She became like my sister at the end of the shoot.ĭB: Yes. She is such a sweet girl and she's very talented. So that was tough.ĭB: Julianne and I clicked very fast. The male rock singers are all iconic voices. And literally, when I would take off the tights, I would have the fishnet marks in my legs, like, engraved, because of how hard I was pushing my legs together on the pole.DB: A lot of people were out for the part and I was just a regular guy. I was wearing fishnets, so going up and down the pole was kind of slippery.
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So I would be really bummed if somebody else got to do something I could learn how to do.Įven the pole-dancing? ‘Cause that looked really hard.Įxtremely hard. One of the coolest parts about being an actor is that you get to learn all these new skills. Once you recovered, did you do all your stunts yourself? And the fact that Tom Cruise actually cares was kind of, like, a big deal. When he said that to me, it was the first time I’ve felt like somebody actually cares. You’ve got a long career ahead of you, and you’ve got a long rest of shoot, and you need to take a break and take care of yourself. And Tom was like, No, Julianne, you can’t keep going. And I was literally on the verge of crying, because I have the mentality of a dancer-I’m fine, everything’s fine, the show must go on, I don’t care if I’ve got a broken foot or whiplash in my neck and ribs out. Tom really looked out for you on set, though, right?
(MORE: Footloose: A Remake That’s Hokey But Heartfelt) And my dog Lexi is barking right now! Lexi, shhh! Every word that comes out of her mouth is brilliant. But Cher, she’s an icon, she’s a living legend, and she’s just fantastic. Tom-I’ve never met anybody that works as hard as Tom, so it pushed me harder. That’s like asking who’s a better sibling: your oldest sister, or your younger brother? Ugh, so hard. You’ve worked with Tom Cruise, in Rock of Ages, and Cher, in Burlesque-both huge on-screen personalities. So I guess you could say I’m a pulling a Zac Efron.
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And I didn’t dance in that! And I’m just about to start doing a movie with Lasse Hallström, an amazing director. Yeah, the last movie I just shot was a Diablo Cody movie, which was her directorial debut. So to do something that’s a good transition, like these musicals, was, to me, kind of smart. I think a lot of people discovered me as a dancer, and if I had gone straight into doing something dramatic, it might’ve taken them by surprise a bit too much. No, I’m gonna pull a Julianne, and start doing dramas now! Are you gonna pull a Zac Efron and start doing dramas now? You’ve become the go-to girl for song and dance movies, first with Burlesque, then Footlose, then Rock of Ages. And I had to make out with somebody who wasn’t my boyfriend. Yeah, especially when I had to wear them the first day of shooting, and we were on set with 150 extras and probably, like, 50 paparazzi. Um, the high-waisted bikini bottoms that didn’t cover a thing. What was your least favorite thing about doing an 80s movie? (READ: Richard Corliss’ review of Rock of Ages)Įveryone always talks about how they love ’80s clothes, ’80s music, ’80s hair.
Then you walked around wearing knee-pads, listening to Wham!? And I kind of knew the words to all the ’80s songs, even though I thought I might not. I got a bunch of documentaries about the Sunset Strip. I looked at pictures of my mom and my sister back in the ’80s, and I pretty much just emulated them. Julianne Hough: A year after, actually! Just to make everybody feel that much worse. TIME: You were actually born a year before the movie takes place. I had to give it back!” Now 23-and cured, we think, of kleptomania-Hough is starring in the ’80s jam-fest Rock of Ages, out June 15. Follow Hough is a quadruple threat: actor, singer, dancer, and…thief? As an 11-year-old extra in the first Harry Potter, “I tried to steal a Gryffindor scarf, so I could prove I was in the movie,” she recalls.