Speaker 1: Sabrina. We just got back from the Disney Building.
Speaker 2: I know, it has been years since I have step
Speaker 2: foot in the Disney Channel building. And I was even
Speaker 2: standing outside kind of hesitating a little bit to go
Speaker 2: in because this was a place that I was at,
Speaker 2: you know, weekly, sometimes daily when we were getting ready
Speaker 2: for certain things, or even just I have a favorite
Speaker 2: little sandwich shop that's right around the corner that even
Speaker 2: when I was there, I would kind of stop by
Speaker 2: and see who was in the building.
Speaker 3: To just say hi to. And it's so crazy that.
Speaker 2: It's been so long, and I'm telling you, the nerves
Speaker 2: were just like as I was pulling up in the car,
Speaker 2: the nerves were just starting to hit me, and like
Speaker 2: nostalgic vibes and nervous vibes and like happy vibes. I
Speaker 2: was just so excited to be able to get a
Speaker 2: chance to go back in there, and especially for such
Speaker 2: a great reason.
Speaker 3: It was so awesome.
Speaker 4: I know, so by the people probably have no idea
Speaker 4: who I am. I'm Tara. I'm one of the producers
Speaker 4: on the show. And you're like, like, where's what this is
Speaker 4: for me?
Speaker 3: And will this is the Dara?
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, Well, Sabrina and I got to go
Speaker 1: to the Disney Channel building. Sabrina interviewed the stars of
Speaker 1: Zombies four, which was also something where we were like
Speaker 1: crossing our fingers for the longest time to make sure
Speaker 1: it happens. And there's so many like ins and outs
Speaker 1: in the industry and setting up and timing and making
Speaker 1: sure it works, and we got to do it, and
Speaker 1: I know that, Like it was just it was so quick.
Speaker 4: It went by so quick, but it.
Speaker 2: Was so magical, and honestly, it was just it was
Speaker 2: one of those things where you know, I, before this podcast,
Speaker 2: really knew very little out the Zombies franchise. I didn't
Speaker 2: even wasn't even aware that Paul Holland, the director of
Speaker 2: them All, was actually the director of this.
Speaker 3: And I knew it was big.
Speaker 2: Every time Halloween comes out, it seems like there's a
Speaker 2: couple of people that at some point are dressing their
Speaker 2: kids up in those zombie costumes.
Speaker 3: And but I really didn't know. I knew there was
Speaker 3: like cheerleaders and zombies.
Speaker 2: I was so confused, and since day one of watching
Speaker 2: or rewatching, I guess is what we're doing. Zombies won
Speaker 2: the original. I had been hooked like on a different
Speaker 2: level that I've ever expected to be on a Disney
Speaker 2: Channel original movie at the age I'm at, like you
Speaker 2: know how I feel about Brinking Johnny's Sunami. Never once
Speaker 2: in my life thought I was going to be this hooked,
Speaker 2: this long out the gate of Disney d cooms and
Speaker 2: I am in love with them, so it was very exciting.
Speaker 2: You know, we've gotten to meet Meg before on the
Speaker 2: on our podcasts, and knowing that I was going to
Speaker 2: get to meet her and give her a big hug
Speaker 2: in person was just it was everything. I was so
Speaker 2: excited for this day. I was zipping around getting ready,
Speaker 2: so excited. Traffic of course, from Orange County to La Man,
Speaker 2: it sucks, but it was so worth it. I was
Speaker 2: just so excited to get up to the Channel. Well,
Speaker 2: and for people wondering where will is. Will is on
Speaker 2: tour with Pod Meets World. So unfortunately he's busy, he's been,
Speaker 2: man is busy. Pod Meets World keeps him busy.
Speaker 1: He does, but you know we made it work with
Speaker 1: you know, he sent his blessing to Sabrina to go
Speaker 1: do this solo and you killed it.
Speaker 4: So I'm excited for everyone to hear it all right.
Speaker 3: Well, let's get into it.
Speaker 2: First, I'm getting a chance to talk to Malachi and Freya,
Speaker 2: and then you gotta keep listening because we get a
Speaker 2: chance to interview Milo and Meg. All right, guys, Well,
Speaker 2: first of all, congratulations. This is incredible, not to just
Speaker 2: be a part of the franchise that is epic and
Speaker 2: Witches Zombies, but to be a part of the Channel
Speaker 2: in such a big way.
Speaker 3: So congratulations you guys.
Speaker 2: We've been recapping the Zombies franchise over at Magical rewind
Speaker 2: and I feel like you expect the movies, see their plateau,
Speaker 2: but these just keep getting.
Speaker 3: Bigger and better.
Speaker 5: It's wild.
Speaker 2: How does it feel to be a part of such
Speaker 2: an epic franchise at the Channel?
Speaker 5: Huge? Crazy, so awesome.
Speaker 6: Yeah, it was wild coming into it, just because it
Speaker 6: was like there's a little bit of pressure coming into
Speaker 6: such a such a beloved franchise, but also Megan, Milo
Speaker 6: and all the ogs just welcomed us with open arms,
Speaker 6: and it was it.
Speaker 5: Was really really cool to be able to do a
Speaker 5: project with them and hang out.
Speaker 6: I've known Megan Milo for a while now, just being
Speaker 6: in the Disney World at the same time, and then
Speaker 6: just to be able to come to come together and
Speaker 6: be creative with creatives is really is really fun.
Speaker 2: We talked to Meg and she said that this felt
Speaker 2: like a different filming situation because of the new characters
Speaker 2: coming in that she felt like she they had a
Speaker 2: responsibility to kind of show you guys the ropes.
Speaker 3: Was that how you felt?
Speaker 7: One thousand percent? They were genuinely mentors.
