Brandon Freeman (en av regissörerna till Skateland, Ashleys nya film) berättar om hur det var när Ashley provspelade för rollen.

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What was it like working on Skateland with young stars Ashley and Shiloh as well as seasoned actors including Brett Cullen and Melinda McGraw?

Across the board we had so many great people that came together from a cast standpoint to make the film. Skateland speaks to everyone a little bit differently, which was one of the underlying themes when we were casting here in L.A. Shiloh drove in from Northern California to read for the part. Opposed to just sitting down and reading his lines, he sat down and basically told us the story. He said, “This is what this meant to me when I read the script, and this is how it related to my life.”

As far as Ashley Greene, at that time Twilight hadn’t even come out, when we were casting for Skateland. Ashley was relatively unknown, and that was the only role that she had ever done. She just blew us away, she just took the character and made it her own. It was exactly what we wanted, and the chemistry with her and my brother Heath as his younger sister just worked.

As far as Ritchie, Shiloh really embodied the character that we were trying for Ritchie. He understood and got it so well that I think that’s why it worked. As for Ritchie’s young sister Mary, Haley Ramm was one of the first girls cast for that role, and we didn’t even need to see anyone else — she was perfect. We lucked out, so to speak. We probably wouldn’t be able to assemble that great a cast again, for a small low-budget independent film.

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//Olivia