Interior Chinatown Cast (Taika Waititi) / Noah Beck, Sienna Agudong & Debora Cox (Sidelined: The QB & Me)

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In this week's episode of pop Culture Weekly, I talk

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with the cast of Hulu's Interior Chinatown, including the amazing

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taykow Bit TD, who I love so much. And I

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talk with the cast of Sideline to QB and Me,

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including Deborah Cox and Noah Beck.

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Let's go Welcome to pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon

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from my Heart Radio, your pop culture news, views, reviews

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and celebrity interviews on all the movies, TV, music and

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pop culture U Crab Weekly. Here's Kyle McMahon.

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No no, no, no, no, no, no no it Hello and welcome

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to pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon. I of course

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am Kyle McMahon, and I thank you so much for

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hanging with me for another episode of pop Culture Weekly.

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So in this episode, it's all about the series Interior

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Chinatown on Hulu and the new film Sideline the QB

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and Me starring Noah Beck. These are two great projects,

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two different projects, but great projects, and I think you'll

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enjoy them both. We're gonna start off with Interior China.

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Tound So imagine a world, if you will, for a

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moment where your life feels like a script and every

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day you're playing a role that someone else has written

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for you. Well, welcome to Interior Chinatound, a really groundbreaking

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TV series that blends sharp social commentary with humor, drama,

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and you know, a touch of the absurd.

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You know. I love that.

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It's based on Charles U's award winning novel and it

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explores the life of Willis Wu, a Taiwanese American actor

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stuck in Hollywood's endless loop of stereotypical roles like quote

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generic Asian man unquote and quote Kung Fu guy quote

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But this is more than a showbiz satire.

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It's actually a deeply person exploration of identity and family

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and the invisible systems that shape how we see ourselves

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and other people. So as Willis begins to question this

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script that society has essentially handed him, the series takes

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viewers on a journey of self discovery that is equal

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parts heart.

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Wrenching and really really hilarious.

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It's got a unique storytelling format, a stellar cast, and

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it really just challenges conventions and invites us to rethink

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the narratives that we live by, which is really important

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to me and I think to all of you. So basically,

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Willis Wu He's a background character stuck in a police

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procedural drama.

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That's called Black and White.

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And then one day he accidentally witnesses a crime and

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as he investigates, he starts to uncover family secrets and

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this whole Chinatown criminal underground while learning how it feels

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to be in the spotlight himself.

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It's really really great. I love the show.

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It's funny and Taika, I mean what like, I love him?

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So in any event, uh, let's start off with the

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interviews from Interior China Town. We're gonna start with Ronnie

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Chang and Chloe Bennett. Ronnie plays Fatty, who is Willis's

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best friend and co worker at the Golden Palace, which

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is like the restaurant he works at. And then Chloe

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is Detective Lana Lee, who is a detective who recruits

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Willis to investigate the disappearance of his brother. So let's

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talk with Ronnie Chang and Chloe Bennett. Thank you both

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for joining me. I really appreciate it.

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I hate radio. There you go. Thank you.

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So, first of all, congratulations to Bow. The view on

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the project. Interior or Chinatown is so awesome. It's so

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funny and layered and smart, and I wonder what.

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Drew you to the project.

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Both of you, Well, there was just for some reason,

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I just got sent the book.

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I think because I'm Asian.

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They were just like find it to the Asian.

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I did, just like get the book at my doorstep

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literally in twenty twenty, and I it had really good packaging.

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There was like little treats in there.

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So I read it and I immediately, I think, anyone

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you know, it was an extremely It felt like someone

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had dug out the inside of my brain and was

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able to really organize and in a much more intelligent

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way kind of regurgitate thoughts that have been kind of

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like stagnant in my brain since I can remember.

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And that was Charlie you and.

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I actually to stop reading it because I thought, but

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I remember because obviously it's in script format, the novel,

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and I thought, man, if they're going to make this

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into a show eventually, and if I don't get cast

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in this, I have to quit acting. Because if I

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can't play this character, then I can't then I should

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Stakes, for some reason, I made them very high for

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myself right away, and so it immediately spoke to me,

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and I guess that's what drew me to it.

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I love that. And how about for you, Ronnie, what

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drew me to it? Yeah?

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Yeah, the book is it's very uniquely written to my

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ignorant brain. It doesn't follow traditional story structure, which is

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very interesting to me. And you know, it starts as

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a screenplay and speaking to actors. So when I read

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it as someone who I get, I'm lucky to get

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small roles in stuff in show business in America, so

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obviously it spoke to me as someone who was kind

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of in the background of stuff, you know. And I

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read it and I was kind of the opposite of Chlobe.

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I was like, there's no way they can make this

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into a show. It's too cock you know. Yeah, So

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I wasn't even thinking about the TV show. I was like, man,

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this book is really cool, you know. I wish I

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wish more people.

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Could read it. So, yeah, that's super interesting. And have

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you ever felt in your lives like a background character

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in your own life?

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Hell yeah, man, do you want to go?

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I mean, yeah, for for me, it's a lot of

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the themes that you know, I think I struggle with

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in my life or something and that we mirror on

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the show with Lana is uh, you know, mixed race identity,

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which we play a lot with in the show, very literally,

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also not so literally, but being mixed uh. And I

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think a lot of being a woman, you know. Uh,

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even even as I'm introduced in the show, it's it's

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all through the male gaze.

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It's where it's it's put out.

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She's put on this pedestal.

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There's a lot assumed about her because of something intentionally, Yeah, intentionally,

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which we're all very aware of on the show. And

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I think that's a beautiful metaphor for a lot of

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the ways that you know, I've I've had to navigate

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my career because at the end of the day, you know,

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been the lead of something. I've always been the female lead.

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there's always that kind of element as a woman.

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show business. Sometimes in society I think this Asian people,

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Native American people. I'm sure Latinos feel that way. I

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don't speak for them. Pacific Islanders. You know, I like

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you sometimes feel like you are a back out character

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in the movie of America in real life, sometimes like

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your voice doesn't matter. Nobody cares what you think about anything.

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So in that sense, yeah, you know, yeah.

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That's that's so powerful. It's thank you both for speaking

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with me.

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I can't wait for everybody to see Interior China down

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exclusively on Hulu.

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Thank you both.

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Thanks to us, of course, Ronnie Chang and Chloe Bennett.

