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Interview: Frankie Rodriguez & Dara Reneé Reveal Their Favorite HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE SERIES Performances
May 17, 2024
This season on High School Musical: the Musical: the Series, the students of East High will be joined by some O.G. Wildcats! In this video, we sit down with fan-favorites Frankie Rodriguez and Dara Reneé to breakdown which original cast member cameo they were most excited about, along with what past performance was their favorite, and more.
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I cannot believe that this is the final season of High School Musical the musical the series
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How are you guys feeling now that it's just kind of like wrapping up? I mean, it's emotional
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I'm still in denial and I think for me it won't be over until I watch the last episode. So I'm still like
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It still hasn't happened for me yet, but I'm emotional definitely for sure exactly
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It's so bittersweet for us because it's just like I met all these wonderful people who are gonna be in my life forever
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but also I'm like Yeah Yeah, speaking of those final episodes. What can audiences expect from this new season? I
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Feel like we I feel like we have out meted Ourselves with this last season and I think it makes perfect sense for us to go out with High School Musical 3 a big graduation
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And just a big celebration of really all the work that we have done over the last four seasons
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Exactly. I feel the same way. I mean one thing to expect especially from this season is nostalgia
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I mean I had so much fun performing some of my favorite childhood songs. I won't say which but
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It was just a blast and also getting to work with the OGs people that I looked up to was just a magnificent experience
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Yeah, amazing looking back on these four seasons What is one memory that sort of sticks out to you guys like a day on set that you'll sort of always look back on
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A day on set. I think any day it turned into an impromptu like singing day
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I think it was the end of season two We all went upstairs where there was a piano and Joe Serafini who got on the piano and then everybody kind of just sang a
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Song it was like almost like the perfect way to say goodbye to what was that experience
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But those were always my favorite days because obviously everybody's so talented and everybody's so ready to sing which I love
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So those days were always very special Yeah, some of my favorite days would have to be when we did born to be brave, especially if we did your coverage
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I mean I was there too and just the energy on set and all of us coming together as a community was so much fun
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Yes, always feeding our theater kids souls. I love All right, so looking back on these four seasons we did high school musical Beauty and the Beast
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Frozen and now high school musical 3 I know this might be a hard question, but out of all of those which would you say was your favorite
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I feel like they all They're all fun for their own different way
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But I feel like high school musical 3 for me was the most fun because it really did just feel like a big dance party
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We had and the whole crowd was there and they're like cheering and it feels like you're in a high school musical
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Which is really fun. So I think for me was high school musical 3
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I feel like for me it's between high school musical 3 and frozen. I just love it. Go, you know
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Yeah, I love the messaging behind frozen and plus I got to be That was really fun and high school musical 3
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Oh my gosh, everybody is just so talented and seeing everybody work their instruments their voices their bodies. It's crazy. Y'all are gonna love it
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It's absolutely amazing Some really good teasers going on. I'm like so excited for this new season as you mentioned before
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We're gonna see some familiar faces some nostalgia through the halls of East High this season
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For you guys who was like the OG cast member coming back that you were most excited to see
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Obviously all of them and they're all they've been so sweet to us
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Especially since the very beginning almost passing the torch But one that like gave gives me chills is Allison Reed who plays miss Darbus because she is iconic
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And so to be in a scene with her when she's looking right at you and she's in the full
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Miss Darbus get up. You're like this is like I'm here I love it. Yeah chills. It really does
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Yes I guess my favorite would have to be Monique Coleman I mean growing up I looked up to her as a black girl and seeing her on screen as that
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Representation was so amazing and it's so funny even before I started filming high school musical
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I reached out to her and I was like, hey I'm like someone like Taylor and she was so supportive and so kind and so uplifting and so
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Seeing her and filming stuff with her was just full circle and I'm so grateful that I got to
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I mean, it's undoubtedly been an amazing four years for you guys
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Wrapping up. What's one thing you're gonna take away just from this whole experience. I
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Think the biggest takeaway I will take from this show is the built-in community
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I'll have forever and the built-in family and knowing that I can like call on these people whenever and they're gonna be there
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That's I feel like it's rare because like the whole cast really does rally and support each other
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So I'm gonna I'm gonna take that with me I'm gonna say the same thing the family aspect of it all
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I'm really gonna take that with me and I feel like I got a best friend for life. So
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It's been an amazing experience and I'm so grateful for all the people I met along the way and learned from
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After years of build-up we're finally here senior I'm a junior and you're gonna stay a junior with that attitude Carlos
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Junior here me and Gina together musicals gonna be the best here a sneak preview of our show high school musical 3
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Many of you know me as coach Bolton from the high school musical franchise folks
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We're getting the whole gang back together to make high school musical for right here at East High
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We were still gonna do high school musical 3, right I'm told we have a special visitor meeting us in the rehearsal room
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Corbin's on the clock And some friends We want the fourth movie to feel authentic. So we need you to be featured extras
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It all comes down to right now it's up to us I don't want to hear everyone's opinion about us. So what if we kind of stayed a secret a
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Secret relationship the musical and a movie it's gonna be a lot
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Where is everybody it appears the movie sucked up all other potential drama kids
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Well, we need all the bodies we can get we're barely filling out the cast as it is
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We have to save the show Every end up is going to be the right place
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To make I'm ready for this you're a star No one really believed in me before you guys this is the best thing that's ever happened to me
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Wildcats this is your five-minute call You guys don't do the lights thing
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