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Cassie Scerbo Does Backflips

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YH hangs out with actress Cassie Scerbo from the brand new hit show "Make it or Break it" and the classic cheerleading favorite "Bring it on". Cassie gives us the inside scoop on her life as an actress and what it is like to play Lauren Tanner on "Make it or Break it" as well as her future, and of course Justin Bieber. Hosted by Tatiana Diana.

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Young Hollywood

Welcome to YoungHollywood. com. Hey there, Young Hollywood. I am Tatiana Diana and we are at Platinum Gymnastics where there's quite some excitement going on inside. Let's go check it out.

Young Hollywood

I pulled up here and I could have sworn I was going to walk in and see Justin Bieber like jumping on the trampoline. Uh you have quite the following.

Cassie Scerbo Does Backflips

Thank you so much. Yes, the show is doing amazing. Um we get a ton of viewers each week and um it's really been a success and and a true blessing cuz I mean not everyone is um blessed with that great fortune. So, and we're very, very, very excited. And yes, I heard about the whole Justin Bieber thing. That was crazy. His whole like appearance for his manager got arrested or whatever it was. Really? The kid is doing amazing. Jeez.

Young Hollywood

I mean, do you have Bieber fever?

Cassie Scerbo Does Backflips

Um I at 20 years old have Bieber fever. Yes. I really think he's adorable.

Young Hollywood

We all know that you have a gymnastics past. Can you tell us kind of how you got into acting?

Cassie Scerbo Does Backflips

Ever since I was little, I just wanted to be a performer. I just wanted to like make lives more positive through my performances. Acting is everything to me. It's almost like a spiritual thing. It's just I can't even explain the feeling of just wanting to become a different person in in in of going to character in a role. It's a really interesting and amazing experience and such a high that I've never experienced before. So, I just love it. I love acting. I've always loved it my whole life.

Cassie Scerbo Does Backflips

here. What is she doing here? She just wants to know why I've been avoiding her.

Young Hollywood

Oh, why have you been? I mean, why haven't you just told her it's over?

Cassie Scerbo Does Backflips

I just did.

Young Hollywood

You did? You didn't tell her why, did you?

Cassie Scerbo Does Backflips

No, I'm sleeping with you. No. But she asked if there's something I'm not telling her. If you tell her, she'll hate me and I'll lose my best friend. She's not your best friend if you're lying to her. We both know that secrets are more than the truth.

Young Hollywood

When you first got that call, when you landed bring it on, which is huge. It's a huge movie. That's a great first role to have as a breaking role. Did you totally like flip out? That that's my gymnastics joke. Get it? No pun intended. No pun intended. Did you flip out?

Cassie Scerbo Does Backflips

I I flipped out. Yes, um I remember getting the call and just being in shock cuz I had watched all the bring it ons previous and the first one with Kirsten Dunst was like a huge success and hit. So, I was absolutely stoked and it was my first like big movie and um it was really fun and it's been an amazing experience and then funny enough, my boyfriend didn't do the last bring it on. He played the love interest, the boy. And he was on make it or break it. Nicki Hersheff. So, it was really weird. It's like this whole bring it on like phenomenon. It's like I did it, then my boyfriend did it. It was like so amazing for both of us and um just you know, it's really cool to see how it's inspired like so many people's lives just wanting to become cheerleaders or um wanting to bring it. I don't know.

Young Hollywood

Do you have any other plans going on?

Cassie Scerbo Does Backflips

Well, I'm working on starting up a non-profit. I just came up with a corporation called Nothing's Impossible. I am um just enjoying going to gyms and meeting meeting gymnasts. I I went to a gym a few weeks ago as well. Whenever I have time, I just I really like to um get in the public eye and just show them that I'm not the mean Lauren Tanner that everyone thinks I am. Hey guys, I'm Cassie Scurbo, also known as the uh bratty Lauren Tanner on make it or break it. Thank you so much for coming out and supporting me and supporting make it or break it. Goal festival. See you.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Cassie Scerbo

    Actress being interviewed

  • Tatiana Diana

    Host of the interview

  • Justin Bieber

    Discussed in relation to his fan following

  • Kirsten Dunst

    Mentioned as star of the first 'Bring It On' movie

  • Nikki Hershff

    Cassie's boyfriend who was also on 'Make It or Break It'

FAQ

What show is Cassie Scerbo known for?+
Cassie Scerbo is known for her role as Lauren Tanner on the hit show "Make It or Break It."
What was Cassie Scerbo's first big movie role?+
Cassie Scerbo's first big movie role was in one of the "Bring It On" films, which she was very excited about.
What is Cassie Scerbo's non-profit organization called?+
Cassie Scerbo is working on starting a non-profit corporation called "Nothing's Impossible."
What does Cassie Scerbo think about Justin Bieber?+
Cassie Scerbo admits to having "Bieber fever" and finds him adorable.
What does Cassie Scerbo want people to know about her role as Lauren Tanner?+
Cassie Scerbo wants the public to know that she is not the mean person that her character Lauren Tanner is portrayed to be.
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