Drama Queens Live II with Bryan Greenberg
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So like, 23, 23 is a big deal to us.

Let's talk about it. It keeps coming back and it keeps coming back accidentally. Like the fact that our New York Times article came out on the 23rd when we were on the set of Good Sam filming and none of us knew it was coming out that day. We just like suddenly our phones started blowing up. Weird text. It was so wild. And we were like, wow, isn't it crazy that we're together on the first 23 of the year?

And then an hour later, our article came out and we were like, what's happening? And then they announced that our episode was airing today. And we were like, on March 23rd, really? Really? We didn't do that on March 23rd.

Which is a double whammy because it's 3:23. So we've got both boys basketball jerseys covered here. And our fan base has been so cool. Like we've seen like 23 tattoos on people and they're the ones that give us a big heads up whenever anything 23 is happening. I should get a 23 tattoo at this point, right? Are you going to do it?

I feel like we need some kind of a tattoo, you guys. We do. Did we ever get fan art for the idea? Weren't we talking about this on the show? Yes. Yes, guys. Yeah, anyone who's with us tonight, we love seeing your art and the drawings that you've made.

I mean, send us ideas for tattoos. We might join our bodies. Are people disappointed when they find out you don't really have the 23 tattoo? I definitely had some fans be like, Oh, I want to see it. And I'm like, first of all, I'm not going to pull my pants down for you. But second of all, but you got to buy me first at least. But second of all,

No, I don't. I didn't actually get that tattoo, but I don't know. Maybe it might be fun. Maybe I'll get one somewhere. A little 23 on my shoulder or something. It feels like it's about time. Well, we just surpassed this like major, major milestone with our podcast. Yeah. A little engine that could. You want to walk us through it, Sophia? Why don't you tell us what we've won? Again, we're paying attention. The signs are coming for us. Um,

Just, was it last week or the week before? Now time is- Literally, as this episode is airing on 3-23. Yeah. We got the news that we crossed 23 million downloads of Drama Queen. Guys! My daughter gets so embarrassed when I do that. Is your mom there? I didn't know that, guys. Mama.

I used to do that to my mom. I mean, what do we want? But seriously, like all of this lining up to have 23 million people listening to our podcast. We were marveling when the, what is it called? The list, I guess, for like most popular podcasts in 2021 came out. The top five, it's us and then four true crime shows. And we were like, guys, we're bringing nostalgia into the murder room. We like it.

Sometimes I feel like our show is like true crime. And there's nothing going on that we're just peeling back the layers. Yeah, I like it. True crime and romantic comedy at the same time? Yes. In the later seasons? I want that. It's a genre. There's a genre there coming. Hey, Hillary, will you talk a bit about the charity that we are sponsoring tonight? Because I know that you have a lot of experience being from, you said you're from a chapter one high school and just, you know, having the experience of kids being, you know,

not unable to play sports because of finances. So I know you have experience. Well, this was actually Joy's idea. She brought this to the table and we all jumped on it because high school sports is such a big part of one tree Hills narrative and

You know, we spent so much time in that gym and supporting real high school kids is important to us. So good sports is our charity partner tonight. They drive equitable access in youth sports and physical activity by supporting children in high need communities to achieve their greatest potential on the field.

And in life, because we know that they're connected. The benefits of sports and physical activity in a child's life are very well documented. And good sports exist to make sure cost does not keep kids on the bench. So like Joy said, I went to a Title I high school. We leveled the playing field by getting lots of donations for them through my parents.

charity, High School Forever, that we raised money for Parkview High School. And all of a sudden, you guys, once we gave them money, my kids are winning everything. Really? This is awesome. High school lady patriots are killing it. Yeah, it's a good feeling to be able to level the playing field. So thank you guys at home for helping us do that tonight. Yeah, so many young people don't have a talent gap. They have a resource gap.

And where we can fill that gap and the three of us can take a legacy of a show that was about, you know, small town kids playing for their home team and do something for kids around the country. It's really, really meaningful. So, you know, we're probably going to thank you all for being here a lot tonight, but thank you for helping us use this community and like this fierce amount of love we have for each other to raise funds for people who need it. It's really meaningful to us that this,

that this fam has been able to turn into a positive force in the world. So thank you. - Absolutely. Should we toast to that? Should we toast? - We should. - We have something special to toast with.

Make friends at home if you have some whiskey, especially if you have some Johnny Walker or Jane Walker. Oh, you mean this? Oh, I have a display back here with a crown. I'm going to lead us through a little adventure, a little cocktail. This is going to be like those YouTube unboxing videos. An unboxing video? I'm so excited. This is my ring from Blue Nile, by the way. Look at that.

That's what you are. You look gorgeous. I know. Okay, here we go. Guys, can I also just tell you a funny? So I'm working on my show in Canada. You can hear Jason Isaacs, who plays my father, screaming with the rest of my cast in the other room because we're gathered to watch this. They're watching us on a laptop downstairs. Hi, guys!

Our friends at Johnny Walker sent us Black Label to say congrats on 23 million views. You guys got the cocktail kits. All I got was the whiskey because customs wouldn't let me have the rest. They wouldn't. That's the best part. You can't send fruit across an international border. Oh, yeah. That's weird. I'm just going to have to get it.

Okay, so listen, it's just an ounce and a half, okay? Get your highball glass. Anybody at home who's got a highball glass? Give me some ice. Okay. You know, a couple of... I brought a plastic bag. Two, three, four, you know, cubes of ice there. Okay. A little bit of ice. All right, we're going to do an ounce and a half. Here we go. I can't pour and hold it up in front of... Here we go. That looks nice. Is that the big end or the little end?

