Plus, showrunner Tim Federle reveals what fans can expect from the long-awaited couple’s relationship.

But hey, we’ll take it!

“She’s now entered this new relationship with Ricky, so that’s really exciting for her.

Lucas Grabeel in the final season of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series? And then a main/social/tout of Joshua Bassett and Sofia Wylie together from any episode of season 4. And then a main/social/tout of Sofia Wylie in the season 4 finale.

Joshua Bassett and Sofia Wylie on ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’.disney+

There’s just a lot of different things happening for her that adds a lot of anxiety.”

And it’s not selfish.

It’s really cool to see both the characters grow in that way."

Lucas Grabeel in the final season of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series? And then a main/social/tout of Joshua Bassett and Sofia Wylie together from any episode of season 4. And then a main/social/tout of Sofia Wylie in the season 4 finale.

Sofia Wylie on ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’.disney+

We literally go back in time in the song to some of the most iconic Ricky and Gina locations.

Wylie still can’t believe that she and Bassett finally got to see their characters get together.

“I truly never thought that this would happen, quite honestly,” she says.

The romance results in one of Wylie’s favorite musical moments of the entire series.

It’s performed during a rehearsal table read for theHigh School Musical 3production within the show."

On a cold December day on set, things are heating up onstage.

Ricky and Gina are sharing an intense moment together while simultaneously acting out a scene fromHigh School Musical 3.

But it’s been so fun."

Bassett is excited for fans to see that iconicHSM3moment come to life in the show’s signature meta way.

It was cool to play the nuances of that and what that looked like."

“That can be very stressful.

It’s interesting to see Ricky go through that journey and grow up a little bit.

He lacks direction in life, and so I love getting to explore what is Ricky’s purpose?”

She starts to figure out exactly what she wants, not what everyone else wants for her."

All eight episodes of the fourth and final season ofHSMTMTSpremiere Wednesday, Aug. 9, on Disney+.

These interviews were conducted prior to the start of the SAG-AFTRA strike.