00:00I want to say Encanto is one of my favorite movies so I want to know how
00:03was it tapping into the character of Luisa for this performance?
00:06Yes so Encanto is one of my favorite movies too and literally the first time
00:11I ever watched it with my family like we see ourselves on the screen so much my
00:15sisters and my family so when I first saw Luisa and whenever I watched
00:19Surface Pressure I start crying because I truly feel that way many times the
00:23pressure I put on myself to be great to help others so it was so fun to get to
00:27slip into this role because it didn't at times feel like a role it felt like
00:31myself and I I love that you know girls get to see her as a character and maybe
00:36see me as well as somebody to look up to so it was such a fun fun dance and fun
00:40night and Alan I have to ask were you sweating in that mask like what could
00:46you see I'm so curious honestly it was a good idea before I put it on once I put
00:51it on I realized I made a vast mistake no but it was awesome it was a lot of
00:55fun it looked really good and the team is incredible I can't believe they got
00:58it on and off that fast like we finished the opening number I ran upstairs and
01:04three different people were working on me it was incredible they pulled it off
01:09and it just just sweat just dropped everywhere I think it's on video I don't
01:15know though cuz my eyes were closed honestly couldn't hear anything couldn't
01:17see anything but I felt how amazing Ilona did and it's just it's amazing I'm
01:22so happy and you guys also had the group dance so you not only had to rely
01:28on each other as partners but you had to rely on other people so how did that
01:31dynamic kind of change throughout the week of rehearsals group dance was so
01:36fun I've only ever played team sports so it was like slipping into an environment
01:41that I thrive in it was it was a lot of fun to be also there was kind of equals
01:45you know celebrity equals and I will say the pros choreographed such a fun dance
01:50for us like and we had a great song but all the moments they did everything in
01:54between and I think they played to our strength so it was I and I think we knew
01:58it was a good dance and we wanted to just do well for each other to also you
02:02know get a sales point so it was awesome everyone really pulled it together Ilona
02:06said something as team captain and I would like to point out I'm assistant
02:10captain office reference um Ilona before we started she was like usually this is
02:20a me thing but I want this to be a we thing and we all just collectively came
02:23together and you know we had fun out there we danced together and it really
02:27showed the celebrities crushed it all when they were dancing by themselves the
02:31pros are just standing there like we're so proud and we really are you know they
02:35put in so much hard work this week and it really showed it was incredible and
02:39you guys I mean it showed and because it's Disney night I have to ask a few
02:43Disney questions what was your favorite Disney character growing up growing up
02:53because it's changed now now now with newer movies like I like Encanto I feel
02:58like Bruno a little bit but growing up I wish I was a Prince Eric I wasn't I was
03:04more of a goofy um Aladdin I feel like a lot of people like that bird who are
03:17you I don't know I don't know princesses like this isn't too old but I loved
03:23Princess and the Frog and I love Tangled everyone is saying that those are new
03:29yeah but they are so like 15 years old everyone is saying that which kind of I
03:34guess brings me to my next question if there was a Disney movie that you would
03:38like to see redone into a live-action oh honestly Encanto honestly it's the music
03:46is amazing surface pressure before we were doing this and everyone online was
03:51like you guys have to do it yeah like it was it was a good song like and then
03:56when we found out we were doing it and we found out pretty early like every
04:01time I listen to I get chills just because Ilona aside from from you know
04:07having the strength that that Louisa has she also puts that pressure on herself
04:12and I've realized that from knowing her and she just wants to help everyone you
04:16know she's one of the most selfless people I've ever met and it's just it's
04:20amazing to see and I am really lucky to have her as a partner and I'm proud of
04:23her so it's nice to see her come to life and final question I mean so on Disney
04:28channel you would say like hi I'm so-and-so and yeah you know what I'm
04:31talking about can you guys give me your best one but like kind of group it like
04:35hi I'm Alan I'm Ilona and you're watching Disney Channel hi I'm Ilona
04:40and I'm Alan and you're watching Disney Channel
04:45that was great thank you guys so much
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