WEBVTT - Vanessa Rubio 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:05.720 That, guys, what is going on? I've been watching the 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:09.119 news recently, have I Have I missed anything or No? 0:00:09.640 --> 0:00:15.360 Everything's totally totally chill. Yeah, cool, thank god. Yeah, let's 0:00:15.400 --> 0:00:18.560 just should we just start let's just not even get 0:00:18.600 --> 0:00:21.479 into it. Yeah. M m m m m m mmmm it. 0:00:22.680 --> 0:00:25.720 This is the Wells Cast with Wells Atoms and I 0:00:25.840 --> 0:00:37.800 Heart Radio podcast. Everybody, everybody, Drum, Simpsons, whatever, everyone's doing 0:00:37.840 --> 0:00:40.559 well or as well as you possibly can. Um had 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:43.560 high helps and guess what like right off the bat 0:00:43.560 --> 0:00:48.680 a couple of days in, We're not ready for that. 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:54.360 Keep it. Thank god for this podcast. Excited, so excited 0:00:54.440 --> 0:00:56.280 for today's episode. I'll tell you. One of the things 0:00:56.280 --> 0:00:58.560 that keeps me happy. One of the things that have 0:00:59.120 --> 0:01:02.960 kept me saying going has been Netflix and the fact 0:01:03.000 --> 0:01:07.680 that Netflix brought back Cobra Kai Bro. Thank you. I 0:01:07.720 --> 0:01:09.200 don't know if you guys have seen the show, but 0:01:09.400 --> 0:01:12.000 it is so good. If you weren't a fan of 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:16.080 the Karate Kid growing up. Uh what had something for everybody? 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:18.880 Ralph macho, little teen heartthrow out for all you ladies 0:01:18.920 --> 0:01:24.080 out there. Uh Elizabeth Shoe, yes, please may have another. 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:28.160 And now it's back. Dude, been revitalized, threw some botox 0:01:28.240 --> 0:01:30.640 into that mug, and it ripped, roaring, ready to go 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:37.319 for shows. Amazing, HARKing back to the nostalgia and that 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:42.080 eighties and early nineties aesthetic that we all loved, sweep 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:45.400 the leg Jetty, and then incorporating like y a stuff 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:48.120 of today that like Jen Xer's artists love it. It's 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:50.480 on its third season, it doesn't sound likes to be 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:53.240 slowing down anytime soon. And today on the Wells Cast, 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:55.960 I'm gonna have someone who stars in the show mb D. 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:59.440 I mean yes, she stars in Cobra Kai, which everyone's watching. 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:03.240 It's always like top one or two most stream things 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:05.840 on Netflix when I turn Netflix on. That's not the 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:08.680 only thing she's doing. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on it, 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:12.400 Dollia Parton's Heartstrings on it, Master of None on it, 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:15.960 w g N's Gone on it, NBC's Deception on it, 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:19.040 and so much more. This is a woman who graduated 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:22.320 from n y U with an art history degree, was 0:02:22.400 --> 0:02:25.519 pursuing her life in the world of art and said, 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:28.640 you know what, not happy dropped it all, started waiting tables, 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:32.280 taking acting classes, busting her butt to make it happen, 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:35.200 and look where she is now. She's on the Wells Casts. 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:38.440 A dream come true for most every actor ever. They say, 0:02:38.520 --> 0:02:40.760 you know what I know I've made when on the 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:44.160 Wells Cast. Very excited today to have the star of 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:48.480 season three of Cobra Kai on Netflix. She plays Carmen, 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:51.160 the mother of Miguel. On The Wells Cast today, it's 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:54.240 Essa Rubio. Trust me, guys, this is one show you 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:58.720 guys are just not going to want to miss. Promise 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:12.480 you sweet Alright, back on the Wells Cast, I have 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:16.400 Vanessa Rubio on this show, and I gotta say, I'm 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:20.760 very excited about this episode because I'm a child of 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:23.880 the late eighties and early nineties, so like Karate Kid 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:26.440 was like my jam right, And then I see that 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:30.280 Karate Kid comes back and I watch it on YouTube, 0:03:30.560 --> 0:03:33.360 thinking like this is never going to be the