Sandy West – she’s the only one that’s not around with us anymore. I talked with all of her friends and family. I studied the videos. I spoke on the phone with her sister and her mother, and read up on her. I wanted to live my life the way that she did and try to get it down perfectly because it’s really important, especially since she’s no longer here. It’s extremely hard.

Joan and Cherie were on set to help guide the girls to show them who they were. Even though it’s years and years later, obviously, they’re not who they were when they were 15. They helped me with a lot of my questions, and answers, and whatnot. It helped a lot to have them around. Joan and Cherie could tell me old stories about Sandy. I still spend a lot of time with Sandy’s best friend. I’m actually taking her as my date to the premiere.

Sandy was kind of like the base of the band. Not only was she the drummer, she was the one that held everyone together. Her dream was this band. She and Joan were the first two founders of it, the ones that started it. All she wanted to do was play drums, and make music, and have a good time. She was the one who every time people would get into a fight, she calmed everybody down. She was like, “Everybody, let’s just be together. We’re all friends. We’re family. This is our dream. Let’s do this.” She was the voice of reason.

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