Naomi Scott has arrived in Hollywood.
But this is hardly one of those overnight success stories.
But she’s grateful for the valuable lessons that she learned during that period in her life.
“That was a really important time because I learned: Does my world fall apart?
Am I letting this be my identity?”
“I’m so glad I went through that before going on a world platform.”
Now that sheison a world platform, it’s time that we learn a little bit more about her.
Here’s the untold truth of Naomi Scott.
But Scott toldThe Telegraphthat wasn’t the case at all.
Scott called her parents' church “diverse” and “a big family.”
It’s also where she started singing.
She was a part of the church band and would sing gospel music every Sunday.
I do remember that and feeling like, ‘Why can’t I do it too?'"
She said it was her favorite movie growing up.
“It was an Indian girl who wanted to play football,” Scott told Vogue.
“That movie was literally made for me.
I just thought I was Jesminder.”
The coincidences don’t end there.
That was me."
Things didn’t go as smoothly for her as one would hope for such a big moment.
“I remember he said this is so racist he said I had curry breath,” Scott recalled.
“After I kissed him he said I had curry breath.”
Was the boy making a stereotypical remark about Scott due to her Indian background?
Or did she, in fact, have curry breath in that moment?
Scott doesn’t seem to rule out either scenario.
“I could have very well had curry breath, by the way,” Scott said.
“It depends what my mom made the night before.”
She was discovered by chance
Talk about being at the right place at the right time.
Naomi Scott was discovered when she was singing at her parents’ church at age 12.
“I said, ‘I want to sign her’.
“She was like, ‘But I don’t act,'” Bryan told The Sun.
“I was like, ‘Yeah, yeah, we’ll work on that you will.'”
Clearly, Bryan has a good eye for talent.
“I was very green, it was my first movie,” she toldThe Telegraph.
“I learnt on the job; I had no training, no drama school.”
She’s not kidding about the lifelong friends part.
Scott was 16 at the time and would go on to marry Spence in 2014 when she was 21.
If you think that’s really young to get married, you’re not alone.
Scott feels the same way.
“I was never that person who wanted to get married young.
It was never what I yearned for, but isn’t that the way?”
Scott is quick to point out that Spence is no dumb jock.
She said he’s an “avid reader” and he cooks.
Back then, he also said, “She’s working on a few things.
… Hopefully we get some family success this year.”
If he only knew!
In retrospect, Scott feels she didn’t deliver her best work in “The Martian.”
“I really don’t blame them, because I was terrible,” she toldThe Telegraph.
I completely froze.”
And just FYI, she wasn’t completely cut out from the movie.
She’s in there briefly she just doesn’t say anything.
The ad campaign for the high-end tequila also featured music by blues legend Muddy Waters.
Scott said the song which was the first track on her first EP was personal for her.
She toldHuffPost, “it was about me falling in love for the first time.”
She tried to play it cool when in reality she was into the soccer stud.
“It kind of all went from there,” Becky G said.
The two began dating and judging by Becky G’sInstagram pics, are still going strong.
Well done, Naomi!
Topshop was her saving grace for her Aladdin audition
The audition process for Jasmine was extensive.
It wasn’t Jasmine’s trademark light blue outfit, but that’s a good thing.
She said she didn’t want to look like a cosplayer.
Scott admitted that she has a hard time ignoring the online trolls.
“It’s hard, man,” she toldW magazine.
Anyone who says that is a liar!
So you have to train yourself.
It’s actually like a discipline not to look."
In an interview withThe Telegraph, Scott echoed those sentiments, saying “You genuinely cannot hey everyone.
Asked if the backlash hurt, Scott responded, “Of course.
You’re human.”
Acting wasn’t part of the plan.
It kind of just happened, thanks toKelle Bryan.
“However, acting is an avenue that has opened doors,” Scott told Hypebae.
“I will eventually switch gears to solely music, but at the moment it is both.”
Even with her acting career on the rise, Scott is determined to make music happen.
She’s just waiting for the right moment.
“… Quite honestly, I don’t see it as this separate thing, this add on thing.
My faith is just a part of who I am and what I do.”
Her faith also has a heavy influence on her music.
Scott auditioned for the role and Banks said studio execs knew after 40 seconds she was the right fit.
“I was looking for an everywoman,” Banks said.
Scott was joined on the big screenin late 2019by fellow AngelsKristen Stewartand Ella Balinska.
“There was no hesitation,” she toldHeyUGuysin 2022, calling the story “fascinating.”
She added: “I binge-read the script …
The character I thought was really interesting and complex.”
“Of course I wanted to be a part of it,” she toldBuzzFeed.
Scott described her appearance that day as less than movie star material.
She was wearing a tracksuit and no makeup.
“The mom was like, ‘Honey, that ain’t Princess Jasmine,'” Scott recalled.
