Happy Sad Confused - Meghann Fahy

Episode Date: June 8, 2023

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They gave us all of the scripts, and I sat and read all of them from front to back in one sitting and I was like, holy shit. It was just such a cool read. Prepare your ears, humans. Happy, sad, confused begins now. Today on Happy, Sad, Confused.

I'm Josh Horowitz, and my guest is, of course, Megan Fahey, the bold type, the White Lotus. She's a Megan so cool, she needs two ends in her name. Remember, subscribe. like comment do the things that make this show what it is support the podcast Megan we've just met but I know you obviously concur with that statement not to put you on the spot I don't know if I'm like so cool I need two ends or if I'm just so complicated that I need two ends eventually she's going to have six ends as she grew is more complex yeah uh before we dive into our chat

I do want to remind folks out there we sometimes do these in person in New York City if you're going to be in New York, June 16th, Brian Cranston, decent actor. We're going to be live at the 92 why the information's in the show notes. Check it out. Come on out and support. He's a new West Anderson movie. That's pretty cool. Yeah, that's almost for every actor, right? West Anderson, he's one of those directors. Yeah, I think so. Yeah. And Brian Cranston as well. Dream team. Dream team. We're the dream team right now. Let's focus up, Megan. We've got a lot to talk about. Well, first of all, I'm speaking of live crowds, that's your environment, isn't it? Before we get to White Lotus and the TV work, is there anything better than being on a stage

for you? Is that kind of like still a special place in your heart? I think nothing better, nothing scarier. You know? Was that the first kind of dream, as it were, to get up on, or the first, I don't know, buzz you got as an actor was being on a stage? Yeah. I mean, I grew up singing. I never really thought about acting too much. And then after high school, I went to an open call in New York with my parents. And I ended up finding my way into this amazing musical called Next to Normal. And that was my first sort of entry into the industry, if you will. have to say it that way. If you're going to call it the industry, you have to have the self-aware. Yeah, so that was sort of my first professional experience, and it was really, really special one. I don't think anything will ever really beat that. Is New York still home? I know you're in Cape Cod right now shooting a new show. We're going to get to that, but do you consider New York home? I do. I mean, I lived there for 11 years,

and then during the pandemic, sort of found myself in L.A. And now I'm sort of floating through space. I don't really have a home base. But I have been talking about getting back to New York and settling back into New York for a couple of years now. This is what happens when the work is good, right? This is like what happened. Like I've had this conversation with people.

I feel like I've had this conversation with like Keanu Reeves for like 30 years. He's like, where do you live? I live in my suitcase. Keanu Reeves has not stopped. Like he just like once it started, then you're, or just kind of on the road for life. Yeah. I mean, yeah, it's a very transient, you know, sort of environment.

But yeah, I do consider New York to be home and I miss it all the time. I'm a East coaster. I grew up in Massachusetts. So that whole area just feels like where I belong. Yeah, it's okay. Look, I have nothing against L.A., spend a lot of time in L.A., love L.A., can't drive. So that's a little bit of an impediment for this native New Yorker.

Yeah, that would definitely be an issue, I think, yeah. But as long as you bring your East Coast vibes, your cool East Coast vibes to L.A. I think it's necessary. Right? Yeah. So you've been on a couple very notable shows. Which one makes the better, if we wanted to musicalize one of them? Bold type, White Lotus.

Which do you want to see the Broadway reinterpretation of? You know, I think the bold type is rich with musical theater inspiration. We actually used to talk about doing a musical episode. We never got around to it. But I also think, I don't know. I mean, I would also watch, I would watch White Lotus on stage. I would watch White Lotus on ice. Ice, that's the next, that's the natural progression.