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All right, moving right along. Next up, we have Lisa

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Gilroy and Sullivan Jones. So Lisa plays Sarah Green, who's

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a detective who leads the investigation of several crimes in

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Port Harbor, along with Sullivan Jones, who plays Miles Turner,

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who you know works right along with her. This is

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a fun group and I can't wait for you to

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hear my interview with them.

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Lisa Gilroy and Sullivan.

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Jones, Hi, thanks for having us.

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Of course. So first of all, congratulations on the series.

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It's it's uh, it's it's.

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and I love how meta it is in many ways.

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What is that what attracted you to the project or

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what attracted you to the project?

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I think on the front, especially for us, it kind

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of presents as like, you know, this cop procedural, which

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is very fun, especially for someone like me who is

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a comedian. It doesn't ever get to say serious things

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or touch a gun. No one has ever allowed that

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before in the history of time, So that's very fun.

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But then when you look closer at the story, there's

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so many different stories going on and there it's not

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always what you think. So I think that's really that's

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titillating if I'm allowed to say.

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Tits so you can, how about for you he Sullivan.

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Aside from being titillating, which doesn't have the word tits

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But it's titillating.

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time and I was like, wait, what is happening? And

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then I had to read it again, and I feel

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like that's usually typically a good thing, when you're like,

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being rendered. And yeah, and Taiko was involved, Yeah, Lias

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is involved involved.

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Involved. Now you implicate.

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come that so and then for you, for you both

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and Sullivan, we can start with you and then we'll

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go back because apparently I'm really bad in going it

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there's some some unexpected turns and that sort of thing.

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this is who I would be and or or do

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you kind of get to fanboy over it too?

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I think you fat you totally fanboy over it, and

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then once you decide to help make it, then you

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kind of drop into like, all right, what's what's my

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role and how do I participate? But I think the

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fan boying is is like what draws you in in

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just my lines and nothing else.

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That's the temptation because you just want to be like,

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what do I get to say?

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Actually reads the lines to her. She looked at the

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script the.

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about the things that you get to say, but the

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whole story is so juicy and delicious, and I feel

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like on set we would get you know, we'd get

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the scripts ahead of time before shooting the episodes, and

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we would come to set and it would be like

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we had all just watched an episode of our favorite

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Can you believe that happened?

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Or you said this, or you did this, or so

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and so is pregnant that never happened.

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Energy whoa, whoa, yeah, yeah, And and finally, have you

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ever felt like a background character in your own life.

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Right now, right now?

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I feel like, especially because I came up in comedy

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feel like the boys got to mostly be the main

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characters and and women were more supporting, you know, especially

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in improv. I don't know, sometimes I how could I

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keep ending up as the wife.

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So maybe like supporting character I feel like is big

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for women, but definitely been there.

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And how about for you, Sullivan.

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I feel like in certain family dynamics, I'm like, guys,

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what about me? Just because I'm the youngest.

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And I get some respect. Please. You're not going to

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call anybody out, but you know who you are.

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That's why he grew so tall to get attention.

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Yeah, imagine that was my comeback, was to be six

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foot four and be like, yeah, now I can dunk

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on you in the backyard basketball game and.

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it all tracks, you know what I mean? Nice? Really? Yes?

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Yeah, because everyone's set their heads now and I.

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Felt left out.

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I love this.

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Thank you both so much for speaking with me. I

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can't wait for everybody to see exclusively on Hulu. You

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guys are awesome. Thank you, thank you, thank you as well.

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Have a great day, Lisa Gilroy and Sullivan Jones. All right,

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moving right along with the Interior Chinatown cast, we have

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Archie cal and ziem So. Joe Wu is Archie's father

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and he's appeared in shows like The Man in the

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High Castle, twenty four films like Rush Hour, Rush Hour three,

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The Farewell, Kung Fu on the CW and UH and

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Archie has been in Chicago, PD, Power Rangers, Lost Galaxy,

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and CSI. So let's talk with Archie, Cow and ziem

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Let go.

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So, first of all, congratulations on the series.

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It is.

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It's so much fun. It's it's layered, it's funny. What

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drew you both to to the project.

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It's such a thoughtful project, such.

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A you know, when I've said this earlier, it's I

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don't I don't think.

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The fundamental premise of it is simply just that they're

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Asian in Chinatown. Like it's you know, it's an expression

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of their larger humanity and how it feels to be

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a background player in your life and maybe not seen

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in all the ways that you want to be seen

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or feel like you would be it would be a

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contributor to your society at large. And when I saw

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the way that, you know, it was just so well

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expressed in the novel, I just couldn't. I read it

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in one sitting, just I think, like a lot of people,

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I couldn't resist it. In I made my mission to

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hopefully be part of it. And I'm delighted me sitting

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here talking to you about it right now.

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Yeah, the book attracted me. I read the book first.

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A friend of mine sent it to me from New York.

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He said, man, dude, you gotta check out this book.

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I said, okay, fine, So I got the book and

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I said, damn, this is good man. And then then

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our hear said, oh, guess what they want to do

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a series? I said, really, okay, I wonder how.

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They're going to do it.

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I was intrigued, Yeah, because okay, how do you translate

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this beautiful book onto the screen?

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Right?

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And then I started looking at the team that's putting

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this together. I said, all right, I think we got

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a chance. But you never know, right, we commit ourselves

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to projects, sometimes we scratch.

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Our head and go, damn, what the hell happened?

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You know what I'm saying. And now you know you

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kind of go, wow, okay, whatever happened happened?

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Right? Yeah, I'm very proud of it, very proud as

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you should be.

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It is.

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It is so well done and and no, you know,

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and with the both of you contributing greatly to that. So, uh,

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did you you know as you're doing a project like this,

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as in particularly this one, it's so meta, you know,

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there's so many kind of tongue in cheek things that

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are obviously what they're smartly and for a reason. Uh,

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did you feel that as you were doing it, like

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it was almost like you're it's I feel like being

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an actor in this project, it's almost like double meta

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because you're an actor playing uh, these characters.

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In a you know what I mean is that is that?

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Is it that way for you when you were doing this?

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It certainly was for me like I was trying to

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play detective work called I think.

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And you know what you really love about is with

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the team like they were.

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Charlie and the producer is very open to like, let's well,

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let's let's talk about that, you know, let's see how

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this and you know, and and because it's a it

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was it's a bold approach, right to take. It's not

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as simple as the world of Black and White, the

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Parci Traumise, which I mean I spend a great deal

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of my career in that world as well, so I

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feel very familiar with it.

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But this whole like world within a world, I just

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love that approach to it and.

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My my my particular character.

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I know that the media only got episodes one through five,

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but I hope that you'll endure and see like it'll

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all into something more.