thing, 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:37.880 and now straight up like it's a fucking thing. Season 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:41.520 three is upon us on Netflix. Now, how crazy is this? 0:03:41.960 --> 0:03:45.280 It's amazing. And the rebirth on Netflix it's just gained 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:47.720 a whole new level of things. It's wonderful. I mean, 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:50.000 I have to ask because when I saw it was 0:03:50.040 --> 0:03:51.920 on YouTube, I was like, I don't know if if 0:03:51.960 --> 0:03:54.000 this is gonna be like this iconic show that I 0:03:54.080 --> 0:03:57.680 think that everyone was hoping for. Were you guys, I 0:03:57.720 --> 0:03:59.720 don't know if this is gonna work or was it 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:02.680 When Netflix then came along and picked it up, You're like, 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:04.960 all right, and those things might have some legs. There's 0:04:04.960 --> 0:04:08.120 always that trepidation a little bit when there's a reboot. 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:10.520 You know, you're like, are you going to ruin the 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:13.240 thing that I love or what? From my perspective as 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:15.960 an actor, it was like coming into it and I 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:18.080 was like, clean slate. I don't know what to expect. 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:20.200 I'm not going to build it up, you know. Sweet 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:23.200 filmed season one and I was just like, Okay, I'm 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:25.320 just gonna pay attention and be true to my character 0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:29.840 the circumstances. And then around when we filmed episode ten 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:34.320 of The Tournament the first season, I felt like, oh, 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:37.039 this is gonna be amazing. There was just like the 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:40.320 stunts and everybody, you know, everybody was in that room 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:44.360 and it was just like an energy and and and 0:04:44.400 --> 0:04:46.279 that was actually the first time that a lot of 0:04:46.320 --> 0:04:49.480 the cast was together, So the first time I even 0:04:49.520 --> 0:04:52.520 saw Ralph previously that I was just working with solo 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:55.320 and Billy. It was just like an energy and I 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:58.320 was like, Oh, it's gonna be amazing. And then you know, 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:00.680 you you wrap and you you go home, and you're 0:05:00.680 --> 0:05:03.960 just hoping that all the other elements come together. And 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:07.800 they really did. I mean, they hit the tone really well. 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:11.560 It's it's spot on. The show does such an amazing 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:17.560 job of recreating eighties nostalgia. And I wonder if, like, 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:20.919 you know, it's twenty you started filming the show in 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:24.240 the beats have to be different, right, Like it's got 0:05:24.240 --> 0:05:27.120 to be like a different way to act because you're 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:31.800 doing like this very stylized eighties version. Was it hard 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:34.520 to become an eighties actor? I don't know if that 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:36.760 question makes sense, but that I've always wondered that when 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:39.080 I watched the show, because it's got a vibe to it, 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:42.480 right it does, And I'm not even sure how they 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:44.960 do it, Like I think the producers. I'm like, in 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:47.720 my mind, I'm like, they must have like an equation 0:05:48.560 --> 0:05:51.600 because because it just comes together in that way, like 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:54.560 in that scene the first scene where Johnny is fighting 0:05:54.640 --> 0:05:59.599 off the kids who are assaulting Miguel, and then you 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:02.719 have homeless Lynn in the background with the pizza and 0:06:03.520 --> 0:06:06.680 what is it about that that is so eighties? It's 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:09.160 so weird. But I agree with you. I think it's 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:11.279 just kind of like that, like all the elements have 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:14.559 to come together, so you're just like doing your part 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:19.279 and then you know, whoever is directing or producing kind 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:21.920 of sets the tone and make sure it has that 0:06:21.920 --> 0:06:25.880 that uh, that flavor. But of course, like for for 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:29.520 me and my experience, I was just you know, paying attention, 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:32.599 doing doing my thing for Carmen, and then of course 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:36.599 when they did the the eighties hairband video recreation, I 0:06:36.680 --> 0:06:39.480 was just like, okay, here we go, pull on eighties, 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:43.840 you know, bliss here. Before you started filming, did you 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:47.080 go do research, homework, go watch a bunch of John 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:51.239 Hughes films or something to get ready to do the show? 