Yeah. Yeah. Is the White Lotus theme also permanently lodged in your brain? I feel like it is now like, and I love it. And I also find it endlessly creepy. Like, I feel like it, oh, it's, it's definitely an earworm. yeah it's definitely also like sonically a little bit unsettling on purpose yeah so um yeah it's definitely stuck in in there deeply i i was somewhere the other day like at a restaurant or something and i

swear it's like do you ever have that thing where you let it's like a phantom phone buzz like you think you hear your phone vibrate but it's not i was like is that the theme song just hearing it it was And now, and now, spoiler alert, I was just going mess. I just lost it, which means I have to add another end to the end of my name. Yep. By the end of this podcast, 12 ends. It's just going to be Megan. But now this, now this is going to follow you.

Until the next iconic role, every time you walk out on a talk show and a word stage, that creepy white lotus theme is your entrance music. You know what? I'm not mad about it. No. I'll take it. Yeah, yeah. course. I'm so proud to have been a part of that show. Like, you walk down the aisle. Are you

ready for that to be? Oh, my God. Can you imagine? I bet somebody somewhere has done that. And it's a really bad idea, to be honest. That is not setting the right tone for a life of wedded bliss, is it? I wish them the best, whoever they are, wherever they are. All right. So let us let us talk about the last year for you because I want to get to the bold type, but I want to talk about like coming off of that, where you were at, okay, so you're very successful show, I'm sure, a very rich, rewarding experience, then on to the next thing, right? Where were you at post-Bol type pre-white lotus? Were you, what was your level of career satisfaction if I was talking to you then?

I was pretty, I felt pretty fulfilled by that experience, and I feel really lucky that I had it because it was the first series regular job I ever had. and we shot the pilot when I was 26 and we did five seasons and I feel like I learned how to be on set and how to collaborate and how to problem solve and like all of these really, really important things in such a safe environment. Like it was just such a cozy space to be sort of learning all of those things. And so I by the end of it felt a bunch of things. I felt like I was ready to move on.

but I was still sad that it was over because it was such a big experience to sort of close the door on and yeah I mean I think at that point I actually even said it I my somebody on my team was like what's you know what's your dream

sort of next step and I said I want to be on a limited series on HBO I just never thought that it would be something that happened so it's pretty crazy still to me honestly and for those that don't know this came around a couple times so this comes around for the first season mike white's casting it uh and we can say it now it's public knowledge and it's all good it worked out for everybody um you were you were up for

alex the darios role i believe right she killed it she's amazing too murdered it she's so incredible so for an act i'm always curious about this for an actor like you look you you you're supportive of colleagues etc but like is it tough to watch that show after the fact and know and see not only like you were probably excited oh mike white HBO location it's going to be amazing and then you see the response to it and be like oh shit it's and it's a phenomenon and I was so close like that must be a complicated set of emotions well I think like you always sort of deal with some level of disappointment no matter what like for me it was like cool that I got as far as I did sure like I wasn't even expecting that so that was really cool but

I think, like, yeah, I had been doing it for, I don't know, over a decade and there's just always a job that's going to break your heart. But that being said, like, when I watched the show, I almost immediately was like, oh, yeah, I can't imagine anybody else doing this, but the people that are doing it. Right. I really did feel that way. So, and that, I think, is a special experience in and of itself, you know, just to be, like, able to watch the thing and, like, really take it in as it was meant to be. And I really just felt like everybody smashed it. And that's like that's like a special huge power to like, I mean, that that's a huge psychological boost. If you can master that because that's, this is the constant discussion on this podcast with every actor of every level,

which is rejection, rejection, rejection and coming so close and the ones that get away and like to have the wherewithal and the philosophy of like, now Mike White knows me and he and he respects me and I respect him and we have that connection and you know what if it's not going to be this one it could come back around and sure enough it did and to really internalize that yeah i definitely wasn't thinking it was going to come back around no no because i i didn't even know that they would that it would you know go on to do a second um series so i wasn't really thinking about it in terms of that but yeah i think i don't know i think it's just um it's really useful to be able to think about it in those terms because if you if you can't manage to do that at least

sometimes then you're just sad a lot you're going to wallow in it yeah yeah i just i don't know what good that really does so how does it come back around is it specifically that role is it daphne like what's do you get a script aside does my contact you like what was the mechanism different the second go around or what um it was pretty similar i mean i I made a self-tape and then ultimately ended up having a Zoom with Mike and the casting director and Dave Burnad, one of the other producers who produced the bull type, so I knew him pretty well. And I think they probably wanted a lot of fancier people to do it and they got stuck with me. But who cares?

