The Step Up Revolution cast is led by Kathryn McCormick as Emily Anderson and Ryan Guzman as Sean Asa, with Misha Gabriel as Eddy, Stephen 'tWitch' Boss as Jason Hardlerson and Cleopatra Coleman as DJ Penelope. Peter Gallagher plays Bill Anderson, Emily's father and a powerful real estate developer, and Tommy Dewey plays Trip. Step Up Revolution (2012), directed by Scott Speer, opened in the United States on July 27, 2012, and TMDB lists 78 credited roles, many of them credited as Mob Dancer or Fusion Dancer. Think of it as a relay race where the baton passes to fresh runners, because both leads were newcomers: TheWrap reported in August 2011 that Summit had cast Guzman, a model, and McCormick, a dancer discovered on So You Think You Can Dance. Stephen 'tWitch' Boss and Adam Sevani carry the thread over from Step Up 3D (2010), while choreographer Mia Michaels made her acting debut as Olivia, according to HuffPost.
| # | Actor | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathryn McCormick | Emily Anderson |
| 2 | Ryan Guzman | Sean Asa |
| 3 | Misha Gabriel | Eddy |
| 4 | Stephen 'tWitch' Boss | Jason Hardlerson |
| 5 | Cleopatra Coleman | DJ Penelope |
| 6 | Peter Gallagher | Bill Anderson |
| 7 | Tommy Dewey | Trip |
| 8 | Emiliano Díez | Mayor Hernandez |
| 9 | Steve Zurk | Councilman Casey |
| 10 | Mia Michaels | Olivia |
| 11 | Claudio Pinto | Francisco |
| 12 | Mario Ernesto Sánchez | Ricky |
| 13 | Kevin A. Walton | Bob Cooper |
| 14 | Megan Boone | Claire |
| 15 | Tangi Colombel | Tommy |
| 16 | Adam Sevani | Robert Alexander III / 'Moose' |
| 17 | Katie Peterson | Person by the Ocean |
| 18 | Michael 'Xeno' Langebeck | Mercury |
| 19 | Sabina V. Gomez | Ricky's Mother |
| 20 | Dominique Bell | Sarah |
| 21 | Chadd Smith | Vladd |
| 22 | Mari Koda | Jenny Kido |
| 23 | Nicole Dabeau | Newscaster |
| 24 | Chris Charles Herbert | Lamborghini Driver |
Billing order from the film's credits (TMDB). Actors with a Cinvibe page and characters with a character page are linked.
Also in the cast: Alejandro Posada (Person by the Ocean), Marc Macaulay (Uniformed Cop), Claudia Rocafort (Curator), Jordana DePaula (Cute Salesperson), Tiger Kirchharz (Female Curator), Christopher Scott (Hair), Ceasare Willis (Mob Dancer), Celestina Aladekoba (Mob Dancer), Brandy Lamkin (Mob Dancer), Mayuko Kitayama (Mob Dancer), Jean Lloret (Mob Dancer), Justin Valles (Mob Dancer), Phillip Chbeeb (Mob Dancer), Marc Inniss (Mob Dancer), Tony Bellissimo (Mob Dancer), Angeline Appel (Mob Dancer), Christopher Brian Granitz III (Mob Dancer), Bianca Brewton (Mob Dancer), Daniel Graham (Mob Dancer), Brittny Sugarman (Mob Dancer), Brandon Mitchell (Mob Dancer), Amanda Vieira (Mob Dancer), Allan Skeene, Jr. (Mob Dancer), Nolan Padilla (Mob Dancer), Natalli Reznik (Mob Dancer), Ted Anthony Forance (Fusion Dancer), Nick Lazzarini (Fusion Dancer), Michael Jaeho Song (Fusion Dancer), Lorenzo Chapman (Fusion Dancer), Luam Keflezgy (Fusion Dancer), Billy Bell (Fusion Dancer), Angela Marie Cifone (Fusion Dancer), Jennifer Jong (Fusion Dancer), Danielle Dominguez (Fusion Dancer), Shaunna Lazzaro (Fusion Dancer), David Lorenzo (Fusion Dancer), Albena Aleksandrova (Painted Dancer), Jimmy Fallon (Jimmy Fallon (uncredited)), Mario López (Mario Lopez (uncredited)), Jimmy Kimmel (Jimmy Kimmel (uncredited)), Ellen DeGeneres (Ellen DeGeneres (uncredited)), Caleb Emery (Business Man (uncredited)), Todd Allen Durkin (Bugatti Driver (uncredited)), Candace Bailey (Candace Bailey (uncredited)), Carson Daly (Carson Daly (uncredited)), Jimmy Star (Party Guest (uncredited)), Megan Batoon (Dancer), Zoe Aggeliki (Dancer (uncredited)), Don Scribner (Interviewee (uncredited)), Ian Joseph Paget (Dancer), Gail Byer (Neighborhood Dancer (uncredited)), Tamara Jones (Receptionist (uncredited)), Tiffany Maher (Dancer), Ron Shimshilashvili (Supermodel (uncredited)).
