The Kristian Harloff Show - Xolo Maridueña Interview! Cobra Kai + Blue Beetle I WB I Netflix I DC

Episode Date: October 3, 2022

Cobra Kai is one of the biggest shows on Netflix, and DC is excited about their new superhero film, The Blue Beetle. It is a huge episode of The Big Thing as we have the star of both of those, Xolo Maridueña in studio today. Kristian and Xolo talk Cobra Kai, Miguel's journey along the way and how important it is to play the first Latino lead in a superhero film. #CobraKai #bluebeetle #xolomaridueña #DC #Netflix Thanks to Carbon Health for sponsoring this episode! http://www.carbonhealth.com AMAZON WISHLIST: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1KPH42T0TP0PG?ref=cm_sw_em_r_un_un_djbxgIW5ZQMMg PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/thebigthingshow SCHMOEDOWN ARCHIVE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheMovieTriviaSchmoedownArchives Ask Kristian questions for next time! https://facebook.com/harloff Become a Patreon of the Schmoedown: http://patreon.com/schmoedown OTHER GREAT CONTENT: REVIEWS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSJdE28YyUT368qY7sfE0nKE4c04CqGvu TV REVIEWS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSJdE28YyUT1LU-t2Z9AD5UJDiWW4pS_E STAR WARS SHOW https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSJdE28YyUT0XmfpbblkF9PY7uO2qhbN6 THE BIG THING PODCAST https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSJdE28YyUT3KAwbzDsv6mdR-gwUiydQg - CM Punk Interview: https://youtu.be/R8Js8uj6GfE FOLLOW KRISTIAN + FIND HIM ON CAMEO https://cameo.com/kristianharloff https://twitter.com/kristianharloff https://facebook.com/harloff https://instagram.com/kristianharloff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Let's do it. Welcome back, everybody. It's Monday And I'm excited Enough with my stupid face Look at this guy Look at this guy Rock it out

Rock it out How you doing man I'm excited to have you We're three for four We had three for four What's crazy is And I talked about this the other day I remember what show

I was I was talking to about But when I first met you I think you were like 16 going on 17 I'd taken the train To the studio that you were filming at Yeah I'd taken the Amtrak Or the Metro Link or whatever that one

is uh to this i was thinking about that on the way here i was like oh my god i have my license now it's nuts yeah it's because i think i think you so you came on over and it was like the and when i was a collider and we did that one-on-one interview and you were like 16 going 17 and it was funny because i said i saw you in an interview the other day and um and i and when we first met you were dressed like me right and you had on this fucking pimping coat and the day and like you were just and your personality didn't change at all and i've raved about you many times over you're a very down-to-earth kid and you still seem like the same even after all the success, but you were like, you reveled in the style as you should.

I can't, I can't do it alone. I'm not fashion forward. I mean, I'm here today in my fuzzy Birkenstock. So I'm, I, but I appreciate fashion. Yeah. To some level, you know. You got help now, man. Yeah, I got my wife.

That helps. Hey, that's about, that's about it. There's nothing like a, yeah, someone who knows. Yeah. Someone to help you out. That's what I had. I had someone to help me out, man. So, um, you've been busy, though.

man, you got a lot going on. You got a lot going on. But, well, we'll start obviously with with Cobra Kai. We got to start with Cobra Kai season five, I know, right? Five seasons. Is it? Did you, so be honest with me. No, I didn't. You didn't know way. There's no way. No chance. No one. No one could have, I mean, you're asking if we would have thought we would have gone five seasons. The fact, when you get cast in this show, you were coming off, when you're coming off of parenthood at that time, right? Yeah, I had come off of parenthood. I, I, I had come off of parenthood. I, for a little bit. Yeah, for a little bit. I was in high school, like planning on going to college.

Right. So you went in for that audition and then, yeah, you get season. Because I remember us talking about it. It's like, yeah, this is cool karate kid. This will be fun. It's on YouTube at that point. It's not the juggernaut it is right now. Like everybody's watching corporate guy now, which is awesome, right? But at the time when we spoke, it was like a cool show that you were. It was culty. It was culty. And then it blows up. So tell me, tell me through seasons one through like three because like that whole thing. How, you know, you start to see the success of it. But is it really the Netflix deal?

You go, well, wow, this is another level. Well, well, in that culty regard, the fan base still felt super strong. Because the people that were willing to pick up the subscription and willing to watch the show meant that they were really into the karate kid. Yeah. And I think because of that, it made those everything after the first season because we had no expectation the first season. It brought that expectation to what the show should.

be because the guys killed it. You know, Billy, Ralph, our creators, they all killed it. And then I think when we hit Netflix, we were hitting Netflix with a season that was meant to go to YouTube. And that's not to say that it would have been different or we would have changed it. As far as reach, it would have been. Well, yes, yes. As far as reach, definitely. But it was just going to be another season. And there were talks as to whether or not YouTube at the time was going to, you know, stop doing their scripted stuff and move more into the non-thes. script to space and it that felt okay because we our fan base was was really great now once we hit Netflix it was like night and day right and not to say that YouTube was not a big platform because

it's the biggest platform sure really um but it was worldwide yeah well it's different also because with YouTube like you said like the lot you go we were just talked about before we went on air YouTube was when it first really popped in like 2005 until really like 2010 it was all about the creator in front of the camera doing their thing. And then there were a couple companies that kind of build off of that and it got really big. And then YouTube started making like television as you're very familiar with. But it was Netflix when that move happened. It was because right away people, because I remember telling people, dude, you got to watch Cobra Kai. And like, what is it on? It's on? It's on YouTube. I'm not, I'm not going to pay for YouTube. And then now it's like,

oh, I have Netflix. Everybody has Netflix. Let's check it out. And then so do you see that, though, as far as like when you're walking around on the street, how different that changes immediately? This happens peak pandemic. Yeah. So everyone is forced to stay inside and watch Cobra Kai. I'm convinced that this is kind of a, it was serendipitous in how the stars align. And look, I'm not saying that I'm glad that COVID happened, you and Tiger King. Yeah, exactly.

But people were seeing this thing on the front of Netflix being like, what? because the reality is is that a lot of people around the world because you know YouTube originals and YouTube premium isn't everywhere in the world just yet not everyone had seen cobra Kai like when it first came out

even right so this new demographic and also the fact that you know parents sometimes are like I think YouTube is one of those things that's skews a little bit younger and especially with something like a premium it's you know But it was very night and day, at least on the social media part, and then as things started to open back up, I mean, I look pretty different than I do in the show. So, so as far as getting recognized and all those things, it definitely is where Jacob shines when we're together.

