Speaker 1: That, guys, what is going on? I've been watching the
Speaker 1: news recently, have I Have I missed anything or No?
Speaker 1: Everything's totally totally chill. Yeah, cool, thank god. Yeah, let's
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Speaker 1: This is the Wells Cast with Wells Atoms and I
Speaker 1: Heart Radio podcast. Everybody, everybody, Drum, Simpsons, whatever, everyone's doing
Speaker 1: well or as well as you possibly can. Um had
Speaker 1: high helps and guess what like right off the bat
Speaker 1: a couple of days in, We're not ready for that.
Speaker 1: Keep it. Thank god for this podcast. Excited, so excited
Speaker 1: for today's episode. I'll tell you. One of the things
Speaker 1: that keeps me happy. One of the things that have
Speaker 1: kept me saying going has been Netflix and the fact
Speaker 1: that Netflix brought back Cobra Kai Bro. Thank you. I
Speaker 1: don't know if you guys have seen the show, but
Speaker 1: it is so good. If you weren't a fan of
Speaker 1: the Karate Kid growing up. Uh what had something for everybody?
Speaker 1: Ralph macho, little teen heartthrow out for all you ladies
Speaker 1: out there. Uh Elizabeth Shoe, yes, please may have another.
Speaker 1: And now it's back. Dude, been revitalized, threw some botox
Speaker 1: into that mug, and it ripped, roaring, ready to go
Speaker 1: for shows. Amazing, HARKing back to the nostalgia and that
Speaker 1: eighties and early nineties aesthetic that we all loved, sweep
Speaker 1: the leg Jetty, and then incorporating like y a stuff
Speaker 1: of today that like Jen Xer's artists love it. It's
Speaker 1: on its third season, it doesn't sound likes to be
Speaker 1: slowing down anytime soon. And today on the Wells Cast,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have someone who stars in the show mb D.
Speaker 1: I mean yes, she stars in Cobra Kai, which everyone's watching.
Speaker 1: It's always like top one or two most stream things
Speaker 1: on Netflix when I turn Netflix on. That's not the
Speaker 1: only thing she's doing. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on it,
Speaker 1: Dollia Parton's Heartstrings on it, Master of None on it,
Speaker 1: w g N's Gone on it, NBC's Deception on it,
Speaker 1: and so much more. This is a woman who graduated
Speaker 1: from n y U with an art history degree, was
Speaker 1: pursuing her life in the world of art and said,
Speaker 1: you know what, not happy dropped it all, started waiting tables,
Speaker 1: taking acting classes, busting her butt to make it happen,
Speaker 1: and look where she is now. She's on the Wells Casts.
Speaker 1: A dream come true for most every actor ever. They say,
Speaker 1: you know what I know I've made when on the
Speaker 1: Wells Cast. Very excited today to have the star of
Speaker 1: season three of Cobra Kai on Netflix. She plays Carmen,
Speaker 1: the mother of Miguel. On The Wells Cast today, it's
Speaker 1: Essa Rubio. Trust me, guys, this is one show you
Speaker 1: guys are just not going to want to miss. Promise
Speaker 1: you sweet Alright, back on the Wells Cast, I have
Speaker 1: Vanessa Rubio on this show, and I gotta say, I'm
Speaker 1: very excited about this episode because I'm a child of
Speaker 1: the late eighties and early nineties, so like Karate Kid
Speaker 1: was like my jam right, And then I see that
Speaker 1: Karate Kid comes back and I watch it on YouTube,
Speaker 1: thinking like this is never going to be the thing,
Speaker 1: and now straight up like it's a fucking thing. Season
Speaker 1: three is upon us on Netflix. Now, how crazy is this?
Speaker 1: It's amazing. And the rebirth on Netflix it's just gained
Speaker 1: a whole new level of things. It's wonderful. I mean,
Speaker 1: I have to ask because when I saw it was
Speaker 1: on YouTube, I was like, I don't know if if
Speaker 1: this is gonna be like this iconic show that I
Speaker 1: think that everyone was hoping for. Were you guys, I
Speaker 1: don't know if this is gonna work or was it
Speaker 1: When Netflix then came along and picked it up, You're like,
Speaker 1: all right, and those things might have some legs. There's
Speaker 1: always that trepidation a little bit when there's a reboot.
Speaker 1: You know, you're like, are you going to ruin the
Speaker 1: thing that I love or what? From my perspective as
Speaker 1: an actor, it was like coming into it and I
Speaker 1: was like, clean slate. I don't know what to expect.
