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Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to I've never said this before with

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Speaker 1: me Tommy Didario. Today's guest is the super talented Edvn

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Speaker 1: Riding Now. Edvn is one of the biggest breakout stars

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Speaker 1: on Netflix, starring in Young Royals, which is a Swedish

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Speaker 1: teen drama romance set at a fictional elite boarding school.

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Speaker 1: Now the show primarily follows Edvin, who plays Prince Wilhelm

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Speaker 1: of Sweden and his romance with fellow male student Simon

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Speaker 1: Erickson and all the drama which results, and let me

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Speaker 1: tell you, there is a lot of it. Van grew

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Speaker 1: up in Stockholm, Sweden, and started acting at five years

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Speaker 1: old and a humble brag on his behalf. He became

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Speaker 1: a Forbes thirty Under thirty lister in twenty twenty two,

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Speaker 1: which is not an easy title to obtain, and he

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Speaker 1: managed to graduate high school during his rise to superstardom.

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Speaker 1: He is now working on several different projects, including a

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Speaker 1: third and final season of Young Royals. I know, I know,

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Speaker 1: what are we going to do without the show? Edvn

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Speaker 1: is such a deep and soulful guy, and I know

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Speaker 1: you are going to really enjoy hearing a different side

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Speaker 1: to him. Throughout this conversation. So let's see if today

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Speaker 1: we can get Edvan to say something that he's never

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Speaker 1: said before. Van, my friend, it is so good to

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Speaker 1: be hanging out with you. How are you today?

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Speaker 2: Likewise? I'm good. I'm good. It's been a beautiful day

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Speaker 2: here in Stockholm. I'm happy spring is coming.

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Speaker 1: Oh, I love that. I'm great, man, I'm great. I'm

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Speaker 1: I mean, I should be kind of fanning myself because

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Speaker 1: am I talking to who BuzzFeed said is the next

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Speaker 1: Meryl Street, Viola Davis and Denzel Washington.

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Speaker 2: I don't know about that. We'll see.

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Speaker 1: It's up to me, you know, Yeah, yeah, it's up

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Speaker 1: to you. But what an honor? I read that article

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Speaker 1: not too long ago, and it was like, that's my man,

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Speaker 1: Good for you, Good for you. That must feel good.

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Speaker 2: Huh yeah, it's been. Uh, it's always like it's a

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Speaker 2: big honor. Obviously, you you get a little frightened at first,

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Speaker 2: but then you like take a breather and then you

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Speaker 2: realize it's truly is like a huge honor and it's

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Speaker 2: something great to build from, you know.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, well, well deserved. You are somebody who means

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Speaker 1: so much to so many and and it's largely due

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Speaker 1: to the show Young Royals, which came out and we're

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Speaker 1: in two seasons now. This show has taken the world

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Speaker 1: by storm. It is one of the hottest shows on Netflix.

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Speaker 1: People just love it to death so much. I want

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Speaker 1: to bring it back for a minute. What was it

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Speaker 1: that made you say when you read that initial script

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Speaker 1: that pilot man, I have to be a part of

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Speaker 2: Well, you know, it's it's It was actually quite funny

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Speaker 2: because I was in like a weird period in my

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Speaker 2: life where, you know, COVID had just hit the world

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Speaker 2: a couple of months earlier, and I was like at

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Speaker 2: a stalemate, you know. I mean, it's weird for me

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Speaker 2: as twenty year old to say that, but you know

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Speaker 2: it was. I was feeling pretty like restless, and then

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Speaker 2: I got this call for this this audition, and and

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Speaker 2: it just it felt great, Like it was truly just intuition.

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Speaker 2: I think, if we're going to break it down, I

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Speaker 2: read the script and I was like, yeah, this is sure,

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Speaker 2: it's yeah. You know, it was fun because you know,

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Speaker 2: I've heard my my coworker Omar talk about it, and

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Speaker 2: he was like, yeah, this is this is going to

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Speaker 2: was like, yeah, we can, we can do something out

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Speaker 2: of this. I really think with the teamwork that we

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Speaker 2: like the major, major thing that made it what it was.