The big end is two ounces. So fill either the big end up a little less or the small end up a time and a half. Or fill the big end up all the way. It's late where we are. Don't ask me to do math. We're on the East Coast, Joy. It's 9 o'clock where we are, baby. All right. So, yeah, next is here we got some guava. I want that. Yeah.

Guava is known to have benefits for your skin. Oh, my gosh. Oh, shoot. I'm so sorry. It's just spilled everywhere. My friend's house. That's why they're your friends, Joy. Anyway, we're topping this off with a little bit of guava juice. I have sparkling water. Appropriately, it's Canada dry, so I'm going to make a little...

That's actually really good. I would not have expected to put those two together and enjoyed it, but it's really good. I'm so sorry. Drama queen. So nice. Hi, this is my friend. Hi, friend. Good Friday. And his wife, Laura's house. Cheers to you guys. Thanks for hosting our girl. Oh, yeah. Our pleasure.

I'm sorry. It's fine, but maybe just we should soak up. I got you. I got you. It really likes champagne. Listen, guys, this is very Haley of you right now. And you know what? The last time we were together, you made such an elegant cocktail. God doesn't give with both hands. If you do a really great thing, then you have to be a mess just to balance the universe. This feels right.

It feels right. Okay. What are we cheersing to? What's happened over the course of the last 23 million downloads that we want to cheers to? Girls, I love you. We have learned so much about each other and from each other and about ourselves through this experience. I'm so proud to be your friends. I'm so proud of all of our fans for going on this journey with us with the ups and downs. I hope you guys all stick with us. We are nowhere near done. Just hang on.

I love it. Cheers. Friends, we all.

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Our friend. That was me drunk winking. Okay, bring him in. Ladies and gentlemen. Oh my God. Ryan Greenberg, why are you so handsome? Oh my gosh.

You're better looking now than you were then, if that's possible. Where are you? I'm in LA. I'm at home. Whose dog is that? This is my friend's dog. This is Lila. Lila the dog. She always wants to be where the action is. What happened to your voice? I got a cold. My daughter had a cold and then she was like, Mommy, can I sleep in your bed? Yeah.

You know what that's about now. Why do you look well-rested, Brian? You're not supposed to be sleeping. I'm not. I'm exhausted. I have twins. I'm not sleeping.

It's good, though. Let's get into that. I mean, we... Why didn't I get any whiskey? What's going on here? What's going on? We're going to fix that. I want to be home in a week, and I'm personally going to deliver a bottle of whiskey. Wait, can we door dash you whiskey right now? Would it even be there in time? I'm so game to do it. Look at us. We were all on over you being a dad on this frickin' show, and now you're a dad in real life. It's crazy. It's crazy.

You were surprisingly good at it though, like in our early 20s. What was your baby experience up until our show? My baby experience until I had kids was only playing Jake on "Montreal Hill." No. Yeah, I don't-- like my sister doesn't have any kids. I've just only been around kids. You were so natural just with baby Jenny. You were so natural with her.

Well, let's let the audience know that there were like four baby Jennys. So like, whenever one would cry, another one would come in. But the guitar thing really helped. Like that was, that would relax them. And now I do that with my kids too. You do? What do you sing to your twins? Say yes. I only know one song.

- I still drop them. - On repeat for like 20 years. - I don't know, I just play whatever. Yeah, mostly my stuff. That's the only things I can remember. - Okay, so talk to us a little bit about when we first started doing the show. - Wow, okay. - You get the message, you've gotta play basketball. - Right. - Did you play?

I thought I could play. And, I mean, I played, like, pickup and stuff. And I was like, yeah, I play basketball. Like, I could shoot around. I know how to dribble a ball. But, like, that's as close to playing real basketball as I'll ever get. And once I got to, like, One Tree Hill, and they were doing practices, and I was like, James was dunking. I was way out of my league. But, you know, power of television. Was it –

Was it also a little intimidating for them to be like, hey, go play basketball with all these people who do it every day, and you're going to be the guy who plays in Chuck Taylor's? Right. Where did that come from, right? That was a bad idea. Why would you play in Converse? I can't remember if that was my idea or Mark Schwann's idea. I can't remember. But I think there was just something like there was like an old soul to Jake, and you

You know, he was like, he was out of user, you know? Yeah, he was like a throwback. Did you regret that decision later? Oh yeah, that hurt. Yeah, 18 hours. Yeah.

Because we had really long, I mean, we talked about this on our show. We had the basketball days were the most brutal because they were just epic. Everyone was there all day long. You never knew when you were needed. You were always like on. What do you remember about shooting those basketball days? Like I said, that's as close as I'm going to ever get to playing real sports. So it was really fun for me because I got to look good and they drew plays for us. Yeah.

I do remember one time, Chad, I was doing a, we were doing a play and I remember Chad, like, was supposed to, like, get out of the way and I think he forgot and I, like, came down on him and I broke, I'm pretty sure I broke a rib. I remember that. Of your own?

My rib. Oh, God. I think I came down on him. Like, he was supposed to move, but he didn't move. It was like a little mix-up that happens. But I was like, wow. I remember that vividly. How long does it take to heal from a broken rib? The thing about broken ribs is you just got to let it heal. There's nothing you can do about it. Yeah, it's all that soulful, like, Jake Squinting was just Greenberg, like, in pain. Like, what?