Speaker 8: I mean, they've done it before, They know this franchise
Speaker 8: better than anyone, so getting to learn from them on
Speaker 8: a set with something that they're so good at they're
Speaker 8: just in their.
Speaker 7: Element was so helpful.
Speaker 8: I feel like joining a franchise like this, there's no
Speaker 8: way to prepare yourself and having them there just felt
Speaker 8: like the ultimate guidance.
Speaker 7: That like was incredible.
Speaker 3: And what about your guys's rehearsal?
Speaker 2: That was always my favorite part during me Bema because
Speaker 2: it was the time where you're doing hard work, but
Speaker 2: you're chilling and you're actually getting to know your casts
Speaker 2: and the chemistry is building within those rehearsals.
Speaker 3: How was that for you guys?
Speaker 7: It was so fun.
Speaker 8: I mean throughout the rehearsal process, we actually spent every
Speaker 8: second together as a cast.
Speaker 7: We would spend the day doing like.
Speaker 8: Dance rehearsals, and then we'd do fittings, and then we'd
Speaker 8: do like hair and makeup trials, and then.
Speaker 7: We'd all go out like bowling. Then we'd go for
Speaker 7: dinner or something.
Speaker 8: So it was the ultimate time to get to know
Speaker 8: each other and just really just have some fun while
Speaker 8: learning how to be a part of the franchise. So
Speaker 8: Rehustle Pier is probably one of my favorite pots.
Speaker 6: And it was also like this was one of this
Speaker 6: is my first musical, so coming into like the dance world,
Speaker 6: the singing world and all that type of stuff, I
Speaker 6: had somewhat of experience before a little bit.
Speaker 3: You're saying you didn't have a ton of dance experience
Speaker 3: before this, You're getting me.
Speaker 5: I mean, I I was so good. I danced when
Speaker 5: I was like, I mean what for once. But it
Speaker 5: was like it was a.
Speaker 6: Full on dancing boot camp, which was awesome. But the
Speaker 6: choreographers helped us out the time.
Speaker 3: Yeah. So we filmed in New Zealand.
Speaker 5: Yes, wow, insane?
Speaker 3: I mean, did you guys get to meet each.
Speaker 2: Other at all? Was their table reads here and rehearsals
Speaker 2: here or was everything popping over to your new like.
Speaker 3: Home for a while.
Speaker 6: It was really funny. We are actually sitting in the
Speaker 6: room where we and me and her.
Speaker 7: Medicine, but we met for the first time.
Speaker 6: Oh and so so yeah we had we had like
Speaker 6: the chemistryads and stuff like that, but other than that,
Speaker 6: I mean, she was she lives in London and that
Speaker 6: was on the other side of the All the communication
Speaker 6: and all the the chemistry that we built was over
Speaker 6: FaceTime and zoom those two three in person chemistry reads
Speaker 6: that we did, and then we just got out there
Speaker 6: and but we facetimed so much that it was like
Speaker 6: we once we got to New Zealand, we felt like
Speaker 6: we already had known each.
Speaker 5: Other for years. But yeah, yeah, we're also just besties.
Speaker 5: So it's chill Besty for the rest.
Speaker 3: I love it.
Speaker 2: So your audition process must have been a little bit
Speaker 2: different since you were not here in the States.
Speaker 8: Yes, yeah, so my audition process was initially it was
Speaker 8: like self tapes and stuff, which was all I really
Speaker 8: have ever known. I'd never even done a chemistry read
Speaker 8: or read with another person before, so that was a
Speaker 8: whole new experience in itself. So did a self tape
Speaker 8: and I did another self tape that it was like
Speaker 8: a zoom call with the director and producers and then
Speaker 8: they were like, hey, do you want to come to
Speaker 8: LA for a chemistry read?
Speaker 7: I was like, how do I chemistry read? What is that?
Speaker 8: So then I came out and I met Malec for
Speaker 8: the first time in the chemistry read. I flew home
Speaker 8: and the next day they were like, actually you wanted
Speaker 8: to come back out again.
Speaker 7: And I was like, cool, I'll be on the next flight.
Speaker 8: So we had like two chemistry reads and then I
Speaker 8: found out I booked it, and it was just after
Speaker 8: a long process, which was also so much fun. It
Speaker 8: was just the biggest relief to be like, all the
Speaker 8: hard work paid off.
Speaker 3: Who was with you when you got the car? My
Speaker 3: mom and my dad.
Speaker 8: Yes, it was like two am because of the LA
Speaker 8: to London time difference, so it was like two am
Speaker 8: and my parents got the call and they were like,
Speaker 8: we can't wait until the morning to tell her. So
Speaker 8: they got me out of bed and we're like, Freyer,
Speaker 8: they need headshots of you. I don't know how I
Speaker 8: believed it, but I got out of bed started posing
Speaker 8: for these pictures and then and then they told me
Speaker 8: and I.
Speaker 2: Was while you found out, yes, yes, best parent move
Speaker 2: Ever's amazing.
Speaker 3: I love that you will have it forever.
Speaker 2: Yeah, because this is the start of something just giant
Speaker 2: and it's gonna just keep evolving.
Speaker 3: And I love that. Oh man, that is that is amazing.
Speaker 3: So we've talked a little bit about the choreography and
Speaker 3: the musicals.
Speaker 2: Now obviously zombies just for their epic I mean, Paul
Speaker 2: Howen just knows how to just put on a show.
Speaker 3: I love him. What I know this is hard to
Speaker 3: do to anyone.
Speaker 2: But out of the nine songs, what do you guys think,
Speaker 2: maybe not what your favorite is, but maybe one of
Speaker 2: your favorite like memories of just filming this actual the
Speaker 2: actual thing. Was it more that Was it more of
Speaker 2: the songs between you two? Or was it more of
Speaker 2: the big dance battles and everything that happens within the movie.
