Photo: Rodin Eckenroth/GettySofia Wylieis all about using her characters to evolve beauty narratives.In herepisode ofVogue’s Beauty Secretspublished on Wednesday, the actress talked how she’s using her role as Gina Porter onHigh School Musical: The Musical: The Seriesto further beauty inclusivity.“Something I really love about the show though is how inclusive it is. We have so many different characters on the show,” she began.The 18-year-old star then went on to explain how she hopes her character’s role asFrozen’s Anna (in season 3 ofHSMTMTS, the teens pull off a musical production of the Disney animation) fosters representation for younger viewers.“I hope that young girls out there are able to see Gina and be like ‘Oh my gosh, she’s playing a princess, like I can be a princess too,'” she said. “It doesn’t just have to be this specific person that I’ve seen before — we can all do it.“Wylie also revealed that she and her co-star Dara Reneé, who plays Kourtney Greene on the series, were heavily involved in their characters’ styles, noting that the collaboration was something she was “really passionate about.““I really wanted to do box braids because for me, and for a lot of my friends who look like me and have my curl pattern, we do box braids when it’s summer because it’s so much more easy to manage,” she said of the hairstyle.Wylie shared that introducing her personal beauty story on screen is both “very representative” of what herself and her cast members strive for as well as “what other girls our age would want too.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.Rodin Eckenroth/WireImageWhile starting on her her makeup routine, the Disney teen also gushed about her experience working withHigh School MusicalalumCorbin Bleurevealing that she “literally had the biggest crush on him growing up.“The 33-year-old actor played Chad Danforth in the originalHigh School Musicalfilm trilogy beforejoining the Disney+ series, in which he guest stars as himself.In May, Bleushared a couple wholesome Instagram selfieswith hisHSMTMTScrew — including Wylie, Matt Cornett, Saylor Bell, and Joshua Bassett — while bonding over a meal. “New fam 🙏🏽❤️,” he captionedthe photos.
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Sofia Wylieis all about using her characters to evolve beauty narratives.In herepisode ofVogue’s Beauty Secretspublished on Wednesday, the actress talked how she’s using her role as Gina Porter onHigh School Musical: The Musical: The Seriesto further beauty inclusivity.“Something I really love about the show though is how inclusive it is. We have so many different characters on the show,” she began.The 18-year-old star then went on to explain how she hopes her character’s role asFrozen’s Anna (in season 3 ofHSMTMTS, the teens pull off a musical production of the Disney animation) fosters representation for younger viewers.“I hope that young girls out there are able to see Gina and be like ‘Oh my gosh, she’s playing a princess, like I can be a princess too,'” she said. “It doesn’t just have to be this specific person that I’ve seen before — we can all do it.“Wylie also revealed that she and her co-star Dara Reneé, who plays Kourtney Greene on the series, were heavily involved in their characters’ styles, noting that the collaboration was something she was “really passionate about.““I really wanted to do box braids because for me, and for a lot of my friends who look like me and have my curl pattern, we do box braids when it’s summer because it’s so much more easy to manage,” she said of the hairstyle.Wylie shared that introducing her personal beauty story on screen is both “very representative” of what herself and her cast members strive for as well as “what other girls our age would want too.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.Rodin Eckenroth/WireImageWhile starting on her her makeup routine, the Disney teen also gushed about her experience working withHigh School MusicalalumCorbin Bleurevealing that she “literally had the biggest crush on him growing up.“The 33-year-old actor played Chad Danforth in the originalHigh School Musicalfilm trilogy beforejoining the Disney+ series, in which he guest stars as himself.In May, Bleushared a couple wholesome Instagram selfieswith hisHSMTMTScrew — including Wylie, Matt Cornett, Saylor Bell, and Joshua Bassett — while bonding over a meal. “New fam 🙏🏽❤️,” he captionedthe photos.
Sofia Wylieis all about using her characters to evolve beauty narratives.
In herepisode ofVogue’s Beauty Secretspublished on Wednesday, the actress talked how she’s using her role as Gina Porter onHigh School Musical: The Musical: The Seriesto further beauty inclusivity.
“Something I really love about the show though is how inclusive it is. We have so many different characters on the show,” she began.
The 18-year-old star then went on to explain how she hopes her character’s role asFrozen’s Anna (in season 3 ofHSMTMTS, the teens pull off a musical production of the Disney animation) fosters representation for younger viewers.
“I hope that young girls out there are able to see Gina and be like ‘Oh my gosh, she’s playing a princess, like I can be a princess too,'” she said. “It doesn’t just have to be this specific person that I’ve seen before — we can all do it.”
Wylie also revealed that she and her co-star Dara Reneé, who plays Kourtney Greene on the series, were heavily involved in their characters’ styles, noting that the collaboration was something she was “really passionate about.”
“I really wanted to do box braids because for me, and for a lot of my friends who look like me and have my curl pattern, we do box braids when it’s summer because it’s so much more easy to manage,” she said of the hairstyle.
Wylie shared that introducing her personal beauty story on screen is both “very representative” of what herself and her cast members strive for as well as “what other girls our age would want too.”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.
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While starting on her her makeup routine, the Disney teen also gushed about her experience working withHigh School MusicalalumCorbin Bleurevealing that she “literally had the biggest crush on him growing up.”
The 33-year-old actor played Chad Danforth in the originalHigh School Musicalfilm trilogy beforejoining the Disney+ series, in which he guest stars as himself.
In May, Bleushared a couple wholesome Instagram selfieswith hisHSMTMTScrew — including Wylie, Matt Cornett, Saylor Bell, and Joshua Bassett — while bonding over a meal. “New fam 🙏🏽❤️,” he captionedthe photos.
source: people.com
