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Peyton List & Jacob Bertrand Switch Places in 'The Swap’

Peyton List & Jacob Bertrand Switch Places in 'The Swap’

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Cast mates Peyton List and Jacob Bertrand stop by the YH Studio to scoop us on their Freaky Friday-esque body-swapping flick, appropriately-titled 'The Swap'! They tell us about their experience filming and hanging out in Canada, plus they reveal whom they would love to switch places with in real life!

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I have a game real quick. I want you guys to take these arrows. This is the coolest arrows ever. Yeah. So I'll ask you guys a question, and you guys have to point to the person. Who is the bigger flirt? Mmm. Hey, guys, what's going on? I'm Brandy Chang in the Young Hollywood studio with Peyton List and Jacob Bertrand, the stars of Disney's The Swap. Hi, guys. That was a mouthful.

Peyton List

Hi.

Jacob Bertrand

I don't know what to say.

Peyton List

Yeah, that was a lot.

Young Hollywood

You you you swam through that though. That was that was a mouthful. I was waiting for you to mess up right there, but it's all good. How is it going?

Peyton List

We're good. How are you?

Young Hollywood

Hanging out. I Got your big bowl of candy. That was awesome. I know. I see somebody brought a piece of the candy over. Who did that? Who's candy is that? Is that Jacob's? I like your style. Um, okay, so you guys are starring in The Swap. Can you tell me a little bit about that?

Peyton List

Basically, both of our characters end up in the nurse's office together. Oh, there's photo from behind. And we're both complaining about who which gender has it easier and like whose life is easier. And then we end up switching bodies through a text exchange.

Young Hollywood

Wow. Yeah. Sort of Freaky Friday-ish.

Peyton List

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

I love that kind of concept. It's super cool. Really? I've always loved those movies. I've seen everyone that kind of has to do with that. With like the body switching. Was it difficult playing two characters? Because essentially that's what you're doing, you know? You're playing yourself, and then you're playing each other. So there's obviously probably some mannerisms that you guys have to pick up and

Jacob Bertrand

Yeah. That's exactly it. Yeah, it was a lot of that. It was her body posture, you know? It's just super like upright, you know, versus my like boyish sort of like little slouch that I got going. And then just coming up with like nervous tics for our characters and like so we could do that when we did switch like so it was clear to people and I had to learn rhythmic gymnastics and he had to learn hockey.

Young Hollywood

I read that. That's really cool. Was that difficult to train for that?

Peyton List

It was really difficult. I first went in and all the girls are on these chairs that open up and like over extended splits. And I'm so not flexible, so I was just like, "Okay." This is going to be a fun two weeks. Yeah. And it was intense, but really fun.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. And then what about you? Did you know how to play hockey before?

Jacob Bertrand

I had no idea how to ice skate. I didn't know how to ice skate. So they're like, "All right, Jacob, here's your two week crash course and you're just going to be our star hockey player for this movie." And I was like, "All right, cool," you know? Um, so yeah, I

Peyton List

You did a really good job though.

Jacob Bertrand

Yeah, they just kind of threw me in with this super good AAA team. So they were just, you know, skating circles around me. Um, but I can hockey stop on one foot now.

Young Hollywood

Impressive.

Jacob Bertrand

So I'm happy I can do that, and I'm apparently a righty in hockey.

Young Hollywood

There you go. Yeah. In the movie, your characters are kind of facing a lot of the ordinary pressures that teenagers go through. I know your character is kind of having, you know, some some trouble with her best friend, and you're you're trying to, you know, please your parents. How do you guys deal with those kind of pressures in real life?

Peyton List

Mm. This is a good question.

Jacob Bertrand

That is a good question. Whoever wrote these, congrats. Um, I feel like our characters never really discovered how to actually have like real conversations with our parents and just tell them how they really feel and like have like honest open conversations. And with my parents I always do have that. I always have like a really open relationship with them. And then I have a twin brother, Spencer. And my family really is always has always been there.

Peyton List

Yeah, I have like certain people I go to for different things. Like girl advice is my sister. Like I just always go to my sister for advice. Just you know, other stuff where it's like dudes messing with me at school. It's like my dad or my brother, like when I'm super stressed out about homework, my mom just has this way of just like calming everyone down and just I don't know, she's just that person in our family. But yeah, I just say for me like my siblings and then my parents are just super supportive.

