According to Coleman, it was 118 degrees and her air conditioning went out right before the audition.
“I was basically half alive,” she said.
“It was so hot in my house.

EW editor-in-chief Patrick Gomez, Chloe Coleman, Aria Mia Loberti, Taylor Zakhar Perez, and Maddie Ziegler during EW’s Breaking Big Panel at 2023 SCAD Savannah Film Festival.Dia Dipasupil/Getty
We were outside in our garage where the only AC was working.
I could not think.”
That was not a fun process, not a fun experience."

EW’s Breaking Big Award winners Maddie Ziegler, Taylor Zakhar Perez, Aria Mia Loberti, and Chloe Coleman at the 2023 SCAD Savannah Film Festival.Cindy Ord/Getty
“I didn’t have my pages in hand and I was just staring at her with nothing.
I was like, ‘I am so sorry.’
And then she handed me lines and I was so embarrassed in that moment.'”
She continued, “That’s a little intimidating for someone to do.
And I don’t know, it’s just scary…. And in that moment, I totally crumbled.
It wasn’t great.”
“It’s a lot.
So I would just say the nightmare is auditioning,” he added.
Of course, it’s not all bad.
So what the hell?"
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