me headaches. I don’t care how good or bad you are talent-wise, your attitude is the most important thing in theatre. Wow.
Seth (the musical arranger) said in a later interview that he taught all the girls a different arrangement and they only showed Cassie's which is why it seems so odd.
look when I’m in the ensemble I’m LIVING it makes me really sad that people can’t seem to appreciate the work that goes into being an ensemble member. same goes to understudies... every member in the theater is important and has a part to play in putting together and putting on a show🤍
theatre audrey that was just because they each sang all of it, but there are key changes in the song and they only showed certain parts from everyone’s performance
Ok.. I may say something shocking .. sure Emma sounded good and she did good... for a smoker. She still didn’t have the best stamina. Lauren had great stamina and just the sass she had was amazing !
Yes the funny that her "attitude" is what allowed the girls to be fed the day they did the 8 hour cycling. It made her able to play both Yitzhak and Hedwig in Hedwig and the angry inch, the former role of which (as mentioned by efolinsky) she won a tony award and did (paraphrasing from Steven Trask who did the music and lyrics for Hedwig) "the best audition [he'd] ever seen". Seriously just search her on youtube, she's had an amazing career so far and I imagine it'll get better.
To everyone watching, The producers heavily edited this footage and show to fabricate drama!! Google the reunion that they did on Zoom like three weeks ago. all of the girls defended cassie silva because the producers edited her to be the villain. also in Cassie’s solo on the bike, she is singing the alto harmony line (and she’s singing it correctly) Seth is even playing the notes with her. They just edited the footage and made it look like she was singing the wrong part.
wrow, this was actually really helpful to see! i'm rewatching this series for the third or fourth time, and to hear that is.. kind of heartbreaking? considering she was so young, and reality tv is.. something.
I’d like to point out a few things. 1. Everyone hates Cassie because she has an attitude. Yes, she’s immature, but she’s not as bad as everyone says. 2. Cassie was told to sing a harmony part on the bike. It was edited to make her look like shit. She sounded better when she was going through “Omigod You Guys” in the loft. 3. I cannot stand Bailey or Emma at all. They’re rude asf. Bailey didn’t even mark through Cassie’s, but Cassie went full out.
@@Flower-bd3wh I do feel like it’s being orchestrated to make Cassie s seem worse than she is... not saying she’s an angel but it’s quite obvious they are trying to create drama to make the show more interesting. Also I agree Idk why everyone loves Emma and Bailey, Idk about Bailey but I don’t like Emma or her attitude at all tbh..
I saw a comment on a TikTok that for Cassies turn on the treadmill they most likely had her sing the Alto part and that why it sounded off and then of course for the purposes of reality tv stitched in that clip of her in the interview saying it was easy to make her look bad
Cassie gave me such "pick me" vibes when she was like "it only takes me five minutes to get ready in the morning so i was fine and everyone else is so high maintenance"
The girls from this show did a zoom call a few weeks ago, exposing the producers and editors. If you hated Cassie it’s because the editors made it look like she is a horrendous person. She actually seems really really sweet
@@ellapowell3437 Yeah like in my opinion she wasn't Elle but neither was Celina, I was sure they wouldn't get the part but that's not because of their personalities on the show, it's because of their acting, singing and dancing x
I got SO pissed when they said that no one wants to be ensemble. First of all without ensemble the show would be really weird. Second of all most people start in the chorus and work their way up. Third of all if that’s how you think about the ensemble you won’t do well onstage because if everyone doesn’t work together with everyone the show won’t work so if you think badly of your cast members you won’t be able to work together
Maia Weinstein if the ensemble didn’t exist there would be no show there the root of most of it when ever I’m in a show the first thing they say to us on the first night of the rehearsals is that every character it’s just as important as the main character because if you only had the main character there would be no show
Maia Weinstein omg I seriously agree with you they were so disrespectful
An ensemble is literally a group of people working together as one unit so that means EVERYONE plays a vital role. From “Rock #3” to the lead in the show, everyone should be respected and viewed as equal.
