“I remember the audition it was a taped audition in Tennessee.
It was the audition that made me want to be an actress.
I remember that vividly.

Lucy Hale in 2007; Miley Cyrus in ‘Hannah Montana’.Credit:Noel Vasquez/Getty; DISNEY CHANNEL/ISABELLA VOSMIKOVA
It was very cool.”
As for other roles that passed her by?
Hale also citedPitch Perfect, 2007’sHairspraymovie adaptation,50 Shades of Grey, and last year’s Academy Award winnerThe Substance.

Lucy Hale in ‘Drake & Josh’.Nickelodeon
In the scene Drake’s character, he’s like, ‘What’s your name?’
And I go, ‘Hazel!’
And he goes, ‘Like the nut?’

Miley Cyrus in ‘Hannah Montana’.DISNEY CHANNEL/BYRON COHEN
And I go, ‘Uh-huh!’
And that’s it."
“Groundbreaking,” she joked.
“My career skyrocketed since then, so it’s all because of that.”
Watch Hale dish on “The Puppy Interview” above.