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Speaker 2: And I think also that's like what made me want

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Speaker 1: I love that it's a queer love story, man. I

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Speaker 1: mean I grew up, I'm a millennial and I never

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Speaker 1: had anything like this to watch. I mean, we had

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Speaker 1: Will and Grace, but it was a very different type

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Speaker 1: of show and it was great yea, And I love

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Speaker 1: the representation there, but it wasn't this this love story.

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Speaker 1: I mean, do you feel ever that responsibility of being

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not gonna lie, like it's it's it's definitely

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Speaker 2: I like I feel seen by them as well. Like

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Speaker 2: take situation with with us in the cast and our audience,

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Speaker 2: a big responsibility for us because we're like in the

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Speaker 2: as much as possible, and it's a movement and that

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Speaker 2: comes with the responsibility, you.

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Speaker 1: Know, one hundred percent. I think that's such an interesting

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Speaker 1: way to look at it. You know, yes, the audience

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Speaker 1: feels seen through your work, but you feel seen through them.

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Speaker 1: Talk to me more about that. That's such an interesting,

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Speaker 1: interesting way to put it that I really haven't heard before.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, well, I've been thinking about it these

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Speaker 2: last few weeks, Like we're in early early early prep

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Speaker 2: slowly growing into Wilhelm again, and I've been thinking about it,

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Speaker 2: like it's we have such an intelligent audience. They're like

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Speaker 2: they're like on a high level intelligent people, Like they

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Speaker 2: can analyze the show, and they can analyze not just

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Speaker 2: our story, like I see them interacting with other shows

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Speaker 2: as well, like art stopper Wednesday, and the way they're

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Speaker 2: like dissecting these stories and finding like symbolism, it's it's beautiful.

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Speaker 2: And some of these things are like just things that

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Speaker 2: we as actors are maybe you know, I can only

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Speaker 2: we figure it out in the moment. We just do

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Speaker 2: makes sense because Willielm's this person and he would do that,

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Speaker 2: and then you just do it and and they really

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Speaker 2: they pick up on that and it's beautiful. Like they

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Speaker 2: they I think they see our craftsmanship and that's huge

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, that's a really special relationship to have with

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Speaker 1: obviously everybody knows that you and Omar are thickest thieves,

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Speaker 1: super tight. He of course plays Simon in the show.

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Speaker 1: Why was he the right guy to play opposite you?

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Speaker 2: Like?

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Speaker 1: What made him that guy?

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Speaker 2: He's many things, but mainly is a very brave person.

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Speaker 2: And he is brave and like almost every aspect of

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Speaker 2: that's like very fundamental for an actor to be able

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Speaker 2: Maybe it wasn't his first, maybe it was his second

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Speaker 2: it's not easy to do that if you've never like

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Speaker 2: properly acted before. And yeah, I really really admire that

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Speaker 1: And you didn't know him during those early auditions, right, No.

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Speaker 2: No, I knew who he was. He was. He's like

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Speaker 2: he's been a celebrity in swite him for a few years.

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Speaker 2: And I went to see him. It's ten years ago, now,

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Speaker 2: that's crazy. Yeah, I went to see him when he

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Speaker 1: So how did you establish such an insane bond and

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Speaker 1: develop that chemistry on screen? Because you guys together, I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's so believable. We as an audience believe you are

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Speaker 1: as in my opinion as a viewer, when I watch

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Speaker 1: they're they're doing the job of having to be in love.

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Speaker 1: But I watch the two of you, and I say, no,

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Speaker 1: how did you form that bond? Was it a pretty

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Speaker 2: Firstly, thank you, that's very kind of words. It was.

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Speaker 2: It wasn't easy, you know. I mean it's never easy

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Speaker 2: I'd like to consider myself as a brave person's file

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Speaker 2: and we kind of had to. Like it was, it

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Speaker 2: very like intrigued by those types of people, and we

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Speaker 2: and we had our director who is like our directors

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Speaker 2: that created like a trust between me and Omar. And

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Speaker 2: trust is like I usually say, like the two most

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Speaker 1: I love the development of your character in the two seasons.