Maia Weinstein A P P R E C I A T E
Also if you're in a show like this where the ensemble can make or break the atmosphere... you best hope the chorus loves you and do your damndest so they do. Seriously, make their jobs easier, just be someone lovable. On top of that, casters love to see that their actors/singers work well with and are nice to others. By actively being catty you are making your life harder.
P.S. always be kind to your orchestra/band and remember to thank them as well.
I can’t believe Emma can sing THAT well while riding an exercise bike after being an ex-smoker. That’s really impressive.
I hate emma
@@rhiannagrande1737 why?
Rhianna Grande who cares who you hate and don’t hate lmao
Victoria Li she just seems really full of herself in a bad way and she was being really rude
Rttn Mlk the person who asked why
I feel like the judges wanted drama so cassie stayed 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
welp this is me OMIGOD CONSPIRACY THEORY!! WHERE IS SHANE
That’s the only reason that make sense
welp this is me same producers as the bachelor I bet lol
More likely the network meddling.
welp this is me Cassie is so bad. She doesn’t resemble El at all and her singing was mediocre and her attitude sucked
I commented last year but I just watched the zoom call from all the contestants and I just want to say that everyone needs to lay off Cassie. The producers decided she was the villain, even though all the girls got along. She was a sweet and inexperienced girl and they edited her to make her look bad and selfish. She said people would throw things at her when they saw her in public. She had no idea they would edit it that way. She was very young and inexperienced and didn’t know anything about broadway but she was very eager and talented and they tried to destroy her. Seth and all the other contestants have pointed out so many times how she actually NAILED the harmony but the show only showed her singing this unfamiliar weird harmony to make it sound like she can’t sing correctly. This is false. She has been on Broadway already twice. She can sing she can dance and she is still good friends with some of the other contestants (mostly Natalie) and everyone had only nice things to say about her and everyone else. The MTV producers spun things to make it look dramatic. The only people these girls didn’t like were the producers, who made them spend 8!!!!!! hours cycling that day and only gave them some food because Celina finally forced them to. The comments here make me feel sad for these girls who are continuing to get online abuse for edited drama that didn’t even happen and aired 12 years ago. All of them agreed that the cyber bullying was awful and it affected many of them in a very bad way. Please be kind. That’s the whole message of legally blonde :) Elle would lift up these talented women not tear them apart.
Why isn’t this a top comment??
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@@meghnaelizabeth8293 Times were different back then. Glad that they brought the truth up again!
thank you so much. this is very helpful
I can totally tell this was 2006-2007 by the wardrobe
Sameeee
Omg thanks for being so insightful
MEREDITH LOGGINS Correction, this was filmed in 2008.
MEREDITH LOGGINS 2008
The music is why I can tell this was about 10 years ago lol
Um if Cassie’s strategy is to make everyone hate her then she’s really doing well
Char Char agreed
Online chapter books Read aloud yeah..
Coco Chanel the did a reunion like two weeks ago and all of the girls defended Cassie because the producers edited the video to make her look like the villain
@@michaelduffy6358 i came to say the same thing, she got so much hate over how she was edited
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Sh*t it’s Dance Moms all over again
I'm sorry but If you were this close to your biggest dream wouldn't you be more prepared and have already learnt the whole show off by heart?
Madison Foster TRUE
Madison Foster Exactly.
Seriously... I'm only auditioning for my high schools musical legally blonde and I've prepared way more than these girls lmao...
Score was unattainable. It was new on broadway Also 2007 it was hard to find that kind of thing online.
@@ajh1249 a lot of them had seen the actual show
does anyone else think Natalie would be such a good Gretchen Weiners for Mean Girls the Musical?
leyla keyne yup! And than emma as Regina and bailey as karen
Omg yea
Yess!!
