’s new television series, has multiple meanings for the rising star. It is the name of the reality dance competition within the show, on which the main characters are competing, in the Fox dramedy, and it also refers to the chance they are taking in being a part of the show at all. “The Big Leap” is Recasner’s first major acting role, reflecting the way her own life is about to change as she appears on screens in millions of homes across the country.
At first she doesn’t make the cut , but her determination causes her to push into a producers’ meeting and ask them to put her on the show if she gets fallen pro athlete Reggie up to speed so he, too, will do the show. It’s a strategy that works, and the two begin to bond almost immediately, leading showrunner Nick to correctly pick up on the fact that she is going to develop feelings for Reggie, which provides an always-sought-after showmance storyline.
“To make the pilot itself, it took us three separate times because of COVID. Each time we came back to make it, we had three weeks of rehearsal and Raymond, Jon [Rudnitsky], Ser’Darius and I were consistently the four that were not smart enough to say, ‘No we don’t want to come to rehearsal a month early!’ But actually it was such an amazing bonding experience that really lends itself to the ultimate story,” she says.
In speaking to having the baby, where does the father fall in? Did you need to know who he was right from the beginning of the story?