Michael Consuelos didn’t thoughts having his mother and father as his bosses. ET spoke to the 25-year-old actor forward of the discharge of his newest movie, “Let’s Get Bodily”, and he revealed why it was a bonus to have his mother and father, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, produce the TV film.
“It’s not simply on this, my mother and father are my bosses in life,” Michael quipped. “… There’s pluses, clearly, there’s ease. Some issues are simpler and a few issues are quite a bit more durable. You all the time [have to] deliver your A sport.”
“I wasn’t a lot of a sports activities man rising up, [but] after I was at a cross nation meet and my mother and father have been round I’m like, ‘I’ve to essentially deliver it, as a result of they’re watching,’” he added. “That they had an enormous hand on this, so I wished to verify I did a extremely good job, as a result of they have been watching. I believe it was an excellent motivator.”
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Michael’s co-star, Jenna Dewan, who additionally produced the mission, couldn’t get sufficient of the actor and his household.
“Each time I see Kelly we now have a love fest for one another… I respect your mother and father a lot,” Jenna instructed Michael. “… Professionally what they’ve been in a position to create is superb, however truthfully they’re simply actually good folks. I do suppose on this enterprise whenever you acknowledge another person who you’re like, ‘That’s a extremely good-hearted particular person!’ you type of maintain onto them with pricey life. It’s an excellent factor, so it was actually enjoyable to supply this.”
One other factor Jenna loves about Mark and Kelly is how they raised Michael. “To me that is good parenting,” she mentioned. “I imply, [he’s] actually an amazing human being and so gifted.”
“Let’s Get Bodily”, Michael defined, follows a lady who “strikes to a small city and runs a Zumba class that at evening turns into form of like a prostitution ring.”
“It shakes up the neighborhood when it’s uncovered,” he teased. “You suppose that’s a darkish story, [but Jenna brings] a lot character to it. There’s a lot pleasure and enjoyable and it’s type of inspiring at instances… There’s quite a lot of enjoyable to it too. We laughed quite a bit.”
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Jenna instructed ET that she signed on to the pulled from the headlines flick as a result of “it appeared actually enjoyable throughout the board.”
“It, clearly, as you’ll be able to think about, created an enormous uproar on this city of everybody from the mayor to totally different boyfriends and husbands. It was difficult, although, as a result of quite a lot of the ladies actually favored her,” she mentioned. “… We have been so into making this enjoyable, and humorous at instances… There’s a lot to digest there, however it’s humorous. Michael is so humorous on this film. It’s simply in your blood. You’re a comic. You have been so good and also you introduced life to each scene we’re in.”
Whereas Michael introduced the laughs to the movie, Jenna needed to be taught a complete new talent for the mission — pole dancing.
“I used to be like, ‘Oh, I danced my entire life, I’m positive I can determine this out considerably rapidly.’ No, it was actually tough,” she admitted. “… [You use] muscle mass you didn’t know you had. It’s quite a lot of higher physique power. I mainly simply held on for pricey life with any muscle or ligament that I might squeeze to remain on.”
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“It’s athletic, it was tough, it’s additionally actually empowering,” Jenna added. “… I perceive why folks change into actually obsessed and simply wanna maintain doing it and doing it and doing it. When you get previous the preliminary bruises and ache, then it’s actually addictive and enjoyable.”
Michael opted to go away the dancing to Jenna, joking that, when he tries to bust a transfer, “I appear to be I’m having a match. It’s not good.”
“Let’s Get Bodily” will air Oct. 15 on Lifetime.
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