PR.com (Allison Kugel): Where do you shoot CSI: Miami? Is it in Miami, Los Angeles or both?

Eva La Rue: We shoot the show at a studio in Manhattan Beach, California. Then twice a year we go to Miami. We go for the first episode of the year and the last episode of the year. Sometimes they’ll send a B crew down during the middle of the season to shoot more exterior stuff if they need it.

PR.com: Being that you’re originally from Los Angeles, how did you get cast on All My Children ("All My Children" is shot in New York)?

Eva La Rue: They came trolling through Los Angeles and I auditioned in L.A. I originally auditioned for the role of Kendall. And the original Kendall was Sarah Michelle Gellar. I was totally not right for that role and I can’t even believe they brought me in for it. Sarah booked it and two weeks later they called me and they said, “We really loved you from your audition, though you were completely, horribly wrong for the role. But we have this other role that was going to be a recurring role but we’ll make it a contract if you will move out here and take it.” So I moved [to New York] two weeks later. Sarah Michelle Gellar and I, because we were the two new ones, we were roommates. We shared a dressing room.

PR.com: What was it like coming from the east coast and living on the west coast for the very first time?

Eva La Rue: Oh My God! It was life changing! All of my entire family and all of my friends that I’d grown up with… everybody is here in California. So I had no reason to go to the east coast accept to take this job. And the majority of the work is out here in L.A., so I never thought I’d be going to New York. But it ended up being a life changing experience. It was awesome and I’m so glad that I did it. By the time I came home (to Los Angeles) I was good and ready to come home, that’s for sure. I had had it with my last east coast winter (laughs).

PR.com: I hear you. I’m the opposite scenario. I’m from New York, my entire family and friends, everybody is in New York and I lived in Los Angeles for a long time. I can’t take the cold anymore either. I’m ready to pack up again and go back to California.

Eva La Rue: Give me some Palm Trees on Christmas Day!

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