Let's Be Real About Brenda & Brandon...with Jason Priestley (Bonus Episode)
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When did you start acting? What age were you? I was, I was five, maybe six years old. Yeah. Like you, Shan, I'm a lifer. We are, we're lifers, but you just keep going. Yeah. Yeah. Somehow. I don't know. I just, uh, I, I just, I, I look for, I look for projects that, uh,

that are going to challenge me in some way. Um, you know, so I'm not always just constantly rehashing the same material or, you know, rehashing old characters. Like I'm always trying to look for, look for projects that will challenge me. And, um, and I seem to have been successful in finding those. And then, and, and,

And I made that decision just because I wanted to put myself in situations where I was uncomfortable. So I'd have to figure out new paths and figure out new ways to do things as opposed to, you know, I think a lot of us, as we get older, we just want to rest on our laurels and sit back. And I've tried to keep myself moving forward as much as I can. I think that when you...

Particularly in TV, I think when you play one character for, you know, so many seasons, you pick up habits. And then those habits sometimes can move over into the next character. Absolutely. And it's nice when you challenge yourself to break those habits and do something different. It's why I...

was eating in every single scene. I had read a thing about Brad Pitt and... Yeah, in Ocean's Eleven. Right, and his acting teacher. And he did it in The Counselor, by the way, with the submarine sandwich. And it's still the best scene in The Counselor as far as I'm concerned where he's

He's saying that he made a scene that is heavy, kind of funny. And he was just shoveling this submarine sandwich in his mouth with it dripping down. And I was like, I wonder why he does this in certain movies. And then I read a thing between him and his acting coach that says,

It's almost to get him out of his head. And so I was like, I'm going to try it on the reboot. And I did. And I, it, it in fact got me out of my head where I felt like I could be funny and have a sense of humor about myself and about the character that I created as Shannon. And, um,

break all those old TV habits that had accumulated over the years. Right. Awesome. And how do you, so how do you, I know that you just said that you challenge yourself with different roles and different projects and the people that you work with. Is there anything that you do personally in order to make sure you're not carrying those habits from character to character to character? Yeah.

Because on private eyes, there's no, I don't see, I didn't ever see a comparison to Brandon. Yeah, no, never. And I, and I, and I, I, I like in the, in the project and one of the projects I did last year, I played a real guy, played a guy named Jerry McNamara and the Boria Salming mini series. And so I had to go through two hours of hair and makeup every day and to make myself look like Jerry and put Brown contacts in and,

Um, it w and then, you know, I had to alter my voice to sound like Jerry's. So it was, it was, uh, it was a big, uh, it was a big challenge, but it was also, um, super fun because I, because I, you know, when I looked in the mirror, I didn't, I didn't look like myself at all. And so it was, uh, uh, it was really cool to, to disappear into a character, uh, like that, like that, like that, that experience, I think, um, uh,

showed me a lot about what it would be like for me to disappear, to totally disappear. Because once you become...

once you become a known quantity and a celebrity, if you will, people offer you parts because they want that Jason Priestley thing. They don't want me to disappear totally inside a character. And so I found totally disappearing to be so freeing and

uh, and, and fun. Like it just, it just made the whole project so fun for me. Tell us, tell me about your new show. Cause you have a new show. Yes. Uh, it's called wild cards. It's on the CW Wednesday nights at eight o'clock. And, uh, and I'm, I'm the dad in the show. So the, uh, uh, Vanessa Morgan plays the, plays the ingenue on the show. It's, you know, it's a two hander, a cop and a con artist, uh,

get forced to work together, but they're really good at solving mysteries. And so they end up, the police commissioner makes them keep working together. And of course, the con artist's dad

which I play George is in prison and they keep coming to the prison to ask me advice. And, you know, do you know this guy? Can you get me a meeting with this guy? It's, uh, it's so fun to work on a show where you just drop in one day, an episode, uh,

And then your business is done. Because usually, I mean, you and me for years, number one, number two, number two on the call sheet, working top to bottom every day, never get it. Maybe you can get a day off once a season. It's a very different experience and a really freeing experience. It's super fun.

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Text BVJOBS to 97211 to apply. Does it ever feel weird though, looking at the call sheet and being like, I'm not number one on the call sheet. I'm not number two on the call sheet. Because as somebody who sort of drops in for one day an episode, I don't even know, are you number six or number 10? Yeah, I'm number six. I think I'm number five or number six. I'm like that. It's

It's beautiful. It's beautiful. It's beautiful. I'm getting to the age where I want to start working smarter, not harder. And it feels like this is a way of working smarter. What a good way. And you have a family. Yeah.

So it's nice to be able to get home to the family. That's right. And I try not to disappear for too long on them because I, you know, for years I was, you know, I was gone six, seven months a year shooting, shooting shows. So it's nice to be able to stay home a little bit more and hang out with my kids because they're going to be gone soon. Right. Oh, my God. How old are they now? Well, my daughter, Ava, is 16 and my son, Dash, is 14.

