Zombies 4 Stars Milo Manheim and Meg Donnelly Reflect on 'All the Crazy Milestones’ in Their 9-Year Friendship: ‘We’ve Grown So Much’

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PLUS: The actors reveal the hardest part about becoming executive producers for the latest Disney+ installment

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00:00Now it's the sit down with Milo Mannheim and Meg Donnelly.

00:03Hi, YouTube!

00:04There's always gonna be fan division

00:06when it comes to a beloved series

00:08compared to the rest of the zombie movies.

00:10Give me one word to describe Zombies 4.

00:13Elevated.

00:15Definitely elevated.

00:21You both executive produced this installment.

00:23How did that change your outlook behind the scenes?

00:26I mean, I definitely felt like we had a lot more input

00:28in basically every aspect of making this movie.

00:32I will say that there wasn't, for me, too many struggles.

00:35I feel like the things that we really hoped for

00:38ended up happening, which is really great.

00:40The other producers were such a great team

00:43and they know that this is kind of like our first go at this,

00:46so they were super helpful.

00:47But I think, truthfully, we really understand this franchise.

00:52We know what's important to be heard

00:54and what the people want to see.

00:55So I think that we acted as a really good bridge

00:58between the creative team and the production side of things.

01:02Yeah, it was really cool just being a part of the wardrobe

01:05and the script and just everything.

01:09Also, advocating for the kids

01:11when they wanted to speak up about something.

01:14I think the hardest thing for me, though,

01:15was the casting, probably.

01:17Because being on the other side is like, it's really hard.

01:22Because everyone who auditioned was so, so good.

01:26It was good as like an actor to realize that,

01:29oh, everyone is so talented and so deserving.

01:32It's just a matter of like whose essence works the best

01:35in this case scenario.

01:36But everyone was so deserving.

01:37But that was really hard, a lot harder than I thought,

01:40because everyone was so good.

01:41There is speculation that Zombies 4 is the final movie

01:45for the OG crew.

01:46If it was, what sort of mementos would you be stealing from set?

01:50That's a great question.

01:51Um, OK, first of all, with this type of movie,

01:55it is tricky to do so because they love to, you know,

01:59keep those things as memorabilia.

02:01I would probably take her wig and cosplay stand all the time.

02:08I mean, like, how many wigs do you have?

02:10There's so many wigs.

02:12I can see every single wig, all the wigs that she has.

02:15Meg, since the first Zombies movie,

02:17what has changed the most about Milo?

02:19Milo, same question about Meg.

02:21I think that Meg has grown a lot more confident

02:24throughout these years.

02:25I mean, I think we really grew like this,

02:28so it's kind of like hard to see those things, you know?

02:31We were really trying to fit in, you know, the first movie.

02:34And then I think to this point,

02:36both of us are really like kind of setting the vibe

02:39and we've taken that responsibility

02:41and I think we set a pretty good vibe on set.

02:44Yeah, no, we've grown so much.

02:46It's, I mean, yeah, we met when we were like 16.

02:49Hey, and now we're like, it's been almost 10 years.

02:54So that's like all the crazy milestones

02:57of like a young person's life.

02:58It's like everything.

02:59Through late teens, early 20s.

03:01Yeah, it's wild.

03:02I know.

03:03So a lot has changed, but a lot hasn't changed either.

03:06I know.

03:07It's cool.

03:08Milo, you recently finished your run

03:10on The Little Shop of Horrors in New York City

03:12with friend of the show, Liz Gillies.

03:14And I saw this picture.

03:15Who made you more starstruck, Ariana Grande or Ethan Slater?

03:19Okay, I'm so happy you asked this question

03:21because the answer was Ethan.

03:23When they walked in, it was kind of funny.

03:27I was like, hi, Ariana, nice to meet you.

03:29Ethan, my brother, what's up?

03:31Because I saw him as SpongeBob.

03:33Like, I love that guy.

03:34And also, I think that, I don't know, Liz has talked to me

03:38about Ari for so long that it was just like,

03:40I felt like I was meeting one of Liz's old friends

03:42and Ethan Slater, you know what I mean?

03:45Meg, your EP Dying Art is out now.

03:48Congrats.

03:48What is the perfect setting to throw on your new music

03:51this summer?

03:52I feel like the first half of the EP is definitely out vibing.

03:56And then the second half in your car crying.

03:58So that's what I would say.

03:59First half in the club.

04:01Yeah, first half in the club.

04:02We thought I am crazy in the club.

04:03We thought I hate.

04:05And then second half crying in the club.

04:07Yeah.

04:08Milo, what are my coworkers at People wants to know

04:10if you'd ever go back to Dancing with the Stars

04:12all-star season?

04:13Yeah, why not?

04:14That sounds like a cool thing.

04:16If that's something they're thinking about, sure.

04:18I mean, we'll have to see,

04:19because I don't know if I can compete against Zendaya.

04:22OK, to wrap up, we're going to put 10 seconds on the clock.

04:25Tell everyone why they should check out

04:27Zombies 4, Dawn of the Vampires.

04:29Ready? Go.

04:30It's very elevated.

04:31There's so much music, and it's like incredible.

04:35And the new cast is so amazing.

04:37And it's in New Zealand, which is so beautiful.

04:39And yeah, it's awesome.

04:40It's sick.

04:41You just trust us.

04:42All right, it's Meg and Milo here.

04:43Just watch the movie.

04:44It's fantastic.

04:45Milo and Meg, thank you so much for dropping

04:48by today.

04:49It was so nice talking with you.

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