WEBVTT - Hot Takes and Hangouts with MICHAEL JOHNSTON of Obsession

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<v Speaker 1>Hey guys, I'm Tommy d Dario. Welcome to Hot Takes

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<v Speaker 1>and Hangouts. I am hanging out with Michael Johnston. You

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<v Speaker 1>know him from Obsession? How are you, my man? Doing great?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you ready for some hot takes? Let's go rap Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>rapid fire? Here we go? All right? All right, where

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<v Speaker 1>do I want to again? Okay? What's the craziest fan

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<v Speaker 1>theory you've seen online about Obsession?

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<v Speaker 2>That Nicky is actually possessed by the spirit of Bear's

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<v Speaker 2>cat Sandy.

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<v Speaker 1>It's wow crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>It's totally like waiting outside of the bathroom, following around

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<v Speaker 2>waiting for him to get home, all that stuff, like

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<v Speaker 2>it all makes sense. There's a lot of stuff in

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<v Speaker 2>there that could prove that theory.

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<v Speaker 1>That's actually kind of amazing. Yeah, whoever created that, hats

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<v Speaker 1>off to the kudos. Kind of amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a very graphic, extremely bloody scene in the film

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<v Speaker 2>that involves a head being smashed. So in the director's cut,

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<v Speaker 2>after the head is smashed, that character is still alive

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<v Speaker 2>for a little while and she makes some gurgling sounds.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh God, it's horrific, it's so bad. But the first time,

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<v Speaker 2>that was the first cut that I saw then they

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<v Speaker 2>had to take it out. But man, if you're like

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<v Speaker 2>a fan of horror and you know the brutality of it,

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's it's brutal.

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<v Speaker 1>It sounds brutal.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's great. It's it's like one of those things

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<v Speaker 2>that you you you want to watch it, but you

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<v Speaker 2>you have to look away. I just remember that moment.

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, damn, that's dark.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>And she did not Sarah did not deserve the thing.

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<v Speaker 2>She didn't deserve it.

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<v Speaker 1>Poor thing. That would have put the rating in like

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<v Speaker 1>a whole different category it did. Wow. Yeah, yeah, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>well we have to see it now now, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we got just cut there we go. Do you have

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<v Speaker 1>a favorite horror movie?

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<v Speaker 2>It's so hard to pick one, all right, anything? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I'm a big fan of ari Asta. I

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<v Speaker 2>loved Hereditarian, Midsomar. I'm just go I gotta say one.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, go ahead.

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<v Speaker 2>I have a bunch. I mean, I love Silence of

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<v Speaker 2>the Lambs, I love the twenty eight Days Later, like.

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<v Speaker 1>The brilliant message. Yeah, I'm like I like a slash

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<v Speaker 1>of like scream and like hollow stuff, but I want darker.

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<v Speaker 2>I like some I like some really dark ship you know.

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<v Speaker 2>That's my dad's fault. He showed me all these movies.

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<v Speaker 2>He showed me Halloween when I was like nine or

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<v Speaker 2>ten or something, and I was terrified. But now I

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<v Speaker 2>have this like morbid curiosity, and anytime a movie can

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<v Speaker 2>get under my skin, like the tone of Blair Witch,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just like.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, man, I know, Oh my god, I love it.

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<v Speaker 1>I want more. Did you watch Widow's Bay?

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<v Speaker 2>I did, and I loved it, just so good I expected,

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<v Speaker 2>but no, I know I didn't. I heard that it

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<v Speaker 2>was horror comedy, and I kind of rolled my eyes

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<v Speaker 2>because it's really hard to get that right. But man,

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<v Speaker 2>I was cackling.

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<v Speaker 1>I think they're gonna sweep Awards.

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<v Speaker 2>It's oh absolutely. What's the name of the one character

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<v Speaker 2>the the lady and she like closes the door in

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<v Speaker 2>the guy's face and she's so funny.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I forget her her name, but.

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<v Speaker 2>Man, she's fantastic everyone in that show.

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<v Speaker 1>So, because you said Halloween or reminded me of the

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<v Speaker 1>episode that was very.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the one I was yeah with the yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So good show, Me too, loved it. Okay, what is

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<v Speaker 1>the best song to get you out of a bad mood?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, hmmm, I feel good. That song was playing when

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<v Speaker 2>I was born. Really yeah, my my, my, my leg

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<v Speaker 2>popped out first and my my butt came out, and

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<v Speaker 2>that was the first thing to see the world too.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel good.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what my dad says forever. Yeah, yeah, I feel good. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>you might need to do a cover of that eventually.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I should take.

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<v Speaker 1>A stripped down acoustic version, just saying I'd love to,

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<v Speaker 1>Just saying, all right, what's something you always do before

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<v Speaker 1>an audition?

