LILO & STITCH: Get Ready With Maia Kealoha for the Movie's Premiere! (Exclusive)
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00:00Aloha! Hi E.T. I'm Ayaka Aloha and we are going to do a get ready with me on my
00:10first premiere. Come on in. This is so much different to the set. Is it more relaxed?
00:21Yeah. I did see the set up half of it but it looks pretty cool. The carpet? Yeah. Blue carpet.
00:29Or stitch. Hashtag stuch.
00:38I'm so excited even though it's my first premiere. I'm a little bit scared but I
00:45also am happy. I guess I just have like that confidentness inside of me. I need
00:51to believe in myself first. What are you most excited for? Probably seeing
00:55everybody again. Even though I saw them like yesterday I still miss them. We
00:59actually made an Ohana on the cast. Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind.
01:06Now what artists are you listening to today to get you pumped up? I was listening to
01:11Bruno Mars, Die With A Smile and Olivia Rodrigo Deja Vu.
01:18Here's my outfit for tonight. I'm going for like a tea leaf skirt or some people call it like a grass skirt.
01:27So I'm trying to go hula vibes and I'm going to have some nice big earrings.
01:33Aloha ooooe. Aloha ooooe. And then here are my secret shoes. I never saw. Show you guys first.
01:46Oh my gosh! These are amazing!
01:51Until we meet again...
01:58Yeah!
01:59Bye ET! So happy for you to stop by, but I need to finish getting ready.
02:05So, see you on the blue carpet!
02:16This is my outfit!
02:24I wanted to go for like a chili skirt, like a hula.
02:28And then my earrings! Can't forget the earrings!
02:36Oh my gosh! I'm so excited! This is so amazing! I'm so honored to be here!
02:41This is my first premiere! Everyone looks beautiful!
02:44They're giving like the Hawaiian style!
02:50Also celebrating the new live-action Lilo & Stitch out Friday,
02:54Maya's co-stars, Zach Galifianakis, Courtney B. Vance,
02:57her on-screen sister, Cindy Agudong, and her dates, Mom and Dad.
03:02I just want to give a big, big shout-out to my mom.
03:05I see a lot of the cast members. I'm so excited to see Zach Galifianakis.
03:10Maya's the same age as my youngest kid.
03:13She is a darling human being. And I usually don't say it about kid actors.
03:18But she's, she's the best!
03:20You know what it is? It's her family. It's her mommy and daddy.
03:23So she's completely supported.
03:26When did you know that she was the one?
03:28Oh, like immediately. Can you imagine?
03:30Can you tell me what your name is?
03:31Maya!
03:32When she walks into a room, it lights up and she immediately had such a spark and such a talent, obviously.
03:38But then also she really took to a real work ethic in trying to craft this performance.
03:43She didn't even know how to read when we first started shooting.
03:45So she was learning her lines by like audio tapes. We would record her lines and she'd listen to them.
03:50And then by the end, of course, she's this incredible professional actress.
03:53She is Lilo! I don't know how they found a girl that is exactly who Lilo is in the animation.
04:02She is a little nutty. Delightfully nutty. And she has a spirit that Lilo has.
04:13She was meant to do this part.
04:15Well, when you have someone being number one on the call sheet, like her, showing up every day.
04:20She works more than anyone. She'd show up with a smile and a hug for you.
04:23And it reminds you, like, it doesn't have to be this serious.
04:27I'm always going to be with her and I'm checking in on her.
04:30He's so cute and fluffy.
04:32He is your responsibility. Got it.
04:34We promise.
04:35Yeah.
04:36This has been a surreal experience and I'm really, really grateful for every single second of it.
04:39Lilo & Stitch is really, really special because it's a movie about finding out where you belong
04:44and creating a family whether or not it's blood or it's someone that you just meet.
04:49You create your own family.
04:50I'm hopeful for a sequel and at the same time, we're family.
05:00We are so cute and healthy.
05:01We love you.
05:02We are so cute.
05:03We are so cute.
05:04Yeah.
05:05I love you.
05:06We love you.
05:07We love you.
05:08I love you.
05:10We love you.
05:11I love you.