His bulk is really heavy. But no, I mean, that was probably, I played so much basketball because we all became friends, like all the guys on the team and we'd all play outside of shooting and stuff. So like we do practices nonstop. And I mean, it wasn't, that's all we did down there was play basketball and shoot the show. What were you like in high school for real?

Like who was Brian Greenberg? Class of, what were you, class of 97? Six. Yeah. I was the guy who was kind of like, I didn't have a crew or a clique. I could kind of be with anybody. I had a lot of friends, but I didn't have like my own clique. Like I was in theater. I played lacrosse. Did you go to a big school? Yeah, big public school in St. Louis. Parkway Central, shout out. Yeah.

Shout out our high schools on this one. Shout out. So wait, you did theater in high school. Were you like a musical boy? Did you do Grease? I feel like every boy does Grease. I did Guys and Dolls. Were you Nathan or were you? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then I did Oklahoma. Oh my God. Yeah, I mean, you do musicals in high school because those are the only plays that you do in high school. So you just kind of do it by default. But I'm kind of a theater nerd.

Did you fall in love with all your co-stars? Because theater is like such an intense on top of each other experience. I would always fall in love with my co-stars. And then, you know, it's like over three months later. Like what did you have that experience? Just with you three.

Oh my God. Brian Greenberg, you are such a flirt and I can't stand you. Nothing's changed. Here's the deal. I catch so much on the internet because all I do is rave about Jake and Peyton. I'm like, guys, I blush. I can't even. We watch these scenes back and you're so smooth and you're so good at it and we're all just like dorky, giddy girls and the fans are like, okay.

Okay, Hillary, it's enough. I'm going to make a confession that I actually haven't gone back and watched any of these episodes. So it feels like such a long time ago. But what I do remember is like we had crazy good chemistry.

Crazy. It's so good. You know, we all remember the show, but like not the episode specifically. And when the three of us have gone back to watch, like I feel like in every video where there's a Peyton and Jake scene, I'm just like this. I'm like, I can't even, I can't, I'm so red. My face is sweating. It's, I didn't,

We're also like, what? This is crazy. Yeah, like I remember we kind of went for it. I was like, shirts off. I was like, what is going on? This is a network show. You were older than us, which is probably why you played such a mature high schooler. But did you feel like when you came in, did you feel like you were kind of on the same level or did you feel like,

You were watching, you know, kind of all, no, no, I mean, like, you're up here with your talent and your understanding. I didn't feel like I was above you guys. I felt like, oh, you're all serious regulars, and I'm just kind of here guest starring. I'm not really sure where I fit in, but you guys were so cool. Oh, it feels totally opposite. You're so humble and sweet. You were receiving all my other job. You were so coony.

- We were like, wow that must be something. How's that going for you there? Cool. Oh, you're making a movie with Meryl Streep and Uwe Dermann? Great, we're so excited for you. - It must have been so weird. It level jumps so quick, right? Like I was like trying to be a series regular on "One Tree Hill"

I was dying to be a series regular and like for the first season. And we were kind of like, I don't know, maybe there's a big cast and just get in line. I was like, all right, well, I really loved the show and I loved the role. And then I got this other thing called Unscripted, which is an HBO show with George Clooney. And, and,

I was like, I'm going to take this. And then I was like, well, well now we want you. And I was like, well, it's not that works. But I was like too late, you know? So, but I, but we worked it out so we could, I could keep coming back. And I, you know, even after I did prime, I like, I kept coming back and kept coming back for like three seasons. I think. What do you think made you want to keep coming back?

I just, I mean, the show, like, it was a really special show. I only know the Irvi One Tree Hill. Like, I don't know what happened later on. Because there's, like, a whole cast of characters that I have never even met. But I just felt like we had something special. And I love the character. And I love working with all of you. And I don't know. I just felt like we were on to something. I didn't want to let it go. And it was such a cool, like, a rich character that I loved playing. And the fans...

were really responded to it too. So I wanted to give them, you know, a full arc. - They did. And you always had such a maturity about you anyway. I think that's what I mean. Like we were all sort of fumbling around as young kids and you felt there was something about you that felt like mature and like you had seen more than we had seen in life. And like, I don't know, did you, do you remember? - You graduated college, Brian. - I mean, I had been on a few sets.

Well, maybe I did a movie before. That was kind of like why I had like the seniority or the experience. But I didn't do, I was never on like a real show. That was like, I think my first recurring character. So, I mean, I was just bullshitting you guys. Like, I didn't know what I was doing. We had fun though. I mean, we got to do fun stuff outside of the show too. Like there was a period where MTV had you and I host a Valentine's Day special. Oh my God.

Because Peyton and Jake were hot and heavy at the time. And I was like, I feel like I've got photo booth pictures. That's what I was about to say. I had that on my fridge for years, the photo booth. You did? Yeah. I don't know where they are. I want to see those. We had so much fun. And then Brian had this pack of buddies from NYU. And any time we all had to go do press in New York, I was like, yo, yo, call your friends. Call your friends.

And I just used him to like, yeah, we went out a lot actually during those days. You had fun friends. They're still fun. Actually, they're not fun. No, we're all friends now, Brian. We're not fun anymore. It's a memory.

What's your favorite memory of just hanging out in Wilmington? Yeah, that's what I want to know. What are your favorite places there? Oh, man. I don't know. I remember going to that Dixie Diner a lot. Dixie Grill. Yeah, Dixie Grill. Back when you could still smoke inside? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I used to smoke back then. Yeah. I remember, Hillary, when you bought a house and you gave me a tour of it for the first time, and I just remember so much taxidermy.

