Tori Spelling Reveals Which of Her Famous Friends Inspired Her to Finally Move On Dancing with the stars.

Spelling spoke to PEOPLE on Wednesday, September 4, after it was announced that she would be joining season 33 as Pasha Pashkov’s partner. The actress admits that she always doubted her ability to compete in the dance competition, but she says she’s excited.

“It had been offered to me before and I wanted to do it so badly – ​​I’m such a big fan – and I was just too scared to ever say yes,” she confesses.

This time Spelling says that one of her Beverly Hills, 90210 fellow players encouraged her to take up the challenge.

“Brian Austin Green knew it from the moment I got that phone call,” she says. “So the whole time I was like, ‘I don’t know if I should do this or not,’ but he said, ‘You’re going to be amazing, you have to do this.'”

The Troop Beverly Hills alum’s connection to Green, who appeared in season 30 of DWTS with fiancée Sharna Burgess, also gave her a reason to join the show. Spelling says she hasn’t gotten any dancing tips from Burgess yet, but she has consulted her while she waited to find her partner.

“From the beginning I was like, ‘Sharna, who do you think I’m going to get as a partner?'” Spelling explains. “And she literally went around to every single one of them and said, ‘He’s amazing and he would work for you,’ and when she gave me the details she said, ‘This one would be perfect for you,'” Spelling continues, pointing to Pashkov.

“When I walked in (and saw Pashkov), I thought, ‘Oh my God, Sharna was right!’” she adds.

In addition to Spelling and Pashkov, this season’s cast includes: Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks dances with pro Val Chmerkovskiy (brother of Parks’ The traitors co-star Maksim Chmerkovskiy); Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts (brother of Julia Roberts and father of Emma Roberts) partnered with Britt Stewart; and convicted con artist Anna Delvey partnered with Ezra Sosa.

Others vying for the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy include NBA champion Dwight Howard who dances with Daniella Karagach; former NFL wide receiver Danny Amendola who teamed with Witney Carson; Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Brooks Nader linked to Gleb Savchenko; Olympic rugby player Ilona Maher in competition with Alan Bersten, The Bachelor‘S Joey Graziadei, who will dance with Jenna Johnson; Pretty Little Liars: Summer School star Chandler Kinney alongside Brandon Armstrong; Family matters patriarch Reginald VelJohnson worked with Emma Slater; and The BacheloretteJenn Tran, who just completed her finals, dances with Sasha Farber.

PEOPLE previously exclusively confirmed the return of Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro as co-hosts for Season 33, with Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough returning to the judging panel.

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Dancing with the stars is produced in front of a live audience by BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions. Season 33 premieres Tuesday, September 17 at 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+, with the episode available to stream the following day on Hulu.