>> Jason: OUR PRODUCER JAY DID A
GREAT ROBERT STACK IMPRESSION, I
WAS IMPRESSED.
>>> AND BOOKS COME THAT ARE READ
BY NEARLY MOST IN A GENERATION,
LIKE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, HUNGER GAMES, AND HARDY BOYS AND
HUNGER GAMES, AND HARDY BOYS AND
BABY-SITTERS CLUB, AND NOW IT’S
COMING ON AS AN ORIGINAL SERIES.
>> IT STARTED AT THE BEGINNING
OF 7th GRADE.
>> WHAT IF YOU COULD MAKE ONE
PHONE CALL AND REACH A BUNCH OF GOOD SITTERS AT THE SAME TIME?
GOOD SITTERS AT THE SAME TIME?
>> ARE YOU SURE IT WORKS?
IT’S 25 YEARS OLD.
>> IT’S ICONIC.
>> OH MY GOSH!
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, BABY-SITTERS
CLUB.
THIS IS CHRISTIE THOMAS,
PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER SPEAKING.
>> Jason: ALL RIGHT, JOINING US
ON THE TELEVISION LIVE IS SOPHIE
GRACE, THE STAR OF THE NEW
SERIES WHO PLAYS CHRISTIE
THOMAS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US!
>> HI, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Jason: YOU HAVE SOME PRETTY
BIG SHOES TO FILL BECAUSE THERE
ARE ADULTS WHO GREW UP WITH THE
SERIES.
HAVE YOU READ THE BOOKS?
>> YES, I WAS A BIG FAN OF THEM.
MY SISTER SHARED THEM WITH ME.
AND IT WAS SOMETHING WE BONDED
OVER AND I FELT PRETTY SCHOOL
READING AT 6 YEARS OLD AND MY
SISTER WAS 15.
I’M A HUGE "CLUELESS" FAN
BECAUSE I LOVE THE FASHION, AND
MEETING HER WAS AMAZING!
AND SHE WAS SO FUN TO WORK WITH
AND REALLY SWEET.
>> Jason: SO HOW DID YOU GET
INTO ACTING?
THIS IS ONLY YOUR SECOND ROLE,
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> IT WAS A TOTAL ACCIDENT.
WHEN WE MOVED TO FLORIDA, I
JOINED AN ACTING CLASS FOR FUN.
THEN THEY WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW,
YOU SHOULD GET AN AGENT.
SO I GOT AN AGENT AND MY AGENT
SENT ME AN AUDITION FOR FUN AND
I ENDED UP GETTING THE ROLE.
IT WAS MY FIRST LEGITIMATE
AUDITION.
SO I TOTALLY FELL INTO IT.
AND THEN I GOT THIS ROLE AND
IT’S ALL HAPPENED SO FAST.
>> Jason: IF YOU HAD YOUR
CHOICE, NOW THAT YOU HAVE THIS
AS A SPRINGBOARD TO BIGGER AND
BETTER THINGS, WHO WOULD YOU
WANT TO WORK WITH, WHAT SERIES
WOULD YOU WANT TO JOIN?
>> MY IDOL HAS ALWAYS BEEN
JENNIFER ANISTON, SO ANYTHING I
COULD DO WITH HER WOULD BE A
DREAM COME TRUE.
>> Jason: AND WHAT HAS BEEN THE
REACTION AMONG YOUR FRIENDS AND
FAMILY TO YOUR SUDDEN RISE TO
FAME HERE?
ARE YOU GETTING MESSAGES ON THE
FACEBOOK OR THE GRAM?
TELL US ABOUT IT.
>> WHEN I COULD TELL MY FAMILY,
I WAS REALLY EXCITED AND I BROKE
IT TO MY FRIEND WHO TRIED TO
START A BABY-SITTERS CLUB WITH
ME AT SOME POINT IN OUR LIVES.
IT WAS AWESOME.
>> Jason: WERE YOU A BABY-SITTER
IN REAL LIFE?
>> I HAVE A TON OF SIBLINGS, SO
I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE
THERE.
AND I ALWAYS BABY-SIT THEIR
FRIENDS BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A LOT OF KIDS,
SO I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.
>> Jason: WHAT’S THE GOING RATE
PER HOUR?
>> USUALLY THE AVERAGE IS $10 AN
HOUR FOR, AND I’M GRATEFUL FOR,
IT’S AN AWESOME PRICE!
>> Jason: I MADE A KILLING ON MY
STREET BECAUSE I MOWED LAWNS AND
BABY-SAT KIDS AND I WAS
INDUSTRIOUS.
AND SO YOU WERE INDUSTRIOUS
GETTING INTO ACTING, AND YOU
TOOK YOUR FIRST CLASS AT 3?
>> NO, I WAS 10, AND I GOT MY
FIRST ROLE AT 11.
>> Jason: IT SAYS YOU WERE
BITTEN BY THE ACTING BUG YOUNG.
YOUR SIBLINGS WERE INTO SPORTS
AND URM INTO ACTING.
>> EVER SINCE I COULD WALK, I
WOULD FORCE MY SIBLINGS TO PUT
ON SHOWS WITH ME AND I WROTE
SCRIPTS AND MADE THEM PUT ON
COSTUMES.
I WAS ALWAYS MAKING SOME SORT OF
SHOW.
>> Jason: EXCELLENT, THANK YOU
FOR SPENDING TIME WITH US.
BREAK A LEG WITH THE SHOW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Jason: IT PREMIERS ON NETFLIX
ON JULY 3rd.
SHE MAKES $10 AN HOUR TO
BABY-SIT.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU MADE?
>> Tati: NOT $10 AN HOUR, THAT’S