Hilarious. He has the, like, everyone is like, the dude with the talk. Talk, talk. But even speaking about that, because we are going to get it. So for people who don't know, we are going to get into pretty heavy spoilers on all the seasons. especially season five. So if you haven't had a chance to watch five, I'll put time codes in there when we start talking about it. But I have to talk to Shola about a lot of this stuff that happened. Because when I had Marion not too long ago, she was telling me that that, and this is one of those

spoilers. The breakup scene, man, you know, when you have the, when you have the thing, you drop it, she said that the crying wasn't even something that was scripted. It was like you guys just kind of were in the moment. And then you just kind of, it just took over. Yeah, I mean, I think when crying is in, like when it is scripted anyways sometimes it's a little i think the guys have have been really um conscious of that of not necessary like i don't know sometimes when you read crying on the page you're like what i don't know right it there's i don't know if i can get there right no not even i don't know if i can get there but also like if the tears are meant to be there and i don't know it i think in some ways it should be up to everyone but um no it wasn't scripted and it yeah it was a really

great scene i i find that i i find that I tend to enjoy the really grounded, more dramatic scenes. Yeah. Because, I don't know if that's because I'm always laughing during the comedy scenes. I can't stop laughing, especially across Billy or Gianni or Jacob or those guys. But it's been really great to be able to explore, you know, really roller coasters, the comedic stuff, the dramatic stuff, the action stuff. Yeah. And the dramatic stuff, especially with Billy.

But with Mary as well, because she definitely plays a big part in Miguel's arc over the past couple of seasons, or really throughout the whole show. Yeah. And to have a moment that feels like for the first time, like there's a period at the end of it definitely was a little odd. And it was easy to be like, okay, I don't have to dig deep for this one. Yeah, because you guys have been through so much together already, too, in both reality and in the show. And just think what I liked about Miguel so much, and this is the matter of maturity that he goes through. this in this season, right? Like he's got he's got to start out when he's trying to find his dad. And that's something I wanted to go in with you because you come from very strong kind of family

background. So what was it like to go into there? You know, you're, you're going. You're trying to find dad. You've been warned not to go there. It's like this whole thing. And then ultimately finding out who your dad is when you have these father figures in Johnny and in, and in Daniel, obviously. So what was that like as an actor? Like having to kind of channel that through and And they're pretty emotional. I think for my character, it felt like coming down from a, or like a reality check, so to speak. This, this, you know, injury happens at the tournament. There's the second All Valley tournament.

I'm already feeling a little, I guess, doubtful going into the tournament. You know, there's been a lot of tension between the dojoes. it i'm starting to see that not only johnny but also daniel and and everyone isn't really on the same page in terms of why they are trying so hard to beat cobra kai some people have their motives and a lot of the times they're not aligned even though they're joining together and saying all right we'll come together and do this we'll we'll fight under one or whatever whatever um it's really when miguel hears johnny in in the, you know, in the, like, little nurse room where Johnny's saying, hey, you got to do this because we got to be the ones to win this.

And he sounds just like he's lost in the sauce. Right. Johnny. He's super jaded about the whole thing. And he has a tunnel vision. And I think that's the moment that clicks like, oh, okay, there's, it can't just be karate. because although this has been really the driving force of a lot of his motivations and his, you know, actions in the show, there has to be more than this.

And maybe I just, I think I'm contemplating a lot you see throughout the season. Like, I do, there is a curiosity there about your dad. And that I understand too. I've always loved how Miguel didn't need a, you know, biological father for there to be that connection. And I think that's a sentiment that I, that I am even, you know, familiar with. But, you know, he's not wrong for having curiosity. Right, of course. And that's, yeah.

Yeah, well, which was such a great moment, too, because what it also starts is that what, and this is a question I wanted to ask you about like the scripts, right? Because what I was talking, I had, I had Sean Canaan on the show. And we were talking about Mike Barnes and how Barnes, I thought, and I was like, all right, Barnes got to be a scumbag. He's got to be. And I'm like, everybody can't be good. good again but they did it in a way that i was like are we still a bad boy karate see he's still

got it um do you ever pick up the scripts when you're looking i'm like i hope it doesn't go down this way and then obviously with the way that the guy's right you're like okay good good because like for i didn't want robbie and mcgill to keep fighting again and again the same way you don't want daniel and uh john and he kept doing it so did you kind of expect that that was coming or did you think it was another season of fighting with robbie i think this one was a little bit tough because especially for this fifth season, we were going two back-to-back seasons. We had shot four and then took two months off and then shot five. So there was still a lot up in the air in terms of what season five was going to look like.

Season four felt like a banger. It was just like, especially with the All Valley stuff and then the stuff after the all, like it was a really, that felt like the end game season. so to speak and coming after that it was like all right now we have to figure out where this goes we just sent Miguel off we literally and I don't I hopefully I'm not you know airing out what happens behind the scenes or showing you how the sausage is made but the guys were like we don't know if he's gonna make it to Mexico we're sending you off to Mexico but maybe Johnny picks him up you know before he gets to the border or what something's up like this is how uncertain things

even at the first episode were yeah obviously they have the guys really do have like a a big old plan for the whole show and there's arcs that they've there's things that they've known since season one yeah there's a lot episodes you gotta go bounce back and forth then things can change for sure exactly exactly and uh so reading the scripts a lot changes episode to episode i mean this this breakup that we're talking about happens one episode the next episode it seems like They have this altercation in, you know, the Robbie's house party and all this. I mean, it feels like you have to cover so much ground in 30 minutes, 10 episodes that every episode, I'm like, I don't know what's going to happen next episode. We broke up this episode and it says she's angry in this episode.

So I don't know. She was taking you on a ride as well, too. Yeah, yeah. So tell me about the fight though, man, because that fight was brutal. The fight, it's like, you guys are, it's great. And I love the fact that Johnny's like, are you guys just fight this thing out. Like, you know, basically two dogs, we got a, there's got a, all right, we, we both got our ground. Because this has been building, been building forever.

And now they both have their stances. They're both good guys. Now, I look at this as wrestling to where there's like, you've had your heel turn. Obviously, you've gone back to baby face. And now, it's the same thing with Robbie. So take me through that. First of all, you guys, congratulations on the choreography of it, because it seems like there was a lot that went into that. So take me through that.

that's one of my favorite fights I think I've ever done on the show. It's, there haven't really been a ton of, aside from the tournaments, which always feel a little bit more technical. Yeah. Whereas these fights feel more scrappy. I haven't had a lot of one-on-one fights.

And, especially with Tanner. I mean, the last one that we did was the one where I got my ass kicked off of the balcony. And you almost got them back. And I almost got them back. And I almost got them back. Yeah.

