[Stuff] All of February 8th, 2012 (and then some)
Leaving Live With Kelly studio (2/8)
cute!!!!
no video yet, but here's some lq if you like: [1] [2]
Sirius XM studios (2/9)
Covino and Rich Show
10 on Top filming (2/8)
Galeria Melissa opening in SoHo (2/8)
TeenHollywood.com
Hey, you’ve seen the pix of Vanessa having a swimsuit top malfunction while at the beach with her boyfriend but we’re not going there. A day or two before that incident occurred, we were at the Kahala Resort on a beautiful beach on Oahu tucked into a fun, private beach cabana talking to the “High School Musical” icon about her new life, desire to sometimes be very “girlie”, fear of failure, her adventurous spirit, fun with co-star Josh Hutcherson and fear of jungle bugs while shooting Journey 2: The Mysterious Island!
Picture the dark-haired beauty wearing an adorable black and white Hawaiian-influenced, floor length sun dress by Top Shop.
Vanessa: [getting all comfy and tucking her bare feet under her] This thing is so cool!
TeenHollywood: I know! You can hear the waves too! You must be exhausted with all the publicity you are doing.
Vanessa: No! I’m outside in Hawaii. It’s perfect.
TeenHollywood: After you have been through the “High School Musical” craze and have now been building your career, what would you like to go back in time and tell your 13-year-old self?
Vanessa: You know I have no regrets. I think everything that I’ve done in the past has shaped me to become the person I am today so I wouldn’t go back and change anything. The things that I maybe would tell myself not to do, that things that may have gone wrong have just made me that much stronger. I’m thicker-skinned. It’s good to have thick skin.
TeenHollywood: Especially in this business. Talk about balancing your “Mysterious Island” character Kailani’s emotions in this film with her tough girl exterior.
Vanessa: It was a lot of fun. That was definitely one thing that we wanted Kailani to be; a tough cookie. She’s been through a decent amount. She’s had to look out for her family. She’s probably been had one or two times. You definitely have to stand up for yourself as a woman. You can get walked all over. Kailani definitely holds her ground and stays true to what she knows is right. Also, a girl is a girl. You can’t help but be feminine at times and fall for someone and go through life as a female.
TeenHollywood: Sounds like you identify with your character.
Vanessa: I think it’s a beautiful character. Women are powerful and Kailani definitely sticks with that and her relationship with her father. I’m very close to my family but it’s that thing when you’re at a certain age, your parents can seem like the most embarrassing thing on the whole entire planet and you want to be nowhere near them! But, at the end of the day you know that you can’t literally do anything without them.
TeenHollywood: Talk about Kailani’s relationship with Josh’s character Sean. She seems to have the upper hand.
Vanessa: [laughs] She’s in control of Josh’s character. Kind of swatting him around like a fly. It’s definitely a funny relationship. In the beginning she wants nothing to do with him. He’s just another American tourist but, through everything, I feel like he really opens her eyes and heart to adventure which is an amazing gift to be able to give someone.
TeenHollywood: What surprised you about Josh?
Vanessa: How carefree Josh is. It’s hard. Every now and then, in the business there are a lot of people who can care about what other people think and morph themselves into something they’re not and it’s refreshing when you meet people who are very true to themselves. Josh is very true to himself and very silly and kind of crazy just like me so it was nice having a partner in crime when it comes to just being a spaz.
TeenHollywood: Let’s talk creepy things in the jungle. What creeped you out?
Vanessa: Real things [not CGI critters]? The centipedes that were crawling around were just so disgusting and massive and all their little legs crawling freaked me out.
TeenHollywood: Your director on this movie says you were fearless but what in life scares you? I know the bugs in the jungle weren’t wonderful but other than that?
Vanessa: Those centipedes were awful. [I tell her a story about big centipedes dropping from the ceiling on me while in a cave}. Ooooo God, that’s horrible! But I try to go through life fearlessly but failure is scary. Nobody wants to fail. Just to be afraid to fail. When you’re young you want to impress everybody and do the best for your parents. It’s all this pressure. But, since I’ve grown up, I’ve thrown myself into situations where I don’t know if I’m gonna come out okay but I try to go into the unknown with an open heart. That makes me fearless, in a sense. I’m not afraid to try anything. I’ve gone skydiving and I love it. I’ve repelled down waterfalls and kayaked. I’m such an adventurous person.
TeenHollywood: So if a guy is going to be with you, he’d better be…..
Vanessa: Game!
TeenHollywood: This movie is all about having a sense of adventure. Have you been that way since you were a kid or is that something new?
