Here’s what Jason had to say about filming the episode, which is called “Stan By Me”:

Disney Society: So, Disney is launching a new network, Disney XD. I saw that you’ll be playing Hunter in Aaron Stone. What can you tell me about that show?

Jason: I am really excited about Aaron Stone. Before I went up there to shoot my episode, they sent me the first 3 episodes and it is so good. It’s totally a boy,action show. They’ve got martial arts fighting. They’ve got really cool computer graphics for these video games that they play. The characters are all really cool. For the episode that I did, I played Hunter who is like a cyborg, terminatortype , who’s the defender of the hero Charlie. So, I show up at school and I am there as his sidekick to help defend him basically. Then I get damaged in a battle and I totally go evil, terminator…trying to destroy Aaron Stone.

What’s so cool is that they have full teams of stunt guys out there. The fight choreography is amazing and my stunt double was really good. But they taught me all of the fight choreography and I was doing like me against three soldiers, martial arts fighters with no experience. But they did a good job at teaching me all of the stuff and I think they are going to actually use a lot of my fighting. I was so excited to shoot that episode.

I am really optimistic that this show is going to be the boy answer to Hannah Montana. I think this show is going to be huge for them.

I can’t wait to see Jason in this episode!

In "Stan By Me", Stan is replaced by Hunter, a hip teenage android who helps Aaron Stone battle The General, but ends up short circuiting and thinks his new mission is to destroy Aaron Stone. Now, Stone needs to find a way to save himself and destroy Hunter before it’s too late. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Charlie, a Code Ten (dismantlement) has been ordered for Stan in "Aaron Stone," WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney XD.

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We can see the sad faces of Miley, Mitchel and Emily here. Awwwwwww. Miley and Jason make a funny face for the camera here. That Jason cracks me up! He’s a fun person to talk to (psst. check out my exclusive interview with him here.).

Don’t be too sad about season 3 wrapping, because we all have season 4 to look forward to, which will be quite different than any season ever! The storyline for the fourth season will have the Stewarts grappling with saying goodbye to their beachfront Malibu home. Sounds kind of sad doesn’t it?

So, what’s up for the stars of the show while they have some time off?

Miley left for Arkansas last night and then is headed to Georgia to film her newest movie “The Last Song”. Miley taked about her co-star at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. You have to read what she said here.

Mitchel Musso will be working on his music career. (Have you purchased  his album yet? What?! You must!!)

As far as Emily and Jason, I’m not sure what they’ll be up to exactly. Maybe just resting up for an awesome season 4 in 2010!

Goodbye season 3…hellooooooo season 4!

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Jason was very outspoken about his co-star Miley. He said, “She’s sort of like, and don’t take this the wrong way, I hope she doesn’t take this the wrong way, she’s sort of like hanging out with a dude. You can’t say anything to shock her.”

Listen to the interview to hear what else he had to say.

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The Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato were the stars of the night and they all looked great! Demi showed up with a brand new tan. Other stars who showed up were Brenda Song, Emily Osment, Jason Earles, Meaghan Jette Martin, Jason Dolley and Alyson Stoner.

Check out tons of pictures below!

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In Part 2, we talked about “Hannah Montana: The Movie”, “Space Buddies”, “Dadnapped”, “Aaron Stone” and more! Whew!

Jason was so gracious to answer all of my questions and I wanted to give him a big “Thank You!!”.

Enjoy!

Disney Society: What was it like filming “Hannah Montana: The Movie” in Tennessee?

Jason: It was awesome! Probably the coolest part of it was, we went from taping our show, (that we shot 60 episodes on our sound stage from, it was always in that one place never out in the world), to this beautiful setting in Tennessee. So, all of these characters that we got to know intimately, you suddenly get to see where they came from, out in the world, driving cars, out on the ranch and doing big giant concerts. It was just cool to see the scale of it all change from our little TV show to a big giant movie.

Disney Society: What can you tell us about the movie and Jackson’s role in it? Do you go to TN with Miley?

Jason: My role in the movie is sort of like the show where I sort of pop in and provide a little comic relief. The premise is Jackson is going off to TN to go to college and then he sort of gets sucked into Miley’s troubles in TN a little bit.

The overall story for the movie is that Miley sort of loses her way a little bit and doesn’t really understand the distinction between Miley and Hannah Montana anymore. So, we take her back to TN to sort of make her remember where she came from. It’s kind of like a finding yourself again story. I’d say that’s what 90 percent of the movie is about and it’s a really beautifully shot, beautiful music, sweet moments, funny moments….it’s the total package for a good family movie.

