Actor Interviews, Disney

Interview with Tania Gunadi from “Aaron Stone”

BackstageMom has an interview with Tania Gunadi from the Disney XD series Aaron Stone. They talk about how she got into acting, what drew her to it and what it’s like working with all of those boys!

BSM- When did you decide to pursue acting and what drew you to the arts?

TG- Well, when I was living in Indonesia, I was really never exposed to the art world. It was here in Los Angeles when I was working at Pizza Hut (my first job) where I first learned about acting. A friend of mine told me that I should audition for this Disneyland commercial, and I didn’t understand what an audition was exactly, let alone what was involved in a commercial. But I went anyway because she told me all I needed to do was pretend to be on a roller coaster and scream. “Oh, I can do that” I said to myself, “as long as I don’t have to say much,” since my English wasn’t very good at all. Long story short, I booked the commercial as one of the 15 people in the roller coaster. However after many, many times riding the same roller coaster, the lead actors all got sick, and many others were just nauseated. Except for me. I was cheery and laughing a lot because I had never ridden a real roller coaster before, and it was my first time at Disneyland. So the director decided to make me the only principal actor in the commercial. And he hired me for 2 more commercials after that. When I got my paychecks, I told my mom that I couldn’t believe there was a job where I can make a living and have fun at the same time!! So I decided to pursue acting. Haha, I guess it’s a long story huh?

Read the rest of the interview here.