\n\tHannah, a survivor of sexual assault, keeps that part of her past a secret until she meets hockey captain Garrett Graham (Belmont Cameli) and falls in love with him after they make a fake dating arrangement. She shares this trauma with him, which she hasn\u2019t even disclosed to Allie by that point in the show, though in Kennedy\u2019s The Deal, Allie knows from the start.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThat [scene] was obviously really important for both of us to take very seriously, and it was our chemistry read scene, so the first thing I ever did with Ella was that scene,\u201d Abdalla told Deadline. \u201cBy the time we got to that point in production, it just felt very different because we had built that relationship with each other, and we\u2019ve talked about it a lot. We all had a lot of fun on set, but in those moments that were a little more serious, we really just gave each other space and time to do what we needed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tInstead of telling Allie outright at the beginning, Hannah references a friend who got roofied in high school, but Allie reveals in the finale that she\u2019s known it was actually Hannah the whole time and that she just figured Hannah would tell her when she was ready.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThat being the chemistry read scene, it was definitely an intense scene, but I think was so important because that is such an integral part of Hannah\u2019s healing journey and also their friendship, I find,\u201d Bright said. \u201c[Mika and I] always say that it was one of our favorite scenes to film. We honestly didn\u2019t do a take where we weren\u2019t crying even if the other one was on camera and we were behind. We were both just in tears. It was a really special moment. And doing the chemistry read just meant that we were really connected, because we had shared that vulnerability together from the very beginning, literally during the audition process, where neither one of us knew if the other was going to be in the role.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe revelation is tied to a breakthrough Hannah has in her songwriting for the Pop Music Showcase at their college, Briar University, where Hannah hopes to win a scholarship since the funding for her previous one has run out.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cAt that point in production, Ella, she\u2019s such a pro, she just did all the prep, and she did all the work, and she came in, and my work was just being there for her as a friend, Allie, for Hannah, Mika for Ella,\u201d Abdalla added. \u201cIt was a tough day. It was a really brutal scene, but it was also one of my favorite scenes to shoot, because again, Ella\u2019s just so incredible, and I just love her so much. She blows my mind. She\u2019s so amazing in that scene.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tHannah Wells (Ella Bright) in OFF CAMPUS<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLiane Hentscher \/ Prime<\/p>\n
\n\tThe heart to heart chat played a big role in Hannah\u2019s composition for the Pop Music Showcase, which stemmed from a specific phrase Allie used to describe Hannah. Written by Amy Allen and Ethan Gruska, \u201cGirl That I Am\u201d stems from, according to Louisa Levy, the dialogue in this moment in the finale, with the title referencing Hannah\u2019s search for her former self.<\/p>\n