Christy Carlson Romano admits she never always got along with co-star Shia LaBeouf on their Disney Channel show Even Stevens
Christy Carlson Romano is opening up about working for the Disney Channel more than two decades ago, revealing she didn't also get along with her Even Stevens co-star Shia LaBeouf.
Romano played Ren with LaBeouf playing her brother Louis in Even Stevens, which followed their drastically different personalities, running from 2001 to 2003.
The 37-year-old actress took to her YouTube channel on Thursday where she talked about her experiences working with the Disney Channel, and her experiences working with LaBeouf.
Opening up: Christy Carlson Romano is opening up about working for the Disney Channel more than two decades ago, revealing she didn't also get along with her Even Stevens co-star Shia LaBeouf
Personalities: Romano played Ren with LaBeouf playing her brother Louis in Even Stevens, which followed their drastically different personalities, running from 2001 to 2003
'I remember all of the things that ended up becoming my first job with Disney, I remember the moments leading up to it like it was yesterday because it was just so intense for a young person to go through. So you just don't forget that sort of thing,' she said.
She added that she remembers, 'seeing Shia LaBeouf in the lobby of the audition room' and she was just 14 when she auditioned for Even Stevens.
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'We had a perfect amount of space just doing homeschooling and what not at the set,' she said, adding they used the same studio that Baywatch was used for.
First job: 'I remember all of the things that ended up becoming my first job with Disney, I remember the moments leading up to it like it was yesterday because it was just so intense for a young person to go through. So you just don't forget that sort of thing,' she said
Teens: She added that she remembers, 'seeing Shia LaBeouf in the lobby of the audition room' and she was just 14 when she auditioned for Even Stevens
'We literally, me and Shia, had David Hasselhoff's dressing room split in half so that we each had a side because I guess it was that big,' she said.
'There's also kind of like, set politics, here's some tea for you guys. Every set has some people that don't get along. On my set, from time to time it was like, me and Shia, but I think there was other people that didn't gel well as well,' she said.
The actress continued that LaBeouf was, 'a very negative presence amongst everybody.'
Me and Shia: 'There's also kind of like, set politics, here's some tea for you guys. Every set has some people that don't get along. On my set, from time to time it was like, me and Shia, but I think there was other people that didn't gel well as well,' she said
Dressing room: 'We literally, me and Shia, had David Hasselhoff's dressing room split in half so that we each had a side because I guess it was that big,' she said
She added she would sometimes speak against Even Stevens' 'physical gags' that she didn't think were too safe.
'But then all I had to do was tell them, "Look, guys, I don't want to do this' and then they never wrote those gags for me anymore and that's fine because my character was like, a teenage girl anyway,"' the actress said.
'She found comedy in ways that didn't have to do with physical humor — and Shia was more than willing to clown it up for everybody on the set so I just kind of let him have that and take the bullet when it came to doing the craziness,' she said.
Unsafe: She added she would sometimes speak against Even Stevens' 'physical gags' that she didn't think were too safe
Clown: 'She found comedy in ways that didn't have to do with physical humor — and Shia was more than willing to clown it up for everybody on the set so I just kind of let him have that and take the bullet when it came to doing the craziness,' she said
She also talked about the kinds of things that she couldn't do as a typical kid, because it would make them, 'uninsurable.'
'You can't go surfing, you can't rollerblade, you can't do high impact sports, you can't do team sports, you can't do certain things, unless the executives I think like, have to really evaluate it case-by-case,' she said.
'And I'm not saying that they're going to say no every time, but it's a consideration,' she added.
Uninsurable: She also talked about the kinds of things that she couldn't do as a typical kid, because it would make them, 'uninsurable'
Consideration: 'And I'm not saying that they're going to say no every time, but it's a consideration,' she added
