Those initial few years are also what made her who she is today. She goes on to explain this with an amusing anecdote about a promotional interview that she had given for her first Telugu film Siva Manasulo Sruthi (2012). “That film built a career for me. I had gone for its promotions for a radio show, and I had gone there wearing just a kurta and jeans, with damp hair and no makeup. The interview was amazing, and they said there were photographers to take pictures of me,” recalls Cassandra, who was unaware of radio promotional events involving photoshoots. “And oh god, those pictures are still on the internet! This was such a big learning for me. That is when I realised that it is not just about your payments, the kind of films you are offered, but also about how you present yourself. So, since then, I have always had my stylist and makeup artist with me. I do not go for promotions without them.”