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Drama, drama queens, drama queens. Friends, it's the listener Q&A episode. We can't wait. Let's get started. Who has some questions for us? I'm so excited to be doing this. You've been sending in such great questions. Honestly, we're a little giddy because you're reminding us of so many things that we want to remember. So let's jump in, y'all. You want to pick a question to start with? Yes, darling. Okay. Okay.

So Allie asks, if OTH was filming now, who would you want to perform at Trick? I love this question. Yeah, this is great. Oh, man. Do we know up and coming bands that, you know, because it would be fun to break some bands the same way that we did on One Tree Hill.

you know, bringing in newer and newer bands. As an old lady, that Olivia Rodrigo, everyone kept being like, dude, well, that's it. She's already famous. But basically every song she writes is like a Brooke and Peyton love triangle sad song. Like I appreciate that energy. Go get them kids. Yeah. I like her. I also think it would be fun. You know,

you know, we're, we're all in that stage of life where we're lucky enough that we have friends and cool bands. Like I want to get all our friends to come to Wilmington. Yes. Johnny swim should come to Wilmington and, and yes, let's get Kimbra out. And then I don't know, man, joy. Obviously you would have to sing a trick again. Obviously. Yeah. Do some music. I really like this time.

Yeah, you're going to sing something super upbeat. Like, what if Joy gets into like, like EDM, like dance club music? Oh my God, can we get Robin? Can we just get Robin and Dua Lipa and like the whole, the whole electronic pop vibe happening? Or like some Bjork? If we got Robin to play a trick. That's the, I could die happy. Are you kidding me? No, I would die happy. Yeah.

Robin, Tove Lo, let's do this. I'm so into this idea. All right. What's the next question? Yvonne says, who was the prankster on set? I guess Chad, right? Chad. Yeah. But also Tyler was his accomplice. Like Chad. A hundred percent. But he would, but like when he had little brother to come play. Ooh.

You know, when Tyler would come to town, the two of them were horrible. And I think it's because Chad had little brothers in real life and was just like, yes, this is my comfort zone. Yeah. Let's go, you know, terrorize people. We're real lucky that those two never burned down a soundstage with the amount of illegal fireworks that they set off. Oh, my gosh. I got to say, it was hilarious and scary. And I'm just really grateful that it stayed funny. Set off a stink bomb. Yeah.

Wait, hold on a second. Which one of you jerks? Someone decorated my entire trailer with Avril Lavigne pictures. Who did that? Wasn't me. That sounds like a... Who did it? No, that was The Voice. That was The Voice? Yes! And I think they did like cutouts of her and we were like, do you guys have construction paper scissors? Like, what's going on? Why did they have so much craft gear? I don't know. Nerds. I don't know. Yeah, it was The Voice.

All right. Carmen, if you could change your character's names, what names would you give them? I picked Brooke's name. I would never change it. Yeah, you did. Oh, yeah. It was Tara, right? Mm-hmm. That's right. I picked her first and last name, and little did I know, I dubbed her with big dick energy way back. Oh, yeah, you did. Big dick. What about, I would, I think Molly. I think Haley would have been a, Molly would have been a good name for Haley, maybe. Yeah.

I'm okay with Peyton. Here's the thing that's weird to me is that we continued to use that device of everyone naming their kids after their last names and things. What was that? It felt boring after. I wish I could change my daughter's name.

Yeah. What would you have changed it to? What was it? Sawyer, Sawyer, George, Sawyer, Brooke or something. Oh yeah. Well, yeah, of course. Yeah. You know, I like gender neutral names. Yeah. Those are fun. And so I liked Sawyer for that. I liked Peyton for that, but I also think like we could have been more creative. We could have named her after Ellie or like my real mom. We could have done like a, you know, a thing there.

But it feels a little like narcissism to continue to be like, I'm going to use my name for this child that I bring into the world. It was weird to me that when Brooke had kids, one of them was named Davis and then one of them was named Jude. Like, what was that supposed to be? Julian for short? Am I supposed to know this? I don't remember. But I just was like, why do we keep doing this? Like, well, Peyton named her daughter Sawyer, so I should name my son Davis, obviously. Yeah.

