The Edge Arvos Podcast - FULL POD #120: In studio with Dacre Montgomery (from ‘Stranger Things’ 😍) + we say goodbye to 'The Edge Wedge'...

Episode Date: August 7, 2025

And that was Thursday! EZ Money  What is your irrational food fear? 5 Star Fact Mascot chat & Harrison’s final plea for the Wedge Top 3 People's Court Yes No Maybe Interview with Dacre Montgomery (Stranger Things) & Samuel Van Grinsven We think NZ is the ‘funniest’ country... & prove it! Mascot chat & Elimination round Love ya! Sean, Steph & Harrison x Follow our new insta @edgearvos

This is a podcast from Rover. Your Arvo's Head Harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. Hey, welcome to the podcast. Thanks for clicking on this. I appreciate it. Who on the show is scared of tomato sauce? Me? No, not me.

I'm quite scared of it. It's not. It's not. Neither of you guys. You can hear who it is coming up. You don't know the inner workings of our brain. Into that podcast. Don't tell me what we are.

Also, why did one of us on the show get, um, um, uh, sentenced, was found guilty by our listeners today by a horrific crime. Hate crime. No, it's not a hate crime. That is a hate crime. I think it's a hate crime. I think it is. Anyway, that's all coming up.

And Dacre, for crying out loud, you lot. Oh, the guy from Stranger Things. Yeah, he's here as well. And if you listen to the end of the podcast, you'll hear the full unedited chat with him, where he gets quite serious. And it turns out he's like part New Zealander. And it's like 40 minutes long. No?

It's 17 minutes long. He's got a batch and mangify. He's like actual Kiwi. And also what you won't hear, but you might pick up on, you know, the underlying and chemistry between us. He looked at me a lot. So I just want to put that up there. It's the pimple in your eyelid. Oh.

It's my brow. Fuck you. Your Arvose Head Harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. Edge Arvos with Sean, Steph and Harrison. You leave me alone. Now. Sorry, show's starting.

You leave me alone, Harrison. It's making fun of me for the photo I took with Billy from Stranger Things. Go look at it on Sean's Instagram is like I'm in between Billy Frasherty Things and Sean I wanted to touch him I know but Sean's gone so far as a touch and he's just pinching the top of his jacket

Yeah I want to see one little touch With his hand wrapped over the back of me But further than that That's so good It's a great thing we're having arms this long As I can go two people away and still copperfail Can we repost it on EJAvo stories?

It actually is I just saw Oh it already is Okay fantastic He's so lovely. He's so lovely. You can hear this chat, 5 o'clock, just after the pick and mix, where Sean mixes your favourite tunes. And he's promoting this new movie. It's the big villain from Stranger Things Season 3, Billy. He's Australian actor. And wow, he gave me in this interview some, you won't be able to hear it at 5 o'clock, but just know, he gave me some serious eye contact. No, he was looking at all of us. Can I say what really PMO'd me, that whole interview, is that I had to sit next to him.

loved her, love the proximity but he never looked at me. I know. Because he had to look at me. He didn't have to look at me. He didn't have to look at me. He chose to him. He had to. Okay, that's at five. First on the show, $10,000 up for grabs.

Your Arvose, Head Harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. The Edge 10K. E, Z, money. We will give you a letter between E and Z, hence the name. No, A, B, C's or D's. You've got 30 seconds on the clock, 10 questions, 10,000 bucks. Up for grabs.

All right. And who's from Orpoteke. He works in real estate. Hello, Dean. Welcome to the show. Good, hey, how are you? Great, Dean. Dean, check this out, mate.

140, 1.40, 1.50. 1.50. Number 3,000, 1.50. 1.50. Number 3rd. 1.40. What's that? Sold. Sold.

Auctionaire. You guys in a pickup. Dean did. 150. Geez, that'd be nice if a house house went for 150. Well, isn't it? Absolutely.

Yeah. The dream. Well, 100 bucks you have secured, Dean, to go towards your next property or however you want to spend it thanks to BNZ. Thank you, BNZ. Yeah, congrats, Dean.

All right, let's see if we can make that a little bit bigger. A few more zeros. $10,000 up for grabs right now. A couple more zeros because a few will be three. Two more. She's not getting a million.

I forgot you're so good with numbers. I'm very good with numbers. All right, Dean, 30 seconds. Your letter will be S and I'm going to ask you 10 questions. You need to come up with 10 answers with the starting letter Fs. You can't repeat any answers.

You can skip any questions by saying pass and hopefully we'll have time to get back to it and your time will begin when I finish saying the first question. Dean, the real estate agent extraordinaire from Oporteke, are you ready? Just cry. Oh, your fine line. That's not a good time. Dean, try one more time.

Are you ready? Yes, I'm ready. Can you hear me? That's better. That's better. All right, Dean, let's go for $10,000 with the letter S. Please name for us. Something you'd buy in summer. Sandals.

Something in the shower. So. A girl's name. Sandra. A boy's name. Again, please. Can't hear you. A stationary item.

A celebrity. Janaya Twain. Yes, I can't see in the Northern Hemisphere. Sweden. A board game. He was ripping through. We lost your connection halfway, Dean. It kept going,

oh no, that's... I'm at the... We can't even hear where you are, Dean. We're off you now, Dean, that's such a shame. What do you... Oh, no. That was tough. I don't know how to judge that.

What do we do about that? Well, I feel like, I feel like Dean deserves redemption at some point. I feel like, Dean, we need to get you back on tomorrow. We need to play twice tomorrow. once with Dean and once with someone else who calls through because I think that's many fair. Yeah, once again, Matt,

you're going to need to be in reception. You're going to tell us. 100 bucks coming away. It's the BNZ. They can help you master your money so you can start acing. Whatever you're doing from day one. We'll check that off with the boss, Dean,

and hopefully redemption round tomorrow. Because that's not fair. I feel bad. If it was me, he was doing really good. And if my reception sucked and it got in the way of me trying to win a lot of money,

then I'd want redemption. I think it's not a fear. Hey, he's awesome. He's crazy. You just can't play where you're standing today, Dean. Your Avos hit harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. And last night, we booked out an entire cinema to watch the Love Island finale.

We invited a whole bunch of listeners there. Actually, Harrison walked around and did his impression of Ian Sterling and Cedar figured if the listeners were there could do a better impression than him. A new bombshell enters the villa. A new bombshell is entering the villa. I don't want you, that were cute It was pretty good

It was so much fun But while we were there Before the big Love Island finale Don't worry, no spoilers We were having drinks and nibbles with everybody And a big platter And some wedges and chips And things that you typically

Dip into a beautiful source Of the red variety Known as tomato sauce Now here's where we invite Our lovely Digital Girl Clara into the studio Because we learnt something about you last night, Clara.

Which is, I hate tomato sauce. I think I genuinely have a phobia of it. I hate being near it. I hate it when you get chips, that they're right in the middle, upsets me greatly. I have to separate everything from it. It makes me sick. I don't want to call you weird, but like,

what do I do this? What do you mean, tomato sauce? It's just disgusting. The smell, the texture, everything about it is just so unbelievably off-putting. So as you can imagine, learning this news, we then dipped as many chips in the tomato sauce as possible. that are chasing her around the room.

Yeah, we thought to do, really? Yeah, we thought to do. I just never heard of this. I've heard of people going, I don't like tomatoes, I don't like mushrooms, like Brussels, I think, like Brussels, I don't like Brussels, I think you're the first person in my life

who has, like, I know people don't prefer it, but I don't know anyone else who's like, it's disgusting, and I'll gag if I try it. Yeah, it's, I don't know where it's seem from. I remember the last time I properly ate it was when I was a child, and I had a hot dog, and it was dipped in tomato sauce, and I remember eating it and thinking this was the most horrific thing,

ever. But it's not just like I don't like this. taste. It's a, you get a physical reaction that makes you want to puke. Yeah, I run. And when someone has eaten it, I can smell it on their breath. Oh my goodness. Really? I hate it. Like, I cannot, it makes me

just physically ill. Like, I cannot. It's like genuine, I think almost pushing phobia at this point. Like, I can't stand it. I can't stand it. It's so insanely picky, Clara. It's quite irrational though. It is. It is quite a funny, quite a funny irrational food fear. I used to

back in high school, I used to work for the Hawks Bay Edge as a roadrunner, and I was in the Jeeps one of the times, and there was a stack of Burger King Free Whopper vouchers. That I took. Score, of course. Score. So first day, first lunch day at school, I had that stack. I got a BK, get a burger.