I think that even that being potentially true is like sort of exciting to even be sort of in a conversation with people that I've looked up to who have way better careers than I've had at this point. So I just thought the whole thing was really cool. And Mike made it really simple. You know, he's just he's just really easy going with that kind of stuff. He just doesn't make it harder than it has to be. And that is very unique. How was she described to you in the first place? How was Daphne described? And did you have an immediate beat on how are you going to approach her? Well, it's, it was a little bit tricky because when I auditioned, I didn't have any of the scripts. I only had two scenes. And I didn't really have context per se for like what was had happened

and what was going to happen. Right. Of course, after I got the role, they gave us all of the scripts, and I sat and read all of them from front to back in one sitting. And I was like, holy shit. It was just such a cool read. What were the holy shit moments?

Were they the same as the ones we all experienced watching? Yeah, totally, totally. I mean, there's the obvious, you know, Coolidge being the one who gets taken out. Like, just the last thing you think's going to have. happen and I just remember even thinking like the fight between Ethan and Cameron was sort of unexpected and like very exciting um I remember my first sort of thought was like wow this is a a lot more sort of action forward I think than season one in a way that was I thought pretty

exciting and what were you personally excited about digging into what was like what were the the days you circled the scenes you circled like okay this is this is what this is what is going to be fun this is what's going to make it well for starters finding the dead body was like very cool i was like no way um and shooting that was also very cool and then you know probably some of the same stuff that um people also took note of which was like these great scenes that my kid written between Aubrey and I. Of course, the scene with Will that we have at the end, those felt like really, really exciting things. Even the first time I read it, I was like, wow, that's really a cool moment. So then you get to experience. So the experience sounds very unique, of course. You're in

Sicily. It's in the middle of the pandemic. You're in this kind of weird bubble, this alien world. But if you're going to be an alien world, you might as well be there. It's amazing. Yes. And then you get to experience it again week to week and just I would have just imagined feel that buzz, that excitement that very few shows experience. What was it like week to week just like reading the theories, seeing the obsessive stuff, seeing memes about you and your character, what touched you? Yeah, it was pretty surreal. And I didn't do a lot of like surfing the web during that time. So I was so afraid of, like, reading something

that was going to hurt my feelings. I also just think it's better to just not... Sure. Just unplugged. But, of course, it's hard to sort of not have any sense of how people are responding to it and stuff. And I do think it's, like, a really special thing. It is rare, like you said,

to have a show that comes out on a weekly basis. That doesn't happen too often these days. And one that really, like, became such a cultural phenomenon. on it, felt like a very sort of almost like a communal experience, you know, like so, and I loved that the show created such a conversation and everybody would be talking about it the next day and everybody had very different ideas about what they thought something meant or what was going to happen next.

And I think that that just speaks to how great Mike is at presenting a scenario to an audience without telling them how to feel about it. He just sort of gives you this thing and he lets you decide. And I think that is really, really cool. Did you have, I had Haley Lou on the podcast recently. And she's just so unique and so cool. And she was saying kind of the same thing

about kind of like being, and she dealt with this too. I think every actor did of like seeing the reception to the character and then being protective of the character. Like when people were giving Porsche crap for her wardrobe, She's like, well, some of those were my ideas. Hey. Yeah. No, it's true.

