She said: "I remember at the mix and matches, I think I liked her immediately. "I think that our chemistry was the best and I remember thinking, 'She's so tall, and I'm so short.' "Then when they put us together for the screen test, I was like, 'Oh, OK, they like it.'" A source familiar with the atmosphere surrounding the young stars exclusively told us the girls were frequently treated as competitors despite being expected to portray close friends onscreen. They were extremely young, and that kind of environment naturally made their friendship harder than it needed to be.