Some of the young ladies who had been on Meghan’s team were also contacted and joined us for interviews. As soon as I was hired, I contacted the school and made arrangements to meet with the current dance team members. NDLS: I was fortunate that the junior high school where Meghan taught was in the Los Angeles area near Huntington Park. MH: How did you prepare to write this script? Who did you talk to, where did you visit, what kind of mindset did you have to get in? Since Meghan had been a member of her high school’s dance team, she volunteered to be the Dance Team Teacher Sponsor. Meghan was there to teach English, but soon found out the Girls Dance Team did not have a teacher-sponsor. Meghan was placed in a local Los Angeles low-income area. NDLS: From what I remember, Meghan had been involved in America Teaches (or another educational organized effort) that placed new teachers into communities in need of teachers. MH: Can you explain a bit more about the real-life background of the story? She contacted my agent at ICM, who then introduced us.
Meghan saw this story as a “Latina story,’ and wanted to have a writer who was sensitive to the Latino community.
She pitched the story to the Disney MOW department, and was given the green light to develop a script. Not in the MOW department, but in some capacity in animation. Nancy De Los Santos: Meghan, if I remember correctly, was working at Disney. How did Meghan Cole seek you out for this project? What about the idea made you want to jump on board? Millennial Hallmarker: You had a few producing and writing credits before taking on Gotta Kick It Up!, which turned 15 years old last week, but not too many. Keep reading to find out straight from the film’s screenwriter (via email), Nancy De Los Santos, just why Gotta Kick It Up !‘s 15th anniversary is such an powerful event to celebrate. We also can’t thank Nancy enough for giving such an in-depth and honest interview about what Gotta Kick It Up! means to her, how it was made, its influence in both Hollywood and society as a whole, and what she hopes people take away from the film. Nancy worked with Meghan Cole, whose story this film was based on, to bring these strong, independent, fierce, talented characters to the screen and we can’t thank both of them enough.
The dancing DCOM, starring the wonderful Camille Guaty and America Ferrera, was based on a true story, which Nancy helped bring to life. Since you’ve already heard from me, I thought it would be a good idea to hear from someone incredibly involved in the project its screenwriter, Nancy De Los Santos. If you missed the first celebration, here’s the link to last week’s post about why I think it’s so important and the breakdown of what the cast is up to now. While last week was the official anniversary, this film is so significant that we are going to continue the celebration.Ī film so nice, we’re celebrating it twice! Last Wednesday (July 26), we celebrated the 15th anniversary of Disney Channel’s Gotta Kick It Up! and today we are doing the same. Can we celebrate Gotta Kick It Up! for a second week in a row? Sí se puede!
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