Vanessa: When I was a kid I was really shy. I only had one friend. I asked my mom if I could have a little sister so I can have a playmate. I was closed off to everyone else. When she was born it was just me, her and my mom against the world. So, I was comfortable with them in that sense. We went to Yosemite every year so I was used to the great outdoors and being able to appreciate it for its beauty. I’m a complete nature girl.
TeenHollywood: What was the toughest thing about doing this film?
Vanessa: I think for me it was the water. I have a pet peeve that is so ridiculous but I hate getting my face wet and fully submersing myself under the water and opening my eyes and acting underwater aggravates me. I don’t know why.
TeenHollywood: Talk about working with Dwayne, “The Rock” Johnson.
Vanessa: He’s awesome. He really is an extremely large guy. I thought that he was gonna be big but you can’t imagine how massive a human being he can be until you meet him. But he’s such an incredibly sweet guy. He’s very genuine, really funny, very silly. Very charming.
TeenHollywood: Do you ever get so involved in your roles that you get confused about who you really are?
Vanessa: Thank kind of happens but, for me that’s more short term. A few things may stick with me but, over time, that fades away and I become myself again. I think all the parts I do play are an extension of myself so I pull from that but, at the end of the day, I go back to my happy, bubbly, giggly Vanessa.
TeenHollywood: What skill do you want to learn, either for your acting or just for yourself?
Vanessa: Humm, I want to learn how to play the harp. It’s so stunningly beautiful and so angelic; the purest sound of music. It’s all the vibrations, so whimsical. I’ve played guitar. I picture me putting in really long hair extensions and wearing long flowy dresses. Maybe wear wings, who knows?
TeenHollywood: You are so girlie! [She laughs]. Okay, what is your pet peeve on a date? If he does this, you are so through with him.
Vanessa: Talk about himself all the time. I can’t stand guys who are extremely into themselves. Also I can’t stand jaded people in general. I can’t do that.
TeenHollywood: Is there a person in history or character in a book you would love to play some day?
Vanessa: Natalie Wood. I adore actress Natalie Wood. I could play that. I know I could. I kind of resemble her. Her life was so sad. They re-opened the case on her death.
TeenHollywood: What about the homeless character you play in Gimme Shelter how did you connect with that?
Vanessa: I actually lived in the pregnant, homeless teen shelter for two weeks before we started filming and just kind of became one of the girls, hanging out with them and their children, listening to their stories. Chopping your hair off makes you feel like a different person; the make-up the tattoos, the piercings. It was a transformation.
TeenHollywood: Didn’t the girls in the shelter know who you were?
Vanessa: They knew but it’s irrelevant to their lifestyle. They really couldn’t care less. It doesn’t benefit them in any way by knowing me. They’re just trying to get by.
TeenHollywood: Are you giving up your music?
Vanessa: Definitely not giving it up. Music is such a big part of my life. My closest friends are musicians and I’m constantly surrounded by it but for me, right now, it’s not something I’ve been doing. In this movie, I’m letting Dwayne have the music spotlight. [1]
MSN Movies
MSN Movies: I’m guessing that a lot of your time on this film was spent in front of a green screen. Was that a challenge?
Vanessa Hudgens: It was interesting, it definitely forces you to use your imagination! It can be hard but it’s also really rewarding doing green screen work because you’re just acting to little marks on this massive empty screen and then when you finally see it, you’re running away from a giant lizard. It’s so fun to see the end result!
Even though this film is heavy on fantasy and special effects, were there any stunts you had to do that you found scary?
Oh yeah! Especially when I got dropped down from the top of a soundstage and caught at the very last second to make it look like I was falling off of that giant bee. That was pretty nerve-wracking, not knowing if they were going to stop me on time or if I was going to go “Splat!” on the floor! I mean, they make sure it’s all safe, of course, but it’s still terrifying to literally be dropped from the top of a soundstage!
Dwayne Johnson, despite his size and image, seems like a teddy bear of a guy in this film. What was it like working with him?
Oh, he’s a complete sweetheart, he cracked me up all the time. He’s very silly which I was not expecting from such a big guy! I just adore him. And he even sings in this movie! I thought he had a beautiful voice.
It must have been a thrill working with the great Michael Caine.
Absolutely. When I heard that they were making this film and that Michael Caine was going to be a part of it, I definitely wanted to get on board. Any chance I could possibly have to work with such a legend, I was going to jump on. Michael is such an awesome guy, I really wasn’t expecting him to be so open and welcoming and to have so much enthusiasm. It was really refreshing for all of us to see that.