It's only because it was in the script. You're lucky. I'm not good at improv. Lucky bastard. But, you know, reading that episode, reading that part, I'm nervous because I'm like, I don't know if I'm going to win. I don't, you know. And of course, I guess not of course, but action in at least our scripts, while at first in the first couple of seasons was pretty specific because the guys had a very, like a great way of lining it up

with some of the stuff that happened in the original karate kid so it says like waxes on these things now it's just like Robbie and Miguel fight for X amount of time. And you figure out who wins when we tell you. Yeah, well you figure out we wins

or blah blah wins. Yeah. And it's like, oh, okay. So I can see that I win but I don't know how it happens and I'm really excited that they were able to bring it full circle. Yeah.

And with some of the parallels that they brought to the first fight, but I was also really relieved that it felt like the storm was over. Yeah, it was at least between these two. It's like whether it's a UFC fight or boxing or whatever it might be, it's like these two warriors who hate each other, right? But they really have such a battle that you can't come out of it without respect. And that's exactly from everything that was there, like this brotherly thing that they have now.

It's like even when when Robbie's at the table, no, we're good now. And it's just, but you believe them. Yeah. And like, and even when the rest of the dogers, it brings a balance. to the dojos when you guys aren't fighting with each other. So I'm sure that even on set, because how is it like when you and Tanner have to be a beef the whole times? Obviously, you guys aren't kicking the shit out of each other off screen.

But like you've got to keep as actors, I'm sure like that an animosity before you get into the scene. Tanner is really good at that. Yeah, I'm sure he is. Well, you know what I was, and I'm glad you brought that up because I had a chance. I finally met a whole bunch of people. You weren't there at the Nokia thing.

I was, I hosted the Nokia thing. And I was looking for you and I was like, oh, you were out. So, but I had a chance to meet him for the first. time and he's a competitive dude like they were playing trivia he's a competitive dude so i can only imagine he's i've always really respected tanner because even when we started i mean i i want to say he was 20 maybe it just turned 21 and that's how old i am right now yeah he brought really a level of of seriousness that i think was refreshing for someone my age i i just come from always working as a kid actor where you're screwing around 90 percent of the times and then you say you're

lines and then you leave yeah that was at least my experience i'm sure you jacob trembley does not have the same i'm sure i'm sure you know method to the madness but he really brought a level of of professionalism that i hadn't seen before someone that age and and i think it really sometimes it's like a little like i i remember during the first season he wouldn't talk to billy the whole time until the very end is he's is he kind of method is it i don't know know method is such a like umbrella term that i have a hard time yeah i think he he really uh has great technical ability yeah and i think he is able to analyze scripts and and whatnot in a different way than than i was used to but and i'm getting lost with the question here um yeah just it was

just him how competitive he is and like the idea of the animosity beforehand or we where that's now gone with you too yeah i mean he's a he's a competitive kid at heart yeah he competed in gymnastics and you know definitely uh when it comes to like the guys training in the dojo when we're on hiatus he he and jacob both you know yeah are and i said on the sidelines like do it guys do it just do so you and jacob now you guys have a podcast together so did you got were you guys buddies before or you know you guys kind of met on no we met on cobra kai and you know i think obviously mary was the first person i met and we and we really hit it off in terms of she was really welcoming towards me,

but Jacob was my age. Yeah. And Gianni was my age and, and, like, they were also sophomores in high school. And I was, you know, so, um, Jacob and Gianni and I felt like we just all hit it off right off the bat. And, and now they're some of my best friends, you know? And I live with Jacob some from time to time. And, and, uh, crazy.

And yeah, then we spend three months together. We film Cobur kind. I'm like, ah, dude, I hate your. your guts. Like, but them's a kind of lifelong friends. It's true. It's like you get into those,

you learn so much about each other. And it's funny, it's him and Peyton, I think of the two now that I have not met and interviewed. Oh, really? There's two. And my daughter is pressuring me on Peyton

because she just discovered all those Disney shows. Yeah. And so she's like, so I told her that you were coming in today and she's like, I have to talk to him about Peyton. I was like,

if it comes up. Yeah. Because like she's 10. And she's just, She's like, she's my face. She's like what Tom Cruise was to me growing up. That's Peyton list. That's Peyton.

I'm telling you. That's awesome. Also a part of Scientology, actually. No, I'm just kidding. Christian's face. I'm like, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Well done.

Well done. But, you know, that particular, but I bring up Tori because what you talk about the arcs of the people who every single season, there's someone who's going to turn either the dark side or the light side. And it's Tori this time. who's really I think that between her and chosen, you guys always have your standout seasons and everything. You've certainly had, you have some big moments in this one too. The characters that I think have those big arcs,

the really big arcs to me are chosen. Because where he came from, I mean, from Karatea 2 to now, and then her arc. So working with Peyton and watching the character of Tori, what did you think about kind of where her arc and that character, what you've seen with her? You know, Peyton, I think, was someone who had a lot to prove coming into the show.

Why is that? She, she, I think there's a stigma behind children, actors who work on Disney. Yeah. In that, that's kind of what they're stuck with for a long time. There's obviously your breakout stars and whatnot. But I think coming from a show like Jesse that plays very big and bubbly and over the top, to then come to a show where she has to fight something she's never done before. And it has to do some of these things that maybe at that point were new.

She really like overperformed. It was awesome. Yeah, she did come in. She, she, and killed it too. Yeah. Well, Jacob had that thing too. Exactly. I mean, Jacob is kind of bonkers.

Like his character, there's nothing that can prepare you for doing a role like that. So yeah, I think and his personality, I think, albeit different than Hawk is very, very similar to, it's just not as chaotic and violent as Hawkins, but they are fairly similar. And even Hawks, the Hawks brought it down. You know, that's, that's what I love about the show, is that the show doesn't stay like one note with the characters. Like, they're all over the place and in a good way, like to where they get to a play, every character from the younger characters to the older characters, they all go through things that they can't stay on one note. And that's why when they, when they were like, well, you can't keep Barnes as this guy,

because he wouldn't really have learned anything, but he can still keep his edge. And like Terry Silver, who we were talking about beforehand, dude, Thomas Ian Griffith is a stud, man. That dude is just the coolest. Yeah. Ari Aster needs to link up with that dude to do something because I could, he is what a wonderful man to just be in the presence of. It's been really cool.