That night, I dream about a burger being furry. What furry? A furri. Like a he hearie burger? A hairy burger is like a her in her. Oh, oh, what part of the burger? Like the patio? All of it.

It was a hair-shaped burger. And I ate it. And the feeling made me shoot out my spine. And for five years, I would have a lie, I didn't eat a burger. It scarred me for a life from burgers. So I had a fibroo of burgers. Wow. You dreamt about a fur burger.

A fur burger? Well, I often do. But this one was from BK. That was an insane thing to say. That is a great irrational food fear. I love this. Can we open up the phone lines? 0800 the edge or text to 3343.

What is your irrational food fear? And tell us why. Other people are texting in as well as saying tomato sauce, Clara. Thank you. You're not alone. Now, the digital club. Would it be the wrong time to then now tell you that bring in the tomato sauce?

No, don't. I can't. You have to be joking. I'm talking. You're avos hit harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. Digital girl Clara has a deathly phobia of tomato sauce. Yeah, it's not just like a, oh, I don't like that.

She gets this physical, bodily response of just like, what's the flight or fight mode? Yeah. And she just like, just everything in her kind of like seizes up and it's. It's different. Yeah, I've never really heard of it. I've never heard of a sauce phobia. Yeah. And then we found out Harrison's afraid of fur burgers.

I hate fur burgers. Because he had a dream about a fluffy burger. A hairy burger. Yeah, yeah, it wasn't nice. And we want to know your irrational fear of food and why some great texts coming through. Cannot stand lollies, gummy lollies, pineapple lumps.

The thought, the taste, the smell, everything instantly. It makes me feel nauseous. And I don't know why I've always been like that. Stacey Texan and I can't stand lettuce I feel like lettuce of all veggies is the least offensive Goody Goody Gundrops ice cream That's crazy Yeah well we've got Ashley on the phone here to explain

What the heck the goody goody gumdrops ever did to you Ashley Why is that your irrational fear? That's the texture When you get to the lollies and they're all slimy and oh That's the best part Ashley It's the best part I can't I can't

And then the mixture of flavours as well When you've got the lollies and then the ice cream which is some sort of weird bubble gum flavor. I just cannot. What about cookies and cream? Because again, you've got the creamy ice cream mixed with the hard bits. I'm such a vanilla person when it comes to actual ice cream. Like, I literally only eat vanilla ice cream.

Actually, I can't do the, I can't do the textures. Are you reversing this on us and saying this is that's your favourite ice cream? You want us to send you some? Oh, to try it. No. No. Okay, well, we'll send you some then. I'm so scared of it, guys.

Sure, you're so scared. Well, check your doors at tomorrow. Guys, I'm really scared of thousands of dollars. Yeah, hate it. And Zara from Tohunga, you avoided chicken nuggets. You can't eat them. Why? Because one time, it was literally like seven years ago, and I still think about this, like, daily.

I was at, like, a family, like, brunch thing, and there were chicken nuggets on the table. And I was, like, I went to go eat one, and it was, like, the worst thing I've ever eaten. And I was, like, I went up to them, and I was like, I think the chicken nuggets, like, expired. like what chicken nuggets turns out it was crumbed squid. Oh. Yeah, and chicken nuggets anyway, they're like that chicken beaks and chicken feet mixed up into a mixture of chicken nugget. Oh, are you joking, me?

Yeah, seriously is. If you watch a video of how that's made, you'll never eat a chicken nugget again. Oh, my God. It's good for you. They're not good for you, so it's good to watch those videos, I think. Some texts have just come through with on Nikita. I can't eat ravioli, the thought of filled pasta with a weird texture makes me physically ill. That's crazy, Nicetta.

I love ravioli. See, you just can't, there's no kind of, rational side of things. It's a rational fear of food. Like, there's just no explaining it. So, Emotex and I can't stand orange juice. I can't even be near it. The orange juice.

Yeah, near it. And I think the most reoccurring one that's coming through is crumpets because of all the holes. A lot of people out there have the... Is that phobia? Is it trickophobia or something? Yes, yes, yes. They do look quite scary.

Like sponges. Like, God, the bloody yum. So freaking good, man. I love a crompet. Your Arvo's Head Harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. Do you know what I love in my life when someone says to me a fact that is so good that I'm like, you know what, I'm going to share that fact with everyone I know.

That was original, that was shareable, and you performed that excellently. That's a five-star fact. Did you get any facts from the Love Island Party last night? Did you ask any punters? No, I didn't ask them for facts, no. Oh, okay. Do you think I should have? Absolutely.

It's a room full of people to listen to this segment every day. And you do need some help. Yeah. Okay. We found this segment for how many months, Harrison? It's since January. Eight months. Eight months. Eight months. And still you haven't been able to come up with a fact that's deserving of the trifecter of the five stars from the judging panel.

So, yeah, I would have shy away from asking for help. Yeah, man. I did get a five star once, but a listener did it and you guys gave it to them and then you said I still had to do it myself. And then once I got another five star and it was Tammy from the Briscoes lady and you said I had to do it again myself. So we had a room full of fans of the show last night. Just to ask one of them, mate. Don't have to say it was from them. Just to ask them, I reckon.

Because from stats, they get the five-star facts. It's plagiarism. Okay, what have you got today? Today's fact is about Scrilix. This guy, DJ, Scrilix and mosquitoes. Today's five-star fact is a scientific study has found that playing Scrilix's track, scary monsters and nice sprites. Oh my God!

Significantly reduces mosquito feeding and mating behavior. So mosquitoes are so. afraid of this song. If you play it around them, scientifically, we'll make them leave you alone. Wow. Wow. You worried me when you brought up Skrillix. I was like, oh, I didn't realize it was 2010.

But then now I'm like, this is quite good. This is quite good. It is good. It's a little bit sad. What's good? What's sad? That it scares, like, it's quite a threatening song. It scares off all the mosquitoes. But we don't like mosquitoes. Do you know what scarier than that? Dengue fever.

Yeah, it's a great point. True. True. Oh, it's good, Sean, it's good. Okay, well, the judging committee is myself Harrison and of course the wonderful producer nurse Sam. What do you reckon, producer Nurse Sam? I like it because it's got the scientific stuff about it

and it's to do with the natural world. And then it kind of jumps over to music, so relatable. No, I like it. It's a good one. It's a good one today, Sean. My good, isn't it? I can smell it. I can smell a little of the five from Nurse Sam.

I don't know. What are you thinking, Nurse Sam? No, I think it smells more like a four. Four for me. Wow. That's the highest score she's ever given you. When it's the highest, what would it need to have different to reach that five-star fact for you, Sam? Maybe so I could apply it to my own life.

Like I could actually benefit myself. But I don't think I'd go camping or like just specifically play that song when I'm outside to ward off the mosquitoes. But you could, though. You could. I could. It's very applicable. Yeah. Yeah.

My feedback for you is it is applicable. However, we're in the midst of winter. Had I heard that fact in the middle of summer? I think it would have been a five. But because I can't, I'm like, toes dipped in, but I'm not all the way in because I'm freezing cold. And I'm like, mosquitoes, what are those again? Oh, yeah, that's right.

So, for that reason, I'm going to give you a high 4.7. Wow. Close. Look, I like the fact. Just virgin got a bit of animal cruelty for me. So I'm going to give it a 3.9. It's insane, man. You've got to stop defending mosquitoes.

Good though. Good job. Moravos hit harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. We're on a journey right now to find The People's Mascots. Your mascot. I forgot about that in trouble.

I love it. Some high budget stuff from us here. We've got three options of it all riddled it down to The Edge Wedge. That's Harrison's option of a giant wedge. The Edge Hedge, which is my option, of a hedge. and Steph's option the Edgehog. Now last night, we threw a Love Island finale party at a cinema,

so I whipped around people, got some quick last minute votes. The Edge Wedge. Yeah, Edge Wedge. I reckon Edge Hedge. Yes. Did you say Edge Hodge. Edge Hodge. Edge.

Could I interest you in the Edge Hedge? No. Oh yeah, I want the Hedgehog. The edgehog? Yeah, me too. And the Hodge Hodge as well. Okay, did you heard of the Edge Hedge? Not yours.

