‘Purple Hearts’ Star Sofia Carson Was ‘Terrified’ to Write the Soundtrack, Called Her Mom ‘Crying’ (Video)

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lot of money. By getting married, Cassie gets Luke’s military insurance benefits, and Luke gets an extra stipend each month to help cover expenses while he’s deployed.

So, though they can’t stand each other, the two strike a deal to help each other out. Why can’t they stand each other? Well, Cassie is very much a liberal woman, and Luke is a by-the-books conservative man, who initially judges Cassie pretty hard for even mentioning the idea of a fake marriage.

They have completely different world views and completely different ways of handling things. Where Luke is very put together and polished, Cassie is loose and free.

And though that creates tension in the story itself, their clashing views helped Carson a lot in crafting the songs Cassie would sing.“I had been living with this person with this young woman for four years — with her story, with her thoughts, her fears, with their love story — in my heart,” Carson explained. “And so I think in the process of writing the music, it helped me to become Cassie that much more.”Carson has dubbed Cassie her “greatest challenge as an actor,” noting that, to really find Cassie within herself, she had to fully “surrender” to the character. “And it was one of the most beautiful experiences that I’ve had as an actor,” she adds.You can check out TheWrap’s full interview with Sofia Carson below.