Calum Worthy‘s new movie, Bodied, isn’t anything like Austin & Ally – and that was the point in him taking the part.
The 27-year-old actor spoke to THR about the flick, and revealed that he was nervous taking it on, after starring in a Disney Channel show for five years.
“I was really nervous taking on this project,” Calum confessed. “I was just coming off a Disney Channel show and there’s that period of time after doing a kid’s program where you really have to be careful about what projects you take.”
He continued about his decision to do the movie anyhow: “I was worried the subject matter was controversial. The themes are controversial, and I knew I risked alienating a part of my audience, but I knew that I had to take risks in order to expand as an actor, and playing it safe wasn’t the best route, and it wasn’t necessarily trying to be edgy or break out of some mold that I thought I was in.”
“It was just about working with storytellers that I really trust and working with scripts that I thought were smart and were things I haven’t seen before,” Calum added.
Bodied hits theaters on Friday, November 2nd.
All of our fave couples stepped up for Halloween this year and had the best couples costumes at our 2018 Just Jared Halloween Party, presented by Carl’s Jr., at Goya Studios on Saturday (October 27) in Hollywood.
Engaged couples Riker Lynch and Savannah Latimer, and Val Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson, hit the carpet as wizards and killer clowns; while Bailee Madison and Alex Lange channeled their fave movie couple, Grease‘s Danny and Sandy.
Calum Worthy and longtime love Celesta Deastis, and Brandon Larracuente and Jasmin Garcia were also seen at the annual bash.
Guests were well-fed at the event thanks to Carl’s Jr. The menu included the Famous Star burger, crisscut fries, and fried zucchini. The food truck had a line the entire night!
Check out all the best couples costumes below!
Calum Worthy is heading back to television in an exciting role in the upcoming Hulu series The Act!
The 27-year-old actor, best known for Austin & Ally, will be playing Nick, the love interest for Joey King‘s character Gypsy, according to Deadline.
The show is based on a true story and follows “Gypsy Blanchard (King), a girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother, Dee Dee (Patricia Arquette). Her quest for independence opens a Pandora’s box of secrets, one that ultimately leads to murder.”
The series just began production in Georgia.
Calum Worthy and girlfriend Celesta DeAstis had a date night at the Mercy For Animals Hidden Heroes Gala!
The couple stepped out at the event on Saturday night (September 15) at Vibiana in Los Angeles.
Calum and Celesta were also joined at the gala by Evanna Lynch, who was part of the celeb Honorary Committee, and host Daniella Monet.
Other attendees included Daniella‘s boyfriend Andrew Gardner as well as Aubrey Miller, Harley Quinn Smith, Sarah Jeffery and Jake Ambrose.
Mercy For Animals works to prevent cruelty to farmed animals. For more information, head to their website.
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Joey King keeps it cute in a bright green top while attending the Eighth Grade premiere held at Le Conte Middle School on Wednesday night (July 11) in Los Angeles.
The 18-year-old Kissing Booth star joined stars Emily Robinson, Elsie Fisher, Daniel Zolghadri, Jake Ryan and director Bo Burnham at the event.
The film centers on Kayla (Fisher), who tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth-grade year before leaving to start high school.
Calum Worthy, Madison Beer, Luke Benward, Carter Jenkins, Olivia Sanabia and couples Italia Ricci and Robbie Amell, and Dylan Riley Snyder and Allisyn Ashley Arm were also spotted at the screening event.
Joey gave her stamp of approval to the film, too. Check out her tweet below!
FYI: Emily is wearing Giambattista Valli. Olivia wore a TopShop dress.
Katherine McNamara and Calum Worthy stepped out for the premiere of Adrift held at Regal LA Live Stadium 14 on Wednesday night (May 23) in Los Angeles.
The two red headed actors were joined on the carpet by Stefanie Scott, Sophie Reynolds and Jade Pettyjohn.
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Based on the true story of survival, Adrift centers on a young couple’s chance encounter that leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.
FYI: Katherine is wearing a Milly outfit with BCBGMAXAZRIA booties.
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Calum Worthy just booked a brand new television show with Lilly Singh!
The two actors will star alongside Emily Ratajkowski, Shameik Moore, and Jimmy Tatro in Bright Futures, Variety reports.
The show follows a group of friends all stumbling through the transition from the clueless, immature twentysomethings they are now to the successful professionals they’re destined to be.
Lilly will play Sid, a recent med school graduate and who became a doctor mostly so people would call her a doctor.
Calum is Danny, a gung-ho yet ultra-neurotic USC film school grad and a wannabe screenwriter who’s just landed his first job working for Hollywood’s hottest up-and-coming writer.
Emily will play Sarah, a girl-next-door type; Shameik is Aaron, a lowly personal injury attorney; and Jimmy plays Berger, the “hater” of the crew, but deep down he’s incredibly loyal and would be the first one to take a bat to someone for any one of his friends.