You were part of a huge franchise that got a ton of attention. Did you have any advice for your co-star Josh Hutcherson as he gets ready to embark on all the craziness with “The Hunger Games?”
You know, I think the only thing that you can say to someone in that position is to just stay true to yourself. The people around you may change and there may be a lot more attention, but it’s important to not let anything change you. But Josh already knows that, I think he’ll be just fine!
How was it doing the kissing scene with him in this film? Are those kind of scenes awkward for you?
Nah, it’s nothing, you get used to it. There’s definitely scenes that would scare me to do like real love scenes but that hasn’t come up yet!
Your character has so many crazy adventures in this film. What was your favorite scene to shoot?
I had so much fun the whole time, we were filming in such stunningly beautiful locations so I loved whenever we were shooting outside. But I have to say, even though getting dropped was scary, it was just hysterical doing that flying bee scene. We were basically on these huge mechanical bulls wrapped in green screen material. It was so funny looking over and seeing Dwayne Johnson and Luis Guzmán, who played my dad, on the same big blob of green!
It looks like your next few films will be very different from “Journey 2.” Can you tell us about those films?
Sure. I already finished a film called “Gimme Shelter” that’s a coming-of-age tale about this pregnant homeless teen. It’s her fight for survival and such an interesting story. I got to be the voice for so many girls who don’t really have a voice. Rosario Dawson plays my mother and Brendan Fraser and James Earl Jones are also in the film.
I also made another film coming out later this year called “The Frozen Ground” that’s a true story about this mass murderer in the 80s who raped and killed about 25 women. Scary stuff, but my character is actually the one who got away and worked with a detective to help solve the case and put that man behind bars where he still is today. I got to spend a few days with the real woman and she took me through her entire life story. So amazing, and there are a lot of great people in that film also including Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, and 50 Cent.
And other projects coming up?
Well, I’m about to start a movie called “Spring Breakers.” It’s about these college girls who land in jail after robbing a local chicken and waffles joint, and they get bailed out by this drug dealer played by James Franco who makes them get involved in all sorts of crazy stuff. Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, and Heather Morris are in that film with me.
Again, quite a departure from this film!
Definitely. I think it’s going to be a lot of fun. [1]
- Manila Bulletin article [1]
- Kids First interview [1]
- Deco Features (wtf) [1]
- REELZ channel [1]
- Autoplay, grrr [1]
- Interview from the LA premiere [1]
cute!!!!
Click to view no video yet, but here's some lq if you like: [1] [2]
Sirius XM studios (2/9)
Covino and Rich Show
10 on Top filming (2/8)
Galeria Melissa opening in SoHo (2/8)
TeenHollywood.com
Hey, you’ve seen the pix of Vanessa having a swimsuit top malfunction while at the beach with her boyfriend but we’re not going there. A day or two before that incident occurred, we were at the Kahala Resort on a beautiful beach on Oahu tucked into a fun, private beach cabana talking to the “High School Musical” icon about her new life, desire to sometimes be very “girlie”, fear of failure, her adventurous spirit, fun with co-star Josh Hutcherson and fear of jungle bugs while shooting Journey 2: The Mysterious Island!
Picture the dark-haired beauty wearing an adorable black and white Hawaiian-influenced, floor length sun dress by Top Shop.
Vanessa: [getting all comfy and tucking her bare feet under her] This thing is so cool!
TeenHollywood: I know! You can hear the waves too! You must be exhausted with all the publicity you are doing.
Vanessa: No! I’m outside in Hawaii. It’s perfect.
TeenHollywood: After you have been through the “High School Musical” craze and have now been building your career, what would you like to go back in time and tell your 13-year-old self?
Vanessa: You know I have no regrets. I think everything that I’ve done in the past has shaped me to become the person I am today so I wouldn’t go back and change anything. The things that I maybe would tell myself not to do, that things that may have gone wrong have just made me that much stronger. I’m thicker-skinned. It’s good to have thick skin.
TeenHollywood: Especially in this business. Talk about balancing your “Mysterious Island” character Kailani’s emotions in this film with her tough girl exterior.
Vanessa: It was a lot of fun. That was definitely one thing that we wanted Kailani to be; a tough cookie. She’s been through a decent amount. She’s had to look out for her family. She’s probably been had one or two times. You definitely have to stand up for yourself as a woman. You can get walked all over. Kailani definitely holds her ground and stays true to what she knows is right. Also, a girl is a girl. You can’t help but be feminine at times and fall for someone and go through life as a female.
TeenHollywood: Sounds like you identify with your character.
