Bella Thorne Talks Game of Love & Reveals How She Preps For Kissing Scenes

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We have been following Bella Thorne's career since her tween Disney days, dancing with Zendaya on "Shake It Up" and collabing with IM5, and watching her take on all sorts of diverse roles in the decade since, from horror to comedy to fantasy. With her new drama 'Game of Love', she gets to flex her romantic chops (and her executive producing skills!) and we are here for it! Young Hollywood catches up with Bella via Zoom to find out more about this project, including how she prepares herself for kissing scenes in general! She also tells us about some of her favorite roles to play and the one project of hers she will go back and re-watch from time to time, plus she reveals the one comment she gets all the time from fans and we play a game of "This or That" to find out her thoughts on red carpets, date nights, and, of course, her favorite topic of all time: food!
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Bella. So when we were younger, this is crazy. But we modeled in Children's place together. Oh no way. Oh my God. Oh, look at us. What thing I found out that we were interviewing And I was like, no way. Like I know that I modeled with Bella when we were kids. So it's like, so life. So weird. Yeah. Very good to see you.
Good to see you again.
To, okay, so we're gonna talk about Game of Love today, which we're excited about. Obviously you've done a lot of kissing scenes across all of the movies that you've done shows. But how do you prep personally for a kissing scene?
Um I meant, makes me nauseous. So no, meant anywhere near me. And definitely not from the person that I'm kissing as well because that would end in disaster. But um and for me, I eat fruits. I eat a lot of fresh fruit before and I'm like talking to the director and Ian were going over what's about to happen And it's just like just shoving fruit oranges and peaches. Um Like a good nectar. Yeah. Maybe some honey.
And for all the shows. So you've done so many shows and movies to what is one type of part that you would want to play in a show or movie that you haven't yet?
No, I'm not. Mm hmm. Uh Well, I'd love to play a true life character. That That would be really cool. Um I like, I like very odd things. I just saw the triangle of sadness, which is one of the best movies I've seen in so long and I would I would love to do something like that. Very offbeat. Um Dark with a little bit of levity. I love that kind of satire. Um Yeah that would be fun, fun.
And what is one of the projects that you have that you go back and watch the most or do you not watch yourself?
No? Yeah I don't you don't go back don't want I'll see the movie when it first comes out or in the editing process. I usually watch a few of the edits. Um And then when it first comes out as in like the first like the final that is done. Um Yeah then then I'll watch it but then not after that. No but one I would rewatch because it's fun. Is the babysitter.
And what is one comment that you see about your acting that you just get continuously all the time? Like what's that one comment? You know how everyone gets that one comment that it's just like you'll never get away from or whatever. What do you think that is for you?
Um Being for me it's like the crazy intense eyes. Yeah that's that's one that I'm always I feel like people just they really they want me to be a serial killer like in their minds they're like that's just in there time. I do a movie. Um And it has any sort of where the characters even just a little bit just a little bit offer after. Um They just, they love it and it just sticks with me so well, like a favorite movie I get from so many people and people that know me too. Not just fans very interesting you get on netflix, they love you get me. And it's, and I play a character who like, you know, it's like out there,
I really watched it last night, it was on my netflix recommended and I was like wait fellas in this and I was like, she's crazy. So no, that one perfect example because I was also like a crazy character. So for me I'm like, oh great, this person's working. I love it. And for Game of love, what was the behind the scenes like for you because you have all these like beautiful shots. So would you like kind of go explore where you were filming or just stands at?
Um Yeah, I mean we're working every day so there's not really time to, to explore except for food, explored the food. You know, I explained food stored a lot of the food out of the um that menu had never seen me before me. Okay, let me think. Hmm. Yeah, no,
Okay, so now we're gonna play this or that. So there's two scenarios and then you'll decide between each one. Okay, okay, bikini or red carpet?
Mckinney more like you'd rather just go to the beach and or like to do a full day. Of course I wouldn't want to rather go to the beach over a red carpet.
Oh okay. Date night enter date night out. Um Something is happening in the city right now, wow. Do you hear all those sirens you really good at muting the background? So there must be a lot of them. Um What is, what was the question? Date night in night out?
Would you go out and and Oh yeah. Gene popcorn shows God. And just, oh so much food. It's like how much food can we just fill up on the bed? You know where you just have like after, take after, take out, take out situation. Oh, that's good food.
Time is up our game of love. Oh time is up. Okay. We'll see the comments that we get about that one uh tattoos or style. Which one do you pay more attention to? Like have some style?
Yeah. Yeah. It's for the death.
Miami or L. A.
Oh L. A.
Like uh throwing the party or attending the party
throwing the party.
Did you throw your Halloween party?
Yeah. Yeah. Me and my friend. Nick it looks red hair.
Red hair Bella or dark hair Bella
right? Red
you have like the darkness on the blue ends. That looks really good too though.
Thank you. Thanks. That was a fun look. Yeah. Right. Like that one. And the hot pink. Hot pink was really good. Hey, thank you. Yeah. Hot Pink man man doesn't ruin the hair.
Okay. And then one last thing for Game of Love You. That was the game. But for overall for Game of Love, how would you describe it personally? In three words?
Oh, must watch now.
There you go. Thank you so much.
Thank you as well. And it was good to see you again after 15 years. That's good.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Bella Thorne
Featured guest and subject of the interview
- Zendaya
Danced with Bella Thorne on 'Shake It Up'
- Nick
Bella Thorne's friend who helped throw a Halloween party
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