Damn it. So I got the most votes. I think I did. I think Edge, Edge did. Steph's actually got the most votes, and then I think you and I were tired. But at the moment, in the leaderboard, it's looking a bit bleak for one of them.

Okay, so Instagram is where to vote, everybody. Instagram, Edge Arvos, open it on your phone right now. We've had over 300 votes so far. Can I say before you read the results out? Good luck, you losers. Are you sure you want to say that? You're currently... No, I'm confident.

You're sorry, if you don't want to vote, you're going to scroll back a couple posts. Scroll back a couple of posts. It's a potato. There's a picture on the grid. The edge wedge. Of what the wedge might look like if it was to win. It'd look even better than that.

Click on that post. And you can vote that way. So the leaderboard, as it stands, 42% of the votes for the edge hedge. Thank you. Currently in first place, the Edge Hedge. Shout out to the leading adult content creator in New Zealand, Laila Kelly, for getting that ahead there. Yeah, she put it on her Instagram, eh?

And then it's like it went from last to first in like an hour. Did it ever? She's got some good pull. Sorry? What'd you say? She's got some good pull. She's good at pulling. No, I said she's, you guys know what I mean.

She's got a good tug. She does. And I've got a lot of people now commenting under that post who are fans of Laila Kelly's who are supporting the edge hedge as the most feminine option. 42% is for the edge hedge. Quickly followed by, narrowly behind on 40%. The edge hog.

Right. Mine. that's my mascot idea. And all the way down at the bottom of the voting pool with 17%. Harrison, that's 1-7. 17% is the edge wedge, which is your mascot idea.

So anything to say? I think it's a lot of bullshit. Why? That can't be real. I'm sorry when I had to, Sean. It's only word I can think of at this time. Sorry, it's the people's mascot and it's the people's votes. No, mine's first.

Look at that pole. I'm up top. I'm up the top, though. So I'll be first. So 6pm, There will be a closing of the votes. Just a little pause. Friday we'll find out who's going to win the whole thing tomorrow.

But 6pm tonight, one of the mascots will be eliminated. The person, the mascot, that is in third position at 6pm's out. Okay. And it looks like it's going to be you, Harrison. Yep, can I have one last plea? Sure. One last big hurrah, one last parade to show off that the weed should win. Yeah, if you've seen the gap you've got a bridge,

you think you can get it from 17%? By 6pm. Mate, Sean, honest to God, I put a thousand bucks on it. Your avos head harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. We're about to spend all of our show budget on the people's mascot. You've decided on three finalists. The People's Mascots.

Q our high level intro. The three finalists are Harrison's The Edge Wedge, a giant potato wedge mascot. My mascot, the Edge Hedge, a giant hedge. a giant hedge and Steph's mascot, which is the edge hog. Yeah, so currently neck and neck for first and second place between the edge hedge and the edge hog. However, the edge wedge, the mascot Harrison's campaigning for,

is really losing the votes at the moment. And we have made a big call that 6pm tonight, the mascot in third place will be kicked out of the contest. So it's looking like it might be the wedge there, Harrison. So we're going to leave the mic. to you and this is going to be your last mad dash to I try and get some votes. Well, it's not going to be the last forever though,

is it because I'm actually going to probably win? You're at 17%. Okay. Significantly at the bottom. Okay, let me have this. I will not sleep until the Edge Wedge win. So to convince everyone it should win, I have a legitimate special endorsement by one of the highest powered people in this country.

And don't worry, it's no one from national. This person is actually a legend. The Edge Wedge, aka the most original mascot idea to ever be pitched. Hedge old, cute, hedge, invisible. A potato wedge? You will literally raffle every time you see it. People who won't know our show will be like,

a potato wedge, hilarious. That's intriguing. I'm going to go and check that out. So that will pull a new list as to our show guys. Our boss will be happy with that. So happy that I actually went up to him and had a word. Our boss, who has had years of experience in radio, knows what successful is.

knows what sells, know what's most importantly, what the audience love. I'd argue the guy's probably made millions for radio in New Zealand and Australia. It's true. He definitely has. So I told him, please give you an absolute honest answer to your thoughts on the edge wedge. This is what that legend said. I think initially I thought it was a good idea, but actually, in retrospect, it's the best idea I've ever heard.

And it doesn't deserve to be anywhere near. The hedgehog and the bush. It's the best mascot. It's the best. It's so good. It was stupid from the start. That Sean and staff even thought they had a chance. It's stupider now.

I love the idea. I hate their jargon bush. I think successful. People have spoken and they think successful. What more was here to say? Okay, so that was definitely the boss's voice and some of that. It was. There was fully what he said.

In the age of AI, that was a week. That wasn't AI. It was real. No, I know that was an AI. Yeah, yeah. Could have been. It's not like your voice there. What's the whole?

Don't be racist because of his accent. Well, you're borderline there, Steph. Be careful. Okay, yeah. Call it 100 of the edge. Call it 100 the edge to vote for the edge wedge right now. Final votes. Oh, okay, all right, all right, right.

Ashton. You can't do a hail quarter vote. I mean, he needs some support. Oh, 800 the wedge. That sounds good. Well, that's not the right phone number. Ashton, what he voting for? What mascot? Oh, let's go for the Wedge, I reckon.

Wedging! We're going to be able to eat sponsorship from Snaggy-Changy Chip. Oh, no. Alex has already got a Woody the tree man, so... The head. Yeah, true, true, yeah. There is already a tree. So I went to the hedge. Thanks, call the hedge. Just keep going through them on.

Okay, thank you, Ashton. Zara, what are you voting for? What mascot? I'm voting for the edge of Wedge. Victoria's here. What are you voting for? Hey, guys, I'm voting for. Edge wedge. Pull it up your crack and give it a big wedges!

That cannot be the tagline of the mascot. Clara's here on 0800 The Edge. What mascot do you want to be the Edge Arvo's show mascot? I'm fighting for the Edge Wedge because I was at the finale screening yesterday and Harrison came around with wedges. Oh, you did! I did. I did do that.

He has wedges! Hi, Clara. Thanks for your vote. You can keep voting. If you scroll back a few posts on Edge Arvo's Instagram, Keep voting for your favourite mascot at 6pm, which everyone has the least votes, will be dropped. Are we still doing every caller vote gets five points?

Yes, that was like a hundred. Wedding! Your Avos Head Harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. Right now it's time for the top three, a massive news story that's happening the last week. The WMBA, which is the woman's NBA. It's become a lot more popular the last few years,

thanks to a few new stars in there. It's making it really exciting. Hold on. Is that now, so we're calling it the WN? NBA? That's what it's called. Does that mean we're calling the men's NBA, the MNBA? Or is that still just the NBA? Still just the NBA. You were quite a fan of the WMBA, either. Sure no. You were against it in the voting polls. I wasn't against it. No. So men's sport, we don't need to tell everyone that it's men's sport, but women's sport, we have to tell everyone that is women's sport? I think for

this, because the NBA has been around for like 70 years. And women aren't allowed to play basketball. Okay, so they are allowed to play basketball. They are now. Be told me. They can't. WMBA. But what's happened is it's become increasingly popular the last few years, mainly because of one person called Caitlin Clark, who's like very, very big. Very good.

So the games have become a lot more popular. People are going to the games. Some people have been throwing adult toys onto the courts recently. Oh, that's so disrespectful. Do you mean to throw them or a woman? It was a guy who was throwing them, some like 20-year-old. Oh, that actually makes me so angry. That is real disrespectful.

People respect men's sport so much. And then as soon as it's like, we have to call it women's sport, first of all. And then it's like, just like, don't be such a creep. Let the, about to swear. Let the women play their sport, man. Leave them alone. Today's top three are the top three ways to distract athletes when you're at a live game. Obviously, you shouldn't do this, but if you're like a real supporter of your own team

and you want to hassle the away crowd, like cowbells? Yeah, heckle them. These are your top three ways that you can do that. Are you guys going to have a got at the intro for me today? It's that time of the day The time to get your news Brought to you by When you put on mascara and then you sneeze

And then it goes all under your eyes And you're like And presented by The finger action of itching your sack Is the same action as telling someone to pay up It's the edge top three I've never I've got to rub the fingers

To get index in the thumb Top many ways to distract athletes When you're in a live sports game One Do FBI levels of personal research On one of the players find out who the ex was that broke their heart and then yell at them the ex's first and last name

information that there's no way you should have. Hey, Charlotte Rose wouldn't have left you if you were better at football or rugby or whatever sport it may be. That seems mean but clever. Thank you. Two. Throw a dilly on the field. No, I'm just taking this one from what the person did

at the WMBA game. Three. Convince Christopher Luxen to set off another emergency alert while someone's about to shoot a free throw or a free kick. He does love setting those things. emergency alerts off, eh? He doesn't need a lot of convincing. Just send a fifth one out telling people about that earthquake, man.