Vanessa: I think it’s a beautiful character. Women are powerful and Kailani definitely sticks with that and her relationship with her father. I’m very close to my family but it’s that thing when you’re at a certain age, your parents can seem like the most embarrassing thing on the whole entire planet and you want to be nowhere near them! But, at the end of the day you know that you can’t literally do anything without them.
TeenHollywood: Talk about Kailani’s relationship with Josh’s character Sean. She seems to have the upper hand.
Vanessa: [laughs] She’s in control of Josh’s character. Kind of swatting him around like a fly. It’s definitely a funny relationship. In the beginning she wants nothing to do with him. He’s just another American tourist but, through everything, I feel like he really opens her eyes and heart to adventure which is an amazing gift to be able to give someone.
TeenHollywood: What surprised you about Josh?
Vanessa: How carefree Josh is. It’s hard. Every now and then, in the business there are a lot of people who can care about what other people think and morph themselves into something they’re not and it’s refreshing when you meet people who are very true to themselves. Josh is very true to himself and very silly and kind of crazy just like me so it was nice having a partner in crime when it comes to just being a spaz.
TeenHollywood: Let’s talk creepy things in the jungle. What creeped you out?
Vanessa: Real things [not CGI critters]? The centipedes that were crawling around were just so disgusting and massive and all their little legs crawling freaked me out.
TeenHollywood: Your director on this movie says you were fearless but what in life scares you? I know the bugs in the jungle weren’t wonderful but other than that?
Vanessa: Those centipedes were awful. [I tell her a story about big centipedes dropping from the ceiling on me while in a cave}. Ooooo God, that’s horrible! But I try to go through life fearlessly but failure is scary. Nobody wants to fail. Just to be afraid to fail. When you’re young you want to impress everybody and do the best for your parents. It’s all this pressure. But, since I’ve grown up, I’ve thrown myself into situations where I don’t know if I’m gonna come out okay but I try to go into the unknown with an open heart. That makes me fearless, in a sense. I’m not afraid to try anything. I’ve gone skydiving and I love it. I’ve repelled down waterfalls and kayaked. I’m such an adventurous person.
TeenHollywood: So if a guy is going to be with you, he’d better be…..
Vanessa: Game!
TeenHollywood: This movie is all about having a sense of adventure. Have you been that way since you were a kid or is that something new?
Vanessa: When I was a kid I was really shy. I only had one friend. I asked my mom if I could have a little sister so I can have a playmate. I was closed off to everyone else. When she was born it was just me, her and my mom against the world. So, I was comfortable with them in that sense. We went to Yosemite every year so I was used to the great outdoors and being able to appreciate it for its beauty. I’m a complete nature girl.
TeenHollywood: What was the toughest thing about doing this film?
Vanessa: I think for me it was the water. I have a pet peeve that is so ridiculous but I hate getting my face wet and fully submersing myself under the water and opening my eyes and acting underwater aggravates me. I don’t know why.
TeenHollywood: Talk about working with Dwayne, “The Rock” Johnson.
Vanessa: He’s awesome. He really is an extremely large guy. I thought that he was gonna be big but you can’t imagine how massive a human being he can be until you meet him. But he’s such an incredibly sweet guy. He’s very genuine, really funny, very silly. Very charming.
TeenHollywood: Do you ever get so involved in your roles that you get confused about who you really are?
Vanessa: Thank kind of happens but, for me that’s more short term. A few things may stick with me but, over time, that fades away and I become myself again. I think all the parts I do play are an extension of myself so I pull from that but, at the end of the day, I go back to my happy, bubbly, giggly Vanessa.
TeenHollywood: What skill do you want to learn, either for your acting or just for yourself?
Vanessa: Humm, I want to learn how to play the harp. It’s so stunningly beautiful and so angelic; the purest sound of music. It’s all the vibrations, so whimsical. I’ve played guitar. I picture me putting in really long hair extensions and wearing long flowy dresses. Maybe wear wings, who knows?
TeenHollywood: You are so girlie! [She laughs]. Okay, what is your pet peeve on a date? If he does this, you are so through with him.
Vanessa: Talk about himself all the time. I can’t stand guys who are extremely into themselves. Also I can’t stand jaded people in general. I can’t do that.
TeenHollywood: Is there a person in history or character in a book you would love to play some day?
Vanessa: Natalie Wood. I adore actress Natalie Wood. I could play that. I know I could. I kind of resemble her. Her life was so sad. They re-opened the case on her death.
TeenHollywood: What about the homeless character you play in Gimme Shelter how did you connect with that?
