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Speaker 1: What's up, guys, Welcome back to Post friend High. I

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Speaker 1: am so excited for you guys to watch or listen

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Speaker 1: to today's interview with Jackie Ton. Jackie is one of

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Speaker 1: the stars of Netflix's Nobody Wants This. Season two is

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Speaker 1: coming out in February, so I was super excited to

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Speaker 1: be able to sit down with Jackie, learn all about her,

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Speaker 1: hear about the filming of the show, and I really

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Speaker 1: few months ago, when the show Nobody Wants This first

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Speaker 1: I relate so much to the characters in the show.

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Speaker 1: For those of you who don't know, my fiancee, Jeremy

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Speaker 1: is Jewish and I'm Catholic, and Jeremy's family is just

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Speaker 1: full of so many characters. I'm really really close with

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Speaker 1: Jeremy's grandma, Grandma Bee, and Grandma Bee is just such

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Speaker 1: a stereotypical Jewish grandma, if you know, you know. And

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Speaker 1: so when I was watching Nobody Wants This, I just

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Speaker 1: felt like I was almost watching my own life on screen,

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Speaker 1: Like I connected so much to the characters in the show,

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Speaker 1: so to be able to a few months later sit

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Speaker 1: down with Jackie, it really is just a dream. Anyways,

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Speaker 1: I don't want to ramble, so I just want to

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Speaker 1: say thank you so much. It's absolutely incredible that we

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Speaker 1: have gone from running on the streets of New York

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Speaker 1: me in exchange for a pair of sneakers, to now

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Speaker 1: being able to sit down with our guests after our

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Speaker 1: runs and just go even deeper. Your support really does

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Speaker 1: mean the world to me. So make sure you follow

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Speaker 1: this podcast, subscribe to my YouTube channel, and without further ado,

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Speaker 1: let's get this. Let's us Jackie what welcome to post

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Speaker 2: Thank you very much. I asked Jeremy as we were

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Speaker 2: this is what exercising feels like. Like my heart's pounding

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Speaker 2: and I'm like in a really good mood. I feel

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Speaker 2: what a post run high actually is. I was explaining

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Speaker 2: your show to him exactly.

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Speaker 1: So Jackie and I, for reference, for those of you listening,

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Speaker 1: we just did a running interview you're coming from my

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Speaker 1: running interview show. Welcome Jackie, and I just ran a

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Speaker 1: mile and I think it was your first time running

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Speaker 2: It was only a mile.

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Speaker 1: We've probably fell it a mile maybe a little under.

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Speaker 2: Oh that's so disappointing. I was so proud of myself,

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Speaker 2: Like I thought we were like bolting for ages. We were,

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Speaker 2: You were saying, Okay, I was proud of myself. I

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Speaker 1: Wait, is it true that your parents were PE teachers.

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Speaker 2: Both of my parents were fully PE teachers, incredible athletes.

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Speaker 2: Both my mom was an amazing they're both around, but

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Speaker 2: was my mom used to be like an incredible field

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Speaker 1: So you grew up with two pe parents that were

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Speaker 1: Did you ever to play sports like soccer as a

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Speaker 1: Okay, but what I got out of that story also

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Speaker 1: Okay, so you didn't love sports growing up, but you

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Speaker 2: I started acting when I was nine, but even before that,

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Speaker 2: I can't think of a time when I didn't want

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Speaker 1: You've been in the industry for so long, since you

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Speaker 1: When I tell you this is the most full circle

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Speaker 2: Thanks dude. That's you know, it's sort of exactly how

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Speaker 2: I feel like I'm just like you know, you make

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Speaker 2: It's definitely the most common scenario, undoubtedly, right, Like, I mean,

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Speaker 2: In twenty twenty one, after Glow got canceled, I lost

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Speaker 1: So what was your life like during that time? Was

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Speaker 2: I was in an unbelievably lucky place because I had

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Speaker 1: you auditioned for American Idol, but you were on American Idol. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: When I was nine, I was doing like I was auditioning.

