Drama Queens - One Tree Thrill (Part 24)

Episode Date: January 26, 2024

Another installment of listener Q&A brings about stories from the girls that we could only dream about. Juicy details on a love triangle, the girls most special people are revealed and things they wish they stole from the set. Plus, find out what went down at a party at the boy's beach house on their day off! And so much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. It may look different, but native culture is alive. My name is Nicole Garcia, and on Burn Sage, Burn Bridges, we aim to explore that culture. Somewhere along the way, it turned into this full-fledged award-winning comic shop. That's Dr. Lee Francis IV, who opened the first Native comic bookshop. Explore his story along with many other native stories on the show, Burn Sage, Burn Bridges. Listen to Burn Sage Burn Bridges. Listen to Burn Sage Burn Bridges on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

What I told people, I was making a podcast about Benghazi. Nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked, why? Benghazi, the truth became a web of lies. From prologue projects and Pushkin Industries, this is Fiasco, Benghazi. What difference at this point does it make? Listen to Fiasco, Benghazi, on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. First of all, you don't know me. We're all about that high school drama girl, drama girl, all about them high school queens.

We'll take you for a ride in our comic girl. Drama, girl. Cheering for the right team. Drama queens, drama queens, drama queens. You could be the smart girl, rough girl, fashion but you'll tough girl. You could sit with us, girl. Drama queen, drama queens, drama queens, drama, drama queens. Queens. Hello friends. Welcome back to another Q&A. Happy January ladies. We have a lot of fan

questions. So should we jump right in? Yes, please. Okay, we have a question from Tori. I feel targeted by this one because I'm all book core. Do you feel personally attacked? Yeah, Tori wants to know what is my favorite book turned into a movie. Favorite books turned into movies. What do we think? That's a great question. There's so many Great ones. Come on. Sense and sensibility. Harry Potter, Hunger Games was great. To Kill a Mockingbird. To Kill a Mockingbird is great. So good. Princess Bride was one. Greta Gerwig's Little Women. Oh, my God. So many. She wins. I want to give a special shout out. This feels like very sparkly. Like the universe wanted us to have this conversation because just recently, Ava DuVernay's origin came out. And it is one of the most

incredible films I have ever seen in my life. And origin was made off of, was made out of Isabelle Wilkerson's book, cast. And it is one of the most well-researched, incredible academic studies I've ever seen. And I genuinely was like, how is someone going to make an academic book? book that also, you know, the writer tells some of her story and how do you make that into a movie? And Ava did it and I've never seen anything like it. She's so cool. She is so cool. And since it just came out, it feels like a sign like, guys, it's in theaters now. Go see it. Go see origin. Yeah, she came on work in progress, right? Yeah, she was on work in progress two weeks ago and we just had the most amazing. Oh, fantastic. Oh, we had the most amazing conversation.

I met her on a book that got turned to a movie that I love, but I sound like a narcissist for saying. It was Secret Life of Bees that she was working on that movie doing, I think, like, publicity or something. And it was when we were on the writer's strike. And so I went and I played Dakota Fanning's mom in that movie just so I could absorb all of this, like, lush female energy. Yes. And I loved that book, and I loved that movie. It was so fun. That's another great one.

And look, Ava's just got, she's got her hands in all the magic. She's knocking them out. I don't want to live in a world where the Princess Bride is not made into a movie. I mean, there's so many wonderful adaptations, but man, that just, I don't want to live without that movie. It was a movie first, and then they made it a book. No, William Goldman wrote that book in the 70s, I think, didn't he? No? Stop.

No way. And they keep referring to the unabridged version. version of the book, and that doesn't exist. It's all just... I love that you know that, and that I did not know that. I can't believe I didn't know that. I just read an article about it because it was a woman who works in a bookstore, and these kids keep coming in asking for the unabridged version, and she's like, guys. It's not real. It's like Blair Witch. What is real life? You know, that's real. I feel it's just the classics, like, okay, Wizard of Oz. What about that? You want to live in a world where the

Wizard of Oz was never made into a movie. I mean, come on. I dig it. I watched Jane Eyre not too long ago, and it was the latest one. How was it? It was fucking dark. It is. It was dark.