Speaker 1: I'm not going to build it up, you know. Sweet
Speaker 1: filmed season one and I was just like, Okay, I'm
Speaker 1: just gonna pay attention and be true to my character
Speaker 1: the circumstances. And then around when we filmed episode ten
Speaker 1: of The Tournament the first season, I felt like, oh,
Speaker 1: this is gonna be amazing. There was just like the
Speaker 1: stunts and everybody, you know, everybody was in that room
Speaker 1: and it was just like an energy and and and
Speaker 1: that was actually the first time that a lot of
Speaker 1: the cast was together, So the first time I even
Speaker 1: saw Ralph previously that I was just working with solo
Speaker 1: and Billy. It was just like an energy and I
Speaker 1: was like, Oh, it's gonna be amazing. And then you know,
Speaker 1: you you wrap and you you go home, and you're
Speaker 1: just hoping that all the other elements come together. And
Speaker 1: they really did. I mean, they hit the tone really well.
Speaker 1: It's it's spot on. The show does such an amazing
Speaker 1: job of recreating eighties nostalgia. And I wonder if, like,
Speaker 1: you know, it's twenty you started filming the show in
Speaker 1: the beats have to be different, right, Like it's got
Speaker 1: to be like a different way to act because you're
Speaker 1: doing like this very stylized eighties version. Was it hard
Speaker 1: to become an eighties actor? I don't know if that
Speaker 1: question makes sense, but that I've always wondered that when
Speaker 1: I watched the show, because it's got a vibe to it,
Speaker 1: right it does, And I'm not even sure how they
Speaker 1: do it, Like I think the producers. I'm like, in
Speaker 1: my mind, I'm like, they must have like an equation
Speaker 1: because because it just comes together in that way, like
Speaker 1: in that scene the first scene where Johnny is fighting
Speaker 1: off the kids who are assaulting Miguel, and then you
Speaker 1: have homeless Lynn in the background with the pizza and
Speaker 1: what is it about that that is so eighties? It's
Speaker 1: so weird. But I agree with you. I think it's
Speaker 1: just kind of like that, like all the elements have
Speaker 1: to come together, so you're just like doing your part
Speaker 1: and then you know, whoever is directing or producing kind
Speaker 1: of sets the tone and make sure it has that
Speaker 1: that uh, that flavor. But of course, like for for
Speaker 1: me and my experience, I was just you know, paying attention,
Speaker 1: doing doing my thing for Carmen, and then of course
Speaker 1: when they did the the eighties hairband video recreation, I
Speaker 1: was just like, okay, here we go, pull on eighties,
Speaker 1: you know, bliss here. Before you started filming, did you
Speaker 1: go do research, homework, go watch a bunch of John
Speaker 1: Hughes films or something to get ready to do the show?
Speaker 1: I did. I rewatched The Karate Kid a couple of times.
Speaker 1: I did. There's some genese qua quality about it, you know.
Speaker 1: I know, whether it's Aunngie Avilson the director. I suspect
Speaker 1: it is um you know, because he also directed Rocky
Speaker 1: and you get kind of that same feeling, that same
Speaker 1: like rooting for the underdog, very like scrappy kind of
Speaker 1: filmmaking that works so well, you know, it's still it's
Speaker 1: not it's elevated, so um so yeah. I did do
Speaker 1: some research and I watched a lot of white Snake
Speaker 1: videos and poison. I'm on the wrong side of my
Speaker 1: thirties at this point, and I love watching the show
Speaker 1: because it takes me back to a place, you know,
Speaker 1: like a simpler time. I guess you could say, I
Speaker 1: think what's surprising to me is that obviously a lot
Speaker 1: of the younger generation that Gen X is gravitating towards this,
Speaker 1: Like there's no way that this would be in its
Speaker 1: third season if it wasn't doing really well with the
Speaker 1: Young Demo. Are you surprised that this like Young Demo
Speaker 1: is gravitating towards this and like really really loving it.
Speaker 1: I kind of am. I kind of am. I think
Speaker 1: it's just like they wrote those characters really well, and
Speaker 1: those themes don't go away, right, bullying and you know,
Speaker 1: all the things that are happening in high school and
Speaker 1: are you gonna be tough enough? And are you going
Speaker 1: to be able to defend yourself? I mean, those things
Speaker 1: don't go away. And also maybe you have a generation
Speaker 1: of of kids today who are well aware or I
Speaker 1: don't know, more aware than they would have been without
Speaker 1: YouTube and things like that of the generation that their
Speaker 1: parents grew up in. When I watch it, I think
Speaker 1: the producers and the writers have done a really good
Speaker 1: job because for me, as someone who grew up on
Speaker 1: Danny and Johnny's storyline, you know, there's a bit of
Speaker 1: a bit of cheesiness. Their whole stick is cheesy, but
Speaker 1: it's got heart, but it's funny, like it's got all
Speaker 1: those elements of the eighties stuff. And then I assume that,
Speaker 1: like the gen Xers who are watching the show are
Speaker 1: obviously gravitating towards your son's character. For the young kids,
Speaker 1: I feel like there's less of like the eighties cheese
Speaker 1: with them. For me as the older person watching them, like,
Speaker 1: oh yeah, I get I see what they're doing there.
