Stella Mickunaite

So, again, reinventing and rebuilding yourself.

I was like, I need a change.

I need something.

Okay.

I was like playing with the idea of applying for, you know, army.

I was playing with the idea to change my careers.

And there was a, it was just a blink of a, huh, maybe I'll apply for MAPS.

And I applied there and then, but I applied for the wrong season.

what season was it uh the season 12 before yours yeah yeah yeah and I didn't hear back anything for months and I was like rude like at least say thank you for an email you know that because it takes time like it probably took me a good hour and a half to apply and I was like so rude I was like and then I talked to one of my friends and she introduced me to her client who was a casting agent

So she's like, give me a call.

We had a phone call and I don't think I left her lasting impression and she didn't call me back again for months.

And I was like, hmm, but I just had this internal like I need to be there.

Like I need to be there.

I just felt in my gut I need to be there.

And I had this dream and I woke up from the dream and I reached out to the casting agent again and I said, hey, I believe in the power of follow-up.

And maybe I haven't left you a lasting impression, but please give me another chance.

And she gave me another chance.

And here we are.

Initially, like, A, they didn't understand the concept.

It took a while for them to understand why.