Oh, yeah. Really dark wall paint and so much taxidermy. Where's that book I got you? Is it there? Oh, my God. Joy just bought me a book on taxidermy called Creepy Taxidermy, and my kids are upset for this.

Guys, I go through phases. I was a dark person. You're not still in the taxidermy phase? No, I mean, I still have all of it and more. I just have like two kids in the house, so I try not to creep them out. We told a story on the podcast, Ryan, about you leaving your guitar at my house. And my boyfriend at the time being like, what the fuck?

And I was like, "The Bloomberg guitar." - Well, because I was coming in out of town and I didn't want to travel with a guitar. And I was like, "Can I leave it with you?" Yeah, yeah. - And you were the dude everybody's boyfriend hated you. 'Cause they were like, "This dude coming in, singing the songs, being cool." - Well, listen to your boyfriend who was part on the crew as well.

Yeah. Yeah. We had to do those lovemaking scenes. Yeah, that was awkward for everyone. That was awkward. That was the worst. He was cool, but it's weird. No, but Hillary's right. You were the guy who all the other guys were really mad about. And like Joy, you were saying earlier that we all...

I don't know, we responded to your calm and your cool. And even if it was one movie, you really seemed like you knew what you were doing in the industry. And we were all like little fumbling, like every time you would like tell one of us we'd done a good job on something, we'd be like, Brian said I did a good job. Yeah, I feel like I've figured something out. And all the other guys in the room were just like, shut up. What?

- We're all just trying to figure it out. - To their surprise or not, we still haven't. - I think like you were all stuck in this bubble of being serious regulars. And I had, I could come in and give some perspective 'cause I would pop in and pop out. Like I was never there for too long. And so I kind of came in and I got to like change up the energy a little bit and just like, you know, just kind of clean the palette a little bit and then I'd be out and then I'd come back for my guitar.

But I don't know. We just, I remember we all hung out all the time. It was so much fun. How many seasons did you do, Brian? I remember I did, I think on off for the first three seasons and I didn't do the pilot. Like I came in on the second episode. Yeah. We talk about all the time, how you're a real life Lucas.

- Oh, you're like-- - You think I'm a brooder? - No, just like introspective and smart and like, you know, problem solver. - Well, part of you coming and going and coming and going was that you were actually playing music. Like you started playing music on the show, was it season two or season three?

I can't remember. But we were doing those shows together. We would go on tour and we played a bunch of shows together. That was a huge highlight for me, just doing all those concerts and letting the show- Us too, Brian. Us too. We were doing the House of Blues and all that stuff. That was so much fun. We never did a song together, did we?

I don't know if we did. I mean, I remember going to see you perform at the Hotel Cafe, but that was just your show. Yeah, and I think we did a House of Blues gig one time. Yeah, we did a House of Blues. It's never too late. Hey, in fact, it's exactly the right time. Get that voice back. Let's talk. Right, it's coming back.

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Ryan, are you still performing? What's going on? COVID kind of made concerts a weird thing. I haven't, yeah. Since COVID, I did some online stuff, but I haven't really been playing except for my kids. I've been working more on writing, and I've been acting, and I'm about to direct a movie that I wrote, which I'm really excited about. My creative energy is like...

Going towards that. Yeah. It's hard to do. And music does take a lot out of you. I mean, I've had seasons where I'm writing furiously and then I'll go for like a two or three year stretch where I'm not writing anything musically because all my creative energy is focused on a story or some other project that I'm doing. It's just,

Cause a song will, I mean, I don't know how you write, but for me, a song will live with, I'll start it and it lives with me for like a week, two weeks, three weeks. So I can kind of piece it all together. You're walking or whatever. I mean, what do you do? Every song is different, but I remember like someday, for example, I remember I was, I was, uh, which was on the show, um, featured on the show. Uh, I remember I went to New York to do some press for something and I

the producer for once your hill was like, you have to shoot the next day. You have to fly back in. And there was a huge snowstorm in New York and I couldn't come back in. And so he's like, you got to drive. I'm like, I'm not dying. I'm not dying for the show, but I mean, I'll try it. I'll do whatever I can. I like the show. But so I took a train and I had like a 15 hour train ride from, from,

from New York to Raleigh, actually. And I just remember writing it on that train, just saying, you know, as the states go by, it sounds so clear. And I just kind of started writing it. And I had the song in my head. When I got to the hotel, it all came out. I vividly remember that. I still think that's one of the better songs I've ever written. And I remember the process of that vividly.

I love that. That's so cool. But yeah, I don't know. I just feel like I only have so much creative energy and right now I just got to put it in a different place. But I still love music. It's still there and it's a

it's a huge part especially when you're a new father as a new parent though too i mean that takes up the lion's share george just turned four and i just feel like i'm sort of getting like my together i'm like that's a four-year four-year gap my man it's gonna be so great you're gonna have gray hair like me in four years right now you did whatever right now you still look exactly like you did 15 years ago

- Well, I had two different looks. Like that was the first season, like hair bangs. - Oh, the bangs. - And it was bad. - Yeah, that shaggy hair. - Puka shells. - Yeah. - Not a good look. Not a good look. - You all had puka shells in season one. - Yeah. - You were puka tops with your jeans. And so did we, honestly. I'm calling myself out here too. - But that's a style now, right? - Yikes, looking back.

It's like, it's all coming back to that. Hey babe, your wife is such a good sport. She, Jamie is an amazing actress in her own right and has like a brilliant career. And I have always appreciated that she's a fellow MTV girl. You know, she probably hears about Jake Jagielski more than she wants to. Yeah.

