Vanessa Hudgens Reflects on Doing 'Grease Live' One Evening After Her Father Died

Vanessa Hudgens is looking back.

The 32-year-old Princess Switch star opened up in an interview with Glamour UK.

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On the royal family: “I don’t really keep up with the royals, I would never want to be a royal…I enjoy living my life to the fullest. The giving-back aspect of it, I think is really beautiful to be able to make such a significant change. And that’s something that I try to incorporate into my everyday life and my legacy, just working with organizations. But yeah, the day-to-day of it all…I mean, I guess I already am under scrutiny being someone who is in front of the camera, but the royals have it on a whole other level. I…This just, it’s not for me.”

On representation: “My mom is from the Philippines, and growing up there weren’t really that many women who looked like me and my mom and my family on screen. It’s so important to share all the different stories because America is a massive melting pot, [just like the] world.”

On playing Rizzo in Fox’s production of Grease:Live! the evening after her father Greg, passed away from stage 4 cancer: “There was never a moment where I thought that I wouldn’t do [Grease: Live!] because my dad would want me to do it. He gave so much time and energy into me achieving my dreams and for me to have a career where I can do what I love. So I felt like I needed to do it, because that’s what he would’ve wanted [me] to do.”

For more from Vanessa Hudgens, head to GlamourMagazine.co.uk.