On this episode I talked with Vaughan Reilly about the moment she realized she wanted to be an actress, how her mom inspired her growing up, her roles on stage in regional theatre productions, some of her absolute favorite shows including Beetlejuice which she one day hopes to star in, her audition process for The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the preparation process for a movie as big as The Hunger Games, how the cast bonded on set, singing LIVE in the movie, why Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a MUST SEE, and much more!
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Vaughan Reilly is a New York native actor and singer who hails from 4 generations of circus performers. She will make her film debut as the beloved character Maude Ivory in the upcoming ‘Hunger Games’ prequel, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” (Lionsgate, 2023). She co-starred opposite Natasha Lyonne as Young Nora in Season 2 of ‘Russian Doll’. Vaughan is a series regular in the animated series “Scooby Doo and the Mystery Pups” and “Rockoons”, and has voiced Russian-accented characters in 2 episodes of “Teenage Euthanasia” directed by Scott Adsit. She also voices everything from podcasts to narration to commercials. She loves ‘90s era pop/punk/grunge, is a musical theater fanatic, and a straight A student. On weekends, you can find her writing scripts, playing with her beloved rescue pup, and strumming her guitar while doing impressions of classic SNL characters. Vaughan is repped by Stewart Talent.