'It's about time,'" Grace tells
New Times with a laugh, as Merediz's eyes playfully widen at the assumption. "But, even for me, this is a movie that I had wished happened while I was growing up and always watching the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon."
Merediz interjects, joking that she's still growing up, before Grace continues: "I was trying to see, you know, maybe I could do that," she explains of becoming the representation she sought. "I can now find somebody that looks like me in a musical movie, and it's pretty cool to be a part of that."
Leslie Grace (center) plays Nina Rosario in the film adaptation of