Text by Sara Duck and Kate Yorga.
Behind the scenes with Degrassi's Cassie Steele
Photos Paul Alexander.
Check out the exclusive outtakes that didn’t make it into the magazine
The ultra-cool girls of Degrassi: The Next Generation;Cassie Steele (who plays Manny Santos), Miriam McDonald (Emma Nelson), Stacey Farber (Ellie Nash), Lauren Collins (Paige Michalchuk) and Sarah Barrable-Tishauer (Liberty Van Zandt) agreed to glam it up for us in the spring season's hottest look: the dress. While they ogled the dozens of shoes, tables of jewellery, and racks and racks of cute dresses at the photo shoot, we cornered each of them for some fun girl talk.
Here's what our spring cover girl, Cassie Steele, had to say:
SHOWED UP WEARING: Aldo stiletto boots; Levi’s jeans; dark brown belt with sparkly buckle; a hoodie; dark brown T-shirt sporting Toxic logo; hair worn up in a loose, feminine bun.
SPRING/SUMMER PLANS: “Going somewhere hot for spring break—maybe Hawaii.”
FAVE MUSIC OF THE MOMENT: The Jesus and Mary Chain, the Doors, the Gorillaz.
HER IDEA OF A ROMANTIC DATE: “Spending the day doing an activity—like in the winter it’d be skating—then going to any restaurant and stuffing your face, then having hot chocolate, then falling asleep together on the couch watching TV.”
STILL DREAMS OF: “A feature film scene. I want to start doing movies and more acting. I’m always looking for something bigger. Keep your fingers crossed that a Degrassi movie is just down the line.”
BOOKS RECENTLY READ: Memoirs of a Geisha and A Million Little Pieces.
ABOUT SPORTS: Likes shinny hockey in the winter, pickup football and swimming in the summer. She’s casually athletic.
SPOTLIGHT DOPE: “Getting your hair and makeup done for you—you just look better than you usually do. You feel pampered.”
SPOTLIGHT DOWNER: “Early call times—they suck.”