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And my character doesn't just yell at people.

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So in my experiences, I never try to get ahead

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of myself, you know, I get into a project, I

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stay in a moment and I continue to explore, you know,

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as we go, because I don't think that it's event.

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The advantage of not jumping the gun. I think, you know,

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it helps me stay in a moment and we're discovering

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all of these processes together, you know, with all the characters,

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me as dad, me as seafool, and me as friend,

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you know, and as husband is the spouse. So all

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of those things are really helpful not to jump the

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gun and take the moment to moment as it comes.

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I love that.

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Hi, Archie, thank you so much for speaking with me.

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I can't wait for everybody to see Interior Chinatown exclusively

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on Hulu.

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Thank you, thank you, Archie cowen Zie Ma.

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Love those guys and don't forget. You can watch the

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video interviews. The video versions of these interviews on my

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Socials pop Culture Weekly Socials. So hit the show links

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and you can find them. Next up, I'm so excited.

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Taika why TD and Charles yu So. Taika is a

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New Zealand filmmaker. He's an actor, He's a comedian. He

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is best known probably direct for direct quirky comedy films

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and He's received numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a

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BEAFTA Award, a Grammy Award. He was named by Time

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as one of the one hundred most influential.

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People in the World just two years ago.

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He's written and directed Boy, Thor Ragnarok which I Love,

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Thor Love and Thunder, Hunt for the Wilder People, Jojo Rabbit,

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What We Do in the Shadows Next Goal Wins. He's

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amazing and Charles U is an American writer who wrote

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the original novel Interior Chinatown that this is based on.

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He's also written How to Live Safely in a Science

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fictional Universe, and in two thousand and seven he was

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named as a five Under thirty five honoree by the

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National Book Foundation and Interior Chinatown. The novel won the

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National Book Award for Fiction in twenty twenty two. In

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twenty twenty upon its release, So let's talk with Charles.

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You and Tai Why t.

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Thank you both for speaking with me. I really appreciate it. Carl.

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It's a pleasure just to hear your voice. That is

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a radio voice, and that is a beautiful voice you've got.

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Thank you. You sound like my parents. They always said,

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I had a voice for radio.

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So.

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No, I'm not doing that. I didn't ask to be born.

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I was like, I want to be a model, and

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they were like, no, you should do radio. So but

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but first of all, congratulations to both of you for this.

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This is it's so fun and great and layered and

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it's it really is a great project.

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Charles, if I may start with you, you are you

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know this was your conception from the stark What first

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of all inspired you to write the book?

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And then what made you decide, hey, I want to

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take this, you know, to the screen.

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My parents inspired me. They wanted me to be a

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doctor and I failed at that, so I wrote a

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book instead. And you know, I think the idea of

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getting it do it for screen was just a dream

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come true. And then Tyker signed on and they said,

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let's let's make a show. So it was kind of

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that's it. That's the whole story, that's how it works.

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Yeah, just like that. Just years, yeah, yeah, just a

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very quick twelve years.

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And for you, Tike, you know you obviously you have

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your hand in so many things, which I love all

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of them, by the way, but how uh, why did

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you say, you know, this is a project that I

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want to EP I want to be involved in.

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I want to help bring this to the world.

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I always like to get involved with. I'm as attracted

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to things that make me really nervous. That made me

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feel like I could ruin this for everyone I'm qualified

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for this year. That's I felt like, oh, that's not

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that's like an interesting challenge. And I just loved, you know,

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I love the idea behind it. And coming from New

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Zealand and feeling often that I come from a culture

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and people who are considered on the outskirts of the

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conversation and in the margins, Yeah, this spoke to me greatly.

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So I've really wanted to participate and basically I felt

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like I wanted just to help in the And now

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I'm reading the rewards.

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Have you ever felt like a background character in your

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own life?

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You know, interestingly, I always felt I was a bit

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like the Truman Show. I always felt like everyone was

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put on earth for my entertainment. But then and then

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I would find out in reality through just you know,

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I started off and doing various things before as a

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director of acting, and so it was through acting that

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I realized, oh, yeah, yeah, this is my destiny. To

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be a background character, just to be like the best

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friend character, or just to be somewhere who kind of

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comes in now and then and was never at the front.

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So yeah, I felt that all my life as an artist.

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And how about for you, Charles, Yeah, I think, you know,

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going back to sort of my parents is sort of

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as they immigrated to the US, and I think watching

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them try to assimilate and learn the rules of basically

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a new world, that's what I watched growing up, you know,

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is getting you seeing through their eyes sort of what

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it looks like when you're sort of not seeing I guess.

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And I think that just informed a lot of the

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things that I'm attracted to, and including Tika's films. I mean,

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starting with Boy, I think just this kind of innocence

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and there's this just amazing ability to have empathy and

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heart in his films, and so I think working with

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him was really inspiring, and that's just something I'm always

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looking for in my own writing, is that kind of perspective.

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I love that. Thank you both. You're both a joy

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to talk to and you have the joy to talk to.

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Thank you, thank you, thank you. I very much appreciate it.

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I can't say goodbye, type it and it does time.

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Yeah, goodbye, goodbye, Thank you, Thank you both.

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I can't wait for everybody to see Inside Chinatown exclusively

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on Hulu. Thank you, Take care, Charles U and Taika

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White TD. I can't believe I talked to Taika White

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TD and Charles you. But Taika is just I'm a

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huge fan of his work and him and he.

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Said, my voice is sexy and amazing. Taika, Taika White TD,

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Taika Tika Okay, thank you so much, Jimmy for speaking

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with me. I really appreciate it.

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Thank you, thank you for coming through of course.

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So first of all, congrats on Interior Chinatown. I love it.

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It is so layered and so funny and uh and

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much deeper than it seems on the surface.

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What attracted you to the role and the project?

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The script?

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When I first got the it was amazing and I

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read the book in like one day. I'm usually not

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the fastest book reader, so I really resonated with the story.

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Being an Asian American and oftentimes feeling a lot of

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the things that you know Willis felt in his kind

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of weird world, but at the same time, it's exactly

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what you're saying it's all unexpected stuff. I love surprising

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my audience, whether it's things that they don't think I

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can do right, like doing drama, you know, or doing

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a rom com or you know, doing some martial arts.

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But at the same time, also I also love being funny,

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you know, so I get to kind of do all

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of that and go through a whole gamut of work

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on the show. I get to be funny on Tuesday,

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kick some ass on Wednesday, be sore on Thursday, and

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then I have to cry in a scene on Friday.

