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How Did Matt Prokop Get Started in Acting?

Matt Prokop starred as Jimmie Zara in the Disney movie High School Musical 3. We all thought that he would continue the role into the fourth film, High School Musical: East Meets West, but that’s not the case. Disney is starting over with all new characters for the fourth movie, which will be a Disney Channel Original Movie.

How did Matt get started in acting in the first place and what’s in store for him now?

On how he got interested in acting: Well, I was always kind of the class clown in school, and I just wanted to find the place where I wouldn’t get in trouble for talking too much. So I started going to an acting class in Houston, Texas, and I went to an acting coach for about a year straight. She thought I was ready to go to L.A. and try the whole acting thing, so me and my mom flew out to Los Angeles for spring break and I met with a couple agents, and literally moved out the next week and started auditioning.

On if he had any singing and dancing experience before HSM3: None whatsoever. The first time I ever sang out loud was actually in the audition room. I was so nervous.

On the biggest challenge while filming HSM3: The biggest challenge would be holding up that towel! I think they had to sew and Velcro and stitch up that towel so much to where it would fit our bodies perfectly, ’cause they were constantly pouring water on us every time they yelled “Cut”, and then we’d have to run about one hundred yards on camera, and that towel would try and fall every day, but luckily there were no accidents.

What’s up next for Matt? He has two movies coming out. Furry Vengeance (comes out April 2, 2010), where he plays Tyler Sanders. The film is about: In the Oregon wilderness, a real estate developer’s new housing subdivision faces a unique group of protesters, local woodland creatures who don’t want their homes disturbed.

He plays another Tyler in Cougar Hunting, which comes out November 1, 2010. There’s no description of the film available yet.

Stay tuned as we keep up with Matt Prokop over his career.

Interview source: Ultimate Disney