Shay Mitchell is our eyes and ears on the set of the ABC Family series Pretty Little Liars, and she’s delivered us some great photos of swimming star, Missy Franklin.
Missy Franklin and Shay Mitchell on the set of “Pretty Little Liars”
Franklin’s onset to play herself opposite the show’s star, Mitchell, aka Emily Fields, a swimmer on the series, and from the photo above it appears Franklin is as fearless as ever.
Franklin, the five-time Olympic medalist from 2012 London Olympic Games, is not green when it comes to acting. She’s building her resume and acting chops! Just a little over five weeks ago she went toe-to-toe with movie stars Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn on the set of The Internship, due out in 2013.
Franklin has been turning heads, recently announcing her commitment to attend the University of California at Berkeley. For an Olympic star who electeded to remain amateur and compete at the NCAA level, Franklin has managed her brand exposure like a pro.
What’s next? The Golden Goggles Awards Show, where she will also star as one of the nominees for Female Athlete of the Year along side Dana Vollmer, Rebecca Soni and Allison Schmitt.
From the set of Pretty Little Liars:
Missy Franklin, Olympic Swimming Star, in hair and makeup on the set of Pretty Little Liars
Missy Franklin, Olympic Swim Star, on the set of Pretty Little Liars, “in Emily’s room”
Missy Franklin, Olympic swimming star, on the set of Pretty Little Liars: Here’s Missy on a lunch break, in her own trailer, after 6 hours on set. Missy then did 3 hours with her teacher, re: homework (which is state law), then back to set for more scene work and some final media interviews.
Parting Shot: One of Missy’s Olympic Gold Medals
Missy Franklin’s 2012 Olympic Gold Medal
Missy like any other great swimmer might be interested in experiencing many different other
experiences out of the pool ! Great ! life is made out of variations , new discoveries , and it’s interesting to be aware of what they do outside the pool , as well as inside the pool .
U do a great Job Guys at swiwswam . thanks to your passion , i have learned so much
about the swimming world . I will always say thanks to M Phelps too . he changed the sport to be more appreciated and followed , and loved .
Keep up the great work, Mel and crew. As a swimmer most of my natural born life, I like to hear about ALL of our athletes and what they do. It is really cool to see swimmers take the reigns outside of interviews. I remember not being a fan of “Baywatch”, but watching it because Mel was on it. It was a real shame that there was not the strong PR for swimming back in ’92. I wold have loved to see Mel on SNL next to Farley. I think it would have been great for Matt Foley:Motivational Speaker, to have to give a speech to a world record holder, and gold medal winner.
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Then save it for the social media!! I mean we are in the technology and information age, that is what social media is about. I just think their is a difference between swim news and swim tabloids. All I am saying is keep it about the pool because that is why I come to this website and I know for sure that is why or was why others came to it as well.
It’s really too bad that someone forced you to click on this link and then complain about it.
yeah, no one is forcing you to ready anything. don’t like it, don’t click on it.
If this were the only think we posted, then I’d be with you Anonymous, but it’s less than 12% of what we do, and a lot of people who read the news, the top stories of the day, click on one of the swim lifestyle content pieces…
You are arguing for no real reason ! get what u like , don’t look what u odn’t like ! make it simple ……..but please don’t come and tell swimswam what they should report or not report . thanks for your understanding .
I personally think that this is a societal problem where we feel the need to put our noses into everyone’s business. On top of that, in my eyes it turns them from being a great athlete into being a (for lack of better terminology) “rockstar”. Missy is being a positive example for swimming just by being herself and an Exceptional student-athlete.
Here is a question; is Lochte a positive role model? I bet some parents out there don’t think so; maybe with what he does in the pool and his innate desire to be the best, but outside of the pool?
Missy and the actors posted this info and the pictures to Twitter aka the world. No one’s nose is anywhere it doesn’t belong.
Feel free to start your own swimming news website that exemplifies a societal standard that you can agree with!
…we are going to experience all types of personalities in the sport….some you will like, and some you won’t. Until Phelps, swimming was a relatively small niche, one the general population didn’t care about unitl the Olympics. That is changing. We understand there’s a part of the swimming community that doesn’t like it, but the exposure the athletes are receiving is changing the sport.
…also, in addtion to reporting swim news, we’re fans too. We do get excited when swimmers go beyond the pool, doing something beyond the norm.
Agree with Anonymous #2. Missy’s swimming is great, but I personally could care less about where/when she will be doing xyz-we have Facebook for that purpose.
The swim stars features and Photo Vaults are extremely popular on swimswam…especially with our international audience. Also, we’ve found that not everyone is friends with Missy or going to her fanpage on facebook. For the limited lifestyle features we post–compared to straight swim news–the traffic is high.
Mel is right, I, as one of the international audience, want to know not only about swimming,b ut also about the life of the swimmers. Be it the top swimmers or any amazing swimmers. Sometimes the actual life of a swimmer actually gives more inspirations than the swim by him/her.
Then don’t click on the article.
I am sorry, but in reality why is this a cover story? No offense to Missy, she is amazing and no one can take that away from her, but again I ask who cares? That is awesome that she was on set and no doubt that the NCAA is keeping an eye on her, but don’t we have other things to be thinking about other than where Missy will be making her next cameo. On top of that the same question can be made about the Jack Conger photo vault, why don’t we just photo vault everybody.
Anonymous #2 – you’re right, there are absolutely more important things going on in the world of swimming. However, think about what Michael Phelps did for swimming when he was constantly in the public eye. He grew the sport’s profile exponentially. To me, that says that these appearances are much more significant to the sport than just a cameo.
Re: photo vaults – That’s our goal!
Anonymous…when the top swim stars appear on network television, its news. When one of the biggest high school recruits commits to one of the biggest universities in swimming, it’s news. Moreover, we feature them in PHOTO VAULTS…we celebrate their success. If any swimmer performs beyond the norm, repeated age nat records, making the US Nat Team for the first time, etc., we’ll feature them in PHOTO VAULTS…. If an average swimmer has a great series of images from a swimming meet, a meet with a great history, we’ll feature them in Photo Vault, and we might even write a report about it… If a swim team has a great series of images — something intertesting and entertaining/beyond the norm —… Read more »
…because sometimes we just want to enjoy an article about a swimmer for the fun of it.
Franklin is so poised for her age. i’m just hoping she can balance all this attention, school, and swimming.
Just curious, do appearances like this count as endorsements in terms of NCAA eligibility? Like is she allowed to get paid for this appearance and in the movie? I hope she is
As far as I know she can only be compensated for necessary expenses on things like The World Cup circuit. Those rules may apply there as well, she is technically making money off of her image…
CoahErik is correct. (Thanks for weighing in.) Anonymous, no, this appearance does not count as an endorsement. Missy (and her family) are well informed. If she’s doing any media-related appearance (tv show, awards show, cameo in a film), you can be assured that it is within the NCAA rules.
There actually is a line between ‘student-athlete just also happens to have acting talent good enough to get jobs as purely as an actor’ and ‘student-athlete is appearing because they’re an athletic superstar’. If they’re on set because they’re something of a legit actor, have their SAG card and all that, they can get paid. If they’re on the show because of their athletic ability, then they can’t, it’s my understanding.
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