Just in case no one's heard it. It's The Edge Top Three. Your Avos hit harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. Guys, I want to take this seriously for a bit. Okay. Somebody who's an irreversible problematic hate crime in our show. This is a true story.

And you guys don't quite know who's done this yet, but I want to take you to court Producer nurse Sam Was it a producer nurse Sam? Was it a producer nurse? Oh no, awesome What? What have I done? DJ Sean Hill

Present One of you were guilty of something Last night We put on an event for the Edge Arvos It was a love island viewing party Very fun time We're a great time The Edge team were there

Probably ten of us And we all sat in the back row all of us together someone out of you three didn't sit with us that was me I sat at the very front yeah sorry it was me I sat up the very you went on up to that yeah yeah I didn't think it was a bad deal

this front row was free so Sean decided to sit at the very front with his lovely fiancé genie yeah that's okay I forgive that it's okay there probably wasn't enough seats and there were spare ones but it's fine 10 minutes into the show

I see something Can the courtroom, please look at my phone right now. What do you see? Okay, Harrison's showing me footage of the movie cinema that we rented out last night to watch the Love Island finale party with all of our fun listeners, and Sean's in the front row, and he's zooming in, and Sean's on his phone. He's not just on his phone. He's editing a video for his own social media channel.

He's editing. Can I offend myself? At a movie cinema. I was getting a little bit bored. They were recapping the Love Island season. I'm like, just tell me who wins. You're the only one in the front row. You're illuminating everyone else.

And you were editing a bloody video for the social media. I didn't realize how bright it was. I thought I turned my brightness on my phone screen down. I was making a vlog. But not even for the Edge Arvos, I'll show on Instagram. It was for your personal. Your own social gain. Yes, my own vlog.

It wasn't a scroll. It was an edit. I just can't believe. I don't know. It just really PMOed me. I was not happy about it. Yeah. In my defence, you were on your phone filming me on my phone.

Whoa! Where was I sitting, though? At the bat, you're at the back. Yes, no one behind me. Ooh. So please, call up O-800 the Edge. We need a jury to settle this case. I think this is the most horrible case of etiquette I've ever seen in my life.

Your Arvost, Hit Harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey, order in my courtroom. This is the People's Court. We invite you to be our jury on 0800 The Edge because this is the situation. So yeah, we did have a Love Island viewing party

and we had a really bougie cinema and Sean decided to sit at the very, very, very, very, very, very, very front row. Away from the edge team. Just crank any neck up there. It must have been a little bit painful, to be honest. No, because I found out that the seats did a full recline. So I only like to set up the front if the seats are really like... Crank them back?

Especially with a giraffe neck like yours. Yeah, I do have a long neck. So the case is, is Sean guilty of using his phone front row at the movies? Which causes a light, which causes a bit of a distraction. Also, your laugh was quite loud. So I want to put that in the other. Yeah, I was bringing the vibes. I feel like there were not enough people were bringing the vibes.

So I was laughing. I'm sorry for having fun. And he was like, because he was editing his vlog that he's making. And he's filming some of the vlog. And he always turns his phone around. So it's the backwards camera. It had the torch on. At one point.

It was like a lighthouse was in the movie. the cinema. I was like, turn your bloody torch off. At one point, I did need a shot for the vlog of me watching it, and it was too dark, so I did put my torch on and get one shot. But he did like six takes with that shot. And I watched the vlog, it was like, for that second, I couldn't get it right. Bull crap. I have to keep doing it. It's a good shot, though. Let's go to the jury.

Also, I just have to ask, was it worth it? Would the views good on the vlog? Early days, time will tell. So no, so no. What did you say off here straight away, though? Not great. Not great, not great. All right, let's go to Dura number one, Alex is here on 0,800 the edge. Alex, what are your initial thoughts?

So, I'm going to go with Not Guilty, and I have a reasoning. Thank you, Alex. Explain. So, if it was a paid movie that everybody had paid to go into and dedicated time to go and see this film, it was a work, it wasn't, it was a work obligation. If he's anything like me, I've never actually seen an episode of Love Island. So not super dedicated to it. Exactly. Was the finale, though.

Wow. Big deal. Alex. I get that it... You've got great points. No, I'm kind of like, oh, I'm swaying your way now. Yeah. And obviously,

part of what you guys do for work is social media. So technically, work events, doing work, even though it was more personal, it still works into the work environment. Thank you, Alex. I'm sorry for hustling. Alex was a shit video. I'm sorry for being a hustling.

Thank you, Alex. Nate, drew number two. Guilty or not guilty? Should Sean be sentenced for using his phone at the movies? Man, I have him as guilty, yeah. Guilty. Thank you, Nate. Why is that? Well, look, bro, like, here's the thing.

I don't blame me for being in the front row, using the flash or whatever. Well, you're there with the fiancé, bro. Pay her some attention. Really good point. At one point, night. If you were talking to her about Love Island, I would be too. with that, but you're editing over love. This was a nice evening out with the

fiancé and you're just on your phone. I don't know about that, man. So, yeah, for me, it's guilty. Wow. Such a gentleman, Nate. He's known as being a gentleman, too. Nate's really open my eyes to that whole perspective, but I didn't even think of that. I can't respond to that because my fiancé was next to me.

And at one point, did go, turn your flash off. Yep. And just quickly, Holly, Drew, number three, guilty or not guilty? I believe he's guilty. No! No! I think that, I think that personally you shouldn't go on your phone in the movies.

I mean, I've been in trouble for going on my phone in the movies once just for checking an Instagram notification. So, I think, guilty. And people love Love Islands. So, guilty. Thank you, jury number three. Well, our jury has spoken, and I hereby sentence you, Sean Hill

to repeat after me. I, Sean Hill. I, Sean Hill. The show DJ. The show DJ. And the one on the show that doesn't watch us downstairs. And the one that wasn't approving. Say it. Read it. One on the show who doesn't watch us downstairs. I hereby admit that I am guilty of using my phone at the movies.

I hereby admit that I'm guilty of using my phone at the movies. For my own social media again. My own social media gain. Which was a waste of time because I've got no views. Well, it could have done well. A waste of time because this particular vlog didn't do very well. And now that's all. I was going to suggest maybe the dogs get on you.

It's actually hard to even look at you, man. Your Avos hit harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. Billy from Stranger Things joins us. This real name's Dake. Daycare. Montgomery. Thanks, guys.

I didn't remember that before he comes in. But first, we need to get these out of the way because Harrison's also an actor. Yes, no. Daycare and I, we're one of the same.

You know, we're both phenomenal actors. He's a phenomenal actor. I think we're both phenomenal actors. Yeah. One of the same, like I said. And something that we studied a lot at drama school was his auditions. He's like the man at doing auditions.

Do you think he's studied your auditions at drama school? Probably. Okay. I think he has now. Okay. So he takes you know all the roles. And he takes risks. And I've started taking risks when I do auditions.

So my yes-know-may-lis today is things that I do in auditions. What do you mean taking risks? Like he, in his audition, he's like a real serious for Stranger Things. And during the self-tape, we'd tape in audition, send it in. He'd cut it between him, like, singing and dancing just to come on to Helene. Oh. They would cut back to him, like, a real random. Oh, okay.

Out and get serious attention. They go, wow, who's this guy? So to like stand out. It's like a job. You want to stand out from everyone else doing the same job interview. And they interview 100 people a day. So you have to stand out. So how am I going to stand out?

Okay. Okay. Here's the things that I do. When I walk in, I say to the casting director, come on then, let's get this over with. And the casting director is the one that hires you? The main one, he's the boss. No, no, don't do that.