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:54.200 I did. I rewatched The Karate Kid a couple of times. 0:06:54.600 --> 0:06:58.880 I did. There's some genese qua quality about it, you know. 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:02.560 I know, whether it's Aunngie Avilson the director. I suspect 0:07:02.880 --> 0:07:05.960 it is um you know, because he also directed Rocky 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:08.240 and you get kind of that same feeling, that same 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:12.640 like rooting for the underdog, very like scrappy kind of 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:16.240 filmmaking that works so well, you know, it's still it's 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:21.160 not it's elevated, so um so yeah. I did do 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:23.480 some research and I watched a lot of white Snake 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:31.760 videos and poison. I'm on the wrong side of my 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:35.120 thirties at this point, and I love watching the show 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:38.280 because it takes me back to a place, you know, 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:40.640 like a simpler time. I guess you could say, I 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:44.040 think what's surprising to me is that obviously a lot 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:48.320 of the younger generation that Gen X is gravitating towards this, 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:50.280 Like there's no way that this would be in its 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:52.640 third season if it wasn't doing really well with the 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:57.080 Young Demo. Are you surprised that this like Young Demo 0:07:57.240 --> 0:08:00.640 is gravitating towards this and like really really loving it. 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:03.840 I kind of am. I kind of am. I think 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:07.480 it's just like they wrote those characters really well, and 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:11.800 those themes don't go away, right, bullying and you know, 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:14.080 all the things that are happening in high school and 0:08:14.160 --> 0:08:16.240 are you gonna be tough enough? And are you going 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:20.040 to be able to defend yourself? I mean, those things 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:22.880 don't go away. And also maybe you have a generation 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:27.640 of of kids today who are well aware or I 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:30.200 don't know, more aware than they would have been without 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:32.719 YouTube and things like that of the generation that their 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:35.040 parents grew up in. When I watch it, I think 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:37.760 the producers and the writers have done a really good 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:40.160 job because for me, as someone who grew up on 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:43.800 Danny and Johnny's storyline, you know, there's a bit of 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:46.839 a bit of cheesiness. Their whole stick is cheesy, but 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:50.240 it's got heart, but it's funny, like it's got all 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:53.160 those elements of the eighties stuff. And then I assume that, 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:55.400 like the gen Xers who are watching the show are 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:59.079 obviously gravitating towards your son's character. For the young kids, 0:08:59.120 --> 0:09:01.520 I feel like there's less of like the eighties cheese 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:04.240 with them. For me as the older person watching them, like, 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:06.640 oh yeah, I get I see what they're doing there. 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:08.880 And then I watched like the young kids, and I'm like, oh, yeah, 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:13.439 they're just playing like a normal two thousand nineteen kid role. 