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Interview with Kelly Blatz from Disney XD’s Aaron Stone

Kelly Blatz, who stars in Disney XD’s Aaron Stone, is being called the next Zac Efron. BBC Newsbeat sat down with the star for an interview and they talked about his show, the first Disney XD Original Movie Skyrunners and auditions.

You used to work opposite the Disney studios in Los Angeles didn’t you before getting your big break with them?

I worked at a coffee shop directly across the street from Disney Channel building. So I served a lot of the people that I actually now work for. They got a real kick out of that. And I grew up in Burbank and that’s where Disney was, so it kind of worked out that way.

Did you go for auditions or did someone spot you while you were serving at the coffee shop?

No, I actually did audition for that. That would have been convenient, if they had just picked me out of the coffee shop. No, I auditioned like any other show. Luckily I was the right guy for some reason.

If people haven’t seen Aaron Stone, what’s it about?

Aaron Stone is about the kid named Charlie, who is a normal kid in high school. He’s the best player at this online video game called Hero Rising and one day this billionaire recluse approaches him and says, ‘Everything in Hero Rising is real and you have to become the real life avatar Aaron Stone and save the world and it’s up to you’.

So he’s thrown into this whirlwind of trying to balance his secret identity of being the superhero Aaron Stone and balancing dating and homework and sports and everything like that. That’s pretty much what the show is based around.

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