If it weren’t for the COVID-19 pandemic, proper now we might be gearing up for the Season 2 premiere of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, which was initially slated to return in late 2020. Nevertheless, the pleasant Disney+ collection was solely two weeks into manufacturing on its sophomore season when it was compelled to close down. A premiere date has nonetheless not been set, however we’re right here to assist fill the HSMTMTS void left in your coronary heart for the reason that first season wrapped again in December.
As a part of TV Information’s 100 Best Shows ranking, stars Joshua Bassett (Ricky), Olivia Rodrigo (Nini), Dara Reneé (Kourtney), Matt Cornett (E.J.), Julia Lester (Ashlyn), and Frankie Rodriguez (Carlos) reunited to relive some highlights from the present’s first season and share behind-the-scenes insights into how they introduced these spectacular performances to life.
When it got here time to revisit Ricky’s “I really like you” speech to Nini within the Season 1 finale, Bassett admitted he had by no means watched the scene earlier than and that he really improvised lots of his strains on set.
“I went exterior, and I used to be stressing: ‘I do not know what to say! I do not know what to say,'” Bassett recalled. “However I believe that really ended up serving to in the long term as a result of Ricky does not know what he is saying in that second. He has no thought what is going on to come back out. As soon as it occurred and all of it type of got here out, I believe it finally helped with the storyline that Joshua was nervous so Ricky was nervous. All of it got here collectively like that. That scene was magic.”
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The forged additionally gave us the within scoop on what went into filming the epic “Born to Be Courageous” group quantity, shared tales about what it was prefer to carry out authentic songs like “Questioning” and “All I Need,” and doled out recommendations on methods to act such as you’re a foul actor. However greater than something, it was only a sheer delight to see the forged hang around once more and really feel the real love they’ve for one another.
“Appearing with people who find themselves so good at what they do makes your job a lot simpler,” Rodrigo gushed. “I believe that is partly why I really like being on this present. All of you guys give a lot, and the scenes are so a lot better.”
Um, we’re not crying. You are crying! OK, we’re all crying.
Watch the complete video above to get a stable dose of HSMTMTS magic because the forged seems again on a number of of the present’s most memorable moments.
Excessive College Musical: The Musical: The Sequence is out there to stream on Disney+.