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Speaker 2: Can you imagine? I wish I saw a video of

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Speaker 2: And the rest is history, and I never left LA

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Speaker 1: There for Depth Cloud. What is it like auditioning and

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Speaker 2: I mean my closet was provided by Kristen's hand me downs. Truly. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I have so much respect for it because it's so

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Speaker 1: When did you first audition? And I know you're really

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Speaker 2: When I think of my dog Glenn and I think

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Speaker 1: How excited was Kristin when she found out that you

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Speaker 1: No, it literally gives me chills peak roll was so

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Speaker 2: Right? Like are you a too resultant? Because the dress

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00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,640
Speaker 2: we liked best and Noigar our costumer, who's incredible, We

439
00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:49,200
Speaker 2: all love this black dress best. But I was like,

440
00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:50,560
Speaker 2: let me just call my mom and make sure that

441
00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,000
Speaker 2: like black is okay. I mean for most people it is,

442
00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,800
Speaker 2: but for like mother of the butt mytz, I was

443
00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:56,560
Speaker 2: just double checking.

444
00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:59,000
Speaker 1: Absolutely. Oh my god, the butt Mitzvacine was so cute.

445
00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,320
Speaker 1: Thank you, But the girl that played your daughter and

446
00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:04,000
Speaker 1: you guys cutting the dress, oh, I was just like,

447
00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:07,440
Speaker 1: genuinely so obsessed with your character, and I'm curious because

448
00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:09,159
Speaker 1: you and Kristin are such good friends. I think the

449
00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,520
Speaker 1: funniest part about it was obviously you have so much

450
00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:13,840
Speaker 1: love for Kristin, and I feel like that underlying theme

451
00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:15,480
Speaker 1: throughout the show is like you actually kind of like

452
00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:16,840
Speaker 1: her in the show esther.

453
00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:20,200
Speaker 2: Ends up, I mean falling for Joanne the way everybody does.

454
00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:21,920
Speaker 2: She's funny, she's huge, charming.

455
00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,480
Speaker 1: But what was it like playing a character that had

456
00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:26,480
Speaker 1: to all of a sudden act like they didn't like

457
00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:28,159
Speaker 1: your best friend? Like, was that funny for you?

458
00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:31,439
Speaker 2: It was funny, But it's also like acting is so

459
00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:35,359
Speaker 2: it's so fun and silly, and obviously it could be

460
00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:39,280
Speaker 2: challenging at times, but like playing like you don't it's

461
00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:41,720
Speaker 2: not you know what I mean, I'm not Anthony Hopkins.

462
00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,440
Speaker 2: It's like it's fine, I just pretended I didn't, you

463
00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:46,399
Speaker 2: know what I mean. It's like it was it was

464
00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,240
Speaker 2: really fun and afterwards we would always laugh, and I

465
00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,240
Speaker 2: think I was trying to with most of the other

466
00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:57,320
Speaker 2: characters anyway, insert a little bit of levity, like because

467
00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:59,480
Speaker 2: I obviously didn't, I don't want her to have the

468
00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,320
Speaker 2: same relationship with every person on the show, and just

469
00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:05,159
Speaker 2: you know, she's scarcely loyal and she loves her husband

470
00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:08,440
Speaker 2: and her daughter. She's not so thrilled about this new kitten.

471
00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,560
Speaker 1: I feel like I really connected to the show because

472
00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,720
Speaker 1: Jeremy's family and his grandma they are like, they're very

473
00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:16,879
Speaker 1: religious Jews, and I grew up Catholic, Roman Catholic. I

474
00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,280
Speaker 1: went to Catholic grammar school, Catholic high school. But it's

475
00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:21,720
Speaker 1: funny because I like called Jeremy's grandma and I'm like,

476
00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,600
Speaker 1: so would you consider me a shitzva? And like keep

477
00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,160
Speaker 1: in mind, Oh my god, you guys, what do you say?

478
00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:31,879
Speaker 2: I love you so much, not even close shiksa? But

479
00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,639
Speaker 2: what's so cute? Wait, god, it's so cute. Everyone at

480
00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,040
Speaker 2: homest I know this. So when we were on our run,

481
00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:39,800
Speaker 2: Kate was like, which one of us do you think

482
00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:40,560
Speaker 2: is Jewish?

483
00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:41,800
Speaker 1: H huh?

