1 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: Hey, guys, welcome to I've never said this before with 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: me Tommy di Dario. There are some interviews that you 3 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: never ever want to end, that you just wish could 4 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: go on for hours and hours, perhaps eventually with the 5 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: cozy cocktail in hand by the end of the interview. 6 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 1: This is one of those interviews. My guest today is 7 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,080 Speaker 1: the magical Lana Parrilla, who you know and love from 8 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: playing some very powerful women throughout the course of her 9 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: impressive career, including one of my favorites, The Evil Queen 10 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: and Once Upon a Time. And Alana is showing the 11 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: world once again that she is a force to be 12 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 1: reckoned with in her new series, The Rainmaker, which is 13 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: out right now. And before we dive into a conversation 14 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: that I know you're going to want to play more 15 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: than once, I want to thank travel Guard, my personal 16 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 1: sponsor for today's episode. Here's our mission. It's to make 17 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: sure you and I safely say hello to our next destination. 18 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: All those fall and holiday trips coming up. Listen up, okay. 19 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: A vacation insurance planned from travel Guard. 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This is a 30 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 1: reunion in the making. I was saying. We've known each 31 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: other for years now, but through social media, and we 32 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: finally get to be face to face. I know. 33 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 2: It's incredible. 34 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 3: Your eyes are astoundingly gorgeous. Oh my god, I mean 35 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 3: I could I saw them on screen, but now in 36 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 3: person they're mesmerizing. 37 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: Oh my god, you're making me blushed already. Don't be 38 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: making me blushed, making me blush? Well, you look beautiful. 39 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: I'm so happy you're here hanging out. We have so 40 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: much to celebrate and talk about that's going on in 41 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: your world. But first, to kick this off, a little 42 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: birdie told me that you and I have something in common, 43 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 1: and I heard you were the queen of voice notes 44 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: on texting, specifically when you're in traffic in La. 45 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 2: Oh my god, Yes, I think I know who this 46 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 2: bird is. 47 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: And then you like to kind of guide the person 48 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: through what you're driving. 49 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 3: Is like yeah, yeah, and should He's like you should 50 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:30,959 Speaker 3: have your own show like Lana behind the Wheel. 51 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 2: I mean you should see the drivers on the road. 52 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 2: And like I almost was hit the other day. 53 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 3: I was terrified. I was in the fast lane and 54 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 3: someone was trying to pass me on the left. That's 55 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 3: not even legal. 56 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: No, no, I don't want that scary. 57 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 2: It was scary. 58 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:46,799 Speaker 1: It's very scary to drive in La. 59 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it is. It's like you really got to know. 60 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 3: It's where I became like a NASCAR serious race driver 61 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 3: is learning how to drive in La. 62 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 1: Yeah. 63 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 2: And then you know, I. 64 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 3: Was able to drive everywhere in the world, like Paris 65 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 3: on New Year's Eve, which is insane and terrifying, but 66 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 3: I survived, Okay, Athens, crazy, Sri Lanka, random, very. 67 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 1: Random, Like, well, you know, I have no surprise that 68 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: you do all of this because you're such a badass 69 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: human and an artist and actress, and you're known for 70 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: playing such powerful women. Do you feel like a powerful person? 71 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 3: I think so, Yeah, I do, But I think it's 72 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 3: just like growing up in New York, you know, growing 73 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 3: up in New York and growing up in a family 74 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 3: filled with strong women, so you know that has a 75 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 3: lot to do with it too, the influence of them. 76 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 3: And then just like being in the streets, like you 77 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 3: got to survive walking down these streets here, you know, 78 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 3: so we've learned how to take care of ourselves. 79 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 2: I'm grateful. And then cultural too. 80 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 3: Like my background is Sicilian and Puerto Rican, so I 81 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 3: just was born this way. 82 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: That's good. That's a good combo. That's a good combo. 83 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: That's a fiery combo. 84 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 2: I would say. 85 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 1: So, yeah, I'm Italian. My husband's Cuban. I get it. Oh, yeah, 86 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 1: there it is, I get it. I get it. That's amazing. Well, 87 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 1: I love that you're now stepping into another role playing 88 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: a powerful woman. And you were playing Jocelyn aka Bruiser, 89 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: Yeah right, in The rain Maker, which is out right now. 90 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: But this role was originally a dude. 91 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 3: It was a John Grisham's novel Bruiser is a man, 92 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 3: and in the Coppola film Bruisers played by Mickey vork. 93 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: Yeah. 94 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 2: So this is the first rendition of. 95 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 3: This well, and the series actually of the story rather 96 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 3: where the audience is going to experience Bruiser as a 97 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 3: woman for the first time ever. 98 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: That it was pretty co really cool to you know, 99 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: genderflip such a powerful role. 100 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, I actually feel like Bruiser is more powerful as 101 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 3: a woman. Interesting because Bruiser in the novel is really 102 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 3: shady and like unreliable and like kind of wrapped up 103 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 3: in some you know, questionable like business things, like he 104 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 3: does some stuff on the side with like questionable humans. 105 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 2: And then Mickey Work in the film is like on vacation. 106 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 3: So Bruiser in the series is very present and growing 107 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 3: up in a man's world, she has more to prove. 108 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,279 Speaker 3: So she is kind of like one of the boys 109 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:41,479 Speaker 3: because it's just her and her father and so she 110 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 3: knows how she has a leg up on, you know, 111 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 3: knowing how to deal with them. And she's a ballsy, 112 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 3: brassy broad Yeah. 113 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I just love her. 114 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 1: And I love in this show. There's only three things 115 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: in the world that she needs Kentucky. 