Speaker 1: And then I watched like the young kids, and I'm like, oh, yeah,
Speaker 1: they're just playing like a normal two thousand nineteen kid role.
Speaker 1: You know. I guess that's that's how I perceive. Yeah, no,
Speaker 1: I hear you. They're it's like they're the normal one, yeah, exactly,
Speaker 1: which I think that's how gen Xer's view adults. Anyways, true,
Speaker 1: we must be the weirdos to them. Yeah, congratulations on
Speaker 1: on a third season. What can you tell us about
Speaker 1: season three? Because season two ends real bad for you
Speaker 1: and your son? Yeah? So bad. Whenever I read that script,
Speaker 1: I just like cry, we didn't fill me and I
Speaker 1: was just like, um, season three. I don't know if
Speaker 1: you've seen it or not. Everybody has different pacings on
Speaker 1: these things. Season three basically dealing with all the aftermath
Speaker 1: of that. I mean, that fall was horrendous, the betrayals
Speaker 1: and everything that was broken there. So it's like, how
Speaker 1: do these characters meant and how can they move forward?
Speaker 1: You know what I mean? Can they put their differences
Speaker 1: aside or do they move further into that resentment? And
Speaker 1: do they just stay there? We'll see. It's obvious that
Speaker 1: naturally you gravitate towards loving the character, ark and storyline
Speaker 1: of you and your son in the show. But when
Speaker 1: you watch it back, is there another subplot that, like
Speaker 1: you really gravitate towards not as an actor, but as
Speaker 1: an enjoyer of entertainment? Yeah? Totally, Um, I mean the
Speaker 1: main one, the dynamic between Johnny and Daniel is amazing.
Speaker 1: I mean it's just like it's so relatable. You know,
Speaker 1: they get under met each other's skin in a way
Speaker 1: that's like you're just tracking up because you're like, yeah,
Speaker 1: you can't stand this person. Why I can't they get
Speaker 1: out of your life? You know? So I love that one, UM.
Speaker 1: And I also really love um Miguel's storyline, you know,
Speaker 1: just his character development and the different way that he's
Speaker 1: viewing the world now and and growing up. I really
Speaker 1: think it's I think it's lovely. Just like talking about
Speaker 1: the two principal leads here with Johnny and Danny getting
Speaker 1: to know them, what is their relationship like off camera? Um,
Speaker 1: you know, it's it's kind of funny, it's I mean,
Speaker 1: it's genuinely wonderful. They're both very well grounded people, super
Speaker 1: generous pros just like pros. You know, it's good for
Speaker 1: me to learn from them. But they do definitely do
Speaker 1: poke fun at each other, Like you know, there's always
Speaker 1: like a little bit of acting, like there's always a
Speaker 1: little bit of bleed through is what I call it.
Speaker 1: Is like when that character is still kind of lingering
Speaker 1: around and then there's like a little jab or a
Speaker 1: joke that can be made and uh, and they'll do that.
Speaker 1: But they but it's nice, but they get along very well.
Speaker 1: I mean, have you talked to them about like whether
Speaker 1: or not they thought this would be successful, because you know,
Speaker 1: obviously it's a it's the thing that's happening now where
Speaker 1: they're they're kind of like re um, they're recreating old stuff,
Speaker 1: right Like, they're kind of it's and and and it's
Speaker 1: not successful most of the time. And when I saw
Speaker 1: this was coming out, I was I was nervous because
Speaker 1: I was like, don't ruin my child. This was great, Like,
Speaker 1: you don't need to fix it, you know. Um. I mean, like,
Speaker 1: was there trepidation with with both of them because that's
Speaker 1: very much part of their identity. You know, you can't
Speaker 1: look at Ralph Maccio and and not think, well, that's
Speaker 1: the karate kit. You know, Like, was there trepidation for
Speaker 1: them going into this project? I mean, I don't really
Speaker 1: know they would be the best series to do that too,
Speaker 1: you know, answer that, but I you know, I have
Speaker 1: seen interviews and things like that where yeah, of course
Speaker 1: they're they're protective over and they have to be careful about,
Speaker 1: you know, where that story and those iconic characters go. Um,
Speaker 1: But I think it's just been really lucky, like a
Speaker 1: good mix of everything. The producers who are huge fans
Speaker 1: of the of the original movie series, and they because
Speaker 1: of that, they treat it with respect. They know, you know,
Speaker 1: they're not making a stick out of it, and um,
Speaker 1: I think that's really what it's about, and evolving those
Speaker 1: things like past the eighties stereotypes, you know, and seeing like, Okay,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of gray in here. This person is
Speaker 1: not bad or good. There's just in this place at
Speaker 1: this time. And where do they go from here? You know?
