Author: Emma Loggins
Date: 2009-06-11

Interview:
We had the pleasure of talking with Chelsea Hobbs and Ayla Kell about their new series on ABC Family called Make It Or Break It. Here's what they had to say:

Chelsea, I was wondering what made you want to be a part of the show.

C. Hobbs: Well, I think that it was just a very exciting opportunity based on the fact that Olympics is - the Olympics just passed and gymnastics is something that's always been so popular, and it's never been done before. There's never been a one-hour drama based on the world of competitive gymnastics, so just the whole perspective of that was very, very exciting to me, and fresh and new.

Ayla, what have you found challenging about your role?

A. Kell: I found it very challenging to - for Payson Keeler, she's finding everything out all over again. She's never been in that experience, and I get to go back to one and learn about the world all over again, which is fun and challenging in that aspect.

What got you started in acting in the first place?

C. Hobbs: I started acting when I was eight years old. My parents were actually divorced, and my mom put me in it as a creative outlet, so I've been doing this since then.

A. Kell: I did dance forever, and while dancing, I saw that they were looking for a little boy in an opera. I went to the opera, and that, it just clicked for me, and I've been doing it ever since.

You both, from what I've read, have done a lot of dancing. Does that help you in these roles?

C. Hobbs: Yes.

Or gymnastics?

C. Hobbs: Yes.

A. Kell: It definitely helps a lot, but there's so much difference in the posture and the way the arms are that our coach is really on us both.

C. Hobbs: But it's also good just because I think we're both really aware of our bodies, which is something that's important, I think, if you're playing any type of athlete, so it gave us a little bit of an edge, but it's differently apples and oranges, I think.

A. Kell: Yes, I definitely agree with that.