Speaker 6: I feel like it's I feel like it's kind of
Speaker 6: a mix of both between like the moments between me
Speaker 6: and her because those are so special for our characters
Speaker 6: and our character development. But also I think that the
Speaker 6: big group number is like I mean, shoot Place to
Speaker 6: Be is it's such a big number, and it's.
Speaker 5: It's the moment where you're.
Speaker 6: Introduced to the Vampires and the day Walkers, and I
Speaker 6: mean we filmed at a sand dune, we filmed in
Speaker 6: water at the beach, and we filmed all over.
Speaker 5: The place for that one.
Speaker 6: And yeah, it was fun because you know, the whole
Speaker 6: cast was there, all the dancers were there that day
Speaker 6: and it was like those days because those were films
Speaker 6: super split up. Yeah, but yeah, I would say Place
Speaker 6: to Be is definitely. If I had to pick like
Speaker 6: a favorite big group number, I would have to say
Speaker 6: Place to Be just because it was it was so
Speaker 6: much fun to film and the dancers. Not to mention
Speaker 6: the New Zealand dancers, it is absurd, like they would
Speaker 6: they would come into work and it's like that you'd
Speaker 6: think that they're not paying any attention because they're just
Speaker 6: like messing around and then all of a sudden they're like,
Speaker 6: we're gonna do like a full out run through and
Speaker 6: it's just locked in, like full remove, like just to
Speaker 6: the dime.
Speaker 5: It's it's really unreal.
Speaker 2: Did you guys have I mean, did you have just
Speaker 2: like so much excitement? Meaning the choreographers of this franchise
Speaker 2: and what they do. My favorite thing is every single
Speaker 2: you know, monster has their own style, so like picking
Speaker 2: up what makes you different the day Walkers from the
Speaker 2: Night Walkers. That had to be so excited to see
Speaker 2: what they were going to turn out for your guys' characters.
Speaker 7: It was so exciting.
Speaker 8: I mean, I speak to the choreographer like I speak
Speaker 8: to them all the time, and they're like, on the
Speaker 8: first day, we could just tell you we was so nervous,
Speaker 8: and I was like I was, I was freaking out.
Speaker 8: I didn't have much dance experience, let alone it was
Speaker 8: my first kind of day in rehearsals meeting everyone, so
Speaker 8: I was so nervous. But the big thing that they
Speaker 8: always say is get the choreography on your bones and
Speaker 8: then make it you make it your character, make it
Speaker 8: look different to everyone else who's doing the same moves,
Speaker 8: but also in a way that feels authentic to them.
Speaker 8: So that was something really fun that we got to
Speaker 8: kind of play with. But yeah, it was it was
Speaker 8: daunting going into that because the choreography that took me
Speaker 8: like three weeks to learn took the dancers twenty minutes.
Speaker 2: So I was like, wow, yes, but it didn't look
Speaker 2: like that on the screen. I have to tell you, guys,
Speaker 2: I like, I live for dance productions, and so I'm
Speaker 2: a little critical, and you guys came out and it
Speaker 2: was fresh faces, fresh energy, and a fresh take on
Speaker 2: all of this. So it's exactly what the franchise was
Speaker 2: needing and like, amazing. Franchise has been awesome, but having
Speaker 2: you guys part of it was magical.
Speaker 7: Thank you.
Speaker 3: I love it.
Speaker 2: So you guys again, like the torch is starting to
Speaker 2: feel like it's being passed on to your guys' characters.
Speaker 2: This franchise that's all about having and embracing differences within
Speaker 2: each of your guys' you know, families and units. What
Speaker 2: do you guys feel like you want most for the
Speaker 2: big fans of Zombies to take away from Zombies?
Speaker 3: For Wow, that's it.
Speaker 2: I know, I went deep and we've been talking about
Speaker 2: fun stuff. Now it's time to get deep.
Speaker 6: I feel like the general taking home the general message
Speaker 6: of all the Zombies franchises, which is like, even if
Speaker 6: you are so different and you've been taught that like
Speaker 6: you guys don't work together, that you oftentimes will work together,
Speaker 6: and there's no like, no, there's no difference great enough
Speaker 6: to like fully separate a group of people. And so
Speaker 6: I think that, yeah, the idea of coming together and
Speaker 6: the equality and just loving one another is Yeah, definitely
Speaker 6: a big message that I know that we are both
Speaker 6: very grateful to have been like had the opportunity to
Speaker 6: portray that.
Speaker 5: On screen, Yes, which is really cool. Yeah, that's the
Speaker 5: number one piece that I hope people take away.
Speaker 3: Kid.
Speaker 2: Yeah, did it feel like the Torch was really being
Speaker 2: like throughout? I mean, it portrays so beautifully in the show.
Speaker 2: Did it feel like that from them? They were like
Speaker 2: wanting to give you guys Like you said, they've been
Speaker 2: mentoring you. But were they feeling like they're saying goodbye
Speaker 2: to their characters or is there still so much more
Speaker 2: for them to do?
Speaker 7: Or I mean who knows.
Speaker 8: I mean, we really hope to see them in the
Speaker 8: future of Zombies, because you know, they have been here
Speaker 8: from the very beginning.
Speaker 7: They are Ze and Addison.
Speaker 8: They're just so incredible, so to see them in future
Speaker 8: movies would be incredible, But who knows what.
Speaker 7: The future holds.
Speaker 8: It just felt very surreal, honesty, and I think we
Speaker 8: felt so lucky to get to have them in this movie,
Speaker 8: so heavily involved in helping us out. But like I
Speaker 8: remember a day that was just so surreal was when
Speaker 8: we filmed Possible, which is one that I haven't actually
Speaker 8: talked a lot about, but the day they were singing
Speaker 8: the lyrics like we're passing you the torch and they're
Speaker 8: like singing in off faces about how we can do it,
Speaker 8: felt like it really connected.
