23-year-old actress Ashley Tisdale is, of course, best known for her roles as Sharpay in, count’em, three “High School Musical” films, and Maddie in four score episodes of “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.”
So why are we just now comparing her to a multiple Oscar nominee and the biggest star in the world? I mean, c’mon, “They Came From Upstairs” producer Barry Josephson, didn’t you see the crossover episode of “Hannah Montana”?
“She got the concept [of the movie] right away, and that’s what you want. That’s what it was like working with Will Smith on ‘Men in Black,’ or Amy Adams and James Marsden on ‘Enchanted.’ And for Ashley, same thing,” said Josephson -- who produced both those films as well. “She looked at the aliens, she realized what her role would be and she just jumped right in.”
We kid because we love, of course. But Ashley really is the perfect fit for the world of “They Came From Upstairs,” which follows a group of vacationing children who learn they are humanity’s last hope to repel an alien invasion. Read More...
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