While Julianne Hough quickly became a fan-favorite Dancing With the Stars pro during her tenure on the dancing competition, she initially wanted to turn down the role.“When I was 18,” Hough, 34, clarified during a Thursday, April 20, appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show. “Because, I was like, ‘You know, I want to be a respected actress and singer.
I don’t want to be on a competition show, you know, dancing.’ I was like, you know, this is what I want to do. This is my path.
And then I was like, ‘Well I guess it’s kind of a good thing to be able to have that as my day job and then it blew up.”The Safe Haven actress, who grew up ballroom dancing alongside brother Derek Hough and family friend Mark Ballas, initially was cast as a pro dancer on season 4 of the ballroom hit.
During her first season, Julianne was tasked with teaching Apolo Anton Ohno how to groove, which proved successful as they went on to take home the mirrorball trophy.
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