And really everyone from the old, I shouldn't say the old, from the original, you know, franchise really has come in with such a level of excitement and respect to this thing that happens. and you know when it happened and that's been i think one of the most great parts of working with all of them is that you just see wow they really are so gracious to be here yeah and i it just makes you want to do your best to honor them yeah speaking of it are you a big to Hillary swank fan

um i've seen her movies yeah i like million dollar baby million dollar um uh movie i suppose. But I have seen the next karate kid and I think that's the question you get all the time. Is she going to show up? I'm not going to ask you that because you can't tell me even if you knew. I was about to say, I don't know. It's like as much as I want to say, all, tell me. First of all, if you did know, you're not going to get fired from your job by telling me. But, but hey, look, I think, like the guys always say, if they're in the universe, they're in the universe. Right. And I think there's no way look i know i think there's no way we don't finish the show without getting everyone and trying to at least because yeah definitely i ask her every interview no matter or even a reference

or even like a reference or like a nod to acknowledge that she lives in this universe like there's no way that it doesn't happen that's what i think of it's and look i'm i i'm not spoiling anything because it's like you and also if you're hillary swank this is cool for you too girl like hey she's got her show right now She has her show and I'm so curious because she gets asked about it every interview. Like, and at first when she was getting hit up about on Twitter, and I think she's got something like some kind of a pet that's named, I don't know if it's something that along the lines of Eagle Fang. I can't remember what it was.

Oh, really? I don't know if it's necessarily Eagle Fang, but something related to the, to the show. My pug. Yeah, right. Right. It's Bulgarian. It's something like that. That's what I should have named my pug.

It's Bulgarian. Damn it, Sholo. Where are you? But I think that she's asked about it so much. I think you're right, though. I think that the guys are going to go after her. And if she says, no, there'll be a reference. Now, that also leads me into how long you think the show goes.

Because what I'm what I'll tell you straight up, as I would tell you, like when I was watching season five, I started with going, all right, am I getting nervous for me as a fan because how long can you go with it before it becomes repetitive? And then they just spun it on their head and it ended. And I was like, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more. but I still get nervous because I want it to end strong. How long do you think it goes? Because we're going to, this will transition us into something else after we finish this. But I'm curious. How long do you think it goes?

I think it goes one more like great season. Yeah. I think whether that means that six is a good season, seven is a great season, six is a great season. I think the guys have really done such an outsized. standing job at not only, you know, honoring the fans of the original content, but also finding a way to just bring it up one notch and sometimes a couple of notches. But I just hope it ends on a good note, just like you're saying, you know, and I think hopefully we get this sixth season and we get to, you know, do it again.

but I would really it would be unfortunate if it was one of those shows that was like oh it was good up until the fifth season right there's up until I don't think the guys are going to let that happen I agree with you and I and I also think Netflix be a bunch of morons that they don't they don't pick it up it's it's consistently number one throughout and it and they need it right now for the hits but um so before I move on to other stuff because we can jump back into corpora kai whenever we whenever we want to but um let me ask you about the movie that was announced the karate kid movie the craddy kid movie that was announced so it's bizarre bizarre what the hell is going on so they announced this movie that it's going to take place in the karate kid universe but the guys aren't involved you're not

involved there's yeah there's no cobra kai affiliation a ralph and no no ralph and johnny I'm sorry I and look this is Twitter speaking I saw that they weren't involved what the most of the movie what is that movie I don't know what's the

See, unless they're figuring out the logistics and we just, this is the information that we have now, I also was kind of like, even reading John's Twitter, he was like, we don't have anything to do with this. That was John's nice way of saying, don't see the shit. Hey, look. I mean, he doesn't have to say it and he would never say that. But it's like, but he's even if he's sublimately is saying that, why would you see after seeing what the guys have done with what karate, with, with Cobra Kai. And it's not going to be involved in that. Why would you do that? I don't know enough about the details at all, but it makes no sense.

No, what they need to do is do six seasons of Cobra Kai and then end with a movie. Yes. Like, yes. To do movie budget stuff. Absolutely. To have Johnny walking away from a big-ass explosion. That's why we need the movie. Well, why not?

If you have that whole thing, I've always been saying, whether it's, like, Mandalorian is one of my favorite shows as well. So, like, when, and I've always said, if you're going to end that show up and you know that it airs in, in December and it's let's say December 16th is the season finale and the series finale could be then the movie on the 23rd that will be in theaters for however long and then it'll be on whatever so you can do the same thing to Cobur Kai

it's like the big movie and then you put it on Netflix afterwards I don't get it I don't understand so yeah so you're you're just as baffled as I am baffled and also just like I don't but also very serious yeah because there's no way that they do something else and let it flop I think at least I think you know

curious. There's, especially if it truly wasn't, you know, with the help of the guys or Ralph or, you know, people that they've already

established in this universe, I think unless it's a, like, young Miyagi movie, and that's why it's a part of the franchise. But also, like,

that's the guy's idea. They, they, which also would be some snake shit if they weren't involved. And that's why I think they were talking, they've been talking about spin-off stuff.

And it's, look, guys are busy they got they haven't if two new shows coming out they have other stuff as they should be they should be in they should be in interview rooms every other thursday but or if not every thursday and they are busy and maybe i don't know i don't i think my personal thing is a sony goes okay look karate kids hot they're gonna be pretty expensive you know the cast is probably gonna be pretty expensive let's try to do something spinning off and that's stupid studio decision i have no information that or maybe they just announced to see the buzz i feel like that also happens all the time

They're just like, let's see if people are going to care about this. And then they see, Buh, throw in tomatoes from left. And then they're like, okay, okay, let's bring the guys on. Make, yeah, you got, you got to have that deal. Because you don't, you don't need bad publicity on karate kid. Now that there's so much love behind it. All right.

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Who is this? Who is all these people? We're almost there, Shola. We're almost there. And boom. Perfect. There it is. Right there you.

You like that shot? That's me. That's great. Forget it. It's Blue Beetle. Let's just talk about Blue Beetle. I got there. Blue Beheel, man.

So the first thing I want to ask you is this, because I know that it's very hush, hush. I know there's only so much you can talk about. So the director comes out. There's a big conversation that they have about, all the shit going down with with dazzle off and cutting people cutting that girl cutting this cutting that i love his arms right now he's like i just only so much he's like you've been prep for this i get it and as you should be as you should be it i'm not i'm not gonna ask you anything to get i'm saying a hundred percent but but i will but i will ask you the same same thing when you hear

about the back girl stuff you've got to be making phone calls going where we at what's going on it's it's got to be terrifying um i think there was a lot of confusion at first yeah Uh, rightfully so. I think, however the back girl situation was handled, I assure you, was probably not the way that it was meant to be handled. Yeah. And I don't even have to speak on that. Lesley, everyone involved, Leslie, the directors, they deserve to have their word be, I think, the one that you should hear. But yeah, there's a little bit of maybe, uh, curiosity.

