
I’m wondering, did you know each other prior to this? Or did you have a lot of time to get to know each other to that point where it just seemed incredible natural to bounce off each other as you did? High up on the list.Īnd chemistry is obviously always key in these films, and this had a lot more comedy than I was expecting, and that banter that just bounces off the two of you felt so natural. And I want to meet him and I want his autograph. Dude, there’s this actor on it who plays Jughead, who I think is super hot. I watch them every Christmas.ĭylan Sprouse: I’m a big Riverdale guy. I don’t know if I’m allowed to like that anymore? Sue me, I really like the films.

Virginia Gardner: I mean, I don’t know if I’m allowed…I like Harry Potter. Before getting to Beautiful Disaster, I wanted to ask both of you if there’s a teen film that you look to as a sort of comfort film of the genre?

You worked with one of the best here in Roger Kumble, who directed arguably one of the greatest teen films of the time in Cruel Intentions. It’s been about two decades since I have been a “youth”, but I will forever have a soft spot for those teenage-aimed, young adult genre of films.

Based on the 2012 New York Times best selling self-published novel by Jamie McGuire, Beautiful Disasteris a sexy, modern-day romance film from the director of Cruel Intentions and After We Collided, Roger Kumble.ĭetailing the “will they/won’t they” between Abby Abernathy ( Virginia Gardner), a college freshman eager to focus on her studies and start a new social life, and Travis “Mad Dog” Maddox ( Dylan Sprouse), a bad-boy brawler and campus playboy, Beautiful Disaster puts their attraction to the test as they intertwine in each other’s lives and realise they may have just met their match.įollowing the film’s exclusive event screenings across theatres in the United States, to coincide with its On Demand release, Peter Gray spoke with both Virginia and Dylan about their chemistry with one another, their personal favourite teen films, and how “bar fights” proved the best form of practice when it came to Dylan’s training.