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Disney Society: Well, I am definitely excited about it!

Jason: Have you seen any previews from the movie?

Disney Society: Oh yes!

Jason: The thing that’s always shocking to me is that it looks like a big movie. We do a really good job on our sound stage, but it’s just a whole different scale then what we can do on the show.

Disney Society: Were there any funny incidents on the movie set?

Jason: Jackson ends up going to TN and working at a petting zoo. So, at the petting zoo, I am teaching these kids about this giant ostrich. I told the wardrobe guy, when I was doing my very first fitting before we started shooting the movie, that I thought this was all really funny, but that I hate birds. I just really hate them and I have this scene with this giant 6 foot, pre-historic, angry bird and I just don’t know what’s going to happen with that. And I said that the only thing that I don’t want to happen is I just don’t want it to bite me in the face.

The very first take with the ostrich, it bit me in the face. It was the scariest thing ever and my face welted up and they had to cover it with a bunch of makeup. But I had to shoot with this ostrich the entire day and from the very first take I was just terrified. The animal handler gave me the little leash that was around his neck and said, “Here’s the leash. Don’t pull on it.He doesn’t like it when you pull on it”, and I’m like, well what’s the point in giving it to me? You’re basically saying I have no control over what this ostrich does and he’s like, “Yeah, that’s pretty much what I’m telling you”. So, that was definitely an adventure and maybe one of my least favorite days to shoot, but then it ended up being a funny story. There’s some silly ostrich stuff in it, that works out pretty good.

Disney Society: So, ‘Dadnapped’ is coming out on February 16^th. I know that you play Merv. What can you tell me about that character?

Jason: Merv is the hotel manager of the hotel that Emily, who plays Melissa, and her dad stay at. Her dad’s a writer of these really popular, sort of spy books and there’s a convention going on there, so they swing by and he’s doing a little event at the convention. Her dad gets kidnapped, Dadnapped, and I help Melissa try to track down her father. He’s [Merv] a really big, sort of silly character. He’s probably the biggest, broadest, sort of silly character in the show. He’s got this rat pack sort of a vibe about him with the big pompadour hair, the white jacket. He definitely stands out.

The thing that’s really cool is he is completely different from Jackson. I think that all of the Disney fans that watch the movie will be excited to see all of these characters from the different shows play parts that are totally different. David Henrie is different than he is in Wizards. Moises and Emily are both from my show and they both play very different roles. And even Phil Lewis who is like the butler from Suite Life – Mr. Moseby – he plays a bad guy. So, it’s a lot of familiar faces, but you see them in cool, different ways.

Disney Society: Do you have any plans for the “Dadnapped” debut?

Jason: I think that we’re going to try to get together with the different Disney people that were in it and watch the premiere together. Like Emily and Phil Lewis….we’ll see if we can get David to come out and then the guy who plays the dad, his name is George Newburn. He was in Father of the Bride and he’s a really funny guy. I think we might end up getting together with him too, with his family. We’ll all just get together, watch it and see how it turned out.

Disney Society: I saw Space Buddies and I know you do a voice of one of the dogs, Spudnick. Have you ever done a voice over movie like that before?

Jason: No, not like that. I’ve done some little animated pilots for the Disney Channel and a couple of cartoons, but that was the first time that I had done it like a full movie, with live action stuff…although it was a little different since I was playing a dog.

It was really cool. You would be amazed at how fast you can record those things. I think I went in for maybe 3 sessions, less than 8 hours, including all the revisions, to do the whole movie. And what’s crazy about the voice over stuff too, is that I never met the guy who played the Russian cosmonaut. I was never in the same room as him or any of the other voice over actors. I was never even in the same room as the director. He was always in Canada, calling in on the phone listening to the session while we were recording. So, it’s so disjointed but they do a really good job at putting it all together and you would never know how little contact we had with each other when we’re shooting it.

Disney Society: So, Disney is launching a new network, Disney XD. I saw that you’ll be playing Hunter in Aaron Stone. What can you tell me about that show?

Jason: I am really excited about Aaron Stone. Before I went up there to shoot my episode, they sent me the first 3 episodes and it is so good. It’s totally a boy, action show. They’ve got martial arts fighting. They’ve got really cool computer graphics for these video games that they play. The characters are all really cool. For the episode that I did, I played Hunter who is like a cyborg, terminator type, who’s the defender of the hero Charlie. So, I show up at school and I am there as his sidekick to help defend him basically. Then I get damaged in a battle and I totally go evil, terminator…trying to destroy Aaron Stone.

