How Sadie Stanley Was Empowered By Kim Possible Role

Hey, what's up, guys? We are hanging out in the Young Hollywood Studio with Sadie Stanley.

Hey, guys. How's it going?

Good, how are you? We were just talking about all your beauty secrets. Your skin is glowing. We're talking about, what is it, TEP Acne?

Yeah. Yeah, acne's a struggle.

It is a struggle. Yeah. I get it. Yeah. Your co-star was just here. Ciara.

Oh, Ciara's my favorite. I love her.

So, was it fun to work with her? I heard that you guys were all good friends on set and everything.

Yeah, that was like one of my favorite parts about filming was how close the cast got. You know, everybody always says there's always one person in the cast that you don't really get along with or whatever, but for us, it was just every single person just clicked and we were, it was so fun to hang out with and Ciara and Sean who plays Ron Stoppable, we stayed in the same hotel in Vancouver where we filmed and yeah, we just got to explore together and and experience this together. It was awesome.

Ron Stoppable, I remember I love that Did you watch this show growing up, Kim Possible?

Yeah. Yeah, I was a little young for it when it first came out, but I remember seeing reruns growing up. Um, and I knew exactly what it was when I heard about the project. I mean, everybody knows who Kim Possible is, I feel like.

Yeah. So cool, yeah. Did they So, did they color your hair red for this role?

Yeah, I'm a natural brunette, so I had to dye my hair and I'd never done that before. I was scared. The first time they dyed my hair, they did it like carrot orange. Like like neon orange and I was like, okay, this is what I'm going to walk around like. Um, but then they they toned it down and and it looked really natural.

Oh, they should've kept it.

Yeah. No, right? Uh, it's all about what looks good on camera, but I was like, oh my gosh. And they bleached my eyebrows too. Because I naturally had dark eyebrows and they looked unnatural with the red hair, so they bleached them. So, I was walking around with bright orange hair and like zero eyebrows. Oh my gosh. It was rough.

Do you like it now, though? 'Cause I really like red on you.

Yeah. It's beautiful. Yeah, everybody says it looks really natural and and everybody wants me to keep it. So, I'm just I'm chilling. I'm just going to keep it for a little while um, for some things that we're doing with the movie. Um, and then, I don't know, maybe I'll go back to brown one day or some other color.

Tell me more about your character in this movie. I know that Ciara was telling me you guys learned a lot of fun stunts.

Yes, there was a lot of training to do. Um, Kim Possible is an amazing fighter and she's, you know, defeating evil villains. So, she I had to step up and I had to put some work in. Um, but it was really fun. When I first booked the role, I knew I wanted to going into it, I wanted to do as much of the stunts as I could. I wanted to embody her as fully as I was capable of without hurting myself or making it look bad. Yeah. Um, so yeah, I went home for a bit and I took three weeks of taekwondo and I learned hand-to-hand combat, um, more martial arts, uh, working with a bow staff, like a big stick that you whack people with, basically.

It's a good way to work out, too, right?

Yeah, yeah. And I got in wires and in the air with harnesses which are

Are you afraid of heights?

I actually am. I That's like a big fear of mine is heights. And so, but it's it's less like being in wires and stuff, 'cause it's not that high. It's more like for example, there was this one stunt we were at the Cleveland Dam. And these two henchman are holding me up against the railing over the dam.

No.

It's totally safe in real life. Like totally like they had me Like it was There was no chance.

What's safe about that?

It was a high rail, but in my mind I was like, I'm going to die, I'm going to die.

But they told you it was safe.

Yeah. Yeah. But I guess it worked 'cause my fear on my face was genuine, I guess. Um, in the scene.

Oh, for real. Oh, so that's awesome. So, you were actually really scared.

I was scary. I'm not a heights person at all.

So, you kind of pushed yourself to do things that maybe you wouldn't have for this film.

Yeah. I really got to do so many things that I never thought I'd be able to do and it was a very empowering process learning to defend myself and and look really cool and I feel like I was becoming more and more like Kim through the process. And then we started filming and so, it just felt right. Yeah.

Okay, before we end the segment, we had Ciara teach me a stunt move. Okay. Can you teach me something? I mean, I know we're kind of chained to the couch here with the mics. I do this every time. I'm always like, show me a stunt move.

Yeah. Okay. Um, well, how about instead of a action move, we'll do something that's very Kim Possible-esque. Um, at least for my version of Kim Possible. And the cartoon, she does a lot of eyebrow raising like one eyebrow will go up what she's She's a very sassy girl.

Okay. Sometimes. Mine are drawn on though, they might not move. Oh.

They they will. Look. I can only do it with one eye. I can't do it with this one, but um, so you just stare at the person and you and you really don't like them. And you just raise one eyebrow and just give them a look.

Close. It's it's it's almost there. Just just one eyebrow. You're less blinking, maybe? I can't do it. My eyebrows are eye shadow. It's basically There's nothing there. I can't move my eyebrow. You do it. Okay, that's cool. Did you learn that? You just already knew how to do it?

Um, I think I learned that in like third grade or something. I don't know why I did.

A little sassy. Yeah, I like it. I'll I'll learn it later, you guys. Yeah. She can do it. That's why she's in the movie. You can learn and then next time I'm back here, we'll just give you the look. Yeah. Great. Good job. Thank you. Great to have you here. Thank you so much.