Sadie Sink was 14 when she landed the role of Max in
Stranger Things
.
The casting was "rigorous", and the actress passed the tests brilliantly.
Nevertheless, the star of the series revealed that she had pushed her skills a bit so as not to pass up the “role of her life”.
In fact, the teenager knew the series, the first season of which had already been broadcast at the time of her audition, and of which she was a “fan”, like her friends “who watched it”, but she knew nothing of the character.
When the production asked her if she was good at skateboarding, she simply answered "yes".
“I said I had roller skating experience, which is a lie.
In addition the two have nothing to do, so I don't know why I thought I should say that, ”she revealed in
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
.
We always have time to learn… Except that…
A skateboard at his doorstep
The creators of the series, the Duffer brothers, immediately wanted to put Sadie Sink in the shoes of her character.
They rushed her into the deep end… by sending her something to prove herself.
“They sent a skateboard to my house the next day and I had to learn how to do it,” recalls the young girl.
His training was inconclusive.
“I didn't know how to skate and I didn't like it, because the first day I really hurt myself when I fell which put me in a bad mood for the day,” she says. .
This canard was in fact not of great importance: Sadie Sink is still Max after the broadcast of season 4 of
Stranger Things
, until becoming one of the most important characters of the series!
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