Bonnie's Behind The Scenes

[@amelieneedle5166]

Everyone loves Lauren for rolling all over the floor

[@amelieneedle5166]

He does it because he wants to act all cool like a spy but it's really funny so they do that

[@zita9595]

Neon Cookie Ooh, thanks

[@jacquelineokeke1286]

+Zita Šantel to be like his daddy

[@jacquelineokeke1286]

+Jacqueline Okeke Daddy! You've come to love me!

[@user-hn1ri3uz5o]

It's because Lauren fell over in one scene so she kept doing it throughout the whole thing I think

[@stonefades]

"I played Draco Malfoy-" "Bonnie." "I played Voldemort-" "Bonnie." "I played Hermione."

[@viveleshistoires4874]

Stonefades Thanks Hermione.

[@marsiemalloww]

@@viveleshistoires4874 It's all your fault, Jafar!

[@francisarlington4425]

Stonefades I think it’s pronounced hermitcrab

[@Erin_Jane145]

@@viveleshistoires4874 whos hermione i only know herman

[@viveleshistoires4874]

Erin Duncan Right, sorry. ^^’

[@salmaben1025]

ARE WE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW DARREN FINISHES SONGS LIKE TWO DAYS BEFORE OPENING NIGHT HAHAHAHA

[@firebow2810]

That's literally like what always happens when putting on a show. The last production I was in, we changed a crap ton of stuff a few hours before our opening show. There are always so many last-minute things but you somehow always manage to get it done just in time.

[@pingnixon-hermansen5046]

FireBow wat you were in a show? Which one?

[@firebow2810]

@@pingnixon-hermansen5046 many. I was in Les Mis, I did I don't even know how many originals, Peer Gynt and tonight I'm doing a spinoff of the Truman Show

[@pingnixon-hermansen5046]

@@firebow2810 o i thought you meant you were in a star kid show

[@firebow2810]

@@pingnixon-hermansen5046 oh I wish. This just happens in productions in general

[@annfabgirl7]

"Hey look its cho chang and some white girl getting ready." Lol

[@maximuskuenning6395]

Anna Kathryn BITCH I AINT CHO CHANG

[@professorhiggly4774]

Madison Kuenning RACIST SISTER

[@vvvvinvasion]

@@professorhiggly4774 THATS LAVENDER BROWN

[@psychdc4723]

Miley Wadlinger OH THATS ALRIGHT IM CHO CHANG YALL

[@gracieliz95]

"isn't Harry Potter British?" "I don't think so." 4:30

[@grayalien48]

Matt is checked out

[@hollie767]

Im six years late but timestamp?

[@gracieliz95]

Hollie Pottah it’s 4:30 and thank you for giving me an excuse to watch this video again in 2020.

[@hollie767]

disGraced ape • thanksss and yw I guess lmao

[@ruby._.romanoffx7778]

@alfred lauridsen yea *sighs in a very British voice * because I'm flipping British....

[@caitmeyer1324]

I love how Hermione is supposed to be all ugly and stuff and Bonnie is actually gorgeous ☺️

[@leaf111]

Caitlin Meyer so is Emma Watson, basically no one is actually like book Hermione but idc they're amazing

[@erzatitana5450]

Hermione isn't supposed to be ugly, maybe as a joke in AVPM verse but otherwise not so much, she's just kinda nerdy with bushy hair and big front teeth ( which actually get corrected ) but she is never described as ugly.

[@leilanyx]

^^ this. book hermione isn't supposed to be gorgeous, and musical hermione is only jokingly reffered to as ugly in the show.

[@a.r.mproductions5616]

Fun fact. People told Emma she was too pretty to play hermione.

[@fanpet3912]

Hermione wasn't meant to be ugly per-se, just plain and I guess just a little undesirable

[@ElyseCrofts]

They said “If only we could be that good” But ma dudes, AVPM is more canon than The Cursed Child and half the HP films lmao

[@Carina5707]

TRUTH

[@annao1307]

Lol I love this more than the movies and maybe the books...????

