When casting directors approached her with possible series, she focused on “Hellcats,” a drama about a college cheering squad.
“It was the best choice for me,” she says “It was a drama. It didn’t involve singing and (the character) wasn’t like Sharpay.”
It wasn’t, though, a slam-dunk.Because she was so identified with “High School Musical” and its singing/dancing diva, producers didn’t think she could play another role.
“I had to fight for this,” she says of “Hellcats.” “But I also had to fight for ‘High School'Musical.’”
To prove herself, Tisdale flew to Vancouver (where the new drama is filmed) and auditioned. The show’s producers liked what they saw and hired her to play the head cheerleader – the Southern belle who can’t understand a newcomer’s academic motivation for joining the squad.
