Jennifer Stone Reveals 'The Pitt' Audition, Says 2022 Nursing Work Triggered Panic
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Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Aug 12
Jennifer Stone Reveals 'The Pitt' Audition, Says 2022 Nursing Work Triggered Panic
3 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Aug 12
Summary
Jennifer Stone said on the CHEERS! with Avery podcast that she auditioned for a series-regular role on Emmy-winning medical drama The Pitt and studied her lines during a nursing shift.
The former Disney star said the script felt so close to her real emergency-room work that the pilot's COVID flashback pages triggered heavy breathing and forced her to talk herself down.
Stone has worked as an ER nurse since 2022 and added a disaster-relief registered nurse role in 2023, making the show's hospital setting especially difficult for her to watch.
The revelation adds to Stone's unusual dual career: she starred on Wizards of Waverly Place from 2007 to 2012 and recently returned as Harper Finkle in Wizards Beyond Waverly Place.