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Sophia Bush planned on heart surgery, then Brooke Davis happened

On Call Her Daddy, the actor walks Alex Cooper through the memoir she says "drags you," from One Tree Hill's summer-camp cast to a wedding day she now reads differently.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 480,006 views a day, 94 times a normal first day on this channel (5,129).

Sophia Bush: Brooke Davis, Breakups & Beginning Again

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2:14Bush calls writing her first memoir harder than any baptism by fire.
4:06She meant to become a heart surgeon; a required high school theater class changed course.
5:41An unpicked ABC pilot led producers to invite her to audition for Ravens, later One Tree Hill.
16:20Brooke Davis began as comic relief; Bush pushed back against her sexualization.
27:48The women in the cast protected newcomers, then wrote their 2017 open letter.
52:11She reflects on warning signs she noticed and ignored on her wedding day.

Sophia Bush was supposed to be a heart surgeon. She tells Alex Cooper she wanted to study science and only reached a stage because her high school required theater. A pilot for ABC that never got picked up came next, and the people behind it asked her to audition for a show then called Ravens. It became One Tree Hill.

She left USC as a 21-year-old junior to move to North Carolina for it. "I turned 21 the week before I moved to North Carolina," she says, and the young cast bonded so fast that "it literally felt like summer camp." Brooke Davis, the role many viewers still name her by, was first written to be comic relief, someone to "come in and stir the pot," before her part grew. Bush also recalls resisting how sexualized the character was meant to be.

The occasion is her first book, and she makes it sound like hard labor: "'Baptism by fire' is like mellow compared to writing your first book." Its chapters reach the parts of One Tree Hill that were not fun. Bush describes the women in the cast closing ranks to look out for newcomers, and then organizing their joint open letter in 2017. "This is why we say believe women," she says.

The second hour turns to her first marriage and the day of the wedding, when she says she noticed warning signs and set her intuition aside while her mother was ill. Her distinction now: "Marriage is hard, but if hard is suffering, that's not the same thing." The description promises she also talks about coming out and finally feeling like herself. The episode carries several paid sponsor breaks.

The interview drew about 435,000 views in its first 19 hours, while a usual first day for the channel's long videos is a few thousand. In the comments, One Tree Hill fans say they have waited years for this one, and several are already putting in requests for Hilarie Burton next.

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What viewers say

I clicked so fast for THE Brook Davis, and stayed for Sophia. What a woman!
@AlexEldedgeSee it on YouTube
I’ve been hoping for this interview for YEARS!!!
@sunshineisgreat1See it on YouTube
I just love this woman so much. The way she portrayed Brooke raised me in my teens, and Sophia is still teaching me in my 30's 😭 What a beautiful genuine soul.
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It's time for Hilarie Burton ❤
@mkirkovaSee it on YouTube
I always loved B Davis growing up but my gosh Sophia Bush is an incredible woman
@therealmissblondie22See it on YouTube
Nina Dobrev and Leighton Meester next!!
@bellasophia18See it on YouTube
So much respect for Sophia as an actress, a woman, and a person.
@ryanshi703See it on YouTube
I could listen to Sophia talk for DAYS. Thank you.
@kaylierrossSee it on YouTube
omggg I’m SO excited to watch this because I’m rewatching One Tree Hill rn!!! Brooke Davis has been my personal queen ever since I first watched the show 😭 Sophia is just sooo charismatic and full of energy, she was literally MADE for that role!!
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