A North Vancouver teen is getting screen time with Disney.<\/p>\n
Casey Trotter, 15, is making his feature film debut in Camp Rock 3 and has been cast for a new reboot of The Mickey Mouse Club.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel so good right now,\u201d Trotter said. \u201cFor someone that got into this whole big Hollywood world just a year ago, [I’m] pretty amazed by everything that\u2019s happening right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trotter is a triple threat performer \u2013 a musician, dancer and actor. The Lynn Valley youth got his start at Deep Cove Music Studio and went onto various acting schools in Vancouver, including Arts Umbrella.<\/p>\n
In 2024, he landed his theatre debut as Freddie Hamilton, the drummer, in Theatre Under the Stars production of School of Rock: The Musical. He\u2019s also been seen in Nickelodeon\u2019s The Thundermans as a co-star and as a background actor in Hallmark’s movie Sugarplummed.<\/p>\n
In the latest Camp Rock movie, Trotter stars as Cliff \u2013 a drummer who competes against other young musicians to be in the opening act for Connect 3\u2019s (played by the Jonas Brothers) reunion tour. However, as friendships form and even romances, the stakes rise as they decide if there\u2019s more to life than stardom.<\/p>\n
Trotter describes his character as the jokester of the group.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe brings a lot of comedy to it, but at the same time he has an emotional side and that\u2019s something that you\u2019ll get to see when you watch the movie,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The actor was in Scotland backpacking when he found out about auditions for Camp Rock 3. He quickly packed his bags and got on a plane to Los Angeles, watching the movies in preparation.<\/p>\n
When he got the part, he called his best friend to celebrate.<\/p>\n
Now known as a Disney Channel musical franchise, Camp Rock first aired in 2008, starring Demi Lovato, the Jonas Brothers, Meaghan Martin and Maria Canals-Barrera. It quickly became a hit, with 8.9 million viewers the night it premiered<\/a>, and the soundtrack debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200<\/a>. Two years later, the sequel Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam was released.<\/p>\n