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:16.320 You know. I guess that's that's how I perceive. Yeah, no, 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:21.240 I hear you. They're it's like they're the normal one, yeah, exactly, 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:26.080 which I think that's how gen Xer's view adults. Anyways, true, 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:29.760 we must be the weirdos to them. Yeah, congratulations on 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:32.760 on a third season. What can you tell us about 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:37.160 season three? Because season two ends real bad for you 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:41.160 and your son? Yeah? So bad. Whenever I read that script, 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:43.840 I just like cry, we didn't fill me and I 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:48.000 was just like, um, season three. I don't know if 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:50.760 you've seen it or not. Everybody has different pacings on 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:54.359 these things. Season three basically dealing with all the aftermath 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:57.719 of that. I mean, that fall was horrendous, the betrayals 0:09:57.760 --> 0:10:01.400 and everything that was broken there. So it's like, how 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:04.679 do these characters meant and how can they move forward? 0:10:04.960 --> 0:10:06.720 You know what I mean? Can they put their differences 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:10.920 aside or do they move further into that resentment? And 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:13.720 do they just stay there? We'll see. It's obvious that 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:18.439 naturally you gravitate towards loving the character, ark and storyline 0:10:18.440 --> 0:10:20.319 of you and your son in the show. But when 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:23.720 you watch it back, is there another subplot that, like 0:10:23.800 --> 0:10:26.560 you really gravitate towards not as an actor, but as 0:10:26.559 --> 0:10:31.480 an enjoyer of entertainment? Yeah? Totally, Um, I mean the 0:10:31.520 --> 0:10:36.720 main one, the dynamic between Johnny and Daniel is amazing. 0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:40.040 I mean it's just like it's so relatable. You know, 0:10:40.080 --> 0:10:42.880 they get under met each other's skin in a way 0:10:42.920 --> 0:10:45.400 that's like you're just tracking up because you're like, yeah, 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:47.439 you can't stand this person. Why I can't they get 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:52.040 out of your life? You know? So I love that one, UM. 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:56.360 And I also really love um Miguel's storyline, you know, 0:10:56.720 --> 0:11:00.400 just his character development and the different way that he's 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:04.200 viewing the world now and and growing up. I really 0:11:04.240 --> 0:11:07.840 think it's I think it's lovely. Just like talking about 0:11:08.120 --> 0:11:11.600 the two principal leads here with Johnny and Danny getting 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:19.640 to know them, what is their relationship like off camera? Um, 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:23.080 you know, it's it's kind of funny, it's I mean, 0:11:23.120 --> 0:11:28.280 it's genuinely wonderful. They're both very well grounded people, super 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:32.120 generous pros just like pros. You know, it's good for 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:34.679 me to learn from them. But they do definitely do 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:37.560 poke fun at each other, Like you know, there's always 0:11:37.600 --> 0:11:39.599 like a little bit of acting, like there's always a 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:41.600 little bit of bleed through is what I call it. 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:44.160 Is like when that character is still kind of lingering 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:46.120 around and then there's like a little jab or a 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:49.480 joke that can be made and uh, and they'll do that. 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:52.959 But they but it's nice, but they get along very well. 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:56.720 I mean, have you talked to them about like whether 0:11:56.800 --> 0:12:00.320 or not they thought this would be successful, because you know, 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:03.960 obviously it's a it's the thing that's happening now where 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:10.520 they're they're kind of like re um, they're recreating old stuff, 0:12:10.600 --> 0:12:13.160 right Like, they're kind of it's and and and it's 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:15.240 not successful most of the time. And when I saw 0:12:15.360 --> 0:12:17.320 this was coming out, I was I was nervous because 0:12:17.360 --> 0:12:20.040 I was like, don't ruin my child. This was great, Like, 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:24.280 you don't need to fix it, you know. Um. I mean, like, 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:27.000 was there trepidation with with both of them because that's 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:30.920 