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Frankie Muniz Reveals His Big DWTS Advantage

Frankie Muniz Reveals His Big DWTS Advantage

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YH crashes Frankie Muniz's "Dancing with the Stars" rehearsal with his pro partner Witney Carson to learn a little Cha-Cha and find out how the actor-turned-race car driver was able to overcome a serious injury to compete successfully! He also reveals the worst habit Witney had to break him of, plus he reveals the advantage that other race car drivers like former champ Hélio Castroneves have when hitting the dance floor!

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Young Hollywood

What's up, guys? Leslie Robbins here for Young Hollywood. I've got my dancing shoes on. I'm here at IDA about to crash a Dancing with the Stars rehearsal with Frankie Muniz and Whitney Carson. Okay, ready? Two, three, four, one, two, and three, and four, and one. Nice. She learns quick. Ready? Two, three, ready, go. Two, and three, and four, and Oh, see, now, now you jinxed it. After Malcolm, you quit acting, went into race car driving. Yeah. You were hugely successful. Then you got into an accident, and you got injured really badly. And here you are dancing. How has the injury well, taken over the dancing or has it not?

Frankie Muniz

It has. I don't like to say that it has, because like I think it's just the fact like that I don't know, I don't know where my body would be if I didn't have the big accident or didn't get hurt in the past, but I'm just really tight. And I think that's the biggest thing like so knowing that I was doing the show, I started doing yoga like two or three months ago, to really work on flexibility. So, I don't know how much is residual from the injury or just the fact that this is hard.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. Right. That it's extremely physically demanding. Right. Are you loving it though? Something you want to keep up or?

Frankie Muniz

I love it. I I told her.

Whitney Carson

You love it. He loves it. He loves it. It's awesome.

Young Hollywood

Even if they said, "Okay, you know, you're not gonna be on the show anymore." This show's over, right? Or do you wanna keep dancing?

Frankie Muniz

I I'd be here every day. I love it.

Whitney Carson

Yeah, he does.

Young Hollywood

How is this season going for you guys?

Whitney Carson

We just started. It's going really good. I think it's we're pushing really hard. Yes. And I think Frank can definitely tell. I can tell too, like I'm already so sore and we're in week two. It's kinda crazy. And we have two dances week two. Which has never happened on the show either. So, I feel like this season's really intense so far for you. What's the worst habit you've had to break of his?

Whitney Carson

Sayin' I'm sorry. He always says he's sorry. And I'm like, "Stop saying that you're sorry." I'm like, "Don't do that." He's like, "Sorry, sorry." I'm like, "It's fine. Just it's a correction. Just take it and just fix it. You don't have to say sorry."

Frankie Muniz

I just want to like do well for her, you know what I mean? Like I wanna I I don't want her to feel like she has to tell me the same thing a lot. Right. Yeah. I want to just get it. Right. Cuz I'm hard on myself too, you know what I mean? Like Yeah, yeah. A lot of the time, she doesn't even need to tell me what I did wrong. I know. You know. Like I don't even tell me. I know.

Young Hollywood

Does she have any habit you want to break?

Frankie Muniz

Well, she's rough.

Young Hollywood

Oh, gosh. Physically or mentally?

Whitney Carson

Tone it down. Far up. Physically. And like instead of using my words like I should, I'm just like I just move him in places that I need him to be. I'm like Yeah.

Frankie Muniz

No, I told her, I told her when we met. I said, "Don't feel like you can't tell me what you truly think. Be upfront because that's how I'll learn." Yeah. You know, "You can't hurt my feelings in that sense, you know." So, I'd rather her just get to the point rather than going slow and We don't have time. Get me where I need to be. That that's it.

Young Hollywood

Okay, let's go. Let's talk about Elio Castroneves. One the Mary Ball. Yep. Yeah. What is it with race car drivers and dancing? Cuz you're a race car driver now you're dancing. What is it? Cuz I did the Figure Eight with Elio. Say okay. One, two, three, spin.

Frankie Muniz

I don't know. The only thing I can think is you understand momentum.

Whitney Carson

I don't know, like, you know, like when we're doing turns and stuff, like I understand like the physics of like how to get my body

Frankie Muniz

Yeah, I realized that too.

Whitney Carson

Yeah. around. That's what was surprising. It's really hard to teach like the physics of dance. Like the push and pull and the spins and the momentum of it all. And he totally understands that. So that's one advantage that we do have, I guess, is the physics. Is that much, but the physics.

Young Hollywood

Let's kill the Fox Trot one more time. And then not the Fox Trot. Cha-cha. Okay, ready? Two, three, four, one, two, and three, four, and one. Yeah. Nice. Good job. Teacher, cha-cha. Cha-cha. Cha-cha.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Frankie Muniz

    Featured guest, "Dancing with the Stars" contestant

  • Witney Carson

    Frankie Muniz's professional dance partner

  • Leslie Robbins

    Interviewer for Young Hollywood

  • Hélio Castroneves

    Former "Dancing with the Stars" champion and race car driver mentioned

FAQ

Who is Frankie Muniz's dance partner on DWTS?+
Frankie Muniz's professional dance partner on "Dancing with the Stars" is Witney Carson.
How did Frankie Muniz's past injury affect his dancing?+
Frankie Muniz states that a past accident made him "really tight," leading him to start yoga to improve flexibility for the show.
What was Frankie Muniz's worst habit, according to Witney Carson?+
Witney Carson reveals Frankie Muniz's worst habit was constantly saying "I'm sorry" during corrections.
What advantage do race car drivers have in dancing?+
According to Frankie Muniz and Witney Carson, race car drivers understand momentum and the physics of how to move their body, which helps them with turns and spins in dance.
What dance move did Frankie Muniz and Witney Carson demonstrate?+
Frankie Muniz and Witney Carson demonstrated the Cha-Cha during their rehearsal.

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