@@user-hb3qv1eh5e I thought Rhiannon would be a better Karen. Bailey has the personality of wet toast
omg and i could totally see emma as regina, rihannon as karen, lena as janis, and then maybe lauren as cady. also bc autumn is a bit older she could be all the adult women lmaoooo. they could cast the whole show just from this group of girls lol
I refuse to believe these girls were 'huge fans' of Legally Blonde before they came onto the show and DIDN'T KNOW the lyrics to all Elle's songs. Also why are they so set on singing Elle and don't want to sing backup? That is the life of an understudy
whymustielaine it’s a tv show obviously they’re going to say that . In reality, everyday performers audition for roles that they aren’t necessarily passionate about but in order to get cast must act passionate about it
that's what I mean, I don't believe it
Keep in mind their only access to the show at this time was a soundtrack on an mp3 player and maybe the MTV video if they were given it.
I agree they should know the show better though
things I’ve learned so far:
•bailey and cassie have a rivalry for like no reason. they just tend to butt heads
•rhiannon is really sweet and seems like a good person
•drew barrymore was (is?) a cover girl
i agree
yeah rhiannon i actually liked
Yes but I still love Bailey
Cassie is probably jealous of Bailey lmao
Cassie: * does horrible *
Also Cassie: the other girls did bad and I did amazing
edit: yes i know she is doing the harmony. and yes theres probably a lot cut out of the edit. but i still dont think she sounds great, even with the harmony. not her best work, she could do better.
Not Important lol
Not Important *Cassie
extra ik i noticed after what ever
Ikr she was horrible and she said she was the best
This was a while ago but if you watch Seth Rudestky (the vocal guy) he said that he taught the girls a crazy harmony and they only showed Cassie.S singing it! So she isn’t an awful singer she was doing a harmony that they didn’t show them teaching or singing
Ok I'm sorry but how is Haylie Duff their "mentor?" All she ever does is call them "girls' and tell them who makes it on from each round.
she didn’t go to the reunion either
Nepotism
Lena (formerly Celina)'s reaction in ep 1 to her was more than appropriate. At that point she had been on broadway in 4 shows and was more qualified to mentor the other girls. In the reunion the other contestants (particularly the younger ones) said that they learned a lot from Lena, Autumn and Emma. The oldest 3 and most experienced, which says a lot about how good of a mentor Haylie Duff was.
@@dcfan7838 Right! I also think that someone called Haylie a "Broadway veteran??" I was confused by that Lol. Paul and Lena are definitely Broadway veterans. I admire how confident Lena was in one of the episodes when she said "Ready girls?" when they were going to one of the rehearsal spaces. I wouldn't have thought she was one of the contestants Lol. Bailey even lived with Lena during her show run. I would have expected Haylie to be in the house more actually mentoring them without deleted scenes Lol.
Cassie on the bike.....oh my LORD
She said it was easy for her, and that’s because she was completely flat
Bethany Taullie but she was flat....
I know right
@Bethany Taullie i do feel sorry for her, i know there were key changes, but 1. she messed up her lines, 2. she generally sounded flat and ugly and 3. she was mean haha (i would understand if they edited the interview out of context, but it doesnt seem to have any other possible context. also she was annoying)
I've been in the show as the chorus. None of the harmonies are even close to what came out of her mouth.
Can't believe Cassie's reaction to Lauren choosing her! She was so rude!
sweet little southern girl Bailey got sassy with Cassie😂
This made me laugh so much 😂
Ruby Anne Locklear she deserved it tho
@rando She got mad because Bailey was sick ..like ffs
@rando Sickness is a pretty spontaneous thing
Nice rhyme
Cassie’s personality changed so much from the first episode. I thought she fit the part really well in the first episode.
You have to wonder if they're editing for drama
also on shows like this the producers feed them lines and leading questions to get a juicy sound bite out of them to use for drama
Totally agree!
I think she was coached to play the bitch.
Someone in the ep2 comment section said that they knew Cassie in real life and she was nothing like this
What the hell Lauren is only 18 her voice is incredible 😂
I recently saw her in off broadway cruel intentions and shooooooot she KILLED it
Ignore this Channel too I messed up kinda of ironic that she auditioned for a role that was played by Reese Witherspoon in the movie and than starred in a musical based on a movie also with Reese Witherspoon as the lead
Singing on stationary bikes...
Ariana Grande who?
Eva XD
I know right
Eva Grande.