Speaker 7: To like us as well as Victor and Nova.
Speaker 8: So that was surreal scene Zed Madison like sing that
Speaker 8: to us about how we can do it.
Speaker 7: That was really crazy.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I agree.
Speaker 6: I mean I remember one moment that was like really
Speaker 6: wild that they were just there was the feeling and
Speaker 6: like the energy of like okay, there there's they're slowly
Speaker 6: like hey, maybe we come back, but also you never
Speaker 6: know type of thing was the table read case God,
Speaker 6: they started singing Someday because we were going through the
Speaker 6: whole script and then and they looked over at I
Speaker 6: forget what scene we were doing, but we were doing
Speaker 6: a scene during the table read and I look over
Speaker 6: and Meg, Milo, Chandler and Kylie are all like bawling
Speaker 6: their eyes out, just chilling in an office building in
Speaker 6: the middle of New Zealand and they are just just
Speaker 6: like breaking down because of I mean, you're you're looking
Speaker 6: at this is their baby, this friend.
Speaker 2: The characters mean so much to them, like the development
Speaker 2: of their character mean so much, and they know how
Speaker 2: much it means to the fans. I think that's one
Speaker 2: of the best things about being someone on the Channel
Speaker 2: is the kinds of fans you get. You know they
Speaker 2: are in it and they will ride and I for you,
Speaker 2: And that's amazing. I feel like did with both of those.
Speaker 2: You've got some emotions out of them. But what about
Speaker 2: the weight? I mean, they are pretty much you know,
Speaker 2: this generation's you know, Barbie Ken.
Speaker 3: They are like an IT couple.
Speaker 2: Yes, is that heavy for you guys to feel like
Speaker 2: that's something that's being taken on as where your characters
Speaker 2: are going, like just knowing what the fans are gonna want.
Speaker 2: I mean, for me, I was ready for a wedding
Speaker 2: in this movie. Say not with you, guys, but with them.
Speaker 2: I tested in the two of them, so I was
Speaker 2: ready for a wedding. I mean, is that's a lot
Speaker 2: to take on as your guys' first big thing on
Speaker 2: the Channel?
Speaker 3: Is that hard? I can't imagine how much pressure that
Speaker 3: could be.
Speaker 7: Yes, I think it's a lot. It's a lot of pressure.
Speaker 8: I think it's big shoes to be able to step
Speaker 8: into and especially with it being our first, I think,
Speaker 8: you know, joining and getting to still be with z
Speaker 8: and Addison is something that's so cool, and getting to
Speaker 8: kind of see how their relationship is blossomed after three
Speaker 8: movies to how ours.
Speaker 3: Is in just one.
Speaker 8: So yeah, it's it's a lot of pressure. But joining
Speaker 8: the Zombies franchise, the Zombies fans, like, the fan base
Speaker 8: is just so welcoming and kind, and I think that's
Speaker 8: been something that's made this whole process so much more
Speaker 8: exciting because we know that everything that we find exciting
Speaker 8: and fun they do as well. They share that excitement
Speaker 8: and joy with us, so they're just the best. And
Speaker 8: I actually feel like it's taken a lot of the
Speaker 8: pressure off and made it feel a lot more like
Speaker 8: a family with how incredible they are.
Speaker 3: That's amazing.
Speaker 5: I couldn't agree more.
Speaker 2: Said, I know, you don't want to get yourself a
Speaker 2: trouble to aid too much, but you guys were amazing
Speaker 2: and it seems like you guys are already pros at
Speaker 2: this and you can handle whatever comes at you. So
Speaker 2: I love the movie does tease us a little bit
Speaker 2: about what could possibly come within this franchise world. I'm
Speaker 2: not gonna say anything asking too much because I'm sure
Speaker 2: you can't give it to me, But what are your
Speaker 2: hopes for the next chapter within either your character or
Speaker 2: you know, your tribes that you guys wrong?
Speaker 6: Honestly, I mean, you know know this is the Zombies
Speaker 6: franchise is so much just expect the unexpected. I mean,
Speaker 6: you had wear Wolves in one movie and then the
Speaker 6: next movie is Alien, so it's like there's clearly no
Speaker 6: not really a pattern.
Speaker 5: Yeah, but but yeah, you never really know.
Speaker 6: I mean, obviously you saw the you saw the little teaser,
Speaker 6: so something maybe water related comes in hot.
Speaker 2: Which I was interested because when I went to watch well,
Speaker 2: I first saw a few things for this one. I
Speaker 2: felt like they teased a little bit of water something
Speaker 2: or there was something in the rumorville within the fans
Speaker 2: that they were expecting waters. So what we had with
Speaker 2: the day Walkers and when the Vampires was shocking.
Speaker 3: So it's like, oh, like we're the fans into something
Speaker 3: that no one else even knew. Paul Owed himself didn't
Speaker 3: even know it. He predicted it.
Speaker 8: I think something water related has been brewing for a while,
Speaker 8: and yeah, I feel like we'd just be so excited
Speaker 8: to have the opportunity to step back in and explore
Speaker 8: more of the craziness that happens over that.
Speaker 5: But I want to see where we go. I want
Speaker 5: to see where this relationship goes.
Speaker 6: I would love to see, like just the the growth
Speaker 6: of the relationship and see, you know where we if
Speaker 6: we can get to a wedding, Victor Nova can get
Speaker 6: to a wedding, it.
Speaker 7: Make it official.
Speaker 3: Hey, I am about it. I love it.
Speaker 2: I you know, the dizzy this to me was them
Speaker 2: saying I love you. And I mean because Magical Rewind,
Speaker 2: we're watching all d coms, and so we're seeing the
Speaker 2: difference and the growth within the channel, and you know,
Speaker 2: Magical Rewind watching the third movie I think was when
Speaker 2: we got Addison and Zaid's first I love you, an actual,
Speaker 2: real kiss, not just like a little peck, like a
Speaker 2: meaningful kuss multiple kisses.