very much part of their identity. You know, you can't 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:33.440 look at Ralph Maccio and and not think, well, that's 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:36.080 the karate kit. You know, Like, was there trepidation for 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:40.360 them going into this project? I mean, I don't really 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:42.840 know they would be the best series to do that too, 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:46.400 you know, answer that, but I you know, I have 0:12:46.640 --> 0:12:50.280 seen interviews and things like that where yeah, of course 0:12:50.600 --> 0:12:53.680 they're they're protective over and they have to be careful about, 0:12:54.320 --> 0:13:00.240 you know, where that story and those iconic characters go. Um, 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:03.800 But I think it's just been really lucky, like a 0:13:03.840 --> 0:13:07.320 good mix of everything. The producers who are huge fans 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:12.160 of the of the original movie series, and they because 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:15.640 of that, they treat it with respect. They know, you know, 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:18.520 they're not making a stick out of it, and um, 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:21.120 I think that's really what it's about, and evolving those 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:25.880 things like past the eighties stereotypes, you know, and seeing like, Okay, 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:27.760 there's a lot of gray in here. This person is 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:30.920 not bad or good. There's just in this place at 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:33.360 this time. And where do they go from here? You know? 0:13:33.960 --> 0:13:36.320 My last question is about the show. Who's the best 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:46.360 fighter out of everyone there? My son? Okay? Fair enough? 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:50.040 I don't know, No, they'll say, I'll say, um, I 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:54.440 really don't know, but I'll say, Billy, okay. I like 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:58.000 that You've had kind of a big year, like this 0:13:58.080 --> 0:14:00.720 isn't the only thing that you've done this year, which 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:03.360 is very nice because most of us are just like 0:14:03.400 --> 0:14:06.000 sitting around waiting for stuff to do. Tell us about 0:14:06.000 --> 0:14:08.080 the other projects that you've got going on. You seem 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:12.720 like you're quite the Netflix lady these days. Well, fortunately 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:17.080 it was done previous pandemic year. Actually, just at the 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:20.600 top of I did do a couple episodes on the 0:14:20.680 --> 0:14:24.680 second season of Bonding, which is a Netflix show, and 0:14:24.880 --> 0:14:26.720 it was nice because we filmed it in New York 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:29.000 and it was like pree pandemic New York. We got 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:32.360 it in just in time. And it's a sweet show, 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:37.160 you know. Um has it's it's quirk, quirky humor and 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:40.680 is talking about, you know, a very delicate topic of 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:46.840 dominator dominatrix is and how they work. Um. But my 0:14:46.960 --> 0:14:49.280 character is really fun and I love her a lot. 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:52.880 Her name is Gina and she comes in and kind of, 0:14:52.960 --> 0:14:57.800 you know, messes things up anyway. Um. But prior to that, 0:14:57.880 --> 0:15:00.760 I did also an episode on Dolly part In series, 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:04.240 which was amazing. I mean I never thought I would 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:07.240 ever get to meet and be in the same room 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:10.080 with Dolly Parton, let alone be in one of her productions. 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:13.680 It was. It was quite amazing. I lived to Nashville 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:17.400 for twelve years doing radio UM, and so obviously I 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:21.920 was very well versed in the the lore that is 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:26.760 Dolly Parton and in uh in Nashville and surrounding counties, 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:31.400 there is Jesus and then there's Dolly Parton. So that's 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:35.200 pretty cool that you got to work with her. Absolutely, 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:39.680 and we did the premier in Dollywood, So I get you. 0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:45.200 It was definitely that way deservedly, So you know, she's 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:48.880 just amazing that that whole area Dollywood and the whole 