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BRENDA SONG

HITTING THE DECK htrc
by: Lisa Steinberg

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Q.  What are some of the recent projects that you've been working on?

A.  Well, on Friday College Road Trip that's with Martin Lawrence and Raven is coming out and I have a little part and that's exciting.  At the end of this month I go back and I do "The Suite Life" spinoff called "The Suite Life On Deck."  I'm really excited to do that! 

Q.  What can you tell us about the premise for College Road Trip and about your character?

A.  The premise for College Road Trip about a girl who is played by Raven who is ready to go off to college but her dad is having a hard time letting her go.  My character, me and Margo Harshman play the best friends, and it's the time in our lives where we're excited and when we kind of get to grow up a little.  So, we have this whole perfect college road trip planned, and of course her overprotective father played by Martin Lawrence, halts our wonderful plans because he doesn't want her to go to any school except for the one he chose for her.  It's this whole trial and tribulations and learning how to grow up and still respect your parents.  Along the way my character and Margo's surprise her a couple of times.  It's a lot of fun, it's a good time. 

Q.  What made you want to be a part of the film?

A.  I had always wanted to work with Raven, I had worked next door to her for three years when she shot her show and we were on "The Suite Life."  I had done a little part in her show a while ago but I had never gotten to work with her on a large scale.  When this part came up I was so excited and to work with Martin Lawrence was such a dream.  I am such a big fan of his, he is so talented and so funny.  Working with them, I couldn't stop laughing because they were so funny, you never knew what was going to come out of their mouths.  I felt so honored just to be there because they are such amazing talents. 

Q.  Was there instant cast chemistry when you all came together or did it take some time to develop?

A.  Oh my goodness!  Between Margo, Raven, and I, when we got inside that little car, because it was literally like a road trip process, we were in that car for so many hours, when we got into that car it was like reminiscing.  We're such girls, people had to tell us to stop talking and start working because we were having such a good time.  We were just telling stories, talking about fashion and clothes, boys, anything.  We were just three teenage girls, it was a lot of fun.

Q.  Why should viewers take the time to check out College Road Trip?

A.  If you really just want to have a good time. College Road Trip is a great movie because kids of all ages can watch it from four to twenty-four.  It's a really fun movie and we had a really fun time doing it and the audience will see that.

Q.  "The Suite Life" is moving from a hotel to a ship, why the move?

A.  The twins and London, they actually enroll in a semester at sea.  It's going to be really, really fun because it's the first time that we're going to traveling and going to different ports and meeting different cultures.  The opportunities are endless especially with them going out to see.  It's going to be really fun seeing these characters in a whole new environment.  There are going to be some old characters and some new.  I personally don't know a lot yet about the show.  I haven't seen anything, everyone's heard, I'm going to be just as surprised as you guys are going to be.

Q.  You have great comedic timing, is it something that you have studied or has it come naturally?

A.  Honestly, it's because of the people that I've worked with.  Between Kim, Phill, Ashley and the twins, we have all really helped each other grow.  For me, before I had done "The Suite Life" I had never really done any sort of sitcom or big comedy.  So I was so scared out of my mind!  As with everything else, if you just put hard work into it and you just keep your mind really open, truly you can learn anything.  I had such a wonderful cast and wonderful crew who really helped and guided me.  I really thank our writers and everyone.  People always say, "Oh my goodness, your character is really great!"  I was like, "I only do a little part of it, it's everyone around me as well."

Q.  When "The Suite Life" first began, did you expect it to be such a hit?

A.  We talk about this because it's so funny, when the show first came out and people started coming up and saying "We love the show" and we got recognized.  It was the weirdest thing because we were shooting and we put so much hard work into the show and didn't care if people liked it or not.  Then people started saying they liked it and we were like, "Oh my gosh, you liked it?"  We didn't even care and it was so nice that they understood and saw how much fun we had and they enjoyed the work that we put out.

Q.  What would you like to say to your fans and supporters?

A.  I can't thank you guys enough and I really hope you guys can understand how much fun we had and hopefully you get a little bit of fun too.  You can just escape reality for a little bit when you watch our show or movie or anything that we do.  We really do it for you guys so we hope you guys enjoy it.

 


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