Isabella Crovetti is a 16-year-old who is absolutely thriving.
So kudos to you.
I looked into your background a little bit.
I saw that you’ve done animation, you’ve done television, you’ve done film.
I mean, young Joy, Jennifer Lawrence, that’s huge.
Well, initially, my whole entire family is in the industry, actually.
So my dad’s a writer and producer.
My mom was an actress; she was on Broadway.
So she originally also wanted to get my brothers into acting.
And I always loved watching “Yo Gabba Gabba!”
And they’d always have people dancing on the screen.
So I would be like, “Mom, I really, really want to do that.
I want to be on ‘Yo Gabba Gabba!'”
It didn’t happen.
And I was like, “Yeah.”
And that’s just kind of how it started.
I also have a family in the film industry, so I definitely get that.
It feels like it’s in your blood.
It’s what you talk about around the dinner table.
It’s what you talk about at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
And it just always seems to come back to that topic over and over again.
Just out of curiosity, how do your parents feel about you pursuing a career in acting?
Are they like, “What’s going on?”
And what’s that been like for you?
Honestly, it’s the complete opposite.
Sometimes I get like, “Oh my God, can I actually do that?”
So it’s actually the opposite.
So they’re very supportive.
I got really lucky with them.
They’re always behind me, hyping me up.
Having your parents in your corner, it’s a big deal.
1, as of today, which is very exciting.
Like “I got this” moments throughout your career so far.
In, oh wait, in the actual “He’s All That” film?
Just kind of broadly.
I feel like actually “He’s All That.”
Because as you mentioned before, I’m 16.
So I’m not actually legally 18, which means I can’t work as long.
I don’t want to be like, “They saw potential.”
I mean, they clearly did though.
So they clearly were mindful with the cast.
I’m very thankful to Miramax.
What are you passionate about outside of acting?
Like, what’s school like?
What’s being 16 in 2021 in a pandemic like?
Well, for hobbies, I love singing.
I love singing, and I play guitar and electric guitar.
I’ve posted like stuff on my Instagram.
And I recently just got into dancing.
I love dancing, I love K-pop.
I recently, I, literally three days ago, came back from Korea.
Cause I stayed there for like three months over the summer.
So I just got into dancing, and then for school, I’ve always gone to school.
They’re always like, “Where’d you go?”
My summer was honestly like crazy.
A lot of cool friends.
That would be great.
Definitely a change of pace.
Change of scenery for sure.
You’ve got what, two-ish years until you could work full time.
So where would you like to see your career go?
What are you hoping maybe the next five years will bring?
Hopefully like another movie.
Maybe like a feature film, the lead we’ll shoot for that.
And I’ve always wanted to do a Marvel movie.
I want to do some sort of special effects.
That would be really cool.
That’d be really fun.
It’s like such a choreographed thing.
Kind of going a little bit back to dance.
It’s like you really …
Right, I was just thinking that.
It’s so down to, I mean, it is like it’s a choreographed dance really.
So, that could be fun.
This sounds like it’d be a grand old time, which it was.
And then …
Oh, that’s cool.
And were you at all intimidated working for a project that stemmed from such an iconic film?
Or were you like, “I got this, we’re going to remake it.
We’re going to redefine it”?
To be honest, I didn’t think anything of it.
And then after we filmed it, everybody was like, “Oh gosh, it’s coming out.
I’m kind of nervous.”
Cause it’s like the original, and I’m like, “Oh yeah, you’re right.
Thankfully I got nervous after we filmed that.
People who are definitely going to watch it again?
Cause it’s on Netflix, like, we can just watch it over and over again.
A little bit of like (sighing).
Like it really doesn’t matter as long as you’re just genuinely you.
For sure, that’s spot on.
It even found its way online too.
It’ll be there.
And so what did like a day on set look like for you?
Go, go, go, go.”
I had to do school.
It’s kind of like very boom, boom, boom.
Very regimented, I’m sure.
