At Just 18 Years Old, Lexi Underwood Is Taking Hollywood by Storm

Just before her "Little Fires Everywhere" audition, Underwood lost out on another pilot opportunity, which left her feeling "absolutely devastated." Consequently, she almost quit acting altogether. "I was ready to pack up and go home. I didn't want to do the audition for 'Little Fires,'" she told "Harper's Bazaar." Knowing how much she wanted to play Pearl, Underwood's mother, Stephanie Black, encouraged her to go through with the audition. Underwood ended up nabbing the part. "Words can't even describe how I was feeling in that moment," she said. "There were a lot of tears, a lot of smiles."