- [VO] Wondering how newcomer Madison Reyes
got the part of Julie in "Julie and the Phantoms"?
I've got that answer,
and enough "Julie the Phantoms" fun facts
to fill a garage haunted by musical ghosts to the brim.
Let's do this.
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In her self-recorded audition tape,
Madison stood out by singing
"She Used To Be Mine" from the musical "Waitress"
and memorizing all the lines in her scene.
Now that's iconic.
- We're fine, everyone's fine.
- [Narrator] To snag their roles,
the rest of the cast also
had to choose standout audition songs.
Charlie Gillespie played the guitar and performed
"I Want it That Way" by the Backstreet Boys.
Owen Patrick Joyner sang "Buddy Holly"
by Weezer while rocking the drums.
Jeremy Shada chose "Youngblood"
by 5 Seconds of Summer and played the bass.
Add to playlist.
When Madison met Jeremy during auditions,
she fan-girled over her future costar.
So cute.
Turns out, Reyes is a huge fan of "Adventure Time"
and "Voltron: Legendary Defender:
Team Finn and team Lance for life.
And the fandom continues.
Madison has a pet hamster that she got after filming,
and she named him, drum roll, Reggie.
- Reggie from the show.
Reggie is just the kindest
and most lovable character out there.
- And this is...
- Reggie, I'm Reggie.
I love that dude.
- [Reporter] What do you do when your show
is executive produced by the same guy
that directed "High School Musical"?
You do what Madison and Charlie did.
They ask Kenny Ortega if they could have
a song similar to Zach and Vanessa's
legendary duet, "Can I Have This Dance?"
Charlie says he used to practice the rooftop dance
with his sister in the living room.
I'm gonna cry.
To make their "High School Musical" fantasy a reality,
Madison and Charlie wrote
the song "Perfect Harmony" together.
They worked with Ortega and the show's choreographer
to bring the scene to life, pretty impressive.
The choreography to go along with "Perfect Harmony"
was inspired by another movie,
"Dirty Dancing", which surprise, surprise,
was choreographed in 1987 by Kenny Ortega.
In episode six when Julie is spying on Luke,
the song playing is an instrumental version
of "Unsaid Emily", a song that Luke doesn't sing
until two episodes later, sneaky.
When Charlie recorded the song "Unsaid Emily"
his performance was so emotional
it moved everyone in the studio to tears.
In every episode, you can find a reference to a dahlia.
Sometimes it's the actual flower,
and sometimes it's in a painting or on a pillow.
Why dahlias?
In episode six, Julie tells Flynn
that it's her mom's favorite flower.
- It's a dahlia, my mom's favorite.
- [V.O.] Aw.
Sunset Curve wasn't the first name the show creators
came up with for the Phantom boys' original band.
In the episode "Stand Tall" you can see
the band name options they didn't use on prop posters
hung up in the concert venue.
Whisper Cats is my personal favorite.
Attention Harmonizers no, Normani's album isn't out yet,
but here's a fun fact to hold you over.
The choreography for Carrie in "Dirty Candy"
was heavily influenced by "Fifth Harmony"
while the outfits drew inspo from K-pop style.
♪ Oh, say did you see ♪
Julie's camo jumpsuit?
Same, I want it!
It's actually a nod to Madison's real life mom.
Mama Reyes is a Sergeant in the US military.
Growing up, Madison would often sing
the National Anthem at military events.
Wondering who the impressive tap dancing janitor
from "I've Got the Music" is?
His name is James Hibbard, and he's been dancing
since before we landed on the moon.
Did the scene where Luke, Reggie and Alex
eat their last meal leave you
with a weird feeling in the pit of your stomach?
That was intentional.
The hot dog stand is called Sam N Ellas,
or if said fast, salmonella, wink wink.
Los Feliz High School's principal Lessa
is a nod to Mariana Lessa,
the actress who played the original Julie
in the Brazilian "Julie and the Phantoms"
Doce, that means sweet in Portuguese.
In the episode titled "Finally Free"
when the guys are hanging out at Eats and Beats Cafe,
a song called "Every Little Everything"
is playing in the background.
The song is by Make Out Monday, Jeremy's real-life band.
Madison has musicals to thank for the acting bug.
She knew she wanted to be an actress when she played Jasmine
in her school's production of "Aladdin"
shining, shimmering, splendid choice.
Well, that's all I got.
Don't mean to ghost ya,
but that's sort of the theme, isn't it?
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