As Modern Family heads into season 3, SheKnows chatted with the kids in the cast to see how their lives are progressing on and off screen.
Sarah Hyland is the glamour girl. Ariel Winter has the smarts. Nolan Gould is a jokester. And Rico Rodriguez is, well, suave.
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SheKnows chatted with Modern Family's four "kids" at the 2011 Emmy Awards this weekend and we were surprised to find out that they are quite similar to their stereotypical characters.
See what each had to say about this season…
Ariel Winter
Like her studious character, Ariel told SheKnows that in her free time, she's very focused on school.
"I'm still in school and I'm working really hard at it," Ariel told us. "I think education is incredibly important."
But this season we'll see some changes in Alex. Ariel tells us that for the first time, she and Sarah's boy-crazy character will actually have something in common.
"She might kiss a boy," Ariel revealed. "She might get some boyfriends. She might sit at the same table as her sister at lunch. She might be in the same class with her sister. They might have the same problems at school."
Insert "will" for the "mights" and we've got an interesting story line ahead! Off-screen, Ariel says Sarah also plays the big sister role.
"She has a different kind of life," says Ariel. "She has a boyfriend and she lives on her own. We definitely have a bond though. She helps me out with sister things and gives me advice."
Up next: Sarah Hyland talks about college, her dress and gives a shout out to her boyfriend >>
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Sarah Hyland
Bored, tired, and "over-it" are some words that come to mind when describing Sarah's demeanor on the Emmy carpet . But we have to hand it to the actress, it was like 100 degrees out there.
"I'm hungry," were the first words out of her mouth. "I'm about to pass out."
Sarah looked great despite her condition, and told SheKnows that she was excited about the dress she had designed with Project Runway's Christian Siriano.
"I love fashion," said Sarah.
Unlike her character though, who will be considering which college to attend this season, Sarah told us she's all done with school and just focusing on acting.
Up next: Nolan Gould gives details on the upcoming Thanksgiving episode >>
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Nolan Gould
Looking a little lost, but very happy to be there, Nolan's positive attitude definitely rang true to his character Luke.
"I came from Alabama and started acting when I was three," Nolan told SheKnows. "It was my dream to be somewhere like this."
But like Luke, Nolan was anything but overwhelmed by the chaotic atmosphere, and immediately jumped straight into a hilarious story about this season.
"We had a Thanksgiving episode where we went pumpkin chucking," said Nolan. "On the Amazing Race they did that, except it came back and hit the girl in the face. Everyone warned us to be careful. We flung it and it came right back toward us. Me, Rico, Ty, Eric, and Sofia were all standing in the way and it flew over our head and hit a chain link fence. It was so scary. I went around saying that I deflected it with my mind."
Leave it to Luke, I mean Nolan, to put that kind of spin on a story!
Up Next: Rico Rodriquez tells us that Manny is the man!
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Rico Rodriguez
The most adult-like of all the cast's kids is undoubtedly Rico as Manny. This was no different at the awards where the 13-year-old showed up sporting a Ralph Lauren suit and displaying his fledgling moustache.
When asked what we could expect from the young gentleman this season, Rico shot back, "What can't you expect?"
Oh, the possibilities are endless…
Tune in to ABC tonight for the season premiere of Modern Family, 9/8 c.
*Photo Credit: WENN
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