The cast of Disney+’s “High School Musical The Musical: The Series” stopped by SOHH to give some insight into their musical inspirations and acting techniques.
The spinoff is on its third season, where the series follows students that attend the original school from the movie, East High.
Dara Renee, a part of “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series,” let us know some of her biggest musical inspirations.
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The spinoff is on its third season, where the series follows students that attend the original school from the movie, East High.
Dara Renee, a part of “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series,” let us know some of her biggest musical inspirations.
@disneyplus @hsm-fanhighschoolmusical5701 @dararenee5641
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00:00 All right. Hi, everyone. My name is Journey Green with So.com.
00:04 And right now we have Dara Renee, who plays Courtney on High School Musical, the musical, the series.
00:12 So tell us, Dara, how does your character Courtney relate to you?
00:19 Are you anything like Courtney?
00:20 Oh, my goodness. Yes. I mean, especially because Courtney was only supposed to be in one episode.
00:26 So, you know, the creator and the writers were really developing her along the way.
00:30 And, you know, it was it was just so much fun to be there and to build her as a character with her voice and and her mannerisms and her costumes and learning so much about her, especially this season.
00:42 One of the things I was so glad to bring to the table was I struggle with anxiety and Courtney does, too.
00:49 So to be able to bring an accurate representation of that and my style.
00:56 All right. So there's a lot of singing and you mentioned that y'all were kind of developing the character.
01:01 So is there any celebrity that kind of inspired your singing style?
01:06 Oh, that is a great question.
01:10 I don't know if I sound like these two people, but I am praying that I can work my way up to it.
01:19 But I absolutely am such a huge fan of Whitney Houston and Beyonce and Mariah Carey and just these voices of these powerful divas who who changed the nation.
01:32 So me as Dara, I feel like I'm a little bit more like just God and Doja Cat and Rihanna and a little bit more, you know, like hip hop a little bit.
01:43 But as Courtney, I really I really take inspiration from those divas.
01:47 So I love it. So it's season three.
01:50 So tell me, is there anything that you are excited for fans to see?
01:54 I'm excited for hip hop and, you know, so.com, we're a hip hop site. So will we be seeing any hip hop in this upcoming season?
02:03 Oh, we'll see a little bit of everything.
02:07 Oh, yes. A little dancing.
02:11 But I actually got to write a song for the series.
02:15 Awesome. Thank you.
02:17 It was it was really it was really fun and I got to incorporate, you know, a little bit of a little rap.
02:22 OK, I can't give away too much.
02:26 But yeah, I bring a little bit of those genres to the table.
02:30 All right. Well, thank you so much for rocking with us, Dara. I'm Journey Green with So.com.
02:34 Thank you so much for having me.
02:38 All right. Bye.
02:39 Bye.