116 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,920 Speaker 3: Bourbon, a bloody steak, and a man he won't spend 117 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 3: the night. 118 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 1: Okay, okay, So which of those is Lana need? 119 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 2: Who says I don't have all of them? 120 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:09,839 Speaker 1: Oh? Well played. 121 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 2: Well yep, possibly true. 122 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: Okay, well played, well played. It's such a great, rich role. 123 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: And like I said, you've played these great, powerful women 124 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: in so many different iterations. I love doing Why Women 125 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,479 Speaker 1: Kill as well of course Once upon a Time, so 126 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 1: many roles Lincoln Lawyer. What was it about this that 127 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: you were like, I just have to do it? Like yes, 128 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: sign me up. 129 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 3: You know, there are parts when you read something and 130 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 3: it's almost like the dialogue matches things that you've said 131 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 3: in life. 132 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 2: And maybe not the three. 133 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 3: Things that she did, or maybe I wouldn't have said 134 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 3: them all at once, but but it just felt like 135 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 3: the dialogue felt very easy. It kind of came very 136 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 3: easy to me. And Michael Seizman said, it just fit 137 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 3: like a glove. I was in the middle of a 138 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,840 Speaker 3: hurricane and I was flying to Puerto Rico to film 139 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 3: a movie last August and my manager sent me an 140 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 3: email and said, you have a callback for The rain Maker. 141 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 3: And I said, I don't believe I auditioned for The 142 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 3: rain Maker, and she goes, well, you're on the callback session. 143 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 2: I was like, oh, okay. 144 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 3: So I read the script literally in flight on my 145 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 3: second leg going from New York to Puerto Rico in 146 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 3: the middle of a hurricane. And I got there and 147 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 3: I think my audition was like six hours later, and 148 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 3: I said, well, please set up the room. I haven't 149 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 3: been able to get off book, which is like my 150 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 3: number one thing to do, and they said, no worries, 151 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 3: I had to read off the page. And I guess 152 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 3: according to Michael Seitzman and Patrick Moran, our producers, they 153 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 3: were like, we just knew it was you right away 154 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 3: the minute you started saying those words. And Bruiser is 155 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 3: a lot like me in the sense that I know, 156 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 3: I have a group of guys that I've had since 157 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 3: high school. I've always been the only girl in that group. 158 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 3: I've always been one of the boys. I have a 159 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 3: street side to me. You know, I can take a 160 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 3: punch and I know how to throw one. It's very 161 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 3: similar to Bruiser. It's a perfect nickname for her. So 162 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 3: this character just felt like she was in my back 163 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 3: pocket right from the get go. 164 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: Was there ever another character you play that you felt 165 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: disconnected to so quickly? 166 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 2: Probably not, no, because the Evil Queen. Even though a 167 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 2: lot of people like, oh my god, no, we're very different. 168 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 2: I would say her heart is similar to mine. 169 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 3: You know, and once upon a time, like we saw 170 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 3: that vulnerable soft side to her and I have that 171 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 3: in me. But no, even like on you know, the 172 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 3: Lincoln Lawyer, Well, I do love to cook for everyone. 173 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:41,560 Speaker 3: That's like one of my favorite things to do is 174 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 3: to feed people. It's the Italian girl and me. You 175 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:46,839 Speaker 3: know language, I know, and I love it. But Bruiser 176 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:51,679 Speaker 3: is very close to home, so I try to make 177 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 3: her obviously different with like her physical behavior and you 178 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 3: know how she walks and how she holds herself. But yeah, 179 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 3: to all the characters, I would say, she's probably the 180 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:02,719 Speaker 3: closest to me. 181 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 1: And that's amazing. It was a one and done audition. 182 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 2: It really was. 183 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:08,199 Speaker 3: I mean they said we had to film it one 184 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 3: more time because of the hurricane. It was like it 185 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 3: was a stop and go. I would freeze in the 186 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 3: middle of lat speech. But I was very fortunate, very fortunate. 187 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 3: I know, like how hard it was to find Bruiser, 188 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,559 Speaker 3: so it was a blessing that this role came across 189 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 3: and I am getting to tell her story. 190 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 1: And through our prior conversations, I know you well enough 191 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 1: to know that it probably killed you to not be 192 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 1: off book because you're such a perfectionist, and you put 193 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: everything in everything that you do, and I just could 194 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: see you being like, I cannot believe I'm doing this 195 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 1: off book, but I have to do it. And you 196 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 1: didn't let that trip you up. You still did it well. 197 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 3: There was nothing I could do about it other than 198 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:50,079 Speaker 3: to embrace it, right, And so that in itself was 199 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 3: a gift, was to kind of like let go and 200 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 3: let be, and so I did, and it was a 201 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 3: great learning experience for me, you know, to kind of 202 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 3: just like just fly and see where it land and 203 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:04,079 Speaker 3: see where you land, and luckily I landed in the 204 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 3: right spot. 205 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. Did you have time to watch that movie 206 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:10,560 Speaker 1: or read the book prior to the audition or did 207 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: you do that later to Prepp or do you not 208 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: like to see what other people did with that? Oh? 209 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 2: No. 210 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 3: I think it's important as an actor to kind of 211 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 3: see everything if you're portraying a role that's already been portrayed, 212 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 3: and especially in a novel. I did read the novel. 213 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:26,439 Speaker 3: I did watch the film, but it was after the audition, 214 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 3: and it was funny because I saw certain things that 215 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 3: he did that I was already doing. So I felt 216 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 3: like I was channeling, not the character as much or 217 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 3: Mickey work, I don't know, is kind of interesting. I 218 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 3: was like, my feet are up on a table. Wait 219 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 3: a second, my arm's like thrown back on my chair. 