Kenny: Oh of course. I grew up dancing. When I was 10 years old I probably saw it for the first time on VHS and I absolutely loved it. I understand why it’s such an iconic film. The difference with ours is we made it more updated. We made it “today”. There is some of the same music and new music and some of the original music is just re-mixed.

It visits the old movie but brings on some new elements. I think it’s a great mixture. Like our director, Craig Brewer said “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it”. We’re not trying to change anything with the original. We’re just trying to celebrate it and bring it to a new generation and I think that’s exactly what we did.

TeenHollywood: You’ve danced in a ton of music videos. Did those experiences prepare you for a lead role in a dance-based film like this?

Kenny: It’s all prep for this and helped build to this moment. A lot of people think I’m brand new to this world of Hollywood but I’ve actually been in L.A. for seven or eight years now. I’m so grateful for those opportunities, not only as a performer but as a human. I got to grow and learn from all of that. I danced with some artists who were just crazy and some who were very humble like Justin Timberlake who is one of the most humble, down-to-earth human beings on the planet.