By Beth Deitchman
This Friday, June 24, marks the premiere of Disney Channel’s 100th Disney Channel Original Movie—or “DCOM,” as those who know and love them prefer to say—Adventures in Babysitting, inspired by the 1980’s hit film of the same name. The reimagined film stars Sabrina Carpenter (Girl Meets World) and Sofia Carson (Disney’s Descendants) as two competing babysitters who find themselves thrown into a big city adventure—with five kids in tow—as they hunt for one of the kids after he sneaks off to go to a concert.
We recently caught up with Carpenter at the red-carpet premiere of Alice Through the Looking Glass and asked her about Jenny Parker, the character she plays in the DCOM, which airs at 8 p.m. ET on Disney Channel. “My character is very reminiscent of Elisabeth Shue in the ’80s film [of the same name], but she’s got this new twist. She’s very structured—very “inside-the-lines”—and she’s a very responsible babysitter,” Carpenter told us. “But she kind of learns to live on the wild side a little bit during the film, and has to embrace what it takes to take care of five kids and not risk their lives—there’s a lot of crazy things that happen in the film!” she laughs.
While we were talking DCOMs, we couldn’t resist asking Carpenter to tell us her “Fab 5” Disney Channel Original Movies and we learned that she loves following her favorite characters and stories as their adventures continue. Here’s Carpenter’s Fab 5:
1. Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century
2. Zenon: The Zequel
3. Zenon: Z3
The reason why Carpenter thinks the Zenon DCOMs are so stellar? “I love Zenon because of the fashion, honestly, because it really just revamped fashion in that time.”
4. High School Musical
5. High School Musical 2
And for Carpenter, there’s just one word that sums up her feelings about High School Musical: “Classic! It was kind of the first musical—at least for my generation—that we kind of held close to our hearts.”
We’re betting that Adventures in Babysitting will be the next DCOM that fans hold close to their hearts. Tune in this Friday night on Disney Channel, beginning at 8 p.m. ET.