Do you feel the same way about, about Daphne now that you've read a bit about it? I mean, but look, everybody loved your performance. And I mean, 99.9% is great. But do you still find yourself kind of like defending her in a way, in her actions, or what? Sometimes. I mean, I think, like, maybe if anybody would be like, she's psychotic. I'd be like, well, is she, though? Because I didn't really feel that way about her.

I actually found her to be sort of this empathetic character who also, like, might actually be a little bit more emotionally intelligent than some of her cohorts, just in the sense that I think that you're really watching a woman who is, like, making very specific choices about how she reacts to the world around her. Right. And Mike was really specific at the beginning with me

about Daphne genuinely not feeling like a victim at all. Right. And once I knew that that was like really true for her, I felt like I had the key to her. But yeah, I mean, I don't know. I don't get too precious about that kind of thing. I think that's sort of the fun part about making something because then you give it away.

Right. Now it's the audience. Yeah, exactly. And you don't have any control over how people feel about it or any of those things. And I think that's kind of part of the magic of what we do. what they we presuppose them to be right like this happens like i think almost to a man for every character on white lotus through these two seasons like oh i got i got this pegged i know who she he or she is and then we start to dig little by little and they're all complex real like feel like people you know people people people that we experience and that that does that come through in the writing of a the reading of a of a mike white script i think absolutely yeah Yeah. I mean, I think it's a perfect marriage of stellar writing and then also incredible actors. I mean, there really wasn't a weak link in this season. Everybody understood the assignment, I think, and perfectly sort of executed what he had kind of set up for everybody. And I think that as an audience member, that that's like a really satisfying experience. Right. I will say, I feel like the last few months in talking to other actors on this podcast, you know, I ask people, you know, what are you watching? What do you obsess with? I'm not just saying this because you're here. White Lotus is the winner. Like every actor. And I think it partially, it's, it's loving the show. And part of it is also, and you know this better than anybody, you kind of hit the jackpot. This is like the best job in in town. You're working with an amazing ensemble of actors. You're on location. You're on a show that like has this kind of built in obsessive, excited audience.

Um, did you, were you very present? Like, did you take note at the time? Again, you've, you've been doing this for a bit, but like, I'm, I'm going to enjoy this experience. I'm going to do the work. I'm also going to be present and let it, let the magic of what this experience is going to be, uh, in. Absolutely.

Absolutely. I mean, I haven't been doing it for a hundred years, but I've been doing it for long enough to recognize how rare, um, a moment like this is. And so I really felt grateful for that perspective going into it, because, Um, I do think that on some level, I really was able to be like, okay, I wake up every morning and I look out my window and I see the sea. And then I go downstairs and I say really, really amazing words. And I look into the eyes of like incredible people. I definitely was able to take that in. Yeah. Have you experienced, look, you've been out and about. You get to do silly fun things like the Vanity Fair, Oscar party and run into people. I would imagine that, now, whether they knew you before from Bold Type, but now they see you in this context. And I'm sure, like, you're, you're meeting new fans and colleagues and people you respect that have seen more of your work. Has there been a moment or two that's jumped out? Like,

oh, my God, you know what I did and you are saying nice things to my face. What is happening? Oh, my God. Absolutely. 100%. I mean, it's, I've been in a lot of rooms for the very first time this last year. And yeah, it was definitely really nice to be like, oh, if I go up and say something to this person, whether or not they've seen the show, like they probably will at least know that I'm not like some creepy person who's like following them around this party.

But yeah, that has been a very unique, very cool experience to meet people that I really look up to and to have them say like, oh my God, I loved the second season of the show was so great.

Like I watched it with my partner or whatever. That's been so cool. You're allowed to say somebody. You can drop a name. It's okay. You're in a safe space. Who blew your mind? Be honest.

Who you're like, what was a moment? Honestly, Taylor Swift. That's a moment. It was the moment. Was that at that Vanity Fair? No, it wasn't. I actually didn't go to the Vanity Fair party this year. Oh, you didn't?

