![]() “Well, everything’s easy for you, isn’t it?” she tells him in one scene, upsetting him as she speaks the truth. She’s incredibly dedicated to school because she wants to finish at the top of her class. Bonnie has no issues calling him out on it. While Kyle was the main focus of this movie, it’s his friend, Bonnie Lopez, who’s the true hero. He also shrinks and his hair turns orange. When he loses his charm, he begins to struggle at life. Up until this point, his family refused to tell him anything about his background. Unbeknownst to him, his mother is Irish and a leprechaun and his dad is a human. ![]() After losing his lucky talisman – entrusted to him as the youngest member of his family, which seems unwise – Kyle starts transforming into a leprechaun. There’s no other way to say it: The Luck of the Irish was weird. Ready to Run doesn’t get as much shine as other DCOMs, but the fact that Corrie broke into such a male-dominated sport is reason enough to celebrate. She cleverly figures out that he just needs to block out the noise (the taunts of the kinda bitchy horses), so she puts headphones on him during every race and turns him into a winner. (the movie literally translated this to the “confidence of horses,” which is not quite right.) Instead of using her gift to become the queen of the horses, she helps TJ (voiced by Paul Rodriguez), a horse who chokes under pressure. She earned, as her abuelita said, la confiaza de caballos. After the quadrupeds see her freeing a horse in danger of being put down, they begin speaking to her. But Corrie adamantly tells her, “I can be anything I want to be.”Ĭorrie is really passionate about riding, and that’s even before she learns she can talk to horses. When Corrie tells her mom that Hector Machado is looking for a new jockey, her mom tells her that she should become a teacher or go into a less dangerous field. Given that her dad died in a racing-related accident, her mother is, understandably, hardcore against it. She dreams of following in her father’s footsteps and becoming a jockey. Ready to Run follows 14-year-old Corrie Ortiz. Below, check out 7 characters (all of whom are women) that inspired us 90s and 00s kids, and yes, all the movies are incredibly cheesy. And while we didn’t find that many – we excluded films like Rip Girls because while Camilla Belle is Latina her character isn’t and disqualified some of the newer films (sorry, Camp Rock) – there are a few that we know we could use on our TVs today (Gabriella from Brink!). ![]() While this era saw classics like Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, Johnny Tsunami, and Halloweentown, the truth is, we hardly saw ourselves represented on the screen.īy now, Disney Channel has produced more than 100 DCOMs, so we decided to look back and find the Latino characters that played a role in shaping our childhoods. Disney Channel actually began airing television movies in 1983 (known then as Disney Channel Premiere Films), but by 1997 had rebranded them as Disney Channel Original Movies. I’m shocked that they read the credits! But they did! If one movie could move a young girl to believing she could be that person in the film, and do great things – that’s a wonderful accomplishment.If you were a kid in the late 90s and early aughts, you probably grew up watching Disney Channel Original Movies (DCOMs) – arguably the best TV movies the House of Mouse has ever produced. I’m always pleased to know the film touched and moved them. She continued, “Some have said that seeing the film made them out and try for their school’s dance team, or cheer team, or basketball team. When it first aired, and for about five years after that first airing and subsequent airings over the year, I’ve had countless young girls – all Latinas – tell me that “Kick” is their favorite film or tell me who is their favorite characters.” ![]() I’ve been so very fortunate to work on many varied and special projects but Gotta Kick It Up was my first major writing credit, and I will always hold this story dear to my heart. In an August 2017 interview with Millennial Hallmarker, Nancy De Los Santos, the screenwriter of Gotta Kick It Up! talked about what the movie meant to her 15 years later. Uncover All the Celebs You Forgot Guest Starred on ‘Jessie’: Noah Centineo, Kat McNamara and More ![]()
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