Speaker 1: My last question is about the show. Who's the best
Speaker 1: fighter out of everyone there? My son? Okay? Fair enough?
Speaker 1: I don't know, No, they'll say, I'll say, um, I
Speaker 1: really don't know, but I'll say, Billy, okay. I like
Speaker 1: that You've had kind of a big year, like this
Speaker 1: isn't the only thing that you've done this year, which
Speaker 1: is very nice because most of us are just like
Speaker 1: sitting around waiting for stuff to do. Tell us about
Speaker 1: the other projects that you've got going on. You seem
Speaker 1: like you're quite the Netflix lady these days. Well, fortunately
Speaker 1: it was done previous pandemic year. Actually, just at the
Speaker 1: top of I did do a couple episodes on the
Speaker 1: second season of Bonding, which is a Netflix show, and
Speaker 1: it was nice because we filmed it in New York
Speaker 1: and it was like pree pandemic New York. We got
Speaker 1: it in just in time. And it's a sweet show,
Speaker 1: you know. Um has it's it's quirk, quirky humor and
Speaker 1: is talking about, you know, a very delicate topic of
Speaker 1: dominator dominatrix is and how they work. Um. But my
Speaker 1: character is really fun and I love her a lot.
Speaker 1: Her name is Gina and she comes in and kind of,
Speaker 1: you know, messes things up anyway. Um. But prior to that,
Speaker 1: I did also an episode on Dolly part In series,
Speaker 1: which was amazing. I mean I never thought I would
Speaker 1: ever get to meet and be in the same room
Speaker 1: with Dolly Parton, let alone be in one of her productions.
Speaker 1: It was. It was quite amazing. I lived to Nashville
Speaker 1: for twelve years doing radio UM, and so obviously I
Speaker 1: was very well versed in the the lore that is
Speaker 1: Dolly Parton and in uh in Nashville and surrounding counties,
Speaker 1: there is Jesus and then there's Dolly Parton. So that's
Speaker 1: pretty cool that you got to work with her. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: and we did the premier in Dollywood, So I get you.
Speaker 1: It was definitely that way deservedly, So you know, she's
Speaker 1: just amazing that that whole area Dollywood and the whole
Speaker 1: area around it is just um really kind of the
Speaker 1: the proof of one person's beauty and bounty and love. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the amount that that will has given back to the
Speaker 1: community is unbelievable. So that's awesome. It's I don't know
Speaker 1: if anyone told you, but I am really fascinated with
Speaker 1: origin stories. I like to find out how they got
Speaker 1: to where they are today and what the blueprint was
Speaker 1: for their success story. Less interested in about the person
Speaker 1: with the blue check mark. I'm more interested in the
Speaker 1: person that was working three jobs and whatnot and and
Speaker 1: grinding to get to that point. So if you have
Speaker 1: a couple of minutes, will you tell us where the
Speaker 1: hell you came from and how the hell you got here?
Speaker 1: I love that, first of all. I'm in total agreement.
Speaker 1: It's it's way more fascinating. All right, quick breaking we
Speaker 1: come back. We're gonna find out a little bit more
Speaker 1: about Vanessa Rubio. Let's stick around, and I'm back in
Speaker 1: the Wells cast. Very excited to have on the show.
Speaker 1: Today Vanessa rue Bo, who stars in season three of
Speaker 1: Oh Yeah, Cobra Kai It's back, Baby. But I want
Speaker 1: to know, Vanessa, where you came from. Let's start at
Speaker 1: the beginning, man, where the hell that came from. I
Speaker 1: grew up in a town called Lodi, New Jersey, Northern Jersey,
Speaker 1: and it's I tell people, because nobody knows what they're like,
Speaker 1: Lodi and whatever, but it's where the misfits are from.