Speaker 3: I mean, it's it's a lot, but I would love.
Speaker 2: To see where this relationship takes off because I think
Speaker 2: it was your guys' chemistry was just magic from the start,
Speaker 2: and how you guys saw each other before you ever
Speaker 2: knew each other. I mean, this is a magical dream
Speaker 2: for all of us. Yes, guys, can you do.
Speaker 3: Zombie four and four words?
Speaker 5: Zombie four and four words? Should we go bang for
Speaker 5: bang like we did?
Speaker 7: Okay, let's just see when we want to. Okay, Okay, emotional, unexpected, elevated.
Speaker 3: I knew that would be next one.
Speaker 8: Nice, nice, Sorry, I knew that.
Speaker 5: I was so good at Okay, we have what we have.
Speaker 6: You have emotional, you have elevated, we have unexpected, unexpected.
Speaker 6: I'm gonna say pop rock with a little dash thing
Speaker 6: that one word basically.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that Alex.
Speaker 5: That's because it's you know, it's the pop rock vibe
Speaker 5: for all the music that defines.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm going to say intense. I think it's some
Speaker 7: very intense moments, very emotional. I'm kind of said emotional,
Speaker 7: but like intense.
Speaker 5: I'm gonna say scenic. I'm going to say very scenic.
Speaker 3: Yes, the visuals were.
Speaker 5: New Zealand character in this movie.
Speaker 6: And yeah, I remember when we watched it, it's like
Speaker 6: it's so odd.
Speaker 5: It's it's just it's wild. The locations are crazy.
Speaker 6: And I know that you were saying yesterday somebody was like, oh,
Speaker 6: they go all the way out.
Speaker 8: To New Zealand for just to use green screen and
Speaker 8: then its.
Speaker 2: Screen, But that again is Paul Hoan doing what he
Speaker 2: does like insane. He makes unrealistic backdrops with what.
Speaker 3: Is actually right there in front.
Speaker 2: And one of my favorite memories was walking up to
Speaker 2: one of ours and going, it looks like someone painted this,
Speaker 2: you know, yeah with the sets how like just extreme
Speaker 2: they are and everything, So I know that must have
Speaker 2: been just amazing.
Speaker 3: I love it.
Speaker 2: Is there anything you guys want to say to the
Speaker 2: zombie fans listening as far as you know, either what
Speaker 2: to hope for or what you guys hope they catch
Speaker 2: within this movie?
Speaker 5: Get Ready? Get Yeah, get Ready?
Speaker 7: Get Ready?
Speaker 8: I think all I would say is I hope you
Speaker 8: love it, enjoy it, watch it as many times as
Speaker 8: you possibly can.
Speaker 7: But yeah, I think we.
Speaker 8: There were lots of people working on this behind the
Speaker 8: scenes as well as on the camera, so a lot
Speaker 8: of work went into this. So we just hope that
Speaker 8: the fans love it as much as we do. And yeah,
Speaker 8: just like, live with it, enjoy it. Dress up as
Speaker 8: as the Halloween.
Speaker 5: Yes, yes, I would love to see that.
Speaker 2: We got what was your guys the creating of your guys' costumes?
Speaker 3: Did you guys have any part in.
Speaker 2: It of what you like, what style you were going for,
Speaker 2: what you kind of wanted to put your own spin
Speaker 2: on they gave.
Speaker 6: So they gave us like little an idea of what
Speaker 6: they were going to look like. And I mean obviously
Speaker 6: we got to talk about like oh, size wise, like
Speaker 6: proportion wise, but honestly, the vibe was kind of set
Speaker 6: from the start, and we were I was, I'm gonna
Speaker 6: speak for myself, like I was so stoked about it,
Speaker 6: Like the whole vibe of the vampires is it's dark
Speaker 6: and eerie and you know, suspicious in a way. But yeah,
Speaker 6: I loved it. So they did a great job. Costume
Speaker 6: department cooked.
Speaker 8: I feel the exact same, Like I feel like it
Speaker 8: was just so clear from the very beginning that I
Speaker 8: feel like you're just so Victor, and I feel like
Speaker 8: I was so nervous stepping into the costume.
Speaker 7: I was like, this just makes sense.
Speaker 8: I feel like there was nothing that either of us
Speaker 8: would change about any of it because it just it
Speaker 8: just felt so right for the characters and everything.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's amazing.
Speaker 2: I've asked so many of your guys' cast how long
Speaker 2: did it take? What was your getting ready process? How
Speaker 2: long were you having to get early in the trailer.
Speaker 5: I walked in ten minutes in. I was gone, Really it.
Speaker 7: Was quick, Okay, they didn't need to do anything I need.
Speaker 2: At was like, fully with you with all of the
Speaker 2: glitter and stuff, I mean, were you have were you
Speaker 2: washing it out every night or just letting it kind
Speaker 2: of sit every single day?
Speaker 8: So I remember as soon as we started doing tests
Speaker 8: and I was like, hey, my incredible makeup art is Tomorrow.
Speaker 7: Who I love so much. I was like, hey, so
Speaker 7: there's like lots of glitter. This is gonna be like
Speaker 7: a wash every night. Case she was like mm hmm.
Speaker 8: I was like, so every night I had to wash
Speaker 8: my hair and there'd be so much product in it.
Speaker 8: But honestly, now I look at it, I'm like, I'm glad.
Speaker 7: It looks so good. But there was glitter everywhere on
Speaker 7: your face, my face.
Speaker 8: The whole cast was covered in glitter. So every day
Speaker 8: we'd have tape and like, get off them. I might
Speaker 8: even have been in.
