Andrea Lewis is looking back on starring alongside in the Original Movie and the film’s newfound resonance. In the 2002 film, Duff portrays Kelly Collins, who is forced by her new stepfather to enroll in the George Washington Military School as a means of teaching her discipline. While she struggles to adjust to the new environment and has a rival in her commanding officer (Christy Carlson Romano), Duff’s Kelly befriends Carla (Lewis).
When reflecting on the role in the beloved Disney film, Lewis said she was “very excited” for the project. “I loved Disney Channel, loved , loved ..
. I was a fanatic. I loved the content,” .
“So when the movie came in — and I guess this is me revealing something about myself — because I was an actor as a kid, I would more so look at the basics. It was like, ‘Oh, movie or series,’ and you’d be like, ‘Oh, yay, OK.’ ” She added, “And then you’d be like, ‘Do I like this character at all?’ [I] liked the character, thought she was fun, but like I said, I didn’t process what it was, who was in it, nothing of the sort.
” When she saw already Disney darlings Duff and Carlson Romano walk into the read-through, she realized the project was “kind of a big deal.” The actress, who also starred in Canada’s teen drama , described the experience as “probably one of my most fun shoots I’d ever had — still to this day.” She also praised her former co-star Duff and Duff’s mother: “Hilary was great.
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