484
00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:45,440
Speaker 2: And I was like, not you. Yeah, it's just really

485
00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:49,280
Speaker 2: cute because like, no, right, you're too, I mean, not you.

486
00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:51,639
Speaker 2: And I just loved it because I don't know what

487
00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:55,600
Speaker 2: it is about about like my like Judaism radar, but

488
00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:59,000
Speaker 2: like it's pretty I don't know if I've been I

489
00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:02,119
Speaker 2: don't think if I've been wrong. I mean, maybe maybe,

490
00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,880
Speaker 2: but today I wasn't. Yeah, I wonder what it is.

491
00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:05,479
Speaker 1: I don't know.

492
00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,520
Speaker 2: I recently did a play reading with Jason Alexander in

493
00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:10,800
Speaker 2: la and you want to talk on bench what just

494
00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:14,520
Speaker 2: an absolutely delightful human being. But what was really interesting

495
00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:16,240
Speaker 2: is like I was a little hesitant to say it,

496
00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:18,159
Speaker 2: but once I said it, I was relieved. I was like,

497
00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:20,520
Speaker 2: do you not feel like we're related? And he was like,

498
00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:24,080
Speaker 2: I feel like we're related. It was immediate. The second

499
00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:26,119
Speaker 2: we met, it was like you you hi, Hello up.

500
00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:27,760
Speaker 2: The second we walked in, He's like, well, part of

501
00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,119
Speaker 2: Long Island you from, and I'm like, ocean side you.

502
00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:31,720
Speaker 2: He's like, well, no I'm not, but my wife is

503
00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,240
Speaker 2: from myself. And I was like, again, I can't really

504
00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:37,600
Speaker 2: explain it. To be honest, I wish I could. Yeah,

505
00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:39,640
Speaker 2: but I just think it's like it's a cultural connection.

506
00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:43,240
Speaker 2: I think it's anybody of the same culture, you know.

507
00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:45,600
Speaker 2: I remember in high school I had friends who were

508
00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:48,680
Speaker 2: Greek Orthodox and we went to another town and there

509
00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,080
Speaker 2: was like one of my good friends. Funny enough, on

510
00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:54,840
Speaker 2: two of my good best girlfriends were dating Nicos and

511
00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:56,960
Speaker 2: they're from different towns, and when the two nicos met,

512
00:22:57,119 --> 00:22:59,520
Speaker 2: it was like they were from the same family.

513
00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:00,399
Speaker 1: It's just me.

514
00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:02,560
Speaker 2: You just get it, and I think, you know with Jews,

515
00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:04,200
Speaker 2: we have that same thing.

516
00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,360
Speaker 1: So nobody wants this. Do we know yet if there's

517
00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:08,200
Speaker 1: gonna be a season two?

518
00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,639
Speaker 2: Yes, we do. We found out two weeks after we aired.

519
00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,440
Speaker 2: I had no We've known there's gonna be a season

520
00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:13,240
Speaker 2: two for like a month.

521
00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:15,240
Speaker 1: Okay, so nobody wants a season two. Have you guys

522
00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:16,639
Speaker 1: started filming? When do you start filming?

523
00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:19,600
Speaker 2: We start filming, I heard, but I don't know, so

524
00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:23,159
Speaker 2: hopefully I'm saying this right, but I heard February. But

525
00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:24,520
Speaker 2: also like, I don't know.

526
00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,359
Speaker 1: And how much time do you need to prepare for

527
00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:26,680
Speaker 1: the role?

528
00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:29,760
Speaker 2: None? Really, I mean whenever we get the script, so

529
00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,120
Speaker 2: you know, like a few days prior. You just memorize

530
00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:36,280
Speaker 2: each scene as you're gonna film it, so and you

531
00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:38,320
Speaker 2: don't film and you film the episodes in order, but

532
00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,000
Speaker 2: you don't film the scenes in order, so you'll just

533
00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:42,280
Speaker 2: see what's seen you're filming next, and you'll memorize that,

534
00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,720
Speaker 2: hopefully a couple of days prior. But you get really

535
00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:48,760
Speaker 2: familiar with each script beforehand, depending on how long before

536
00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,520
Speaker 2: you shoot you get them, but generally that's not very long.