I don't like hearing about my husband. Is she like, I don't want to hear about Denny. Is she a good sport about it? Is she like, but she's also kind of like what? Like she, at some point I think she's going to watch it. Cause she's just heard about it so much. And people it's, it's the craziest thing that I've done a lot of work, but this show is,

is it has an audience like no other and it doesn't matter where we go in the world I could be in Brazil and France wherever like people are coming up and they're saying Jake Jigelski and she's just never seen it and I think one of these days she's just going to cave and binge the whole thing and I'll watch it later do you have any particular I haven't seen it since it aired

Oh, yeah. You guys should watch it together. We should. I'm older now and I have some distance from it, too, so I think it would be just interesting to watch. That's why we started this podcast, man. We were like, why is it so special? And the first episode we watched together, we were all bawling by the end. We were like, oh, God, it's really good. Oh, no. You've all worked on a bunch of stuff. Why do you think this show connects with an audience so much all these years later?

because it's the thing that airs when you're forming your identity i think we all identify with things we watched when we were teenagers or young adults because you're formulating your identity at the same time these characters are also being formulated and there's bond there you know i don't connect with characters now as a grown-up i'm like neat show cool story you know but that thing that you watch when you're like malleable is important i think there's also something to it

you know, I think Joy, you were, might've been the first person who said this, like there was no fantasy. There was no like gimmick. No one's a superhero. No one's a vampire. No one's a werewolf. We all like those movies, but it was like kind of the last best place to go to just see groups of friends trying to figure out how to be good humans, pre-social media, pre-iPhone. Yeah.

You know, like just a group of kids trying to find their place in the world. And that's a universal truth. And so I think despite it. Yeah. And despite the fact that the show premiered so long ago, these episodes still ring so true. When you tune in and you watch, you go like, oh, yeah, that that's telling the truth to me.

What I think is interesting is, you know, we're seeing a whole second generation discovering it now. Now it's like, it's crazy how it's got a whole other life. I think it's like ironic to them in the same way. Yeah.

You know what I mean? I mean, they're not really watching it enthusiastically. They're just watching it and making fun of it. But it may have started that way, but there's no denying that you fall in love with these characters. So even if it was like, oh, this would be cool in retro to watch, the fact is there's nothing like it on television right now for teenagers. Everything is highbrow.

high genre driven. And to be able to give teenagers a safe space, my, I have a little brother who's 20 and he texted me the other day. What were the nineties like? What was it like in the late nineties? Oh,

I was like, wow. So before cell phones, life like before a cell phone, you know? Yeah. And it's cool that they're interested in that because it was a very different time. Yeah. Yeah. Where would Jake Jagielski be right now, babe? Like what's Jake Jagielski up to? What hasn't been up to since? Agabon.

- You think? Well, because he's like 20 now. - Yeah, I think probably like, maybe he's like what Barry was. Like maybe he's like the new coach, like the new basketball coach. - The new grouchy coach. - Yeah, just drinking real heavily.

That's what Antoine says he wants to be too. So I would be really into a sports team run by skills and Jake Jigalski. Gotta be honest. This would be good. Yeah. Maybe like rival teams that are going at it. That could be good. I don't know. What do you think? I have no idea. Like Jake could be, or he could be, you know, Jack Dorsey. I mean, he's like,

- He's so random, you know? - He is so random. 'Cause I completely forgot about the storyline down the road where Jake gets arrested and goes to jail. - Wait, what? - Guys, it's coming. - Everyone's like pounding on the glass. - You and I had our hands up on glass touching each other. Yeah. - I did not. - I did not. - It was all in the name of Jake. - You never have a chance. - It was all to protect Jenny. - Yeah. - It was all in the name.

Okay. Yeah. Brian, you know, you were mentioning that there's fans all over the world of this show. No matter where you go, people recognize you.

Are there any specific fan encounters that you remember that were like either really meaningful or really crazy or I don't know. I mean, it happens a lot with this show, as I'm sure you guys all know. But I mean, I was in Paris last year. By the way, it's huge in France. France is major. Yeah. Bonne nuit.

- And it made me look really impressive in front of my friends who didn't know. But like somebody came up to me and they're like, "Oh, you play basketball." And I'm like, "What?" And I'm like, "Yeah, I mean, I have in the past." They're like, "Yeah, but with Scots." And I'm like, "What?" They're like, "You know, you play basketball with the Scots."

Oh, yeah. I didn't know that it had another name out there. It's like... Yeah, yeah. I had no idea what they were saying, so it took a little while. But yeah, it's huge out there. It's crazy. What about you? I don't know. You know what?

We got reminded today, people were talking about being so excited for this, and they posted a bunch of photos from the last convention that you and I and Hillary were at. The one in Wilmington. Joy, you were working, so I remember you couldn't be there. But people were posting those photos we all took together. And then someone posted the video of the girls who got engaged that we helped with. Yeah! We did a photo walk.

for a fan and the whole thing was a ruse and there were video cameras going and her girlfriend set it up and we literally were like holding her up when she almost fainted from the surprise of being proposed to. We were just like, this is a very intimate special moment for us.

Let's take pictures. This is so cool. People do. They really feel like the show is like these characters mean so much to them. And you guys, I went to go see Greenberg play in Vancouver right after I left the show.

So I left the show. I went and I had a secret baby. Gus was a year old. So One Tree Hill was still on the air, but we weren't on it. And Jeff was shooting a movie in Vancouver and Greenberg's like, hey, I'm in town. Or maybe I saw a flyer and I was like, are you here? And so I went to go see Greenberg and all these girls in the audience are like, what is going on? Did you have the baby with you?

