for us to find out more about these people - and I think that's our advantage. 

He conceded that Dewan  comes in with incredible talent,  but added,  with great talent comes incredible expectation - that's my challenge. 

 The way I approach things is that you're only as good as the thing that you've never done, so I'm going to push her and push us to showcase to the world something they haven't seen from her yet. That's a challenge in itself because we've seen her at the highest form of dance and what that expression can look like -  Chmerkovskiy said, before Dewan interjected to add,  Many years ago! 

The cast of  DWTS  Season 35 also includes Julia Stiles, Harry Shum Jr., Tatyana Ali, Tyler Cameron, Giada De Laurentiis, Maura Higgins, Ciara Miller, Taylor Hanson, Sarah Jane Nader, Guillermo Rodriguez, Jackson Olson, Ezra Frech, Amber Glenn, Conner Leavitt, and Connor Wood.

The series returns on Sept. 15 on ABC and Disney+.