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Do you have a toxic trait? Vengeance. Oh, right. Yeah, yeah. If I have an opportunity for revenge, that really excites me. I feel like you'd be really good at getting revenge. I am. Hi, I'm Ella. And I'm Belmont. And this is Off the Cuff. Round one, icebreakers. If I were a sound effect, Oh. what would I sound like? WHAT'S AN INTERESTING FACT YOU LEARNED RECENTLY? São Paulo, Brazil is the most populated city in all of the Americas. He did learn that. He told everybody that. I did. That was my factoid, and there's 22 million people in the greater
São Paulo area. What is your go-to song that you sing in the car? The soundtrack of Hamilton, in order, in chronological order. Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, sir. This is the order. This is the order of the song. Yeah, okay, anyway. What's the first album you bought? Oh, it was Born to Die by Lana Del Rey. Oh my god. Yeah, that was my first vinyl that I purchased. Oh, I love that. Yeah. Is Video Games on that one? Playing video games. Anytime I'm in a room with guys that are playing video games, it just like comes out of my mouth. What's your current iPhone background?
Oh my gosh, it's a picture of Mika and I when we were in São Paulo, Brazil. We were in our blazers, and we were stood in the pool. It's so cute. I LOVE IT so much. went straight from press, you just kicked your shoes off and just stood ankle deep in the You're going to have a lot of answers for this, so I hope you have a lot of time. What's a skill you wish you could be better at? Okay, that's just so unfair. Could be better at ice hockey. I wish I was better at Yeah, I'm getting better at ice hockey, but I wish I had like Garrett Graham level skill at ice hockey. And I wish I wasn't afraid of heights. We're going to the Empire State Building
today. Can't wait. Round two, getting personal. What's something you wish you knew about yourself sooner? That I do need sleep. Cuz as a kid, I used to just like lie to everybody, say I had insomnia, and like would just like stay up in like lockdown. I didn't I slept every other night. And I thought it was like so awesome. And it's so like I can't do it without sleep. He can sleep for like My ideal number of SLEEP IS 12. WE'RE LIKE, "OH MY GOD, DO YOU WANT TO HANG OUT TOMORROW?" Like No, he's just sleeping all day. to go have 10 dreams, actually. If you were to be cast in a reality show, what would it be? I would be in Summer House. As I'm watching it, I cannot believe the
story of what happens after they're done shooting. There was some pretty serious betrayal and infidelity that happened after they were done shooting, which I'm hoping will come to light at the reunion. What's your worst habit? Oh, I have a lot of bad habits. I fiddle with everything, so if you give me a prop, and it's a piece of paper, It's true. I will rip it. I subconsciously it will just get like crinkled or ripped or like I don't I truly don't mean to do it. Yeah, you do mindlessly destroy whatever you're holding. I've seen it in action. Yeah, it's bad. And oh, do you have a toxic trait? Vengeance. Oh, right. If I have an opportunity for revenge, that really excites me. like you'd be really good at getting
revenge. I am. Have you Mhm. elaborate ever ghosted someone? I have. Yeah. I just get like really stressed out, and I just like block. Oh, that's a serious ghost. Yeah. I think I've only done it to one person. I would just like block them. Apart from that, I usually respond. What's something that's supposed to be romantic, but is secretly stressful? Uh for me, Yeah. gifts. Right. I'm I'm just a really bad gift giver when it's time for gifts. I get stressed out. But you write very beautiful letters. Yes. So, you that makes up for it. But I can't do gifts. that's my workaround is I'll I'll just
like I'll I'll you a letter. That's very sweet. Do you believe in love at first sight? Yeah, I think I believe in love at first sight. I don't It's not happened to me, but I think it's could be real. What about you? It might happen to you. happen. At any given moment. Well, exactly. So, be prepared. Yeah, we're going to the Empire State Building and see a lot of people. Oh, THAT'S RIGHT. YOU! OKAY, QUICK. WHAT'S AN IDEAL FIRST DATE FOR YOU? OH, running errands together. Cute. Round three, off-campus / career questions. What's the most college thing that happened behind the scenes? I think probably the all-nighters that we did at my house.