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So that was quite a challenge, but you know, very

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rewarding for me, and that was something that I really

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was excited to take on.

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I love that.

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And did you you know we're as you're reading the

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script and and the book, are you able to I'm

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00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:06.519
always interested in if an actor is able to kind

491
00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:11.359
of fanboy over, like do you get the enjoyment when

492
00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:13.680
you're reading it the first time as I do, or

493
00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:16.640
another viewer might watching it the first time, or do

494
00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:19.279
you look at it from a lens of like, Okay,

495
00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:22.680
this is potential work, this is potentially my character, that

496
00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.279
sort of thing.

497
00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:26.640
Yeah, I think that's a great question. I do two reads.

498
00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:30.839
I try to read it as just an audience, a

499
00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:34.920
fan first, and if I find it entertaining and if

500
00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:37.599
it resonates with me, and that read it again putting

501
00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:40.960
myself in the shoes of the character that I might play.

502
00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:44.799
And this one, it was kind of it all hit

503
00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:48.960
me at once because it was such a good story

504
00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:51.599
and a good book and a good script. And at

505
00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:54.640
the same time, I was like, man, this willis character

506
00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:56.640
it might have been based on me, you know, it was,

507
00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:58.359
that's how much I related to him.

508
00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:59.640
He started off stuck in.

509
00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:01.960
The back, and it got bit parts and it became

510
00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:04.240
the tech guy, which is what he was allowed to do,

511
00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:05.599
which is what I what I.51200:27:05.680 --> 00:27:08.799



Did on Silicon Valley for many years and then leading51300:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.400



up to now.51400:27:09.480 --> 00:27:12.799



I'm not going to give too much away, but I51500:27:12.960 --> 00:27:16.839



just absolutely resonated to it as an actor, as an51600:27:16.880 --> 00:27:20.319



Asian American, and also just as a fan.51700:27:20.640 --> 00:27:26.759



You know, there's mystery, there is aware procedural inner center51800:27:26.839 --> 00:27:28.720



of it. There's beautiful family drama.51900:27:28.880 --> 00:27:31.440



There's almost like a well day won't day thing, and52000:27:31.519 --> 00:27:33.359



there's action and comedy.52100:27:33.480 --> 00:27:35.039



So how could I not love it?52200:27:35.519 --> 00:27:35.720



Yeah?52300:27:35.759 --> 00:27:37.799



I love how meta it is, you know what I mean?52400:27:38.240 --> 00:27:43.759



It's very self aware, but not but smart, you know52500:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.200



what I mean?52600:27:45.359 --> 00:27:47.680



Yeah, like not hitting you over the head with it, right.52700:27:48.119 --> 00:27:51.759



It's not like a scholarly essay, although that message is52800:27:51.839 --> 00:27:56.319



in there somewhere, But first and foremost, it's just entertaining52900:27:56.559 --> 00:27:59.720



and like very different in a way, like I hope53000:27:59.759 --> 00:28:03.279



it's something that it's unlike anything anyone has seen before.53100:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.079



It is.53200:28:04.240 --> 00:28:06.799



I think everybody's gonna love it. I absolutely love it,53300:28:07.039 --> 00:28:10.559



Interior Chinatown. Thank you so much, Jimmy for speaking with me.53400:28:10.680 --> 00:28:14.119



I can't wait for everybody to see it exclusively on Hulu.53500:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.440



Thank you so much.53600:28:15.480 --> 00:28:17.519



Appreciate you, Thank you, sir so.53700:28:17.759 --> 00:28:22.759



In any event, Interior Chinatown is available exclusively on Hulu53800:28:23.160 --> 00:28:25.880



right now. I highly suggest you watch it, and I53900:28:25.960 --> 00:28:27.720



want to know what you think about it. Hit me54000:28:27.839 --> 00:28:30.960



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A sideline The QB and Me in Court, including.55000:28:58.039 --> 00:29:03.720



Deborah Cox, Cna Agadung, and the one and knownly Noah55100:29:03.759 --> 00:29:12.400



Beck will be back in sixty Welcome back. Thank you55200:29:12.759 --> 00:29:16.039



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Thank you for hanging out with me. All right, So sidelined.55800:29:31.119 --> 00:29:35.000



Sidelined The QB and Me is exclusively This film is55900:29:35.039 --> 00:29:39.440



exclusively available on two B. It is a heartwarming sports56000:29:39.519 --> 00:29:42.799



drama that combines the thrill of football with the deep56100:29:43.000 --> 00:29:47.599



emotional resonance of personal growth and connection at its core.56200:29:48.119 --> 00:29:52.000



Sideline The QB and Me is a film about overcoming challenges,56300:29:52.640 --> 00:29:59.799



forging unlikely friendships, and rediscovering one's purpose. It stars Gramming56400:30:00.000 --> 00:30:05.720



dominated singer and actress Deborah Cox, whose magnetic presence anchors56500:30:05.839 --> 00:30:09.759



the film, as coach Olivia Green, a former athlete turned56600:30:09.880 --> 00:30:13.400



high school coach with a knack for inspiring those around her,56700:30:13.519 --> 00:30:19.240



and she is joined by Sienna Agadong playing Lucy Rivera,56800:30:19.519 --> 00:30:23.519



a fiercely determined student whose love for football shakes up the.56900:30:25.240 --> 00:30:27.359



Traditional team dynamics if you Will.57000:30:27.759 --> 00:30:33.359



And then completing this cast is social media superstar Noah Beck,57100:30:33.759 --> 00:30:37.079



who has stepped into the role of Jason Carter, the57200:30:37.319 --> 00:30:43.200



charismatic quarterback whose journey from ego driven to maybe team57300:30:43.319 --> 00:30:48.559



oriented provides some emotion to the film. It is funny,57400:30:48.680 --> 00:30:52.400



it's got heart and drama. It's not just a story57500:30:52.440 --> 00:30:57.960



about sports, honestly, it's a celebration of resilience and teamwork57600:30:58.119 --> 00:31:01.720



and the power of believing in yourself and others. So57700:31:02.279 --> 00:31:11.079



we're gonna start with the one and only Deborah Cox singer, songwriter, producer, actor.57800:31:11.759 --> 00:31:16.119



She has been in show business since age twelve and57900:31:17.359 --> 00:31:22.079



signed to Arista Records under Clive Davis. And she had58000:31:22.279 --> 00:31:25.920



that amazingly huge song Nobody's supposed to be here?58100:31:26.519 --> 00:31:33.759