- Oh, I had my little girl that I would die if you had Gus in like a Bjorn and people were like, "It's baby Jenny." - No, but we did go to lunch the next day and I brought my baby. And it was so weird for you 'cause you're like, "You really have a baby." Like we worked with the baby together. - And you were young. I didn't have a baby till 10, 12 years after that. So that was blowing my mind. I was just not in that head space.

Yeah, well. Now you've got, he's like a man. He's shaving now. Yeah, kid's got a mustache. It's crazy. Is there anything that's been really surprising for you about parenthood? I mean, I know they're really little still. I guess what I was surprised most by was just how many people in your life step up and like how people say it takes a village. And I didn't really, you hear that, but I didn't really realize until we,

we needed the help and so many of our friends and family have stepped up and gotten on planes and showed up in the Air Force because two at the same time when you don't know what you're doing is intense so uh I guess I've just it's deepened my appreciation and my love for my support system yeah yeah that's great Ryan we miss you so much yeah um

All right. Well, you're directing a movie. Yeah. You're dadding it up. Start that in May, I think. Oh, really? All right. Where are you guys going to shoot it? Probably Rhode Island.

Yeah, I'm probably going to have to go after two weeks of prep, and this is my first time directing. So it's a drama. It's called Junction. So it's going to be an intense, but I love indies. It's going to be an intense, intense shoot for like a month and a half. And then, yeah, I'll be editing all summer. But I don't know. I've been working. I just finished a really cool movie with Jonah Hill and Eddie Murphy called You People that's coming out on Netflix. Cool.

- Casual. - Yeah, no good deal. - He's got all these new arrivals. - Just a casual drop. - This is why we love him. He's so just easy and cool. - Cool and cool. - Hey, well, I was chilling during COVID, so that came out of nowhere. I was like, "Oh, okay, that's awesome." So it's nice to meet you guys. - You deserve it. You deserve all of it. You're so talented and so easy to work with and such a consummate professional and so fun. And I'm just so glad for all the success that comes your way.

I want to find something else for all of us to work on together. Yes, I was just going to say it. Everything is real sparkly when we're together, guys. Just make sure you bring your guitar. You can leave it at my house, Brian. No one can hide about it. We've got to go over and start leaving stuff at your house now. Just be like, hi, Jamie. I'm just going to leave this. Maybe it'll be a bottle of whiskey. Yeah, but it'll just be so you can see the baby.

Hey, will you come on the regular podcast in season three when Jake and Peyton are in Savannah? So how's it work? We watch an episode and we talk about it. Oh yeah. We're going to make you sit down. Do it.

Yeah. It's so good to see you and talk with you. Honestly, like I've missed your face, man. I love all of you so much. Really congrats on the success of this and your show. Sophia, I know you guys are on it today. So that's so cool. My face.

I love you. All right. So we're going to see you soon then. It's going to be fantastic. All right. Tell the family we said hi. All right. Bye. Bye.

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I love him so much. Is that the quietest I've ever been during an interview? I just sat like this. I think it was. I think it was. Also, why is your lighting amazing? You're like in a basement. You find the best lighting no matter where you go. I was going to say that about yours. I feel like I look like I'm being interrogated by the police. No, it's like soft. Oh,

I'm so mad, guys. We ordered these cute neon, you know, trick lightning bolts. And I was so excited to get off work in time to do this that I ran out of the van. And now sweet Doug, who drives me to work, has a lightning bolt in his van. It's supposed to be right here. I can't do it.

There it goes. What's been cool is seeing throughout the course of like 23 million downloads and all the fan interactions is seeing them do their drama queens rooms and like put their crowns out and their lighting bolts out. And it kind of made us a little bit like,

you know we had we had a little bit of envy we were like well i want to pick me online i want to hear more of what the fans have to say because they've been sending in a lot of questions and comments and i can't wait to hear oh we have one already well while we answer these i'm going to make another drink what item from set would each of us

Oh, did we wish we took? We took. Yeah. What item from set? From this set? You know, Sophia and I have spoken at length about that red vintage couch that was in Karen's cafe. That was a really good. It was a curved couch in the corner. Front window. It's beautiful. Yeah, I wish we had that. I wish I had the cutout.

of the toe the wet sprocket song what what what are you talking about what are you talking about what i'm talking about where everything's better and everything's safe that's from that's what i think what did you think it was wrong i knew it was a song lyric but i didn't think it was from that band are you serious somebody told me this is the place

Everything's better when everything's safe. Walk on the ocean. Yeah, it's called Walk on the Ocean, I think. Do I not think they sang that? Because I heard, did you cover it? Who covered it? Because I just felt like, I just feel like that's our song. I wish I took that. Hilary, we have another question, but tell us what you, what would you have taken? You know what I'm mad I didn't take? In later seasons, they got a really cool old black pickup truck for Julian's.

For my husband's character. He's also bougie, taking cars and shit. I mean, I would have bought it. You should have the comment, and I want that truck. I'm mad about it. Next question. Oh, Rebecca, oh, this is sweet. If you had a yearbook for yourself right now, what would your senior quote be? I mean, apparently it would be from a Toad the Wet Sprocket song. Ha ha!

How long have we been saying that quote and writing that quote? And I had zero idea. No idea. No clue. Okay, quotes. Yearbook quotes. My senior quote is...

