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Bethany Joy Lenz Recalls Being Cautioned ‘One Tree Hill’ Was About “F***ing & Sucking”: “I Didn’t Feel Too At Risk Of Being Objectified”

Bethany Joy Lenz reflects on the time she landed One Tree Hill and the warning she received the night before her screen test.

Lenz, who was raised as an evangelical Christian, then got a call from her manager relaying a message from an executive the night before she was going to screen test for One Tree Hill. Lenz’s manager then quoted the TV executive saying, “You tell her this show is about f***ing and sucking and if she’s gonna have a problem with that, she shouldn’t come in tomorrow.” Lenz noted that she felt One Tree Hill was “different from most bubble-gum TV with subliminal agendas” and she didn’t want to limit her career to acting on faith-based projects.

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