Speaker 1: So that kind of gives you an idea of the
Speaker 1: tone of the town where a lot of garage bands.
Speaker 1: You know, um it was uh and my family's Colombian, uh,
Speaker 1: some first generation Columbian American, the youngest of three and
Speaker 1: just kind of yeah, I grew up. I knew I
Speaker 1: always wanted to be an artist, draw paints, saying you know,
Speaker 1: it was all calling to me. And so I was
Speaker 1: very much drawn to New York. You know. In the
Speaker 1: first time I went to New York, I was like, Oh,
Speaker 1: this is it. This is where the people go who
Speaker 1: want to be crazy and free. And I started taking
Speaker 1: life drawing lessons there just to be in New York.
Speaker 1: And then I went to Way You and I actually
Speaker 1: didn't study acting as an undergrad, I was way too
Speaker 1: shy and way too bookish. Uh So I studied art
Speaker 1: history and you know, just loved it. I didn't really
Speaker 1: know what I was gonna do with it, but I
Speaker 1: knew that I loved it. Probably also like probably too
Speaker 1: scared to be an art major, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: because you know, immigrant parents, they were like, you better
Speaker 1: do something with your with yourself. So I couldn't really
Speaker 1: declare my artistry out right then. But once I graduated
Speaker 1: college and I started working in like galleries and museums
Speaker 1: and stuff, I was just like spinning my wheels and
Speaker 1: I was just like, I gotta do something, you know.
Speaker 1: And then I was just like, you know, if it,
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna act. I've always wanted to do that
Speaker 1: and if I don't all regret it. So I took
Speaker 1: a summer course and I feel like it like literally
Speaker 1: saved my life. You know. It was just like in
Speaker 1: my twenties and just not knowing what to do with myself.
Speaker 1: And when I did that, I was just like, this
Speaker 1: is it, This is this is what I want to do.
Speaker 1: I didn't know how, you know, it was going to
Speaker 1: work out, but I was just like everything about it
Speaker 1: I loved, so I was just searching and bopped around
Speaker 1: from studio to studio. Definitely had to bite the bullet
Speaker 1: and take waitress jobs, which was hard for me because
Speaker 1: I was had a day job and I had a degree, right,
Speaker 1: so I was like, oh, no, I'm gonna be this
Speaker 1: artist starting artist thing. But it really taught me a lot.
Speaker 1: I was just like, you know, driven by the love
Speaker 1: of it. And I was just like driven by this
Speaker 1: feeling like no, this is this is what I meant
Speaker 1: to do. And as any actor will tell you, it's
Speaker 1: so love hate relationship. You know, you try and you're
Speaker 1: in love with and didn't you go out to audition
Speaker 1: and you're like what is this? Which is what I experienced.
Speaker 1: I hated auditioning and I left act. I was was like, okay,
Speaker 1: so I'm not an actor. I hate auditioning, I'm not
Speaker 1: an actor. I'm going to take painting classes. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: be a painter. And I did that for a while,
Speaker 1: like a year and a half, close to two years,
Speaker 1: and I was like so lonely, you know, I missed
Speaker 1: the collaboration that is acting. So I was like, okay,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go back into it and as soon as
Speaker 1: I made that decision, I feel like the universe really
Speaker 1: uh supported me in that. You know. I was was
Speaker 1: living in Proptin's Rhode Island, taking classes at Risky painting classes,
Speaker 1: and then I you know, decided, I was like, no,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go back to New York and back to acting.
Speaker 1: And as soon as I got back into New York,
Speaker 1: it was like the messages couldn't be clearer. It was
Speaker 1: like I landed an agent, I landed a commercial. I
Speaker 1: got my SAD card like literally in like a month.
Speaker 1: So I was like, whoa, you know, so that was it.
Speaker 1: From there, I just kept on, you know, kept on waitressing,
Speaker 1: kept done going, kept on taking classes. Somehow ends it
Speaker 1: of here. You know, the journey is quite amazing. I
Speaker 1: find it funny because your story isn't unique to our
Speaker 1: guests on this show, but I think it's unique to
Speaker 1: our listeners because they're like, wow, I can't believe that's
Speaker 1: how it works. And there's this misconception about success, and
Speaker 1: I found that a lot of people attribute success to
Speaker 1: the dollar amount that you have in your bank account,
Speaker 1: and for really successful people, generally, success equates more to happiness,
Speaker 1: and you kind of touched on it, like you weren't
Speaker 1: very happy not doing the thing that that you were loving,
Speaker 1: even though it wasn't bringing in a whole lot of money,
Speaker 1: and you were having to burn a bride at both
Speaker 1: ends with waiting tables and also doing the art stuff.