Hell did you gety? Nobody's supposed to be anyway.58200:31:33.839 --> 00:31:38.640



Deborah Cox is so awesome and let's just jump right58300:31:38.680 --> 00:31:44.200



into it. She's been in films like Love, Come Down, Influence,58400:31:44.880 --> 00:31:49.119



Love On Layaway. She's been in on TV, Nash Bridges,58500:31:50.319 --> 00:31:55.000



First Wives, Club Station eleven, and now is starring in58600:31:55.119 --> 00:31:58.799



the new two be film sidelined The QB and me.58700:31:59.200 --> 00:32:02.279



Let's talk to are debrah cos.58800:32:02.839 --> 00:32:03.440



Nice to meet you.58900:32:03.720 --> 00:32:06.559



Nice to meet you. So, first of all, tell me59000:32:06.960 --> 00:32:09.880



what drew you to the role of Miss Alicia.59100:32:11.119 --> 00:32:13.119



What drew me to the role of Miss Alicia.59200:32:13.319 --> 00:32:16.880



I was thrilled about playing the role of a dance teacher,59300:32:17.279 --> 00:32:19.680



someone who is a mentor.59400:32:21.400 --> 00:32:24.079



I loved the characters. I really wanted to work with59500:32:24.200 --> 00:32:27.319



director Justin Wu. I loved the script. There were so59600:32:27.440 --> 00:32:30.200



many things to love about it. And uh, and I59700:32:30.319 --> 00:32:30.799



just dove in.59800:32:31.759 --> 00:32:34.680



Were you familiar with the Watt pad at all?59900:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.319



I was not?60000:32:37.079 --> 00:32:40.000



No, I was I wasn't. I wasn't familiar with it60100:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.519



at first.60200:32:41.119 --> 00:32:43.000



And then I did sort of a deep dive on60300:32:43.319 --> 00:32:46.480



you know, the book and and and read the script60400:32:46.559 --> 00:32:49.759



and kind of checked out the differences and how things60500:32:49.839 --> 00:32:51.400



were interpreted.60600:32:52.079 --> 00:32:52.200



Uh.60700:32:52.319 --> 00:32:54.400



And I just loved the storytelling. I love that it60800:32:54.519 --> 00:32:58.400



was this this heartwarming love story between these two you know,60900:32:58.720 --> 00:33:02.759



passionate you know, kids who love you know, dance in61000:33:02.839 --> 00:33:07.519



the sports world and those worlds colliding and romance mixed61100:33:07.559 --> 00:33:09.720



in it all and stuff. It was just like the61200:33:09.880 --> 00:33:13.920



perfect combination of like all things that I actually love61300:33:14.119 --> 00:33:14.839



and I want to see it.61400:33:15.359 --> 00:33:15.799



I love that.61500:33:16.279 --> 00:33:19.039



And for you, as you're reading, you know, a script,61600:33:19.759 --> 00:33:23.920



are you reading it through the lens of I am61700:33:24.200 --> 00:33:27.079



miss Alicia, or are you reading it like first as61800:33:27.720 --> 00:33:29.400



let me read the script and see how the story61900:33:29.440 --> 00:33:31.240



plays out, Like, how does that process work for you?62000:33:31.440 --> 00:33:31.640



Yeah?62100:33:32.480 --> 00:33:36.200



I read it as a fan of a romantic drama,62200:33:36.559 --> 00:33:39.880



and I read it from that lens. I love all62300:33:39.960 --> 00:33:44.839



the layers in it, the complexities of these relationships, Noah62400:33:44.880 --> 00:33:48.799



and his father, you know, Sienna and her and her62500:33:48.880 --> 00:33:52.160



brother and then her you know, just all of the62600:33:52.720 --> 00:33:57.079



tug of war that goes along with the story. As62700:33:57.160 --> 00:33:59.720



you read more and more, and then you kind of62800:33:59.759 --> 00:34:02.039



under stand why all of these characters are the way62900:34:02.079 --> 00:34:07.279



they are. So Yeah, that part of me was really intriguing.63000:34:08.119 --> 00:34:11.039



That part of the story, to me was most intriguing.63100:34:11.679 --> 00:34:15.199



So you're able to kind of fanboy fangirl out and63200:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.719



read it.63300:34:18.440 --> 00:34:21.239



As as somebody who enjoys you know, like you said,63400:34:21.639 --> 00:34:24.039



watching romantic comedy or whatever.63500:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.880



Okay, Yeah, I.63600:34:26.679 --> 00:34:31.320



Love love stories. I love romantic traumas, I love drama.63700:34:31.440 --> 00:34:39.239



I love human behavior, you know, I love watching people63800:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.280



figure out.63900:34:42.039 --> 00:34:45.400



And navigating complex relationships.64000:34:46.280 --> 00:34:48.039



Those kind of things, you know, when you see them64100:34:48.079 --> 00:34:51.519



on screen and it's done well, that kind of stuff64200:34:51.559 --> 00:34:51.800



I love.64300:34:52.239 --> 00:34:55.639



Awesome. And was there a miss Alicia for you in64400:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.280



your life?64500:34:57.519 --> 00:34:57.679



Oh?64600:34:57.880 --> 00:34:58.760



Yeah, yeah.64700:34:59.000 --> 00:35:02.239



My mother has been that person, that anchor, that person64800:35:02.360 --> 00:35:07.519



that was really exuded a lot of tough love and64900:35:10.360 --> 00:35:15.599



and hard work and discipline and instilled in me that65000:35:15.760 --> 00:35:18.800



if there's something that I'm passionate about is something that65100:35:18.880 --> 00:35:20.960



