| “ | You know, I've never personally live streamed before because why the hell am I paying seven people to run my socials, am I right? I wanna announce something to all of you who have been by my side ever since the controversial episode of Mark and Spark, where I performed emergency gallbladder surgery on the dog. I want to announce something huge tonight. Inspired by a weirdly tall high school senior from Utah who's actually super talented, and has an incredible girlfriend who he makes really happy. Which is why I've made the difficult decision to leave Romeo and Juliet before I was even announced in it. Gina's star shines bright enough without me. And I've still got something to say about a certain grown-up boy and his talking dog. Fam, we're rebooting Mark and Spark, and we're shooting it like a mockumentary. Just gotta talk to Disney first. |
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— Mack Alana in Born to Be Brave
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Mack Alana is a recurring character that was first introduced in Season 4 of the Disney+ Original Series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. He is a sitcom actor. In Season 4, he came to East High School to filmed for his comeback role where he is cast as Sam in High School Musical 4: The Reunion. He is portrayed by Matthew Sato.
Background[]
Personality[]
Mack is a former child star who "never knew what real life is."[1]
Mack is new to Salt Lake and a former child star making a comeback in High School Musical 4: The Reunion.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Mack Alana was born sometime between 2002 to 2003. When Mack was 3 years old, he was discovered at a Chuck E. Cheese. At 10 years old, Mack starred as one of the titular characters as Mark in Mark and Spark for 7 years before it got cancelled.
Season Four[]
High School Musical 4[]
Mack shoots a scene for High School Musical 4: The Reunion where Chad Danforth, Taylor McKessie, Ryan Evans and Martha Cox all come back to East High School for their 15th High School Reunion where they performed High School Reunion. Chad and Taylor announced that this is all for Ms. Darbus who is retiring. Martha and Ryan introduced the current class at East High School Bailey and Sam who are played by Gina and Mack. At the end of the song Mack kisses Gina unexpectedly and Quinn yells at Mack because that is not what they rehearsed during blocking rehearsal.
Two Months Earlier[]
During a Pep Rally at East High School on the Football Field, Bart Johnson announced that Mack Alana and Dani (a TikTok personality and Mack's fake girlfriend) would be the new faces of the High School Musical franchise and star as the next generation of Wildcats in the fourth film. Obviously, Gina was excited at first since Mack was her childhood celebrity crush, while Ricky wasn't too happy about the situation because he was dating Gina at the time. Later that day, Gina gets assigned to show Mack around East High School. Gina walks into a dressing room where she sees Mack in the middle of changing who is just in his underwear and shirtless. Then Mack asks Gina "Can I help you?" and Gina covers her eyes being embarrassed for walking in on Mack who is half naked when she first meets him in person. Later that night, Mack starts following Gina on Instagram.
HSM v. HSM[]
The next day, during auditions for High School Musical 4: The Reunion for the feature extras Mack shows up at auditions even though he isn't suppose to be there for another two hours. Mack admits that a famous actor Neil Patrick Harris taught him to show up before your call time just in case someone needs him and that is why he showed up early. Later that day Mack and Dani are rehearsing Ms. Darbus big scene with the director Quinn Robbins who thinks they have no chemistry.
Relationships[]
See Also: Dani and Mack
See Also: Gina and Mack
See Also: Mack and Ricky
Songs[]
Season 4[]
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | Mark and Spark | Mark | |
| 2020s | High School Musical 4: The Reunion | Sam | |
Appearances[]
Season 4[]
- High School Musical 4 (Appears)
- HSM v. HSM (Appears)
- A Star is Reborn (Appears)
- Trick or Treat (Appears)
- Admissions (Appears)
- Trust the Process (mentioned)
- Night of Nights (Appears)
- Born to Be Brave (Appears)
Quotes[]
"Look, I grew up running lines with my mom. What you did, they was real."
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Mack starred as Mark in Mark and Spark for 7 years before in got cancelled.
- It is implied that the show got 6 seasons because he mentioned his favorite episode was "617."
- Mack came up with the idea for the episode in Mark and Spark where he performs emergency gallbladder surgery on a dog.
- In the musical number "High School Reunion" for High School Musical 4: The Reunion, on the back of Mack's character Sam's Basketball Jersey says Mack's last name "Alana" it’s quite possible Mack's character Sam shares the same last name as Mack.
- Mack was first discovered at Chuck E. Cheese when he was three years old.
- Mack is the third character in the High School Musical franchise to be played by an actor named "Matthew/Matt" followed by Jimmie Zara from High School Musical 3: Senior Year who is played by Matt Prokop and E.J. Caswell who is played by Matt Cornett.
- Matthew Sato who plays Mack was born in Hawaii and is part Hawaiian coincidently Alana is a common last name in Hawaii. Alana means "awakening" in Hawaiian.
References[]
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Featurette - High School Musical- The Musical- The Series - Disney+
