Joseph Baena On Enjoying Hercules Like Arnold Schwarzenegger On ‘DWTS’ – Hollywood Life

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You almost needed to do a double take watching Joseph Baena and Daniella Karagach dance throughout Disney+ Night time on Dancing With the Stars. Joseph performed Hercules for his Charleston routine to “A Star Is Born” from the Disney film. Joseph spoke with reporters, together with HollywoodLife, about how dad Arnold Schwarzenegger, who performed Hercules within the 1969 film Hercules In New York, is “so proud” of him.

“I really like my father. He’s the neatest, greatest man I can consider, so to be in comparison with him, to be in the identical character Hercules, he performed Hercules in New York, it’s wonderful. It’s superior. And who doesn’t wish to be like their father, proper? It’s nice,” Joseph stated.

When requested if he might ever see his father doing Dancing With the Stars, Joseph responded, “This present? No.” He added, “I don’t know [why], however I’ll carry the burden on this one.”

Like his father, Joseph has embraced the bodybuilding life-style. Nevertheless, he’s observed adjustments in his physique since beginning his Dancing With the Stars journey.

“I really feel like I’m getting just a little leaner. I’m shedding weight for certain. It’s undoubtedly a change of tempo. It’s much more cardio. It’s much more core,” Joseph revealed. “I imply, she’s kicking my butt within the ballroom. When you comply with me on Instagram, you’ll see me drenched in sweat principally each night time due to these exercises, and [it was] a blessing in disguise that she was capable of stand up for the final week and a half as a result of these flips we now have been beating one another up. I’ve bruises below the sparkles right here, and she or he doesn’t have any scrapes or marks, however I’ve scrapes, I’ve marks… the routine of understanding is totally totally different. The physique’s altering just a little bit, however we’re nonetheless pumped up.”

Joseph and Daniella made it via the newest elimination. Sam Champion was despatched house on the finish of Disney+ Night time. Joseph and Daniella will likely be hitting the ballroom greater than as soon as for the present’s two-night occasion subsequent week.

Forward of Disney+ Night time, Joseph revealed what his dad thinks of his newfound dancing expertise. “I maintain stunning him,” Joseph informed ET. “He’s watched the previous three dances and he retains saying, each week, he’s like ‘Jesus Christ, I can’t even imagine which you can transfer like that!’ As a result of our household’s not identified for dancing, particularly on my dad’s aspect.”