Speaker 7: A ten foot radius and you would be covered. It
Speaker 7: was just magnetic.
Speaker 3: I was chilling, comfy, Your hair looked easy.
Speaker 9: It was like you were just fresh, based like created it,
Speaker 9: ready to go.
Speaker 6: They slip my hair back, and there's some like black
Speaker 6: guyeliner on.
Speaker 2: Okay, yes, specific because that's very different, got it? Okay,
Speaker 2: all right, guys, Well, thank you so much. This has
Speaker 2: been amazing, and again, congratulations. I so look forward to
Speaker 2: seeing where this franchise takes you guys and to the
Speaker 2: stars and beyond. It's just going to be amazing. So congratulations.
Speaker 2: I'm really happy for you guys.
Speaker 7: Thank you so much. It was so nice to meet you.
Speaker 9: You too, you guys, Hello, congratulations.
Speaker 3: Zombies for is here.
Speaker 5: I know.
Speaker 2: It's been a long time coming. I feel like as
Speaker 2: far as from the very first one you guys heard,
Speaker 2: the original ogs, you guys made this franchise what it
Speaker 2: is from the start.
Speaker 3: How does it feel to be at Zombies for Surreal?
Speaker 10: I can't believe that this is what our life has become.
Speaker 10: I've said this before. I can't believe we did Zombies
Speaker 10: two or three, So I mean there was like talks
Speaker 10: of Zombies four pretty soon after Zombies three as well,
Speaker 10: and that even the journey in between, you know, that
Speaker 10: was like three years in between those movies, so that
Speaker 10: was even like is this happening or not? But we're here,
Speaker 10: We're looking at a poster right now, we have five
Speaker 10: newbies that are fantastic.
Speaker 2: Yes, and you guys are producers on this one now.
Speaker 2: And what was the difference for you guys? Feeling like
Speaker 2: you've gone from obviously building the brand with you guys
Speaker 2: your chemistry, always constantly inviting new monster rivalries on getting
Speaker 2: them together to work together, and now you guys.
Speaker 3: Are really like the top dogs producing.
Speaker 2: And I know we've actually talked to quite a few
Speaker 2: of your cast members on Magical Rewind that said, like,
Speaker 2: you guys were the leaders on and off set, the
Speaker 2: ones that always kind of showed them the way and
Speaker 2: invited and always kept everyone inclusive. How does it feel
Speaker 2: to be now producers on top of that making decisions right?
Speaker 11: That?
Speaker 5: Surreal?
Speaker 11: Yeah?
Speaker 5: Thank you so much.
Speaker 3: I got you guys.
Speaker 10: I don't know how do you feel, Meg?
Speaker 11: Yeah, I feel incredible. I think you know, Milo and
Speaker 11: I have been through so much together and like throughout
Speaker 11: all the movies, like we keep saying like we like
Speaker 11: really wanted to be involved creatively from the start, Like
Speaker 11: not only do we care so much about Zed Madison obviously,
Speaker 11: but just like the entire Zombies world, Like from the
Speaker 11: first movie, we were like so invested in the world
Speaker 11: and now to be on a fourth one is just crazy.
Speaker 11: But to be able to be involved creatively with like
Speaker 11: the script and the casting and the wardrobe and literally
Speaker 11: anything and everything, and to be so accepted by Disney
Speaker 11: and they like hear us and they like value our opinion,
Speaker 11: it was like really cool to kind of just realize
Speaker 11: that and and be apart and to help, you know, uh,
Speaker 11: navigate all the kiddos and like help them in anything
Speaker 11: that they needed to.
Speaker 2: I remember talking to you during our interview and you're like,
Speaker 2: I feel just like you said, I don't want to
Speaker 2: age myself, but.
Speaker 3: I feel like a grandma now because it used to
Speaker 3: be us.
Speaker 10: There's so literally it's a scene in the movie where
Speaker 10: we're like on rocking chairs watching them like cheers, and
Speaker 10: I noticed that I can't believe we are grandparents at
Speaker 10: this point. I don't know why we skipped it.
Speaker 3: Was very grand far from it, but I mean it is.
Speaker 3: It's a lot.
Speaker 9: You guys know what it's like, even just to be actors.
Speaker 2: In the industry young and now having all this experience
Speaker 2: behind you, passing that knowledge on to kids that you
Speaker 2: start caring about very quickly.
Speaker 3: I'm sure on set, of course.
Speaker 10: I mean there's like so many parallels. Also, you know,
Speaker 10: I see so much of myself in all of the kids.
Speaker 10: But also for me, like Trevor Torchman was such an
Speaker 10: older brother on the first three movies. Yeah, yeah, right exactly.
Speaker 10: And I have so many moments where I'll say something
Speaker 10: that they said to me that you know, five years
Speaker 10: ago or whatever, and I'm just like, oh, wow, this
Speaker 10: is so We're really in this position now, which is crazy.
Speaker 2: And they look up to you just like I'm a
Speaker 2: sponge give me everything.
Speaker 10: I would never admit it, but.
Speaker 2: I just interviewed them and they definitely feel that way.
Speaker 2: They are so appreciative of everything that you guys have done,
Speaker 2: and I think that's huge.
Speaker 3: As far as with Zombies four, we get to.
Speaker 2: Meet our new monster rivalries are Daywalkers and our vampires.
Speaker 2: What were you guys really wanting to make sure that
Speaker 2: kept them different? That's what's the best thing about this
Speaker 2: franchise is every monster, you know, group has different style
Speaker 2: of clothing, different choreography, which is you know, my favorite part.
Speaker 9: I learned the new styles every time.
Speaker 2: And what was your guys's things that you were looking
Speaker 2: forward to with in those that new group.