Did you meet them when we were in Vancouver? Cause they came up to Vancouver for a while while we were there. I think I did. I think I did like briefly. Yeah. Yeah. I think it was very brief. Cause you know, it was chaotic on that set also. A hundred percent. Yes, it was. I tried to take a bunch of my wardrobe and,

Yeah. And I couldn't fit it all into my suitcase. So, so I did a box and I thought like, well, it's fair that I'm taking some of my wardrobe because like, I also wore some of my personal clothes. So I just figured, you know, that's like a healthy exchange. I'm not like a klepto or anything, but, and I'd always like on spelling shows taken my wardrobe. I still have stuff from like Brenda and charmed and, and, and,

And so some of the stuff wouldn't fit and I had to put it in a box and I stupidly didn't tape up the box. And I also stupidly gave it to production to ship to me. Production saw it was my wardrobe. There was still some personal items in there that I, I, I, I still don't have back, but yeah, they, they confiscated my stolen wardrobe. Oh,

Oh my God. I was like, just give me the clothes. Like, what are you getting? Like, it's just going to go sit in a warehouse somewhere. It's so silly. And I'm not the only one who did that. I think...

I think they had to send out emails or call reps saying, giving the list of people that stole their clothes. Oh my God. It's fantastic. Yeah. Why not? There was like a beautiful pair of YSL suede, like high heel boots. I was, I desperately wanted those, but I put them in the box. Yeah.

And how was Mandy, Mandy who was our wardrobe supervisor on that show? Was she fine with you taking the stuff? She didn't care. She didn't care, but she also knew that I had worn some of my own personal items. Right. And, you know, our union protects us with that where they would have to pay us for said items. Right.

And I just didn't want to do the inventory. And it seemed ridiculous to be like, hey, can you give me X amount of dollars for my own wardrobe? So she was fine. Of course. She also couldn't do anything when they confiscated it all back from me. And to Mandy, you know, testament to Mandy, there's not that much wardrobe I ever really want from a show. But the clothes...

From the reboot, I wanted every single item. Yeah, they were good. She's really good. She's a really talented lady. Yeah, she's very talented. Yeah. Yeah, I liked her a lot. And to balance that many of us and to balance the girls. Right. That's a hard job because it doesn't matter how mature you are now.

There's still always going to be somewhat of a competitiveness there. Why is, why is her wardrobe nicer? Like I wanted to wear that dress or whatever it is. There's always going to be some of that. And she really balanced it where I think everybody was very happy with their clothes and what they did versus on the original 90210 where she

you know, it was nothing but sort of competition. At least for me, it turned into nothing but competition after that Rolling Stone cover came out. Right. Well, see, you didn't get the same conversations I got, right? Because I don't know why. Maybe it's because I am female. But I remember when we did that cover, I had a bunch of cast members come into my room

dressing room and tell me how wrong it was that I did a cover of Rolling Stone without them and that I should have demanded that everybody be on the cover. And I was like, A, I'm not in the position to tell Rolling Stone what to do. Two, I have a career to worry about. And what a huge honor to be asked to be on this show.

magazine cover. So, yeah, no, that's your problem. That's not mine. And... Oh my God. Yeah. But see, you and Luke didn't get that. I don't know why you didn't, but it wasn't fair. Yeah. Why...

Hey, it is what it is, right? It is what it is. I mean, I think that that was a different day and age, right? Men were paid more. You were paid more than me. You were number one on the call sheet. I was number two. Right. And you were instantly deemed the quarterback. And I think that that was particularly with Aaron. It was, it was a very male mentality. And, and,

Maybe that's why it was easier for everybody to demand that I not do certain press unless they're involved as opposed to going to the men. Right. Or maybe they just knew you would laugh and walk away.

You were always very diplomatic, but with a sense of humor. So you would have handled it differently than I did. I think both of those things are true. Yes, they're definitely, definitely true. So how is the show doing? What's been the response? The response has been really good. Everybody seems to really like the show.

I, you know, I, you know, it's a super light blue sky procedural show, right? It's super fun. It's funny. It's charming. Everybody in it is very charming. It's it's a lot of fun. I just, I hope people will look for it and, and check it out.

Well, they better because they got to just to tune in and see you for sure. And they will. By the way, I have my publicist who is also, she's been with me for, I don't know, 25 years and she is,

is a producer of my podcast as well. Right. And she listens in all the time. She sent me a text message saying, I'm dying because 90210 is her favorite show of all time.

And it is always like, oh my God, Brandon and Brenda, Brandon and Brenda. So Sloanie, I know that you're listening. And Jay says hi. Hi. Anyway, I adore you. I love you. I'm seeing you in February.

Yes. Yeah, that's right. I'm going to see you in February. Cool. Awesome. I love you too, Shan. So nice to get to spend some time with you. All right. I'll see you soon. Cool. Thanks, Shan. Bye. Bye. I hope you guys all enjoyed the twins being back together again. We certainly enjoyed it. And thank you for listening to Let's Be Clear with Shanna Doherty. See you next time.

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