Phoebe Tonkin plays that girl you just love to hate on The Secret Circle, Faye Chamberlain. The good news is that Tonkin loves her just as much as we do.

In an new interview with Australia’s InStyle magazine Tonkin stated:

“I love to play the bad girl.I was awkward at school and definitely wasn’t cool. It’s fun to [portray] someone so different to who I am.”

“I was in LA for pilot- season auditions, and when I did eventually get [The Secret Circle], I was very grateful because I knew what it was like not having a job.” It didn’t take long for the actress to find her feet in Tinseltown. “LA can be lonely, but I admit I got lucky,” she explains. “I met two of my good friends—[actresses] Teresa Palmer and Tahyna Tozzi—at auditions, and they kind of took me under their wings. They’re such beautiful girls.”

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