The Step Up 2: The Streets cast is led by Briana Evigan as Andie West and Robert Hoffman as Chase Collins, with Will Kemp as Blake Collins, Cassie Ventura as Sophie Donovan and Adam Sevani as Robert Alexander III, better known as Moose. Step Up 2: The Streets (2008), directed by Jon M. Chu, also brings back Channing Tatum as Tyler Gage, the role he led in Step Up (2006). The film opened in US theaters on February 14, 2008, and it was Chu's first feature as a director. Tatum appears in a supporting role, and almost everyone else is new to the franchise. Several of the newcomers, including Harry Shum Jr., Danielle Polanco and Mari Koda, came back for Step Up 3D (2010). Cassie Ventura, who was already a recording artist, made her acting debut here. Sonja Sohn, known for The Wire, plays Andie's guardian, Sarah, in a film that was shot in Baltimore.
| # | Actor | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Briana Evigan | Andie West |
| 2 | Robert Hoffman | Chase Collins |
| 3 | Will Kemp | Blake Collins |
| 4 | Cassie Ventura | Sophie Donovan |
| 5 | Adam Sevani | Robert Alexander III / 'Moose' |
| 6 | Black Thomas | Tuck |
| 7 | Harry Shum Jr. | Cable |
| 8 | Channing Tatum | Tyler Gage |
| 9 | Kate Lacey | Administrator |
| 10 | Alison Faulk | Alstar |
| 11 | Sonja Sohn | Sarah |
| 12 | Telisha Shaw | Felicia |
| 13 | Danielle Polanco | Melissa 'Missy' Serrano |
| 14 | Mari Koda | Jenny Kido |
| 15 | Hi-Hat | Businesswoman on Subway |
| 16 | Delia Goncalvez | News reporter |
| 17 | Christopher Scott | Hair |
| 18 | Janelle Cambridge | Fly |
| 19 | Kmel Howell | K-Mel |
| 20 | LaJon Dantzler | Smiles |
| 21 | Luis Rosado | Monster |
Billing order from the film's credits (TMDB). Actors with a Cinvibe page and characters with a character page are linked.
In Step Up 2: The Streets, Briana Evigan plays Andie West, a Baltimore street dancer who is still grieving her mother and dances with an illegal crew called the 410. She is billed first, and The Numbers lists only two leading cast members, her and Robert Hoffman. Andie is a new character, so this film is Evigan's first appearance in the franchise.
Robert Hoffman plays Chase Collins, one of the top dancers at the Maryland School of the Arts, who helps Andie West win a place there. Disney's D23 entry for Step Up 2: The Streets describes Chase teaming up with Andie to form a crew of outcast classmates for The Streets, the underground battle at the center of the story. Hoffman is new to the franchise and shares lead billing with Briana Evigan.
Will Kemp plays Blake Collins, the older brother of Chase Collins in Step Up 2: The Streets, and Screen Daily describes Blake as a ballet performer who returns to lead the school. In a 2013 Official London Theatre interview, he said dancing the Swan in Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake was his big break as a dancer and Van Helsing was his break as an actor.
Cassie Ventura plays Sophie Donovan and is billed fourth in the TMDB credits, ahead of most of the dance ensemble. Billboard reports that Step Up 2: The Streets was her acting debut, which came in 2008. Disney's D23 entry and The Numbers both list her as Sophie.
Adam Sevani plays Robert Alexander III, credited with the nickname 'Moose', in Step Up 2: The Streets and is billed fifth. This film is the character's first appearance. The TMDB credits for Step Up 3D (2010) show Sevani returning in the same role, billed third behind Sharni Vinson and Rick Malambri.
Black Thomas plays Tuck in Step Up 2: The Streets and is billed sixth. Screen Daily names him in the supporting cast alongside Adam Sevani, Danielle Polanco and Harry Shum Jr., and The Numbers lists him as Tuck. He does not appear in the TMDB credits for Step Up 3D (2010), so Tuck does not return in the next sequel.
Harry Shum Jr. plays Cable in Step Up 2: The Streets and is billed seventh. Screen Daily lists him in the supporting cast, and Disney's D23 entry credits him as Cable. The TMDB credits for Step Up 3D (2010) show him returning as Cable, which makes him one of several dancers from this film who carried their characters into the third film.
Channing Tatum plays Tyler Gage, the role he led in Step Up (2006), where TMDB bills him first. In Step Up 2: The Streets he returns in a supporting role and is billed eighth. In the story, Tyler is Andie's friend who urges her to audition for the Maryland School of the Arts, which makes him the main bridge between the two films.
Kate Lacey plays the character credited as Administrator in Step Up 2: The Streets and is billed ninth on TMDB. She does not appear in the TMDB credits for Step Up (2006) or Step Up 3D (2010), so this is her only appearance across those three films.
Alison Faulk plays Alstar in Step Up 2: The Streets and is billed tenth on TMDB. The Numbers also lists her in the supporting cast as Alstar. Faulk does not appear in the TMDB credits for Step Up (2006) or Step Up 3D (2010), which makes Alstar a role from this film only among those three.
