hi guys.
hey hey.
how's it going? are you excited for season three to come out?
so excited. so excited to finally start seeing the fruits of our labor.
right. you guys are kind of the OGs when it comes to this kind of stuff, so did you each share any
specific stories that we should know about when you guys are on set behind the scenes?
i feel like we would, i mean, i feel like we would also reminisce with each other
a lot. i feel like there's a lot of times that we were sort of standing on the sidelines
and we would go, like, this reminds me of the time when...
yeah. yeah, we would joke about things like the disney channel games from way back in the day
and just, like, different promos that we've done together. the thing that i thought was
really funny was, a bunch of the cast members would come up to me later and they would say,
"you know, yesterday when we were shooting and it was you and corbin, you guys were up on the stage,
and when we weren't shooting your side, like, you guys were just doing your off-camera dialogue,
between takes we would watch you guys and you were joking around and you were laughing,"
and they were like, "my 12-year-old self was having a freakout session
because i'm watching these two people i grew up on, and you guys are having so much fun."
like, they just they couldn't wrap their brains around it, so it was fun to see how
much they oddly enjoyed watching corbin and i enjoy hanging out with each other again.
i mean, how could you not, though? like, you guys are like, they really did grow up watching you,
like, as i, like, as i did, so, like, that's insane, like, that--
and corbin's the best. like, corbin's the easiest guy to be around. he's literally, he's just so
fun and warm and loving. the kids love him, i love him, it's, it was perfect for the show.
yeah.
thank you, jason. i love you so much, man. it's the same, though. truly. it, that, it's so easy
to be nice and to be joyful on a set when that's what's given to you. it's, it's, it's, it's,
it's just a circle of life there.
yeah.
crazy. and what would you say is the biggest difference that, when you guys would film back in
the day versus now? like, maybe a set thing, like, maybe craft services were better this time around,
or just like a whole different, like, perspective. like, what was the biggest difference?
i would just say the time frame of things were very, very different. um, when i think back to the
movies, just how much time we had per, uh, musical number, or even i would say for rehearsals,
uh, you know, our rehearsal times that we, we, before each movie, would go through like
almost like a boot camp of, like, two to three weeks of just being in the rehearsal studio
going over every single routine over and over and over again, whereas, you know, not only because,
on a television shooting schedule is just different, um, but because of covid too,
you know, it's just, it's just different time frame, different, you know, the inner workings
of it all is completely different. so, uh, we would get two days to rehearse a number,
and the kids are so quick on it, and that's where i was going, i just, i just get, like--
the level of talent is just really elevated, like, across the board. like, number 10 on
the call sheet could have their own show they're so talented. it's really wild. i think, for me,
the biggest difference between old school disney channel and new school is the amount of pressures
and responsibilities that the actors have now that they didn't really have before. like, when we did
"hannah", we would do the show, we would do press a couple of times a year, you'd shoot some promos,
you know, but that was really it. now, you know, we're shooting "high school musical" and,
and publicity is sending over, like, phones for them to record themselves and we got to
upload to tiktok and you got to do, you know... the social media stuff is just, it's so big and
it's such a big responsibility, and everything they say and do is out there for the world to see
and to be scrutinized. you think miley got a lot of attention for things she said and did back in
the day before social media? like, it would be a completely different story now. and i don't know,
i genuinely don't know how they juggle all of those responsibilities now. it's, it's--
i just, just, just to add to that, and because it is so all-consuming, uh, it's so important,
and i'm so happy that, just the topic of mental health is so much more discussed today, and, and
just down to even, even when speaking to our, our, you know, our, our actors, our talent, um, so many
of them are so aware of that. they, they practice, they actually practice things like meditation,
and they, they practice self-awareness, they, they have therapists, you know, that they actually--
it's like, it's, it's so, it's so important that, that mental health actually is put as a priority.
for sure. well, congrats, guys, on, you know, season three
and everything you've ever done, and thank you so much for talking to us.
thank you. thanks.