Yeah. Weird. Weird. All right. So that's what we would change. That's a good question. Oh, thank you. Are the characters you ended up playing who you originally auditioned for? I think we've answered this in the show before we talked about this in the first few episodes, but yes. I mean, I think we all auditioned for the characters that we...

I mean, I originally auditioned for that part in radio. Oh, that's right. I mean, that was the more extensive audition where I actually like went and sat with Mike Tolan and had a conversation. Yeah. He was like, oh, you're a combative young woman. That's the energy we're looking for. So I didn't really audition for Peyton. It was like a tape audition.

Yeah. You sent in a tape. I remember. And I read for Brooke and, and joy. I remember. I read for both. For Brooke and Haley, but you knew you wanted to play Haley. So you read even the book scenes as Haley. Yeah, that's exactly right. Yeah. I love it. I was like, I'll let them think I'm a one note actress. As long as I get the job, then I can prove myself. But right now they just need to think I fit. You're so smart. Yeah. I love it. Not a strategy that goes into that.

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Okay, wait, I like this one. The 222s is asking us, what's your go-to lip sync song? I don't, I don't think. Who lip syncs? We sing it. Maybe a karaoke. Yeah. Like what's your go-to karaoke song? Well. I feel like you got some Dolly Parton up your sleeve, Hillary. I've got two songs. Very different.

Dolly Parton's Applejack, but also Chaka Khan Tell Me Something Good is it is a crowd pleaser. It's just the right amount of naughty and you don't actually have to be a good singer to sing it. You just got to put your tits into it. You know, you got to. That's it. Wait, what about you? Joy, I've heard you do some Shania Twain that is.

Oh, you know me. I love my country music. Honestly, the last couple of years, my favorite karaoke song has been Dancing on My Own. And I just love singing Robin because everybody who knows it, as soon as they hear it, because nobody ever sings it at karaoke. Yeah. Because it is kind of a hard song. You have to be a professional to handle this song.

Yeah. And so people in the bar who know it are always really excited to hear it come on. Yeah. And if nobody doesn't, if somebody doesn't know it, then, you know, it's a good song to introduce them to. So those are those are my joy. You have to do a dance album. What are we doing? Oh, my God. Yeah. Like a like a disco, a throwback, like dance disco club. It sounds fun. Sophia, what are you singing, baby?

Dude, I really like to shock people. So my two favorite things to sing at karaoke are either Hypnotize by Notorious B.I.G. or Redneck Woman by Gretchen Wilson. I've definitely seen you singing like hip hop, like like out out. When that comes on, Sophia turns into a different animal. Yeah.

I really do. It's like college, Sophia. It's fun to throw a little bit of country music at people because they're just like, what is going on with this girl? Yeah. And I like it. I love that. That's a fun question. It is. What is it? Kia Doyle is asking us, what was the moment when you realized OTH was a special show compared to other shows? First of all, I just want to say that I appreciate that you think we're special compared to all the other shows. That feels nice.

Yeah. I mean, we have a moment when I guess TRL was a really big indicator. That was weird. That was, that was crazy. It was a weird experience. Cause it,

It looked like something that you saw happening in movies. Yeah. But it was happening to us. And we were in a small town. We were, we were basically in a little box together and we rarely went outside, you know, working on a soundstage is kind of like being in a casino. You never know what time it is. Right. And you're at work for like 16, 17, 18 hours. 100%.

And we got up there and it was like one of the biggest crowds TRL had ever had. And it was for us. And, you know, we were working for people who told us we were lucky to be employed. And we were like, wait, what? What's happening? There's a disconnect here. I'm not sure. Honestly, for me, it didn't happen until after I'd left because...

I have a chip on my shoulder about how we were treated as women on the show, not by our bosses, but by the industry at large. Every other lead female on our contemporary shows had an endorsement deal for makeup, for hair, for clothing, for this, for that. And for whatever reason, like we weren't good enough for people to want to like engage with us in that way. Or that's how I felt.