[@lennitheghost]

Ana _O i definitely love it more than the books now bc of jk rowling, she ruined it all

[@kaitlynm4771]

You know you fucked up when a stage production made by a bunch of college kids and a puppet show are considered more canon than the movies and Broadway stage show you spent billions on

[@thbchi2079]

COULDN'T AGREE MORE!

[@gabrielabravo3731]

We all want to play Malfoy! Because we FIND him amazing

[@berryblossom9322]

Are you a Hufflepuff

[@daria-kc2hk]

What a hell is Hufflepuff?!

[@froge6652]

Gabriela Bravo this is perfect

[@albertesolveigbkgaardmorte9356]

Gabriela Bravo mwahaha

[@WateverWatever04]

Gabriela Bravo I read it in his voice 😭

[@MiracleMira]

"All these people are coming to the show ... OK there's actually nobody there but I bet that one guy's coming to the show ... with a guitar and he's gonna try to play along and ... oh wait that's our guitarist" LOL OMG Bonnie

[@vixxcelacea2778]

MiracleMira Pretty sure that it's Jamie talking considering that Cedric says "Hey Jamie". :)

[@miiiiahazel]

Vixx Celacea Yeah, just like you can sorta catch her saying That’s my bwother Ron!

[@MiniTalkin11]

talking about the sandwich bomb Darren: "just like the books"

[@beeharries5404]

11 years later and youtube puts this in my recommended

[@cori742]

Praise the sneks lmao same

[@justaperson9754]

Same

[@Tsuginocest]

Yep

[@ruby._.romanoffx7778]

Samee

[@youcandoanythingwithakazoo555]

Same

[@emimemo123]

"isnt nasa technically ameri- no, it is america. i thought harry potter was brittish" "naaaah i dont think so" "i have a bomb inside a sandwich." "... just like the books..."

[@adamzheng4362]

The amount of last minuteness scares me. The fact that they added a completely new song, with harmonizing, two days before opening night is just absolutely terrifying

[@eugene8494]

It really shows the calibre of the actors

[@WillowTitov]

That's theatre for you

[@adamzheng4362]

@@WillowTitov Yeah, I'm an actor too, but I'm not used to that kind of last minuteness.

[@SkyLimit101]

@@adamzheng4362 I remember when we had a similar situation but with an added scene that I, in back stage crew, we had to make 6 more set pieces and a new background, we only ever got it done like the night before the first night

[@msilvia4807]

And it's one of my favourite songs lmao

[@joeybunny8044]

I love the fact Darren had to write a song about himself😂

[@e_N_n]

Joey Bunny They actually used that song in Little White Lie and changed it for this show!

[@goodjobeli]

@@e_N_n Plus the version made for Little White Lie made it onto one of his albums

[@musicaddict1046]

I love the fact that he sings the love song about himself.

[@namee466]

Actually after they used it for the shos Darren changed the word "Harry" to the word "Sammy" and he put the song sammy in gis albume

[@professorrock4698]

@@namee466 Actually Harry was a rewrite of a previous song, Sami. It can be found in Little White Lie (which was made before AVPM but posted after.)

[@kayleewitmer3818]

Hi everyone! I played Voldemort bonnie! *defeated* I played hermione even hermione doesn't want to be hermione XD

[@sally1319]

THANKS HERMIONE.

[@entertain7us148]

dunno why hermione is the best

[@TheSassi14]

But she is the coolest girl!