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Speaker 1: I imagine for you it must be a super fun

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Speaker 1: role to play. What you love about playing the Prince?

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Speaker 2: Wow? Uh? I love It's very challenging, honestly. I mean, uh,

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Speaker 2: season one. Uh. And he's it's been like a rollercoaster

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Speaker 2: so far. Uh. And that's very challenging. And I think

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Speaker 2: mainly that's like the funniest, the most fun part of it.

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Speaker 2: But he's like he's so sensitive and it's always like

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Speaker 2: I you feel like it's rewarding for you as a person.

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Speaker 2: I feel like it's rewarding for me, like as a

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Speaker 2: person to portray Willham, because like he's so sensitive and

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Speaker 2: Like it's not it's very anti macho thing, and I

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Speaker 2: think that's important to portray as well, and and for

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Speaker 2: rewarding for me as a person. You know, I learn

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Speaker 2: that's not it's not usually like that, I think.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think, well, I think it takes a special

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Speaker 1: and the work that they're doing to actually learn something

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Speaker 1: from it. Right, It's not like you go to work,

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Speaker 1: you put on this character and you leave and you're

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Speaker 1: kind of like that's it. Like you want to grow,

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Speaker 1: you want to learn, you want to be somebody who's

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Speaker 1: continually improving yourself. At least that's what I gather from

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Speaker 1: our conversations, which I think is a really unique trait

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Speaker 1: There we go, There we go. I'll call my people,

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Speaker 2: these characters with each other. But that's like, that's the

432
00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:14,520
Speaker 2: future for Young Voice. I think it belongs to the audience.

433
00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,800
Speaker 1: One hundred percent. And I know, I know you might know,

434
00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:19,959
Speaker 1: but you can't say anything. But do you hope that

435
00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:24,399
Speaker 1: your character Prince Wilhelm and Simon are endgame? Do you

436
00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:25,600
Speaker 1: hope that they end up together?

437
00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:32,320
Speaker 2: Of course, like I believe in love, but I you know,

438
00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:34,240
Speaker 2: I don't know what happens.

439
00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,800
Speaker 1: Okay, all right, well I'm rooting for I'm a huge

440
00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,000
Speaker 1: lover of love. I've I've been with my husband now

441
00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:44,960
Speaker 1: for eight years. Congratulations, thank you, thank you. I I

442
00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:48,800
Speaker 1: just I love love So I know they're characters, but

443
00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:50,919
Speaker 1: I am personally rooting for the two of you.

444
00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:56,359
Speaker 2: That's good, that's nice. I think. I think you're not alone.

445
00:24:56,480 --> 00:25:01,960
Speaker 2: I think, but just just a hunch. No, we'll see.

446
00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,280
Speaker 2: I mean, I we were still a few months away

447
00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:10,720
Speaker 2: from from shooting, and anything can still happen with the story.

448
00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:19,520
Speaker 2: So so and I think either way, they've gotten so

449
00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:23,600
Speaker 2: much from each other, these two characters, they've learned so much.

450
00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:27,320
Speaker 2: Like I said, like Wilhelm's he's done such a journey

451
00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:33,639
Speaker 2: since season one, episode one, and that journey is continuing

452
00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,359
Speaker 2: in the third season. So and the same with with Simon.

453
00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:43,719
Speaker 2: It's they're like developing and learning from each other in

454
00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,160
Speaker 2: a very beautiful way. So in a way, they will

455
00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,119
Speaker 2: always be endgame, you know, even if they don't end

456
00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:50,600
Speaker 2: up together. Do you know what I mean?

457
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I agree with you. I agree. I think

458
00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,760
Speaker 1: you're I think you're colely trying to say. You're not

459
00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:59,159
Speaker 1: going to give away any spoilers, but they'll always be

460
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,400
Speaker 1: a part of their life, each other's lives. I don't

461
00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,800
Speaker 1: know what happened. I see the game you're playing with me.

