The Disney Channel is a staple in our home. If the TV is on, then chances are it’s on the Disney Channel. The reason being is that this is a channel that the whole family can agree on. We all like it, yes even me! Before I left for LA I found at that I would be visiting the set and interviewing the cast of the brand new Disney Channel XD show, Gamer’s Guide To Pretty Much Everything. I hadn’t really heard much about this show until then, but my kids sure had. They are super excited about Gamer’s Guide and after getting a chance to see what the show is all about, I am too.
What is Gamers Guide To Pretty Much Everything About
Cool and charismatic Conor gains notoriety as “KidFury,” a professional video game player, but he suffers a devastating thumb injury that forces him out of the glamourous pro gaming world. After years of being tutored on the international pro circuit, he begins high school for the first time and meets three fellow gamers – Franklin, Wendell and Ashley. They team up to form the first-ever gaming league at their school, and together they learn that building lasting friendships in the real world is more important than accumulating high scores in the digital one.
Gamer’s Guide Cast
- Cameron Boyce as Conor
- Murray Wyatt Rundus as Wendell
- Felix Avitia as Franklin
- Sophie Reynolds as Ashley
Last month I had the chance to sit down with the cast of Gamer’s Guide, take a tour of the set and we even got a chance to watch them rehearse one of their shows. Let me tell you guys, this show is going to be a hit! Not only among kids but I really think adults are going to love this show too. It’s funny and entertaining and the show has a cast of some of the most talented young actors in Hollywood. So without further ado, please meet the cast of Gamer’s Guide To Pretty Much Everything.
MURRAY WYATT RUNDUS
I play Wendell on the show, and he’s very, very full of himself. He is a very cocky character. He believes everyone around him doesn’t know what’s really going on, that he is really the mastermind of everything that’s going on. He’s very aggressive when he plays video games with the crew and that really describes him.
SOPHIE REYNOLDS
I play Ashley on the show. She’s the girl. She hangs with the guys. And is not always the smartest with the books, but she’s got a really good heart and she’s just a good friend, and she’s a great gamer, super-smart gamer. That’s like her strength.
Cameron Boyce
I play Conner. His backstory is that he was a professional gamer and he did all these tours and kind of went around. He went to Tokyo and London and all these places doing all these professional tournaments basically. And in the midst of a tournament, he breaks his thumb, which is kind of what you need to game.
So Conner has to basically be a regular kid now. He was home schooled and other stuff to do his gaming so his mom tells him okay, well you’re going to go to regular school. So it’s like okay, I don’t really know how to be a regular kid, so he goes and he makes some friends but he kind of tries to use them at first to get back on the tour where he thinks he belongs. And then eventually he realizes that he kind of likes, likes having these guys around. So instead of going on the solo gaming tour, he chooses to keep these guys around and go on the team tour, with these guys.
Felix Avitia
I’m Felix and I play Franklin on the show. Franklin’s very positive, very energetic. He wants to fit in. He’s not the best gamer like these guys who, you know, grew up like that, but he really wants to be, he wants to fit in with people and he wants to be a part of the group. So he’s very smart, though. You know, outside of the gaming world, he’s very smart. He knows common sense and he loves school and just being in that.
And, of course, he’s got a great sense of fashion, always wearing ties and shoes and pants and shirts, but he’s just a good kid and he wants to make everybody as happy as they can be all the time. That’s what I love about him.
The episode that we saw rehearsed was for the upcoming Gamer’s Guide To Pretty Much Everything Halloween episode. I can’t give much away about it, but I will tell you it was hilarious. One of the funniest shows on Disney Channel or Disney XD that I have watched and that was just the rehearsal.
Gamer’s Guide To Pretty Much Everything Airs on Disney XD on July 22nd at 9:30 pm ET. You don’t want to miss it.