[@tootyfruity8]

i'd use the invisibility cloak to avoid my reflection in the mirror

[@melanicholy]

This is a sandwich with a bomb in it. ... just like the books

[@katie42496]

4:45 - Bonnie getting her hair ratted 5:46 - Bonnie getting her hair ratted some more because it wasn't enough apparently:)

[@beckdixon2359]

Katie Nelson I

[@bee458]

It might of been another night

[@okonh0wp]

she is so beautiful, i love how they really uglied her up with that hair tussle

[@11Cassaroo11]

I can't believe that one of my favourite songs was added two days before the show went up! #VoldemortIsGoingDown

[@memereview9803]

11Cassaroo11 o n t h u r s d a y

[@lumosnox133]

WE ARE UNITE

[@livispuzzled]

yesss that ones my fav

[@ronaldraymond66]

I lost it... The High School Musical notebook man... I'm done reached my nerd limit

[@goodjobeli]

WHAT TEAM? Me:Gryffindor!!! NO ITS WILDCATS

[@goodjobeli]

I can't believe AVPM is almost 10 years old where did that time go

[@6idiotslover2711]

It's almost 11 years old now...

[@OrionVaritasIrene]

Ikr.

[@Jort_Stormer]

just use a timeturner lol

[@Spooky_l3xxi]

I would have been 6

[@plain4869]

I know right ;(

[@lillianmanuel4956]

When Nick said "if only we could be that good" when talking about HSM... I'm just over here laughing from the future

[@katem1660]

"oh wait that is our guitarist"

[@MelanieMcGeary]

CHO CHANG IS DEVIN FROM LADYLIKE HOLY HECK

[@kaywesten146]

i am so shook by this comment

[@niallerwhoran2219]

Melanie McGeary what!!! Really?

[@Diamondgamervideos]

WHAT

[@Oilyarm]

WOAH WOAH WOAH WHAT THE FUCK

[@771Ashley77]

EXCUSE ME

[@daisydottie9252]

"isnt harry potter brittish? I dont think so"

[@HilaryLudkin-Finnie]

My Grandad lived 1 street away from JK Rowling's house in Edinburgh! I've visited the café where she wrote the earlier books (it's called the Elephant Café and is really nice) and I can confirm that it is in Britain, Also, Kings Cross Station where platform 9 3/4 is in London😊

[@avangelinecollett3962]

Lauren giggling in 'Different as can be' :D so cute

[@daisyx60]

Lauren is so pretty without the Draco wig. 5:54

[@dharmamorgan2205]

Lauren is so pretty with the Draco wig 👀

[@berryblossom9322]

+Miranda Morgan preach

[@goingghost8297]

How old were laughing and the Joe's when they started and how old are they now?

[@pippadee8266]

She kinda looks like Quinn fabray in glee

[@lc2341]

@@goingghost8297 Hi it's been a year anyways Lauren's 34 and Joe Walker is 33 now (I don't know Moses off the top of my head and I'm too lazy for google but I'd imagine it's similar bc they're all within a few years of each other) so eleven years ago they'd have been in their early twenties

[@ravenpuff3290]

It makes sense that Bonnie would rather be Malfoy than Hermione because at least Draco can draw Edit: y'all don't have to keep liking my comment. this comment isn't even that funny 😉

[@beccaw74]

HERMIONE CANT DRAW HERMIONE CANT DRAW HERMIONE CANNOT DRAW!!!!...

[@gracee.2997]

@@beccaw74 SHE ONKY READS BOOKS AND SHE CANNOT DRAW, HERMIONE CANNOT DRAW

[@klutzes]

@@gracee.2997 EVEN IF SHE'S READING A HOW TO DRAW BOOK!

[@gracee.2997]

@@klutzes YA BUT AT LEAST SHE CAN SING UNLIKE LUPIN

[@beccaw74]

@@gracee.2997 LUPIN CANT SING! LUPIN CANT SING!

[@moonchildkath91]

Dude starkid should do a high school musical parody

[@isa45783]

The thing about high school musical is that it kind of parodies itself...

[@RibbitRibbit-j6p]

High school musical truly became a parody when they invited "high school musical the musical the series" 😂😂

[@iridescent28]

Deck the halls of northville high

[@martina6700]

Wow, this aged like fine wine.

[@arianna4803]

We miss you Bonnie!