462
00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:05,080
Speaker 1: It's all good. I get it.

463
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,040
Speaker 2: The media train, you know, I'm good at this.

464
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,000
Speaker 1: That's right, that's well. We can't wait for the new season.

465
00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:13,439
Speaker 1: I know you're you're going to get to work on it.

466
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,560
Speaker 1: But who knows, maybe even by the end of the year.

467
00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,600
Speaker 2: We'll see it, right, we'll see you know. I'm not

468
00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:24,040
Speaker 2: in charge of setting the dates for the premieres at Netflix.

469
00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:25,960
Speaker 2: You have to You'll have to talk to someone else.

470
00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:37,919
Speaker 1: I know we've talked a lot about the show and

471
00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,440
Speaker 1: the impact it's had on on the audience, and how

472
00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:44,160
Speaker 1: also you feel so connected to the audience. But you know, edvond,

473
00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:46,560
Speaker 1: I wonder with the show like this, where there's so

474
00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:50,040
Speaker 1: much noise surrounding it. And I don't mean noise negatively.

475
00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:53,200
Speaker 1: I mean it's just as noise. There's a lot of conversation,

476
00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,680
Speaker 1: there's a lot of chatter, there's a lot of attention. Right,

477
00:26:55,760 --> 00:27:01,840
Speaker 1: It's a show that people constantly are are talking about.

478
00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:06,280
Speaker 1: Do you, as Edvan ever feel like it's just a

479
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,880
Speaker 1: little too loud? Is it? Is it ever too much

480
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:11,280
Speaker 1: for you? And how do you deal with that as

481
00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:12,400
Speaker 1: as a human.

482
00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:19,880
Speaker 2: The honest answer is yes, obviously, I mean, it can

483
00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:24,320
Speaker 2: be too much. And I think my my bar is

484
00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:29,760
Speaker 2: pretty low when it comes to dealing with stuff, whether

485
00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,560
Speaker 2: it's positive or negative. You know, it affects me in

486
00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:36,439
Speaker 2: different ways. Uh, And I've taken my fair share of

487
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:40,040
Speaker 2: breaks from social media. I think that's like, right now,

488
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:44,679
Speaker 2: that's my main, my main way of dealing with it.

489
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:50,440
Speaker 2: But you know, it's it's it's fun too, Like I'm

490
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,199
Speaker 2: super grateful that I'm in this position and that we

491
00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:57,640
Speaker 2: have this audience. But yeah, it can Yeah, it can

492
00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:58,680
Speaker 2: be too much sometimes.

493
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:01,879
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I mean that's that's anything that kind of

494
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,199
Speaker 1: gives you this widespread attention can can take take a

495
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:06,720
Speaker 1: toll on you a bit, right. And I know you've

496
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:10,679
Speaker 1: talked about how your character explores his journey with his

497
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,280
Speaker 1: anxiety and his mental health, and I know you're a

498
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,000
Speaker 1: big proponent of putting a spotlight on the importance of

499
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,640
Speaker 1: mental health and taking care of yourself. What is your

500
00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:20,960
Speaker 1: journey personally been like with mental health.

501
00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:29,840
Speaker 2: Well, I've I've I've struggled with it at times, and

502
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,600
Speaker 2: I've tried to Like my way of dealing with it

503
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:38,800
Speaker 2: is through education, like learning about it. I studied behavioral

504
00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:43,760
Speaker 2: science in high school. Partially because I think it's it's

505
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:49,280
Speaker 2: a great ass to have as an actor, but also

506
00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:53,480
Speaker 2: like as a human being, understanding how our brains and

507
00:28:53,520 --> 00:29:01,760
Speaker 2: our psych works. And I've also realized like therapy is

508
00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:07,680
Speaker 2: like the best thing ever and the good thing about it.

