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Beau Mirchoff (Ben Stillman)

The Victoria Times Colonist talked to Beau Mirchoff (Ben) on playing "a playing a cocky, arrogant, stuck-up rich kid," learning to ride and falling in love...

So how did our dashing dude manage to get cast as a character who rides horses when he had never been on one? Mirchoff confesses he had to bend the truth when asked if he had any riding experience. "I said, 'Uh, yeah. My uncle owned a ranch in Washington. I used to go there every summer but I'll probably need a couple of lessons,' " he recalls, chuckling. He figured his natural ability to adapt to new physical challenges would kick in. Link