5 completely honest confessions from Ruth Righi

You know Ruth Righi best as Sydney Reynolds on Disney’s Sydney to the Max (back on Disney Channel for a third season starting March 19). And while the 15-year-old actually has a lot in common with her onscreen alter ego (to start, they're both biracial and amazing bass players), we decided it was time to dig even deeper. Below are five brutally honest, real-life confessions straight from Ruth herself.

CONFESSION 1: They changed Sydney’s hobby on the show because I can’t skateboard.

“In the pilot, the idea was that Sydney was going to be a skateboarder like her dad…but I had zero experience with skateboarding. Like, I couldn’t go a foot. But I came in one day with my bass, and I was playing, and they were like, ‘Oh, that's cool. We should add that in.’ So now I play bass guitar on the show, which is good, because me on a skateboard would have been a nightmare!”