Vanessa: I actually lived in the pregnant, homeless teen shelter for two weeks before we started filming and just kind of became one of the girls, hanging out with them and their children, listening to their stories. Chopping your hair off makes you feel like a different person; the make-up the tattoos, the piercings. It was a transformation.
TeenHollywood: Didn’t the girls in the shelter know who you were?
Vanessa: They knew but it’s irrelevant to their lifestyle. They really couldn’t care less. It doesn’t benefit them in any way by knowing me. They’re just trying to get by.
TeenHollywood: Are you giving up your music?
Vanessa: Definitely not giving it up. Music is such a big part of my life. My closest friends are musicians and I’m constantly surrounded by it but for me, right now, it’s not something I’ve been doing. In this movie, I’m letting Dwayne have the music spotlight. [1]
MSN Movies
MSN Movies: I’m guessing that a lot of your time on this film was spent in front of a green screen. Was that a challenge?
Vanessa Hudgens: It was interesting, it definitely forces you to use your imagination! It can be hard but it’s also really rewarding doing green screen work because you’re just acting to little marks on this massive empty screen and then when you finally see it, you’re running away from a giant lizard. It’s so fun to see the end result!
Even though this film is heavy on fantasy and special effects, were there any stunts you had to do that you found scary?
Oh yeah! Especially when I got dropped down from the top of a soundstage and caught at the very last second to make it look like I was falling off of that giant bee. That was pretty nerve-wracking, not knowing if they were going to stop me on time or if I was going to go “Splat!” on the floor! I mean, they make sure it’s all safe, of course, but it’s still terrifying to literally be dropped from the top of a soundstage!
Dwayne Johnson, despite his size and image, seems like a teddy bear of a guy in this film. What was it like working with him?
Oh, he’s a complete sweetheart, he cracked me up all the time. He’s very silly which I was not expecting from such a big guy! I just adore him. And he even sings in this movie! I thought he had a beautiful voice.
It must have been a thrill working with the great Michael Caine.
Absolutely. When I heard that they were making this film and that Michael Caine was going to be a part of it, I definitely wanted to get on board. Any chance I could possibly have to work with such a legend, I was going to jump on. Michael is such an awesome guy, I really wasn’t expecting him to be so open and welcoming and to have so much enthusiasm. It was really refreshing for all of us to see that.
You were part of a huge franchise that got a ton of attention. Did you have any advice for your co-star Josh Hutcherson as he gets ready to embark on all the craziness with “The Hunger Games?”
You know, I think the only thing that you can say to someone in that position is to just stay true to yourself. The people around you may change and there may be a lot more attention, but it’s important to not let anything change you. But Josh already knows that, I think he’ll be just fine!
How was it doing the kissing scene with him in this film? Are those kind of scenes awkward for you?
Nah, it’s nothing, you get used to it. There’s definitely scenes that would scare me to do like real love scenes but that hasn’t come up yet!
Your character has so many crazy adventures in this film. What was your favorite scene to shoot?
I had so much fun the whole time, we were filming in such stunningly beautiful locations so I loved whenever we were shooting outside. But I have to say, even though getting dropped was scary, it was just hysterical doing that flying bee scene. We were basically on these huge mechanical bulls wrapped in green screen material. It was so funny looking over and seeing Dwayne Johnson and Luis Guzmán, who played my dad, on the same big blob of green!
It looks like your next few films will be very different from “Journey 2.” Can you tell us about those films?
Sure. I already finished a film called “Gimme Shelter” that’s a coming-of-age tale about this pregnant homeless teen. It’s her fight for survival and such an interesting story. I got to be the voice for so many girls who don’t really have a voice. Rosario Dawson plays my mother and Brendan Fraser and James Earl Jones are also in the film.
I also made another film coming out later this year called “The Frozen Ground” that’s a true story about this mass murderer in the 80s who raped and killed about 25 women. Scary stuff, but my character is actually the one who got away and worked with a detective to help solve the case and put that man behind bars where he still is today. I got to spend a few days with the real woman and she took me through her entire life story. So amazing, and there are a lot of great people in that film also including Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, and 50 Cent.
And other projects coming up?
Well, I’m about to start a movie called “Spring Breakers.” It’s about these college girls who land in jail after robbing a local chicken and waffles joint, and they get bailed out by this drug dealer played by James Franco who makes them get involved in all sorts of crazy stuff. Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, and Heather Morris are in that film with me.
Again, quite a departure from this film!
Definitely. I think it’s going to be a lot of fun. [1]
- Manila Bulletin article [1]
- Kids First interview [1]
- Deco Features (wtf) [1]
- REELZ channel [1]
- Autoplay, grrr [1]
- Interview from the LA premiere [1]