The Boston Herald met actress Bella Thorne while she was in Manhattan recently:
Question: Who do you like to hang out with the most from the cast?
Answer: Definitely Zendaya, and I also think probably Kenton (Duty) and Davis (Cleveland). I love Davis and I love Kenton.
Q: What is your favorite episode in “Shake It Up!”?
A: In “Shake It Up!” my favorite episode is probably – oh, that’s a hard one – for the first season I really like the dyslexia episode because I’m dyslexic, of course. There’s an episode coming up where you get to meet my dad. He’s in the second season. I really like that because it’s all about family and it’s really cute.
Q: How hard was it to learn all the dance moves?
A: It’s definitely hard because I was never a dancer before “Shake It Up!” It was definitely difficult to become a dancer and getting used to this world that I wasn’t a part of.
Q: Is working on a movie different from working on the TV show?
A: Working on a movie is a lot different just because of the timing and how long it takes. We’re doing a four-camera set up and there’s a whole hard set in back of us and it ends and you always have to keep face front. Like where you walk, you have to walk, like, still front. So in a movie you can do whatever you want – the camera will follow you. And so, in the TV show, you have to follow the camera. You can take your time (in a movie) and think about things. But in a sitcom, 30 minutes is done. So it’s definitely really different.
Q: Are you like your character in real life?
A: I’m a lot like my character from the movie (“Frenemies”) and from the show. I think that those two characters, Avalon and CeCe, mixed together would definitely be me.
Q: Do you like being recognized?
A: I do, because I love meeting my fans. I love meeting new people, and when they smile and they look at me, it makes me want to cry, because that’s why we do it. We do it to impress them and make them laugh and smile, and they make me really happy.
Q: What’s the best thing about being famous?
A: I think getting to meet your fans. Getting to meet the people that love you and are always going to be there for you. To say I have the best fans – I can’t imagine not having them – I love them so much.
Q: Do you like dancing better than acting?
A: No, but I would say I like them equally.
Q: If you weren’t an actor, what would you like to be?
A: I can’t really imagine myself not being an actor not doing what I love. I would say probably an artist. I love drawing and painting.
Q: What else have you acted on?
A: I’ve done a lot. I’ve done – this is like my first comedy, Disney comedy, but before I did “Big Love,” “My Own Worst Enemy,” I’ve done like a lot more serious stuff.
Q: What do you do in your free time?
A: I haven’t really had free time, but I’d say being with friends and sleeping all day long.
Q: How long do they give you to memorize your script and dance moves?
A: So we do temporary read on Wednesday . . . and Thursday we get a new script and we do our producer run-through and on Friday we do our network run-through and on Monday and Tuesday we shoot.
Q: Do you like to hang out with Zendaya?
A: Oh yeah. Zendaya and I even when we were training in Toronto we would sleep over every night or we would Skype. When we were in Toronto we were together all day. Even now we hang out and we have sleepovers. We’re like inseparable.
Bella Thorne, an American teen actress, dancer, singer and model, said in an interview that she is very excited and looking forward to her visit to Dubai next month.
In an interview with Hollywood TV, Thorne said she would be visiting Dubai with Zendaya in the last week of March to launch the Shake It Up milkshakes at Millions of Milkshakes.
Zendaya and Bella Thorne are stars of Disney’s award winning number one hit TV show ‘Shake It Up’, “We are super excited to go there. And I would be sitting on 18-hour flight… doing school work,” she gleefully told Hollywood TV on the red carpet for the “John Carter” premiere.
The Millions of Milkshakes is selling tickets for Dh400 to meet and watch Zendaya and Bella performance live on stage at The Dubai Mall on Friday, March 30, 2012. In all, 200 tickets will be sold for the event.
While 250 ticket for Abu Dhabi event – which will take place on Thursday, March 29 – are being sold at a cost of Dh600.
Bella Thorne may have a hit TV show on the Disney Channel, but she wants fans to know that she’s nothing like her predecessors Miley Cyrus and Hilary Duff. The Shake It Up starlet recently stopped Celebuzz to answer fan questions and, when a fellow “Bellarina” wanted to know how she felt about filling in Miley’s shoes, Bella laid it all on the line.
“Everyone compares me to Miley but I don’t really know why,” she said. “I’m 14-year-old girl trying to do my own thing and live my dream. I don’t think I can even compare to anyone like that.”
“They’re such visions that it’s even hard to picture yourself being compared to that,” the actress added.
Bella, Miley, and Hilary do have one thing in common — all three girls have found success in television. Bella’s show, Shake It Up, has been going strong ever since its 2010 debut. So is there a third season in the works?
“Of course! Why wouldn’t there be?” Bella told us. “We love Shake It Up and to think that we’re even going into the third season is mesmerizing.”
Bella Thorne hung out with Popstar magazine last week for a cupcake party, and a recent video interview from Popstar was released with Bella talking about what qualities a good friend or a boyfriend should have. The Shake It Up star looks for friends who are honest and loyal, and she likes her guys to be someone you can “really be yourself around”.
