Fri, 14 April 2023 at 7:45 pm

Get to Know Saturdays' Peyton Basnight with 10 Fun Facts (Exclusive)

We are getting to know more about Peyton Basnight from Disney’s Saturdays!

The actress stars in the new comedy as Ari, one of Paris Johnson’s best friends.

Saturdays centers on 14-year-old Paris Johnson and her best friends, Simone and Ari, who hone their roller-skating skills on the cool parquet floor of Saturdays, a local skating rink in Chicago. Together they form the We-B-Girlz skate crew and are determined to show and prove they have the hottest skate routines on the planet!

Find out more about Peyton and her character Ari inside…

VIDEO: Watch the Saturdays trailer here!

“I feel like there is a side of me that is so bubbly and so energetic and so positive, and I love being able to play her all the time,” Peyton told Pop Culture of portraying Ari. “I love being able to really dive deep into that mindset and my own personal life. So playing that side of Ari and just being happy and being in my own world and having a sense of confidence and having the sense that no matter what anybody thinks, I’m going to do what I want to do and what makes me happy. I really love that, and I think that that’s a mindset that most people should have and that I should have more. I should have the confidence in myself that Ari has.”

We recently caught up with Peyton Basnight and learned 10 Fun Facts about the actress. Keep reading below to see what she shared with us!

1. I can speak a little Spanish, French, and Japanese.
2. I sing and have new music coming out this month. (Check out “Teach You” below!)
3. I love reading. Stephen King is one of my favorite authors.
4. I love matcha.
5. I love music of all kinds, from classical to 80s to Spanish.
6. I like to draw.
7. I love fashion.
8. I was vegetarian for two years.
9. I am from North Carolina.
10. I was a dancer for 9 years.