{"id":269677,"date":"2019-03-20T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1025075"},"modified":"2019-03-20T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T11:00:00","slug":"why-naya-rivera-says-working-on-step-up-high-water-reminds-her-of-glee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/why-naya-rivera-says-working-on-step-up-high-water-reminds-her-of-glee\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Naya Rivera Says Working on Step Up: High Water Reminds Her of Glee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"45.991044776119\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019219\/rs_634x1024-190319182017-634-naya-rivera.cl.031919.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Naya Rivera\" alt=\"Naya Rivera\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Charles Sykes\/Bravo\/NBCU Photo Bank<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"30.648090815273\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/naya_rivera\">Naya Rivera<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;is ready to take center stage!<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old actress isn&#8217;t missing a beat as the second season of <em>Step Up: High Water<\/em> premieres today, March 20!&nbsp;Rivera says she&#8217;s &#8220;excited&#8221; to watch the new season, especially because there are many epic &#8220;dance numbers&#8221; fans can look forward to.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the YouTube series being a &#8220;blast&#8221; to work on, the songstress admits the show reminds her of her&nbsp;<em>Glee&nbsp;<\/em>days.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to E! News, the 32-year-old star reveals that the casts&#8217; fun, off-the-camera moments&nbsp;bring back major memories.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It definitely feels like home and feels like how much fun I had on <em>Glee<\/em>,&#8221; she says. &#8220;Everyone is hilarious and is always just happy to be there and having a great time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For her, working on TV shows that have a high school setting make her wish she had a better experience.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every time I&#8217;m on a show that has a school atmosphere, I&#8217;m, like, these schools are so great. I would&#8217;ve loved high school if I could go to these schools.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"4\">\n<p>Adding, &#8220;So I guess that&#8217;s why I get to play characters that are in high schools because my high school experience was terrible [laughs].&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"38\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"16\">\n<p>On the topic of her son, <strong>Josey Hollis Dorsey<\/strong>, she confesses that he totally has the acting bug. &#8220;He&#8217;s theatrical in every way. He is definitely a little ham.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She recalls the one time she brought him on set, and how he instantly lit up. &#8220;I was shooting and he was watching me in a scene and before we did the next take he goes, &#8216;I want to go to work with mommy! I want to go to work with you.&#8217; I&#8217;m like, &#8216;You are at work with me!&#8217; He goes, &#8216;no, in there,&#8217; like in the scene.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"4\">\n<p>The second season of <em>Step Up: High Water<\/em> is available to stream on YouTube Premium. As Naya says of the new season, &#8220;I think it&#8217;s going to be a blast and I think everyone won&#8217;t be disappointed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Don&#8217;t miss <em>E! News<\/em> every weeknight at 7, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1025075\/why-naya-rivera-says-working-on-step-up-high-water-reminds-her-of-glee?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Sykes\/Bravo\/NBCU Photo Bank Naya Rivera&nbsp;is ready to take center stage! The 32-year-old actress isn&#8217;t missing a beat as the second season of Step Up: High Water premieres today, March 20!&nbsp;Rivera says she&#8217;s &#8220;excited&#8221; to watch the new season, especially because there are many epic &#8220;dance numbers&#8221; fans can look forward to. 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