What team? Wildcats! That’s right, Joshua Bassett and Sofia Wylie are back for the fourth and final season of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and things are heating up at East High. Editor Caitlynn McDaniel caught up with the cast where they spill the tea on their characters' development, finding their tribe on set, and the importance of friendship both on and off-screen. Don't miss their senior quote picks and get ready for some heartfelt moments! Catch the full interview here and watch Season 4 of HSMTMTS on Disney+ on Aug. 9
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00:00 season for how we feeling.
00:01 Fantastic.
00:02 You are glowing.
00:03 Thank you.
00:05 Thank you. So wonderful to me.
00:06 My first question I wanted to throw
00:08 at you guys.
00:09 There is only one right answer.
00:12 So be warned.
00:13 And that question is
00:15 what team?
00:16 Wildcats.
00:18 Nailed it. I knew you could do it.
00:20 I know. I know.
00:21 The pressure's off now.
00:22 Like that.
00:23 We just did the Wildcat chant before
00:25 we came out for this.
00:26 So we were prepared.
00:27 We were prepared for that.
00:29 You'd been studying.
00:30 That's what I like to hear.
00:31 And I want to ask.
00:33 I know Ricky and Gina both
00:35 have been through so much throughout
00:37 this franchise with their families
00:39 and with their relationships.
00:40 And we all just want to see them
00:42 happy. I think the whole fandom wants
00:44 to see that.
00:44 But I want to ask you both.
00:46 What are you hoping?
00:48 What were you hoping to see this
00:49 season with your characters and
00:51 their development?
00:52 I guess more growth within Gina.
00:54 That's I think a hard demand because
00:56 she's already changed so much between
00:58 season one and season three.
00:59 But I think season three
01:02 was kind of the
01:03 still that transition phase
01:06 for her. And now she's able to like
01:08 fully thrive within
01:11 this this newer version
01:13 of herself. Like she can settle into
01:15 that and she can also settle into her
01:16 her place within
01:19 East High because she's never stayed
01:20 anywhere more than a year.
01:22 So I think it's really exciting to see
01:24 her kind of put her roots down
01:26 finally somewhere.
01:27 Yeah.
01:28 Yeah. I think I think.
01:29 Yeah. Like a healthy relationship,
01:31 I think, because looking
01:32 hoping for with Ricky and then
01:34 just stability.
01:35 You know, I think he's had a kind of a
01:37 rocky couple of years.
01:38 But graduating definitely does not
01:41 necessarily mean stability.
01:44 So, you know, it's it's
01:46 rocky as usual, but
01:48 at least there's hope.
01:49 That's what we like to hear.
01:52 We hold on to hope.
01:53 And I mean, you
01:56 kind of spoke a little bit about it.
01:57 I mean, we love the Wildcats and
01:59 they kind of find their people and
02:00 they're finding themselves.
02:02 So I wanted to ask, did that kind of
02:04 message really resonate with you?
02:05 And did you bring that into your
02:06 actual lives?
02:07 Oh, 100 percent.
02:09 I I think
02:11 I've always felt
02:14 kind of odd as I've grown up,
02:17 like a little weird,
02:20 unique.
02:21 No, but truly, I like it wasn't like
02:24 I was like, oh, I'm different.
02:25 It was like, oh, man, I'm different.
02:27 Dad, like, what's wrong with me?
02:29 And so truly for the first
02:30 time in my life, being on the show
02:33 surrounded by these actors and
02:35 my co-workers, they became
02:37 like my second family.
02:38 They really accepted
02:39 me for who I was.
02:42 And that was so
02:43 new for me.
02:45 And so not only this
02:46 cast, but I've really been able to
02:49 find kind of my tribe as
02:50 well with different friends in my
02:52 life who are
02:55 so close to me now.
02:56 And I haven't even known them for
02:57 that long. But I feel like as
02:59 I've grown, I've been able to really
03:01 find discernment in who I want
03:04 to choose as
03:05 my people, because
03:06 it's hard to do that no matter
03:09 what position you are in.
03:11 It's hard to find the right people
03:13 who support you.
03:14 So it's been a journey.
03:15 But I feel very blessed to have a
03:17 really strong
03:19 core around me.
03:20 Yeah, I think. Yeah, it's again,
03:23 just echo that.
03:24 It's like no matter
03:26 you know how high the mountain or
03:28 how low the valley, like the people
03:29 you're with are really what it's
03:31 all about. And so I think this
03:33 really taught that like, you know,
03:34 it's like, yes, our characters,
03:36 they go through the ups and downs
03:37 and they have each other, but also
03:38 in real life, you know, like
03:39 just just even with Sofia in season
03:42 four, being able to lean on her in
03:43 so many different ways of like
03:44 stuff I was going through.
03:46 And, you know, like I could not have
03:47 done that without you.
03:48 Like, I just don't know how we've
03:49 gotten through it. And so many other
03:51 people in the cast, it's like,
03:52 again, just the family that we
03:54 have, it makes you realize what's
03:56 really important, because, again,
03:57 you can have all the money
03:59 and success in the world.
04:00 But if you're all alone in your
04:01 castle, then what fun is that?
04:02 So I think, again, it just it was
04:04 a good lesson on people
04:06 and how that's
04:08 like the most important thing.
04:09 Yeah, absolutely.
04:10 And you can definitely feel the
04:11 friendship through the show,
04:13 especially like you can really see
04:15 how you all get together.
04:16 And just a real quick question
04:18 I wanted to ask, if you could
04:20 choose a senior quote for your
04:22 character, what would you what would
04:23 you say?
04:24 Oh, a senior quote.
04:26 I would say, be good.
04:28 She's been roasting me all day.
04:31 OK, any time I'm like, be good.
04:34 Like, I don't know why I say that,
04:35 but I just do it all day.
04:36 She's like, be good.
04:37 Roasting me.
04:39 But it's good.
04:40 It's good.
04:40 Be good.
04:41 I don't know about Ricky's
04:45 senior quote, but I think Josh's
04:48 senior quote is love anyway.
04:49 I think that's just a good sort of
04:52 I don't know. What's a senior quote
04:53 normally like?
04:54 It's like I was like, no way.
04:57 Whatever you want it to be.
04:59 OK, yeah.
05:00 Some people can be like Shakespeare.
05:02 But yeah, OK.
05:03 Well, I don't know any Shakespeare.
05:05 Oh, for real.
05:06 I would say this too shall pass.
05:08 Oh, that's good.
05:09 That's my life motto.
05:11 That's good.
05:12 I love love anyway.
05:13 I think that one's great as well.
05:14 So don't worry about it.
05:15 Well, thank you both.
05:16 Thank you both so much.
05:19 Congratulations on this show.
05:20 It was wonderful talking to you.
05:21 Be good, OK?
05:23 I will be good.