[@kat8133]

Majestic as hell fucking Unicorn what happened to her?

[@silverstonestream5477]

@@kat8133 I think she left Starkid to go pursue her own stuff...? I'm not too sure

[@mirandakeigher819]

@@silverstonestream5477 She did Christian short films in St Charles IL for a while, she lives around there happily married with three kids now! I've seen her at Meijer a couple times lol

[@goodjobeli]

SHES COMING BACK FOR 10 YEARS

[@natalievuchetich1890]

I love how Darren says "the kids" are learning a new song when they're all pretty much the same age

[@annaperktold1837]

I want to be in the show so badly... I really want to participate and create something like that. It's great!

[@comedycentarkk2444]

Yes! Fans unite! *Creates musical*

[@albertesolveigbkgaardmorte9356]

Anna V I just can't dance, sing, or act. But then, yes, I wish I was there

[@prisonerofdreamsss9783]

Hey you posted this two years ago but I love your Profile Pic

[@IsobellaAme]

Bonnie is the REAL Hermanonucleosis! She is so beautiful!! The way she sings "The coolest girl in the world" always gives me shivers.

[@evanf3113]

52 dislikes? Thanks Hermione!

[@undyneonpigfarts2401]

This is all your fault jafar!

[@et8387]

Phoebe F Why is it always me?

[@brunetteasapotter5229]

Evan F What the devil is going on here?!

[@shrek4921]

Brunette As A Potter THAT'S ABSURD

[@emiliah3830]

MALFOY YOU LITTLE SHIT

[@isaacs8783]

Am I the only one punching their monitor when she said 'thanks for all the hits'?

[@AAC-qd2vn]

Amber Shoffren yes

[@catlyson3291]

Why do you want to punch her?

[@hermionegranger1598]

@@catlyson3291 Because she said thanks for all the 'hits' instead of 'views'

[@flipflopzthreeonethree1873]

Lol when she was like "This person is coming to our show with a guitar, they're gonna try to play along" and then she was like "Oh wait that is our guitarist"

[@superanoniem9783]

i love how during different as can be you hear Lauren laughing

[@NadillaMarsha0311]

6:34 "Heey evil dude" "oo wow"

[@Nina-pl1iu]

When she said "ooo wow" she sounded like Star Butterfly from Star vs the forces of evil

[@Mmischi1989]

Watching this after Darren won his Emmy is making me tear up. So proud of him!

[@c0llapsingst4rs]

“Everyone loves Lauren just rolling all over the floor” She’s not wrong

[@rebecca0liverx]

is anyone else just basically accepting death from joe walker like fuckkkkk😍

[@Amqzong]

But seriously, Hermione is so underrated.

[@SusanWojcucki]

Everything about this is golden. How are every single one of them so funny?

[@martinenotmartini9935]

"If only we could be that good." Fast forward over a decade later and they are still working together, having fun together and are doing an amazing job with their fanbase. Disney could never.

[@namee466]

So true, Disney could never get to the level of starkid, and Im sirius (black)

[@OllieYao]

Either Lauren Lopez is really short or Joe Walker is really tall

[@annaelizabeth9706]

Ollie Yao Both. 😂

[@esmervbruce7172]

@@annaelizabeth9706 I'm late but Joe is actually kinda short

[@bea2860]

Lauren is 5'0" ...I'm shorter than her.

[@jordonnalevin5722]

PLEASE THEY LEARNED VOLDY IS GOING DOWN TWO DAYS BEFORE OPENING?? THATS REAL TALENT

[@borderj9519]

THANKS HERMIONE

[@fionacamm5386]

lmao devin is at buzzfeed now

[@albertesolveigbkgaardmorte9356]

Fiona Camm yeah, and I saw AVPM first, and then suddenly I watched buzzfeed and what's like: "wth that's... Cho Chang y'all?"

[@nina-ck4ml]

Cho Chang y'all??

