Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn, and Blake Lively in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Courtesy of Warner Bros.

Amber Tamblyn: Blake and America and I were just walking around the island there and found a cliff that some other people were jumping off of, and then we sort of talked ourselves into doing it. Then later we came and told the producers and directors, "You should put this in the movie." And then when we got there and there's this whole crew and a bunch of people, we kind of got a little camera shy about it.

Alexis Bledel: America froze.

Amber Tamblyn: Yeah, she did. But it was fun.

America Ferrera: Yeah, I kind of didn't jump when I was supposed to. But then I did it eventually.

It seems like you've really developed a friendship working on the first movie, and a lot of this movie's about communication. How do you guys keep your friendship going and communicate with your friends when you're so busy?
Blake Lively: A pair of pants.

America Ferrera: Email and texting and our Spidey senses.

Blake Lively: We try to see each other whenever we're in the same town, which isn't often.

In regards to collaborating with the director, having your own input, did you draw any sort of personal experiences in regards to bonding with other friends, female and so forth?
Amber Tamblyn: Yeah, I think you know everyone's open to us in giving our own input, and certainly for me, I know my character is going to do, you know, quirky, funny ad-lib lines and stuff like that, but my character has a neurotic sort of self-loathing aspect to her in this film. Often times she funnels these feelings through humor and sort of by trying to make other people laugh and ignoring what's going on with her, and I have pulled that from several friends of mine that sort of do that. They just make jokes whenever it's just time to be serious or whatever. So I was just thinking about that with Tibby. Sorry, friends, wherever you are.

How does your personal style compare to that of your character's in the film?
Blake Lively: Well, Bridget dresses like Indiana Jones, and I don't dress like that. And I don't wear soccer outfits so mine is very different. That was an easy answer for me. I honestly dress like Indiana Jones in this movie, and she's got swooping hats. It's awesome, but I dress a little differently than that. We had a wonderful costume designer throughout this film, and I think she did such a good job at carving out each character's personal style, and she was able to tell a bit of a story with their clothes as well, which I think was pretty great.

Alexis Bledel: Lena's costumes are very sort of feminine and '50s style, and I think it makes a lot of sense for her character. I like some things like that but not all the time.

Amber Tamblyn: I think you're a little more tomboyish sometimes. Personally, I like that.

Each of you guys has had substantial television experience, and now you've had a chance to do a movie where there's a sequel so that you can see some character development. How different or alike for each of you was developing these characters as opposed to developing characters in a television setting where you have you know episodes and you can grow the character in different ways?
Alexis Bledel: Well, this film was a little tricky because it was the second, third, and fourth book all rolled into one movie, and there was a lot of material [so] we didn't really know what they were gonna be able to put in once it was condensed into the film. So they let us have a little bit of input as far as when they were trimming down, what the things were that were important to us to — they listened, and so hopefully it came across alright.

Blake Lively: Well, with a television show you find out what's happening with your character every single day, every single week with each episode. With a film, you get to see your character; you get to see that arc. With this, we had a series of four novels so we really got to see where they grow, but it's easier to plan when you're doing a TV show. The writers [on a TV show] don't even know where your character's going; you don't know how many years you're going to be on it. My character [on Gossip Girls] has many dark secrets that are always reserved or things so she's always changing, but I think it's just easier to plan where you start and where you end in your journey [in a movie], whereas you know on a show you're kind of making it up as it comes along.