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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Actress Leslie Grace has

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Speaker 1: experienced a full scope of emotional highs and lows after

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Speaker 1: being cast in the title role for Backgirl, a ninety

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Speaker 1: million dollars film that was infamously canceled after it was

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Speaker 1: shot last year as a tax write off, a first

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Speaker 1: for a project of that scale, and when the Dominican

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Speaker 1: American star was selected for the role, she spoke passionately

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Speaker 1: about what it would mean for young Latina girls to

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Speaker 1: see her in the cap But now that she's dealt

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Speaker 1: with the heartbreak of the film being canceled, Leslie still

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Speaker 1: sees an empowering message for those girls in her experience.

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Speaker 1: She tells variety, everything in your journey can be learned from,

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Speaker 1: can be transformative, inspirational and aspirational for someone that you

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Speaker 1: might not even know. I've learned that you can make

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Speaker 1: the choice to learn from things and transform it into

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Speaker 1: something that's positive for you, or you can be down

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Speaker 1: in the dumps. If you have a passion for something,

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Speaker 1: don't let anything tell you that you aren't worthy, capable,

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Speaker 1: or have the potential to fulfill what you know you're

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Speaker 1: capable of doing. Leslie's new scripted vampire podcast How to

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Speaker 1: Win Friends and Disappear People is out now. That's direct

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Speaker 1: from Hollywood.