00:00Je n'ai pas eu un bon temps en high school, j'ai juste pas vraiment fit-in.
00:04Il me a un long temps, j'ai eu un très, très awkward cocoon stage.
00:09Je suis allée à la high school pour la performance arts.
00:12Et il y a eu un notice sur les auditions pour cette nouvelle show.
00:16Et puis un jour, ma mère m'a appelé et m'a dit qu'elle a pris le rôle.
00:20Et j'ai juste pris ma bague et j'ai lancé.
00:23Et man, c'est quoi un voyage que ça a commencé.
00:31A Little Canadian series is shaking up the television industry.
00:34It's seen in 40 countries and won 7 international awards.
00:37Thank you all for this award.
00:39It is the longest running and most successful franchise in TV history.
00:42What does this mean? Ribbed.
00:44I watched an episode and was blown away. Oh my God!
00:47When people talk about my old show on Dawson's or they talk about Beverly Hills 90210,
00:52they don't know that the big granddaddy is, Degrassi.
00:55Apparently the old Degrassi was like bare bones.
00:58Wardrobe was a lot of our own clothes that were brought in.
01:01We also had lunch duty where we helped live preparing lunch and doing dishes.
01:06It was the 80s.
01:08Hi.
01:08All that stuff that happened on the show was stuff that was happening to us in real life.
01:13I thought you said you knew how to drive.
01:16Don't worry.
01:17My character was a virgin. I was a virgin.
01:20She had to be one of my first kisses for sure. Damn, I never thought about it like that.
01:23It was kind of a whirlwind experience. Probably like a bit out of body.
01:28I knew that I'd basically be pushed out of the closet on television.
01:32They were becoming real teen icons.
01:37We love Degrassi!
01:39I'm nervous, man. Look at all these people.
01:41There's the fans waiting at the hotel. It's like, wait, reality check. What?
01:47It was way too much pressure. Getting called a slut or trash.
01:52You know, there was a lot of hate.
01:56He came from a very troubled background.
01:59I'm sorry.
02:00It was very difficult for some of us to just kind of find our way.
02:05Sometimes you don't want to be known for Degrassi.
02:07I think we all had that. We were just trying to escape it.
02:09It grew into an empire.
02:11And there are definitely individuals that have made money off of the empire.
02:17Have we always got it right?
02:19Probably not.
02:20Have we told our stories with the best of intentions?
02:24Yes, we have.
02:30I know I can make it through.
02:32Everybody wants something, they'll never give up.
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