![]() It’s a new season with a whole bunch of new drama.Īre they going to address pretty quick as well the conflict as far as the Healthy Bar money versus the scholarship from Stanford being offered?ĪYLA: Yeah, they bring it back up throughout, obviously because Payson is not eligible for college because of the scholarship, so her need to get on the Olympic team is obviously at a dire point. So there is a whole new set of characters and people and coaches. Where we’re going with this season is we’re at the United States of America training center - the Olympic training center for the U.S. We bring in a new guy pretty much right away. But I’m kind of curious because I know the actor Josh Bowman got cast in another show, will he be continuing to work on your show as well or will they bring in another love interest for Payson?ĪYLA: No, he doesn’t stick around with us for very long. It also looks like Payson is going a new romantic journey with Max. It’s like, “Whoever’s doing that is doing a great job!”ĪYLA: Thank you! My dance really got displayed when I did the Swan Lake routine and we had to face the cameras for the slow-mo cameras, I definitely wanted to grab the stills from that just to use because I was happy with them. That is remarkable! I admire so much just watching the people go through all that on the screen. ![]() She just did the two jumbling steps and that was basically it. So basically for this last episode, what we did is I did was all the dance stuff and my stunt double didn’t learn the dance routine at all. But its definitely added pressure having to wear a leotard.ĭo you perform any of the actual routines yourself, or is that all done by the stunt people?ĪYLA: I do only dance stuff. I’m naturally an active person, so it’s not hard for me to stay in shape for the season. But, on top of that, I always make sure that I stay active outside of it. So we just try to keep up with them and sit with them on set, and that keeps you from getting lazy and just sitting around and eating craft services all day. ![]() How hard do you have to personally train to look like somebody who is going to go for Olympic gold?ĪYLA: Well, we have gymnasts on set all the time, and they are constantly working out because that’s their life. So I know I’ve done my fair share of hard routines to make sure that Payson made it back to being eligible for Olympic glory. I was cheering for her!ĪYLA: I had to work hard physically to get back to that place too. She’s had to work really hard to get back to that place. Then I got to fight my way back, which I think was really so much fun to get to do because a small part of you starts to feel like you’re achieving something when your character achieves something. I know what its like, so I love getting to play the devastated character because there is so much emotional range you get to go through there. I had a bad injury, so I relate to it completely. Do you find as an actor that it is easier to portray a character who is injured like that, or is it harder to actually play a healthy character?ĪYLA: I actually love it. She’s had the broken back storyline she injured her ankle in the championships. Payson has had to go through quite an ordeal. So it’s a really exciting season for that because you get to see her come through this whole transformation. That comes around this season when she’s forced to kind of get out of her little emotional box that she puts everything into - her little gymnastics box. She’s always so up tight and holds a lot in. ![]() If you could give Payson one bit of advice, what would you tell her?ĪYLA: Relax, I think. She also seems like she listens to own voice. I think that’s such a great message for girls watching the show that you can achieve great things if you keep your mind at it and keep to it. She knows what she wants so much that nothing can stop her at all. As you play Payson, the quasi-good girl on the show who works really hard to achieve her dreams, what do you admire most about her?ĪYLA: I think it’s great that she’s so gung-ho and so go-gettum about achieving her own big dreams and that she never lets anything stand in her way. ![]()
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