What’s so cool is that they have full teams of stunt guys out there. The fight choreography is amazing and my stunt double was really good. But they taught me all of the fight choreography and I was doing like me against three soldiers, martial arts fighters with no experience. But they did a good job at teaching me all of the stuff and I think they are going to actually use a lot of my fighting. I was so excited to shoot that episode.

I am really optimistic that this show is going to be the boy answer to Hannah Montana. I think this show is going to be huge for them.

Disney Society: I think you’re right! I know that Disney XD’s main target audience is tween boys. Why do you think it’s important to have a channel aimed towards that age group?

Jason: I just don’t think there’s much out there for them right now. I think out of all the other shows on Disney….no offense to the other shows…our show [Hannah Montana] is the closest to something that tween boy would watch. The boys that watch our show, I think like it, but to say that their cool, they’ll say that they watch it because my sister watches it. But still, for whatever reason, there is a little bit of a stigma about some of the Disney shows when it comes to boys.

Disney XD really seems like a home for them where it’s all entertainment that is geared towards them. It’s going to be the thing that they like. Guys gravitate towards video games, action..so to have an outlet for them that’s not really offensive, bloody or super violent…but you still get the action. I think it’s going to be a network that parents will feel comfortable with their boys watching it.

Disney Society: You sure have a lot going on right now! Do you have any other projects coming up in the future?

Jason: I think that about covers it. You really did your research. But, I am excited about all of those things, and I am really proud of being a part of all of them. I have a bunch of nieces and nephews from my older brothers and I am so thrilled that I’ve been able to be a part of so many things that they can actually watch, as opposed to things that I would want them to avoid.

I hope that people will enjoy everything.

Disney Society: Oh, I think they will! The last question I have for you today is from one of your fans. She wanted to know what your long term goals are and if you see yourself acting forever?

Jason: Yeah, I really hope so. Somebody that I have always looked up to and hoped that I could have a career like would be Michael J Fox. I think that type-wise, we are sort of similar guys and we both do physical comedy. He did a really good job at bouncing back and forth between movies and TV. He also did a lot of family friendly stuff. He had just a really great career. Everybody loved watching him, it didn’t really matter what he did.

I hope that 30 years from now people will say the same thing about me and my career. If I could have a career like that, it would be fantastic.

Disney Society: Well, I sure hope you continue with acting and I can’t wait to see what else you do in the future!

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I had a fabulous chat with Jason Earles, who plays Jackson on “Hannah Montana”.

He was so much fun to talk to! Jason is involved in so many things right now, so I had a lot of questions to ask him.

This is Part 1 of our interview where we chatted about “Hannah Montana” the series. Part 2 is about “Hannah Montana: The Movie”, “Space Buddies”, Disney XD and more! Stay tuned for that.

I hope you enjoy it!

Disney Society: In Hannah Montana, if you were the rock star character and Miley was just Miley, what would your rock star name be? I know that it was Bucky Kentucky in one of the Hannah Montana episodes, so would you keep that name?

Jason Earles: I always think about that too and I actually can’t think of anything better than Bucky Kentucky. I think that for that episode the little persona that we created is sort of like an Axel Rose from Guns n Roses with the way he dressed, and I actually think I would stick with Bucky Kentucky.

Disney Society: What is one of your favorite Hannah Montana episodes? (Before the interview officially started, we were chatting about the chocolate bunny episode, which is one of my favorites.)

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Jason Earles: My favorite episode sort of changes by the day, but when people ask me that question, that chocolate bunny episode is one of the ones I always mention. It’s probably easily in my top 5.

Another episode that I really like was an episode where Billy Ray [Cyrus] and I prank each other the whole time. I end up going through the picture in the door way and falling in the puddle of chocolate pudding and sliding around. The reason why I like that episode is because it’s the perfect example of why our show works. The scene was supposed to end when I came back through the door and you see me all covered in chocolate, but they let the cameras keep rolling. So the whole “come here and give me a hug” part and him running away, me chasing him and sliding in the kitchen all sort of naturally happened. It ended up making it into the episode and I think it’s one of the funnier things that we’ve done. I just think it’s a good example of why our show is funny and why it works.

Disney Society: What is a normal day on the Hannah Montana set like?

Jason Earles: Depending on whether we are shooting or rehearsing, it ends up being a little different. We tend to be more playful the first three days of the week when we’re rehearsing and then the 2 days that we’re shooting, we get a little more business-like. That’s when we’re a little more pressed for time usually.