509
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:10,560
Speaker 2: And I really want to say this because it took

510
00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,440
Speaker 2: some time for me to realize it. But the thing

511
00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:18,760
Speaker 2: with therapy is that it's proactive, like you're working to

512
00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:24,800
Speaker 2: prevent future disasters, if you'd like to call them that,

513
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:28,680
Speaker 2: or like you're learning how to deal with future thoughts

514
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,680
Speaker 2: and future emotions because you get to know yourself and

515
00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:35,800
Speaker 2: you get to know where your boundaries are. And that's great.

516
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:39,480
Speaker 2: You know, I'm in therapy now and it's the best

517
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:41,280
Speaker 2: thing ever. I feel better than ever.

518
00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:44,640
Speaker 1: You know, and that's what's important. I think there is

519
00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:48,080
Speaker 1: still a stigma around it. And yeah, I went for

520
00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:51,960
Speaker 1: the first time over the holidays actually and really no, yeah, yeah,

521
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,640
Speaker 1: I just had to sort through some stuff. And yeah,

522
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,000
Speaker 1: even though I'm such a proponent for mental health, it

523
00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:00,000
Speaker 1: still took me thirty seven years to make it happen.

524
00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:05,240
Speaker 1: And my my therapist, she said, you bathed your body,

525
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:07,360
Speaker 1: why wouldn't you bathe your mind? And I thought that

526
00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:08,080
Speaker 1: was so cool.

527
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,320
Speaker 2: Wow, that's good. Yeah, you know, that's good.

528
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 1: Yeah. So I think being good to yourself is so

529
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:16,000
Speaker 1: important and thank you for opening up about that. The

530
00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,520
Speaker 1: more people that I can do that, especially in the spotlight,

531
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:23,720
Speaker 1: the better. So that's that's truly, truly important. You said

532
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,680
Speaker 1: a quote about the show that I thought was really interesting,

533
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:28,280
Speaker 1: and I want I want to talk more about this

534
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:32,400
Speaker 1: quote and that quinto It's not bad, it's it's really

535
00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:35,960
Speaker 1: really cool. Actually, you said sexuality is not the focal

536
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:38,640
Speaker 1: point of the show, which I think is a very

537
00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:43,960
Speaker 1: important message to tell. Now, maybe somebody who watches a

538
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,440
Speaker 1: show or catches a few, you know, of the episodes,

539
00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,200
Speaker 1: or reads about it might think, well, that's not true.

540
00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:53,200
Speaker 1: It's about two men who are in a love romantic

541
00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:55,760
Speaker 1: story and it's about the relationship, so it's very much

542
00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,200
Speaker 1: about sexuality. What would you say to that and talk

543
00:30:58,240 --> 00:30:59,280
Speaker 1: to me more about your quote.

544
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:05,480
Speaker 2: Well, I totally understand that perspective, but I just disagree

545
00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:09,440
Speaker 2: because the thing is, these people were telling a story

546
00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:14,920
Speaker 2: about human beings and human beings interacting with each other,

547
00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:19,520
Speaker 2: and they come from different like, they come from different

548
00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:26,640
Speaker 2: parts of society and different places in the like social hierarchy. Uh,

549
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:33,440
Speaker 2: and that's the issue that they faced, the the like

550
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:38,080
Speaker 2: the label of their sexuality or or you know, their

551
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,200
Speaker 2: pronouns or whatever it may be. That's never the issue

552
00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:47,520
Speaker 2: for these characters. It's like where it's the it's the

553
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:51,360
Speaker 2: social issues around them, you know, and expectations and tradition.

554
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:57,760
Speaker 2: That's like, that's their problems they're facing, and so therefore

555
00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:01,920
Speaker 2: it's not about sexuality. It's about you know, these it's

556
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:06,640
Speaker 2: about a friend's coming from very traditional from a very

557
00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 2: traditional background and very like conservative traditions and stuff, and

558
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:17,360
Speaker 2: how he deals with that while he's in love. You know,

559
00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,120
Speaker 2: people fall in love with their young, no matter if

560
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:21,960
Speaker 2: it's a boy or girl or whatever, you know.