But honestly, I think we were so confident going into the, like they had, the merger had happened before we started filming. So I guess it would have been really dumb for them to be like, all right, now we just spent all this money doing the movie. If they wanted to, if that was the case. And this is me like trying to be like, all right, it's everything is okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. This is clearly what's happening, trying to make sense of it all. But there was quickly clarity on the, on the subject. any doubts that I might have had were.

Well, that's what the follow up from that article said. The article was that there's extreme confidence in it, which got to give you a good, a good boost of confidence. There's a lot of confidence in the film. They're very excited about it. So how far along are you in filming? And don't worry, anything that you say that you feel like that we'll cut out. When this back girl thing happens.

When, how far are we along filming when that happens? No, no. How long are you filming at this moment? Done. You're finished. Done. You're completely finished. I mean, awesome.

The come out in August part, that is. We don't know yet. No, no. I mean, we don't know yet. August of next year, we think so far. So tell me about the character, though. Again, don't tell me about the story. Don't get yourself in trouble. Tell me what you can tell me about the character and why.

Because when we first met, we talked about how you wanted to play a superhero. We talked about it. And then it was like, I remember going through after you got announced for Blue Beed and I'm like, I'm like, wait a minute. Was that the one? And it wasn't the one. But it was definitely, I know that we have talked about Blue Beedle on how interesting you're interested you were in a character so tell me about first of all the audition

process that you can talk about yes yeah so tell me about the audition process and then when this comes along you're like oh i got to get this so the audition process was a little bit different than anything i had done before um i had met the director an hanman wosoto who you know also did charm city kings uh just had this man o the documentary come out i had met him at sundance a few years prior because of a because of term city kings actually which was an overbrook project kobra kai's an overbrook project um and i'd met him and we had really hit it off and flash forward to i think like a year and a half later i find out that blue beetle is getting made with this guy oh the guy that i met at the dinner and i'm like what the whoa whoa you know hey i

got to get on at least a meeting with this guy or or like let him let me audition for this project because I, dude, there's like three teenager Latino superheroes and it's like Miles Morales, Blue Beetle and Nova. Right. And it's like, dude, this is, I have to at least see this guy. And I had met with Angel and pretty early on, he had really instilled a lot of confidence that I was the guy. Wow, from the first meeting.

Not necessarily from the first meeting. I mean, it was that early on, this is like a year before. I would even find out that I got the role. Yeah. There was no, he really didn't want to be like, hey, you're the guy. But for all intensive purposes, he was really. He gave you confidence in the room. In a way that I hadn't felt before.

And then, you know, flash forward almost a year later, I, I get the role. No audition. Okay. No audition. You essentially were auditioning through those conversations. Yeah, doing it with the conversations. And I had met with, you know, at that point, Walter Hamada. and, you know, Galen and some of the other guys over at Warner Brothers.

And it was at one of the dinners that they were like, all right, bring the director out. And the director was like, you got the part. And I was like, oh, my gosh, they had punked me at his dinner. And then they were like, hey, get your weight up. And we'll see you in, you know, a few months to start filming this thing. So when was that when you got cast? What, you remember, was that 2020? This was right before, this is in between hiatus for the two seasons of Cobra Chi that we filmed.

So I finished one season of Cobra Cai. Okay. Doing all the Zooms and stuff while I'm shooting season four of Cobra Cuy. We get off. I get this role. Literally the next week I go out to do season five. So, and then we come back from season five. A few months later, we started doing Bluebeah.

Are you allowed to say anything to your cast members when you get the role? Do you tell people like, holy shit, I'm going to be Bluebele? At that, I mean, I booked the role on a Sunday. Yeah. The next day was the Los Angeles premiere for a suicide squad. Okay. So on Sunday, they go, hey, do you want to, we want to announce you? Do you want to go to this premiere of the Suicide Squad?

And I was like, whatever I have on Monday is canceled. Yes, I will be there. The next day rolls around. They announce me. Yeah. So it, like, it was public basically what I knew. You know, so there wasn't a sense of like, You couldn't say, should you, they already knew when you walked on set.

So are they, so again, when you walk in there and it's like, so let me ask you though, because if you have, so did you have, when you're filming Blue Beetle though, you're already done with season five? Yeah, we, we finish Cobra Kai December of 2021. Yeah. And we do Blue Beetle in April of 2022. So what's that like then, man, like, you know, going on there. And this is your movie, right? You're, you're the guy.

So tell me about, again, tell me about the. character don't tell me about the story don't get yourself in trouble tell me about the character and what what should be expected because i don't know a lot about blue be i'll be honest for me what the draw was because i know you so when i heard that you were cast i'm like fuck yeah and i and and what they're doing now with dc and the way that they're restructuring it i'm very interested in but it was you for me it was the draw and i think there's going to be a lot of cobra kai fans that you're the draw but what is it about the character that people should get excited about there's a few things i think you should be

excited about the royal you um the first is that and it it has to be said because it is political yeah but it's the first you know latino led superhero movie ever that is one thing that i think

sometimes is a little daunting i was going to say is a lot of pressure on you with that what was that pressure but there's an expectation or there's an understanding that there is a responsibility that comes with this. Pressure is like I've, I do so much to steer out of the way of pressure that I, it takes a lot to really, like, throw me off. But I,

I'm really appreciative for Warner Brothers for like actually making the move. Because I feel like with a lot of these things with, with being the pioneer and being the biggest voice, in the room in terms of what people are consuming a lot of the times it's like that guy's going to handle it we don't have to do the first this type of movie because the other person's going to do it right or because the other person already did it or this this and that and i think for the longest time although they do have latinos and latinas in these movies like samahaeik so chid gomez like they are there are people to be like hey we're going to put our money where our mouths are and

actually put you know make this guy the lead yeah i'm really appreciative of in terms of the character i mean there's a ton of comics to go off of so i'm i was so excited to read through all of those and and reading the story find that he is sorry these bubblies are they can get you they can get you i love them i love them but they definitely you're burping up a story A little, yeah. It's firing out, man. Nobody cares.