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:51.920 area around it is just um really kind of the 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:58.040 the proof of one person's beauty and bounty and love. Yeah, 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:02.200 the amount that that will has given back to the 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:06.960 community is unbelievable. So that's awesome. It's I don't know 0:16:06.960 --> 0:16:10.120 if anyone told you, but I am really fascinated with 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:14.080 origin stories. I like to find out how they got 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:16.560 to where they are today and what the blueprint was 0:16:16.640 --> 0:16:20.400 for their success story. Less interested in about the person 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:22.440 with the blue check mark. I'm more interested in the 0:16:22.480 --> 0:16:26.720 person that was working three jobs and whatnot and and 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:29.960 grinding to get to that point. So if you have 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:32.560 a couple of minutes, will you tell us where the 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:34.200 hell you came from and how the hell you got here? 0:16:35.640 --> 0:16:38.800 I love that, first of all. I'm in total agreement. 0:16:39.160 --> 0:16:42.160 It's it's way more fascinating. All right, quick breaking we 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:44.560 come back. We're gonna find out a little bit more 0:16:44.760 --> 0:16:56.000 about Vanessa Rubio. Let's stick around, and I'm back in 0:16:56.040 --> 0:16:58.640 the Wells cast. Very excited to have on the show. 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:03.640 Today Vanessa rue Bo, who stars in season three of 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:07.000 Oh Yeah, Cobra Kai It's back, Baby. But I want 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:10.679 to know, Vanessa, where you came from. Let's start at 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:14.440 the beginning, man, where the hell that came from. I 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:19.359 grew up in a town called Lodi, New Jersey, Northern Jersey, 0:17:19.440 --> 0:17:22.080 and it's I tell people, because nobody knows what they're like, 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:25.040 Lodi and whatever, but it's where the misfits are from. 0:17:25.119 --> 0:17:28.480 So that kind of gives you an idea of the 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:31.920 tone of the town where a lot of garage bands. 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:36.919 You know, um it was uh and my family's Colombian, uh, 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:42.400 some first generation Columbian American, the youngest of three and 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:44.840 just kind of yeah, I grew up. I knew I 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:49.600 always wanted to be an artist, draw paints, saying you know, 0:17:49.640 --> 0:17:53.320 it was all calling to me. And so I was 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:55.280 very much drawn to New York. You know. In the 0:17:55.320 --> 0:17:57.240 first time I went to New York, I was like, Oh, 0:17:57.240 --> 0:17:59.600 this is it. This is where the people go who 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:04.640 want to be crazy and free. And I started taking 0:18:05.640 --> 0:18:08.160 life drawing lessons there just to be in New York. 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:11.200 And then I went to Way You and I actually 0:18:11.240 --> 0:18:14.360 didn't study acting as an undergrad, I was way too 0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:17.880 shy and way too bookish. Uh So I studied art 0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:21.239 history and you know, just loved it. I didn't really 0:18:21.280 --> 0:18:22.960 know what I was gonna do with it, but I 0:18:23.040 --> 0:18:28.800 knew that I loved it. Probably also like probably too 0:18:28.840 --> 0:18:31.000 scared to be an art major, you know what I mean, 0:18:31.000 --> 0:18:33.720 because you know, immigrant parents, they were like, you better 0:18:33.760 --> 0:18:37.200 do something with your with yourself. So I couldn't really 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:41.400 declare my artistry out right then. But once I graduated 0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:45.000 college and I started working in like galleries and museums 0:18:45.000 --> 0:18:48.119 and stuff, I was just like spinning my wheels and 0:18:48.160 --> 0:18:49.840 I was just like, I gotta do something, you know. 0:18:51.000 --> 0:18:52.520 And then I was just like, you know, if it, 0:18:52.760 --> 0:18:55.679 I'm just gonna act. I've always wanted to do that 0:18:55.760 --> 0:18:58.359 and if I don't all regret it. So I took 0:18:58.400 --> 0:19:01.720 a summer course and I feel like it like literally 0:19:01.720 --> 0:19:04.040 saved my life. You know. It was just like in 0:19:04.080 --> 0:19:06.480 my twenties and just not knowing what to do with myself. 