High School Musical's Frankie Rodriguez Reveals Which of His Castmates Is Most Likely To

Hi. Hello. I was like, wait, does he not see me yet or does he see me? Well, how's your day going so far?

It's good. It kind of just started to be honest, but um, so I can't complain.

Do you find yourself sleeping in more or like totally off routine because your kind of established it.

It comes and goes. Like sometimes I I do try to like keep a nighttime routine of like going to bed at a specific hour. But some days I wake up and I'm just like, oh, I'm going to sleep a little longer. And then sometimes I like actually get up and do stuff, but today I got up and got dressed. So winning already.

What is the latest you've stayed up while you've been at home?

Oh my gosh, for when it quarantine first started, I was being so bad and staying to like three or four. And then just you feel terrible the next day, like you just didn't get any rest. It's just awful.

How have you been keeping in touch? As we've seen your IG lives. I saw I tuned in one. I think you were doing your nails with. Yes. I was like, okay, like I like this. I was like, this is how you've been like staying in touch with everybody through the IG lives and stuff.

Oh yeah. I mean, I um, yeah, I think it's so funny. Like when this whole quarantine thing happened, everyone was like, we have nothing to do. So like call me and FaceTime me. And now like we have found things to do within quarantine. So it's just like, I can't talk right now. busy. But um yeah, I do try to still keep in touch with everybody. Um lots of random FaceTime calls.

Mhm. Are you one to pick up a FaceTime call like when they call or do you like you just pick it up cuz you know how sometimes you just decline and you're like, I'll call them later. Yeah. Are you a like are you like that?

I'm like most of the time I answer just cuz I'm like, what else are we doing? But sometimes I do just kind of like let it ring or if I'm like in the middle of like a game or something. I'll like, I'm going to let this ring out and then I'll call them back later.

That was one point that my friend had made like when this all first started. She was like, I literally can't make up excuses anymore because everyone knows we're literally having.

Yes. It's so terrible actually.

What's one thing though that you you miss the most and you're really looking forward to when you can like do it again?

Oh my gosh, I miss uh eating at restaurants. That's like a big one for me. And I think just going to like the mall. Like I know that sounds so like high school just to like walk around and look at things, but it's so therapeutic for me.

It is good. It's like it's like retail therapy. Yes. Just buying stuff and it's nice when you're like in the mall you're like, oh that's cute. That's cute. Yeah, I need that therapy for sure. And we've had you in studio before with the cast members. You played a fun little game. How how have you been staying in touch with your cast members?

Well, we do have a weekly Zoom call, so we do have to meet once a week and that's just kind of like a therapy session slash like catch-up just kind of to see how everyone's doing. But for the most part, um, everyone has been pretty good about like answering their phone and uh we still have our group chat which is always buzzing. So yeah, everyone's pretty good in this cast about keeping up with each other actually.

Definitely. And what's one of your favorite things from like a scene that you filmed or on set.

The one that comes to mind just cuz we were talking about this earlier is uh the Homecoming scene, filming that whole um episode five was just like that was the dream. Um and hopefully we're back to something like that fairly soon.

You probably you've watched probably all the movies.

Yes, of course. Yes.

And what was it like when you found out that you were going to be in like this reboot?

It's still honestly has not hit me. Like, of course, I'm so excited and I think it's out of this world, but I was talking to my friend yesterday cuz she sent me an article that she she was like, you just came up on my explore page. I was like, I feel like we are the only people who see the show. Like when like articles come out, I feel like it's only like me and my group of friends that see it. So it's strange to think like other people are watching it or other people are enjoying it, which is great, but it's still like a weird kind of thing.

For sure. And when you watch yourself in your acting projects, do you cringe? Do you like watching yourself? Do you avoid it?

Um, it's a little bit of both. I think with High School Musical, I there are so many other people to look at, so it's easier for me to watch it, um, and I'm not like the main focus of it. And also, I think the show is also shot very nicely. So the lighting's always good, um, and I feel comfortable enough to, um, talk with costumes and hair to say like, hey, I like my hair this way. And so there's just a bit more comfortability that comes with watching this specific show, but there are other times where I've watched things and I'm like, I look terrible or I'm like, oh I hate that. But you know, what are you going to do? It's done.

And when you are or if you were just a regular student in the high school, do you think you'd be friends with your character?

Oh, I don't know. I think I I think I would like maybe get along with Carlos, but at some point be like, bro, you just need to chill. Like everything's going to be okay. Like at the end of the day, it's just a school play. Like we'll be fine.