But, on a typical day we show up and there’s a mixture of going to school and rehearsing and then we also hang out a lot. So, if we’re not doing scenes we hang out in Miley’s dressing room and play Guitar Hero or if we have a long lunch, we’ll all pack up into my car and go get sushi together, or grab a coffee.

It’s funny because our moods change day by day, so sometimes I’m the instigator and I’m the one that really wants to play and act goofy on set. Then there’s other days where it’s all Miley and she’s just really bouncing off the walls and we all get sucked into the madness.

I would say in general it’s a really good blend of working really, really hard to make sure the show is as funny as possible and then just being goofy with each other. And I think that’s what allows the show to work because all of that silliness you see on camera is an extension of what our real relationships are like off screen.

Disney Society: What’s it like working on such a hit show? How has your life changed?

Jason Earles: I definitely get more attention now in public than I did before the show. And it’s been fun over the last two years to see how it’s changed. When the show first came on, if I was out at the mall, people would be like “Oh, that’s Hannah Montana’s brother” and then maybe 6 months later they were like “There’s Jackson” from Hannah Montana. Now, for about the last year or so, it’s usually “That’s Jason Earles!”

Everybody gets to know you a little more personally as time goes on.

Now it’s to the point where even parents, if their kids aren’t there, will stop and say that they watch the show with their kids, that they think it’s really funny and a great family show and ask if I’ll take a picture with them. So, I take cell phone pictures with parents now, without their kids even being there, because it seems like the show has become such a big part of family life.

Disney Society: Well, it’s definitely popular in my house and my whole family enjoys it. We all get a good laugh from it.

Jason Earles: Yeah, what we always try to do… is that we don’t want it to offend anybody, but we really want it to be funny. So, we try to treat it like one of those TGI Friday shows, like Full House or Family Matters. It was something that the whole family could sit down and watch. Maybe it’s geared a little bit younger, but there’s enough jokes in there to keep mom and dad interested too.

Disney Society: Tell me a little about auditioning for the role of Jackson.

Jason Earles: It was a really fast process for me. I almost didn’t go in for the audition because I thought that the name of the show was really silly and wasn’t really sure if I got what the premise was. I was like, “Hannah Montana, who’s going to watch that?”.

But I ended up going to the audition and it was an audition that had all of the producers and the writers there. They knew me from Phil of the Future because I had done a couple of episodes on that and it was a lot of the same people. So, they were like “Oh we know you. You’re from Phil of the Future. You’re funny”, so they just told me to have fun with it.

They took all the pressure off right at the very beginning and so I just had a good time with it. Before I left from that first audition they asked me if I would test for the network that next week. So, I went to test for the network and it was all of the same people, plus some Disney executives and I did the audition again. It was maybe a week later that they cast me in it. It was like a two week process before I got the part.

And it was cool, because even when we were shooting the pilot, it seemed like Disney was very excited about the show and we had a really good feeling that we were going to get picked up and we would probably be around for awhile. Of course, we had no idea it was going to be this popular.

My experience was very quick, verses Miley who chased that role for 2 years before they finally gave it to her. She really worked hard for that and she was the first person cast, so once they casted her and they knew what they were building the show around, everything else fell into place really quickly. Emily [Osment] was hired and I was hired.

A lot of people think that Billy Ray [Cyrus] was the first one and that the show was sort of built for him and that’s how Miley got the role. Billy Ray was actually completely removed from the equation until after everyone else was cast. It was sort of on a whim that he came in and read with Miley one day and they loved the chemistry and that’s how he got it. Miley fought for it forever and the rest of the cast fell into place

Disney Society: How are you and Jackson alike and how are you different?

Jason Earles: I’m a significantly better student than Jackson. He’s a little more laissez faire when it comes to his school work. From early elementary school my parents have always instilled in me that it was important to take that seriously. I am pretty much like a straight A sort of a guy and Jackson is not.

Also, in my real life I am little more calmer and reserved. But, if I’m in a social situation like a party or on the set, I am probably just as big of an instigator of zaniness as Jackson is. I kind of like to be the center of attention and I tend to goof around quite a bit, when it’s appropriate to good around of course.

Part 2 of Disney Society’s interview with Jason Earles coming soon!

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My family has been a fan of Jason’s since “Hannah Montana” aired for the very first time. I love his character Jackson and how he handles having a rock star for a sister.

Jason will reprise his role as Jackson in “Hannah Montana: The Movie”.He’s also starring in the upcoming DCOM “Dadnapped”.

Let me know what you think I should ask Jason Earles! Submit your questions in the comment section or feel free to email them to me at julie at b5media.com.

Thanks!

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