He is similar to that, I'd say, of like a green lantern or an Iron Man. There's a scarab that he comes across, that sometimes he stumbles across, sometimes it's given to him, that has been passed down through generations. And the scarab is this alien technology

that is sent by this organization, or this alien collective called the Reach. The Reach. And they put a scarab on each planet and say, hey, scarab, when this planet, you know, has enough advancements in technology, you're going to attach to a host

so that we can come back to this planet and take over. But this scarab in particular on Earth doesn't attach us to a host and doesn't send the signal back to the reach. And it has become conscious in a sense that it actually has a, like adverse, like it is,

it rejects the beliefs of the reach. and is trying to save, you know, through this alien technology, the planet that and the monsters or the, you know, villains on the planet. It's kind of got like a venom type thing, is it. Yes. In the sense that it is, you know, all-encapsling suit, and it does have a voice that speaks to him. Yeah, but Blue Beetle as a character is like from the 30s,

like one of the older DC, and I think that's kind of what DC has is legacy. in terms of of just really having a wide timeline of everything and blue beetle is like one of the earliest characters albeit not my iteration of of him hyme rez there there were a few that came before him but it's a pretty old character what's how am i like as a character like before you know in general from the comics so what's he like um there's i think heme the comics tend to skew fairly political as well in terms of addressing topics like what it's like to be a person of color in the educational system or in the, you know, kind of the structure of how our society has been set up, how sometimes there's promises made to you as a youth saying if you do things like go to college, if you do these, you know, these simple steps, you will succeed in life and how sometimes that isn't the case. And sometimes surely by something. or even by something like the color of your skin or where you grow up or your zip code, that there are things that differentiate you.

And also, there's such a big family theme in the movies as well. In the comics as well. And honestly, I can say to too in the movie. Yeah. You know, our cast has really been, it's crazy going from a project like Cobra Chi where you have to build chemistry with people over five years. You have so long to learn about these people and then go into a movie where you have two weeks to be like,

hey, you guys are meeting each other, you guys are a family, here you go. But, oh man, it felt great. And that's another story. But there's such a strong sense of family in the comics, and that's something that I think all people can relate to. Yes, it is specific to the Latino experience because these characters are Latino and yada, yada, yada.

But there's so many things that you read on the page that you're like, oh, my family's like this. And I think that is what's going to differentiate it from maybe some of the escapism superhero movies that we've seen in the past. This one really does feel grounded. Well, I love that.

And that's what I liked about Shazam when they did that with the kids inside of the foster home. That's what I liked about Ms. Marvel, where they did stuff like that. So you mentioned as far as being political, the comics in general have been political in these things. You're 21 years old, you've been around.

I mean, you grew up in the age, where the internet's really all you've known as a kid. See, I didn't, I didn't grow up with that. Yeah, it took me time to get used to. And I constantly talk about social media and stuff on this show. It's, it's a blessing and a curse at the same time. And a lot of times, fandoms can really be, they can be very embracing and they can be very abrasive.

And I think that DC is a very loyal fan base, as you, I'm sure, have seen. But I've also seen, whether it's D.C., see Marvel Star Wars. The fan base can be brutal. I'm sure like so you know you see you handle pressure very well but when it comes to let's say do you get nervous at all when it comes to because there's a lot of not even the representation of like the character alone. Like you know the confidence inside of that is it's that's obviously important and that's and you clearly are going into that with confidence. But do you worry about that hateful side of the world

that comes out and says okay well this is they're making this because it's political. They're making this because of this and who's this guy and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Does that ever, do you just brush that off and say, just kind of do my job? How does that work? I think it's a little bit of both. I really love, you know, reading and talking about how people think. Yeah. And I think especially with stuff as divisive and as polarizing sometimes as the movie industry,

I couldn't like there's always going to be people who say something. Yeah. And that's okay. And I good, bad, neutral. I will listen to it all. I really do think that nobody's opinion is like, I shouldn't be the one to be like, I am the one who says what this movie is supposed to be. And if you don't agree, you're wrong.

But people are also really afraid of change. and I understand that as well. And I'm so grateful to be alive right now at a time that the tides are turning and the narrative is changing and the stories are being told differently for different people and what have you. But I've always been such a big believer

that especially when it comes to social media, people are going to say what they're going to say. And I have to really make a conscious effort not to let the noise seep in. You're really good on social media. You really are because I'm sure because I've spoken to you many different times. You're definitely opinionated and you have your thoughts and you're passionate about things. But even and I've said this about I've said it to you to your face and I've said it to you outside.

Even when I met you when you were 16, 17, 17, you have a very good head in your shoulders. And you've also accredited that to your mom and everything too. But that answer alone makes me go, you're going into this right. And I would, like anybody else, I would say, embrace the comments. Stay away from the comments. Do your thing. Yeah, and I think just to add on that as well, this movie is not to make me, you know, the next Brad Pitt, the next biggest thing. If I'm going into it with the intention of I'm about to do this movie and become takeover the world, I'm going to be the biggest movie star ever.

Then the reality of what this movie means to people is totally kind of tarnished because this movie has to. Because this movie has to be to open the door for more opportunities. And I think that's what is really important and really what needs to be the change and why it is necessary to be disruptive about this movement. And sometimes it is necessary to, you know, make big changes that this industry hasn't seen before because it has to change. And the idea that, you know, let's say, you know, a movie with a Latino cast doesn't do. great but it does good that then a studio will be like uh you know it only did all right we should just stick with the other stuff like there's it needs to happen so whether or not people are accepting of it or or like it or whatever that's fine because it's not to make me big it's not to

you know they needs to open more doors and you want to tell the story and look and that's and look the other thing about about that is i will tell you the reception for this movie so far has been phenomenal crazy it's been phenomenal and when that suit came out talking about yeah you know crazy fans, I was scared when that suit leaked because it wasn't supposed to happen. It was some like dude up in a parking structure that took a picture of it. And they had known like, dude, this is going to be our first time outside. Please wear this thing at all times. And it was literally like I took it off, did the scene, put it back.

And in between they took the picture and I was really scared. Because this early on in a movie, someone sees a suit and they don't like it, they're not watching the movie. They literally made a decision. Or they're going to nail it the way they nailed Sonic that time. Or yeah, or they're going to roast it out of oblivion and it's going to be a thing. And then when the actual movie comes out, they're going to be like, oh, wait, is that the movie with the dumb kid in the suit? And I didn't, I remember what I thought about that movie.

Right. Which is what a lame way to live life. But this is just the reality of how the social media stuff works. If it's a moment and you think about it then and then you don't really think about it after that. But dang, the responses were really awesome for it. They lost it. And I'm so grateful for that, you know, our, you know, costuming team, Myers-Rubio, really awesome work on the costume.

And, and yeah, we've seen some pictures of it. But when you see it in the movie and when you see it in action, it's going to be really awesome. Can you tell me as far as, and if you can't, that's fine, we'll move on. But can you tell me, like, what we can expect as far as tone? Like, are we going to see? Because, like, I always get nervous. And for me, I, too much humor in the, like, sometimes when it's overpowers the movie.