Would you fake date to meet the love of your life? No. But to meet the love of I don't think it's a very useful idea. I It's hard. know. I could I can't see it working out. Like because I think it only works out in movies because the love of your life is the person you're fake dating. In practice, it seems risky. Yeah. I think Just go after the love of your life. get it cuz if it's the love of your life, they'll they'll come to you, too. Yeah. And if that doesn't happen, leave them behind. Block. Ghost them. Goodbye. What's one decision your character made that you totally disagree with? Hannah and Garrett are in Malone's after the fundraiser and Hannah encourages him once again to
confide in Logan and/or his other friends about his story with his father and Garrett says, "That's what I have you for." It's not that I totally disagree with that, but it is a moment where you're like, "Oh, come on." Who broke character the most? Me. You. It is his fault. It's my fault. So, I actually yeah, no, you made me break the character. I don't even know what this is. What is the dangle? A hockey term in brackets. To dangle is to stickhandle really well. It's like to juke somebody out. Okay. With your stickhandling. Going this way and you go that way. Yeah. You ever see how they go really fast?
They go whap. Nice. Yeah, that's the dangle. What's something your fans will misunderstand about your character? I've actually seen a lot of discourse online because of the trailer coming out and people who read the books. Yes. And they are surprised at how confident Hannah is. Yes, she's like maybe not the most popular person in school, but like she loves like that's who she that's what she's happy with. She's like quick-witted. She's like got that banter between her and Garrett and I think that's going to surprise people who might think she's like kind of like the like meek nerdy character, which she really actually isn't. What was your first role ever? School counts. I did do some summer camp theater stuff.
Nice. When I was a kid. And so my first role I think was Willard in Footloose. Great. Yeah. Do you have the video? I imagine it's like on a VCR. Nice. It's somewhere. What is the glissando? Music term. Is it like that on the piano? It's a musical technique involving a rapid continuous slide up or down between two pitches. Boom. Yes. Nice. I'm so good at piano. Yeah, wow. Did you learn that word No. when you were The way I could learn piano with Michael, my amazing piano teacher, I was like you just have to like play it in front of me and then I'll repeat everything you do and I'll
forget it as soon as we filmed it. So I would film it and it's gone now. I couldn't play it again. But then how the hell did you know the glissando? Because I did music in school for like a few years. Okay. Glissando. Yeah, it sounds like a glissing like glissing sound. like what it is. Round four. What is this look from? That is a pink Joe Chen suit that I wore to the Base on a True Story premiere in Los Angeles. Wait, hilarious. There's me. Can I take this home? Yeah, yes. Well, this is a very funny picture. What's this look from? Ha, that was the LA premiere of Off Campus It's pretty familiar. two weeks ago. Yes. Hockey skate boots.
Yeah, it's like an homage. They were really hard to walk in. The skates? Exactly. were serving. Incredible stuff. Thank you very much. What about this? Oh, that's I know what this is. Yeah, do you? I do. Yeah, that's my Bayside High t-shirt. Saved by the bell. Go Tigers. Aw. Holding a football. So you know I play sports. I have no idea. I wonder if you will just know what this is. What's this from? Wait. It's like Degrassi or something? It might be from The Crown. Oh, yeah? I think. Wait. Oh my god, it was. Wait. That's a Wow, that's a bad screenshot of me. You don't even look like you're listening earnestly.
Yeah, maybe you might be tired. I might have probably was tired. All right, backpack or messenger bag? Oh, backpack. Great. Uh go-to college accessory. A bunch of cool computer stickers. Instant chemistry or slow burn? Instant chemistry. Passing notes or sending texts? Sending texts. Did you ever do the passing notes? No, but I did a lot of the like chatter boxes. Yeah, they like have a note in the number that you'd pick. I wonder how old were you when you got your first phone? When did you start texting? Um I started texting in year three, so I was like eight. Holy Hockey or football? Football. I love football. Original or adaptation? Adaptation.
She says with pure conviction. Shane or Ilia? I know what my answer would be. I'm going to go Shane. Oh. I'm actually going to go Ilia. Pop or rock? Pop. Nice. Now or forever? Oh, now. Now? Oh my god, I love now. Yeah, that's good. Honestly, forever. Is the book always better than the show? No, it's not al- Keyword being always. Yeah. So I love the show cuz I watch a lot of TV. But I should read more books and then I might have a You might come back and I will have a different answer for you. Yes or no? Yes.
Yeah. That's awesome. I would say no, I think. I love saying no to stuff. You're really good at saying no. of a good no will get you far. Yeah, that's true. No is a full sentence. Yeah. And on that note, thank you so much for watching. This has been Off the Cuff WITH VOGUE. YEAH. NICE.
