Francia Raisa Says Her ‘Secret Life’ Character Was “a Little Bit of Me” (EXCLUSIVE)
"It came to a point where I was like, ‘Do I like blue? Or does Adrian like blue?’”
By Elizabeth RandolphApr. 23 2024, Published 5:04 p.m. ET
In 2008, The Secret Life of the American Teenager was a popular teen drama on Freeform (formerly ABC Family). The show followed Shailene Woodley as Amy Juergens, a teen mom dealing with high school and a love triangle between her baby daddy, Ricky (Daren Kagasoff), and her boyfriend, Ben (Ken Baumann).
One particularly memorable character was Amy's rival, Adrian Lee, played by Francia Raisa.
Since Secret Life wrapped, Francia has taken on many projects, including entering the food and beverage industry with La Victoria and Modelo’s Spiked Aguas Frescas. However, the former teen queen exclusively told Distractify that she can never escape Adrian.
Francia Raisa said people remember her ‘Secret Life of the American Teenager’ character the most.
Francia starred in The Secret Life of the American Teenager for five years, playing the character Adrian. Despite the show being over a decade old, Francia still receives questions about her character's storylines and the show in general. The actor also said she pulled from her real life to play her character.
“Adrian was a little bit of me,” she shared with Distractify while promoting her Modelo partnership. “Actually, I don't know if it was me or the version of me that I was brave enough to be on screen.”
She continued: “That's one of the craziest things about acting, especially being on a show for so long. It came to a point where I was like, ‘Do I like blue? Or does Adrian like blue?’”
Francia had no idea that ‘Secret Life of the American Teenager’ had found a new fanbase on TikTok.
Since Secret Life of the American Teenager ended in the 2010s, it doesn't feel like it's been off the air long enough to be considered "nostalgic” to those that watched it are living. However, TikTok users seem to disagree.
On the app, the place many throwback moments are new again, Secret Life of the American Teenager’s scenes have change into part of the Gen Z zeitgeist. Some accounts and movies on the app praise the millennial-age show, while a number of highlight one of the vital sequence’ balk moments.
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♬ Young Forever - JAY-ZWhen requested about Secret Life gaining new lovers a majority of these years later, Francia admitted she “didn’t know” the show had a forged social media presence. But she doesn’t mind the extra attention or nonetheless being recognized by means of a brand new technology for being Adrian, evaluating her revel in to that of a few in style Friends characters.
“Jennifer Aniston will all the time be Rachel to me,” she said. “David Schwimmer will all the time be Ross to me. To be a personality that anyone remembers like that. It's roughly cool.”
The actor could also be pleased with her legacy of being, in her sister’s words, “the cult classics queen,” as lots of her roles had been a “reimagining” of varieties.
“Grownish, How I Met Your Father, Bring It On, Cutting Edge, the entirety is only a reimagining of one thing that used to be a hit,” Francia mentioned of her roles. “Which I think is cool as a result of I grew up with them.”
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