I like when humor's in the movie, but when it overpowers the movie, some for my personal taste is a little. Standoffish. Yes, but unless it's really funny and it works. But sometimes there's a mixture of like, like you mentioned like whether it was Iron Man or even like Batman's pretty,

the most recent one's pretty dark. Can you tell me anything about tone at all? Yeah, look, I think what I can say about the tone is that DC has done a really great job of, having very distinguished films. And you see that across their whole slate from as early as, you know, some of the first Batman's to as recent as, like,

the new Suicide Squad, the new Batman, Joker. They all cover very different tonally feelings. And I think what this movie does really well is kind of fill in a gap that we haven't seen before in this universe. That's all I can kind of say about it, just because also movies are found in the editing room. Yeah.

And you can film a movie one way and edit it to make it feel like a totally different movie. So I can tell you what it feels like or what it, you know, how the script reads. But it really doesn't matter until the movie comes out. And we see a trailer and we see them saying, well, good for you, man. I'm excited to see it. I can't wait for our next year's interview. Oh, yeah. Because that's going to be.

We should do it in September. Yeah. Dude, the movie comes out in August, hopefully. Yeah, for sure. So speaking of movie, movies. Last time we talked. God, my mom told me. You knew I was going to do it. She said, watch Freyvar, didn't she? And you, and you didn't do it. I'm going to, I'm going to, I'm going to, I'm going to give it to you. Oh, yeah. I have it. I'm, I'm, I'm, it's one of my favorite movies and I'm

going to give the fucking thing to you because it's, um, so that that is, that's one of, and your mom's watching. I just cursed twice. So I apologize. Um, but, uh, all right. So that, what, what are you watching now? Because now we're in, because this is very different now from, again talking to a 16 17 year old kid talking to a 21 year old kid what are you watching what's what's interesting well right now i'm watching house of the dragon oh it's so good man it's it's the best show on television and let me tell you i'm blasphemous because i haven't seen game of thrones never watch game of throes but you know why you can get away with that because it's so many years before it's so many years before and and i think i i enjoy it but i'm pumped to watch game of

Thrones after after this and I don't have the seven years of waiting for the finale so now I'm bitter about it like I can binge the whole thing right now so I feel like who's your favorite character Damon I like Damon yeah I like Damon but also um Reneera I mean really and I just got to the episode I haven't watched six I've watched the first five okay okay I think six is the one where they do the time jump yes um but really awesome stuff And I think, but also because I haven't seen Game of Thrones, I, the, some of the, it's like the, you're learning your royal family bloodline clean is, is like, that stuff kind of makes me uneasy. But yeah, Damon, Damon is really good. And Matt Smith is someone I hadn't seen Doctor Who. I hadn't, I wasn't really familiar with his work. So seeing him in this is, it's pretty cool. Isn't it awesome how that works where you get introduced to somebody like the first time like somebody with the body work like Matt, Smith has like you whether it was the crown or Dr.

Hu or all these. And he was actually really, Morpheus to me is not a great movie, but he was, he was good in the movie. But when you're introduced to him the first, and that's how you're always going to kind of remember him now as Damon. Yeah. Seriously. And he's ripped and like he's. And really what a torture character he has. So I'm watching that. Um, waiting for that new season of succession. I still, you know, I haven't watched that show yet. It's,

I know, I hear good things. It's a hard one to, I think, watch for some people. I watched the first two episodes and I thought they were great. Oh, yes. But I think, at least. At least with people my age that I'm like, watch this, watch this is in an age of YouTube and instant like gratification, something like succession, they watched the first episode,

they're like, yawn fast. They'll like it. Kendall Roy, this guy's blood. Yeah. I think they'll like it as they get older too. But that also,

you know, as you were talking beforehand and how, um, how instrumental and how, like, important it is for you to be playing Jaime and, Diego Luna and Andor,

you know, leading, leading, which I'm hearing is like, it's fantastic. Really awesome. I haven't, I haven't seen yet.

Because the reason that triggered that for me is when you said that some people find it boring, right? That a lot of people have said that and order them as a slow burn and it is. But I feel it's the best written Star Wars show because it dives deep into character. It really explores. And it's a very, I think, important show as well. It's a very strong, lead Latino cast. And it's fantastic. I love that show so much.

And Diego Loon is a superstar. Yeah. And when it comes to stuff like that, even when they're not being. you over the head with the representation stick that's like hey you need to you know be force fed this or like it it does something subconsciously even if they don't even address it to see someone that looks like yourself on screen and doing cool stuff yeah yeah it's true and it and for dago luna that's awesome you're so good in it all right so you're watching you're watching you're watching that what about movies you got a chance you see top gun yet

top gun haven't seen top gun uh the last movie i think i saw was everything everywhere all that at once. Love that one. I watched The Warrior. With Tom Hardy. A warrior. Yeah, yeah. The M.MA movie?

Yeah. That one was really awesome. That's great. I had just seen. I saw Elvis. What did you think of that? I liked Elvis. The new Elvis, there's a new Elvis movie coming out now.

Another one? Yeah, called Priscilla. Oh, no. About his wife. Oh, wow. It's, yeah. What a interesting move. yeah what an interesting move to be like yeah really bold it says we know that we're going to make a better

movie and well it's interesting i didn't hear about that one i like i did like i did like the new one the the boslerman um austin butler one i really liked it a lot the musician biopics that i've seen have all felt really different and i've really enjoyed that i mean rockin man bohemian rhapsody ray yeah this one i'm excited for the you know i'm a shameless timothy Shaolomei fan so I'm excited for the Bob Dylan one yeah well you know you know what's so funny is like so and that was something else because of the Netflix move with cobra Kai that's what we get back to cobra but um the the Netflix move to cobra Kai and the grand the grander stage now right you see we saw that whole video that um

Andrew Garfield is like a major fan right so that you have you found have you found like holy shit so-and-so watches our show like besides like obviously the uh Garfield one who's the most obscure person that you saw or not even obscure like person that you went oh damn tim dillon that's cool tim dillon is someone that i was like this really makes sense yeah but i can't imagine him sitting down and watching any show really um him Elon Musk was a was a weird one that was that was an interesting one is i feel like because our demographic is so widespread yeah it's random like i'm pretty sure Ryan's toys reviews, like watches the show and also, you know, someone like Elon Musk.

So, um, it's pretty exciting man. It's like that's because that's because of the whole putting in a generation, your generation and putting in my generation into the into the show. That's how, that's how you do it. That's how you make a massive hit. And well, obviously really good writing and English stories, but that's that that was the magic touch. Yeah.