220 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 3: So yeah, there was something. Like I said, it was 221 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 3: just I was meant to tell Bruiser's story. 222 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 1: Wow. 223 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a blessing. 224 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: It's so cool because I feel like you're somebody in 225 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 1: the business who has earned and also been, you know, 226 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:58,959 Speaker 1: gifted these great roles that you run with, and that's 227 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 1: not the norm in this end. You've been working and 228 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 1: working and working in these epic roles from the beginning. 229 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: Really does that feel? Does that sink in for you? 230 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:11,319 Speaker 1: Like I know, as an artist you must get frustrated 231 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 1: sometimes or things don't always go the way you want, 232 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: but you do realize what you've done right. 233 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 2: Well, thank you for that. 234 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 3: That's a very beautiful compliment, and I appreciate it because 235 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 3: I do desperately try to make all my characters very 236 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 3: different as best I can. You know, I think Once 237 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 3: upon a Time was one role where I could show 238 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 3: twelve different versions of the character, but it's really hard 239 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 3: to do that in a series, And that particular character 240 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 3: gave us the opportunities with flashbacks and you know, going 241 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 3: back to her youth where I could be a teenage 242 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,440 Speaker 3: girl and a thirty year old body. So it was 243 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 3: like it really afforded me the freedom to show all 244 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 3: the different colors that I have within myself and to 245 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:59,719 Speaker 3: explore a range that you know, I don't often get 246 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:04,719 Speaker 3: to show so with these characters. Yeah, I'm grateful. I 247 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 3: feel like swing Town is one show that we don't 248 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 3: often get to talk about much, but it was from 249 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 3: that show on where I started to play these really dynamic, 250 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 3: you know, controversial yet complicated and multi layered characters. Yeah, 251 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 3: and Bruce is another one of those. 252 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, and you lived in Ireland? 253 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 2: I did for six months. 254 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:29,199 Speaker 1: For six months? That's wild. So what are the challenges 255 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: of starting a new series and moving to a completely 256 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 1: new country where you theoretically know nobody and have to 257 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 1: start a life while balancing work, Like that's not normal? 258 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:42,959 Speaker 3: No, logistics are very complicated, you know, how do you 259 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 3: get your stuff there? What do I pack? I've never 260 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:48,319 Speaker 3: been to Ireland? Am I going to freeze? And knowing 261 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 3: that my coats were never. 262 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,960 Speaker 2: Thick enough for Ireland? And I had to buy a 263 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 2: couple more. 264 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:57,199 Speaker 3: The challenges were, you know, you don't have your comforts, 265 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 3: like you know, I couldn't get my coconut water. I 266 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 3: had to like other coconut water that wasn't the same. 267 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 3: But then I was like, you know what, this is ridiculous, 268 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 3: and these things that we get attached to in life 269 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 3: we can survive without. And I had to learn that 270 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,439 Speaker 3: very quickly. The one thing I did miss are a 271 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 3: lot of like fresh salads and fruits and veggies because 272 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 3: mostly there, you know, produce comes in from France. I'm like, 273 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 3: I'm just going to go to France and have a 274 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 3: salad this weekend. Everyone okay with that. So there were 275 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 3: certain things that I miss. But what was beautiful about 276 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 3: being on location with a bunch of people who are 277 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 3: also on location is the cast and team gets really close. 278 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 3: So we formed a bond that is just so sweet 279 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 3: and lovely, Like all of us are on a text 280 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 3: chain and we are always checking in and complimenting each 281 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 3: other and like, look we're on buses, Look we're on 282 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:55,560 Speaker 3: a billboard, Look we're in Times Square. 283 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 2: Like it's so. 284 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 3: Sweet, and we're also supportive of one another and we 285 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 3: all love to dance, which was really cool to discover 286 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 3: over the shoot, yeah, we're a dancing bunch. 287 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 1: Would you go out dancing? 288 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 3: We would go out dancing, fun and like dance. Even 289 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 3: John Slattery, he was on that dance floor. 290 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, so all of us love to dance, and 291 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 2: that was a fun discovery. 292 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: That's awesome. I am such a creature of habit. I 293 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 1: feel like something like picking up and moving to a 294 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 1: new country for six months would throw me for a minute. 295 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 3: Well it did, it did, and I think, you know, 296 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 3: the beginning, all of us were super diligent about studying 297 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 3: and getting to bed early, and you know, making sure 298 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 3: that that time when focus was invested in character and storytelling. 299 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 3: And then as we started playing these characters, we were 300 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 3: loosening up a little bit and then we're like, okay, 301 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 3: let's go grab a let's go grab a pint. That 302 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 3: sounds like a good time, you know. So we would 303 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 3: all like go out every so often and then celebrate 304 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 3: people's birthdays, and that's what led to the dance parties. 305 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 1: I have tremendous foma right now that I did not 306 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: participate in any dance party. 307 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 3: But you know, some some kids, some actors who have children. 308 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 3: If we were back at home probably wouldn't have made 309 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 3: it out right. So, like I said, when you're on location, 310 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 3: everyone sort of clings to one another for comfort and 311 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 3: familiarity and like you know, just having someone to dine with. 312 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 3: So that was really special. 313 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: Is there one thing you always have to do when 314 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 1: you move somewhere for a job to make your home 315 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: feel like a home you're a home feel like a home. 316 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 3: Yes, First I have to get a dogbed. It's more 317 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 3: about their home than my hope. Bringing my dog was 318 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 3: a little bit of a challenge where he did extremely 319 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 3: well and he loved Ireland. I think he thought that 320 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 3: we moved to Ireland for him, but getting him set 321 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 3: up was number one for me. And because I know 322 00:15:57,480 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 3: I can live at a suitcase just fine, but he 323 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 3: needs to things, so making sure that he had his 324 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 3: comforts and then I would focus on mine, and mine 325 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 3: starts with candles and incense. 