561
00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:24,640
Speaker 1: And I think it's interesting because it kind of goes

562
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:28,360
Speaker 1: back to your point earlier of one day hoping that

563
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:31,120
Speaker 1: there's no coming out and there's no focus on pronouns

564
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,240
Speaker 1: and it's just a part of life, right.

565
00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:36,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I understand where we're at now as

566
00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:41,240
Speaker 2: a society, and we need to like we need to

567
00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:44,360
Speaker 2: embrace that and do what we can right now, Like

568
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:51,480
Speaker 2: we need to educate people about pronouns and different different

569
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:55,040
Speaker 2: types of sexuality and the issues that these people are facing.

570
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:58,360
Speaker 2: We need to educate more people on that. But I

571
00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:02,240
Speaker 2: think like we're walking towards a future where we don't

572
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 2: have to label ourselves. I mean, we can label ourselves,

573
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:09,800
Speaker 2: you know, it's we shouldn't have to do it for

574
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:12,840
Speaker 2: someone else. That's the thing. Like Wilhelm, he's just in

575
00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:15,400
Speaker 2: love with this boy. He's you know, he's own labeled.

576
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:18,280
Speaker 2: He doesn't have to he doesn't owe anyone uh to

577
00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:22,880
Speaker 2: say what what his sexuality is. And I think that's

578
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:26,000
Speaker 2: a very like that's a cool world to live in,

579
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:27,560
Speaker 2: you know, when you don't have to do that.

580
00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, it's a world that I want to be

581
00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:34,360
Speaker 1: a part of. So I think that's that's awesome. Are

582
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 1: you feeling emotional as you gear up for your last season?

583
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:39,920
Speaker 1: Is it? Does it hit you yet or you're just kind.

584
00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:44,520
Speaker 2: Of course course, Yeah, it's it's bittersweet, like it really

585
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:49,120
Speaker 2: really is. I've lived with this, this story in these characters,

586
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:54,280
Speaker 2: mainly Wilhelm then for three years soon and it's been

587
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:58,000
Speaker 2: such a like it flipped my life upside down obviously,

588
00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 2: and so it I mean to an end, is it's

589
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:02,720
Speaker 2: it's emotional.

590
00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, what are you going to take from your character.

591
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:07,360
Speaker 1: Is there anything you're gonna try to sneak off set?

592
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:13,200
Speaker 2: I've already stolen some stuff, you know, I've been Uh yeah,

593
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:14,680
Speaker 2: I've been taking some stuff.

594
00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:17,239
Speaker 1: Anything else you have your eye on that, you're like,

595
00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:18,799
Speaker 1: I've got to get my hands on.

596
00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:22,600
Speaker 2: I actually I had a discussion with Omar about this.

597
00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:23,280
Speaker 1: I think.

598
00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:28,479
Speaker 2: I feel like there's some stuff I want, and there's

599
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:31,680
Speaker 2: some stuff like I should take with me, Like I

600
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:36,120
Speaker 2: should bring the uniform back with me home, you know,

601
00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:39,600
Speaker 2: because I won't use it. It's just it's just a

602
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:44,520
Speaker 2: part of me, you know what I mean. Yeah, Yeah,

603
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:47,600
Speaker 2: we'll see, you know, we'll see what I can sneak out.

604
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:48,399
Speaker 2: Sneak out.

605
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 1: I think the uniform has to be hung, framed and

606
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:55,879
Speaker 1: on your wall, right yeah, like that, Yeah, exactly right

607
00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:59,400
Speaker 1: there on that wall. That's right there. Ed, Then, what

608
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:01,840
Speaker 1: is something you can tell me about that you're working

609
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:03,440
Speaker 1: on just for yourself.