It makes him think, oh no, he's not nervous. He's very confident. Oh, you would stand out, but maybe not for a good reason. Really? All right, maybe. I think it's a good power dynamic there. wheel in a TV and before you speak

play then your highlight reel of all your work Oh my God Like the old school Like on a rainy day at school Like the wheel in the TV Before we get into it That's what I've been up to It's a whole montage of everything you've done

There's eight to 16 minutes of my best parts Here's two minutes Of everything I've been in realistically That'll make you stand out Because you've got an AV element Yeah I like it Just this is a good one

That's what I do Just before the audition I say, that reminds me, I have a present for you and I'll give it to you at the end. Oh, that's good. So that just brings like some positive anticipation to the room. We can be like, I've got a present for you. I'll give it to you when I get the role.

Yes. Or then they'll be like, what's the gift? Then they'll at the end of the audition and you go, my consent to put me in the film. That's the gift. Well played. That's a good by name. Ask if they're allergic to nuts.

If they say no, say well good, because this audition is about to get nuts. I quite like that too. And if they ask, they say they are allergic, go, well, be careful, because this audition's about to get nuts. Mm-hmm. Bit of comedy there. Yeah, it's good. Yeah, I like that.

You like it? A couple more. When they give you notes after a take, you know, they'll read the lines. If they give you notes after a take, give them notes about their reading. Oh, because the casting director, like, does the lines with you as you're auditioning as, like, the other character. And he'll be like, I think, give it more of this, give it more of this, and this. Which you don't usually have any power to do that. So you're giving them hints on how they could be performing better.

I don't know if that's a good idea. I think it's beneficial. Why? I'm just going to put yes. I'm just going to put yes. When I've finished the audition, say, not my favourite script, but I've got to pay rent somehow. Yeah, that's great.

That's good one. Okay, and final one, at the end of the auditions, shake hands, and before they say anything, say you'll be hearing from me soon. And then immediately leave. Oh, because they normally say, well, You'll hear it from us. You'll hear from us, no, you'll be hearing from me soon,

and they'd dot out the door for they can say anything. And then close the door, and then go, Ra! Told you you get here from me! Good, hey, it's quite good. Haven't but when he rolls. Your Arvo's Head Harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. Billy from Stranger Things, Dacre Montgomery,

the Aussie actor joins us in studio right now with our director, Samuel Val Grinsvin. Van Grinsvin. We just went over this, Sean. Oh, God, I'm so embarrassed. New movie. it's coming out in October. It's filmed here in New Zealand.

It's called Went Up the Hill. It's absolutely terrifying. And I've just watched the trailer for it. Oh, same. It looks so genuinely so good. Your character is, like, possessed by the mother that your character's never met. It's, like, so complex, so deep.

It's so good. Very different to your role as Billy in Stranger Things, which we've all seen obsessed with on Netflix. When you're involved in, like, a massive production, like, Stranger Things, do you all, like, have a group huddle and you sit down together? and the writers of it like explain the whole storyline.

Like, do you know how it's going to end when it comes out in the next few months, the last ever season? No, you don't know when you're shooting. They break it up into blocks. Most big TV shows do, so two episode blocks. So when you're in your first or second block, you don't know the third or fourth block story arc. You might have a sense or an understanding

or the creators of the show are really collaborative, so they might open it up and say, look, this is where we're thinking about going. What do you think? Do you want to interject? But I was saying this to someone the other day, This is kind of a random, Stranger Things thing, but off-shoot. I'm really excited for the show to be finished because the creators have so many sick ideas

that no one knows about that they haven't had the bandwidth to do. That's the thing I'm the most excited for because I just know, like, Stranger Things is an original IP, right? Like, it hasn't, there's nothing, there's no rules. They're creating the playbook as they go. And the thing I'm excited for the show to finish the end of this year is for the Dufferbrose to, like, I know some of their other ideas and they're awesome. And they haven't.

Sign me up, sign me up. Yeah, but they just haven't had the band. with to be able to do that because the show's kind of all consuming as any project is when you're in it. We've got some quickfire questions for you, Dakex, because you are in Australian. We'd love to know if you are pro home and away, more so their neighbours. What's your preference? I have a friend on Home and Away, so I'd have to say Home and Away because I have no tie.

But I don't watch, I've never seen the show. But Home and Away. Was that a quick flyer thing? Yeah, no, that's quick fly. Next one. You are an Australian. So I want to know favourite Australian DJ. Do you prefer Dom Dola or do you prefer Peking Duck?

Or Fisher? Or Fisher? Oh, of course. Yeah, I think Fisher's got such a... He's like the Connor McGregor of the disc jockey world. He's such a hype man, which is kind of interesting. Dom Dahl was pretty sick. Yeah.

Australia's got some good music going on. They're really... Yeah, great music scene. I'm also an actor, so I try and do it at acting. And I remember at drummer school, we studied your audition a lot for a stranger thing. Yeah, it's like a case. study now, bro. Everyone picks it apart. In a good way, in a good way. In a good way.

I'm happy for them to pick it apart. I'm not a perfect. I get asked about it. It's great. But the thing was that it takes so many risks, I think, is what the thing is, you know? You just like, do you dance? You sang, all that kind of thing. And so I've been trying to do risks when I go to auditions. So something that I keep doing is

I arrive like 40 minutes late and then go, sorry, I've had so many auditions, it's hard to keep up. Yeah. Is that a good idea to keep doing? Probably. I like it. High demand. Why not? Thank you. You know, it makes it like you're busy. You've got other options. Do you apologize when you arrive?

Are you like, sorry I'm late? You're just like, I'm here. I go, I'm just walking to go. Let's get this over with. Yeah, I like it. You've got to pretend, you've got to act like you're busy. I would honestly really respond to that. Just because I would be like,

that's, he's confident. Sorry, I was too busy filming only fans or something. I should try that one. Your Arvose Head Harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison The Edge Okay my quick-fire question and I ask every guest this

and please Sam answer as well this question because I want to make a compilation of all these all these answers but where do you keep your passport It's a real insight because a lot of people are like on your assistant looks after This is like hitting a nerve for me

because I flew over here yesterday and I could not find it for about three hours but then I realised my boyfriend has created a spot for it which he didn't tell me about but he's like created this like a plinth this like pouch thing in a drawer that he could sit there. I've got a pouch thing in a drawer.

I get that. But I was not told about it. That's where it's kept apparently. For three hours you were like, where? I had no idea. Oh my God. Yeah. I'm from New Zealand, but I didn't really think that you still need a passport to come.

Yeah, no, you don't. I want to know why that question. Like, as in why. Because it's a real insight because some people who come in, you know, like your big, who's come in, your big singers, you do a leapers and all that. They don't know where it is. And it's just a real insight to be like, are you, are you one of the people.

And to be honest, we're still looking for an answer that just shocks us. Has it come yet? So we're going to keep asking until someone goes, oh, it's in the safe locked up in Dubai or something. Do you know what I mean? The people that look at their assistants in that booth right there and they're like, do you have it? Yeah, you've got it. You see the realness in them. Yeah.

It's really authentic. So, Dake Montgomery. I have a crazy answer, though, but Samuel knows I'm a crazy person anyway. I have an electronic TSA approved gun safe. I don't condone guns and I don't have any guns by any means. but it's the only thing I can get through that's an electronic travel safe that doesn't set off security

and my partner and I have five passports because my mum's Canadian, my dad's Kiwi I was born in Australia so I have three tri-citizenship because of the Commonwealth and then she has Irish and Australian so five passports and our jewellery in there and it's, you know, I guess we're on radio so no one can see me saying it's about year big anyway piece of paper size? Yeah like a little bit

smaller than an eight-four sheet of paper but I've used it forever Yeah, it's a, this has a big code on it and the thing, the whole thing unlocks. And every now and again, I get a TSA or a board a custom security, whatever, a person going, what is in the bag? And it's mostly the little tiny battery inside of it that sets them off. But yeah, I don't know. I'm really weird airport person.

Smith's detectors, anyone, they're like the new X-ray machine. Nothing sets it off. You don't need to take your shoes off, anything. And so every time I see one of them, my partner and I have really, like, stupid. joke where we're like Smith's, it's going to be a breeze. We'll get through there at a good time. This is why we asked the past world question.

What are the people. Hey, thank you, mate. And all right now, make sure you do watch When Up the Hell. It is out in cinemas here in cinema on October 9th. Yeah, Wuppers we're all calling it. Jacob Montgomery, Samuel. Thanks so much for joining us guys.