Maybe you guys didn't feel that way. I did too. No, I did. We were glossed over in a way that felt like we were getting picked last for kickball. And so then to leave the show,

And have all those other shows kind of peter out and our show to still be on the air, even if I wasn't there. And then to have it be this like legacy show that people are naming their children after and are like watching from front to back over and over again. Yeah. When we went to conventions, that's when I realized like, oh, we made something that I'm proud of. You know? Yeah. That felt nice. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I think there was something for me to even.

after we ended because you're right. We were kind of always treated like the kids who got to pick where they sat at lunch last. And there was a lot of other just sort of gross treatment of women existing in the press the whole time we were on that show that was really icky. There's documentaries about it out now. Yeah, there sure are. And it was wild to

to get past the show and see it still be one of the highest watched things on streaming. And it continues and it continues and it continues. And I almost feel like that's what made everyone else go, oh, oh, they did the thing that everyone's trying to do and almost nobody can. Yeah. And it's almost changed for us so much more

after the show instead of while it was happening. You know, we had that special moment at TRL. I remember, you know, Hillary, when you and me and Tyler Hilton went to the Mall of America and the whole place was full and we were just like, what is happening? But, you know, we had these little moments of surrealism and then we would just be on our little casino. And we'd go back to Wilmington. Guys, I honestly, I thought

because we were told so much like how replaceable we are and how our show was always going to get canceled i was so gaslit by it that i was convinced they paid people to show up at events i was like surely surely these are like reenactors showing up like yeah you know stand in line for seven hours to get an autograph um oh my god yeah but it you know looking back on it in hindsight we can be like oh that was awesome yeah i loved it

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The fines are limitless and the authenticity is verified for real. So don't worry when that Chrome heart ring steals your heart, let it ignite your inner goth and follow your destiny. Fall in love with a goth queen seller from Nevada. Who's got the whole selection. Get that lace up corset with the knee high platforms and stop at nothing to find the perfect leather jacket to complete the collection.

And if that has you cross paths with a vintage fringe jacket, have the courage to get the boots to match. Just go full cowboy and never look back. Next thing you know, you're topping off your wardrobe with authentic luxury handbags and the most pristine watches because now you're confident and eBay is your place.

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I don't know. What do you guys, I don't know. Yeah. People taking away from your character, I guess like I would want people to have walked away from watching Haley knowing that, um, I mean, she did have a good backbone. We've talked about that before. I like Haley's backbone and you know, it's okay. Even, even if you're overly stubborn, even, you know, you're not gonna, you're not gonna miss out on the good things in life because you're a little too, uh,

structured, but maybe it's better to loosen up. I don't know. I'm babbling. I actually don't have a good answer for this. Well, no, because Joy, your character means a lot to me. Like watching this back, I really love Haley for her constant evolution.

You know, like she's constantly changing what she wants, who she is, what she, you know, while having these also really big things to consider, like her husband and her baby, you know, like, yeah. So that that ability to grow and expect the people around you to grow with you is something that I'm super love about Haley. That's awesome. Thank you. Yeah, I can see that. I appreciate that.

Yeah, I think it's funny. It's a similar thing that I would want people to see in Brooke is that you have permission to change. Evolution, yeah. You have permission to... Yeah, Brooke does it huge. You know, you have permission to own your space and who you are and to be unapologetic about the experiences that have made you who you are, whether they're good, bad, ugly, amazing. You know...

You can always dig in, go deeper, dream bigger. Those are things that I love about her. And I would say that. And certainly the being fiercely loyal to your friends. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, for sure. I mean, Brooke is a character that does like the biggest loop-de-loop and comes out...

How did the season end? You're like a mom of twins with the show end? I love it. I hope your kids are just as wild as you are. Honestly, me too. I hope Brooke Davis' kids are little hellions. Like, Peyton's like pain management. Do you know what I mean? After all the fan interactions we've had, because there were so many things that were like, you know, massive happening to her, a lot of death, a lot of destruction, you know,

A good portion of my fan base has been like, oh, you helped me navigate a thing. You helped me articulate how to move through this thing. And so I think the only thing we didn't do was light Peyton on fire. You know, maybe I don't know what happened after I left. Maybe you guys did. But I like that people use her as a tool to.

