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I will be talking to Alexa Vega, star of the new ABC Family series, Ruby and the Rockits. She co-stars in this series about an aging rocker who reconnects with his daughter…that father just happens to be David Cassidy!

Check back here at The Blue Site for some info. on the show and more from Alexa. Check out the TV Guide interview with Alexa below, and check out Ruby and the Rockits Tuesday nights on ABC Family!

UPDATE:
So, I talked to Alexa Vega and it turns out Austin Butler (also from the show) was on the call. I was in the middle of other tasks, so I only got one question in- I asked both of them about family-oriented movies and shows. They both have strong roots in family and kids stuff…is it important for them to keep that in mind, and was it a conscious decision when they chose to take part in this new ABC Family series. Austin didn’t answer this, but Alexa jumped right in and said that she really made her name in family-friendly stuff, and she did think it was important to embrace that.

After she turned 18, it seems everyone wanted her to do more gritty stuff, and so many people wanted her to get naked. She didn’t want any part of that, but she did think after Spy Kids (the final of the series came out in 2003), that she wanted to do some more mature roles. She said she spent 5 or 6 years doing some of those roles, but she just felt it was right to embrace family stuff again. She noted that she looks like a 15 year old, so why not take advantage of that and play a much younger role in a kid-friendly show?

So, yes, it was definitely important to her. It’s good to see a young actress not going the route so many take. Ruby and the Rockits, as she mentioned in the call today, is a series that kids and their parents can watch- she’s heard from so many moms who watch the series with their kids- the moms grew up with and loved the Cassidy brother (David and the clan), and the kids love Alexa and the younger actors on the show. So, it’s good that they’ve created a series that everyone can sit down and watch together as a family.

Austin, for his part, talked about how he had no idea who David Cassidy was before he joined the series, but Alexa knew them from the start. She was quite familiar with the brothers and their teeny bop past.

Does David have any advice for Austin on how to deal with the screaming female fans?? Just deal with it, he told him. It’s great and just have fun with it.

I will post more of this interview as well as the full transcript when I get that via EMail early next week. Be sure to check out Ruby and the Rockits, Tuesdays on ABC Family.

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