We wish our sheds. Your Arvo's Hit Harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. There is a new list, a global ranking of the world's funniest countries. New Zealand.

There's the top 20. Funniest countries. And I can confirm Al-Teroa, not on the list. Bullshit. Tell me about it. So, it was this questionnaire that people did

and it was just like voting for what they find funny, their humour styles, and they figured out the top 20 funniest countries. Are we not in the top 20? And honestly, the country

that are on the list? Not that funny. Really? Not that funny. Number 10, Hungary. Oh, they're pretty funny. It's quite funny. It's a funny name. It's funny. It's a funny name's funny. It's about being hungry. Not that funny. Number nine, Denmark. Number eight, Poland.

Here's where it hurts, guys. Number seven on the list of the world's funniest countries, Australia. Again, that's the first of I disagree with. They aren't funny. No, and Australians pinch all of our comedians Didn't Guy Montgomery literally just win, like, the comedy award for their TV? He's a Kiwi. You can't be funny if you're outsourcing your comedy to New Zealand.

This is the problem. We get ranked in with Australia. So I'm taking that number seven for us. Melanie Bracewell, she's a Kiwi, who does a funny comedy show on Australian television. Yeah, maybe you're right, Sean Hill. He's a great New Zealand comedian. Well, haven't Australia nabbed you up yet? Well, they will soon, I think.

Right. Number six, Greece. Number five, Chile. Number four, Belgium. Number three, Ireland. They're funny. They're allowed on the list. Number two, Portugal and the world's funniest country, like the funniest people.

Yes, it's got to be Britain. Has to be. Surely. The Czech Republic. Well, how's the world? Britain not even on there? Prague. Yeah.

Let's just check the fullest. The UK number 18. All right, let's put this to the test. We're going to call Australia and try and make them laugh. We're all going to have a turn at it. I've decided to call the most Australian franchise I can think of, Rebel Sport. So, Steph, do you go first? I thought they're a key.

They're actually owned in Australia. They're a shocking thing. What do you know? Hello, River Basement. This is Liam. How can I help? Hello, I'm looking for some shoes, and I don't really want to flip-flop on this decision. Yep, sure. Did you have a code for us or like it up on the website? I can check my stock, and if I've got it? No code, but I do really love those new Nikes. They're a real feat of engineering.

Which model was it? I'm not really sure, but they're the ones that knock your socks off. I see. Goodbye. Did you have them? No! Oh, I hate that. I hate that.

I got two! I got two! You got two. Oh, that was very good. Thank you. Hello, this is Ishva from over Elizabeth. Oh, big fan. Heard you're great.

How are you? Oh, very well, man. How are you? Yeah, I'm good. How can I help you do that? You guys. have some pretty good deals, eh? Reble Sport. Bargans. At the moment, what particular product are you looking for? I can check if we have any cell.

I was just calling you actually to talk smack about city sports, man. They suck, eh? They've got way worse deals than you guys. Boo, down with city sports. No, all good, mate. Hey, take care. Have a good one. Not the not talking? Silent treatment. You got a tough operator, I reckon. All right, Harrison, your turn.

Thank you for calling Rebel Bondi. Are you speaking with Ashley? Hey Ashley, I was wondering with... Sorry, I was doing a fart impression. I'm trying to bring up my fart impressions. How does this one sound? Hung up. After 12 seconds.

Awesome. That's good. That's good. Again, tough crowd. Not everyone's up for a laugh today. Your Avos Head Harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. And we are spending a large portion of our show budget

on a mascot outfit for The People's Mascots. Three mascots in contention. My mascot suggestion, The Edge Hedge, a beautiful green hedge. My great idea, the Edge Wedge, a potato wedge that's very funny. Sounds crack up.

And my idea is a cute edge hog, like a hedgehog, but it's a plain word. Original, sounds really original. And he's skyblown, he's got spikes. Skyblur, not our colours of our show. It's more of him, so cool. Anyway, it's the people's mascot, so it is up to you,

the people, to vote for what mascot you want to see be the mascot of the Edge Arvos. And tomorrow at 5 o'clock, we're going to be doing the big reveal of the winning mascot, but we did promise everybody that there would be one mascot at 6pm tonight to be eliminated from the contest. Yeah, Harrison's was losing the Edge Wedge by quite a bit in the poll. He's been pushing it today. We've put up a new poll.

producer nurse Sam has compiled both of those polls plus all the texts and all of the phone calls to come to a decision on which one had their least votes and will be dropped. So just to confirm, because it's a bit of confusing voting system. Edge Arvo's on Instagram

those votes counted for one point. The text votes that came through on 3343 3.3.3. 3.3. 3.3. And all the calls that came through on 0800 the edge to vote for your favorite mascot

counted for five points. One vote. So 3, 4, 3, 100 to the edge 5. Could not be clear as well. Clear as much. So, producer, New Sam, you've done a lot of maths by the sound of things. A whole lot of maths, guys. This has been so intense.

This is like doing like the local elections, voting polls, you know? As important as well, I would say. Oh, far more important. If not more. If not more, definitely. Now, all the texts and all the calls and all the polls on the socials have come down to this one moment.

Oh my God! Shall we reveal what one's definitely going through? And then there's a bottom two. Oh, good idea. Oh yeah, which had the highest? Okay. The one that had the most votes was the edge hedge.

Yeah! Up the hedge! What an only fan's girl is it? Up the hedge! Up the hedge! You've got a porn start to promote it, so very different. Unbelievable.

It's the feminist. I'm sorry that I'm pro-female empowerment. Sorry that we go with one of the only fans, one that you pay for to endorse it. Good on you, bro. Your fiance, so it's empowering. So it's between my mascot idea, which is the edge hog.

And mine, the edge wedge, a potato wedge. Funny, original. Before we find out, Harrison, I just want to say, good game. It's been an honor and a privilege to do this. Cool. Can I speak. Awesome.

Oh, okay, take it back. See, which one is? All right. So guys, today we say goodbye to our beloved Edge Wedge. Oh, shame. What are you shame, man? I think it's like quarters of a million Instagram followers. Tipping over furniture and kicking the show.

Why did I join the show this year? Why did I join the show? I have to that question to myself every day. We don't. It's water. I can pick that up. Don't make it. Show for the hand.

This is my idea. There was lackluster throwing of stuff around the room of ever since. I bought it. There's my mascot on here and I got dropped first. Fah, you guys suck. Wait, it's the people that voted. I know. Don't disrespect the people.

I like them, but for this, dumb. Damn it! Two mascots are left in contention. We will decide tomorrow at 5pm. We will have a decision. It's your mascot. You can still vote. E. Javos.

Head over there. It was a walking potato, Harrison. Come on. Just drop this whole mascot shit. Your Arvo's Head Harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. Earlier today, we were joined in studio by, you would know him, as Billy from Stranger Things.

His name is Daker Montgomery. Now, we can only put a little bit of it to air. We did talk to him for about 15 minutes, so if you do want to hear the full chat, you can catch today's podcast, EGARVos, is the name of it on Spotify, Apple Music. Yeah, Riva, Revi Gat, your podcast. He's a great chat.

We also interviewed the director of the new movie. that they're in. Up the hill. Up the hill, yeah, when up the hill. When up the hill? Went up the hill. Which looks like a really freaky thriller movie. Billy from Stranger Things, Dake Montgomery. His character is possessed by his dead mum. It's Sean Christchurch actually. And he has a really cool tie to Christchurch. His dad is

a cantabrian which I didn't realize. And a lot of his family live in Auckland, like his dad's side of the family. They've got a family batch. His Nana lives in Mangafai. Isn't that cool? What did he say? He spent like Christmas every year to like he was 13 or something? Yeah, up among a five. The campground, like, that is such an iconic Kiwi thing of, like, just kids who've

never met before, just, like, creating friendships around the campground and, like, hanging out together at summertime over Christmas. And Daeka Montgomery, Billy from Stranger Things was there. I'm claiming him. Ozzy claimed too much of our stuff. I'm claiming Billy from Stranger Things. He can be ours now.

