Tell me about the development of your role.
When I auditioned for Bella, it was a featured ensemble role, with a few lines here and there. I went in for the general chorus calls. They called me back, and that was the first time Diane Paulus was in the room. I got the sides, and it was pretty much the same scene that you have now; it's a big scene where Bella discloses her sexual assault. I had never read anything like it. I remember thinking, "I know this girl and I've been this girl and I've never seen what I had felt." It was so perfectly written, and Diablo Cody has this miraculous way of exploring complicated topics that can be described as a gray area, but in reality is just the truth of being a person.