326 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 1: M yeah, I love that. 327 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 2: And sage, you know, got to clean the energy. 328 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: Out always Sage always. 329 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 3: Say whatever whatever scary things were there before I'm moving in. 330 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, so those are essentials and bamboo. 331 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 1: Sheets ooh nice and cooling. 332 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 2: Yes and eco conscious right okay. 333 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 1: Bamboo sheets, candles and a dog bed. 334 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's all I need. 335 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 1: That's perfect. 336 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 3: And Bruiser needs a few more interesting things. Yeah, bambooshiets 337 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 3: a dog bed and candles. I'm good to go. 338 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 1: You know that sounds pretty interesting. It's not a bloody 339 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 1: steak and a one night stamp, but it's something something, 340 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: It's something I so for people that are just starting 341 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: to discover the show or who are looking for something 342 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: new to binge, Like, what is something you can tease 343 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 1: as to why we need to tune in? 344 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 3: Oh gosh, Well, first of all, this show has everything 345 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 3: you're looking for. It's a legal drama, but it's also 346 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 3: a thriller. It's suspense, it's fast pacing, it has great 347 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 3: drama in it, romance, sexy, and it's heartfelt. I mean 348 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 3: these characters. I fall in love with every single one 349 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 3: of them, even the bad guys. You know, there's something 350 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:22,120 Speaker 3: really unique. You're like, Dan Fogler's in this and he's 351 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 3: not your typical black guy. You're like, I feel for 352 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 3: this man. Yeah, you know John Slattery, you know how 353 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:32,439 Speaker 3: he is so but you still love him, you know. 354 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:36,879 Speaker 3: So there's there's a character for everyone to love and 355 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 3: relate to. And and if you love John Grisham, You're 356 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 3: gonna love the series, the modern take on the Rainmaker, and. 357 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:48,400 Speaker 1: You can rock a pants suit like no other, and 358 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 1: that you can rock a pant suit and. 359 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 3: While she's in a lot of boustiers and leather skirts, 360 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 3: thanks sort of like Aaron Brockovich kind of and how 361 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 3: her attire, Yeah, she was modeled after her. 362 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 1: Okay, she just go about sexy side. 363 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 2: She has that sexy side. 364 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 3: You know. She walks around on a bra in her 365 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 3: office and she as she's changing and it's not like 366 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 3: she's showing off. 367 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 2: She's just in the middle of changing. 368 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:16,160 Speaker 3: Rudy Baylor walks in and he's like, oh my god, 369 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 3: and she's like it over it, Like she just doesn't 370 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:18,879 Speaker 3: have time for this. 371 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 1: You know. 372 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:23,880 Speaker 2: She's very free and comfortable in her body. That yeah. 373 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:27,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess the pantsuits was more Regina Mills because. 374 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 3: It was although I think Bruser wears a pantsuit toward 375 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:31,200 Speaker 3: the end. 376 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 1: Uh huh yeah. Okay, Well, speaking of this iconic piece 377 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 1: of clothing, I have to show you this clip. And 378 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:44,159 Speaker 1: I talked to your former coastar Jennifer Okay at the 379 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 1: upfronts Okay, and just play this first. I have to 380 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 1: tell you. I was probably one of the top fans 381 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 1: of Once Upon a Time. I loved it so much. 382 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:54,679 Speaker 1: My husband and I would bringe it during the pandemic 383 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 1: and we just we we miss it. We love it. 384 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: Can you please make another version of that happen? We're ready? 385 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:01,679 Speaker 3: I mean, I would like to make that happen if 386 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 3: there was a reboot. 387 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 2: I'm just saying I would be interested. Good to know. 388 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 1: Okay, so that is out there. That went everywhere, It 389 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 1: went pretty everywhere, you know. I think that's one of 390 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:19,159 Speaker 1: the first times she has publicly said that and talked 391 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 1: about that. Do you share a similar sentiment? 392 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 3: You know, I've always had mixed feelings about it because 393 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,480 Speaker 3: the series ran for so long. Yeah, I'm like, I 394 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 3: don't know what more we can tell, you know, like 395 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 3: these characters have been so deeply flushed. 396 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 2: Out, but there's always more stories. 397 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:40,199 Speaker 3: So and that character, it has a huge piece of 398 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 3: my heart, So I would be open to it. 399 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 1: When this is the last time you watched Once. 400 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 2: Upon a Time, probably in twenty seventeen. 401 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 1: How do you remember the exact to heat Well. 402 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 3: I think that's when the series came to an end, 403 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 3: and so I watched every Sunday night when it aired 404 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 3: for seven years, and then when it was off the air, 405 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:06,919 Speaker 3: I stopped watching, and I sort of live through that 406 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 3: world with fans because they love it so much, and 407 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:11,960 Speaker 3: so they'll ask me questions. 408 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 2: Sometimes I'm like, I have no idea what you're talking about. 409 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 3: They'll quote me or the character, and I'm like, I 410 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 3: said that someone asked me to I think the quote 411 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:26,879 Speaker 3: is the big God, what is it? It's about a 412 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:30,639 Speaker 3: happy ending, like the beginning of a happy ending, to 413 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 3: believing that one is even possible, something like that. It's 414 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,679 Speaker 3: it's But there was a quote that someone asked me 415 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 3: to write for them and sign this headshot, and I 416 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 3: remember taking this quote and I went, this is so beautiful. 