Priah Ferguson Reveals Her "First" Everything! | Teen Vogue

first time I got recognized was in L.A it was in an Uber and the man was dressed in a Spider-Man costume because he did birthday parties and he was like you look familiar and I was like oh okay my mom was like well she's actually on an English show called stranger things I was just hoping he didn't crash the car hi my name is Priya Ferguson and I'm here with Team Vogue for first I think when I met Kelly Rowland I was pretty starstrucked and also Leonardo DiCaprio I think I was Starstruck after the fact I found out that that was Leonardo DiCaprio I was with Millie and Noah at a Netflix party and I was just following them around and they were talking to Leonardo DiCaprio who I didn't know was Leonardo DiCaprio at the time and I think he said something to me and I was like oh okay cool and then we walked back into where the party actually was on the dance floor they were like do you know who that was and I was like no what's that they were like it's Leonardo Dicaprio and I was like What He looks all different I didn't know it was him I was talking to until after I talked to him so I was coming home from school getting off the bus and the first thing that I did I found out the news and I was jumping up and down I was super excited I think my mom was making dinner that night so it was a pretty big day because my mom doesn't like to cook for real I'm the cooker in the house I enjoyed cooking so that's why I remember that day so she was in a pretty good mood to cook some chicken alfredo that night the scene that I read in the audition my name was Tina in this script and I think Lucas name was still the same I believe I was sitting on the couch watching TV and he came in and I said something smart it was kind of short but that's what it was I was a little scared after watching stranger things for the first time I ended up watching it when I booked the show a little bit I watched some parts just to get familiar with it and I also watched some movies like E.T The Goonies just to get familiar with the 80s and stuff like that Finn Finn wolfhard was the first famous person that has ever followed me Mindless Behavior that was my first crush it was a pretty short day for me actually I thought it would be pretty long but it wasn't that was the day I first met Caleb and I met his family they were super sweet and I kind of did my scenes and it took about maybe no more than two hours and that was the end of it my name it's the first thing people get wrong about me they call me Pariah paria just everything under the Sun but prayer check myself out in the mirror and do my hair my facial routine first scene that I filmed for stranger things it was the scene um in season two when I was first introduced and I was like nerd and mouthing nerd when Lucas was taking his Ghostbusters picture Atlanta with Donald Glover that was my first films that I ever worked on um the previous sets I've worked on were kind of short films so when I found out we got to have I stayed in like a little trailer it was little but I was like oh shoot this is nice you know so it's kind of surreal where you get this from my friend Alex I better not catch you playing with no toy guns again boy he was playing like he was paper boy I don't care Asian we don't play like that come on I got turned down for so many pet roles that I got turned down from that character had a lot of range and I really really wanted it and I remember going to the audition and the lady the casting director she was a big casting director at the time she looked me in my face and she was just kind of like you weren't good enough and I was just kind of like damn I was sensitive but I ran out the casting room and I was like how do I think Ideal World I started crying and stuff but it wasn't made for me my first time I got recognized was in LA it was in a uber and the man was dressed in a Spider-Man costume because he did birthday parties and he was like you look familiar and I was like oh okay my mom was like well she's actually gonna Netflix show called stranger things because she was super excited around the time and then he was like oh OMG I was just hoping he didn't crash the car I would definitely say getting invited to the Emmys that was my first dream come true it would be when I started driving it may taking driver's ed I was like oh this is cool I don't feel like I cannot wait to get my driver's license when I got my permit it was pretty surreal for me first time I heard about the cursive Bridge Hollow around August when school started that's when I first started about it last year I think I went in like a zoom call so they could see my acting and you know just see me in person but they did really want me I was requested but after that they kind of knew they wanted me and kind of I guess just went with their gut and now for Halloween decorations are coming to life come on Sid that's just not something that happens I like this project because one I loved Martin Wayne's World I knew the kind of project this is going to be and I automatically fell in love with it in the storyline Sydney had a lot of range and the movie had a lot of range it was not only horror but it was also kind of funny and showed the ups and downs of a relationship that a father and daughter goes through the first time I met Kelly Rowland was on set right in the middle when we were filming like November she was really cool I remember one of my mom's friends she makes cheesecakes and I know Kelly Rowland likes her cake she likes her pastries so I gave her a thing of cheesecakes and she loved them first song I was ever obsessed with was Where the Boys At by OMG Girls the skeleton scene when they were um breaking the windows and trying trying to attack us if we can't stop Jack by midnight and every day will be Halloween you know what you could do to something that's real you can kick its ass the first time I realized I wanted to become an actress was when I was younger I think I was five watching daddy's little girls and I was kind of confused on how they got into the TV and I thought it was super cool then my mom broke down the process of acting and what it is and once I heard that I kind of I fell in love with it and I wanted to be in a TV so I did do a lot of um small acting roles a lot of dramatic short films I didn't really do too much comedy until I booked Erica and stranger things I also did a few local plays but I knew I didn't really want to do theater I knew that being on film was my thing so I kind of tried to move towards that direction I am inspired by Zendaya just because she has a really nice style but she's also elevated from Disney and she's in a whole new career but I loved her in Disney so it was just so cool seeing her go from Shake It Up to Euphoria and I was like wow like I'm really kind of grew up with her on TV in a way because Shake It Up was my jam now I still don't really feel like I technically made it but I guess now that I'm getting recognized more I guess that's kind of the first time where I feel like oh I have an image that I kind of have to protect it was definitely this time on this journey where I felt like I didn't want to do this anymore but it wasn't that I wanted to drop the in the industry completely I kind of wanted to move into more of a different direction like the red thing and producing and be more behind the camera than in front of the camera and also I want to move towards the fashion career and lifestyle like that so an advice that has kind of stuck with me if you have a good team it makes everything easier and that's what kind of helps you get far as your team [Music]

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Published: Thu Oct 13 2022