learn how to articulate trauma and move through it and know that there is an other side of it. Yeah. Because the other side exists. It just sucks in there. Peyton was really great at, as that example of someone who holds on in spite of feeling hopeless, in spite of feeling like everything's falling apart. And I think a lot of high school kids really need that to feel like they have a

mirror to look into with, um, with character, especially, you know, kids watching one tree hill. I feel like they've got somebody that's like, okay, all these horrible things happen. But as an example of how you held on through all the dark stuff, instead of letting it just totally run you down and take you down, like you just Peyton just kept going. She kept holding out, finding the thread of hope and, and holding onto it until things got better.

which is sometimes just what you have to do in life. That's it. It doesn't always have to be like a bright, sunny day. It could just be a day. Yeah. Most of them are. Yeah. Yeah. Don't let perfect get in the way of good kids. That is true. It's a good day. It's fine. Oh, speaking of a day, Robin Greenland wants to know how many hours a day we would film. Oof. Oof. Golly. Basketball days were 18 hours. Yeah.

I love unions. This industry taught me to love unions because there's a couple things that would save us. One was like the extras. They could only work so many hours. So when we had basketball days, we were limited in what they could afford to pay for. But then working with kids because the union says the kids can only work like, you know what?

37 minutes a day. And so when Joy got her kid on the show, we all were like, we want to do scenes. But the day was shorter. Yeah, I'll do a show with kids any day. Sounds awesome. Yeah, it's true. Our basketball days, it's funny because they hacked around that and they would get...

A group of extras for the first half of the day and then a group of extras for the second half of the day a lot. So season one, our basketball days were like 18 hours. And then, you know, if you hear that a film set, for example, works 12 to 14, that means we're there 14 to 16. Because we have to come in and get ready before a camera rolls.

Yeah, exactly. And while we're getting ready in the morning, you know, getting into hair and makeup to make sure we look exactly the same every single day because some of these episodes take place in a day, but they shoot for eight days. You know, we're in the makeup trailer running lines. We're working in there rehearsing and stuff before we go to set. And the teamsters are there even longer. You know, it's like we're there longer than the set crew. And then the teamsters and the, you know, the people setting everything up are there way before us and way after us. Yeah.

So there is a, it's a pyramid of on a film set guys. It's takes a long time. Takes a very long time. I always used to feel kind of bad when people would, you know, come and watch us filming because they'd be so excited the first day they got there. And then by like the second or third day, they were like, wow. So you're just still, you're just still doing this, huh? They were like, yeah, guys, for you to have a 45 minute episode takes us like eight or

nine days of 16 hour days. We're sorry. It's not as entertaining as you'd hoped. God forbid. It's a group scene where there's like, you know, seven people in one scene. I mean, it's just, it's all day, same lines all day long. Yeah. God forbid you bring a guest on those days. They're just so bored. I remember when I did, um, one of the movies that I did, Maria did a little cameo in cause we were in Romania and she was with me on set. It was so

cute. And there was a little like, um, hot chocolate stand that I was supposed to be buying hot chocolate and brownies from. And so I'm interacting with the young boy who's taking, who's, uh, has the speaking lines and she was sitting right next to him taking my money. Um,

And she, you know, she had so much fun. It was like two hours and it was cold and we were over my shoulder onto them. The camera was over my shoulder onto them. And she does her little thing and takes her money. She was actually very good. Of course she was. She really was.

But, you know, she's just counts the money on her own and she's doing all her own little acting things. And I was like, wow, this is great. And then we go to lunch and then she says, okay, mommy, I'm going to go. I'm like, oh no, no, babe, you have to stay. We have to turn the cameras around. She just looked at me like, you've got to be kidding me. Wait, I said, yeah, it's probably gonna be another two hours, maybe three. And she just was like,

That was the last time she ever wanted to do anything on camera. So ridiculous. It takes so much time. Yeah. Well, I wouldn't trade any of it for the world. You guys, we would have laughed. Not me, babe. Not me. We live together. That's why, you know, film sets are like, you know, incestuous and weird, but we're together all day. We certainly have fun. These were good questions. Forever. Thank you guys so much for sending these in. Keep them coming because I like doing these.

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