417 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:46,959 Speaker 3: I think I need to keep this. And what what 418 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 3: I forgot about over the years is how great the 419 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:52,119 Speaker 3: writing is. I mean, I know the great the writing 420 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 3: is great. I mean it has to start with that, 421 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:56,440 Speaker 3: right for a show to be successful is the writing 422 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 3: has to be great. But I forgot how many boats 423 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 3: were great in it, and how they were like moral 424 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 3: lessons for people, and people grew from these characters and 425 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:11,919 Speaker 3: their lives changed, and that was something I don't think 426 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 3: I would have understood had I not been meeting the 427 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,639 Speaker 3: fans over the years like I do. I would go 428 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 3: back to Adam and Eddie and say, do you guys 429 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 3: realize what you've done? Like this is like a cult favorite, 430 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 3: Like it's changed lives and that's the first time I've 431 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 3: ever been a part of something that magical. 432 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:29,360 Speaker 1: Wo. 433 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 3: So it will always hold a dear place in my heart, 434 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:36,920 Speaker 3: like once upon a time. It's a very special show. 435 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: It's something you clearly don't seem to be tired of 436 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:41,360 Speaker 1: talking about, No. 437 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 2: I don't. 438 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 3: I mean, Regina was a special character, and she was 439 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 3: an inspiration to so many people, Like you know, she 440 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 3: started off as this really you know, cold hearted and 441 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 3: hardened woman who had you know, she was so vengeful, 442 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 3: she wanted to hurt people because she was so deeply wounded. 443 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,439 Speaker 3: And to see her journey to come out at the 444 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,919 Speaker 3: end as this hero, but to see her journey to 445 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 3: get there and over the course of seven years was 446 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 3: just so admirable. And I think a lot of people 447 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 3: found strength in her, you know, their own strength to 448 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 3: change their lives and make different choices. 449 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 2: And she did that for me too. In many ways, 450 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:20,160 Speaker 2: I would. 451 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,680 Speaker 3: Read something and go my God, something to learn here, 452 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:26,439 Speaker 3: you know, and healed her journey, healed relationships in my 453 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:30,440 Speaker 3: personal life just by her choices. So it's beautiful when 454 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:32,360 Speaker 3: you can learn something from a character you're portraying. 455 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 1: If you were to sit somebody down who's never seen 456 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 1: once upon a time and you wanted to show them 457 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 1: one scene of yours that you're just so proud of, 458 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 1: what scene would you say, sit down and watch this. 459 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 3: Well, it would have to be the pilot episode because 460 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:51,160 Speaker 3: that wedding scene when she storms through those doors, it's 461 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 3: such a powerful scene that that scene alone will make 462 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 3: you want to watch more. So I would sort of 463 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,880 Speaker 3: tease people with that scene they can continue watching the series. 464 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 3: There are other scenes that I would choose if we like, Okay, 465 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 3: I'm only going to watch five minutes of this show 466 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 3: and I'll never watch it again. That would be in 467 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:14,680 Speaker 3: season six, when my character has now split herself from 468 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 3: the dark to the light. So it's Regina opposite the 469 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:22,120 Speaker 3: evil Queen, and it's a moment where Regina's looking at 470 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 3: her other self, the dark side of her, and realizes 471 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,239 Speaker 3: that fighting that part of herself is actually not going 472 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:32,159 Speaker 3: to lead to anywhere, and so she instead hugs her 473 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:34,879 Speaker 3: and embraces her and they just melt into one another, 474 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 3: and it's such a beautiful example of self acceptance and 475 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 3: forgiveness and love for oneself. So that I think there 476 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:45,959 Speaker 3: was an article that came out in Huffington Post based 477 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 3: on that scene that said Regina's become a life coach. 478 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 3: I was like, that is so I never would have 479 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 3: thought that. But yeah, so that scene is probably one 480 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 3: of my favorites. 481 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:00,719 Speaker 1: That's the power of what you do mat of bringing 482 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 1: these characters to life. And yes, the writers are all 483 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 1: one hundred amazing, but you have to make this happen. 484 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, and they write it so I can make 485 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 3: it happen. So it really is a collaboration. And then 486 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,439 Speaker 3: the audience is a huge part of it too. If 487 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:21,880 Speaker 3: they show up every week just love and support us, 488 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:23,400 Speaker 3: so we wouldn't be here without them. 489 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: And man, that was like twenty three episodes a season. 490 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:28,920 Speaker 3: Or yeah, we filmed a total of one hundred and 491 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 3: fifty six episodes at the end. 492 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,879 Speaker 1: Yeah, do you miss that kind of format or is 493 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: more interesting now at this point of your career to 494 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 1: do these bite size seasons compared to that. 495 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I don't know. I have mixed feelings 496 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:46,119 Speaker 3: about it. Yeah, it was grueling. Nine months out of 497 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 3: the year, long hours every weekend I was prepping. So 498 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 3: my life was once upon a time, my life was 499 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:57,199 Speaker 3: Regina Mills and Evil Queen, like that was what I 500 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 3: had to focus on all those years. So with these 501 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:04,399 Speaker 3: this new formula and television, it's like ten episodes, eight episodes. 502 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,360 Speaker 3: It does afford people to have a little bit more 503 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:08,640 Speaker 3: of a life, which I think is important to find 504 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:09,160 Speaker 3: the balance. 505 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:14,119 Speaker 2: You know, in my early thirties, like I could do 506 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 2: those one hundred hour weeks, you know. 507 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 3: But now I'm like, I don't. I can do like 508 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 3: ten to twelve episodes and feel really good about that. 509 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:27,159 Speaker 3: And that's what we're doing on The Rainmaker. You know, 510 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,119 Speaker 3: we are doing ten episodes. It's ten great hours of 511 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 3: television and hopefully we continue to do that for many 512 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 3: years to come. So I don't know, it would have 513 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 3: to be the right show for me to come back 514 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,360 Speaker 3: and do nine months a year, because that's how long 515 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 3: it takes to film twenty two to twenty three episodes. 516 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, people don't realize it becomes your entire. 517 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:47,920 Speaker 2: Life, it really does. 518 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 3: You only get like two and a half months of 519 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 3: you know, self time, yeah, in between seasons. 520 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: Well, and there's something so satisfying about a show like 521 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 1: you know Rainmaker, where you get these uninterrupted hours. Yes, 522 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,120 Speaker 1: you can watch it all and it's like a mini movie. 