0:19:07.240 --> 0:19:08.840 And when I did that, I was just like, this 0:19:08.960 --> 0:19:11.640 is it, This is this is what I want to do. 0:19:12.920 --> 0:19:14.639 I didn't know how, you know, it was going to 0:19:14.760 --> 0:19:19.000 work out, but I was just like everything about it 0:19:19.040 --> 0:19:22.680 I loved, so I was just searching and bopped around 0:19:22.720 --> 0:19:27.280 from studio to studio. Definitely had to bite the bullet 0:19:27.359 --> 0:19:30.439 and take waitress jobs, which was hard for me because 0:19:30.480 --> 0:19:33.280 I was had a day job and I had a degree, right, 0:19:33.320 --> 0:19:35.240 so I was like, oh, no, I'm gonna be this 0:19:35.440 --> 0:19:38.400 artist starting artist thing. But it really taught me a lot. 0:19:38.640 --> 0:19:41.080 I was just like, you know, driven by the love 0:19:41.119 --> 0:19:42.959 of it. And I was just like driven by this 0:19:43.080 --> 0:19:45.400 feeling like no, this is this is what I meant 0:19:45.400 --> 0:19:47.840 to do. And as any actor will tell you, it's 0:19:47.840 --> 0:19:51.040 so love hate relationship. You know, you try and you're 0:19:51.080 --> 0:19:52.880 in love with and didn't you go out to audition 0:19:53.000 --> 0:19:55.960 and you're like what is this? Which is what I experienced. 0:19:56.000 --> 0:20:00.440 I hated auditioning and I left act. I was was like, okay, 0:20:00.440 --> 0:20:02.879 so I'm not an actor. I hate auditioning, I'm not 0:20:02.920 --> 0:20:05.520 an actor. I'm going to take painting classes. I'm gonna 0:20:05.520 --> 0:20:08.480 be a painter. And I did that for a while, 0:20:08.880 --> 0:20:11.560 like a year and a half, close to two years, 0:20:12.560 --> 0:20:16.040 and I was like so lonely, you know, I missed 0:20:16.040 --> 0:20:20.240 the collaboration that is acting. So I was like, okay, 0:20:20.320 --> 0:20:23.080 I'm gonna go back into it and as soon as 0:20:23.080 --> 0:20:25.480 I made that decision, I feel like the universe really 0:20:26.000 --> 0:20:29.119 uh supported me in that. You know. I was was 0:20:29.160 --> 0:20:33.760 living in Proptin's Rhode Island, taking classes at Risky painting classes, 0:20:34.480 --> 0:20:36.840 and then I you know, decided, I was like, no, 0:20:36.880 --> 0:20:39.120 I'm gonna go back to New York and back to acting. 0:20:39.800 --> 0:20:41.600 And as soon as I got back into New York, 0:20:41.680 --> 0:20:45.560 it was like the messages couldn't be clearer. It was 0:20:45.640 --> 0:20:50.320 like I landed an agent, I landed a commercial. I 0:20:50.400 --> 0:20:52.920 got my SAD card like literally in like a month. 0:20:53.040 --> 0:20:56.439 So I was like, whoa, you know, so that was it. 0:20:56.680 --> 0:20:59.600 From there, I just kept on, you know, kept on waitressing, 0:20:59.760 --> 0:21:03.879 kept done going, kept on taking classes. Somehow ends it 0:21:03.960 --> 0:21:07.639 of here. You know, the journey is quite amazing. I 0:21:07.680 --> 0:21:12.520 find it funny because your story isn't unique to our 0:21:12.560 --> 0:21:15.879 guests on this show, but I think it's unique to 0:21:15.920 --> 0:21:18.400 our listeners because they're like, wow, I can't believe that's 0:21:18.400 --> 0:21:22.600 how it works. And there's this misconception about success, and 0:21:22.640 --> 0:21:25.399 I found that a lot of people attribute success to 0:21:25.760 --> 0:21:28.440 the dollar amount that you have in your bank account, 0:21:28.920 --> 0:21:33.760 and for really successful people, generally, success equates more to happiness, 0:21:33.960 --> 0:21:35.800 and you kind of touched on it, like you weren't 0:21:35.920 --> 0:21:38.879 very happy not doing the thing that that you were loving, 0:21:38.960 --> 0:21:41.040 even though it wasn't bringing in a whole lot of money, 0:21:41.200 --> 0:21:43.880 and you were having to burn a bride at both 0:21:44.000 --> 0:21:46.520 ends with waiting tables and also doing the art stuff. 0:21:46.680 --> 0:21:48.840 I think it's just a good lesson for everyone out 0:21:48.840 --> 0:21:53.480 there to remember generally money follows all that success, but 0:21:53.760 --> 0:21:56.240 it's not an overnight thing. I wanted to go back though, 0:21:56.280 --> 0:22:00.119 because you are of immigrant parents. First of all, you're 0:22:00.160 --> 0:22:02.600 the youngest of three, right, yes, so were you like 0:22:02.760 --> 0:22:05.240 I think birth orders interesting? Were you because I'm the 0:22:05.280 --> 0:22:07.439 youngest as well, I'm the youngest of five? Were you 0:22:07.680 --> 0:22:11.800 the most boisterous and always performing because you're a little one, 0:22:11.800 --> 0:22:13.680 no one's ever paying attention to you, Like, was that 0:22:13.760 --> 0:22:16.200 your stick in your family? A little bit of that? 0:22:16.359 --> 0:22:22.679 Definitely the comedic relief. I love making people laugh, you know, 0:22:22.760 --> 0:22:26.399 it's just there's no feeling like that. So yeah, I 0:22:26.480 --> 0:22:32.320 definitely went into that clown rule willingly and happily, you know. Uh. 0:22:32.359 --> 0:22:33.960 And then but I think I was also just a 0:22:34.080 --> 0:22:37.480 natural character creator and storyteller. Like as a kid, I 0:22:37.560 --> 0:22:40.879 used to make characters and comics and then put it 0:22:40.920 --> 0:22:42.679 in a notebook and then like give it to my 0:22:42.720 --> 0:22:45.399 family and be like, look, look at the latest comic 0:22:45.480 --> 0:22:48.639 that I made. So anyway that I could tell a story, 0:22:48.640 --> 0:22:50.639 I think it was just kind of natural in me 0:22:50.840 --> 0:22:53.439 to do so. And you got into n y U. 0:22:53.520 --> 0:22:57.520 It's really really good school. Did you get a scholarship there? 0:22:57.760 --> 0:23:01.359 It got a little scholarship a lot to help, Like, 0:23:01.440 --> 0:23:05.000 I mean it covered something, but but yeah, I did. 0:23:05.160 --> 0:23:07.680 Do you graduate with this art history degree? Are your 0:23:07.680 --> 0:23:11.119