537
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:53,919
Speaker 1: When you're acting out the scene. How much of it

538
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,919
Speaker 1: is memorization from the script as it is also like

539
00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:58,760
Speaker 1: are you doing any improv.

540
00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:02,720
Speaker 2: So it depends. So like I did an episode of

541
00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,600
Speaker 2: I was in the season premiere of NCIS, I played

542
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:08,320
Speaker 2: a divorce attorney, and it was like a very intell

543
00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,159
Speaker 2: like zero, like you need to memorize exactly word for

544
00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,720
Speaker 2: word what is on that page. You do not deviate,

545
00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,119
Speaker 2: you do not make it your own. No, baby, you

546
00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,120
Speaker 2: show up, you do the job, you go home. On Glow,

547
00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:25,000
Speaker 2: the writing was so unbelievable and similar to nobody wants this.

548
00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,359
Speaker 2: But a lot of times on Glow people thought I improvised,

549
00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:31,400
Speaker 2: Like in this episode where Ruth shows up and she's

550
00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:35,000
Speaker 2: wearing cute little rebox and I forgot my exercise shoes

551
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,199
Speaker 2: because I'm out from being out all night, and I

552
00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,560
Speaker 2: see her rebox and she's like, oh, I have these

553
00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:42,919
Speaker 2: other shoes. They're like these brown nursing shoes. She's like,

554
00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,320
Speaker 2: for my other job, waitressing. And I look at them

555
00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:47,240
Speaker 2: and I'm like, where did you waitress a nursing home?

556
00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,879
Speaker 2: In Poland, and everybody texted me like, oh that's so you.

557
00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,120
Speaker 2: Oh my god, I love that you made that up.

558
00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:54,200
Speaker 2: Yeah I didn't.

559
00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:54,760
Speaker 1: Wow.

560
00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:58,600
Speaker 2: Those were our writers. They heard me, and they heard

561
00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:02,800
Speaker 2: how I deliver information and how I deliver jokes, and

562
00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:07,280
Speaker 2: then catered the writing to that. So then I looked better,

563
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:11,120
Speaker 2: The show looked better. Everything, all the puzzle pieces fit

564
00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:15,600
Speaker 2: together better because everybody instead of like working again. Obviously

565
00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,520
Speaker 2: wouldn't be any service to anyone to work against your strengths,

566
00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,399
Speaker 2: but they took who we all were. And then there

567
00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,879
Speaker 2: were some things in Glow that you said, but it

568
00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,720
Speaker 2: was mostly all written now on nobody wants this again,

569
00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:31,639
Speaker 2: almost exclusively written. But there are bits and pieces like

570
00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:33,440
Speaker 2: we were in this panel yesterday and I found this

571
00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:37,840
Speaker 2: because I wasn't in that scene. But like where Tim

572
00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,960
Speaker 2: who plays Sasha, says that when he looks at old

573
00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,200
Speaker 2: pictures of Mandy Bittank and he gets a half sandwich.

574
00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:47,120
Speaker 2: Apparently he completely improvised that, and then Kristen popped in like,

575
00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,120
Speaker 2: oh yeah there was a woman there was Oh, I've

576
00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:50,800
Speaker 2: been to this corner a woman got hit on a bike,

577
00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,520
Speaker 2: Like he's such an idiot. Yeah, so he's improvising a

578
00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,520
Speaker 2: lot and saying a bunch of different stuff, and when

579
00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,840
Speaker 2: he and Iron scenes together, all bets are off. So

580
00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:00,639
Speaker 2: we definitely do everything that's on the page. But then

581
00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,280
Speaker 2: if there's a little moment where we additionally want to,

582
00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:05,720
Speaker 2: like he says, what are you doing when he comes

583
00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:08,040
Speaker 2: in the room, we like improvise that. So the scene

584
00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,560
Speaker 2: started just after, but they were like, oh, Tim, you

585
00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:12,600
Speaker 2: know what, let's have you enter. So he comes in,

586
00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:14,200
Speaker 2: He's like, what are you doing? And I'm like, pairing

587
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,640
Speaker 2: your gargantuan socks? What does it look like? So we're

588
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,240
Speaker 2: just making things up and talking to each other in character,

589
00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,119
Speaker 2: and then the scene starts. We do the whole scene,

590
00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:25,840
Speaker 2: and then he leaves and he's like, so these shorts

591
00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:28,040
Speaker 2: do nothing for you. I'm like, it's the mesh. Like

592
00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:31,280
Speaker 2: everything we're saying as he's exiting is improvised as well.