Kathryn McCormick plays Emily Anderson in Step Up Revolution, a newcomer who wants to become a professional dancer and is preparing to audition for a respected dance company. TheWrap reported on August 2, 2011 that Summit had cast her as a newcomer discovered on So You Think You Can Dance, and she takes first billing in the TMDB credits.
Ryan Guzman plays Sean Asa in Step Up Revolution, a hotel waiter who leads The Mob, the crew staging flash mob performances around the city. Fox News reported that this was his first acting role, won after ten auditions over about a month and a half. Producers first planned a dance double, but, after three weeks of training, he performed the choreography himself.
Misha Gabriel plays Eddy in Step Up Revolution, the best friend of Sean Asa and a cofounder of The Mob (CBS Minnesota spells the name Eddie). CBS Minnesota reported that Gabriel has danced since age 2 and was within a week of leaving for Michael Jackson's This Is It tour when the singer died. He wore an armband in every scene to cover a forearm tattoo.
Stephen 'tWitch' Boss plays Jason Hardlerson and is billed fourth, the highest placed of the returning players. TMDB credits him as Jason in Step Up 3D (2010), directed by Jon M. Chu, so Step Up Revolution continues a character audiences had already met. CBS Minnesota's release coverage named him among the familiar faces sharing the screen with the new dancers.
Cleopatra Coleman plays DJ Penelope in Step Up Revolution and is billed fifth, directly after the four names that front the ensemble. She does not appear in the Step Up 3D credits on TMDB, which places her among the new arrivals for the fourth film, alongside both leads.
Peter Gallagher plays Bill Anderson in Step Up Revolution, the father of Emily Anderson and a powerful real estate developer, and he is billed sixth on TMDB. Emily keeps that family link from The Mob when she joins the crew, which is the hinge of the setup. Fox News described the conflict plainly: Sean Asa vocally opposes Emily's father, a man redeveloping Sean's neighborhood.
Tommy Dewey plays Trip in Step Up Revolution and is billed seventh in the TMDB credits, the last name before the civic roles of the mayor and the councilman. TheWrap's casting report placed the production in Miami, with principal photography scheduled to begin in summer 2011.
Emiliano Díez plays Mayor Hernandez in Step Up Revolution, billed eighth on TMDB. The mayor belongs to the civic side of a story that CBS Minnesota summed up as dance set against posh hotel developments, with The Mob staging its numbers around Miami Beach. Díez shares that thread with Steve Zurk, who is billed directly after him as a city councilman.
Steve Zurk plays Councilman Casey in Step Up Revolution, billed ninth in the TMDB credits. His role sits beside Mayor Hernandez on the city hall side of the plot, away from the dance floor. Casting for these speaking parts, and for the 78 credited roles in total, is credited on TMDB to Joanna Colbert and Rich Mento.
Mia Michaels plays Olivia in Step Up Revolution, the director of a dance company in Miami. HuffPost reported in June 2012 that this was her acting debut and that Tom Cruise and Adam Shankman, both from Rock of Ages, which she choreographed, encouraged her to audition. She described the role as scary because she had never acted before, but said she enjoyed it.
Claudio Pinto plays Francisco in Step Up Revolution, billed eleventh in the TMDB credits. His part sits among the speaking roles between the principal cast and the many credited Mob Dancer and Fusion Dancer parts. TMDB lists 78 credited roles for the film in total, and Pinto is placed directly after choreographer Mia Michaels and directly before Mario Ernesto Sánchez.