Okay. I was on vacation. Good for you. Okay, so wait. Yeah, a little mental outbreak. Good for you. You don't need to review all the secrets, but give me a little context of what the Taylor Swift interaction is.

What happens? Well, I almost puked because I saw her and I've been in love with her since I was, you know, 16 or whatever. And she looked at me and she was like, oh, my God, I'm such a fan. And I just died. It was very surreal. It was very, very surreal. Are you cool in those circumstances? Can you, even on the inside you're dying, can you pull it together?

I usually, I mean, honestly, I'm not, there are very few people, I think that I would be that rattled by. by being in the same room as. So usually I'm pretty, usually I'm pretty cool. But on that night, I was less cool. Right. Did you then say, you know, we should trade digits. We should hang out, Tower Swift. No, because I just couldn't.

I mean, I was just trying to be like some semblance of a human. Yeah, you were just trying to get out of that room. Get out of that room alive. Survival. Now you have a building block for the future. Now you have a basis, and now you have history. So you're good. Yeah, totally.

We're old pals. All right. So let's circle back around. You talked a little bit about getting into this business. And it seems like moving to New York was the big moment. And next to normal was, of course, the huge moment. When you think back to those early days, I mean, are you working a bunch of jobs? Are you looking for commercials, TV, film?

Was it just like, give me anything at that time or what? Oh, God. Well, I did do like two commercial auditions, but I was so bad at them that they never asked me back. So that was not really a part of my thing. But yeah, I had multiple jobs. I mean, I nannied a bunch. I loved that. I worked at the Grey Dog.

I don't know if you are familiar. Quality, quality and work. I also loved, I feel like being in your 20s in New York and just kind of like having all of those life experiences and then trying to, you know, do something with yourself at the same time is like very, it's, uh, I look back on that and I just feel like that was the coolest way to spend my 20s. Yeah. And I'm sure you're finding like a peer group then too that are also going through it in the theater. But to answer your question, of course, I would have taken literally any job. Yeah, of course. I was not and not in a position to be picky.

She only had one end then. So this was before she got really complex. So next to normal, you also do a soap. No shame in that. One life to live. A lot, many of the greats. So much doing that. Tell me about Hannah O'Connor.

Did she have an evil twin? Were there fake deaths? Like, what would I need to know? Hannah O'Connor really was a psycho. She didn't have an evil twin, unfortunately. But she did like, there was an episode where I like kidnapped a baby while I was dressed as a cowgirl and then tried to bury someone alive. So yeah, lots of fun stuff. But to be honest, those shows are so quick paced because they're turning out so many episodes that you'd have to memorize like 20 pages.

ages of dialogue in a day. And I attribute my ability to quickly memorize dialogue to that. Yeah. Honestly, I really learned that's a very useful skill that I picked up while I was on one life to live. And if you're, yeah, everything probably seems easy after spending a day dressed as it. What was it dressed as a cowgirl, um, kidnapping a child? So that was it? Yes, that's right. So I got this Mike White. Yeah, this ain't so hard. Um, of course, the bold type is is a huge moment for you and a huge number of years and number of seasons and you alluded to this already. I mean, I would imagine going through that and being, you know, at near the, you know, the top of the call sheet along with a couple female co-stars. That's got to feel like

you're in it together at least, right? It's not all on you, but it's a lot on you, but at least you're in this massive thing together. Is that kind of what you were alluding to before, like how much of a learning experience it was in terms of, you know, even beyond the acting, just like holding a set together. Totally, totally. All of those things, learning how to, you know, sort of move through a day and, you know, conserve energy and be kind and think about, you know, everyone else's experience that's coming maybe only for a day or an episode or whatever it may be. I mean, I, I so vividly remember those days where you walk on to like someone else's set. And it's really hard to feel comfortable because you're like, I'm not staying. And I'm in

and out. And you don't really have time to acclimate. You just kind of have to like, it's like, you know, it can be really overwhelming. And so, but even beyond that, I think just it was a really collaborative set. Like, they gave us a lot of freedom in terms of like, they really trusted us to tell the truest truth that we could for these these 20-something girls because we were that. So I think from a creative standpoint, I really sort of fell in love with like figuring out a scene or like figuring out to fix something that didn't feel right in sort of like almost a producerial way.