Sonja Sohn plays Sarah, the guardian Andie lives with after her mother dies of cancer. The casting gives the film a familiar Baltimore face. NPR reports that Sohn played Detective Kima Greggs on HBO's The Wire and kept working in Baltimore after the show ended, and Disney's D23 entry confirms that Step Up 2: The Streets was filmed in Baltimore.
Telisha Shaw plays Felicia in Step Up 2: The Streets and is billed twelfth on TMDB. The role appears in Disney's D23 cast list and in The Numbers supporting cast, and Screen Daily names her in the film's ensemble. She does not appear in the TMDB credits for Step Up (2006) or Step Up 3D (2010), so Felicia is new to the franchise here.
Joanna Colbert, Rich Mento and Terri Taylor cast step up 2 the streets, according to the TMDB crew credits. The film was produced by Offspring Entertainment, Summit Entertainment and Touchstone Pictures. Jon M. Chu, a USC film school graduate, was making his feature directorial debut, and Anne Fletcher, who directed the first film, stayed on as an executive producer.
Screen Daily credits Jamal Sims, Dave Scott and Hi-Hat as choreographers, and Hi-Hat also appears on screen, credited as Businesswoman on Subway. Neither lead came from the first film, and The Numbers lists only Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman as leading cast. The supporting players around them bring their own stage and screen careers (Will Kemp danced the Swan in Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, and Sonja Sohn played Detective Kima Greggs on HBO's The Wire). Cassie Ventura, billed fourth as Sophie Donovan, was making her acting debut, according to Billboard. Disney's D23 entry confirms that the film was shot in Baltimore.
Channing Tatum is the only actor who returns from Step Up (2006), directed by Anne Fletcher, and almost everyone around him is new to the franchise. He plays Tyler Gage again in a supporting role, billed eighth. Jenna Dewan, who played Nora Clark in the first film, is not in the sequel's TMDB credits, and none of the other principal actors from the 2006 film appear in them either.
Several of the newcomers play long running characters who start here. The TMDB credits for Step Up 3D (2010) show Adam Sevani as Moose, Harry Shum Jr. as Cable, Danielle Polanco as Missy Serrano and Mari Koda as Jenny Kido all returning. Christopher Scott as Hair, Luis Rosado as Monster, Janelle Cambridge as Fly and LaJon Dantzler as Smiles return as well. To see how these characters connect across the series, the step up movies hub covers every film in order.
| Director | Jon M. Chu |
|---|---|
| Writers | Toni Ann Johnson, Karen Barna, Duane Adler |
| Producers | Jennifer Gibgot, Adam Shankman, Patrick Wachsberger, Erik Feig |
| Music | Aaron Zigman |
| Cinematography | Max Malkin |
Briana Evigan played Andie West in Step Up 2: The Streets (2008). Andie is a Baltimore street dancer who dances with the 410 crew and later joins the Maryland School of the Arts. Evigan is billed first, ahead of Robert Hoffman as Chase Collins, and The Numbers lists the two of them as the film's only leading cast members.
Yes, Channing Tatum appears in Step Up 2: The Streets as Tyler Gage, the role he led in Step Up (2006). His part is a supporting one, billed eighth in the TMDB credits. In the story, Tyler is the friend who urges Andie to audition for the Maryland School of the Arts.
Adam Sevani played Moose, credited as Robert Alexander III / 'Moose', in Step Up 2: The Streets. This film is the character's first appearance. Sevani returned in the same role in Step Up 3D (2010), where TMDB bills him third, behind Sharni Vinson and Rick Malambri.
Robert Hoffman played Chase Collins in Step Up 2: The Streets (2008). Chase is one of the top dancers at the Maryland School of the Arts and the younger brother of Blake Collins, who is played by Will Kemp. Disney's D23 entry describes Chase teaming up with Andie to form a crew of outcast classmates for The Streets, Baltimore's underground dance battle.
Yes, the singer Cassie Ventura plays Sophie Donovan in Step Up 2: The Streets and is billed fourth. Billboard reports that the 2008 film was her acting debut, and she was already a recording artist. Disney's D23 entry and The Numbers both list her in the role.
No, Channing Tatum is the only actor from the first film who returns, playing Tyler Gage in a supporting role. The sequel has a new lead pair, Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman, and a new ensemble. Several of those newcomers, including Adam Sevani, Harry Shum Jr., Danielle Polanco and Mari Koda, came back for Step Up 3D in 2010.
Jon M. Chu directed Step Up 2: The Streets, which opened in US theaters on February 14, 2008. Screen Daily notes that it was his feature directorial debut and that he is a USC film school graduate. The screenplay is credited to Toni Ann Johnson and Karen Barna, based on characters created by Duane Adler.
The Step Up TV show is a three season dance drama that began as Step Up: High Water in 2018 and later continued on Starz.
For UK viewers, Step Up Cable is the character played by Harry Shum Jr.