523 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 3: Well, eventually it will be that because each episode is 524 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 3: airing once a week, so you it's not like they're 525 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 3: all to all ten are being released right right away. 526 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:14,640 Speaker 3: But there are shows like that, like Why Women Kill, 527 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:18,399 Speaker 3: where all ten episodes you know, aired at once, and 528 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 3: they well they release them all at once rather but 529 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:24,920 Speaker 3: on our show now with the rain Maker, it's one episode, 530 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:27,199 Speaker 3: so it'll be like, you know, a Friday night, and 531 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 3: then it'll be. 532 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 2: On Peacock and it'll live on Peacock. 533 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I like that. It's appointment viewing, you know. 534 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 2: Yeah. 535 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 3: I love that there's like multiple ways to watch something. Yes, yeah, 536 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 3: that is something we didn't have, you know, fifteen years ago. 537 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 1: No, no, it's so cool. I have a few rapid 538 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 1: fire questions for you when I announced you as my guests. 539 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 1: These were the questions I saw the most of flooding 540 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,239 Speaker 1: my inbox, all right, and I try to pick some 541 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 1: different ones, but they're actually pretty good. So Number one, 542 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 1: if there's a character of yours that you could be 543 00:26:57,680 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 1: neighbors with. Who would you pick and. 544 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 2: Why a character of mine? 545 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,680 Speaker 1: Yes? Oh gosh, higher anthology of what you've done. 546 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:11,640 Speaker 3: Oh good goodness, that's really hard. Oh goodness. A part 547 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:13,679 Speaker 3: of me wants to say Lisa Trammel, because she's such 548 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 3: a great chef. I would invite myself over for dinner 549 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,119 Speaker 3: every night. I played her on The Lincoln Lawyer. 550 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,159 Speaker 2: Yeah it is. I would just not want to upset her. 551 00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, I know, don't upset her please? Now, Okay, if 552 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 1: you could explore a piece of the past for one 553 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 1: of your previous roles, who would you want to go 554 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:31,360 Speaker 1: back and. 555 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,160 Speaker 2: Explore more of Trina Decker in Swingtown? 556 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: Oh you knew right away. 557 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,159 Speaker 2: I missed that show and everyone on it, And. 558 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 3: If that show can make a comeback, I would one 559 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 3: thousand percent be in it. 560 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:46,119 Speaker 2: Like, actually brings tears to my eyes. I miss it 561 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 2: so much. 562 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: Why. 563 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 3: I just loved that show. I remember filming the last scene. 564 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 2: I'm like totally crying over it. 565 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 3: I remember filming the last scene with Grant show and 566 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 3: we were sitting on the beach and I was sobbing, 567 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,159 Speaker 3: and he goes, why are you crying? I'm like what 568 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 3: if we don't come back? And he's like, what are 569 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 3: you saying? I'm like, I don't know. I just had 570 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:11,879 Speaker 3: this weird feeling and we didn't and I missed telling 571 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:15,719 Speaker 3: those stories. There are so many more stories to tell 572 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 3: with that on that show, with those characters, and it 573 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:23,359 Speaker 3: was so advanced, like Mike Kelly developed that show, and 574 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,720 Speaker 3: it was brilliant from beginning to end, and I just 575 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:29,119 Speaker 3: feel like it didn't have a chance and it needed 576 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 3: it needed more of a chance, it needed more years. 577 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 2: So I would go back and do that. 578 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 1: I hope you just put that out. 579 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 2: I hope, so you know, I hope. 580 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 1: I hope something can happen. 581 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 3: With that that That would be amazing and I know 582 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 3: everyone who involved in it would love to do that. 583 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, that would be really love be cool. Okay, two more? 584 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 1: Did you make a playlist for Bruiser and what is 585 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 1: the top songer too? 586 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 3: Oh? 587 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:57,840 Speaker 2: My god? I did? Oh goodness, I would Could you 588 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 2: give me a second? Yeah, because I I feel like. 589 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 3: I do have because you make playlists a lot for 590 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:05,760 Speaker 3: your I often do. 591 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:07,160 Speaker 2: Yeah. 592 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,800 Speaker 3: I made one for when I was on Live Women 593 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 3: Kill and we were supposed to do season three and 594 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,880 Speaker 3: it never happened, and I was so heartbroken over it. 595 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 2: But I've made a great playlist for her. 596 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 3: Let me see Bruiser Bruiser beats. One is I Won't 597 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:30,760 Speaker 3: Back Down by Tom Petty feels appropriate, and then one 598 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:34,440 Speaker 3: is Night Moves by Bob Seeger. So I feel like 599 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:39,000 Speaker 3: she kind of lives in that time. You know, she 600 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 3: loves like old seventies rock. 601 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:43,640 Speaker 1: I love that. Yeah that is. I'm gonna go download 602 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 1: those again. 603 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, those are great songs. 604 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, okay, I love that, love that. And last 605 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,920 Speaker 1: fan question, what was your reaction when you saw the 606 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:55,240 Speaker 1: photo of your dog Lola in Bruiser's office. 607 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 3: I first of all didn't even know who did that 608 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:03,960 Speaker 3: at first, and then I learned it was Russell Fine, 609 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:09,240 Speaker 3: our director, and he randomly picked it, which I thought 610 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 3: was like such a sign of my little girl spirit 611 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:18,440 Speaker 3: being with me on this big journey. Because Lola was 612 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:20,520 Speaker 3: very sick. It's towards the end of her life, and 613 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:23,480 Speaker 3: I wouldn't have taken the job if she were alive. 614 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 3: There were other jobs I didn't take because I didn't 615 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 3: want to leave her. So I feel like she decided 616 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 3: to transition at a time that kind of freed me. 617 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:38,280 Speaker 2: Up to be able to make this move. 618 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 3: But and being in Ireland and seeing that photo on 619 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 3: the desk across from from me, I knew that she 620 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:51,840 Speaker 3: was with us. So I believe in signs, and she 621 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 3: gives me a lot of them all the time. So 622 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:58,200 Speaker 3: I quickly learned that as much as I miss her 623 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:01,040 Speaker 3: physical being, I know that she's with me in spirit 624 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:01,760 Speaker 3: all the time. 625 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:03,760 Speaker 2: And that's really comforting to know. 626 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 1: Isn't that a really beautiful relationship. 