Actress, singer and dancer Julianne Hough talks to Parade magazine about her lucky, lucky life. From Ryan Seacrest as a boyfriend to Tom Cruise as a co-star, the girl is living a charmed life.
On balancing her busy career with her relationship with boyfriend Ryan Seacrest.
It’s a hard thing to do, especially when you’re so caught up in your work and bettering yourself. It does get hard because you’re so focused on that, but I think at the end of the day you have to find a balance with what’s really important. I’m so lucky that I have a great relationship. I’m very blessed and I don’t take anything for granted. I think if you alienate people and just focus on your work then it just becomes lonely and it’s not fun anymore.”
On co-star Tom Cruise.
“Where do I go from there? It’s very cool to be able to say that my first real film was Footloose and my second film I got to start alongside Tom Cruise and Catherine Zeta-Jones. I’m very fortunate and I know it doesn’t happen like that every day, so I’m definitely still counting my blessings and working really hard.”
On dealing with fame and paparazzi.
“I don’t think you can ever get used to it. It’s definitely strange. Especially since I grew up in a family that it’s all about family and not about materialistic things. So it is weird, but I guess it comes with what it is. You have to remember where you came from, and I definitely have enough brothers and sisters to kick me in the butt whenever I get out of line!”
Kristen Bell makes my best dressed list, because I love her red Valentino dress! She paired it with a hot pair of Louboutin’s.
When I first saw Vanessa Hudgen’s dress, I thought meh. But then I took a closer look, and it’s actually quite beautiful! The Jenny Packham (Kate Middleton’s favorite designer) dress looks almost like an elegant spider web! She paired the dress with black Casadei shoes and a Judith Leiber bag. Love the look!
Julianne Hough had one of my favorite looks of the night. The Footloose actress chose a Kaufmanfranco dress. The revealing back shows off her amazing body. She looks gorgeous!
Kristen Bell (who never ages a day!), Julianne Hough, and ‘Twilight’ star BooBoo Stewart attended DoSomething.org’s Teens For Jeans event last night. The jeans donated around the country are given to homeless teens.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is quickly becoming one of my favorite best-dressed celebrities! Nine times out of ten I think she looks absolutely stunning. Last night’s Hollywood Film Awards brought out a lot of beautiful celebs. Alongside Rosie were actresses Amber Heard, Julianne Hough, Bryce Dallas Howard and Elle Fanning!
Actors Ewan McGregor and Joseph Gordon-Levitt were also on hand!
Hollywood is getting ready for the Footloose remake, so dancer and girlfriend to Ryan Seacrest, Julianne Hough, is making her interview rounds promoting the film as much as possible. During her recent visit to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, she tells Jimmy that because her family is made up of all dancers, they’re like the “blonde Osmonds”:
Julianne and her brother Derek Hough became household names as pro dancers on the ABC hit Dancing With the Stars.
“My mom and dad met on a ballroom team in college,” Julianne said. “It’s kind of just in my family.
And her family shows up in dance scenes in Footloose!
“Just spot the blondes,” Julianne said on Late Night of her relatives in the crowd scenes. There are so many of them that she lost track of the numbers when it came to listing her nieces and nephews.
Three of Julianne’s sisters and her mom take part in a line dancing scene in the flick.
It’s no surprise that growing up, the family members were part of a group called White Lightening.
Julianne Hough is Hollywood’s new “it girl”. She’s not only starring in the upcoming ‘Rock of Ages’ opposite Tom Cruise, but she’s also starring in the remake of one of Hollywood’s most beloved films, ‘Footloose’.
Directed by Craig Brewer, Hough stars as Ariel, a small-town preacher’s rebellious daughter — a role first played by Lori Singer in 1984. Is she worried about backlash from fans of the beloved original? “We didn’t mess this up,” Hough told Moviefone. “Just go see it; there’s so many skeptical people out there that have gone to see it already and we’ve changed their minds.”
How many times have you seen the original?
Oh my gosh, probably over 50 times. Whether it’s on TV, I just kind of flip through channels and if it’s on, I’ll always watch it.
When this came along, did you go after the role or did they come to you?
I was attached when Kenny Ortega was first directing, and he came to me when I was still on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ and asked, “Would you like to audition?” I was like, “Yeah! Totally.” A lot of people don’t know this, but I’ve wanted to act my whole life. That’s what brought me out here. So I auditioned and I got it and then people started dropping out and there was a moment for me when I was like, “Maybe I don’t want to do this,” because it’s not like the original — it’s a musical and I was thinking that a lot of the ‘Footloose’ fans from the original were going to be really upset. So, at first, I was a little apprehensive, but then they went a different direction. And then Craig Brewer signed on and I read his version and I was like, “Wow, okay, this is like the original and I get to show off more of the acting side and not so much the dancing.” But then I found out he wanted to do his own cast and hire them and so I was like, “Oh crap!” So I had to go and convince him that I was Ariel. I read for him, very casually, and out in Nashville and he hired me that day. I’m so glad and so glad that this version was made.
How important was staying faithful versus doing something new and original?
I think we were really lucky that Paramount was doing it, since they did the original. We had two of the originals that produced it on our set every day. And then Craig Brewer, who calls himself a “Footloose-ologist.” He saw it when he was 13 and thought this movie was literally made for him, so it holds a dear place in his heart. I kind of left that pressure to them and I just kind of felt like, I’m going to take this like how I feel this generation is going to look at this movie now and I did that. I really felt like I made Ariel my own and really tried to do some different things with her.
You got to wear the same red boots and the same prom dress as Lori Singer did in the original.
The dress was a little modified, but it was pretty similar. My favorite were the boots, though. I would wear the boots now.
What do you want to tell fans who are upset that there’s a remake and are convinced it won’t be any good?
I always watch remakes and I’m like, “Ugh, that was terrible, they totally butchered that.” But I can honestly say with pride that we did not mess this up. And it’s great. I think that you don’t see a lot of teen movies like the ’80s teen movies nowadays, with messages basically telling kids, “Fight for what you believe in.”
Have you heard from anyone in the original cast?
Not yet. None of them have seen the movie yet.
Are you anxious to hear their reactions?
Yeah. I hope that they like it and that we did them proud. But we feel like we really made our own movie with just a piece of the original.
‘Footloose’ is one of those movies that is so special, I’m really nervous about a remake. Usually remakes are NEVER a good thing. In fact – I’m not coming up with any remake that was better than the original. I’m sure they exist. I’m hoping this movie does the original justice, although I cannot imagine a ‘Footloose’ without Kevin Bacon. It’s just not right!
Pictures: Julianne Hough arriving with boyfriend Ryan Seacrest backstage at Dancing With The Stars last night.
