Lainey Wilson Says She’s ‘Excited to Do More’ Acting as Career Expands Beyond Music

Lainey Wilson has been spending more time on screen lately and she shared that she’s looking forward to exploring even more acting opportunities in the future.

Currently fans can find the country star portraying the role of Amy, assistant manager of the grocery store in the film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s Reminders of Him. She recently spoke about her time on set while catching up with EXTRA at the premiere of the Hannah Montana 20^th Anniversary special.

The songstress shared, “Loved it. Loved it. And I’m excited to do more of it. I mean, honestly, like songwriting, you get to kind of like step into other people’s shoes and tell a story from that perspective. And that’s kind of how I felt with this.”

In addition to the film, which is out in theaters now, she is also preparing for the April 22 release of Lainey Wilson: Keepin’ Country Cool, a Netflix documentary that follows her rise from a small-town Louisiana dreamer to a Grammy-winning superstar while offering an inside look at her life on the road and in the studio.

Part of this special glimpse into her real-life journey will take fans back to her very early days of performing, when she would impersonate Hannah Montana at local birthday parties.

“My eighth grade teacher needed somebody to dress up like Hannah Montana and come to her little girl’s birthday party. And I went and I bought the wig and I already had the portable sound system. And I dressed up with Hannah Montana,” she explained to the outlet. “I impersonated her for five years from eighth grade to 12th grade. I did three or four parties a weekend. I would open up, Lainey Wilson would open up the show and then run behind the tree and change into my Hannah Montana get up.”

Things came full circle for Wilson in August of 2024 when she was selected to honor Miley Cyrus at the 2024 Disney Legends Awards ceremony by singing a cover of the Hannah Montana classic, “Best of Both Worlds.”

Wilson noted that because of her deep connection to Cyrus and her pop star alter ego, it felt “wild” to get to be present for the milestone anniversary celebration of the Hannah Montana TV show.

The “Somewhere Over Laredo” singer has a slew of festival appearance also on the books this year, including a set on the Mane Stage at Stagecoach. Between everything she has in the works this year in music and beyond, Lainey Wilson admitted it’s difficult to say what else she could possibly dream of happening to make the year even better for her.

“The truth is, I feel like so many opportunities have come my way that I never in a million years could have ever imagined, but it does seem like there’s something to be excited about every single day,” she shared honestly. “It just seems like opportunity is coming our way. So who knows? I’m open to all of it.”