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<v Speaker 2>Are we talking about like the old days where you

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<v Speaker 2>kind of show up when you go in person?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, because it's changed now.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the tapes. It's almost all tapes. Something that I

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<v Speaker 2>learned from a little bit of theater that I've done

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<v Speaker 2>is to sort of kind of be aware of the

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<v Speaker 2>surroundings and kind of like find a way to kind

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<v Speaker 2>of root myself in this in the space where I am.

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<v Speaker 2>So something that I loved to do when we did that,

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<v Speaker 2>when we used to go into the rooms, was just

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<v Speaker 2>sort of like really kind of take in everything around me, like,

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<v Speaker 2>so I'm learning my lines, I got my lines, blah

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<v Speaker 2>blah blah. But then the last thing that goes through

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<v Speaker 2>my mind is like just kind of be very like

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<v Speaker 2>there's a table there, there's a rug here, like feel

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<v Speaker 2>like just kind of try to like ground myself in

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<v Speaker 2>the current moment, because once you're there, the preparation's done,

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<v Speaker 2>you gotta just let it go. If you don't know

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<v Speaker 2>the lines that well, you know, just vacant acting.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>I do have a crazy story though on I'm I.

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<v Speaker 2>It was like Pilot season when that was a thing

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<v Speaker 2>and I was running driving all around town. He's spend

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<v Speaker 2>like three hours in the car, and I messed up

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<v Speaker 2>and I thought I was a different audition and I didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't prepared enough and a guy was coming out

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<v Speaker 2>of the room and I just like snatched his lines

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<v Speaker 2>out of his hand and went straight in. It was really.

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<v Speaker 1>Bad, like without any concept. Yeah, it was.

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<v Speaker 2>I was like hanging up brow that he was like,

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<v Speaker 2>oh wait, and then I like was I was reading

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<v Speaker 2>like basically cold reading and he had like notes in there,

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<v Speaker 2>and oh it was. It was awful. I did get

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<v Speaker 2>that rule. I did, and then that and now from

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<v Speaker 2>now on, I'm like, geez, I'm always so stressed about this.

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<v Speaker 2>Just just throw it away, just be yourself. I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe that's terrible advice.

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<v Speaker 1>It depends on the rule. No, oh, I like that advice,

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<v Speaker 1>and that guy now is gonna.

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<v Speaker 2>Be like, I can't believe that I shouldn't have done it,

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<v Speaker 2>but I just panicked and I just kind of made

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<v Speaker 2>a decision. You got to just sometimes you.

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<v Speaker 1>Just gotta look, it was game day. How to do it?

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<v Speaker 1>How to make a decision? Okay, which Obsession cast member?

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<v Speaker 1>Would you want to be stuck on an island with you?

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<v Speaker 2>Megan Lawless?

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<v Speaker 1>Why?

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<v Speaker 2>Because she's just a sweetheart and we just like giggle

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<v Speaker 2>together and I feel like we might not survive, we'll

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<v Speaker 2>have a great time.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, I guess it counts for something.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but if I'm thinking in terms of like who

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<v Speaker 2>hm survival? Well, Indy loves well No, Cooper really knows

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<v Speaker 2>all these interesting facts. He's very wise. He has a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of trivia on his brain, so he might be

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<v Speaker 2>a good choice. But also Indy is a hardcore gamer

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<v Speaker 2>and she used to like stream so maybe she's played

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of games. We have to survive. That's a

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<v Speaker 2>tough one. I'd probably be the most useless one.

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<v Speaker 1>So he would you take them all?

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<v Speaker 2>I'd be like, oh man, we gotta make a mattress.

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<v Speaker 1>Like you know, it would be like not the most

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<v Speaker 1>important thing, right, sleep in the sand?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, like I need some bugs, all.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, so a combination of all of them. We'll take it.

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<v Speaker 1>You're doing fine. Oh here's a nice one. Oh perfect

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<v Speaker 1>first date.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, perfect first date.

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<v Speaker 1>Hmmm.

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<v Speaker 2>A walk. I love a good walk, just you know,

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<v Speaker 2>because it's nice because if it's not going great, you

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<v Speaker 2>can kind of like probably wrap it up. You can

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<v Speaker 2>figure that out. And if it is going great, it's

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<v Speaker 2>it'll last. It could last a little longer. Or if

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<v Speaker 2>if you're kind of like having some butterflies while you're walking,

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<v Speaker 2>so you don't like look at them the whole time.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I like I like a walk.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't get people who go to the movies for

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<v Speaker 2>a first date. You're not even like talking to each other. No,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't like that unless you go to see Obsession. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a great first.

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<v Speaker 1>Dage suttle plug all right, my man, Well, thank you

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<v Speaker 1>so much. You survived the rapid fire around and everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want more from this amazing dude sitting right here,

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<v Speaker 1>you can hear our full interview, which is out now,

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<v Speaker 1>so go listen and go watch obsession. You can watch

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<v Speaker 1>us from the comfort of your couch right now. Thank

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<v Speaker 1>you so much, thank you