Chandler Kinney tells THR how much she needed her 'Zombies' castmates at rehearsals for 'Dancing With the Stars' to prep for Disney Night. Plus, she shares her favorite Disney character and possibly auditioning for the role of Tiana in 'The Princess and the Frog.'
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00:00Well, I've been so excited to talk to you because we are here at Disney night, you're
00:05going back to your Disney roots, so what was it like to kind of tap back into this character
00:10and also have Milo and Meg join you for rehearsals?
00:13It was incredible.
00:15I love Meg and Milo, they're some of my favorite people on this planet.
00:18And so to have their support, especially this week, which was a very tough week for me mentally
00:24and emotionally, it was perfect timing.
00:27They just really uplifted me, they're always in my corner, always cheering me on, they're
00:32some of the best friends I could ask for.
00:34And they know me in and out, we've been through so much together, filmed three movies now
00:40and done an animated series and so many like fun zombies things and so we've seen each
00:46other in our best and worst and so they knew exactly what to say to pick me up.
00:51And Milo was a contestant on Dancing with the Stars before placing second, did he give
00:55you any tips to kind of make it to the end?
00:57Yeah, I love Milo, I think he should have won the whole thing.
01:02He's a very talented kiddo.
01:07He knows my struggle with perfectionism and I think we have very parallel journeys in
01:13that way and so he just reminded me that perfect is not the goal, nor should it be, but really
01:20it's about the growth and the journey and I know people say that, but I'm really learning
01:25it, I think you internalize it in a different way once you experience it and I feel like
01:29I'm really getting to the point in the competition where I'm feeling it and so that's a little
01:35gem that I'm going to take into these next couple of weeks.
01:38And this week you also had a group dance, so how did that kind of change rehearsals,
01:43I mean your thought process, you had to rely on not only each other but other people, so
01:47can you tell me what that was like?
01:49Yeah, it was so much fun, I'll say that first.
01:51I think I've gotten so used to just this guy that it was a bit jarring at times because
01:57you just have so many cooks in the kitchen, but I also mean that in a really good way
02:01because everybody's a pro for a reason, we had such incredible energy and everybody had
02:07great creative ideas and visions for what we could do and so I think we picked the best
02:13of everything and created something that we're all really proud of and we had a whole lot
02:17of fun, which I think is the most important part.
02:20And it is Disney night, so I have to ask, what was your favorite, or who was, sorry,
02:25was your favorite Disney character growing up?
02:28This is for both of you.
02:29I said this earlier, Mushu, he was my guy, he was my guy.
02:35He was funny though, he's like the comedic relief in that movie and you're like the comedic
02:39relief in real life.
02:40Just in life, yeah.
02:41You're just like throwing out the zingers all the time.
02:42Yeah, I feel like I walk around as Mushu, you know?
02:45You float around.
02:46Float around, slither around.
02:50I would say, yeah, I was saying this earlier, I love Tiana.
02:55Genuinely, I was not the kid to have any posters up on my wall and it's funny, I look back
03:01at it and I did have one and it was the first look that Disney dropped of Tiana, it's out
03:07on her balcony and she's looking out into the distance and I hung it right above my
03:11bed and I woke up and looked at it every morning and just wanted to be her and I think it was
03:18just the first time I really saw myself as a princess in that space and just deeply resonated
03:23with her and so that would be my answer.
03:26I mean, you bringing up Tiana, I could see you playing Princess Tiana in a live action,
03:32how would that be?
03:33Oh, thank you so much.
03:34Oh, you were talking to her?
03:35I'm really excited to see you.
03:36Yeah, that would be magical.
03:40I mean, I should go to someone who is like, incredible and I don't know if I could live
03:47up to that.
03:48I don't know if I could live up to that, but you know, if they want to, I will audition.
03:54So send me the signs, send me the script.
03:57She would love a reading.
03:58She would love a reading.