I want for my life, I got to go go65200:35:21.119 --> 00:35:22.880



after it and go get it. No one else is65300:35:22.920 --> 00:35:24.599



going to be able to do that for me but me.65400:35:25.280 --> 00:35:29.920



So I came up with that kind of hard you know,65500:35:30.239 --> 00:35:35.480



hard work, you know, attitude, very very ambitious and I65600:35:35.559 --> 00:35:39.840



think you know, when you when you are really passionate65700:35:39.880 --> 00:35:44.960



about something, it can be difficult to find romance and65800:35:45.039 --> 00:35:48.039



relationship because you're dedicating so much of your time and65900:35:48.159 --> 00:35:50.679



so much of your heart into the craft, you know,66000:35:50.800 --> 00:35:51.559



to just get better.66100:35:52.760 --> 00:35:55.920



But then you know you have to find ways to66200:35:56.039 --> 00:35:56.840



navigate around that.66300:35:57.559 --> 00:36:02.639



Yeah, I've I've heard Stevie Nick similarly say in interviews66400:36:02.760 --> 00:36:05.960



that she feels, especially as a woman, that she almost66500:36:06.039 --> 00:36:08.159



had to make a choice between a career and a66600:36:08.239 --> 00:36:11.800



traditional you know life, and for.66700:36:11.880 --> 00:36:14.119



Her it was her career obviously, you know.66800:36:15.320 --> 00:36:17.880



Yeah, I mean, yeah, that's very very true.66900:36:17.920 --> 00:36:22.599



I mean in my early early days, I fell in67000:36:22.719 --> 00:36:26.719



love before I became you know, a celebrity and became67100:36:26.760 --> 00:36:29.239



a recording artist, So I had the opportunity to really67200:36:29.960 --> 00:36:34.679



commit to making my relationship and my marriage work, before kids,67300:36:34.760 --> 00:36:37.239



before all of that, and then it became our journey67400:36:37.320 --> 00:36:40.199



together as you know, a married couple. But it was67500:36:40.800 --> 00:36:43.840



very difficult to like navigate. There were some days where67600:36:43.840 --> 00:36:45.480



I didn't want to be the artist. I wanted to67700:36:45.639 --> 00:36:49.000



just be you know, Deborah the person and to find67800:36:49.039 --> 00:36:52.320



that balance. And you know, experience is the best teacher.67900:36:52.559 --> 00:36:54.679



Like it's not until you actually go through that you68000:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.440



know how.68100:36:55.360 --> 00:36:58.760



To handle it, you know. So yeah, there are many68200:36:59.159 --> 00:37:01.000



in many ways I could relate to this story.68300:37:01.960 --> 00:37:06.599



That's awesome. And then finally, what what's next for you?68400:37:06.679 --> 00:37:11.880



We're getting another more music? Are we getting another project?68500:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.000



What?68600:37:12.280 --> 00:37:12.320



What?68700:37:12.559 --> 00:37:14.360



Where are you? Where? Where can we expect for?68800:37:14.599 --> 00:37:18.559



For Yeah, I've been I've been doing you know a68900:37:18.760 --> 00:37:21.039



lot of musical theater these these days.69000:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.039



And then.69100:37:23.639 --> 00:37:26.400



I'm going to revisit them my music again and get69200:37:26.440 --> 00:37:29.800



back into the studio right after my vacation, you know,69300:37:30.280 --> 00:37:31.400



Broadway was a lot.69400:37:32.039 --> 00:37:33.840



Eight shows a week was no joke.69500:37:35.039 --> 00:37:40.079



But I really just loved being on stage and having69600:37:40.159 --> 00:37:43.280



the Broadway you know look. And then I got nominated69700:37:43.360 --> 00:37:46.480



for a Grammy, so I got to, you know, celebrate that.69800:37:46.719 --> 00:37:50.440



But I love, uh focusing on my wine business. I69900:37:50.519 --> 00:37:53.559



have a rose business as well, because I soon named70000:37:53.559 --> 00:37:56.280



after my three kids, and so I've been putting a70100:37:56.360 --> 00:37:58.559



lot of energy and emphasis into that.70200:37:59.159 --> 00:37:59.559



Awesome.70300:37:59.679 --> 00:38:01.400



But back in the studio top of next.70400:38:01.320 --> 00:38:03.440



Year, sweet and then come back on the show. I70500:38:03.519 --> 00:38:06.400



can't wait for everybody to see Sidelined.70600:38:05.840 --> 00:38:10.599



Exclusively on to B Thank you so much, Yes, thank you.70700:38:10.920 --> 00:38:13.039



I have a great day, you too, Thank you.70800:38:13.199 --> 00:38:13.559



Take care.70900:38:14.480 --> 00:38:16.199



Deborah Coggs.71000:38:18.039 --> 00:38:20.480



Love her, Love that I got to talk to her.71100:38:21.119 --> 00:38:25.920



Love her in Sidelined. She's really great in Sidelined, She's71200:38:25.960 --> 00:38:28.880



really great and everything she does. But but love her71300:38:29.239 --> 00:38:34.280



role and her her in Sideline. So all right, Next up,71400:38:34.360 --> 00:38:37.840



we're talking to Sianna Agadong and Noah Back.71500:38:37.920 --> 00:38:41.920



Sienna is best known for her role on the Nick.71600:38:41.840 --> 00:38:46.440



Series, Nickelodeon series Star Falls and the next the Netflix71700:38:46.559 --> 00:38:49.840



series No Good Nick and Resident Evil. She also was71800:38:49.920 --> 00:38:52.880



recently in the Kevin Smith I Love Kevin Smith. She71900:38:53.000 --> 00:38:55.800



was recently in the Kevin Smith film, The four thirty Movie.72000:38:56.320 --> 00:39:00.199



And then there is Noah Beck. Noah is a t72100:39:00.360 --> 00:39:03.639



faceted talent who has captured the heart of literally tens72200:39:03.679 --> 00:39:07.920



of millions as a social media sensation. He is an72300:39:08.119 --> 00:39:13.719



actor and he rose to fame through TikTok, becoming one72400:39:13.800 --> 00:39:17.599



of TikTok's most recognizable figures, and he's earned a massive72500:39:17.719 --> 00:39:22.440



following from that. So let's talk with Sianna Agadung and72600:39:22.639 --> 00:39:25.719



Noah Beck. All right, first of all, thank you no72700:39:25.840 --> 00:39:28.760



on Sienna for speaking with me on Pop Culture Weekly72800:39:28.840 --> 00:39:29.679



at iHeartRadio.72900:39:29.800 --> 00:39:32.559



How you guys doing great.73000:39:33.079 --> 00:39:35.559



I'm doing well. Thank you so much. First of all,73100:39:35.599 --> 00:39:40.880



congratulations on the film. Tell me what drew you to Sidelined?73200:39:43.119 --> 00:39:43.960



Yeah, I can take it.73300:39:45.159 --> 00:39:48.440



I think this project first came to me about a73400:39:48.480 --> 00:39:50.559



little over two years ago, which is crazy to think.73500:39:50.599 --> 00:39:51.920