You should watch the recent reunion show on TH-cam! Lena was on a bike like that for almost the whole show. They trained her well lol.
that's what I was thinking 😂
Um boo if i was in a broadway show i would not care what i got as long as i persue my dreams of being on broadway and idk if i sing chorus im still on broadway
Kaitlyn Sykes exactly that’s what’s the problem with some of the girls u need to be proud ur even here hon so deal with it
Agreed. Plus it would be easier to be in the chorus for your first broadway show. If you were the lead in your first broadway show, it would be a huge smack in the face!
exactly! especially because some of these girls haven't performed professionally before, isn't it expected that you'll start from the bottom?
omg exactly - i would literally KILL to be in the chorus of a broadway production - these girls don’t understand that
1, The producers edited it in a way to make them look way worse than they actually were. 2, Both Emma and Lena had already been on broadway and new that already. 3, The theatre community is open and accpeting and very loving, no matter who you are in the cast or crew, which the girls knew but when you have a camera on you 24/7 you're gonna faulter and make mistakes at some point which are all just edited together in a way to make villians and to make them seem ungrateful
Cassie on the bike: “it was a piece of cake!”
Also Cassie on the bike: *Cassie commits ear harassment*
Seth (the musical arranger) said in a later interview that he taught all the girls a different arrangement and they only showed Cassie's which is why it seems so odd.
Darreyl Henderson Exactly! He said she actually did it perfectly! Harmonies can sound weird without the melody sometimes, that’s all!
Celina is really talented but I feel so weird watching her audition for this role
Agreed! She was destined for better things! I believe she's the only one of these girls who won a Tony. She won for hedwig! She changed her name to Lena Hall.
yeah she doesn’t seem like much of an elle woods
lena is much more of nicola than an elle
Yeah Lena Hall is definitely not Elle Woods lol
Right? I love Lena (one of my favorite hedwigs) but she definitely was not meant for Elle lmaooo
i hated it so much when they were like “who wants to be f**king chorus?!” because as a theatre kid myself and being in quite a few musicals, you have to learn that the ensemble is just as important as the lead, if not sometimes more. i’d always be disappointed when it came to getting cast in ensemble but it’s really about the experience. even being in a show is better than getting cut. so be f**king grateful that you’re even here, because u might not be for long.
and it’s so fun too being ensemble
If they ever bring legally blonde back on broadway, they need to do this again. And if they ever do this again, please let me be old enough to audition by then!! Elle is my biggest dream role!!!
UPDATE: OMIGOD YOU GUYS!!! MY SCHOOLS DOING LEGALLY BLONDE
Update: I got called back for Serena, Margot and Pilar
Update: I GOT ELLE
update 5 years later: doing a little update because i get replies to my comment even now!! thank you all so much!! the original comment was from my sophomore year of highschool and now i’m going into my junior year of college. i’ve actually been dating the guy who played emmet with me in that production 5 years ago, and we are moving in together in the fall:) never did i ever think that when i wrote that original comment that i’d get to play my dream role and meet my real life emmet at the same time loll
Gabriella Philipp same
Trust me, Elle is the best role to play
Yes please 😂
Yes please
@Gabriella Philipp if they do we'll totally look out for you and cheer you on xd
Bailey: Cassie S. is singing at top of her lungsss
Cassie: (whispers while running and singing)
Lol that’s what I was thinking
I really love Lauren it's almost irritating that she's underrated 😩
OhMyGodItsNikkie she actually played Elle woods in a different theater years later! I don't remember which one, but I know there's a video on TH-cam that shows the teaser of her show! (She was always my favorite)
OhMyGodItsNikkie found it!!!! Here ya go th-cam.com/video/56C8kMM5n8w/w-d-xo.html
It cracks me up that they still call her Cassie s even when she’s the only Cassie
“I hate not being treated like a person.. they talk down on us like we’re two years old!”
Uhm, it’s called critiquing. If you can’t take a simple critique then you aren’t fit for Elle.
and yet, Celina (Now known as Lena Hall) took home a Tony for Hedwig. Guess she handled it after all.
dunchaknow holy shit, I’ve seen Lena hall at the broadway cons and didn’t realize celina was her, now that you say that though I can definitely tell but damn
In their recent reunion on Zoom, the girls mentioned this bit was edited to sound like she was crying about the judges' critique, but she was in fact complaining about the producers not feeding them properly or allowing them to take breaks, and how it almost looked like they wanted for someone to pass out just for the dramatic effect. It had nothing to do with the judges, who she very much likes to work with.