627 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 3: Oh it's my It's my favorite relationship I've ever had 628 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 3: with anyone. 629 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:11,080 Speaker 1: Yeah. 630 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:13,719 Speaker 2: She was my angel and still is. 631 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's that's amazing. I have a grandma I 632 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:19,160 Speaker 1: never met. She passed before I was born, and people 633 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,000 Speaker 1: ask me like, oh, not really, that sucks, like you 634 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:22,480 Speaker 1: didn't know her, and I'm like, I know her. I 635 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 1: know her very well. Yeah, I know her very well. 636 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 1: I talk to her all the time and I get 637 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:29,600 Speaker 1: signs and I believe in that. I believe in those relationships. 638 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:30,719 Speaker 2: Oh, one hundred percent. 639 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:34,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, she's always She was the smartest soul I've ever 640 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:38,520 Speaker 3: come across. She would look at my phone and be 641 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 3: like really, like enough, and she was right. 642 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 2: And my dog, who she raised for. 643 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 3: The first three years of his life. It does the 644 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 3: same now and every time. Well, when she would look 645 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:54,320 Speaker 3: at me, now he looks at me. I put it 646 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:56,680 Speaker 3: down because I have to make a choice, and the 647 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:59,000 Speaker 3: choice is to be present with the dog, right, to 648 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,120 Speaker 3: be present with LEVI, to be present with Lola, to 649 00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:03,080 Speaker 3: be present with the child if they're looking at you, 650 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:06,400 Speaker 3: like put the phone down, be present with whomever is 651 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 3: in the room. So she taught me that. 652 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:14,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, she's like, stop, Yeah, that was a good gift. 653 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:17,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, it's amazing that. I mean, I could go 654 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: in such a woo woo direction with this. I'll signs 655 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 1: are everywhere if you look for them, right o. Everyway. 656 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 1: It's helped me with to put a pin on this all. 657 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,040 Speaker 1: Like it's helped me even with people in my life 658 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:34,280 Speaker 1: who you know, I'm I know will be lost soon. 659 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 1: If I just remember that it's not over, just because 660 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:40,680 Speaker 1: physically it is, it helps me get through that while 661 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,280 Speaker 1: they're still here physically, you know what I mean. Yeah, 662 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:45,040 Speaker 1: So it's just a really interesting thing. 663 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:45,600 Speaker 2: It is. 664 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,040 Speaker 3: And like what I learned is the spirit realm is 665 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:50,320 Speaker 3: I read this book and it said just put your 666 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:54,440 Speaker 3: arm out and you're in it. It means it's right here, yeah, 667 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:58,000 Speaker 3: next to you. It's there, she's right here. Yeah, as 668 00:32:58,040 --> 00:32:59,680 Speaker 3: long as I continue to talk to her. I've had 669 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:04,480 Speaker 3: a cam burning for her for two years. Yeah, and 670 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:07,400 Speaker 3: everyone's trained to like, Okay, bring the candle up, and 671 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 3: my mom's like, the candle's running and we got to 672 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 3: go get the other candle. 673 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:10,960 Speaker 1: You know. 674 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:13,080 Speaker 3: And I do believe that as long as you keep 675 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 3: one lit for her and you talk to them or 676 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:18,720 Speaker 3: your loved ones, you know, family members who have passed on, 677 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:21,320 Speaker 3: like they want to be remembered, they want you to 678 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:23,800 Speaker 3: continue reaching out to them, speaking to them because it 679 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 3: keeps them close by, you know. 680 00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:26,960 Speaker 1: It's amazing. 681 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 2: So it's yeah, I truly believe in that world. 682 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:35,840 Speaker 1: Oh I do too. I'm astrologer, a psychic, a medium. Yes, 683 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:39,120 Speaker 1: and they're good. They are good the people, and that 684 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:42,520 Speaker 1: I got you girl. We'll talk after this about all that. Yeah, 685 00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:50,760 Speaker 1: for sure. For sure. One of the things I love 686 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:54,719 Speaker 1: about you is you always have so much thought and 687 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:58,280 Speaker 1: heart into the conversations we have. And some of our 688 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:01,000 Speaker 1: conversations in the past have been some of my because 689 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:04,480 Speaker 1: they're just rooted in such a grounded truth, and I 690 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:08,400 Speaker 1: really appreciate that about you. And this is a question 691 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,960 Speaker 1: that's flipped. And I know so many times you've probably 692 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:14,000 Speaker 1: been asked what would you tell your younger self? But 693 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:15,600 Speaker 1: I'm not sure how many times you've been asked what 694 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:17,160 Speaker 1: would you tell your future self. 695 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:22,359 Speaker 3: I've never been asked that, Oh boy, what I tell 696 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:30,120 Speaker 3: my future self? I would say, carve out time to 697 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:36,880 Speaker 3: actually vacation and rest and sleep, because that's something I 698 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,600 Speaker 3: don't do enough of. I'm my mother's daughter. I'm an 699 00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:41,960 Speaker 3: energizer bunny. I go go, go, go, go, go go, 700 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 3: And I know as I'm getting older that that's not 701 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:50,919 Speaker 3: going to be healthy down the road. So I would say, 702 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,960 Speaker 3: like slow down, and it's okay to say no, I 703 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:55,680 Speaker 3: can't be there. 704 00:34:56,200 --> 00:35:00,279 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I say yes to everything, and then 705 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:03,040 Speaker 2: I'm like, oh my god, I'm so tired. I haven't 706 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:03,880 Speaker 2: slept in weeks. 707 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,959 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's like, no, carve out more than four days 708 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:09,960 Speaker 3: for a vacation, you know, like take some time for 709 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:16,520 Speaker 3: yourself and finish that book, you know, And often like 710 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,120 Speaker 3: reused to read novels after novemge books after books, and 711 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:22,160 Speaker 3: now it's like you get distracted by phones and put 712 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,680 Speaker 3: the phone down and stoppering those AirPods and things that 713 00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:27,200 Speaker 3: are like scrambling our brain. 