I'm excited. I mean, Patton Oswald is. Oh yeah. Yeah. that one's really cool to see i'd work so that was before we let you get out of here um tell me about you what's going on what you're like outside of obviously the working on will be you're not 21 you're not and you're you're doing all these things what's what's life like outside of it too what what are you what are you what are you doing to relax what are you doing with with your pals

what overall what's what's what's your life like i mean right now the pals are all in you know their last stages of college yeah a lot of them are heading into the senior year of of So I just, I'm hungry to do other stuff, man. I think heading into Blue Beetle has really taught me more about what I want to accomplish as an actor. Sure. And what's that? What is that? I think I would just like to, at this moment, it's just to become better.

Yeah. And, and I think with the security that Kobra Kai gave me and with how close the character was to someone like myself, I mean, he was sick. 16 when I started. I was 16 when it started. A lot of the material was stuff that felt tangible and easy to connect with. And I, because I started acting so early and kind of blew through high school and my college years doing, you know, this show, I didn't. And I could have outsource. And I now in retrospect, maybe I should have outsourced. But I didn't really do a lot of classes or a lot of like learning about the craft of acting or or whatever that is, whether that it's taking one-on-ones or group lessons or going to school for it. I didn't have this experience. And while I maybe could have gotten away with, you know, being a cute smile when I was 10, 11, 12, however long and work instinctually off of, you know, certain things in Cobra Chi that really.

that I really have to applaud the person always across the screen for me because it it they really have helped me find my my craft and the way that I do things and um but I'm about to head into this next level of acting where I'm going to be you know auditioning against people my age who did go to college for these things and do who are really technically great and better than me And I want to be able to, like, ride around with the big dogs, you know. Well, it seems like you're on your way, man. I mean, for what you're doing from where, I mean, it's got a, and I know, and look, this is, again, the fact that you have kept a, there are a lot of people that at 16 years

old get a hit show and then get a movie at 21 could be turned into assholes. You clearly have not done that. And I, and I applaud you for that. But I also, the idea of staying humble, but still, I think it's a good thing. like the want, the want to be great. And that's not a narcissistic thing. That's a battle within ourselves to say, hey, let's go out there and let's see the best game that I can play.

And I think the learning it, there was 16. I mean, obviously, you were acting way before that, but being on this show and being in the constant grind on it and then getting the hit movie, you have to understand how that does not happen a lot of the times where it's just like boom into a, you know, it's usually, and I'm sure you do know that, But I'm just saying like when it comes to, it's usually, okay, he's got a really good role on Blue Beetle, not he is Blue Beetle.

You know, so that's, that's a testament to what you did. And that's a testament to your work. No, it is. And I think that really helps ease my mind sometimes because it's really easy to have intrusive thoughts or these types of things. But when you realize this movie isn't going to make me big or when you realize that being number one on the call sheet doesn't mean you have to be the best or and it shouldn't mean you're the best. And when you are learning these things. And I really have to thank everyone on the, you know, the Blue Beetle team and on the COBRE team as well that that really has helped open my eyes to what, you know, to more

of what this industry has to offer in front of the camera behind the camera and and really be patient with me. I'm so appreciative of that. And it makes me so excited to go into this hopefully six season of Cobur Kai and, you know, kind of take some of that stuff. Yeah. that I've learned and that's that's what it should always be like what's your mom tell you when you get this role the same type of thing she says it doesn't mean you don't have to pick up the dog

shit good for her yeah good for her that's what she says oh perfect so you can pick up your sister at three from from theater practice um but no but you know you you joke about that but seriously though but that's the kind of stuff that keeps you that keeps you right but isn't it though it yeah yeah like Okay, movie star, that's great. Pick up the shit. Yeah, yeah, yeah. A hundred percent. And I, and I think, you know, I, I, I,

skew rather introvert, like I'm a homebody. I have my four friends that. Homebody, I didn't watch Braveheart. Go ahead. Go ahead. No, please. Please, go ahead. Finish what you were saying.

Yeah, I don't know. Right now I want a video game to pinch. I don't know, yeah. I don't, I'm playing legal legends like a loser. Yeah. Like, I know, like, I watch Arcane. Yeah. Loved it.

Really, really great. I loved it. Yeah. I know, I know nothing about legal. Leggians. No, it's, and I think it, League of Legends already has its own little lore,

but this I think really expands on it. Really, really awesome show. So I think it's, I'm not, I live in a part of Los Angeles that isn't like, the Los Angeles part of Los Angeles. So I've never really been one to, like the hype and the,

these types of things are not wrong. I don't deem them wrong or like, just not you. They're just not me. And I think that's what kind of makes it easy. And, you know, yeah. Keep it. Keep it.

All right. Last thing before you go. Parenthood. Yeah. So it was a very, very popular show. It was where I first had recognized you because my wife watched it religiously. There's rumors of a reunion show or reboot show. So you, with that face, you have not heard this.

Because I saw, I saw some and I said it to my wife. They're like, we don't need to bring them back. No, but I don't know. if that's necessarily i don't even know if it's real i looked at it the other before you came in and i said i heard there was some kind of rumor about it and obviously with not spoiling that show there's certain characters i can't come back um but i um i had had you know seen it and i said okay i wonder if they so you haven't heard anything i haven't heard anything i think it could be a good thing yeah like a reunion show like a reunion season or like uh but i think i mean it's been a

while since the show has come out. Yeah. And I think to come back to a show, uh, of that this type of tone years later and be like, they're still going through it. Like, right. I'd be like, man, they had such a great like a seemingly good ending. Things are going well to then go whatever, seven, eight years later and be like, time to cry every episode again. I'd be like, dude, give these guys a break. The only reason I could see that coming is because this is us is done. And so that, But this is us, I think, really took a concept and, you know, a tone like parenthood and brought something new that I think was really necessary. Yeah. And, and yeah, it should, we should make a new, a new show.

I think it'll probably happen. So look, man, thank you for coming in here today. Thank you for having. It's always a pleasure. We've got to do it again. Hopefully we'll do it. Hopefully, yeah, July, August of next year. Yeah, we will.

We'll talk. Congratulations on everything. Thank you. Blue Beetle, ladies and gentlemen, Cobra Kai. And it is Sholo Medaduania. I'm so excited that he was able to come in and make sure that you guys, if you haven't been checking out, Cobra Cuy, well, we spoiled the hell out of it for you.

So tough shit. So make sure you check that out if you haven't seen it already. And make sure you're keeping up on updates on Blue Beetle. I can't wait to see it. We've got them. We'll get them back again. Make sure that you comment. If you haven't already, you know, everything going on.

We got the podcast. So make sure that's Apple Podcast. If you haven't checked that out, do the Spotify. Do it all, everybody. Thank you so much for joining us. We'll see you on the flip side. Peace.