You’ve seen her on ‘Shake It Up,’ and you’ve blasted their single ‘Bubblegum Boy’ non-stop. For Bella Thorne and Pia Mia, the ride has only begun. We got to chat with the duo, (and we must say, they were energetic!) so check out our interview below!
Fanlala: Bella, You credit Texas Instruments as the big break for your career. What did the company have you do?
Bella Thorne: It was a commercial, ten commercials, and I had to do two sets of them. One of them was shot all in Canada. There was an elephant named George on the set, he was really cute. Everyone thinks that he was green screened, but he wasn’t! It was definitely different. It was hard to fill my lines, because it was hard to get George to look at the camera!F: Pia, if you could choose one onscreen project for you and Bella to work on, what would you two want to do?
Pia Mia: A music video would definitely be a lot of fun. Fans have been asking for a video for ‘Bubblegum Boy,’ so we’ve wanted to do something like that.F: Your song ‘Bubblegum Boy’ is a huge hit, both online and on Radio Disney. A question for you both – what is your favorite flavor of bubble gum, or candy in general?
BT: Dubble Bubble is my favorite gum. I love chewing the kind that you can blow really big bubbles with. The normal kind gives me headaches, so I prefer watermelon flavored gum!
PM: Definitely the regular gum flavor, and my favorite candy is Twix! Ooooh! And Milky Ways. They give them to me on set all the time!F: Bella, we know you spend a lot of time on both coasts. Either LA or New York. What would you say are the best parts of both cities?
BT: In New York it’s the honesty of people. If they don’t like you out there, they’ll tell you straight up. I just love New York, walking down the streets is really fun. You can get two-dollar hot dogs, and the fashion out there is exquisite. And LA is just clean – all my friends are here. I’ve got Pia and Zendaya!F: Do the two of you have any Disney memories from when you grew up together?
BT: When I was growing up, my sister’s room was Disney themed. I was looking at pictures when I was younger, and I look like an unhappy baby, but I have had wonderful Disney experiences, and I’m named after Belle from ‘Beauty and the Beast!’
PM: My Disney memory was Cinderella from third grade. I tried out for Cinderella with a bunch of other people in my class and I got the part of Cinderella. It’s that part that got me started in singing!Each week, you can vote for ‘Bubblegum Boy’ to be number one on Radio Disney. They totally get our votes. We wish you the best girls!
A new Disney Channel movie called “Frenemies” debuted Friday night, casting real-life fashion fans and best buds Bella Thorne and Zendaya Coleman as style watchers who want to turn their blog Geekly Chic into a magazine.
Of course, their friendship is put to the test when they have to compete for the editor job. In the end, though, they go together like a pair of great shoes, doing their best work as a team.
Both girls star in the Disney Channel TV series “Shake It Up,” where they play outfit-obsessed best friends who get a gig as background dancers on a local TV dance show.
Thorne is 14. Coleman is 15 and she prefers to go by the one-word Zendaya, like Madonna or Beyoncé.
Zendaya doesn’t really go anywhere without heels on, and one of Thorne’s favorite outfits ever was a Betsey Johnson party dress with combat boots and funky socks.
Zendaya says she’s learned a lot about shoes from her friend. Thorne is much more into music and dance thanks to Zendaya.
In an hourlong fashion field trip to an H&M store in Manhattan, the girls dreamed up new fashion-forward combos, described their signature looks, and listed must-have items for their purses (phones and headphones for both, but Zendaya also needs her lip gloss).
The girls say they wish they could swap clothes more often, but, alas, while they are cut from the same cloth, they are not the same size. Here are some other tidbits from their visit to H&M.
Associated Press: What’s your style?
Zendaya: I like to be dressed up. I’m pretty neutral, not very funky. I like neutral colors, and black and white. I need to wear more color. I could sit in the closet a long time and be very happy and think about what to wear. I have a definite interest. I study ads in fashion magazines, and I’ll cover up the labels and guess if I know the designer. I quiz myself.
Thorne: I don’t do a stylist because I like the unexpected. I will make up a whole outfit, picking the shoes first. … I also really like leather.AP: How would you describe each other’s style?
Thorne: If I were going to buy something for myself, I’d get the hot pink, and I’d get the black for Zendaya. She’s sophisticated.
Zendaya: Bella likes to mix it up. She’ll wear frilly with studs.AP: What would you like to see each other wear more of?
Zendaya: I would like to see her more casual, in jeans and some kick-back Converse.
Thorne: She never wears skirts. (She) should wear more skirts. I’d love to see her in a bubble skirt and a comic T-shirt.AP: Your biggest obsession?
Thorne: I love to shop shoes. I turned a room into my house into a closet — I made it my shoe closet.
Zendaya: I have a closet full of blazers, and I love shoes. I wear the blazers with shorts, and then I’ll try on all of my shoes.