Speaker 1: I think it's just a good lesson for everyone out
Speaker 1: there to remember generally money follows all that success, but
Speaker 1: it's not an overnight thing. I wanted to go back though,
Speaker 1: because you are of immigrant parents. First of all, you're
Speaker 1: the youngest of three, right, yes, so were you like
Speaker 1: I think birth orders interesting? Were you because I'm the
Speaker 1: youngest as well, I'm the youngest of five? Were you
Speaker 1: the most boisterous and always performing because you're a little one,
Speaker 1: no one's ever paying attention to you, Like, was that
Speaker 1: your stick in your family? A little bit of that?
Speaker 1: Definitely the comedic relief. I love making people laugh, you know,
Speaker 1: it's just there's no feeling like that. So yeah, I
Speaker 1: definitely went into that clown rule willingly and happily, you know. Uh.
Speaker 1: And then but I think I was also just a
Speaker 1: natural character creator and storyteller. Like as a kid, I
Speaker 1: used to make characters and comics and then put it
Speaker 1: in a notebook and then like give it to my
Speaker 1: family and be like, look, look at the latest comic
Speaker 1: that I made. So anyway that I could tell a story,
Speaker 1: I think it was just kind of natural in me
Speaker 1: to do so. And you got into n y U.
Speaker 1: It's really really good school. Did you get a scholarship there?
Speaker 1: It got a little scholarship a lot to help, Like,
Speaker 1: I mean it covered something, but but yeah, I did.
Speaker 1: Do you graduate with this art history degree? Are your
Speaker 1: parents like she's gonna be a curator at the Smithsonian? Like?
Speaker 1: What were their ambitions for you with that degree? At
Speaker 1: the time, they were just like just watch are you
Speaker 1: gonna pop any minute? Because I remember I I graduated
Speaker 1: with a broadcast journalism degree, and I remember once hearing
Speaker 1: my father go, I don't know what he's gonna do
Speaker 1: sell insurance. I guess it's like it's such a delicate,
Speaker 1: vulnerable tide. You know that you're like you're being so watched.
Speaker 1: You Very very few people do the thing that they're
Speaker 1: qualified to do with their degree, I found at least.
Speaker 1: But you're actually working in Were you working in galleries
Speaker 1: and stuff? Yeah? I worked at a small Latin American gallery.
Speaker 1: I mean that a lot of those things don't pay it.
Speaker 1: First it was like hard um and then I worked
Speaker 1: at the Googenheim as a like kind of like it's
Speaker 1: weird position that was like a slash descent slash security guard.
Speaker 1: Could just be like in the galleries all day and
Speaker 1: just talking to people, which is actually really good because
Speaker 1: it was they trained us on an inquiry based conversation.
Speaker 1: So I feel like, you know, I have to talk
Speaker 1: to strangers all the time for like two three years
Speaker 1: that I was there, so I have no problem talking
Speaker 1: to people like the weirder. I'm just like a New
Speaker 1: New York too. I'm like, okay, I got you. But yeah,
Speaker 1: it was a good job and it was a great
Speaker 1: place to work too, because the building and everything. It
Speaker 1: was just it fed my soul in in a good way.
Speaker 1: I think at that time that I needed it. It's
Speaker 1: kind of like an incubator. Was it a tough conversation
Speaker 1: with your family of Hey, listen, I think I'm gonna
Speaker 1: pursue this kind of like other avenue? Oh totally. You know.
Speaker 1: They did not want My parents is very loving and
Speaker 1: they did not I want their daughter to be waitressing. No,
Speaker 1: we sent you to college. You shouldn't be waitess thing.
Speaker 1: So I just had to really stick it out there,
Speaker 1: you know. And of course, you know, bear with the
Speaker 1: in the beginning and when you're going to get a
Speaker 1: real job, all those things and just but it was,
Speaker 1: you know, you have to learn how to surpass those things.
Speaker 1: So I really had to dig into self improvement to
Speaker 1: you know, read self improvement books, you know, the power
Speaker 1: of my mind, and guard my thoughts and maybe not
Speaker 1: tell everybody I'm an actress, you know, while I'm wait interesting,
Speaker 1: because then I'll hear all of their opinions about what
Speaker 1: an actor is. Meanwhile, I was really working hard to
Speaker 1: form my own opinions about that. So I feel like
Speaker 1: you've got to be self protective when you need to
Speaker 1: be when you're pursuing your thing. That means a lot
Speaker 1: to you know, when and with who to share it.