I mean, what has come to you? Okay, so here's the deal. I was kind of an asshole my senior year in high school because I was just ready to get out of Virginia and go to New York. And I had a little bit of a chip on my shoulder about certain things in my small town. And I won the senior superlative most dramatic. And my quote in like this little senior like booklet that comes out was,

If you thought I liked you in high school, I was only acting. And I cringe about that right now because it's so bitchy and like so unwarranted because I really love my hometown and I really love all the kids I graduated with. And I'm like, so what would your quote be now then if this was your senior year? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It's Simon Birch. I'm sorry.

Of all the houses on the show, such as Brooks, Felix, Dan's, all the houses are big. Are those actual houses in Wilmington? And are they actually all that big?

Well, Joy and I lived on the opposite side of the tracks. Haley and Brooke or Haley and Peyton's house are actually right next door to each other. They're just across their like catty corner from each other. And we are actually over by New Hanover High School, which is another I want to say it's another title one school. And so I liked that. Title one, not chapter one. Why am I thinking chapter one? I mean, but yeah, so your house was for sure real.

Yeah. Yeah. Brooke and Felix's house were next door to each other and they were definitely in like a fancy part of town. They were big homes. And then where Dan's house was, was like the fancy, fancy, fancy, fancy. Oh yeah. That was like houses and guest houses and like big. I was not accustomed to any and seeing anything like that. So yeah. This house was kind of small though.

I mean, they were medium-sized. It wasn't like... We had little pockets of every kind of sort of socioeconomic...

experience. The one thing I don't think we really ever showed though, I don't think we ever had a family in an apartment, which feels weird because so many families live in apartments, but I guess maybe because Wilmington is such a house town, like the apartment started getting built there in the later years that we were filming. There weren't really even many apartment buildings there. And there were college kids living there. It's a college town. It was college. Yeah. I really like this next question. Smart. Oh, this is a good one.

Well, when you guys had scenes on the phone, were you actually talking to someone? Y'all. Mike Leone. Mike Leone. Every time. Supervisor. I remember one call when I actually, I think we actually had James on the phone or it might've been, there was another one when we had Paul, I had Paul reading. We called Paul and he read someone else's lines for me. Cause it was like an acting moment and I just needed to,

Some real feedback. Yeah. Yeah. I definitely feel most of the time they'll just have, yeah, the script supervisor read for you, which is super weird, especially because those people are usually your friends, but not the people on the show. And then we started to do things like if we were at work at the same time,

If you, you know, if Haley had to call Brooke and I was like in the hair and makeup trailer, I'd run in and do the off camera. We really started to do that for each other. It's hard to act with like, essentially like your friend's dad pretending to be Peyton. Like it's weird. So we tried. Yeah. Sometimes you've got somebody being like, well, gee, Brooke. And you're like, stop it. I can't concentrate when you're doing this. Yeah, it's tough. Yeah.

All right. Grace says, in what ways do you think Sam is similar, different than Brooke Davis? Do you think they have any similar personality traits? Oh, Sam, that's so sweet. Yeah. Um, you know, I think they're both really motivated women who aren't going to let anything in the world hold them back from achieving in a really, um,

you know, competitive landscape and also in like a major way. I think Sam is a little calmer, perhaps a little more professional than Brooke Davis, but there's, she's feisty in there. Like you don't wanna push her. So yeah, I don't know. Maybe they are similar. What did you guys see when you came to the set?

Well, listen, Brooke Davis was always the boss. Always, always, always the boss. And we didn't really get to see her go into her 30s, you know, and get like closer to 40. We saw her in those years where we all are kind of just testing the waters. And so a self-assured Brooke Davis is every bit as calm and powerful as Sam. 100%. 100%.

I like that. I think so too. I think Brooke was, she was always the boss, but not everyone always saw it. And she was trying, she was young and just kind of scrappy in a way of like trying to constantly prove it. And there was a, there's an elegance and a settledness to Sam. I have someone here to talk about. This is what I want. You guys, it's our first.

Drama queen! Hello! Oh my gosh, you look so beautiful. Dr. Lex truly has a new look. When does this start? It's actually, well, her hair is parted in the middle today, but usually we have the exact same part. I'm like, you too can get a Sophia, but I should try to get a strawberry.

- You guys, we were really lucky when we came up to film "Good Sam" because your cast was so, so, so welcoming. And oh my God. - There we are. - My cheerleading photo. Look at our cheerleading knees. Like all of us got right into formation. I love that photo so much. - It did. - It was so beautiful. - I was like, let's take a picture. - And me.

it was like perfect say tell us about your high school experience who were you in high school sky oh my god that's so funny that you asked because i was literally just downstairs talking to jason isaacs about my high school experience my crush and and i went to high school i went to lincoln park high school in chicago and anyone who knows chicago knows that um at that time in lincoln park where linkin park high school is it was right in the district of

the kids of Lincoln Park, very wealthy, very smart kid, majority white, and Cabrini Green, the roughest projects in Chicago. So that's where I really learned how to code switch

Because my sister was very much attached to the Cabrini Green crowd. And I was very much attached to the very smart, like Ivy League, we're going to go, we're going to shoot to the sky, like very ambitious and outgoing. And they were just more into the things that I was into. But I had to keep like kind of playing both sides, which is quite interesting because that was something important to me that I wanted to do with Dr. Lex Truly. Yeah. You know, because...

while I may be able to like be myself with my friends, I still know like in America,

it's best to just switch over to mainstream and talk a certain type of way so that the patient can trust you with their life in your hands. So many people are preconditioned to like only trust what they know and like what they're comfortable with. And so if you come with any kind of energy, that's not familiar to them, it's like, Oh, this is bad. This is wrong. This is, you know, uncomfortable. And so I love that your character is,

is shaking things up. I love that you have this military background where you're like a beautiful homecoming queen cheerleader that's also like, I'm really good with guns. Yeah, Uncle Sam was my sugar daddy. He bought me all my books in school and made sure I was safe. How did you get into the military? What's that for, man?

