I’m Nella Varni. I am 12 years old and I played a girl named Peggy in Adina’s Deck. During the time that my sister, Amelia, and I were filming, one of my friends was getting cyber bullied. She didn’t know what to do. So, I told her about Adina’s Deck and it really helped! She told her parents what had been going on and she printed out her latest IM and took them to the principal. She hasn’t been cyber bullied since!
The director, Debbie, and the writer, Jason, were both super nice! They were so sweet and were so good to others! They totally did an awesome job on Adina’s Deck! I usually do theater, so filming was a different experience for me. You don’t need to memorize your lines at all! (But you should just in case?)
The set was really cool too! There’s a scene where there’s about the whole cast in a “lunchroom” and they actually brought food and trays and everything! Almost every other kid had either a laptop, cell phone or an i-pod. I brought my laptop and gave it to a girl who was in the group that I was sitting with while we were filming a scene.
Clara’s “bedroom” was the best part of the whole set. We traveled to a ladies beautiful home and used her pool house as Clara’s “bedroom”… it was so cool! About two weeks after filming, Debbie and Jason (and also a guy named Les who worked on Adina’s Deck) came to visit us. They were the best film directors ever!
I miss Adina’s Deck. I really can’t wait for the pilot to come out and I’m very excited to see the whole thing put together. I really, really can’t wait!

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