But I like how low-key we were. We weren't completely fan-girling out when Billy from Stranger Things, Deakin Montgomery was in studio today. Because as we discussed here, in this part of the chat. It's not our vibe, is it, us Kiwis? We pride ourselves, us New Zealanders, on, like, leaving celebrities alone. It's why the likes of, like,

Jason Momor loves it here so much, and all the rest of them, they just come down and we're just like... We can see them, we're like, hey, and then we're like, okay, well, we're not going to go up to you because we're not going to be, we're Kiwis, we don't do that. Did you find that everyone kind of respected you there, and everyone was like, oh my God, it's like, bullying from straight, but everyone's like, okay, low key, it's all good. Yeah, that's, I think culturally so different from the US.

That's why I choose to live in Australia, It's exactly the same as what you're talking about. It's so low-key. And it's nice to be just tool and, you know what I mean? Yeah. I value my privacy just as much as the next person. So it was great. But where we were shooting this film...

There was no people. There was no people. They left you alone by a proximity of about 100 kilometres. Yeah, yeah. There was no one around for miles, just sheep and Samuel. Yeah. And if you would like to hear the full. chat with Dacre Montgomery,

aka Billy from Stranger Things, then make sure you catch our podcast tonight. It'll be an extended outro for anyone who's interested in that. Your Avos Head Harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. Hey, hope you enjoyed the podcast. If you did enjoy the little chat you heard there

with Daker, the guy from Stranger Things. Daker Montgomery, hotie. Well, here is the full chat. And very talented man and not a piece of mate. And really hot, though. Yeah. He was. Harrison, you sit next to him.

Did he smell nice? Honestly, he had no scent. That's good. That's how I like him. That's good. We did talk to him for like 18 minutes, only a little bit of it made the radio because you've got to cut it down, unfortunately.

But if you are interested in that movie, if you're interested in acting, then here is our full chat with Billy from Stranger Things, aka Dacre Montgomery. Your Avos Head Harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. It is The Edge. Sean, Steph and Harrison.

You may know him is Billy from Stranger Things. Daker Montgomery, the Aussie actor, joins us in studio right now. with our director Samuel Val Grinsvin. Van Grinsvin. We just went over this, Sean. Oh God, I'm so embarrassed. New movie. It's coming out in October.

It's filmed here in New Zealand. It's called Went Up the Hill. It's absolutely terrifying. And I've just watched the trailer for it. Steph watched it. I can't bring myself to do it, man. Horror movies scare me too much. I'll do it one day, but the lights will have to be on.

It'll have to be a sunny day. Honestly, like, Sam, your brain is an interesting place. Can I tell everybody the premise, and you correct me if I'm right or song Sam. But basically, there's a guy who has never met his mum and his mom dies. And so he goes back to Christchurch where this film was filmed. And he meets her widow, Jill, and his name's Jack. And then something spooky happens where now the dead mother is like possessing both of them. Am I right? Yeah, nailed it. This is so, such a cool concept, Sam. How did you kind of create this?

Um, yeah, I mean, yeah, my brain's not, yeah, it's a bit messed up. Um, but the, uh, I had like an image in my head randomly of, um, two people standing next to a coffin, um, both of them grieving for the person inside, but knowing nothing about one another. Right. And then that kind of just ran with that and this is the story that came out. And, um, there's bits of the nursery rhyme. You know, it's called, went up the hill. It's, uh, the character's named Jack and Jill. There's a little bit of that in there as well. And I've always found like nursery rhyme is really interesting because they're both, like caring, they're delivered in a caring sense, but they're also quite creepy and strange. We've done a bit on the show on this before.

Like everyone's bump in their head and they're not waking up in the morning and all the rest of it. Yeah, and they were designed to like cautionary tales. So like this is passing down information and that felt very interesting to me. And the fact that they lull you to sleep and that's how the ghost appears in our film

is through the sense of sleep. And correct me if I'm wrong, it's a documentary. Not quite. Oh, oh gosh. And so Day here, you read this. the script. You're like, what made you be like, this is what I want to shoot? Because you've actually got ties here in New Zealand, we found out. Yeah, totally. My family's from the North Island, but what, I mean, the movie is a three-handed told by two people. So myself and my co-star, Vicky

creeps, play my mother together, if that makes sense. We both play the same third character together. So that was obviously the first thing. And then the second thing was just Samuel had such a beautiful pitch and description, creative description, like what we'd call like a creative deck of of his vision for the film and uh there's no filmmakers sort of in my age group how are we we're same age yeah we're same age um who who were just thinking like this and and are so specific and prepared and like that i'd taken quite a few years off since stranger things to try and find something like this and that was it i was like this is it i'm all in if you'll take me and wrote Samuel a big letter saying how much I adored the script and the concept of playing two characters

with another actress and playing a woman as well as a man in some ways like my mother as well as me and trying to get inside the idea that all of us have ghosts. I don't see the movie as a supernatural film and a horror film is definitely like a subgenre or a nano genre for me. He calls it a genre hybrid. But I definitely view it as we all have ghosts and we all have people who've done stuff to us or stuff that's happened to us, how can you get inside the mind of that person that did that thing to you in order to get over your own grief and trauma? And that's what the process was for me, playing both the abuser and the abused. And the movie's about domestic violence and violence against children and stuff. So it's actually extremely heavy. And I think

the horror element is more strained out through that for me than the idea of a creepy house and the mountains and all these things and all the beautiful imagery, which is obviously super evocative and similar with the nursery rhyme thing, the connective tissue there for me is this gothic, brutalist, all these sorts of words come to mind. But I think more than anything I want the audience to leave going, I can get over my stuff, I can work through it, there's a way out, there's people willing to help,

there's different processes of getting to that place of recovery. I think that's really important, and that's really what I hope people walk away with. Are you okay? Yes, every single person listening to this is just like, I'm so bored, they've fallen asleep behind the wheel. They're worried, mate. Yeah.

It looks like the characters obviously go through this journey and learn so much to get through trauma and the rest of it. Did that transfer into real life? Did you feel like you were a changed person doing both of these roles? Totally. That was like part of my pilgrimage back to NZ and met up with my third. family after we wrap the film up here in the North Island and talked a lot about my childhood and things and it was amazing. I think Samuel and Vicky and so many of the crew members were able to find their own kind of healing in a way through the making of the movie. And it's so

hard throughout the, you know, the promotional process for you guys to understand how important this film was for all of us. Like there's no way I can possibly communicate it to you today what we went through. It changed my life. And I'm really excited for people to see it, but that's not at least my involvement in it all. That's not what I've had in mind ever. For me, it was about the process of making it.

Like think about in your lives, something that's happened that's changed. You and made you heal and grow, and that's part of this is a very rare experience in the film industry to have that experience that's so transcendent. So whether that translates, in terms of someone sitting there,

going, I've never had, you know, or experienced the kind of things that these characters are or they aren't. I still think that the movie is so beautiful. And if you have connected to those themes, you will connect deeply, I think, and hopefully find some light at the end of the tunnel at the end of the film. Yeah. Well, can I ask what your, what your ritual was every day when you got home from set to clock out of that character or that mindset? Well, it definitely wasn't the meth that we spoke about earlier. Secret. Secret. Secret. It's an inside joke. We're joking, everybody.

Basically, the other actor, Vicky, and I both discovered that we both work with scent, so we create like a perfume or a cologne or find a perfume or a cologne for each of our characters. So probably not answering your question. I'm probably answering it in reverse. What do I do to go to set every day? And it was sprays Jack's smell,

because it's such an evocative thing that the audience never gets to see, but it's part of our process. And Vicki did the same, and we were like, oh my gosh, I've never heard of anyone doing this, and you do it, and we're both here, and it's just the two of us in this film. But she'd brought a third perfume for Elizabeth, which is the character we play together. So you'd spray that scent on when you're playing Elizabeth

as opposed to each other other scent. So that was very evocative, but I think when I got, because we were living in the middle of nowhere, when you get home, you just can't shake it. It's not like living out near this place called Flock Hill Estate, about an hour and a half outside of Christchurch. In the mountains, there's no end to the grief and the pain and whatever. And it's just, that's what this movie is. It's hard for me to sit here and be like, well, because it's not what the movie is.

I'm not going to sit here and sell you guys something that isn't, but it is so beautiful in its darkness. Yeah. And because of the palette that Samuel's created in all of the ways that he's. brought the storytelling together. I think he's the most unique filmmaker of my generation and it's nice to be a part of that and to be back here with a Kiwi in New Zealand.

I was about to ask because you're from New Zealand originally. So we can claim you. It's like both of you, right? Dad's a Kiwi, both parents are a Kiwi. New Zealanders love doing that. We truly do. We hold on to what we at least have, you know.

