“It got here to some extent the place I used to be like, ‘Do I like blue? Or does Adrian like blue?’”
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Since Secret Life wrapped, Francia has taken on many initiatives, together with getting into the meals and beverage trade with La Victoria and Modelo’s Spiked Aguas Frescas. Nevertheless, the previous teen queen solely advised Distractify that she will by no means escape Adrian.
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Francia Raisa stated folks bear in mind her ‘Secret Lifetime of the American Teenager’ character essentially the most.
Francia starred in The Secret Lifetime of the American Teenager for 5 years, enjoying the character Adrian. Regardless of the present being over a decade previous, Francia nonetheless receives questions on her character’s storylines and the present usually. The actor additionally stated she pulled from her actual life to play her character.
“Adrian was just a little little bit of me,” she shared with Distractify whereas selling her Modelo partnership. “Truly, I do not know if it was me or the model of me that I used to be courageous sufficient to be on display screen.”
She continued: “That is one of many craziest issues about performing, particularly being on a present for therefore lengthy. It got here to some extent the place I used to be like, ‘Do I like blue? Or does Adrian like blue?’”
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Francia had no concept that ‘Secret Lifetime of the American Teenager’ had discovered a brand new fanbase on TikTok.
Since Secret Lifetime of the American Teenager ended within the 2010s, it would not really feel prefer it’s been off the air lengthy sufficient to be thought-about “nostalgic” to those that watched it stay. Nevertheless, TikTok customers appear to disagree.
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On the app, the place many throwback moments are new once more, Secret Lifetime of the American Teenager’s scenes have change into part of the Gen Z zeitgeist. Some accounts and movies on the app reward the millennial-age present, whereas a number of spotlight a few of the collection’ cringe moments.
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When requested about Secret Life gaining new followers all these years later, Francia admitted she “didn’t know” the present had a stable social media presence. However she doesn’t thoughts the additional consideration or nonetheless being acknowledged by a brand new era for being Adrian, evaluating her expertise to that of some widespread Associates characters.
“Jennifer Aniston will all the time be Rachel to me,” she stated. “David Schwimmer will all the time be Ross to me. To be a personality that somebody remembers like that. It is form of cool.”
The actor can also be happy with her legacy of being, in her sister’s phrases, “the cult classics queen,” as a lot of her roles have been a “reimagining” of types.
“Grownish, How I Met Your Father, Deliver It On, Reducing Edge, every thing is only a reimagining of one thing that was profitable,” Francia stated of her roles. “Which I feel is cool as a result of I grew up with them.”