PS: Emily, what were your first impressions?
ER: I met Max first, and I have to be totally honest, I had not seen Catfish, and I was just not totally convinced about the whole thing. I was kind of feeling a lot of trepidation, not sure about the character, but he was very much — now the images I see of Max behind the camera, holding it, that was my first impression. That image.
PS: And what about when you met Zac?
ER: With Zac, I have to say, I had no preconceptions. You know, again, I hadn't seen High School Musical, I was fresh to it, and he's just a super professional dude. When we did our chemistry read, it was like, you're a really great actor. Which, to me, made me even more excited about the project. And I'm not bullsh*tting when I say this stuff. Both cases are totally honest first impressions.
ZE: I was a little intimidated when I met Emily for the first time. She was coming off of working with incredible directors, and was out of nowhere —
MJ: Emily's also never intimidated by, like, anything.
ZE: Anything! She's super smart and inquisitive all the time. She knows a lot about a lot of things.
MJ: Most people would come in a little nervous. Not Emily, though.
ZE: Not Emily. She was so prepared, and we immediately had our chemistry.