And we're going to play a little game with you if you're cool. Oh, yeah, for sure. Okay, so it's which cast member's most likely to cuz it kind of ties from the game that you played in studio when you came out. Okay. So, which cast member from High School Musical is most likely to forget their lines?

To forget their lines? Uh, Joshua Bassett. To be fair though, he does have a lot, so I get it. I get it.

Which one's most likely to put everything on their IG story?

Everything on their IG story? Probably me. Me or Sophia. It's one of the two.

Are you usually like the one on set that's like, oh, let's take a selfie or like, oh, that'd be so funny for my.

Yeah, I always have my phone out and I always love just like snapping photos. I don't post most of them just cuz we always like are in costume or I don't want to leak something. But um, for the most part, I'm always snapping selfies for sure.

Who's most likely to eat all of the snacks on set?

Oh my gosh, me again. It would be like me and a mixture of Joe Serafini.

What's your favorite snack on set?

On set in the morning. I do like to keep it healthy. I do like an apple or like a banana, but by noon, it's just the those little like mini chocolate wrappers. It's like it's terrible. It's so bad.

You're like take them off set.

Yeah. It's horrible.

Who's most likely to make the most jokes?

Most likely to make the most jokes? Um, I'm going to go with Dara. Dara makes me laugh all day.

Good one. Who's most likely to be the sassiest?

The sassiest? Again, I'm me. I'm so I'm so.

We tortured you in this game.

Yes, 100% me. Yeah.

Who's most likely to show up late to set?

Show up late to set. Um, I and it only because it happened once, but Joshua Bassett and I know he's told this story before, but he overslept and he missed his alarm. But for the most part, we're a pretty um on-time cast. I will say.

Who's most likely to convince everybody to hang out after you film?

Oh, Julia Lester. She loves like I like Julia can hang out at any she just loves communication. Hang out at any time. So literally though, she like always wants to create a moment. She'll be like, do you guys like want to like go out tonight and then go to IHO at 3:00 in the morning and then like tell each other our secrets? And it's like, uh, I'll go to IHO, but everything else I'm going to keep it out.

For sure. Who's most likely to take pictures for another cast member? So it's like, oh, take my Insta pic for me that I'm going to post.

Oh, ooh, again, Josh Bassett. Most some of the my photos on my IG are the ones he has taken. Mhm.

Who's most likely to watch the High School Musical movie over and over again?

Most likely to watch the High School Musical movie. I think it's a mixture of all of us. I feel like we're always watching those movies at some point.

Who's most likely to watch the show over and over and over?

Oh, I don't I don't know. I feel like we again, we all do it but like at different times. Like if we're like missing each other or we just like want to be a part especially now that we're in quarantine. Um, I think we've all had like our little like spurts of watching the show again. Yeah.

Who's most likely to fall asleep on set?

Fall asleep on set again, probably me. 100%.

Love it. Who's most likely of the cast members to win the lottery?

Win the lottery. Probably Larry. I feel like Larry has some good luck in him.

Who's most likely to always text in the group chat?

Ooh, that's a I feel like it varies. Like some people like some people have some things to say at different times. So I think it's all of us.

Who's most likely to be down for anything at any time?

I'm going to group them together and say Larry and Julia.

And who's most likely to replay all of their scenes? Like just at home? Yeah, or just like to like loves watching themselves in the show.

Uh, I I don't know. I I I think we're all guilty of that. Yeah, I miss it so much.

And what's one thing that you hope to like, what would be your dream gig?

Dream gig? Like within the show or just within like general?

With life.

With life? Oh my gosh, I have so many. Dream gig, although it's closed right now. I think Broadway. Um, would love to do that.

You do so good on Broadway.

Oh, thank you. I it needs to be the right thing though. Um, but also, um, dream gig, like a campaign for something, like a like a guest campaign or like I don't even know what's like the most popular My Calvin's? Would you want to do My Calvin's? Yes, like something cool like that where I can just be like, I did it. I it's done. I can yeah, cross that off my bucket list. They'd be like on the billboard like in My Calvin's with a guest or like the perfume. You know, like the commercials they always do where they jump in the ocean off the cliff. Yeah.

Yes. Be literally be you. That'd be so great. Well, thank you so much for talking to us today.

Yeah, of course. Thanks so much for having me.

Thank you so much, Frankie.

Yeah, of course. Have talked to you soon. Bye.