AnnaSophia Robb on Playing Carrie, Violet, and Bethany

Hey, I'm Anna Sophia at the Young Hollywood Studio. Here's my crew. Hey. Okay. Let's go.

Hi. Hey guys, it's Tracy. I'm in the Young Hollywood Studio with Anna Sophia Robb. How are you?

Good. How are you?

We're just like talking about fashion for the last ten minutes. I'm like, who what better person to talk with with me, Carrie Bradshaw of the new generation. First of all, I love your outfit. talk about that right now.

It's Rebecca Minkoff. It's a a skirt and and a top and I love the fading on the on the top. And then, um, these are Via Spiga. Spiga. I don't know exactly how you say them. Shoes. But I really like them.

Before you got that role on the Carrie Diaries, were you like super into fashion? Was it something you had to like get into as part of your?

It was sort of something I had to get into. I think just being exposed to a bunch of different designers and different clothing because I was just in high school before and I, you know, I've been working for a while, but it wasn't really geared towards fashion. But, um, we do we have so many amazing clothes on the show and I have so

I can't even imagine what your closet, your wardrobe closet must be like.

It's a huge room. It's a room. It's the the they have an entire ginormous room like the size of this studio dedicated. It's actually bigger.

Oh my God. You know, I feel like just talking about some things you love. I know you love dogs. And you have a dog, right?

Yes. Yeah.

What kind of dog is it?

I have, um, she's a Maltese and a poodle. She's super.

Are they good dogs?

She's such a good. Oh, I love her. But my dad took her to the groomers and they asked if they could put her in a dog show. So they're growing her fur out and they're going tomorrow, they're giving her this crazy shave and I know she's going to look completely ridiculous and probably be very embarrassed or she'll be very proud of herself and all beautified.

Does your mom know you work here? Who's that big guy? Is this a girl? What are you doing over here talking to us?

Well, maybe, Roddy, if you guys hadn't called me over here.

Please like your lady friend know that this conversation was entirely about her. Of course. I'm here for the Way, Way Back. Well, it premiered at Sundance. It's a.

Yeah, it premiered at Sundance. Awesome movie. Yeah. It's one of those like coming of age, you know, summer movies and it's something obviously everybody can relate to in terms of, you know, you have like the teenager going through that phase, that kind of like awkward phase and then like dealing with their crazy parents. Well, I remember, uh, reading the script several years ago and, um, it took a while for it to get made. I read it and I was like, this is just such a smart script. Like it's so smart and the characters are so well well written and it has heart and it's charming and it's poignant and and I really wanted to be a part of it.

What I enjoy so much about the film is that each character has their own energy, so it's not everyone not everyone's being crazy and funny and not everyone's being the straight man. It's like it feels very more like real realistic.

I remember one day on set there's a a beach scene and we're all at a like a dinner party out on the beach. And it was Allison Janney and Rob Corddry and Allison was being so goofy. She has to pretend that she's drunk and like stumble in. And they were just ad libbing and going off. I had to be straight faced and pissed off. And I was cracking up. The whole entire table was just laughing so hard because Nat and Jim, the directors, they would just let them go. So that was my biggest challenge is trying to keep a straight face staying in character while Allison's going off there doing all these goofy things.

And then the say, I mean, the water park. I just saw that. I was like, how many times did you actually get to go?

I only had

Even during breaks, were you like going on the slide?

There's like one day where I get to be at the water park, but I was ended up being there for, I think a week because they were filming different parts of, you know, depending on the weather or whatever. So I was waiting around and I would just play in the water park. I took one of the PAs with me. I'm like, let's do all the rides.

You know, you're 19, but you've been doing this since you were, you know, nine years old, right? So this was acting was always like a passion of yours.

Yeah, yeah. So I took an acting class when I was nine. There was a like a workshop showcase at the end of it. The this manager and agent asked me to come out to LA and audition and work with them. So my mom and dad were like, okay, we'll give it a shot if it's what you really want to do. And and my mom and I came out here for like two months and I just loved it. I mean, I was having so much fun going on auditions and I'd do school in the morning and then auditions in the afternoon. The only thing I got the the first pilot season was, um, a McDonald's commercial. It's like one of my last, very last auditions and I was so excited. I had the best time. I don't think I've ever been more excited about a gig before.

Oh my God. And then what's so crazy is I feel like, you know, a lot of the roles that you played in, you know, movies, TV, you've been like not only like a range of roles, but it's been so iconic, like iconic roles. Like you were Violet and Charlie the Chocolate Factory. Then, you know, obviously the Carrie Diaries, that's a huge role to tell. Soul Surfer. I mean, you've just played so many roles that people just like you either know or they're, you know, something, you know, portraying somebody in real life. Has that been a challenge or is it just sort of something that

Every role is is definitely, you know, a different task and, uh, but it's I've had so much fun and I feel really blessed in my career because I've been able to play such different characters. And it's fun because I am usually able like the Soul Surfer and Bethany, we became close friends and I was able to get to know her and I wanted to portray her as as realistically as possible on screen and have a relationship with her family. And that was just such a cool experience to be able to talk with the real person and and get advice from them. I mean, I still text her and I'll be like, hey, I'm thinking of coming to visit. I'm I might be able to go to her wedding. Hopefully, I'll be able to get the time off from work. She's getting married and I'm so excited for her.

Oh my God. So, the Way, Way Back, got to check out that film. And thanks so much for coming in.

Thank you.