Posted on Oct 10, 2014

Bella Thorne On "Alexander," Her Hidden Talents, And Her Irrational Fear Of Eels

The star of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day takes our Q&A!

by Whitney Jefferson, Kristin Harris, Arielle Calderon, David Bertozzi

What's your most used hashtag?

Bella Thorne: I don't really hashtag things. Unless I'm talking to somebody and I'm being funny and I say something mean but then I'm like, Hashtag…something that's funny. I like to only hashtag funny things, not real stuff. If I get a Starbucks, I don't hashtag it "Starbucks" — that's not my thing.

Whats your most used emoji?

BT: Oh. It's my favorite emoji. The face that has bright-pink cheeks and a cute little pink tongue sticking out. And it's so happy! It's such a cute emoji. It's, like, in between friends and "I could like you" or "We're friends for now but we could go on a date." It's so cute.

What's your biggest pet peeve?

BT: When boys don't send me flowers. I feel like girls always deserve flowers; it's just a nice thing to do. If you want to make your girlfriend smile, send her flowers! If we had a nice date, send me flowers — don't just text me "Hey." I also hate the word LOL — I hate when people write it in texts to me.

Were there any crazy pranks on the set of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day?

BT: No. Everybody asks, but no, there were not.

What was your favorite scene to film?

BT: Probably the scene in the car where he's making all those ridiculous faces. I mean, guys. We're already working 16 hours a day, we're slaphappy, we're tired, Ed is chuckling next to me and so is and Dylan. I'm like, "Ed, stop. You're going to make me laugh," because I'm the only one who's serious in the scene. I need to not like it because [my character] is not enjoying this. Ed just busts outs in laughter, Dylan is next, then comes me, and I just felt so bad because I ruined Steve's take and you never want to do that to an actor, especially Steve Carrell, right?

What's the coolest fan interaction you've had lately?

BT: This was cool. This older man came up to me and was like, "You really changed my life." And I was like, "Why?" And he said that he has dyslexia and he can barely read. So he was trying to read a book to his 6-year-old daughter but he couldn't get through it and he started crying. She turns and she goes, "It's OK, Dad — CeCe can't read either." And he said he was so happy that his daughter understood without having to say, "I can't read."

Who's your favorite Disney Princess?

BT: I like the girl from Brave because, you know what? She's a badass. I like her because in all the other princess stories the prince charming comes in and saves the day but no — not in Brave! No prince charming comes and she saves her family and has her bow and arrows and her coolness… plus she's a redhead and that's cool too.

What's your go-to dance move?

BT: My go-to dance move is probably just a two-step. You can whip it out at any party. I was just trying to teach this kid how to dance — he's the worst dancer — and he just didn't get it. I was like, "It's a one-two step, it's not that hard, you can whip it out at any party."

Do you have any hidden talents?

BT: Oh yeah. This right here is my jam. I can do tongue tricks! [see below] I also have a bone in my sternum that I can pop and in out of my chest.

What's the last album you bought?

BT: So there's a song that I wanted — OK, it's my song from the Mostly Ghostly soundtrack — because my mom wanted to make a video from it? And I had to buy the whole album!

Was this in a store or online?

BT: It was online. And when I listen to music I usually just go straight to my "Recently Added" part but now it's filled with the Mostly Ghostly soundtrack and now I can't find my songs.

What scares you?

BT: Spiders, snakes, and eels.

Eels? What?

BT: Don't question me! It was my first time going to an aquarium and I'm not kidding you, the eels look at you like [see below] with one eye on this side and one on the other side. The Little Mermaid did not help the eels' case. I don't like snakes because I think they're disgusting: Did you ever read the stories about snakes that are like, "This snake swallowed a child"? And spiders. Who likes spiders?!?! No one that I'm friends with, I'll tell you that. People who like spiders — I can't trust them.