I watched it over Christmas break, and I was like, sign me up. I'm into this. Yeah, that was awesome. I love that. We have a whole library of inspiration. What's our next question? Greg is asking, if we were witch sisters, which would be our individual supernatural powers? What would we do supernaturally?

I don't know. I'd be into herbal something, herbal healing things. There's a great book called The Body Never Lies. Yes. That's a good start. I would I mean I come from a long line of

Appalachian Granny Magic practitioners and laying hands is a very real healing method and I can do it for certain things but not for everything and the knowledge can only be passed male to female female to male

and I don't have anyone to teach me how to do some of this other hand healing and so if there is Is an Appalachian man witch out there, you should call me and teach me how to do this stuff. Because it's an important legacy. You know, the Appalachian region of our country is one of the only places in the world where women who had talents weren't persecuted. And instead, they were revered as, like, really important members of the community.

So I need someone from there to teach me my skills. I'm missing some things. If you meet a nice man who's going to teach you some of the things that we've talked about offline, I'm coming over. Yeah, yeah. And be like, hello. We'll do a seminar. We need this on the East Coast and the West, please. Honestly, that might be it because I was about to say it's just so far to fly.

And I'm like, man, if I got to have a supernatural power, if I could fly or teleport, my whole life would be different. Oh, yeah, teleportation. That would be a fun superpower. Considering how often you're on a plane? what i would give like i don't i don't actually wear my airline status as a badge of honor as much as i am like oh boy this really means i need to readjust some things um and i would just be so excited if i could close my eyes and open them and you know be across the country yeah epic yeah changed my life okay sarah asks if you walked into a room

of everyone you've ever met who would you look for first and why oh that's a great question i can't believe i've never even thought of that question my whole life never heard it nothing but i feel like this is one of those questions that instigates a fight in our life because all people who love us are like why don't you see me why trying to get me in trouble sarah i would look for my grandma doris because i miss her that's that's it this is going to be corny i would look for my husband as much as Because he and I irritate the shit out of each other, he is the person that I look for in every room. I love how big he is without trying in every single room. And I love just kind of standing in a corner and watching everyone ogle at him.

Like, yeah. I like who he is in a space. That's so sweet. Don't tell him I said that, though. You're like, don't anyone send him this episode. Yeah, you know, I think it's taken me a really long time to get to an authentic answer for this question. As much as for so long, I think I would have always thought I knew. But I think the answer is just for me because I don't like to lie to people.

So I'm just going to hold on to it for myself. Hey, I love that. Good for you. Good for you. It's precious. I like that. this chapter. Me too.

She's spicy. I love it. It may look different, but native culture is very alive. My name is Nicole Garcia, and on Burn Sage, Burn Bridges, we aim to explore that culture. It was a huge honor to become a television writer because it does feel oddly, like, very traditional. It feels like Bob Dylan going electric, that this is something we've been doing. in front of hundreds of years, you carry with you a sense of purpose and confidence. That's Sierra Taylor Ornellis, who with Rutherford Falls became the first native showrunner in

television history. On the podcast, Burn Sage Burn Bridges, we explore her story, along with other native stories, such as the creation of the first Native Comic Con or the importance of reservation basketball. Every day, Native people are striving to keep traditions alive while navigating the modern Whirl, influencing and bringing our culture into the mainstream. Listen to Burn Sage Burn Bridges on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What I told people, I was making a podcast about Benghazi. Nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked,

why? Benghazi, the truth became a web of lies. It's almost a dirty word. one that connotes conspiracy theory. Will we ever get the truth about the Benghazi massacre? Bad faith political warfare and, frankly, bullshit. We kill the ambassador just to cover something up. You put two and two together.

Was it an overblown distraction or a sinister conspiracy? Benghazi is a rosetta stone for everything that's been going on for the last 20 years. I'm Leon Nefok, from Prologue Projects and Pushkin Industries, This is Fiasco, Benghazi. What difference at this point does it make? Yes, that's right. Lock her up. Listen to Fiasco, Benghazi on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Okay, well, Natalie wants to know.

