AUSTIN & ALLY's Laura Marano Names Her Favorite Things!


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The bubbly and blue-themed Laura Marano pays a visit to the Young Hollywood Studio to give us the dish on seasons 2 and 3 of her hit Disney Channel show, "Austin & Ally", including the original song she wrote for an episode, entitled "Finally Me"! Hosted by Nikki Novak.
Chapters (7)
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Key Moments (5)
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Key Topics (10)
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- Ross Lynch
- Laura Marano
- Nikki Novak
- Ben Charles
- Matt Tishler
- George Clooney
- Paul McCartney
- Meryl Streep
- Emma Stone
- JK Rowling
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Hey, it's Laura Marano and you're watching Young Hollywood.
What? I'm excited. It's gonna be cool. Yay! What? Hey!
I know you have to, right?
Blue. Blue. Eyeshadow. You look adorable. That's all I'm gonna say. Stop. So coordinated. It's the sleeves, I think that really gets me. Okay, so where did it so because of the blue eyeshadow, the blue nails. You can't see but she has a flower on her show. Yes. And it's blue and white, so it's like what coordination. Where did it start with the dress?
Yes. So it started with the dress and then I'm also gonna wear more blue today, 'cause I'm going to a premiere where I thought you had to wear blue. Because it's the Monsters University premiere. Okay. Um, and like they're blue and white, right? I'm just having a blue day.
You're having a blue day. And a happy way. Not like a sad blue. Like it's hard. I can't imagine you ever being sad. You are the girl that is known for the most energy. It's true. You are known Another thing I noticed on your Twitter, you're obsessed with puns.
I um, no, I love puns, like it's ridiculous. Like
You're the only person I've ever met that is obsessed with puns.
No, they're the best. One of my favorites is um, oxygen and potassium went on a date and it went OK. Um, 'cause it's like you the periodic table. You gotta know your science to know these things. Oh no, but then when oxygen and magnesium went on a date, it was like OMG. So good, right? It's literally.
That's fantastic.
Thank you.
We're in the Young Hollywood studio on a Monday morning. Let's talk about Austin and Ally. You finally season two, end of season two, you're coming out of your shell. You're having your solo and you wrote your own song called Finally Me for for uh an episode.
I'm so excited that they're using it. Yeah, I co-wrote the song with uh Ben Charles, Matt Tishler and it's called Finally Me and it's just about, you know, Ally finally becoming herself. Hence the title. Like really becoming confident, really becoming secure. And it's It was so fun to write.
So like you in real life, right?
It was, I know, right? So shy.
So shy. And the romance is finally blossoming between the two of you, but moving forward into season three. It's kind of ambiguous now.
It bloomed and then it died. It withered.
And then it withered, not like your flowers.
Not like, yeah, not like the flowers. So see, but but the potential is still there. Yes. Um, but I think it's just it's hard for both of them because they have so many different relationships going on. They are they're really good friends. They're a singer-songwriter and, you know, and so they don't want to ruin either of those two things because of the real, you know, the romantic relationship. But what's also kind of getting thrown into the mix is now that Ally's really becoming, you know, she's stepping into her own and she's got over her stage fright and she's really gonna start focusing on her career as a singer, you know, Austin as, you know, the singer for Ally songwriter, he's not that happy about it, but Austin as Ally's friend is like really happy about it. So we have to kind of like deal with that.
So we have a game for you.
I'm excited.
I know on the Disney website they did with you with a lot of the cast, five favorite things and they gave you different topics. Yes. Yours was fruit.
Because I love fruit. Yes. And it was like a rapid fire. Which is very stressful, by the way.
So we're gonna put you under a little bit of stress.
Yeah, perfect.
I'm gonna give you a rapid fire. Okay. But your five favorites. Okay. Are you ready?
Okay. I can do this.
First of all, five people you wanna meet or work with.
Kay, George Clooney. One. Wow. Yeah. Hate him. Paul McCartney. Done. Um, uh, la la la. Meryl Streep. Awesome. Love. Emma Stone. Also equally love. Um, ooh, fifth one. This is there's so many people. Uh, JK. Oh my god. JK Rowling like I would I would faint. Yes. JK Rowling, JK Rowling, JK Rowling, JK Rowling. Like, I know I only have to do five, but
So you're setting your standards really low cuz none of these people have had any sort of success or any sort of notoriety at all. No. Okay, that was fantastic. Okay, five favorite words.
Um, yay. Uh, whoop, whoop. I don't know if that's a word. Sure it is. Um, awesome. Rock. Not like the um the thing. Yeah, the the actual like, ah, you rock, the compliment. Um, uh, okay, and um, I was gonna say eat food, but I like to do that on a regular basis. So not just on the weekend. Um, I guess Just maybe more on the weekend. I guess maybe more. Um, and read.
There you go. She did it. Fantastic. Okay. And then last but not least, five must-have fashion or beauty items right now.
Okay. I'm a really big Proactiv fan. Like I just think cleaning your face, that's nice. So definitely go for that one. Bam. Colored mascara. 100% obsessed. Um, I have some awesome MAC lipstick, which I'm obsessed with. I'm really obsessed with like colored shorts. Like and it's in the summer right now. So, you know, I usually like colored skinny jeans, but it's the summer. You should wear shorts, right? Right. Um, and then always been a big, always will be a big wedge heel fan. So wedges. Get that get that height going, right? Get that. I'm short. I'm 5'2" on a good day. So
We put you under a lot of pressure. I think you did fantastic with that.
Thank you. Thank you.
You could be on like one of those shows where it's just like, you know, you just have to like spew, like you have like a minute to just talk.
I know. I would do.
You'd be perfect for it.
I would just continually talk. I would walk like talk fast a minute. It'd be a problem.
So are you on your summer vacation right now? I know you're gonna start shooting season three of Austin & Ally.
Yes, I finished school like late May. So
And you actually go to school. Like unlike a lot of actors that are on a show full-time, you actually go to school.
Yes. Yes. And it's a lot of work, but I have so much fun doing it. I feel really lucky I can do it. So
You don't do the like, how do you manage that? I mean, that has to be so difficult.
Well, basically like first semester, because I'll be shooting, I'm like not at school, but I'm doing the work. So, you know, we do school on set and so I luckily have my computer, like our school gives us computers. So that's cool. And I like talk to my teachers all the time over email. I'm always like, hey, what's up? Just finished Pride and Prejudice. Uh, taking that test soon. Hey. In the first season, I actually had to take finals on set, which um, literally was the most stressful experience of my life, cuz we were also filming like the season one finale. So we had like a lot of stuff going on there.
Of course. Of course.
And so and it was like my math final on the day where we had to do it. Um, it was pretty much the most stressful day of my life, but it's cool. It passed. It's fine.
You're amazing. Oh my gosh. Thank you for coming in. So much fun.
I had so much fun.
Come back again. New color. New theme, new color. What will it be next time?
You'll have to see.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Laura Marano
Interview subject and star of 'Austin & Ally'
- Nikki Novak
Host of the interview
- Ben Charles
Co-wrote 'Finally Me' with Laura Marano
- Matt Tishler
Co-wrote 'Finally Me' with Laura Marano
- George Clooney
One of Laura's five people she wants to meet/work with
- Paul McCartney
One of Laura's five people she wants to meet/work with
- Meryl Streep
One of Laura's five people she wants to meet/work with
- Emma Stone
One of Laura's five people she wants to meet/work with
- JK Rowling
One of Laura's five people she wants to meet/work with
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