It's been quite a process.73600:39:52.039 --> 00:39:55.199



But when I first read the script, I fell in73700:39:55.280 --> 00:39:57.880



love like immediately, and then I saw that it was73800:39:58.039 --> 00:39:59.480



adapted from a book, and so I was like, I73900:39:59.559 --> 00:40:01.519



need to read book now and do a little a74000:40:01.559 --> 00:40:03.679



little bit of cross examination here.74100:40:03.719 --> 00:40:06.400



And so after reading both, I was like, I want74200:40:06.440 --> 00:40:08.079



to be a part of this what do I gotta do?74300:40:08.400 --> 00:40:12.119



And yeah, it was just an immediate like love at74400:40:12.159 --> 00:40:12.559



first sight.74500:40:13.159 --> 00:40:16.119



And how about for you, Sienna, I think.74600:40:16.320 --> 00:40:18.840



It's I've never done anything like this, so of course74700:40:18.840 --> 00:40:22.039



there's always that excitement of doing something new and then74800:40:22.719 --> 00:40:27.960



growing from it. But obviously it's it's an adorable rom74900:40:28.039 --> 00:40:31.920



com and it's based on Tay Miley's book lot Pad Sensation,75000:40:32.159 --> 00:40:33.639



so it's an honor to be a part of and75100:40:33.760 --> 00:40:37.800



even being considered. But after when of you, I was75200:40:37.880 --> 00:40:40.599



so excited to do something new, and then also just75300:40:41.119 --> 00:40:42.199



to train and dance.75400:40:42.559 --> 00:40:48.639



And and work with not of course, and for for you,75500:40:48.880 --> 00:40:51.079



when as you both of you, as you're reading the script,75600:40:51.199 --> 00:40:54.239



are you doing it through the lens of like I75700:40:54.800 --> 00:40:57.280



will be this character in here? Are you reading it75800:40:57.440 --> 00:40:59.840



like as a fanboy or fan or you know, like75900:40:59.880 --> 00:41:02.920



a work and you're just consuming the work and then76000:41:02.960 --> 00:41:04.800



you go back later and you're like, okay, now let76100:41:04.880 --> 00:41:06.760



me redo it, Like what's your process for that?76200:41:07.840 --> 00:41:10.039



That is such a cool question. I've never been asked that.76300:41:10.280 --> 00:41:13.559



I think that I have always never thought through that,76400:41:13.639 --> 00:41:17.880



but I believe I always read the script as myself already,76500:41:17.960 --> 00:41:20.599



Like that's interesting, like that person that the role that76600:41:20.639 --> 00:41:23.679



I'm playing, it's never outside of myself at that point.76700:41:23.719 --> 00:41:25.280



If I get the script and I know which character76800:41:25.360 --> 00:41:30.159



I'm playing, then it's it's me at that point, Like76900:41:30.280 --> 00:41:32.840



I'm reading it and like I'm embodying it and I'm77000:41:32.880 --> 00:41:38.199



like living that whole storyline beginning to end. Yeah, I77100:41:38.239 --> 00:41:38.960



don't know, I feel like that.77200:41:39.239 --> 00:41:42.920



Yeah, that's a great question. And I kind of piggyback77300:41:42.920 --> 00:41:45.480



off Sanda here. I was trying to think of that77400:41:45.559 --> 00:41:47.519



as well, Like when I first read the script, obviously77500:41:47.599 --> 00:41:49.639



I knew the part that I was going for, and77600:41:49.679 --> 00:41:51.159



I knew the part that I was being considered for,77700:41:51.280 --> 00:41:53.960



And so I think some subconsciously you.77800:41:54.000 --> 00:41:54.320



Try to.77900:41:55.880 --> 00:41:59.159



You try to kind of go into it not really78000:41:59.239 --> 00:42:01.679



being too biased, of being like, I didn't want to78100:42:01.719 --> 00:42:04.639



read this story and be like, Okay, well how's my part.78200:42:04.800 --> 00:42:07.239



You know, I wanted to read this story in and78300:42:07.400 --> 00:42:11.960



of its entirety and be like, is this just a78400:42:12.000 --> 00:42:13.960



good script and is it a good book and is78500:42:14.000 --> 00:42:15.440



it something that I want to be a part of78600:42:15.679 --> 00:42:16.480



despite who.78700:42:17.960 --> 00:42:19.119



Like my guy is.78800:42:19.880 --> 00:42:21.920



And so yeah, that's that's a good question.78900:42:22.079 --> 00:42:24.599



But I think at first kind of like what Cianna79000:42:24.719 --> 00:42:29.119



was saying, I read it knowing my role and being like,79100:42:30.119 --> 00:42:34.440



I think I automatically just placed myself there, but try79200:42:34.519 --> 00:42:37.239



to keep just like an open mind and keep it broad.79300:42:37.079 --> 00:42:40.559



And being like, is it a good story before?79400:42:40.760 --> 00:42:43.840



Is it a good role? If you will? Yeah, yeah,79500:42:44.039 --> 00:42:44.760



I always Yeah.79600:42:45.039 --> 00:42:48.360



I asked that a lot to people because it's interesting79700:42:48.360 --> 00:42:50.440



because everybody kind of has a different process. Some people79800:42:50.480 --> 00:42:52.880



that I've talked to or like, you know, I read79900:42:52.920 --> 00:42:55.840



it like dry first, just as a read through, and80000:42:56.000 --> 00:42:58.840



then I'll read it again as my character, and other80100:42:58.920 --> 00:43:01.000



people are like, you know, I read it from the start,80200:43:01.079 --> 00:43:02.559



So it's always interesting to me to see.80300:43:02.679 --> 00:43:06.000



Yeah, for sure, you know creators or how they approach it.80400:43:07.199 --> 00:43:10.760



What's the craziest thing that you guys have done for love?80500:43:13.920 --> 00:43:16.440



If you know what you feel comfortable telling.80600:43:18.360 --> 00:43:20.280



Oh boy love?80700:43:21.639 --> 00:43:23.599



Yeah, that's crazy itself right there.80800:43:26.199 --> 00:43:28.880



I might I might not. I might not answer that one.80900:43:28.960 --> 00:43:31.360



Yeah, I'm drawing blanks, but but I will say, like,81000:43:31.519 --> 00:43:35.039



