The 16-year-old actually learned that she got the role in the coolest way possible. "I found out [I got the role] after my last audition, which was in front of the entire Disney network. They asked me to step out for two minutes and dismissed everyone else in the waiting room. Then, they called me back in and Gary Marsh who is the president of Disney Channel had heard that I could speak a little bit of Hindi. Somehow, he learned how to say 'You booked the role' in Hindi within the two minutes that I had stepped out. When I came in he said, 'I need you to repeat after me,' and said 'you booked the role' in Hindi. I was so stressed out and confused with the fact that he was asking me to speak in Hindi that I didn't fully register what he said. The director Manjari had to repeat, 'Avantika, you booked the role!!'"
![The 16-year-old actually learned that she got the role in the coolest way possible. "I found out [I got the role] after my last audition, which was in front of the entire Disney network. They asked me to step out for two minutes and dismissed everyone else in the waiting room. Then, they called me back in and Gary Marsh who is the president of Disney Channel had heard that I could speak a little bit of Hindi. Somehow, he learned how to say 'You booked the role' in Hindi within the two minutes that I had stepped out. When I came in he said, 'I need you to repeat after me,' and said 'you booked the role' in Hindi. I was so stressed out and confused with the fact that he was asking me to speak in Hindi that I didn't fully register what he said. The director Manjari had to repeat, 'Avantika, you booked the role!!'"](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/vEdpNTQRyQgVBh4Fmo1Xb-zsa1Q/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2021/08/11/803/n/1922398/618750e9d89b75a6_156795_2789/i/16-year-old-actually-learned-that-she-got-role-in-coolest.jpg "The 16-year-old actually learned that she got the role in the coolest way possible. \"I found out [I got the role] after my last audition, which was in front of the entire Disney network. They asked me to step out for two minutes and dismissed everyone else in the waiting room. Then, they called me back in and Gary Marsh who is the president of Disney Channel had heard that I could speak a little bit of Hindi. Somehow, he learned how to say 'You booked the role' in Hindi within the two minutes that I had stepped out. When I came in he said, 'I need you to repeat after me,' and said 'you booked the role' in Hindi. I was so stressed out and confused with the fact that he was asking me to speak in Hindi that I didn't fully register what he said. The director Manjari had to repeat, 'Avantika, you booked the role!!'\"")