The girls have talked multiple times about how the show was edited to make them all look bad, so think critically about everything shown on the show.
There's an article somewhere where they discussed each episode and revealed most (if not all) of the conflict was entirely from twisting their words; they also talked a lot about this on the Zoom reunion last night. They all spent HOURS giving examples of this ridiculous editing, so this moment is only one of many. It's truly wild once you start hearing them list the examples of all the shit that was edited to twist their words, it's A LOT lmaooo
I highly recommend you look into it - it's even more juicy than the show itself hahah
Silvia L holy shit! That’s... really horrible. Thanks for informing us.
@@rynn9297 No worries :) xx
The biking portion was actually very fitting for Emma as she is now a soul cycle instructor.
take a shot everytime someone says oh my god
mkpatt you’d be dead 💀 😂
mkpatt i’m drunk
I HAVE WORK TOMORROW! I cant care for kids while hungover.
whoever takes the shots will most likely be dead by the opening number
I’m just gonna say, the casting panel was NOT talking down to the girls. They were being honest. Not condescending. If you’re gonna be on Broadway, you need to have thick skin. If that makes you break down and get all defensive, this isn’t the career for you.
Celina was saying that about the producers, not the judges. It's called editing. Look up the Oral history of Legally Blonde the search for Elle Woods.
I really just don't like Cassie.
Gleek Gleek4Life She is very immature and flat out rude
Neither do the other girls that are competing!!!!
I think that’s the point
huh?? Why not?
Bella Marie same
honestly, having watched the reunion I feel sooo bad for Cassie. She talked about having drinks poured on her in malls and people publicly cornering and threatening her in stores because of this show. I can't imagine being on a reality show especially as a 19 year old because I was a hot mess.
that’s so weird, why was she hated? i thought she would be a cool friend to have
@@bluebeesmarple Because the editing demonized her and some idiots thought she was only what the editing showed.
“I WAs aN eX SMOkEr” that doesn’t justify a win
*jersey mother accent* "I wAs An EX SmOkER" *cough* *cough*
It’s really hard to quit something like that. Smoking can become an addiction and she’s doing AMAZING
The Song Birdie of course it it, but that’s a personal thing that she has to deal with. Just because they other girls don’t smoke, doesn’t mean they deserve the win any less because they’re not battling with trying to quit
True, but still snaps for her.
@@thesongbirdie5714 was she Emma?
"We can't succeed by making each other feel bad" -Elle Woods
orfeh seemed so unimpressed lol
Even if Bailey "lost her voice" she could have still danced through Cassie's. It was rude, and even if she doesn't like Cassie that was really rude.
Clare Miller 17 cassie sucks tho
I agree wholeheartedly! At least mouth along to be supportive!
@@lunalevandoski Cassie was edited to look terrible. In a recent reunion video, everyone defended her and said the producers fed them lines and forced her to play the villain.
When autumn messed up the lyrics I cringed soooo hard
Janine L omg sameeee
Same, but I think she handed it better then some people do when that happens. She didn't show it too much on her face which I think was very professional just from how she handled it.
She actually handled it pretty well. I thought how her expression stayed the same and she didn’t say “oh sorry” or “dang it” was pretty cool and that she went on with the song
I thought i was the only one that noticed and sssaaamme
Tbh her singing was definitely my favorite
I feel like there’s two types of people watching these videos - adults who remember it the first time and are now well aware how toxic and unrealistic this whole process is, and have seen the zoom reunion and know how awful the producers were to the girls and how much of this is bad editing… and theatre kid high schoolers (honestly my favorite kinds of people, I promise I love you guys!!) who, I’m so bummed to see, are fully buying into all the toxicity. I get it, I did too when this came out and I was seventeen! It feels so real world theatre-y to be like, “Um it’s THEATRE 101 to know to improvise if a line is dropped!” or any variation of “the theatre world is dog eat dog and if you can’t take it, find another job” - but let me tell you, as a now-adult working actor, we are all now working so hard to dismantle so many of the toxic aspects of the theatre business culture showcased in this show! I still love it, it’s a Time Capsule and it gave me LYFE in 2008! But just know, the real world is not like this at all, and we’re working so hard to make it as healthy and accessible and equitable as possible.