I think that's a great answer. I think offering someone81100:43:36.320 --> 00:43:40.519



love and sometimes even can be unconditional love like that81200:43:40.679 --> 00:43:42.480



in and of itself is terrifying, and that and of81300:43:42.559 --> 00:43:48.280



itself is like, yeah, that that can be identified as81400:43:48.320 --> 00:43:49.519



crazy as well.81500:43:49.679 --> 00:43:52.239



So yeah, that that kind of falls into a lot.81600:43:52.440 --> 00:43:52.960



Yeah, for sure.81700:43:53.000 --> 00:43:56.039



There's a book by Brene Brown called The Power of Vulnerability,81800:43:56.440 --> 00:43:59.320



and yeah, it's so dope. It's such a dope book81900:43:59.400 --> 00:44:02.559



and it's scary to like be vulnerable and be like82000:44:02.880 --> 00:44:04.039



I love you or whatever.82100:44:04.199 --> 00:44:05.840



Yeah, of course.82200:44:06.079 --> 00:44:06.280



Yeah.82300:44:06.800 --> 00:44:06.920



Uh.82400:44:07.159 --> 00:44:11.000



Finally for you guys, you know, you both have been82500:44:11.079 --> 00:44:14.559



in various projects in you know, all in entertainment.82600:44:14.679 --> 00:44:18.599



But but what is something that you.82700:44:20.239 --> 00:44:22.599



Have been able to like kind of look back and say,82800:44:23.880 --> 00:44:26.559



this is something that I would give up nothing for,82900:44:26.880 --> 00:44:31.519



you know what I'm saying, like like a sport or83000:44:31.599 --> 00:44:35.039



a career path or whatever. You know, what's something that83100:44:35.159 --> 00:44:36.719



you've like kind of drawn a boundary for.83200:44:39.880 --> 00:44:44.840



Family? Can I what can you put everything into that83300:44:44.880 --> 00:44:45.280



you would not?83400:44:46.719 --> 00:44:50.000



Absolutely yes, I understand.83500:44:50.239 --> 00:44:52.320



Yeah, I'm trying to be as spoiler free as possible83600:44:52.360 --> 00:44:54.440



as I say it, So I understand that's kind of83700:44:54.559 --> 00:44:57.159



like a weird way that I ended up saying about it.83800:44:57.440 --> 00:45:00.280



But basically, like, is there something in your life that83900:45:00.360 --> 00:45:02.760



you were like, like, for instance, family, like there you know,84000:45:02.840 --> 00:45:04.760



I will never waiver with family.84100:45:04.840 --> 00:45:05.760



Family always comes first.84200:45:05.760 --> 00:45:10.519



Blah blah blah, or football or you know whatever it is, right, Okay,84300:45:11.400 --> 00:45:11.920



then I'm.84400:45:11.880 --> 00:45:14.239



Gonna stick with I'm gonna family. I'm gonna stick with84500:45:14.920 --> 00:45:18.000



like the two things that sort of are who I am.84600:45:18.239 --> 00:45:20.360



I don't this you take that out.84700:45:20.519 --> 00:45:24.960



I think I'm just a blank, blake canvas. Yeah, that84800:45:25.159 --> 00:45:29.199



is just what I'm built off of. Nothing more humbling84900:45:29.239 --> 00:45:29.440



than that.85000:45:30.000 --> 00:45:31.239



I love that. How about for you? Noah?85100:45:31.960 --> 00:45:41.760



Yeah, following that, I feel shallow. Yeah, exactly exactly. I85200:45:41.880 --> 00:45:44.159



mean shallow as it may sound.85300:45:44.480 --> 00:45:46.880



Soccer was the most important thing in my life, like85400:45:47.199 --> 00:45:51.440



before acting, to be honest, and this entertainment space that85500:45:51.440 --> 00:45:54.559



I've kind of been thrust it into. And I think85600:45:55.440 --> 00:45:58.079



I think acting, I mean not to get too far85700:45:58.199 --> 00:46:01.039



with family. Of course for me, I'm a huge family guy,85800:46:01.159 --> 00:46:05.880



so that obviously is we'll do anything for And I85900:46:05.960 --> 00:46:06.360



think that.86000:46:08.360 --> 00:46:08.920



Is my answer.86100:46:09.039 --> 00:46:13.039



But going back to something a little bit more of,86200:46:13.519 --> 00:46:15.519



you know, honing in on one thing, I think.86300:46:17.199 --> 00:46:21.880



I will say acting has become something that is a very.86400:46:23.719 --> 00:46:27.679



It is a very close second to my passion for soccer,86500:46:27.760 --> 00:46:29.360



which is what I did like my whole life and86600:46:30.159 --> 00:46:32.119



kind of with the pandemic and everything kind of got86700:46:32.159 --> 00:46:34.760



like stripped away from me. I had the pivot, and86800:46:34.840 --> 00:46:38.119



then the pivot ended up becoming a new lifestyle and86900:46:38.960 --> 00:46:42.480



worked out, and now we're here. And I think having87000:46:42.559 --> 00:46:45.239



this been my first time on a set and answering87100:46:45.239 --> 00:46:47.320



all the questions about acting that I had going into it,87200:46:48.519 --> 00:46:53.679



I will say that acting has become a very just87300:46:53.840 --> 00:46:56.239



exciting new thing in my life that I've become very87400:46:56.280 --> 00:47:00.719



passionate about. And I'm if the industry will have me.87500:47:00.840 --> 00:47:03.159



I'm stoked to be here and I want to continue87600:47:03.159 --> 00:47:03.960



to do more projects.87700:47:04.199 --> 00:47:06.280



Awesome, Thank you both so much. I can't wait for87800:47:06.360 --> 00:47:11.360



everybody to see Sidelined exclusively on to B. Thank you guys, right,87900:47:11.800 --> 00:47:13.559



thank you, appreciate it. Have a good day.88000:47:14.320 --> 00:47:20.400



Likewise, thank you, Cienagadog and Noah Back really really really88100:47:20.639 --> 00:47:23.480



loves speaking with them. You can see them right now88200:47:24.159 --> 00:47:30.119



in the to be exclusive film Sidelined the QB and me.88300:47:30.239 --> 00:47:32.760



It's really great. Check it out. You won't regret it88400:47:33.039 --> 00:47:34.000



and let me know what you think.88500:47:34.079 --> 00:47:36.880



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our episode. Whatever, And I'm looking forward to seeing you89100:47:57.639 --> 00:48:00.159



next week where we have a Sebastian mana scalp Go89200:48:00.360 --> 00:48:05.719



return for his series Bookies and so much more so,89300:48:05.840 --> 00:48:08.760



I will see you for the next episode. I love you,89400:48:09.199 --> 00:48:10.039



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Oh good you Getty. Nobody's supposed to be I try89800:48:35.320 --> 00:48:43.519



to learne it for the last time. My heard says no, no,89900:48:44.760 --> 00:48:46.079



nobody's supposed to be.