{"id":3331,"date":"2026-06-10T13:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itpbaz.kinsta.cloud\/culture\/fun-facts-about-matt-cornett\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T22:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T14:24:11","slug":"fun-facts-about-matt-cornett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/culture\/fun-facts-about-matt-cornett\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Facts About \u2018Every Year After\u2019 Star Matt Cornett"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matt Cornett is stepping into a new light.<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you\u2019re a die-hard fan of <a href=\"https:\/\/harpersbazaar.my\/lifestyle\/summer-romance-books-to-read-on-beach-days\/\">Carley Fortune\u2019s Every Summer After<\/a> or a supporter of Matt Cornett since his acting debut, then you\u2019ve come to the right place. In 2025, the casting announcement was unveiled with Cornett set to bring the character Sam to life. However, before <em>\u2018Every Year After,\u2019<\/em> the charismatic star famously appeared in various series and, most recently, a teen-comedy film <em>\u2018Summer of \u201969\u2019<\/em>. While many of you have swooned and gushed about his roles in these realms, Cornett is set to branch out by bringing Sam and Percy\u2019s story to life.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"bz-embed\"><blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVaADiikYXY\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVaADiikYXY\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Matt Cornett (@mattcornett)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bz-embed\"><blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DU1HOI8kjur\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DU1HOI8kjur\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Every Year After (@everyyearafter)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author Carley Fortune\u2019s work is a beautiful reminder of the power of connection and the magic of <a href=\"https:\/\/harpersbazaar.my\/lifestyle\/tv-shows-like-the-summer-i-turned-pretty\/\">summer romances<\/a>. Her ability to blend warmth and tenderness creates stories that resonate with the transformative power of love. As she takes her narrative to the screen, casting young talents like Matt Cornett and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sadiesoverall\/\">Sadie Soverall<\/a> (<em>Fate: The Winx Saga<\/em>) in the lead roles, we can look forward to a journey that captures the essence of second-chance romances and slow-burning arcs.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"bz-embed\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Every Year After - Official Trailer | Prime Video\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F5SpqQ8dNa8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/harpersbazaar.my\/lifestyle\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-primes-every-year-after-tv-series\/\">Every Year After<\/a><\/em> is slated to release on 10 June 2026 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.primevideo.com\/detail\/0H54EQHZIV8TEJOVYJBDCTFLF1\">Prime Video.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s dive into a few fun facts about the star. If you\u2019re eager for more information regarding the series, you can head on over <a href=\"https:\/\/harpersbazaar.my\/lifestyle\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-primes-every-year-after-tv-series\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All the Fun Facts to Know About Matt Cornett<\/h2>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">He\u2019s a Libra<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matt Cornett was born on 6 October 1998.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">He grew up in Rogers, Arkansas<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before moving to Los Angeles, California, Cornett grew up in Arkansas, where his family resides. In an interview with BELLO Mag, he explained that going back to Arkansas is his idea of slowing down and finding that reset button.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"bz-embed\"><blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVUiuMcEg0y\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVUiuMcEg0y\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Matt Cornett (@mattcornett)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Before he was famously cast as Sam from \u2018Every Year After\u2019, he was E.J. Caswell from the \u2018High School Musical: The Musical: The Series\u2019<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Cornett\u2019s mark in the industry has proven that he is definitely one to watch. Between voice acting and acting, the star rose to fame with roles in <em>\u2018Zombie 3\u2019<\/em> and, most recently, <em>\u2018Summer of 69\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">His favourite movie is \u2018Avatar\u2019 by James Cameron<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taken from an interview with Wonderland, he has confessed that Sam Worthington\u2019s role in Avatar is why he pursued acting in the first place. \u201cI remember spending hours just watching different scenes of Sam playing \u2018Jake Sully\u2019 in the movie and trying to memorise the whole scene and act it out alongside the TV in my living room.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">He\u2019s a proud dog dad<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019ve been following his Instagram for a while now, there\u2019s no reason not to notice his furry companion, Kota, who has been by his side for more than 10 years.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Miley Cyrus was his first celebrity crush<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In our <a href=\"https:\/\/harpersbazaar.my\/lifestyle\/matt-cornett-is-taking-the-lead\/\">recent interview with Cornett,<\/a> he expressed his love for Hannah Montana. \u201cI loved Hannah Montana\u2014I remember being obsessed. Growing up, Jason Earle, who plays Jackson Stewart on Hannah Montana, was a big inspiration of mine. I loved watching him be silly and goofy. So, in my head, I wanted to be able to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">His idea of a perfect date night is..<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by staying at home with a delicious meal, fresh chocolate chip cookies and a good movie.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selling Sunset is his guilty pleasure<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just like us, he can\u2019t seem to resist tuning in to <em>Selling Sunset.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">His go-to karaoke song is \u201cThe Great Divide\u201d by Noah Kahan<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"bz-embed\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Noah Kahan - The Great Divide (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SKs80r2Lp34?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we gear up for the release of &#8216;Every Year After&#8217;, actor Matt Cornett is all set to take the lead of the Prime series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","bz_kicker":"","bz_opener":"bleed","bz_photographer":"","bz_hero_caption":"","bz_hero_credit":"","bz_hero_clip":0,"bz_inset":0,"bz_tile_image":0,"bz_clip":0,"bz_tile_dek":"","bz_reading_time":"","bz_duration":"","bz_feature_small":0,"bz_feature_medium":0,"bz_feature_quote":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1295,1296,1321],"bz_slot":[],"class_list":["post-3331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-carley-fortune","tag-every-year-after","tag-matt-cornett"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3582,"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3331\/revisions\/3582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3331"},{"taxonomy":"bz_slot","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bz_slot?post=3331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}