For me, Lindsey was one of the most Elle in the group. Her personality, kindness, that "We girls have to stick together." attitude and her overall looks. Not to mention, her voice, acting and dance is really good.
Edit: I wanted Cassie S to go but expected Celine instead. Seeing Lindsey go was hard..
awww I feel you, I loved Lindsey, she was the sweetest ! I honestly wish Cassie would’ve gone but out the 4 in the casting office, Celine should’ve gone home, she’s the least elle Woods out of them
I’ve actually had the opportunity to talk to Cassie during an interview for my podcast! Cassie is the sweetest person ever!!! Like I have never met anyone as sweet as she is! Cassie talked about how she knew nothing about theater going into the show, and the show is actually what led to her wanting to continue doing it. She also said the reason why the show was so staged was because and I quote “It just didn’t work. Theater is a community. It doesn’t work when you put everyone against each other.” So trust me when I say this, Cassie is the bomb and is super nice ❤️✨
At 31:19 did anyone else notice the censorship was played behind the swearing?
Why did I laugh at this?
Lol
Quality editing
I WAS TRYING TO LOOK FOR SOMEONE ELSE WHO NOTICED THAT😂
I didn’t realise there was censoring lol
Girls in this show: No one wants to be chorus
Me getting cast in chorus: I’m gonna be in that chorus and I’m gonna have fun. WHOOP!
Like come on girls if you get cast in a Broadway production even if it’s the chorus you should be very thankful for that opportunity don’t take it for granted.
Cassie S sure it felt like a piece of cake but a really bad one... the look on Emma’s face was so funny while she was singing
Emma would be better as Regina George or Elphaba
SydNarwhal Productions Heather Chandler would be good!
kaitie648 Her voice would Fuckin Slap in candy store, Plus her general vibe is fucking perfection for the mythic bitch.
honestly I could see her as Janis in Mean Girls
too lol
I’m sorry but why does Emma look exactly like Reese Witherspoon
Lol
Cassie did soo terrible on the bicycle yet she is like
"Everyone is like it's soo hard but it's like a piece of cake for me"😂
She was supposed to sing it like that. Seth said she did the right harmony and was edited to make it look like she did poorly.
Oh my god I can't believe they didn't want be participate in the ensemble
My first role in a show was an ensamble role. I played as one if the nuns in sound of music. It was so much fun and I was so happy
Ikr! Delta Nu girls ALL rock!
Why can't Cassie be grateful for getting a free mani-pedi
Yikes. I can’t stand Cassie.
Audrey Lee at first i liked her but now she’s just annoying
Me neither 🤮
I encourage everyone to watch the reunion zoom call because it just proves that all of these girls were mistreated and are all amazing and all of the shade was manufactured by the producers. It’s especially obvious that Cassie S is a wonderful person and they just used the worst clips of her out of context
@@E3g4 i'm pretty sure it's on this channel
Anyone have the link?
If you type in Legally blonde the musical the search for Elle Woods the reunion should show up.
CASSIE MADE ME WANT TO PULL MY HAIR OUT
Olivia Perez OMG SAMEEEE
Ya think
She’s such a cartoon.
This show did Cassie so dirty and so did this comment section
cassie wasn't exactly wrong for kicking her peers under the bus bc they DID totally flake out on her, but did she deadass gotta do it like that? and with those BIKE VOCALS like omigod
She was actually singing the harmony correctly. The musical arranger, Seth, said she sang it correctly and did it wonderfully, but it sounds weird without the melody. :)
They did! the pettiness that they give her wasnt fair. Shes underated.
Its sad because she was kind of forced to. She wouldnt lie bcs everyone would know. So she cant.
