Broadway star Frankie Grande takes on villainous function in “Henry Hazard: The Film”

Frankie Grande is popping evil right into a musical quantity because the flamboyant villain Frankini in Nickelodeon’s “Henry Hazard: The Film,” bringing his Broadway aptitude to the superhero franchise now streaming on Paramount+.

“I am simply so blessed that I get to play a villain that simply needs everybody to sing and dance,” he mentioned.

Grande’s character, Frankini, is over-the-top, and his flamboyant character shines via within the movie. Grande, who has expressed the significance of spreading pleasure via artwork, mentioned he hopes the movie offers for viewers with an escape throughout arduous occasions.

“I do know that, as a younger queer child, all I regarded to throughout occasions of turmoil in my very own life and the world was escapism,” he mentioned.

Whereas portraying Frankini, Grande needed to carry out a difficult musical quantity through the closing credit. Regardless of his background in singing and performing, Grande discovered this specific scene robust after enduring a 14-hour shoot day.

“We needed to shoot the music 3 times in at some point—as soon as for the scene within the movie, then the scene on the finish of the movie, then the music video.” 

By the tip of the shoot, he was “huffing and puffing” and relieved to take off his heels, however he was pleased with his efficiency.

Exterior of “Henry Hazard: The Film” Grande additionally shared his pleasure for his sister, Ariana Grande, who stars within the hit movie in “Depraved.”

“I noticed it 12 occasions within the theaters,” Grande revealed. “I’m simply so unbelievably pleased with her, , like, I all the time say, like, it is like should you had a sibling that was a neuroscientist they usually gained, like, the Nobel Prize, that is how I really feel about my sister.”

Grande can also be engaged on his personal music, recording as Frankie Grande, not Frankini. 

“‘Smile’ is just a bit style,” he mentioned with pleasure. “I am very, very, excited for the world to get a style of it quickly.”

“Henry Hazard: The Film” is now streaming on Paramount+