593
00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:35,320
Speaker 2: Interesting scene, but it's just like we didn't know when

594
00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:37,359
Speaker 2: we were doing those things. Is the scene going to

595
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,080
Speaker 2: start where the page starts or is it going to

596
00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:40,280
Speaker 2: start with our little moment?

597
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:40,800
Speaker 1: Right?

598
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:44,159
Speaker 2: And then subsequently is it going to end where the

599
00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:46,480
Speaker 2: page ends or is it gonna end after our little

600
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:50,480
Speaker 2: So yeah, they were very open to our to having

601
00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:53,879
Speaker 2: us play and make the character as our own. But

602
00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,240
Speaker 2: also the show is so well written, so we obviously

603
00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:58,199
Speaker 2: said everything that was on the page in addition to

604
00:26:58,240 --> 00:26:59,399
Speaker 2: adding our own little.

605
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,960
Speaker 1: So season two, you guys are going to start filming soon?

606
00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:05,200
Speaker 1: Anything else coming up that you're excited about?

607
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,760
Speaker 2: I mean, it's so soon. It's already November. We're starting

608
00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:10,240
Speaker 2: in February. So it's like I'm hoping to have it's

609
00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:12,520
Speaker 2: been a crazy The show came out September twenty sixth.

610
00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:13,160
Speaker 2: It's November.

611
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,280
Speaker 1: I can't believe it was so recent, Like I can't.

612
00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:18,879
Speaker 2: Believe it was so recent or so long ago. In

613
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:22,119
Speaker 2: this weird way where like somehow it's still in the

614
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,959
Speaker 2: top ten, and with Netflix, because everything comes out at

615
00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:25,520
Speaker 2: one time.

616
00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,679
Speaker 1: Thank god, I was able to binge one stop the

617
00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:29,919
Speaker 1: best five hours of your life.

618
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,399
Speaker 2: But like it's because it all comes out at once.

619
00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:36,520
Speaker 2: It's hard with a show that comes out and is

620
00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:40,879
Speaker 2: only ten episodes, right to keep the excitement going because

621
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,840
Speaker 2: everyone saw it already in September, And so we're in

622
00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:48,680
Speaker 2: this really cool and exciting and rare place where it's

623
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:50,600
Speaker 2: November and we're still able to talk about it. Which

624
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:52,000
Speaker 2: makes me happy.

625
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,120
Speaker 1: That's for sure, Absolutely all right. I like to end

626
00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:58,480
Speaker 1: my episodes with a special kick. With a special kick, okay,

627
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:03,080
Speaker 1: And one final question, which is a manifestation. I want

628
00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:05,399
Speaker 1: you to let us know what are we manifesting for

629
00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:07,960
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five? Let me hear it.

630
00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:11,760
Speaker 2: Health for my family, health for me and my boyfriend Joe,

631
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,959
Speaker 2: love for me and my boyfriend Joe, health, and twenty

632
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,439
Speaker 2: eight more years of life for my baby son, Glenn,

633
00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:26,600
Speaker 2: so Glenn will live till twenty sixty five. And that

634
00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,640
Speaker 2: nobody wants this season two is so fun and delicious

635
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:33,679
Speaker 2: to make, and that some cool other things I don't know,

636
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:37,360
Speaker 2: maybe that Nanny Broadway show happens. And someone says, does

637
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:41,160
Speaker 2: Jackie want to read for this? And I say yes,

638
00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,600
Speaker 2: missus Chamfium, Oh.

639
00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:46,520
Speaker 1: My gosh, well, I am absolutely rooting for you in

640
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:47,479
Speaker 1: every single thing you do.

641
00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:50,560
Speaker 2: Thanks, I'm rooting for you, the cutest, brightest, angelest person.

642
00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:51,160
Speaker 1: Thank you.

643
00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,600
Speaker 2: Thought you were going to trick me thinking you were Jewish.

644
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:55,960
Speaker 2: Thank you so friend,