Speaker 10: That's a great question. I think this is the first
Speaker 10: time we're leaving Seabrook and going somewhere else, so the
Speaker 10: opportunity for whatever this new creature species was was pretty huge. Yeah,
Speaker 10: And you know that's why they have like full on
Speaker 10: superpowers in this one. And I know that this sounds
Speaker 10: kind of boring, but it's just important that they're cool.
Speaker 10: They're just super like swaggy beings. They like, they look cool,
Speaker 10: they use their powers to do cool things, and you
Speaker 10: want to feel inspired by them. And just like when
Speaker 10: you're watching the movie, you want to, you know, you
Speaker 10: want to love them, and it's very easy to because
Speaker 10: they're very They're very kind, but they're also quite fierce.
Speaker 4: Yeah, which I love well.
Speaker 3: I love it.
Speaker 2: I mean, we're talking about what you guys done have
Speaker 2: within them on set off offset, but more so it
Speaker 2: feels like your characters are passing a torch within this movie.
Speaker 2: But the future is still very big as far as
Speaker 2: where we're going with the franchise and what are we
Speaker 2: seeing and what can we possibly expect of you guys
Speaker 2: ever taking those rules on again, are we are we
Speaker 2: done with you guys? Or are we still. I mean,
Speaker 2: I was a little disappointed I didn't get a wedding
Speaker 2: this one, so I like it to come on a
Speaker 2: wedding adventure real quick.
Speaker 10: Yeah, maybe we'll see that eventually. I mean, me and
Speaker 10: Meg will definitely be involved with the rest of the
Speaker 10: Zombies franchise somehow, whether it's in front of behind the camera.
Speaker 10: But you know, I think the important thing is that
Speaker 10: we just keep this really cool universe going and we can.
Speaker 10: We could do that with or without us in there
Speaker 10: because we have this new team.
Speaker 4: But we'll see.
Speaker 2: I mean, we're gonna start singing someday by themselves without
Speaker 2: you though, Yeah, like we can't do that.
Speaker 10: Yeah, who knows. We have so many Day equivalents now, yeah, true,
Speaker 10: it's true.
Speaker 3: All right.
Speaker 2: Lastly, why should fans old or New tune in to
Speaker 2: watch your guys as zombies?
Speaker 11: Four?
Speaker 10: Great question.
Speaker 3: Wow.
Speaker 11: Well, one of the things that I really love about
Speaker 11: the New Day Walkers and Vampires is like, not only
Speaker 11: do they have their own like choreography, just like every
Speaker 11: kind of monster in this movie has.
Speaker 7: It's really cool.
Speaker 11: The music is so different from any of the other
Speaker 11: zombie movies we've had. It's like very reminiscent of like
Speaker 11: kind of older Disney where it's like pop rock, almost
Speaker 11: like theatery too, and it's kind of going back to
Speaker 11: the Disney that like we grew up on, which is
Speaker 11: really cool. It's very like camp rock, high school musical vibes.
Speaker 11: So I think people really love that nostalgic kind of
Speaker 11: sounding music, and I think that's a great reason to
Speaker 11: tune in because the musical numbers are just incredible.
Speaker 10: It's just so fun. And if you are a Zombies
Speaker 10: fan already, this is like a huge new chapter where
Speaker 10: it's very exciting to see all the new stuff going on.
Speaker 10: And if you're not a Zombies fan, this is honestly
Speaker 10: kind of a great place to start, yea. And if
Speaker 10: you love this movie and you're getting the vibes, then
Speaker 10: you can go see the backstory.
Speaker 3: It all started.
Speaker 7: Yeah, true.
Speaker 3: Oh that's awesome. I know this is a hard question.
Speaker 2: I've I said one more, but do either of you
Speaker 2: guys have when you think nostalgic, whether it's this movie
Speaker 2: or one of your other ones, where if you had
Speaker 2: to think of one moment as you guys were filming,
Speaker 2: what would it be as far as one of your
Speaker 2: big musical numbers or just the intimate ones between you guys.
Speaker 2: What would be the one that it's there and nothing
Speaker 2: can replace.
Speaker 10: I'm already thinking about it right now. And it was
Speaker 10: actually something that we shot on this movie Zombies four.
Speaker 10: We have a cute little duet at the end of
Speaker 10: the movie, and everything about that day was very magical.
Speaker 10: I mean, the clouds parted like it was such, it
Speaker 10: was windy and whatnot. And then right when we were
Speaker 10: just getting a rehearsal or something, it just was so beautiful.
Speaker 10: It got so quiet, me and Meg. It was just
Speaker 10: us and the crew, so we were really reflecting on
Speaker 10: the whole journey, you know, from the first Zombies movie,
Speaker 10: and we get.
Speaker 2: Some tapping, which gave me a little you know, like
Speaker 2: like I was there.
Speaker 7: I loved it.
Speaker 10: You were feeling that there for sure.
Speaker 11: I think like honestly, every scene from Zombies one, like
Speaker 11: whether it was like the scene I had with Kylie
Speaker 11: and the zombies like kind of like Bam Area or
Speaker 11: some day or anything like, it just makes me feel
Speaker 11: very very nostalgic. And then also in Zombies three, when
Speaker 11: we are like saying goodbye to each other, when I'm going, well,
Speaker 11: you're about to take and I like disappear.
Speaker 3: Like ditch me.
Speaker 11: I know, yeah, intergalactic travel you killed me? Yeah so,
Speaker 11: And I think about that fondly because it was really
Speaker 11: fun a film, but it was also.
Speaker 10: Very that was tough because we weren't I wasn't with
Speaker 10: you when we were doing that.
Speaker 5: Something this scene.
Speaker 11: For the first time, and then I did, and then
Speaker 11: we go like that and then I disappeared.
Speaker 5: Was hard.