Was the original love triangle supposed to be Nathan, Peyton, and Lucas? Was it? wait yeah did that not translate no like it was but I think he meant like I think she means

for the run of the whole show like for longer yeah like long term I think they saw those first couple episodes of James and I kissing together

and we did not have a good rhythm we did not match bodies and they were like we don't want to do this anymore we have to find someone who James kisses good with and it was your joy it was not me

yeah sometimes your body just don't match. Yeah. Yeah. When you don't, when you can't find a rhythm with someone, it's like having a dance partner that you're like, this isn't, I got to go. We should just, we should swap. You're cool, I'm

cool, our noses don't know where to go. Yeah. Yeah. I think it was also a really interesting thing to launch the show with that love triangle because it really gave everyone something to focus on. And I think it made the one that lasted for

years and years and years with Peyton Lucas and Brooke a little more unexpected, which was a good device. You know, it snuck up on people and then it, good God, it just didn't put itself to bed for so long. Yeah, I'm surprised there wasn't more Haley Nathan Lucas. All the rest of us had to do it. Chad and I was the same thing where you just kind of knew the chemistry was not. It's like going on a date with somebody that's perfect on paper. You know, your friend sets you up with somebody and you're like, this is going to be great and you sit down and you have a really nice dinner and you get along great but man the end of the night kiss is like oh oh nope nope nothing wrong with the kiss it's just not for me good night

perfect oh what's next okay clara clara what did a typical day off in wilmington look like for you guys what if you could relive one day one day off in wilmington What would we relive? Gosh. Mm. Okay. So my typical day started when I got off work at like seven, eight, nine sometimes. And then I'd go home and I'd put on my black leggings and my slouchy black boots and sweep my hair to one side.

And I would start my day, like 10 p.m. going out. And I would hit every bar in Wilmington. and I would dance and I would sing karaoke and I'd make an ass out of myself and then stumble home at like three and just like hang out with people on my porch till six and like I had the best fucking time being a townie in Wilmington I loved it so still friends with all those kids we're all old and parents now but we were bad and I loved it yeah I loved days off in Wilmington I think I would go relive one of the earlier first days. Like, within the first two weeks of landing there and all the,

all the meet and greets and the setups and the wardrobe fittings and the hair and makeup and then meeting all of you guys and being able to explore the beach for the first time there. And we had that party. The boys had a party at their beach house that we all went to. It was like late at night sitting on the roof. Like, that was so fun. Really experiencing the town for the first time would be really fun to do again. Yeah, that was such a sweet season.

I mean, God, Hillary, remember when we went over? Joy, I don't know, maybe you were working. I don't know what was going on. But when we first went to the boy's house and saw, like, the stereotypical TV frat boy life they were living. And we were like, nope, we're going to Target. And we got them like towels and candles and things. And we redecorated their whole house. We put all their pictures up.

We like, we soccer-mommed them so hard. Dude, we were landscaping their rental. We were landscaping. We planted flowers. So ridiculous. But you know what? I liked that about us. I liked that we were hardware store girls.

We were like, hold on. We'll be back. They didn't know what to do. That was, that really stands out to me as so nostalgic and sweet. like right from the beginning. And then interestingly, that memory came up when you started talking about the inception of it all joy. But the first thing that came to my mind

was honestly more recent. Like, in a way, I like that we still get Wilmington days together. I think about the last time we were there, driving out to the beach and getting our feet in the sand and going to the fish place and having a shrimp boil at Bevan's house. Like, I remember living there and, you know, Bevin and I taking the dogs to the beach and playing with them in the water.

And, like, we're still doing the same thing when we're together. And I really love that. I love that in a way we still get to have our perfect days in that place that gave us all these relationships anytime we're back there. Like, that's so beautiful. Well, because that's what the deal with Wilmington is. We get older, but it stays the same age. it does not change god bless it god bless it okay cassie wants to know i mean this is ironic because i'm talking about a shrimp oil shrimp oil cassie wants to know what is your last meal on earth

oh pizza this is a great pizza i'll be really honest you guys i don't love food it's like you know and people are like, I can eat anything. I grew up really poor. I can eat a baked potato for dinner every night. Like, I don't give a shit about food. I don't know. I'm the easiest person to feed on the planet.

She's like, I'm going to die anyway. Just send me off. What do I care? Don't give me food. Can I have liquor? Because that's what I care about. What's your last drink? What's your best last drink? Jeff makes this thing called a corpse reviver

that is actually like incredible. Yeah, that's a 1920s drink, right? Is it, is it gin? Jim. Yeah. It's incredible. I love it. Yeah.