Mario Ernesto Sánchez plays Ricky in Step Up Revolution, billed twelfth on TMDB. The credits also list Sabina V. Gomez as Ricky's Mother, one of the few family relationships spelled out in the supporting roles, alongside Emily Anderson and her father Bill Anderson. Sánchez rounds out the top dozen billed names, after which the credits move on to smaller parts, the returning Moose and dozens of dancers.
The Step Up Revolution cast was built around two newcomers and a large company of working dancers. TheWrap reported on August 2, 2011 that Summit had set Ryan Guzman, a model, and Kathryn McCormick, a dancer discovered on So You Think You Can Dance, to lead the fourth film, with Scott Speer directing. Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot produced through Offspring Entertainment, and the shoot was planned for Miami in summer 2011. TMDB credits Joanna Colbert and Rich Mento with casting.
So, how did a first time actor end up carrying the film? Guzman told Fox News that he heard about the auditions from a friend and asked his manager about a small part, only to hear an hour later that he was up for the lead. Ten auditions followed over about a month and a half. Choreographer Mia Michaels was another unexpected booking, trying out for Olivia on the encouragement of Tom Cruise and Adam Shankman, according to HuffPost. For the plot, the crew and the ending in one place, see our step up revolution page.
Adam Sevani, Stephen 'tWitch' Boss, Mari Koda, Chadd Smith and Christopher Scott return from Step Up 3D (2010), while the leads and most of the front billing are new, going by the TMDB credits for both films. Sevani is again credited as Robert Alexander III / 'Moose', and Boss plays the character credited as Jason in the earlier film and as Jason Hardlerson here. Koda (Jenny Kido), Smith (Vladd) and Scott (Hair) also reappear, and Scott doubles as the credited choreographer.
Kathryn McCormick, Misha Gabriel and Cleopatra Coleman are absent from the Step Up 3D credits on TMDB, and Fox News reported that this was Ryan Guzman's first acting role. It works a little like a television series that refreshes its main cast while keeping familiar faces in the background, so a first time viewer can start here without homework. To see how every film connects, begin with our step up movies hub.
| Director | Scott Speer |
|---|---|
| Writers | Amanda Brody, Jenny Mayer, Duane Adler |
| Producers | Adam Shankman, Erik Feig, Jennifer Gibgot, Patrick Wachsberger, Garrett Grant |
| Music | Aaron Zigman |
| Cinematography | Karsten 'Crash' Gopinath |
Kathryn McCormick played Emily Anderson in Step Up Revolution, and she is the first billed name in the TMDB credits. Emily is a newcomer who wants to become a professional dancer and joins The Mob without telling the crew that her father is a powerful real estate developer. TheWrap reported in August 2011 that McCormick was a newcomer discovered on So You Think You Can Dance.
Ryan Guzman played Sean Asa in Step Up Revolution, the hotel waiter who leads The Mob. It was his first acting role, according to Fox News, which reported that he went through ten auditions before landing the lead. Guzman, a model before this film, is billed second on TMDB, directly after Kathryn McCormick.
Yes, Adam Sevani appears in Step Up Revolution as Robert Alexander III / 'Moose', billed sixteenth in the TMDB credits. The credit links the fourth film to Step Up 3D (2010), where TMDB lists him in the same role, so fans who know the character can watch for him in the supporting cast.
No, most of the Step Up Revolution cast is new, with only a handful of returning performers. Comparing the TMDB credits, Adam Sevani, Stephen 'tWitch' Boss, Mari Koda, Chadd Smith and Christopher Scott appear in both Step Up 3D and this film. The two leads, Kathryn McCormick and Ryan Guzman, were newcomers, as TheWrap reported when the pair were cast in 2011.
Step Up Revolution has no single villain in the usual sense, and its conflict comes from a redevelopment plan. CBS Minnesota described posh hotel developments as the main antagonist, and Fox News reported that Sean opposes Emily's father, Bill Anderson (Peter Gallagher), who is redeveloping Sean's neighborhood. That puts father and crew on opposite sides while Emily keeps her family secret.
Yes, Ryan Guzman performed his own dancing in Step Up Revolution, according to Fox News. The producers first planned a dance double because, unlike earlier leads in the series, he had no professional dance background. After three weeks of training he learned the combinations and showed them to the producer and director, who then let him do all the dancing and his own stunts.
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.