[@jazzedaboutcheese]

@@albertesolveigbkgaardmorte9356 LEGIT ME

[@lucywalker4545]

It's weird seeing the guy playing Ron with black short hair, I always see him ginger! PS: Is he in Jessie? I swear he looks like Officer Petey.

[@imnotkatiesearle]

Yep, he's officer petey :)

[@lucywalker4545]

Thought so haha.

[@danique8582]

Omg , i saw it last time on the tv and i taught that , omg i was right

[@hannahmurdy8902]

Joey Richter

[@gi0._.p506]

He was also in glee He was a Nyada student in the show choir

[@jemcat99]

How was this SEVEN YEARS AGO. 😓

[@goodjobeli]

The show turns 10 on Tuesday holy fuck

[@madeleineclaire222]

TEN!!!!

[@catrionacreswell4304]

11 years! 😲😲

[@bea2860]

Pretty much 12 now... this is a strange feeling.

[@kendrahouck984]

When the backstage is better quality than their filming of the actual show lol. Also, it's so amazing to see how far so many of these people have come in the last like 10 years.

[@hayleydoesthings]

God, I love Darren's falsetto.

[@melaniemertenspolak]

I'm so thankful this exists

[@TheStripedCrayon]

"A sandwich with a bomb inside it" "Just like the books" Darren omg :')

[@deamaree99]

I've watched this video multiple times over the past 10 years and this time around I died a little when I saw Carlos Valdes running through the crowd at 8:26

[@Sailorluna96]

Dylan responding to Jaime's "but everyone loves you" is me whenever I try to accept a compliment

[@kookyss64]

I'm so glad talented creative passionated artistic persons like you exist ! I love you all so much

[@kaitlynduarte568]

i love how everything with starkid is last minute

[@snipahscrub7285]

Bonnie talks so different compared to hermione 😳

[@revolutixnradio]

I run into places and roll on the floor and say "Did someone say Draco Malfoy?"

[@angeliquesotelo1646]

I have to start doing this lol

[@Heaven_and_ada]

This just gives me such happiness because i haven't been able to rehearse a play in forever this makes me remember how fun it is

[@FearlessDreamer99]

And to think, when this was all filmed they probably had no idea just how huge and successful they would become. It's nice to be able to look back and see how much they have grown. I'm proud of my little Starkids!!!

[@ryangarner7721]

It’s crazy how far everyone’s gone from here. Carlos in the Flash, Devin in Ladylike, AJ on the West End, Darren on Broadway, many of these having bigger roles in other musicals

[@shinyminunthetheatregeek2036]

Aww💕💕💕 the part where everyone was waiting for the last show made me happy cry! They're so happy!

[@memequeen7778]

Backstage is awesome. the practice before the main thing. the sense of satisfaction after it is over and the feeling of sadness taking over? Backstage is like gold and a thousand times better than the actual performance. you make friends, form a family. as someone who has been in many dances, I can tell you with full confidence that being backstage, is the best experience you can ever get - whether people watch you or not.

[@kayharris9990]

YES THEY WERE PRACTICING MY FAVORITE SONG!

[@goodjobeli]

Pigfarts?

[@rowanshoemaker]

Nick: “Here’s a bomb in the middle of a sandwich.” Darren: “Just like the books.”

[@rharrison001]

Where all my Hufflepuffs at? Cuz tbh, i FIND our house to be the best house........ find

[@purplecatloverrandompizza]

What the hell is a hufflepuff

[@graceelizabeth5988]

purplecatlover1825 randompizza frick I was gunna say that

[@pippadee8266]

I'm here!!!!

[@indiajessierocks]

I *FOUND* YOU!!!!! 💛🖤💛

[@azzahrahanamayindra7253]

Eyyy

[@EmmaBlackburn9]

Everyone looks so different! x

[@rylietaylor9557]

they really do

[@kazza6078]

Can't wait for there to be a ridiculously amazing documentary series about this company one day

[@camdotcoms]

i can't imagine having to be backstage with joe in full voldemort costume i would lose it

[@MyLyfeThruTheLens]

I wish so desperately that I had been able to see this show in person.