But being able to do that with Aisha D. and Katie Stevens, who were my sisters on that show was a really, really unique experience and one that I will always hold close to my heart. And I would imagine that's, you know, I talked to a lot of actors, you know, people come and go in your lives based on different experiences. I imagine those two young women. That WhatsApp group or that text chain is probably never going away based on what we're together. We're probably closer now than we were before because when we hang out now, we get to like choose it. And so there's something to that, you know. Right. But we remained close the whole time, and I'm seeing Katie next week, and I was just chatting with Asia before. She just released her EP today. Check it out

on Spotify. Yeah, we're very close. You're working right now, if you can't tell, in between podcasts, she's on location. Working with some heavyweights. If you can't tell by my spray tan. Very proud of her new look. Looking great. And it's all for a good cause. So this is a limited series, I believe.

This is... Yes, six episodes. Decent actors attached. Nicole Kidman, Dakota Fanning. How's it going? Talk to me about the perfect couple. Yes, the perfect couple. It's great.

I mean, Susanna Beer is directing it. She's... Powerhouse director, amazing. An icon. She's so incredible. And yeah, the cast is great. Eve Hewson and Jack Rainer and Sam Navola and we have Shriver. I mean, it's really, and everybody's very cool and, you know, super down to earth.

And it's just been, it's been really great. Give Jack Rayner my best. I know him a bit. He's a great dude, as you know. He knows more about movies than I do. and that's really annoying to me because this is my job. I should know the shit.

He just needs to act. He doesn't need to know. He's coming for your job. I heard he's talking about it the other day. This is what I'm saying. Back off, Rainer. So are you, look, I mean, the proofs in the pudding. Look who you're working with.

But do you feel like you're, I mean, the career was going well, as we said. But do you feel like you're leveling up? You're like, oh, are you noticing the material has changed in terms of the rooms you're in, the material that's coming your way since white, Lotus? Yeah. I mean, I've, it's definitely been a huge change, to be honest, from before. And that's been really exciting and at times really like nerve-wracking. And, you know, it's been a little bit

of everything. But mostly it's just been great. And I've got to, you know, I've had the chance to meet a lot of really wonderful creatives and stuff. So it's just, yeah, it's very new for me to be having some of the conversations that I'm having. but I'm really excited about it. Well, I mean, look, I can understand what you're saying because it's, yeah, you don't want to put pressure on yourself in what's a beautiful moment, right? Like, you just had a great experience and great things will come. Great things are coming.

But like to put pressure on yourself, like, now I have to like make the absolute right decisions. It's like there's no right way. There's no right or wrong way. You just trust your gut, associate with the right people. That's the best you can do, I suppose. right almost to be too calculating is going to overthink it and make your life crazy i don't know yeah i think i'm i've always sort of been uh you know driven by my my instincts and my gut and i've never really been the kind of person who's had a plan yeah as it applies to my career or

whatever um i don't have like a list of people that i have to work with and stuff like that like Because I think part of that comes from the fact that I never really imagined that this would be where I wound up. I sort of got into acting by way I was singing. And then everything that happened after that was sort of like this cool, unexpected surprise. And I think there's a part of me that still feels a little bit that way. So yeah, I don't I don't put too much pressure on like what the next. I'm not a strategist really for better or worse. I mean, I don't even know if that's a good thing, but it's sort of how I am.

