Nathan Arenas – Bunk’d

By starrymag | April 7, 2017

By: Lisa Steinberg

 

Q) The show reminds every one of their childhood spent at camp.

A) That’s why people can relate a lot to “Bunk’d.”

Q) What might we get to see this season from Jorge?

A) Well, this year Jorge definitely is maturing a lot more. By maturing I mean getting weirder. They are definitely going on a lot of adventures, especially Jorge. You’re going to have to tune in to learn more.

Q) Where do you relate to Jorge and his growing up?

A) Whenever I play Jorge, it’s definitely like I’m a different person. It’s easy to see though how much of myself is in him. I can relate a lot to Jorge and his huge imagination. It’s just incredible. Definitely my younger self I can see in Jorge.

Q) You have great comedic timing. Is it something you studied or is it natural for you?

A) I definitely had to study a lot. In Season One, I was just a newcomer so I didn’t get that timing down. One of our amazing dialogue coaches who was on “Jessie” worked with me the entire season. She told to me watch it every day and most of all it is about the timing for my lines. Also, we have amazing costars and they have taught me so much. Really, I’ve had to study it.

Q) What have you learned from working with costars who have been on Disney for so long?

A) They are all a family to me, like brothers and sisters. They have definitely taught me a lot like camera angles, which are very important. It’s also dialogue. They are not only family, but they are role models.

Q) What advice have they passed along to you?

A) They said that whenever someone recognizes me to stay humble. If they have any questions, why not answer them and make friends. They have given me so much advice, especially for whenever we do meet and greets. There are so many people that go. They say to stay humble and say “thank you for watching.” They watch all the work that we put into it.

Q) We did get to see Jorge’s hidden talent is dancing. Anything new or might want to see shared?

A) Apart from dancing, you are going to see a lot more mischief. It’s still going to be so much fun. We have a lot of costumes for Jorge. I can’t say too much about it, but it is going to be awesome! Something that I would like to see for Jorge would probably be doing something apart from dancing like maybe music. I do close-up magic so I kind of have some of the stuff down. I guess it would be fun to see Jorge doing that.

Q) There is DJ Ravi Ross so maybe you could do a collaboration!

A) I play a lot of instruments. I play guitar, piano, drums and ukulele. It would fun to play one of those on a rock song. So, maybe DJ Ravi Ross (Karan Brar) could interrupt him and start rapping. [laughs] I think that would be funny!

Q) I like Jorge has a great relationship with Griff. What do you enjoy most about their relationship?

A) We get into ups and downs. We’re just really good friends. It’s awesome to see Jorge actually having a friend. It’s like the perfect friendship! There are ups and downs, but at the end of the day they are just friends. Griff (Lincoln Melcher) teaches Jorge and also Griff gets Jorge into trouble sometimes. They both figure out ways to get themselves out of it.

Q) Who might you want to see make a crossover on “Bunk’d?”

A) I would probably say “Stuck in the Middle.” I think it would be pretty funny if I was the cousin or neighbor or something. So, it would be nice if “Stuck in the Middle” came on “Bunk’d” and crashed it. It would be pretty cool to have some friends over. It would be funny to see some of my friends crossover on our show or our show crossover on theirs! I’m pretty sure the Diaz twins would definitely get along with Jorge!

Q) What do you hope viewers take away from watching the show?

A) Well, it depends on which episode. Some episodes are a lesson learned and others are crazy things that happen. Maybe they would learn not to do something if you know it’s wrong. It really depends. It’s mainly about seeing how they all get along. I hope they get a laugh out of it.

 

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