How did you get the military? Honestly, my dad was a doctor and my mom was a teacher. And I would hear them talk about student debt all the time. And I share the story with Sophia. I thought Sallie Mae was a real woman with very beautiful silver locks. And she made American pies every weekend. Just the sweetest. The sweetest Sallie Mae. The sweetest woman. And she just wanted to make sure you got that education. So she's going to give you the money. But you're going to have to give it back to Sallie.

And I had this, that was a very, I had a very vivid imagination as a kid. So I thought, I was like, honey, Sally Bane, I don't want any relationship with Sally Bane. She sounds sweet, but I don't want her money. And I just kind of grew up not wanting to have that umbrella of debt that just forces these young kids to go straight into the corporate world to pay off this

This dad went like, how do we know who we want to be at 17, 18 years old? I didn't decide to act until I was. Really? Wow. And I did not have a resume, a formal training. I had life experience. And that's what I took in the room. How did you make that decision? You know, I was sitting in a cubicle for two years in New York, a cubicle that I worked so hard to get to.

I thought I was going to have my Carrie Bradshaw life and just make this money and wear cool shoes and hang out with Wall Street models. And that was just going to be the life. And it was the life, but it was totally opposite ends of the spectrum. It was like I was partying hard and then back in this just very sterile, neutral, cubicle world that was just sucking the life out of me. But what I noticed is they would always send me in

to boardrooms to close the deals because i would go in there because this was a pharmaceutical market this woman doing any kind of i would go in there and i'd be like so we buy drugs or what and these are like a bunch of like birds that are like oh my god you know so like i was just going there making fun and like yeah so they would always send me in but i was like i'm performing like getting you guys

And then after that, everyone just kept saying to me, like, "You've never thought about acting? Like, you've never-- you never--" And I'm like,

- Of course I've thought about it. I was in dance theater. - Those little plays, you know, like community. - Yeah, I was always in dance theater since I was a kid and recitals. Like I was never afraid of the stage and another version of me would show up. I knew the who am I based off of where I am and who I'm talking to. Like the who am I with you ladies isn't the who am I with my mom or the who am I if a cop pulls me over or the who am I in the courtroom or at the club, right?

I learned that very early on on how can it serve me because at the age of 17, I've had to figure everything out in my life. Because while I may have said my dad's a doctor, my mom's a teacher, shit hit the fan when I was 12. So like I had to really learn how to figure out, okay, how can I not fall into this?

the hole and the trap of being somebody's baby mama and doing nails in Chicago, which was like what I was surrounded by. So when I went to the military, that's where it really helped because it taught me how to process and utilize fear. And then the corporate world taught me how to market. So I was able to market myself. I didn't have an agent when I got, I haven't had an agent in seven years. She goes, I do.

- Yeah, I messaged you. - I saw your post. - So impressive. It's just amazing. - We're getting ready to wrap so we can send people to watch. - We could talk forever, but. - No, but I wanna know when you were growing up, who were the drama queens that you looked up to? Who were your drama queen heroes? - Yes, rapid fire. Let's go. I wanna know. - Oh my God, Lisa Turtle.

on Saved by the Bell. Yes! And Shannon Doherty on 90210. That was my jam. I was addicted to those. And I recorded every episode in tapes. And then my friends and the neighbor who would come over, and they would rent episodes. And I had it numbered from season to season. Oh, my god! And I would rent it out like Blockbuster. I love that you made it. I sure did. I had a library, and it was business. And I was making money off of 90210 and Saved by the Bell.

Amazing. You guys can go. Everybody out there, you guys can come. Let's come watch these amazing women as these incredible doctors. Come watch us. I'm so proud of you guys. I'm so special. It was so special. We loved working with you, Skye. We're going to party in New York. Oh, yeah. Coming to be with the two of us was so special.

Cool. And I remember when you left, she was like, that's what we're doing. Like, we're building these families. And I'm so excited for everyone. Two minutes, guys, to Good Sam, episode eight of season one with these two gorgeous ladies and us. And my cast that's downstairs waiting for us. OK, listen, the cast was so, so cool. Sophia knew what a huge crush I had on Jason Isaac. I geeked out so hard. You need to go one more quick? She already knows.

I kicked out so hard. Yeah, they took a picture and sent it to her husband. It was cute. What a cool guy. No, honestly, please give all of them great big huge hugs for us because it was so nice to be welcomed into your family. And we're so excited to, you know, send all our Drama Queens fans over to hang out on the medical set of Good Sam. You guys are saving lives, changing the world. I can't wait for you all to see the episode. I think we have...

Who did this little treat come from? Which one of you took this? - Who filmed it? I don't remember. You filmed it, Hillary. - I did it. This was our favorite moment from being on set and I love you. Thank you for having us. - We love you. Thank you. - Thanks for joining us, everybody. - Thanks for joining us, everybody. We have a little sign off for you. We'll see you on CBS in one minute.

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I know I normally jump in every so often to make pep talks in the morning to thank you guys for being the most stellar crew and like most tremendous background players that, you know, I get to go brag about outside of here. I know I've never cried when I've done one of these before, but the reason I'm so emotional is that my two best friends came and played with us this week. And these girls and I grew up together.

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