Sister Act 2's Ryan Toby Recalls Playing Ding-Dong Ditch with Castmates Including Lauryn Hill (Exclusive)

Memories came flooding back to Ryan Toby since he was reunited with his Sister, act 2 castmates in the June 5 episode View.

The actor, along with other actors from the beloved 1993 film, visited the daytime show to mark the film’s 30th anniversary. View host i Sister Act star Whoopi Goldberg (who is “back in the habit” of leading the cast in some of the film’s most memorable songs).

“[There] there were a lot of tears,” he tells PEOPLE exclusively. “A lot of emotions, a lot of memories. A lot of, ‘Oh my God, do you remember when that happened? And that happened? Some memories are not so good. Some very unpleasant … But it was all love. It was so surreal… I’m not a reunion guy, but this was a big deal. Very emotional.”

Whoopi Goldberg Performs ‘Joyful Joyful’ Sister, act 2 Reunion at View for the 30th anniversary of the film (exclusive)

The cast of ‘Sister Act 2’.

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Although Toby remembers being in awe of the film set and the amount of work that went into making the film, he tells PEOPLE that some of his fondest memories are of the various shenanigans he and his friends would get into to pass the time.

“Deondray [Gossfield] he was reminding me of something that I don’t really remember, but he said, ‘Do you remember when you and me and Lauryn [Hill] took Laury’s car and drove around the Hollywood Hills playing Ding-Dong Ditch? Go to people’s houses, ring the doorbell, challenge each other to ring the doorbell and run away?'”

Toby, who went on to play music in the band City High, feels nostalgic watching moments like this. “We were children,” he says gently. “We were just dumb kids, bored on a Friday night. We couldn’t go clubbing or anything, so we just did what dumb kids would do.”

Sister, act 2 Cast reunites to sing ‘Joyful, Joyful’ and ‘Oh Happy Day’, 30 years after the film — Watch

One of the highlights of the reunion was, of course, Toby performing his stunning solo on the chorus of “Oh Happy Day.” And while audiences were thrilled to hear him sing again, he says returning to the role after 30 years was nerve-racking.

“So, fun fact: we never performed that song live. What you see in the movie was pre-recorded and rehearsed, it was an act. We recorded that song in the studio and we dubbed it for the recording… The reunion was the first we sang it live once,” he says.

“Now at the reunion we only had three hours of rehearsal. So 30 years later, three hours of rehearsal… it was a lot of nerves. A lot of nerves, a lot of pressure for me,” he admits.

“I’m like, ‘Wow, I’m not the same little kid with the Mickey Mouse voice anymore.’ I didn’t know how people would take it or people would be understanding and say, ‘Well, it was a movie, and he’s not a little kid anymore.'”

Needless to say, he did – and was overwhelmed with positive reactions from enthusiastic fans on social media.

Whoopi Goldberg Hosts ‘Joyful Joyful’ ‘Sister Act 2’ Reunion on The View.

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Sister, Act Two: Back to the Habit (continued in 1992 nursing rank) followed Whoopi Goldberg as “Sister Mary Clarence” (her identity in the witness protection program) as she tried to teach children at a troubled school how to sing in order to save their school.

Toby was one of a talented cast of young actors that included Gossfield, Hill, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Monica Calhoun, David Kater, DeeDee Magno Hall, Alex Martin, Frank Odell Howard, Diona Nichelle, Jermaine Montell, Tanya Trotter and Ashley Thompson. All of them (with the exception of Hewitt and Hill) were present at the reunion.

Some of the adults in the cast, including Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena and Sheryl Lee Ralph, were also in attendance, while Jennifer Lewis, Erica Campbell and Alanna Ubach sent their love virtually. Music supervisors Marc Shaiman and Mervyn Warren also attended.

Although he admits that the group was not in contact before the recording ViewToby says his phone has been “buzzing non-stop” since they got back together.

“Now there’s this group chat,” created by one of Whoopi’s granddaughters, he says. “[It’s been] it’s been going since filming… We rehearsed on the 28th of May, shot on the 29th and then aired on the 5th of June, so the last two weeks have been pretty exciting.”

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Earlier this year, Goldberg told PEOPLE Sister, act 3 is “still on the way,” but not much else has been revealed about the highly anticipated third film. Toby, however, is ready when and if that phone call ever comes.

“[Whoopi] talk about it, I feel like it’s 2020. It was the first time she even mentioned trying to get Sister, act 3 it goes There are a lot of moving parts that go into getting a movie actually greenlit and launched and in theaters. So I’m not one to get overly excited,” he explains.

“No, I don’t know anything about the plot. I don’t know if I’ll be in it. I hope I will. I mean, I think the reunion show was really good just to re-introduce and remind everyone of our talent,” he says. “I was texting Whoopi like, ‘Hey, I’m single,’ and she was like, ‘Hi, be on the lookout.'”

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