Cassie running around singing is a mood love her
I cringed when Autumn messed up the lyrics but she did a good job and kept going
I really liked bailey in the first clip...not really a fan anymore
Edit: no, I'm not a professional broadway actor, but I have played ensemble for many many plays, i have only had leads in a few. Let me tell you that the ensemble works just as hard, if not HARDER than the leads, and they have the most fun. Heck, they are on stage just as much as the leads sometimes. They play a very integral part in all musicals, and to hear some of the girls just bashing ensemble pissed me off, like come on, you can't seriously tell me every single one of y'all just jumped right in to a lead role, you had to have been ensemble at least once in your career as an actor. And if not, YOU SHOULD STILL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT AND AMAZING ENSEMBLE IS!!!
Carley's Place i agree. The ensemble works their asses off. I was just apart of the ensemble for a show. And it was such hard work.
Cassie is so annoying. Autumn and Natalie are so underrated tho
I would have sang my heart out as the chorus! You can’t be picky when you have an amazing opportunity like this.
Is this video sponsored by cover girl? Lol
Seriously...was beginning to wonder that myself
Guess so 10 months later still the same add
@@hollydavis9683 that's coz the ad is part of the video not a TH-cam ad lmao 😂😂 its never gonna change 😂😂
Natalie and Autumn are so underrated😍
Am I am the only who thought that Lauren deserved the win and Emma shouldn’t of been rewarded for smoking? 🙄
yesss
Yes. Thank you. I'm sick of Emma using that as an excuse. Like honey it was your choice to smoke in the first place that shouldn't give you an excuse
I agree about Emma but also she’s not being rewarded for smoking she’s being rewarded for his hard she’s worked to overcome it.
Chorus is like the most important part!
Celine was wayy too unique for this role
Celina (Lena Hall) She's suck a rocker at heart. She was incredible in the recent Broadway revival of "Hedwig and the angry inch"
@@darreylhenderson702 Yeah! She won a Tony award in 2014 for that role.
AGREE
I think that when Cassie said the house was full of catty girls she was talking about herself
It’s 12:37am and these girls are giving me headaches. I don’t care how good or bad you are talent-wise, your attitude is the most important thing in theatre. Wow.
Oliver Ball agreed :))
So why doesn’t anyone know all the parts? I thought they all “loved” this musical?
They meant they loved the movie, I think.
I’m pretty sure the musical was fairly new, so the songs and everything else wouldn’t have been as known as the actual story itself
I wanna fight the judges bc Cassie is still there 😂
Saaaame
cassie’s singing on the bike was horrendous omg
Harmony
Seth (the musical arranger) said in a later interview that he taught all the girls a different arrangement and they only showed Cassie's which is why it seems so odd.
“I would like her more if she was just chill” is how I feel about half the people I have ever interacted with
look when I’m in the ensemble I’m LIVING
it makes me really sad that people can’t seem to appreciate the work that goes into being an ensemble member.
same goes to understudies... every member in the theater is important and has a part to play in putting together and putting on a show🤍
Also was Emma even singing the same notes? It sounded way lower
theatre audrey that was just because they each sang all of it, but there are key changes in the song and they only showed certain parts from everyone’s performance
Ok.. I may say something shocking .. sure Emma sounded good and she did good... for a smoker. She still didn’t have the best stamina. Lauren had great stamina and just the sass she had was amazing !
autumn reminds of monica from friends so much !! her looks & personality wow
It's nice to watch a reality show about people who actually have talent
Rhiannon is the most talented and Lauren has a large and beautiful voice! Emma is strong but she can do it! And Cassie; well...
completely agree
What Bailey said about Cassie was kind of unnecessary but I could tell she was trying to deliver it without sounding rude but still
*6:25*
My last 9 brain cells during a math test.