I think it's the more sane route. Do you watch a lot? Do you watch a lot of TV and film? Like, what have, is anything jump out at you that you've gotten a chance to enjoy? Well, I'm catching up right before we started this on the other two. Oh, I'm woefully, I mean, I know this has been on the list forever. I'm missing out, aren't I? It's great.

You're missing out. It's so great. I know. It's so, so good. Um, what else have I been watching? Honestly, I'm rewatching Friday Night Lights right now. You gotta do the rewatch every five years of Friday Night Lights. That's worthy.

And it's been a minute. So it felt like it was time. And also, there's something really soothing to me about watching something that I, I know I like that has a million episodes. Um, because I'm sure you feel this way sometimes too, right? That it's a little bit overwhelming. And this conversation around, what are you watching? And have you seen this? And what did you think of that?

And I'm like, uh, no, a thousand percent. I have an insane list. And it's like, I'm doing this because I love it. I mean, I just did. Why is this now horrible? Yeah, I mean, work. Yeah, I got you. And sometimes you just want comfort food and Friday night.

F and now is that. What, which character is yours? Which one do you identify obsessed over? I see, Coach Taylor. I'm just saying. Yeah, he's the best. That couple. That couple is an iconic couple.

Iconic. Right? as the kids say hashtag goals i think is what they would they would say to us yes it's that it's goals um are you into what's your you know are you a genre fan any film franchise are you like are you a big nerd inside like me for anything marvel star wars anything is that yours look at me look at me i mean all of it i love it look at you look at you in your cool jacket no this is just pretend i'm going to change into a nerdy t-shirt after this, don't you worry.

That jacket's sick. No, I don't think so. I'm trying to think. Is it musicals? I mean, going back to the music roots, are you more of like a musical theater nerd or not even that? No, I'm not even that. I'm really giving myself away.

Megan, a poser. Well, I, yeah, I didn't grow up like listening to musicals and going to theater. I think the first show that I saw on Broadway was when I was 16 for my 16th birthday. My parents took me to see Chicago. because I was obsessed with the movie. Sure. And that is actually when I fell in love with New York. I remember staying at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square

and we were on like one of the really, really crazy high floors. And it was the day that we were leaving. I think we had just gone for the weekend. And I just remember looking out the window down to Times Square and seeing all the people running around. And I literally had like a melancholy, like this like sadness because I knew I was. was leaving and I felt like I was missing out.

Oh, wow. And I really feel like that's how you have to feel about New York in order to live there because it's so hard. Yes. Like you can't passively be in New York. You have to be passionate about waking up there every day. Otherwise, you can't stay. It'll grind you down.

Yeah, exactly. Wait, did I, this is a little random, but did I read or hear correctly, were you a Twyhard? Were you a Twilight lover? Yes. I basically, Twilight based. No, no, no, Twilight basically kept me employed for about five years of my life. At MTV, I always say, I think I've interviewed Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson

more than any human being on the planet. Oh, jealous. So that you were, in the think of it, you were just, was it the books, the movies, everything? Yeah, I was literally on vacation with my family, actually in Cape Cod one summer. And we had gone to the store to get like a beach chair or an umbrella or something at like a Walmart and I was like oh I'm going to grab a book to read on the beach and it ended up being twilight I didn't heard anything about it the movie hadn't come out or anything yet I just was like cool that sounds vampirey um and then yeah it was off to the races I finished that book

I think the same day like something insane and that was the last book I read no I'm kidding but sort of once the spray really hard time reading novels right now I get it we were just talking it takes a lot especially with all that TV waiting for us on our Once the spray tan comes off, you can play a vampire. The spray tan's not going to help. I know. Man. Superheroes, every young actor, every actor period, has to play a superhero.

It is law now, Megan. Have you done the superhero audition? How many times? Honestly, I don't think so. Okay. I don't think I have. That's okay. Which superhero should I be, Josh?