So listen, if I'm going out, I'm going out. Singing and swinging. I love that. Yeah, it's funny. I don't know that I, and you know I love food. I think because food for me has always been, it's like the one thing that I get to really invest in no matter where I am. Because we don't get to pick where we.

we live. We don't get to pick where we work. We don't get to pick the hours we work. We don't get to pick the words we say. But like, oh, anywhere I'm on location, like, I will root out the best burger place or the spot with the good caccio pepe. Like, I'm going to find the good food. Yeah. And, but the thing to me is like, yeah, maybe it would be this perfect Italian meal. But I care less about the meal than I do about having my last meal with the people. that I love. Yeah, absolutely. I think about if I got to know this is my last meal,

like who do I want to sit across from over that good bottle of wine and whatever's on the plate? It's really about like the last conversation for me. Good people make the food taste better. It just. Yeah. Yeah, because I don't want to be sitting alone in a room eating pizza. I want to have the best pizza of my life with the people that I love.

Because, like, it could be, it could be, like, a dollar slice from that place we all used to go to on 7th Avenue in New York, like, or Slice of Life in Wilmington, like, those spots. But, yeah, it's the people that you're eating the food with. Agreed. All right, you guys, this Elizabeth wants to know, what do you wish you would have taken from the OTH set? Oh. That's good. a jersey. I wish I had taken one of the boys' jerseys. A Scott jersey. I was going to say my cheerleading uniform. Yeah. You have one, don't you? I do. Psycho. It's funny because what I realized,

though, when people are like, you brought, you know, you snatched a bunch of stuff after the show wrapped, I mostly grabbed things to give to other people. Yeah. You gave me so much stuff. And when I went through my bin. I was like, oh, I don't really have like Brooks stuff. You need all her campaign stuff. Like I have a couple of little like bibs and bobs, but like I have Julian's letterman jacket because that felt important to me. Yeah. But it's like how weird is it that the thing that felt the most important to Brooke actually belonged to like the man she married. But I do have my cheerleading uniform and that is very fun. Oh, oh my God. Wait, no, but I did find Wait, you guys, I forgot.

I also, was it last Christmas? I was going through bins of stuff because I'm starting to try to weed through my storage unit, so I've been bringing like bins home, and then I go through them, and then when that's done, I bring a few more. And I didn't remember Joy from our superhero episode. I have the full B. Davis costume.

The B-Dazzle costume. Yes. Stop. The whole black and purple outfit. And it is ridiculous. and I was like, wow, the things we committed to with our whole selves. With our whole selves. We really did it.

I mean, they just hung that in my trailer and I was like, I cannot believe I'm seven months pregnant and about to put this thing on. Let's go. Let's go. You and me, spandex. Hillary, you're so lucky you to do. I touched the bullet. And congratulations to you, ma'am. Frankly, I'm disappointed.

We're going to need to make you a superhero costume at some point. No, no, no. No, you should. We need to know what it would be, too. I love these questions. These are good questions. Thanks for hanging out, everybody. And we'll see you guys next week. Hey, thanks for listening.

Don't forget to leave us a review. You can also follow us on Instagram at Drama Queen's O-TH. Or email us at Dramaquins at iHeartRadio.com. See you next time. We're all about that high school, drama girl, drama girl, all about them high school queens. We'll take you for a ride and our comic girl, cheering for the right team. Drama queens, drama queens, smart girl, rough girl, fashion but you're tough girl, you could sit with us, girl.

Drama queen, drama queens, drama queens, drama queens, drama queens. It may look different, but native culture is alive. My name is Nicole Garcia and on Burn Sage, Burn Bridges, we aim to explore that culture. Somewhere along the way, it turned into this full-fledged award-winning comic shop. That's Dr. Lee Francis IV, who opened the first native comic bookshop. Explore his story along with many other native stories on the show, Burn Sage Burn Bridges. Listen to Burn Sage Burn Bridges on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What I told people, I was making a podcast about Benghazi.

Nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or, just asked, why? Benghazi, the truth became a web of lies. From prologue projects and Pushkin Industries, this is Fiasco, Benghazi. What difference at this point does it make? Listen to Fiasco, Benghazi, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an IHeart podcast.