[@JayanXiao]

"If only we could be that good." Oh Nick, you guys are a thousand times better!

[@mariamghonem6148]

Than the Original Cast......... In my opinion. Cause they did it mostly like the books.

[@lauraromano513]

Julia and Lauren look like such babies! It's strange to think this was less than 5 years ago.

[@angeliquesotelo1646]

Ikr I just found out that they were in their early twenties but they look like they’re twelve 😂

[@Azire]

I though Hermione in AVPM wasn't really beautiful, but she's actually stunning ! And I love the fact that they made her more "nerdy" for the play. She is so beautiful.

[@cyren_]

I'd absolutely kill to perform in something like this. They all looked like they were having so much fun and it was absolutely brilliant to watch.

[@poopoomcgee123]

"i've been here for 12-13 hours now and i've written 3 songs" we love you Darren

[@MrKrinsebacke]

O my god a night troll

[@sophiam.1549]

I'm not a night troll IM A LITTLE GIRL

[@fantasticmexxx9451]

I loved Lauren rolling all over the floor. Ohmygod it made me cry with laughter when I watched it in AVPM

[@emmikate]

I love watching this and knowing the success they had. Makes my heart melt.

[@nekofrau]

"I bet you that guy is coming to the show, with the guitar, and he's gonna try and play along- -Oh wait, no, that is our guitarist" *WHEEZING*

[@jemimasirtes9334]

Jaime: but everybody loves you! Dylan: ah yes time to sing the dragon song 5:31

[@MaLulaSar]

WAITING IS THE BEST THING EVER! WAITING IS SO COOL! Not usually, but it is if you're later watching this GENIUS musical!

[@StephyWoo]

bonnie is so pretty c:

[@rosalynn2921]

I live for this old school shit

[@maiajansson3227]

This reminds me of the production of Grease I was in, we literally finished the car for Greased Lighting a few hours before the show started

[@emmawoods660]

I've just watched all of the musical and already want to watch it again

[@tatianabelenmoran6991]

ohh... bonnie!!! I miss her!!!

[@paigesimard4350]

“a sandwich with a bomb inside of it” “just like the books”

[@kuhnuckles1]

“Just like the books”

[@koneshauf]

Love how Darren called the cast “the kids”

[@TheKaffeeBonbon]

seven years later and it still makes me happy :D

[@sweetstxr]

My love for Bonnie just went up literally like,, 500%

[@paulafleites5771]

52 dislikes? My father would hear about this.

[@sharnaeks7800]

Ok I just came across this again and felt emotional. Look at those babies just having fun with their college mates! Who knew what was ahead of them!

[@forgemakesstuff2734]

learning songs two days before opening night and then making them beautiful the day of is such a theatre mood I cAN'T--

[@proudtobeageek95]

Anyone else notice that Joey's fly is down at 5:52? No, just me? K.

[@felicityirisjones5014]

hahahaha you're not alone ;)

[@WhitePaintbrush]

Felicity Iris Jones 'CAUSE YOU'RE HERE WITH ME--I'll shut up.

[@amberowen-jones7611]

Thank god I'm not the only person still watching this in 2015.. Phew.

[@IsabellaKnight6614]

Me toooo!!

[@swiggityswaeger5740]

+Amber Styles 2016

[@duck7515]

5:38 i love how joe is feeling the song XD

[@vinnymaria1056]

The artist playing malfoy is cute gorgeous and amazing

[@emilymonahan5232]

lauren lopez is her name and i would die for her

[@evegardullo2151]

Nick: Were making a bomb sandwich Darren: Yep, just like the books lolololol

[@RockerChicktv1]

When you see a wild Cisco (Carlos) running past. Also Devon from buzzfeed, Joey was on Henry danger, and obviously Darren.