Australia doesn't too. They claim Russell Crowe. No, he's out, I think. Yeah, but they claim him. We don't have it. Give us a few. We're taking Dacre. Yeah, exactly. Zaker, while you were filming on the

outskirts of Christchurch, did you get a chance to kind of get into the local dairy for a pie or kind of down to the beach down the road? Yeah, I think, well, I'm a total foodie. Like anything I could get my hands on, even produce. My partner, she's a cook. So, you know, anything that we could get on the weekends

when she was in town, you know, to find, to cook, you know, amazing food. And there's an amazing coffee scene, like, amazing coffee shops and Christchurch. Christchurch is awesome and obviously such a new city infrastructure-wise because of the tragic you know the earthquake and because of that there's so many little interesting little microcosms of little areas and stuff for such a relatively speaking to the rest of the world small town population wise and footprint wise so it was awesome and did as many drives as I could but I was kind of largely

tied up in the headspace of this and we pride ourselves us New Zealanders on like leaving celebrities alone. It's why the likes of like Jason Momor loves it here so much and all the rest of them, they just come down and we're just like We can see them, we're like, hey, and then we're like, okay, well we're not going to go up to you because we're not going to be, we're Kiwis, we don't do that. Did you find that everyone kind of respected you there and everyone was like, oh my God, it's like, bully from street, but everyone's like, okay, low key, it's all good.

Yeah, that's, I think culturally so different from the US, that's why I choose to live in Australia because it's exactly the same as what you're talking about. It's so low key and it's nice to be just too, and no, you know, you. You know what I mean? Yeah. I value my privacy just as much as the next person. So it was great.

But where we were shooting this film... There was no people. There was no problem. So to answer the question, yeah, they left you alone by a proximity of about 100 kilometres. Yeah, yeah. There was no one around for miles. Just sheep and Samuel.

Yeah. Is it okay if we do bring up Stranger Things for a minute? Sure. Because so many listeners out there will know you as Billy from... The villain from Season 3 Stranger Things. And it's going to be wrapping up soon, right? Season 5 will be coming out shortly. Do you, without giving anything away,

like, is there like a big team meeting when you're on the cast of Stranger Things and they're like, hey, this is the trajectory of the whole show. Like, do you know anything? No, you don't know when you're shooting. They break it up into blocks. Most big TV shows do, so two episode blocks. So when you're in your first or second block,

you don't know the third or fourth block story arc. You might have a sense or an understanding or the creators of the show are really collaborative. So they might open it up and say, look, this is where we're thinking about going. What do you think? Do you want to interject? But I was saying this to someone the other day, this is kind of a random, Stranger Things thing, but offshoot. I'm really excited for the show to be finished because the creators have so many sick ideas that no one knows about that they haven't had the bandwidth to do.

And that's my most, like, that's the thing I'm the most excited for because I just know, like, Stranger Things is an original IP, right? Like, it hasn't, there's nothing, there's no rules. They're creating the playbook as they go. And the thing I'm excited for the show to finish At the end of this year, top of next year, is the release in the episodes over a couple weeks is for the Duffabros to, like, I know some of their other ideas and they're awesome.

And they haven't... Sign me up, sign me up. Yeah, but they just haven't had the bandwidth to be able to do that because the show's kind of all-consuming, as any project is when you're in it, especially when you're the writer and the director and the producer and, like Samuel was, on Went Up the Hill.

We call it Wath. I don't know if I should give that away. That's kind of a fun little tid-d- bit because I randomly didn't know what to say for a second. I'm just pivoting to a little anecdote. But they all refer to this film as what. So if I say what, that's what you...

It's just because, you know what emails, you abbreviate everything? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's just stuck, everyone's like Watt. It's like really deep, creepy, like kind of like freaky movie, like, what? Yeah. Amazing.

And we've got some quick fire questions for you, Dakegg, because you are in Australian. I would love to know if you are pro home in a way, more so their neighbours. What's your preference? I have a friend on Home and Away who I is actually playing Elizabeth in the engagement party, the capitalist character

who I went to Wopper with, which is like the drama school in WA. So I'd have to say Home and Away because I have no tie, but I don't watch, I've never seen the show, but Home and Away. Was that a quick flyer thing? Yeah, no, it's quick fly. Next one. He's right on an Australian.

So I want to know favourite Australian DJ, do you prefer Dom Duller or do you prefer Peking Duck? Or Fisher? Or Fisher. Oh, of course. Yeah, I think Fisher's got such a... He's like the Connor McGregor of the disc jockey world. He's such a hype man, which is kind of interesting.

Don Dolly's pretty sick. Yeah. Australia's got some good music going on. Yeah, great music scene. I'm also an actor, so I try and do it at acting. And I remember at drama school we studied your audition. A lot of a stranger thing? Yeah, it's like a case study now, bro.

Oh, my gosh. Everyone picks it apart. in a good way in a good way I'm happy for them to pick it apart I'm not a perfect I get asked about it It's great But the thing was that it takes so many

risks I think is what the thing is You know you just like You dance you sang all that kind of thing And so I've been trying to do risks When I go to auditions Yeah So something that I keep doing is I arrive Like 40 minutes late

And then go sorry I've had so many auditions It's hard to keep up Yeah Is that a good idea to keep doing Probably I like it high demand Why not Thank you!

It makes you look like you're busy You've got other options. Do you apologise when you arrive? Are you like, sorry I'm late? You're just like... No, I go, I'm late. I was walking to go. Let's get this over with.

Yeah, I like it. You've got to pretend, you've got to act like you're busy. I would honestly really respond to that. Yeah, yeah. Just because I would be like, that's, he's confident. Sorry, I was too busy filming only fans or something.

I should try that one. Okay, my quick question, and I ask every guest this, and please Sam answer as well. this question because I want to make a compilation of all these answers but where do you keep your passport? It's a real insight because a lot of people are like on your sister this is like hitting a nerve for me because I flew over here yesterday

and I could not find it for about three hours but then I realised my boyfriend has created a spot for it which he didn't tell me about but he's like created this like a plumpf this like pouch thing in a drawer that he could sit there. I've got a pouch thing in a drawer no I get that. I was not told about it. That's where it's kept. For three hours, you were like, I had no idea.

Oh my God. I'm from New Zealand, but I didn't really think that you still need a passport to come. Yeah, no, you didn't. I want to know why that question. Because it's a real insight, because some people who come in, you know, like your big, who's come in,

your big singers, you do a leapers and all that, they don't know where it is. And it's just a real insight to be like, are you one of the people? And to be honest, we're still looking for that an answer that just shocks us. Has it come yet? So you're going to keep asking until someone goes,

oh, it's in the safe locked up in Dubai or something. The people that look at their assistants in that booth right there, and they're like, do you have it? Yeah, you've got it. You see the realness in them. Yeah. It's really authentic. So Dake Montgomery.

I have a crazy answer, though, but Samuel knows I'm a crazy person anyway. I have an electronic TSA-approved gun safe. I don't condone guns and I don't have any guns by any means. But it's the only thing I can get through that's an electronic travel safe that doesn't set off security. and my partner and I have five passports because my mum's Canadian

and my dad's Kiwi I was born in Australia so I have three tri-citizenship because of the Commonwealth and then she has Irish and Australian so five passports and our jewellery in there and it's, you know I guess we're on radio so no one can see me saying it's about year big anyway

piece of paper size? Yeah like a little bit smaller than an a four sheet of paper but I've used it forever yeah it's a this has a big code on it and the whole thing unlocks and every now and again I get a tear say or a border custom security, whatever, a person going, uh, what is in the bag?

And it's mostly the little tiny battery inside of it that sets them off. Yeah, yeah. But yeah, I don't know. I'm really weird airport person. Smith's detectors, anyone, they're like the new X-ray machine. Nothing sets it off. You don't need to take your shoes off. Anything.

And so every time I see one of them, my partner and I have really like stupid inside joke where we're like, Smith's, breeze. We'll get through there. Take it. This is why we asked the pastboard question. Thank you, mate. And all that note, make sure you do watch When Up the Hell. It is out in cinemas here in El Tiroa on October 9th.

Yeah, Woffers, we're all calling it. Jacob Montgomery, Samuel. Thanks so much for joining us, guys. Hey. Your Avos Head Harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. Rover. Music, radio, podcasts.