Iron man? I don't know. We've run out. We've done them all. You can be Iron Man. Robert Downey ain't got nothing on you. That's so sweet. I don't know. Hey, you could do a Sue Storm. This is the new hot one. This is the fantastic four. That is the one that people have been saying that I should do. So put it out there. It's not too late. Nothing's official yet. There are rumors, but late to the party. She's coming in late. Coming in hot. Megan Fahey. And late with three ends. That's three in.

Jody Comer, she's coming for your role. Back off. Megan Fahey. All right. Let's end with our profoundly random questions for the one and only

Megan Fahey. Tell me, what's the wallpaper on your phone? Oh, it's a picture of me and my boyfriend. Oh, boy. What, if you could host a podcast,

what are you an expert in? What would the podcast be about? Oh, wow. Honestly, I would have said OC reruns, but they already have that. Oh, they're doing a rewatch, aren't they? Someone, one of the actors. Yeah. Right.

Yeah. That's another one. Twilight and OC. You are a woman of distinguished taste. I love it. I know. No, I'm not even joking. I'm with you.

It's okay. What's the worst note a director has ever given you? Do it again and do it better. because I wasn't trying the first time, right? Yeah. Actually, that was a casting director, and it was for a slate that I was making. So I guess that's sort of not the answer to your question,

but it's still a good story. Yeah, it sticks with you, doesn't it? Yeah. Is there, look, you're a woman, well-connected woman in the world. Is there a celebrity, be honest, that when it comes up on your phone that texts you, you're like, I can't believe I know this person. I can't believe they're popping up on my phone.

I don't know. I mean, we haven't texted. I feel like you would be the coolest celebrity that would pop up. Yeah. You gave me Iron Man. I had to give you that. Oh, gee. Thank you.

You earned it. Yes, we did it. We made the connection. All right. Let's end with this. Happy, sad, confused. Actor that always makes you happy. Robin Williams.

Someone else said that recently. And that is a good answer. What's your favorite Robin Williams? What jumps out? I mean, I kind of feel like it has to be Mrs. Doubtfire for me. I know that's maybe like a less me. If you're the right age, if it hits you at the right age, that's the one. Yeah.

I mean, he just did everything in that movie. Yeah. You know? It was a drive-by fruiting. It was a drive-by fruiting, wasn't it? Yeah. A movie that makes you sad, Megan. A movie that makes me so.

Sad, um, stepmom. Oh, oof. Yeah. Not a good ending. No. No. Spoiler. Yeah. Spoiler. What food makes you confused?

Um, mushrooms. I hate mushrooms. I hate them. I hate so few things, and I hate mushrooms. Yeah. I don't get it. Yeah. You can do anything you want.

You can even your deep ride. I'm still not touching it. Oh my God. I don't want it. You can chop it into dust and I don't want it. No. It's the texture. It's the, yeah.

Chaga, though, which is maybe a little confusing. Wait, I don't know what, what is it? I'm not, I'm not worldly. What is it? Chaga, it's like a, it's a mushroom, I think, extract that you can put into like a coffee. And it's supposed to be like, Good for your brain function and natural energy, mood stabilizer, which everybody knows I need because of all the ends on the end of my name.

Every three years, they find another thing to put in coffee. They're like, we're putting butter and coffee. And now it's mushrooms, yeah. Who knows what's coming next? I never did the butter thing. I skipped by that too. Yeah. I didn't get behind it.

That's your podcast. You're going to do a podcast. about weird things we put in coffee. And it's, it's niche. Admittedly, it's a niche podcast, but it's yours. I like it. I like that it's niche. We've made progress today in our first session together, Megan, with two ends.

Thank you for the time. Thank you. It was so fun. So fun. My new texting buddy, you're going to be so excited when you see me pop up. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I might scream and throw my phone out the window or something dramatic.

Yeah, no, you have problems. Well, thank you. congratulations truly I know congratulations truly on the White Lotus and I can't wait to meet you in person one of these days I'm sure yeah me too all right have a good one thanks again

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