Speaker 1: I waited tables when I was like trying to make
Speaker 1: it in radio. I learned a lot of lessons from
Speaker 1: the service industry. And I think it's funny because a
Speaker 1: lot of entertainers that come on the show waited table.
Speaker 1: I guess my question is, do you have a lesson
Speaker 1: that you learned from working in the service industry that
Speaker 1: for those people out there that haven't worked in it
Speaker 1: should know about. Oh my god, it's so hard. It's
Speaker 1: so hard. Please have a passion for your waitresses. Sometimes
Speaker 1: sometimes I worked in this really I mean, I can't
Speaker 1: claim that I was a good waitress. Um, but I
Speaker 1: worked in this really trendy place which is now closed
Speaker 1: in the city, and uh, it was just like so
Speaker 1: buzy sometimes and one of us, inevitably in the wait
Speaker 1: stuff would be like caught in the zombie lights in
Speaker 1: front of the computer screen, just like and then one
Speaker 1: of us would go and be like, hey, man, you
Speaker 1: all right, what do you need? It's so hard, But
Speaker 1: you know, you meet a lot of great people. Um,
Speaker 1: you learn how to, you know, resolve situations. I was
Speaker 1: really good at that, really good at like turning a
Speaker 1: bad situation around. Um. So you know, you live and
Speaker 1: you learn. But definitely be kind to your your waiters.
Speaker 1: I think it's funny. Uh, I'm I don't pretend to
Speaker 1: be an actor, but I will say that when I
Speaker 1: waited tables, was I was doing some good acting Because
Speaker 1: you could be and having a real bad day, but
Speaker 1: you got to turn it on for every table, right,
Speaker 1: And I do remember once, you know, I went up
Speaker 1: to table seventy two and it was, hey, guys, how's
Speaker 1: it going, Like what can I get you? Can I
Speaker 1: start you with? And another table that was like my
Speaker 1: table that needed something was watching me, waiting to get
Speaker 1: my attention, you know, and so I was doing like,
Speaker 1: all right, guys, we'll be right back with your diet coke,
Speaker 1: in your coffee on, you know, like have a great
Speaker 1: don't worry about and then and then all smiles. Then
Speaker 1: right when I turned on my heel, you know, my
Speaker 1: face went and just you know, like I don't want
Speaker 1: to do this. The other table I was watching me
Speaker 1: trying to get my attention, was like, oh way, you're falicy.
Speaker 1: You're like I have to be. Yeah, they want espressos,
Speaker 1: they want three cappuccinos and espresso. Do you really need
Speaker 1: to just have a normal coffee? Guys? You know a lot.
Speaker 1: It takes me. It's like seven minutes the thing. Yeah, man,
Speaker 1: that's funny. You come back, you leave Providence, you come
Speaker 1: back round two. Things really really moved fast for you.
Speaker 1: Was there a moment where you were like I made it?
Speaker 1: Oh not? Then it took about maybe two more years
Speaker 1: or yeah, two more years that. At the end of
Speaker 1: two thousand fourteen, I think was when I really felt solid.
Speaker 1: I was just like, oh I get it, now, I
Speaker 1: can do this. Yeah, all the riff raff in the
Speaker 1: mind settled, and I think I needed that time away.
Speaker 1: I think I needed to step away from the thing
Speaker 1: I wanted so badly, because there wasn't a thing of
Speaker 1: like when you want it so badly, you kind of
Speaker 1: almost get in your own way. You're in such a rush.
Speaker 1: And when I went to Providence and just chilled down,
Speaker 1: was like I'm taking my foot off the gas pedal.
Speaker 1: I almost had to learn how to like de accelerate,
Speaker 1: you know, because you know, it was a different town,
Speaker 1: different vibe, and people were like slow, like slower conversations,
Speaker 1: and I was like, okay, it's this is this is
Speaker 1: what it is. So I learned to slow down, and
Speaker 1: I think in that sense it helped me kind of
Speaker 1: just go into audition rooms and just be like, hey,
Speaker 1: you know, like what's up do you want to do?
