David Reivers - January 12, 2007

Here are some of the highlights from the Interview.

Raul: David nice to see you here today.

David Reivers: Thank you!

Raul: You sound just like Corbin, it’s hysterical.

David Reivers: People say we walk alike, we talk alike, we smile alike umm…

Raul: You don’t have the same hair…

David Reivers: Except for the hair. Haha, everything except the hair. Good thing otherwise they’ll think we’re twins. The thing about Corbin and one of the things I’m most proud of is his work ethic as an actor. He wants to be compared to the best. He wants to be the Johnny Depps, the Denzel Washingtons and I think with that said he follows what they do in regards to preparing for a role and then he takes every role he prepares for seriously. He works hard at it and I think that’s a reflection of what you saw in High School Musical where we worked in our backyard for days and then when he got up there he worked really hard carrying the basketball around and it was a choice that he made, it was great.

Raul: Now we also told me for this movie he really had to get his boxing done.

David Reivers: Yes, for this movie he had to train for boxing and double dutch. The first couple of weeks here in LA he trained for six weeks altogether before the movie so we had three weeks of training here with a boxing trainer called Baby Doll Riley who is a woman boxer who is just phenomenal. She would work him, he would leaving those training practices just drenched but he would be ready to go the next time, he’d show up. And again, it was one of those things he knew what he had to do to make his body look like what he needed for the role and what he’d wanted to look like on camera.

Raul: And in the movie, ironically you play his dad. How'd that happen… it was a stretch?

David Reivers: It was a stretch. No again, when I tell people this I had the opportunity with not only my son, but also one of the best young professionals in the business. So when Ron said, together I trust him wholeheartedly because I know what he’s capable and I know what he can do and with that said we brought, there’s so much more brought to each scene and we had a really good time working together.