Jacob Bertrand

And I'm ain't going to Peyton for girl advice too, right?

Young Hollywood

Yeah. What's your relationship like offset?

Peyton List

We hung out so much. Like we went to dinner and um, we'd hang out on like the cast with the

Jacob Bertrand

Yeah, we we we became really good friends with the whole cast. Like we're the only two that was from America. Go America.

Peyton List

Yeah. We can't say cuz I can't. Yeah, but we actually went to um, Canada's Wonderland, which is one of the amusement parks there on our weekend. Yeah. And we we all were like starting to really bond at the end of the movie. And we even went on a ride where we got hit we got hailed on on the roller coasters. So it was like we're on this crazy roller coaster and getting hailed like shot at our faces.

Young Hollywood

Oh my gosh. You got to walk out of there like

Peyton List

It was intense. Yeah, we were all really red face. So we were like, "This is awesome."

Young Hollywood

Yeah. Would you guys switch places in real life if you could trade places for the day? I

Peyton List

With you? Yeah. Don't insult me.

Jacob Bertrand

We're all in here. I know. Oh, you know what? To get out of my math test, yes. That'd be awesome. No, I'm good. I'll stay.

Young Hollywood

Who would you switch who would you switch with? If you could switch with anybody for the day.

Jacob Bertrand

You know, honestly, my little brother. He just seems like he's got everything figured out, you know? He wakes up, like I drive him to school, he just chills in the car, puts on some music, you know, he goes on his run. He's on cross country, and he comes home and he just chills, you know? Not bad. Yeah, it seems like an awesome life.

Young Hollywood

What about you, Peyton?

Peyton List

This question I've been getting and I just keep saying Beyoncé because

Young Hollywood

That was my answer too.

Peyton List

That's your answer too. She's just so amazing. Like I would be honored. That'd be the best day of my life.

Young Hollywood

I have a game real quick for wrap it up, but um, I want you guys to take these arrows. Who is this the coolest arrows ever? Yes. I know, right? I just made them. Um, and you guys have to point to the person. So like, for instance, who's more competitive in real life? Point to the person. Nice. All right. Who is the bigger flirt? Mm. Oh.

Peyton List

I know. I think you are.

Young Hollywood

All right, so the better dancer.

Peyton List

I think I am. Oh. Oh. And I had a dance scene in the movie. Oh my gosh, I'm so nervous to see that.

Young Hollywood

Oh my gosh. You got to see that. I can't wait for that. Everyone please watch out for this. It's going to be the best.

Jacob Bertrand

I like I'm doing scenes I like block people like boxing. Oh my god, it's going to look so terrible.

Young Hollywood

And last but not least, who is the better selfie taker? Yeah, that was amazing. Thank you, guys. I feel like you're like down here like You're a fly selfie taker. I'm like

Peyton List

Exactly. This is my go-to like, away from me. See, this is how I know I'm not good. Something's wrong with.

Jacob Bertrand

Exactly. See, look, it's right here. Look, if I want to get in. If you take a selfie. All right. I didn't know there was camera right there. Hey.

Young Hollywood

Amazing. Watch out for the boxing. Watch out for the boxing.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Peyton List

    Star of 'The Swap' and interview guest

  • Jacob Bertrand

    Star of 'The Swap' and interview guest

  • Brandy Chang

    Interviewer at Young Hollywood

  • Spencer

    Peyton's twin brother

  • Beyoncé

    Peyton's pick for who to swap lives with

FAQ

What is 'The Swap' about?+
'The Swap' is a Disney movie starring Peyton List and Jacob Bertrand, where their characters switch bodies in a Freaky Friday-esque manner after complaining about whose life is easier.
Was it difficult for Peyton List and Jacob Bertrand to play two characters in 'The Swap'?+
Yes, it was difficult, as they had to learn each other's mannerisms, body postures, and nervous tics to clearly convey the body switch to the audience.
What skills did the actors have to learn for 'The Swap'?+
Peyton List had to learn rhythmic gymnastics, and Jacob Bertrand had to learn how to play hockey and ice skate for his role.
Where was 'The Swap' filmed?+
The movie 'The Swap' was filmed in Canada, and the cast spent a lot of time hanging out there, including a visit to Canada's Wonderland.
Who would Peyton List swap lives with?+
Peyton List stated she would swap lives with Beyoncé, calling her 'so amazing' and saying it would be the best day of her life.
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