On Set with Jake T. Austin - Paper Magazine Photo Shoot

It's an old building because they haven't touched it since the 50s. I think they're trying to make things get really romantic with the light situation. I don't know what they're doing. I didn't pay anybody to do that. And I didn't cue that. I'm serious.

Welcome to Young Hollywood. Kinsey here with Young Hollywood. We are taking you behind the scenes of Paper Magazine shoot with Wizards of Waverly Place star Jake T. Austin. Little disclaimer action. We're currently at Hemingway's Lounge in Hollywood. Super old authentic building. And unfortunately, during our interview, we had to play a little game of hide and seek in the dark. Tell me about this building. It's amazing.

This building is really historical, really classic. You know, this is this is where they all came. Everyone, you know, this is this is what This is basically party central of Hemingway's Lounge. You know, we got a bar right here. And the electricity keeps going out on us, though.

It's an old building because they haven't touched it since the 50s. I think they're trying to make things get really romantic with the light situation. I don't know what they're doing. I didn't pay anybody to do that. And I didn't cue that. I'm serious. I swear.

Awesome. You guys are nominated for an Emmy and you're nominated for an Alma award. Do you have a pair of lucky socks?

pair of lucky I'm actually not wearing socks right now. It's funny you ask.

Well, there you go.

The answer's no. No, no I don't. Uh, we've been really fortunate just over the last couple of years with the success of the show and uh, knowing that this will probably be the last year it's nominated for anything. Yeah. Uh, no it's just going to make it really special going to the event and uh, getting to see everyone involved again, you know.

Did you have any rituals during Wizards or any any kind of acting projects?

Rituals? Well like before we would start taping the episode, like basically that night we all like huddle in a group and uh, just kind of like do a chant or say a prayer.

Can you tell me why you were in Bulgaria?

I was in there um, basically there for No. uh, Tom and Huck, which is uh, basically a recent adaptation of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Fun. And it's with uh, Joel Courtney, who's in Super 8.

So you didn't have to have any crazy costumes. This is like

No, no crazy costumes cuz I wore the same thing practically every day. And those characters are kind of mischievous. Are you um? Huck had a slingshot. Wow. Yeah. I had like a secret weapon in the movie and I used the slingshot basically to just take people out.

What's coming up? We've got New Year's Eve coming up. Is that a love story?

Um, that's it's a sequel or or kind of a a follow-up to Valentine's Day, which is more of a romantic comedy but I think New Year's Eve is taking its own direction or its own genre. Uh-huh. And uh I work with some really key people. Um I think we had we had Abigail Breslin and Zac Efron was in the film, like Robert De Niro, and all these guys that, you know, are so huge.

This is a must-see film.

Yeah, they're so huge. So, I I just want to see what it looks like on the screen. Right, you know.

What's more intimidating, being on the big screen or like print modeling?

Oh, it's two different worlds but you know, it's just awkward standing to take pictures in front of like 50 people. Yeah. I don't know. Both are both are pretty awkward. Both, you know, demand an ability to just block everything out. Right.

Do you do you like watching your own movies? Do you like watching yourself on television?

No, I I try not to just because uh, you know, you you start to get really judgmental.

23, Chris. Circuit 23. But the lights have been going out on a daily basis here. All right. Now they're back on. Yeah.

So you're kind of a jet setter. You're bicoastal. You live in LA and New York. What's your

I No, I live in New York.

Oh, do you? And you're just back and forth quite a bit?

Uh, yeah. I've had to be in LA um, probably more than often over the last four years just on different stuff I was working on, but I'm primarily based out of New York.

23.

What's your favorite thing about New York City?

Between like the pizzerias, people and, you know, my family being there, of course. Um, I guess it's just the culture. Right. And how you can go uh to so many different worlds, you know, in the 22 uh mile basis, you know, you can go to Puerto Rico if you go uptown, you know. Uh-huh. Uh, go to Little Italy if you go downtown. So.

Um, what's your what's on your iPod right now? What's your favorite song?

Oh god. I got I have Lil Wayne's new album, Carter IV. Yeah. Carter IV uh Fish Fry's my favorite probably.

And your ringtone? And all my friends' iPods.

My ringtone? Uh-huh. It's like a generic uh xylophone ringtone. It's on the iPhone. If you have the iPhone, you know what I'm talking about.

Thank you so much for talking to Young Hollywood. We can't wait to see all your amazing films that are coming out and to purchase Paper Magazine with your glorious face graced across it.

Thank you very much. Appreciate it.