714 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:31,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, so I feel like I also need to tell. 715 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:35,680 Speaker 3: Myself that now my current self is that's a big 716 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:37,840 Speaker 3: lesson I'm trying to learn. So I'm hoping my older 717 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:41,480 Speaker 3: self is going to be a bit more relaxed and 718 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:44,319 Speaker 3: have a little bit more time to recover from like 719 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,160 Speaker 3: long days and working hours, et cetera, and spending more 720 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:50,719 Speaker 3: quality time with the people that are in her circle that. 721 00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:52,880 Speaker 1: She loves and hug a tree as you told me 722 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:53,399 Speaker 1: last time. 723 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,720 Speaker 3: Oh my god, I have a photo of me hugging 724 00:35:55,760 --> 00:36:00,080 Speaker 3: a tree like a week ago, and I almost posted it, 725 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:02,160 Speaker 3: and then I was like, oh, I think I need 726 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:03,759 Speaker 3: a pair this with more photos. 727 00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:07,160 Speaker 2: So but I haven't post. Maybell just posted We've. 728 00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:10,839 Speaker 1: Done coincidence bringing that up. You gotta You've got to 729 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:11,279 Speaker 1: post that. 730 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,680 Speaker 3: There's this beautiful oak tree in my neighborhood that I 731 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:17,600 Speaker 3: literally go and visit because it's like five hundred years 732 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:21,200 Speaker 3: old and she's stunning, And I'm like, you have so 733 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:24,160 Speaker 3: much wisdom and strength, could you please pass that on 734 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:27,880 Speaker 3: to me? So I hug her almost weekly to like recharge. 735 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:30,360 Speaker 2: I love that she's my vacation. 736 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:32,960 Speaker 1: You might see me strapped to that tree because I 737 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,799 Speaker 1: need some recharging. So you might see me in your neighborhood. 738 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,279 Speaker 2: Okay, I'll know what you're doing. I'll bide you if 739 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:38,839 Speaker 2: you need a map. 740 00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:41,799 Speaker 1: Thanks very much, Thank you, Alana. I could talk to 741 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,600 Speaker 1: you for hours. I just, I just I love this 742 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,600 Speaker 1: time together always. But in the spirit of letting you 743 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:49,520 Speaker 1: go on to what you have to do next. You 744 00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:51,960 Speaker 1: know the name of the show. You're familiar with it. 745 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:55,440 Speaker 1: I've never said this before, and it's to bring people on, 746 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:58,239 Speaker 1: to give them a chance to say something that they 747 00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:00,480 Speaker 1: feel like they want to say, whatever it means to 748 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:02,319 Speaker 1: them that you don't get to say in a two 749 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,080 Speaker 1: minute red carpet interview, in a four minute junket where 750 00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:08,040 Speaker 1: you say the same thing eight hundred times, and it's 751 00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:10,120 Speaker 1: just for you. It's a moment for you. So is 752 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,520 Speaker 1: there anything you want to say today that you've never 753 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:13,400 Speaker 1: said before? Oh? 754 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,680 Speaker 2: My goodness, Oh boy? 755 00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:20,720 Speaker 3: Is there anything I've said that I wouldn't Oh my gosh, 756 00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:24,880 Speaker 3: I would say I've never said this before, But actually 757 00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:28,640 Speaker 3: I've been thinking about it a lot. I'm in love 758 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:32,080 Speaker 3: with my mother and in the best way possible, like 759 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:36,839 Speaker 3: she's become my best friend, and I'm so grateful to her, 760 00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:43,239 Speaker 3: and we've been spending so much time together and I 761 00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:46,200 Speaker 3: just want to say thanks, Mom, because she's always believed 762 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:49,360 Speaker 3: in me. And I don't think I've ever said this publicly, 763 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:54,239 Speaker 3: but I want to thank her because she always said 764 00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:57,960 Speaker 3: yes to any of my interests and never like you know, 765 00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:02,680 Speaker 3: doubted me. And over the years it hasn't always been 766 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:08,000 Speaker 3: the strongest relationship, you know, teenage Lana and also Lana 767 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:12,320 Speaker 3: in her twenties, but over the years, like I've grown 768 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,440 Speaker 3: so much respect and love for her, like and it 769 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:18,040 Speaker 3: just keeps getting deeper and deeper. And so I'm really 770 00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:19,680 Speaker 3: grateful to her and I really have to thank her 771 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:24,120 Speaker 3: for everything. I've never really said that publicly before, and 772 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:27,359 Speaker 3: I said it to her kind of the other day. 773 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,880 Speaker 3: I was like, you know, Mom, you're becoming my best 774 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:34,080 Speaker 3: friend and that's a new discovery and it's really special. 775 00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:38,520 Speaker 1: Oh that makes me melts. That makes me melts for 776 00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:40,920 Speaker 1: sending her this too. Okay, yes, she should get it, 777 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,279 Speaker 1: Yeah she should. Absolutely. That's beautiful. Thank you, And it's 778 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:46,040 Speaker 1: a good reminder to say the things to the people 779 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:48,000 Speaker 1: while they're here exactly. 780 00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:51,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, and to not like take anyone for granted that's 781 00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:54,040 Speaker 3: in your life. Yeah, you know, for the ones that 782 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:56,000 Speaker 3: have always been in our corner, but we don't give 783 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:56,760 Speaker 3: them enough credit. 784 00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:57,759 Speaker 1: Yeah. 785 00:38:57,880 --> 00:38:58,640 Speaker 2: Yeah. 786 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:01,160 Speaker 1: Do you think my husband will be upset if I 787 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:03,240 Speaker 1: run off with you? 788 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:07,560 Speaker 2: I don't know. He may be jealous. Yeah, but like 789 00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:09,800 Speaker 2: in a good way. Okay, he can come to you 790 00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:11,120 Speaker 2: can just go on a vacation. 791 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:14,399 Speaker 1: Okay, great, Great, I love you more. I Like I said, 792 00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:17,640 Speaker 1: I always enjoy talking to you. You're such a not 793 00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:20,240 Speaker 1: only brilliant artist, but I think we need more humans 794 00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:23,160 Speaker 1: like you in this business. It's just what you do 795 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:27,520 Speaker 1: for the people who follow you for society, for humanity 796 00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:29,719 Speaker 1: is really beautiful and I just I love hanging out 797 00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:30,120 Speaker 1: with you. 798 00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:33,040 Speaker 3: Thank you, Dom, I feel the same. It's so wonderful 799 00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:34,360 Speaker 3: to finally meet you in person. 800 00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:38,040 Speaker 1: Finally, finally, next time, happy, we are taking you to dinner. 801 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:40,520 Speaker 1: I might go and dance. And now that I know 802 00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:44,120 Speaker 1: you like to go out, let's go side. Okay, were 803 00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:44,479 Speaker 1: you side? 804 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:44,640 Speaker 3: Here? 805 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:46,520 Speaker 1: We come on a nineties R and B club. We 806 00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:46,959 Speaker 1: are going. 807 00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:49,759 Speaker 2: I have I got the hoops for it. I've got 808 00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:50,160 Speaker 2: my hoop. 809 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:53,080 Speaker 1: Thank you, my love, Thanks for hanging out. 810 00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:54,600 Speaker 2: Wise, Thank you. 811 00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:59,040 Speaker 1: I've Never Said this Before. It is hosted by me, 812 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:04,239 Speaker 1: Tommy did. 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