Speaker 2: It's hard because I mean, let's be real, like I
Speaker 2: went to a regular high school and Z's just don't
Speaker 2: exist there. I mean, he was just soportive and you
Speaker 2: just kept trying to leave every second your own thing.
Speaker 11: This is why you want you why you watched this movie,
Speaker 11: because Addison doesn't pull any fast ones this time.
Speaker 9: Thank you.
Speaker 3: Solid.
Speaker 2: On the other hand, each other, Yeah, I swear I
Speaker 2: felt secure with Addison this movie for the first.
Speaker 3: Time in a while, that he was not trying to
Speaker 3: go anywhere.
Speaker 2: All kinds of stuff, taking risks that we should not
Speaker 2: be taking.
Speaker 10: We all got to balance ourselves out, you know, Okay, five,
Speaker 10: she's gonna be on the.
Speaker 9: Her out.
Speaker 11: Well.
Speaker 2: I can't wait to see where it comes. And again, please,
Speaker 2: I'm going to talk to pon myself some.
Speaker 3: Some wedding bells, please, Paul.
Speaker 2: But you guys, another one, just when we couldn't think
Speaker 2: that it could get any better. You guys just like
Speaker 2: Annie up one more time again. Can't wait to see
Speaker 2: what will end up in Zombies five, but for now
Speaker 2: I will live in this one for a minute.
Speaker 11: And I congratulate, acknowledge the icon that you are being
Speaker 11: a cheated girl yourself. Like, we can't not end the
Speaker 11: interview and not say like, thank you so much for everything.
Speaker 10: Just Disney legends chilling right now.
Speaker 3: Yeah you're a Disney not so Yeah.
Speaker 10: You you walked so we can run.
Speaker 11: Yeah, you actually ran your yea and the reason why
Speaker 11: you wanted to be in Disney was because of the
Speaker 11: Cheetah girls.
Speaker 3: So yeah, no, my god, yeah it's true.
Speaker 11: We better cut it out tales.
Speaker 2: Yeah so yeah, So thank you, congratulate, and I'm just
Speaker 2: so excited for all of this is taking you guys.
Speaker 2: It is so well deserved, and congratulations for everyone.
Speaker 9: Thank you.
Speaker 3: Wow.
Speaker 2: Walking into the room right from the beginning, the energy
Speaker 2: of these two young actors, it just took me back
Speaker 2: to just being in that moment of realizing this movie
Speaker 2: you've worked so hard on about to come out. You're
Speaker 2: so excited, anticipating what the fans are gonna say, what
Speaker 2: the fans are gonna feel about it, And for them,
Speaker 2: they're jumping into an already made franchise, so obviously the nerves,
Speaker 2: but more than anything, the excitement. And these two they
Speaker 2: shine like the brightest stars out there. I am so
Speaker 2: excited for them. They were so sweet. They gave us
Speaker 2: so much insight on what it felt like to take
Speaker 2: on these big shoes that their co stars Megan Milo
Speaker 2: have set forth for them, and.
Speaker 3: It was just it was awesome.
Speaker 2: It was to see these young, young actors who work
Speaker 2: so hard really starting to see all that's in front
Speaker 2: of them was just incredible. After getting a chance to
Speaker 2: talk to Malachi and Freya, I got to step into
Speaker 2: the room with the King and Queen themselves, Milo and
Speaker 2: Meg and let me tell you, it felt like I
Speaker 2: was walking into the throne room of royalty with these two.
Speaker 2: They are such killer actors, incredible dancers, singers, just all
Speaker 2: around performers.
Speaker 3: But yet the love they have for.
Speaker 2: This franchise is what made me smile the most. You
Speaker 2: could tell they have built this brand, they want the best.
Speaker 2: They are now executive producers on Zombies four, and you
Speaker 2: can just tell the level of maturity and experience these
Speaker 2: two have now with this franchise and that they are
Speaker 2: the ones that really bring that fire that makes a
Speaker 2: franchise just ignite. And I got a chance to chat
Speaker 2: all about it.
Speaker 4: We're excited. We're going to be recapping the movie with
Speaker 4: Will as well.
Speaker 2: So yes, I know Will hasn't gotten to see it.
Speaker 2: I've gotten to see this before him, and he is
Speaker 2: gonna love it. There's so many parts that I think
Speaker 2: he's really gonna love and everything that he was sort of,
Speaker 2: you know, needing that he felt a little bit lacking
Speaker 2: in this third movie, I think he's gonna get this
Speaker 2: and like two fold in this fourth movie. I think
Speaker 2: he's really this is gonna be exactly what he was
Speaker 2: looking for.
Speaker 3: So he has not seen it yet, I have. We're
Speaker 3: gonna have to.
Speaker 2: Rub that in his face a little bit during the
Speaker 2: recap because I'm gonna watch it for sure again.
Speaker 3: But thank you so much for listening.
Speaker 2: This was such a special journey for me to be
Speaker 2: able to get a chance to talk to these incredible actors,
Speaker 2: to see, you know, how much love each one of
Speaker 2: them have for this movie and to be right there.
Speaker 2: Most of the time we're talking about movies that were
Speaker 2: made years ago, and we have a chance with Zombies
Speaker 2: four to be right in it at the start of
Speaker 2: this and you guys got it.
Speaker 3: Check this movie out. It is so good.
Speaker 2: I know that you guys are gonna absolutely love it
Speaker 2: and it has everything we need and a little bit
Speaker 2: of a teaser at the end. Zombies four premieres on
Speaker 2: the Disney Channel July tenth, and you guys can stream
Speaker 2: it on Disney Plus the next day. So thank you again,
Speaker 2: you guys for listening to Magical Rewind. Make sure you
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Speaker 2: and also check out all of our interviews and stay
Speaker 2: tuned for our next movie. Bye guys,