Pierre 💀💀💀💀
no one:
Emma: IM AN EX SMOKER
Celina would be lucky if she got to be a Delta Nu/chorus girl with that attitude🤣
Yeah but now she has a Tony for playing Hedwig, she's Lena Hall
Yes the funny that her "attitude" is what allowed the girls to be fed the day they did the 8 hour cycling. It made her able to play both Yitzhak and Hedwig in Hedwig and the angry inch, the former role of which (as mentioned by efolinsky) she won a tony award and did (paraphrasing from Steven Trask who did the music and lyrics for Hedwig) "the best audition [he'd] ever seen". Seriously just search her on youtube, she's had an amazing career so far and I imagine it'll get better.
To everyone watching, The producers heavily edited this footage and show to fabricate drama!! Google the reunion that they did on Zoom like three weeks ago. all of the girls defended cassie silva because the producers edited her to be the villain. also in Cassie’s solo on the bike, she is singing the alto harmony line (and she’s singing it correctly) Seth is even playing the notes with her. They just edited the footage and made it look like she was singing the wrong part.
wrow, this was actually really helpful to see! i'm rewatching this series for the third or fourth time, and to hear that is.. kind of heartbreaking? considering she was so young, and reality tv is.. something.
Ok but seriously there is this thing called rejection and you never want to cry in front of judges it shows weakness
Leila Khemiri I think it shows passion in this case.
extra That's not what Simon Cowell says...
Celina would make a PERFECT Vivian. I think he rock quality adds a fierceness that I don't see in Elle, but would definitely add to Vivian!!
me too! i just never really saw her as elle
Quit smoker whatever I’m called lmao ahahahah
I’d like to point out a few things.
1. Everyone hates Cassie because she has an attitude. Yes, she’s immature, but she’s not as bad as everyone says.
2. Cassie was told to sing a harmony part on the bike. It was edited to make her look like shit. She sounded better when she was going through “Omigod You Guys” in the loft.
3. I cannot stand Bailey or Emma at all. They’re rude asf. Bailey didn’t even mark through Cassie’s, but Cassie went full out.
Also they were like omg she threw us all under the bus but she was asked very leading questions by the judges so I think it’s just to create drama
@@Flower-bd3wh I do feel like it’s being orchestrated to make Cassie s seem worse than she is... not saying she’s an angel but it’s quite obvious they are trying to create drama to make the show more interesting. Also I agree Idk why everyone loves Emma and Bailey, Idk about Bailey but I don’t like Emma or her attitude at all tbh..
I can’t believe it was between Lauren and Lindsey! I was freaking out!!!!!!!
seth rudetsky: calling people sisters before james charles ever did
Take a shot every time Haylie mentions “my Broadway debut”
lauren looks SO much like bailee madison i cant get my head around it
Rhiannon looks like a perfect karen smith
I saw a comment on a TikTok that for Cassies turn on the treadmill they most likely had her sing the Alto part and that why it sounded off and then of course for the purposes of reality tv stitched in that clip of her in the interview saying it was easy to make her look bad
Cassie is now on six the musical on the us tour which she fits so well for the alternative roles or known as understudy ❤
why can literally no one riff im so shook... also lauren is hands down the best even being the youngest and also how successful she is now
Absolutely.
I can riff
I hate how the bottom four girls were like “Cassie did not deserve that spot” when they should look at why their in the bottom four
😂😂😂😂 I really needed a laugh, thanks!
How dare they disrespect seth by calling him "the piano guy" haha
It’s like glee when the don’t call the piano guy by his real name which is brad
Cassie gave me such "pick me" vibes when she was like "it only takes me five minutes to get ready in the morning so i was fine and everyone else is so high maintenance"
I like bailey's attitude "I'm not th judge of this"
I would kill to be a swing on Broadway, let alone be in the ensemble...
I really loved Autumn’s acting and singing this episode!
The fitness studio reminded me that I read once that Beyonce gets ready for tours by singing while running on a treadmill!
The girls from this show did a zoom call a few weeks ago, exposing the producers and editors. If you hated Cassie it’s because the editors made it look like she is a horrendous person. She actually seems really really sweet
They also did an interview a year or two ago with Playbill and everyone said Cassie was the sweetest person on the show
@@ellapowell3437 Yeah like in my opinion she wasn't Elle but neither was Celina, I was sure they wouldn't get the part but that's not because of their personalities on the show, it's because of their acting, singing and dancing x