Then on top of it, think of like every high school show you’ve ever seen…how do you distinguish their characters? Well, through makeup and clothes. That alone, is so much harder than you think it would be. I wanted fresh girls that we hadn’t seen a whole lot of, and they had to be fresh, beautiful, great actresses, and sell gymnastics. I mean obviously the girls were the first focus. And then you have the girls who are not new to acting, but newer to acting. Because then you’re putting combinations of people together that are interesting.Īnd you have Peri Gilpin and Candace Cameron Bure, these TV veterans. And their families probably wouldn’t associate with one another. Because these girls probably wouldn’t be friends if they were all in high school together. And we say on the show that The Rock is like a small town, because it’s filled with people that are just there by proximity, and kind of by coincidence. And then what I thought was interesting from a storytelling point of view is that you have this facility: The Rock, filled with families. The kind of person that becomes a gymnast is probably exactly the opposite of my own personality, which makes it just even more interesting. It’s an interesting personality type that tends to go into that. In the process of writing and creating the show, did you do a lot of research into elite gymnastics? Hopefully we make it look not difficult but it’s not easy. Hopefully it’s more difficult than it looks. You know gymnastics is not - the reason why there hasn’t been a gymnastics show is because it’s a really daunting thing to do. Skiing might have been a little harder to shoot. So I went and I said, you know I’m really interested in pre-professional children, I’m interested in professional athletes who are children - about what that is to a family - I think it’d be really interesting to do skiing or gymnastics. I had been trading my scripts with the ABC Family development department because the stuff I was writing - we could tell we were interested in working together - we couldn’t really find the right thing. So I thought the whole big picture idea of it was interesting. And the older I got the more I realized there were people that just sacrificed big chunks of their life for that. So those people were always interesting to me, and when I was a kid I had a friend who was trying to be a professional ice skater and I felt so sorry for her: she had to get up at four in the morning and leave school at three in the afternoon, and couldn’t go to any of the dances. I don’t have that - we work really hard here - but I don’t have that single minded determination and focus. And I always looked at those people and thought what makes them do that. During the Winter Olympics, I put on a fire in my house and watch it all. I’m one of those people who would just watch all of the coverage of the Olympics, watch every single night. I come from a sports background, but I’ve always liked the Olympics, the Olympic ideal. What was your inspiration and what made you decide to write this show? So I’ve always said there should be a show about gymnastics. The mid-season premiere is less than a week away, and when I caught up with Holly Sorensen (the creator), we chatted about her motivation behind creating this show, the casting process and the research she did into the world of elite gymnastics before the show started. It was an amazing visit and I’m so excited to finally be able to share with you all of the interviews. For those who are unaware, there are many incredibly decorated gymnasts who double for the regular cast when they do any sort of gymnastics move. Sadly, I didn’t get to see any of the doubles. The Rock looked exactly like a gymnastics gym. I got to see the Pizza Shack, sit in the Cruz mansion and the Keeler household, and I can tell you, this set is spectacular. I recently had the chance to visit the amazing set of the show (I even got to step foot in The Rock), and speak with the creator, executive producer and the cast members. So when I found out about a show that combines two of my greatest interests, I could hardly contain myself. I follow the sport closely, and I used to be a gymnast. When Make It Or Break It premiered last summer, the first thought that popped into my mind was…how did they know that has been my idea for a show for years? But in all honesty, one of my other loves in life is gymnastics.
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