Much like Emily, Hudgens handles the new challenge of entering the world of comedy with aplomb.
Below, she teases what’s in store forPowerless: (Read our reviewhere.)
I think Emily Locke has that in the making.

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Talk about Emily’s dynamic with her new team.They don’t really know what to do with her.
They haven’t really been approached with this sort of optimism in a really long time.
So it’s really her trying to find her place and gain their affection.
In the original pilot, your character had a little more edge to her.
What do you think of playing a more doe-eyed version of her on the show?I love it.
I feel like it gives Emily a place to grow.
That’s just a casualty of living in a world full of superheroes and villains.
There’s just so many.
The list goes on and on.
[Laughs] I was such a girly girl growing up.
The extent of my comic book knowledge was Catwoman, from Michelle Pfeiffer, because I love Tim Burton.
I’ve learned many things over the course of filming.
I’m just having fun and there for the ride.
It felt like an honor going with him, because I was obsessed over300.
It’s a really amazing world.
It’s just a really fun environment to be in.
Hopefully it inspires people to follow their dreams and their passions.
Powerlesswill debut Thursday at 8:30 p.m.