Speaker 1: I want to work with you. We're gonna have fun,
Speaker 1: you know, like a little bit less wanting it so
Speaker 1: badly and more allowing it to happen, which was I
Speaker 1: mean it's a much better ride. You know, you started
Speaker 1: feeling that vibe two thousand and fourteen. I guess my
Speaker 1: next question is when are you? Is your family like,
Speaker 1: oh whoa? Okay? Once they started seeing me on TV
Speaker 1: and commercials I did. I did a Crest commercial in
Speaker 1: like English and Spanish, and they were like, I go
Speaker 1: to Zoombo with my mom to be like my daughter
Speaker 1: is a crust. Oh my god. It was that. Then
Speaker 1: I was like, okay. Then once they saw I could
Speaker 1: provide for myself, they were on board for sure. Last
Speaker 1: question before we get into some fun stuff. One piece
Speaker 1: of advice that you've got for people coming up trying
Speaker 1: to do what you do. Stay present with yourself and
Speaker 1: be kind to yourself. Love it. Before I let you go,
Speaker 1: do you have time to do some rapid fire questions? Yeah? Sure,
Speaker 1: alright rapid fire questions with Bes Rubio on the Wells Cast.
Speaker 1: First of all, on what's fair pizza topping? You're a
Speaker 1: New Yorker, so you better have a good pizza topping answer. Pepperoni?
Speaker 1: Which fair book? Oh man, I really don't know. I
Speaker 1: have autobiography of a Yogi. It's usually on my little altar,
Speaker 1: so it's one of the most beautiful books of her
Speaker 1: red So maybe that one. Maybe that one. I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm sure there's other ones. I just can't think of
Speaker 1: it right now. Who's your first kiss? Oh my god,
Speaker 1: I don't even remember his name was. It was the
Speaker 1: product of being a young wing woman to my friends.
Speaker 1: So we went, you know, I don't know, we lied
Speaker 1: to our parents or something. We went on this double
Speaker 1: date and she really wanted to see this guy, and
Speaker 1: he had a friend, and me and him were just,
Speaker 1: you know, hanging out talking. We're debating, actually we're debating,
Speaker 1: like heavy on religion, and then we just kissed. That's funny.
Speaker 1: I hope that this poor guy doesn't hear this, because
Speaker 1: one he's gonna be like, well, she doesn't even remember
Speaker 1: my name, and too Apparently I was the green age
Speaker 1: to jump on for her friend. I thought the Crest
Speaker 1: girl loved me. Sorry unnamed guy Jersey. It was the
Speaker 1: first concert everyone too, Oh my god, I think it was.
Speaker 1: Project was the first job you ever had? Pretzels at
Speaker 1: the mall? Nice? What was the first car you ever owned?
Speaker 1: I used to call it my black Stallion. It was
Speaker 1: a It was a Corolla sport little black rolla sport.
Speaker 1: What's your biggest pet peeve? I didn't even know. See
Speaker 1: my biggest pet peeve is I'm not even sure about
Speaker 1: the definition of pete. Is this something that you do
Speaker 1: or that other people do? That other people do that
Speaker 1: annoy you when somebody doesn't like dogs? Okay, yeah, I
Speaker 1: don't trust those people either. Did you ever have a
Speaker 1: poster hanging in your bedroom wall? I used to share
Speaker 1: a room with my sister, and I know she having
Speaker 1: kids on the block on the wall. All right, what's
Speaker 1: a weird superstition that you have doing things in threes?
Speaker 1: What's one thing on your bucket list? Oh? Walking to
Speaker 1: come you know the Santiago in Spain. What's the physical
Speaker 1: trait that you noticed first about someone? You're attracted to
Speaker 1: their height? Yeah, they're right, And this is the most
Speaker 1: honest answer I've heard from that I think. How would
Speaker 1: you describe your high school self? Oh, shy and introverted.
Speaker 1: Who is your childhood hero? Just because I liked animation?
Speaker 1: Probably Walt Disney O this is late anybody who would
Speaker 1: draw and make characters. Who's your slebty crush? I like
Speaker 1: the guy from from at Lander? Yeah, you and my
Speaker 1: mom and my fiance actually, so you're in good company.
Speaker 1: Last one when you win an oscar? Who you to thank?
Speaker 1: Thank my parents, I'll thank my family, thank God, and
Speaker 1: I'll thank my acting teacher. His name is Alan Langdon
Speaker 1: turned my life around. Vanessa Rubio, thank you so much
Speaker 1: for being on the Welles Cast. Where can people find you?
Speaker 1: I mostly use Instagram handle is very venus and I'm
Speaker 1: occasionally on Twitter, but I can't stand it. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: an angry, angry place. Yeah. Season three of Cobra Kai
Speaker 1: is now available to stream on Netflix. Thank you so
Speaker 1: much for being a part of reviving a big part
Speaker 1: of my childhood. I really do appreciate it. It's been
Speaker 1: wonderful to get to know you, and your story is
Speaker 1: great and I wish you all the luck in the world.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much, well As I was really nice
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