Faly Rakotohavana

After joining the world of entertainment by way of musical theatre, Faly Rakotohavana became serious about acting and decided to pursue it full time. This decision led him to roles in shows like “The Mick”, “Raven’s Home”, and more. Now, he has a lead role in the new Disney+ film Secret Society of Second Born Royals. Rakotohavana plays the smart and shy Matteo who has an unexpected but useful superpower. Secret Society of Second Born Royals will premiere July 17 on Disney+.

What initially got you interested in acting?

I’ve always dreamed of being an actor from an early age, but I never attempted to pursue that dream until I was in the second grade. The only problem was that I had a really bad stuttering issue, so when I went to my first audition, I couldn’t even say the lines! I took a break for a while, and then in 6th grade I joined musical theatre and started taking my acting more seriously. Doing musical theatre helped me realize that I wanted to act on the big screen! My parents and I did some research and found a program called CGTV, and they helped me get an agent and a manager. My career just took off from there.