And then for about how long were you filming for?
That’s very quick.
And so how long has it now been since you filmed versus now?
We filmed in November, December-ish, so yeah.
I don’t know how long ago that was.
Nine months, 10 months.
This year flown by.
What’s that been like?
Has it been exciting?
Have you been nervous?
What have all those feelings been like?
It’s really weird.
Cause it’s very social media-oriented.
I liked that element of it though.
Like you said, we haven’t really seen especially TikTok incorporated in a film before.
We’ve gotten Facebook obviously and Instagram here and there.
It feels very current, very poignant for this particular generation, which is very cool.
Honestly, people just like genuine personalities.
It doesn’t matter what kind of personality you have just as long as you’re yourself.
That’s the most important thing.
And I know like everybody said that everyone’s like “be yourself,” but it is true.
Touching on like high schoolers, middle schoolers even, too.
But honestly, school is just school.
That’s like what high school is: four years of your life.
Just pick the friends that you actually like and just have a good time.
Lke it’s all developed so quickly.
What’s that been like to have social media at your fingertips for so long?
You know, there’s like good and bad parts.
It’s good cause you’re able to connect with people.
What the heck?"
But anyways, there’s still good parts about it.
And you know, high school has enough pressures already.
Yes, for sure.
I don’t even remember those people anymore."
I’m still in high school, so.
It goes by like that.
I know it’s like the most cliche thing to say, but it’s so true.
I’m already a junior, and it’s literally so funny you say that.
Cause I was thinking like yesterday, “Oh my God, I’m a junior.”
I only have like a year left after this.
I was just a freshman.
What is coming up next for Isabella Crovetti?
So college applications, what’s that looking like?
How’s that going?
Yeah, how is that going?
Do you have like a favorite subject or an area that you like the most?
Ooh, I like history.
I was a history major.
That makes my heart so happy.
Yes, I love history.
I hate though memorizing dates for the test.
But other than that, I just love learning about the past.
I think its fun.
Do you have any upcoming projects that you might tell me about?
I do have an upcoming project.
And then I also voice “Shimmer and Shine,” and I played Shine on Nick Jr.
So now, I just booked another Disney Junior project.
It’s a little different, my character.
I actually play a villain.
So I’m pretty excited about it.
That’s really fun.
I can’t say anything else.
That’s very exciting.
I feel like getting into the Disney umbrella must be very exciting.
I’m also so excited to sing again.
Cause that’s like one of the funniest parts.
It’s like singing these like very dramatic songs; it’s so much fun.
Has Isabella Crovetti watched He’s All That yet?
Have you gotten to sit down and watch the movie on Netflix yet?
Have you popped a bag of popcorn and sat back and watched it?
I was planning to do that with like maybe some of my friends.
That’d be fun.
Anything that you want to share that I didn’t ask you?
Like fun facts and stuff, I feel like …
Fun facts are always good.
I’m not like crazy obsessed with it, but I just think they’re so good.
That’s just good entertainment right there.
Well and there’s a wealth of content, a huge genre.
Good content, right there.
We should check that out.
Did you adopt any of the pandemic hobbies.
Did you bake or, I don’t know, what else where people doing?
Playing “Animal Crossing” anything?
Did you watch “Tiger King”?
I feel like that was a whole phase of quarantine that we all went through.
I really forgot about that, I’m not going to lie.
Alrighty, well, that was all the questions that I had.
I’m super excited to watch the film.
I loved “She’s All That.”
So I’m excited to watch this very fun, new take on it.
And it’s been such a joy getting to chat with you.
Can I say like one more thing?
This is something I’m really excited about.
But he knows some people and I met those people.
So I was able to get a signed autograph of one of my favorite K-pop groups ever.
They’re called, their name is Stray Kids, and they just came out with a comeback too.
And he personalized it.
I got all the members’ signatures.
I freaked out, but I was very excited about that.
I just wanted to share that.
“He’s All That” is now streaming on Netflix.
