Ryan Guzman On 'Step Up Revolution,' Kathryn McCormick, Learning To Dance, His Workout Tips

Ryan Guzman stars alongside Kathryn McCormick in the latest installment from the Step Up franchise, Step Up Revolution, which, like its predecessors, was a smash box office hit. Fans may be surprised by how inexperienced Guzman, 25, was before shooting. He had never danced before and with only three weeks to master the skill he took an unusual route to learning. “Funny story, the way I kind of trained myself, and I’m not advising anybody else to do this, but I have an Xbox Kinect at my house and I bought Just Dance video games and I was trying my hardest to get those things down,” Guzman told Uinterview exclusively during our fan interview.


Guzman was born in Abiliene, Tex. Before acting and dancing, Guzman was a baseball player, and even played on the team at Sierra College. He then took to Mixed Martial Arts Fighting, and, channeling his inner Mark Wahlberg, modeled underwear for Calvin Klein before he was discovered for the role of Step Up Revolution.



Guzman credits the talented people around him for helping make the most of his role in Step Up 4. “Being so new actually helped me in making Step Up 4 because I got to be myself and put myself into the role. And dancing with tWitch, Ty-Dy (Tommy Dewey), Marvelous, Tony Bellissimo, Kathryn McCormick, I mean there were some high-end people in the dance industry around me at all times. It was the best learning experience you could have as a new dancer.”

Step Up Revolution is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD.