“It’s funny and ironic, and I’m loving being the authority figure.” Sure, it’s possible that Alana will eventually have a “pivotal moment” that inspires her to change her ways, but Houghton says she’s “having too much fun torturing Raven Baxter as a grown woman” to let that happen anytime soon. “How genius of the writers of this show to create that dynamic where the school bully becomes the principal,” she says. Even just being in the dressing room was insane.”Īs for Alana being the principal, Houghton admits she was “fully shocked” by her character’s new gig. I remember all of our Cheetah Girls photo shoots and promo shoots. Not only was That’s So Raven filmed on that lot, but I also did The Suite Life of Zack and Cody on that lot. To have a letter from him, welcoming me back to Disney Channel, I almost bawled my eyes out.
“Gary has been one of those beacons of light throughout my career, ever since I was in The Cheetah Girls,” she says. The entire experience of returning to Raven’s world was “wildly nostalgic” for Houghton, beginning with the flowers she found in her dressing room from Gary Marsh, the president and chief creative officer for Disney Branded Television. We laugh at the fact that we were playing the high school students… and now we’re playing the parents.
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We did the first Cheetah Girls movie when I was 19, and now I’m 38, so we’ve stayed friends for almost 20 years. “I’ve always been hopeful about, so to be able to make it happen was a dream come true,” Houghton tells TVLine. What’s more, Alana is now the principal of Bayside, where Booker enrolls after he and Raven move back to San Francisco to care for her father.
Raven Baxter may see the future, but when Raven’s Home returns for its fifth season on Disney Channel, it’s the psychic’s past that comes back to haunt her.Īdrienne Bailon-Houghton is set to recur in Season 5, reprising the role of Raven’s high school bully Alana from That’s So Raven, TVLine has learned exclusively.
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