610
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:09,560
Speaker 2: I worry a lot about expectations, and that's something like

611
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:12,920
Speaker 2: I'm truly working on. But if I, if I honestly

612
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,560
Speaker 2: had the ability to just pop that out there and

613
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,880
Speaker 2: give it some love and tell it what it should

614
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 2: think and feel, I'd be a very happy man. I

615
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,279
Speaker 2: mean it's just hard. You know. Expectations is weird, you know,

616
00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:29,480
Speaker 2: and it grows from from rumors or it grows from

617
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:33,440
Speaker 2: from just people talking with each other, and you start

618
00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:35,879
Speaker 2: to you start to feel the expectations, and you start

619
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:40,839
Speaker 2: to imagine expectations, and you're like expecting people's expectations of you.

620
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:44,799
Speaker 2: You know. It's it's a it's a spider web of negativity,

621
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:51,080
Speaker 2: and I'm I really want to be out of place

622
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:54,799
Speaker 2: where I can feel confident enough to know which of

623
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:56,840
Speaker 2: these expectations I have to care about and not.

624
00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,520
Speaker 1: You know, so is it kind of like a fear

625
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:02,279
Speaker 1: of not living up to people's expectations.

626
00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:05,959
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, that's a good way of putting it. My

627
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:09,359
Speaker 2: my therapist she told me disappointing people is part of

628
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:12,879
Speaker 2: like the contract of life. Like that's just that's part

629
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:13,160
Speaker 2: of it.

630
00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:13,880
Speaker 1: Wow.

631
00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:17,960
Speaker 2: People will always be be disappointed in one way or another.

632
00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:21,440
Speaker 2: That's nothing, there's nothing you can do about it. In

633
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:24,560
Speaker 2: that sense. You have to like make sure that you

634
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,520
Speaker 2: don't disappoint yourself.

635
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:30,880
Speaker 1: I guess, yeah, putting yourself first.

636
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:31,640
Speaker 2: Yeah.

637
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's something I think a lot of people can

638
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:36,879
Speaker 1: relate to. And I think, you know, Piggy Backing off

639
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,040
Speaker 1: of that, it's also having the ability in life to

640
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:43,920
Speaker 1: also say no and to again prioritize your help and

641
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:44,720
Speaker 1: your well being.

642
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 2: It's very important to set boundaries and to build that

643
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:55,880
Speaker 2: like integrity. It really is, and it doesn't matter like

644
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:59,800
Speaker 2: who you are. It's always important because you deserve to

645
00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:01,000
Speaker 2: have your own boundaries, you.

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Speaker 1: Know, oh one hundred percent. I mean, can we just

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Speaker 1: get a quote book from you? Because I feel like

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Speaker 1: in the interview today you have given us so many beautiful,

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Speaker 1: well spoken, eloquent nuggets of wisdom on that I just

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Speaker 1: want on my coffee table.

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Speaker 2: Thank you. Yeah, I'll make I'll make a coffee mug

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Speaker 2: for you with all these quotes on.

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Speaker 1: There we go. That would be a perfect way to

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Speaker 1: begin every morning. Edvon I am. I am so just

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Speaker 1: in awe of your talent and of you as a

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Speaker 1: human being. I think that you have a huge, huge,

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Speaker 1: huge career ahead of you, and the fact that you're

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Speaker 1: so grounded and in touch with the things that are

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Speaker 1: important in life is only going to serve you for

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Speaker 1: the better of my friend and I just I just

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Speaker 1: love chatting with you.

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Speaker 2: That's nice, Thank you, Tommy. I really enjoyed chatting with

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Speaker 2: you. You're a You're a very nice human being. So much fun.

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Speaker 2: Oh god, I feel safe.

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Speaker 1: Oh I love that. That's the best compliment ever. I

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Speaker 1: love that so much. I've Never Said This Before is

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Speaker 1: hosted by me Tommy Didario. This podcast is produced and

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Speaker 1: edited by Mike Coscarelli, and executive producers are Andrew Paglici

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Speaker 1: and Katrino Norvel At iHeartRadio. I've Never Said This Before

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Speaker 1: is part of the Elvis Durant podcast Network on iHeart Podcasts.

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Speaker 1: For more, rate, review and subscribe to our show and

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Speaker 1: if you liked this episode, tell your friends. Until next time,

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Speaker 1: I'm Tommy Dederio.