While promoting her romantic comedy "Love Don't Cost a Thing," Christina Milian provided a little preview of what to expect from "Cheer Up."
In your upcoming movie, you're playing a cheerleader?
Yes, I'm playing a real cheerleader. That one was more like a dance team. I'm a cheerleader for the University of Texas. The University of Texas really won't let you put their name on their movie unless you really are like representing them. They're really into it over there. Everything's all about the Longhorn's, it's all about Texas, and you have to make sure that you represent it well in the movie.
They had us in Austin, Texas three weeks before we started shooting. I had to train with real cheerleaders from UT, me and four other girls. We had to do everything; we don't have any stunt doubles except for cartwheels and stuff like that. They want to make sure we don't hurt ourselves. Otherwise, the stuff with the guys lifting us up in the air, they throw us up and hold us with one hand, it's crazy. I didn't want to get hurt. Sometimes I was like, “Are you sure we've got to do this?”
What's the name of the movie?
It's called “Cheer Up” with Tommy Lee Jones and it's an action-comedy. It's about five cheerleaders that witness a murder. Tommy Lee Jones is a Texas Ranger and they put us under witness protection. He has to stay with us in a dorm and it's going to be very funny. It's going to be really funny. It's five different personalities, all these different girls, and then him. We're shooting in Austin. We're shooting on campus and they've built [a lot of the set] at an airport hanger.
How is Tommy Lee?
You're going to be surprised when I say this, because people are used to seeing him in movies, but he's actually very funny. He's a lot of fun. We were all really nervous when we were going to go do the movie. We were like, “If we're working with him, we've got to be on point.” But he's actually really cool. He’s funny. I've never seen this side to him at all, but he's very funny. He's into family a lot. He had us come to his ranch that he has in Texas. We played with his goats and his horses. It was cool.
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"Love Don't Cost a Thing" Movie News, Photos, Credits and Trailer
"Cheer Up" Production News
