🔴 LIVE: E! @ Poker Face Season 2 Premiere Red Carpet with Natasha Lyonne, Justin Theroux & More
Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Season two of Poker Face is among us, baby, and we’re ready to dive back into the thrilling, mysterious, and shocking world Ryan Johnson has created. I’m Aaron Lyn Rhodess. I’m Will Mar Fuji. We are coming to you guys live from the Legion Theater in Hollywood for E at the Poker Face season 2 premiere. What’s going down? Oh yeah, the carpet is already hot. We’ve got interviews with the cast including Natasha Leon, Aquafina, Justin Theo. Oh yeah. To fashion breakdown, season 2 teasers, and so much more. We’ve got you guys covered. I promise we are going to be on our toes. Oh, I’m on my tippy toes. And with all of that lying and deception in the show, I feel like we really need to be locked into this carpet tonight. Oh, absolutely. Especially after that season 1 finale. I’m trying to get answers out of everybody tonight. I’m looking at you, Ria Pearlman. Well, specifically Well, while Will is treating everyone like a suspect on this carpet, if you aren’t a Peacock subscriber yet, make sure that you scan that Q QR code on your screen. Get it. It’s right there. I’m telling you, great content on Peacock. Absolutely. And I’ve got to say that Peacock has really done their thing tonight with this carpet. It looks great. It’s really setting the tone for the season 2 premiere. Absolutely. Like every inch of this carpet, it’s selfie worthy. There’s a photo booth down there. Everywhere you look, you see a really cool cast member or a guest star. There’s a cool cast member right over there. Oh, someone’s stopping by. Welcome to the premiere. How are you? Good to see you. Good to see you, too. Congratulations. We are live. Live. Cool. We’re going to talk about your character in just a moment, but if you had to solve a mystery in your life, who’s your first phone call? Oh. To solve the mystery. Yes. Okay. Who’s really good at their detective skills? They’re using AI to find, you know, smash someone’s face. Louis Theorough. I don’t know why. The BBC guy. I don’t know. He seems so smart because people with British accent seem smarter than Americans. Sure. Benefit of the doubt. And he’s a he’s a journalist. Investigative journalist. And I love him. So, I want him for no reason to do it. Good choice. Yeah. Okay. Now, let’s talk about season two. We got to know about your character. What can you tell us? Okay. I play Russ Wardell. He’s a washedup baseball player who’s uh having a midlife crisis and there’s a younger, more athletic baseball player taking my spot and let’s just say something tragic happens and then Natasha has to solve the case and I don’t want to give anything away but um I killed somebody. Yeah, I was going to say it sounds like Lil Young’s got to go. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. And so um I I Yeah, it’s fun being the washed up guy. I get that a lot. I’m 50 years old. I have the body of a 49year-old. So, I always get cast as the washed up guy, but it’s fun and it’s self-deprecating. You’re not looking washed up at all. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate that. You’re looking good, man. I feel good. Congratulations. That’s it. Fun tonight. Yeah, I will. I hope you guys enjoy. We did the dang thing. And I just want to say my mom loves the show. And she told me before, she goes, “I have a feeling you’re going to get poker face.” And then I did and I got to call my mom and say, “I got poker face.” Oh my gosh. Is she here tonight? No, she’s not here. But she’ll be watching the show live. Yeah. Everyone watch it. Okay. We will be watching. Thank you guys so much for having a great night. Okay. Okay. Yeah. All right. We’re gonna bring up another cast member. David Allen Greer. Hello. Hello. Hello. David Alen Greer right now. Welcome from the premiere of Poker Face season 2. This show is all about mystery. Real life mystery you are obsessed with. So you’ve been mentioned. Oh, you’re actually reading our prompter right now here. And a comedy. We’re going to take a beat. We’re going to take first. What’s one thing? Excuse me. What’s one thing performing standup comedy that has taught you that you didn’t learn at Yale? Well, you want to take that one? The setup. You understand? Or the call back? I have never been good at the call back. You know, you plant the seed when you first I’m talking about lemons. Yeah. You do, you come back. And that’s why lemonade sour. You’re like, I never got that part. David, you literally make a better host than we do. Yeah, I know. Do you want to do the rest of the show? Just do it, man. Come back anytime and help us out. I don’t know how much you guys really enjoyed that, but you know. No, mix it up a little. We do. Will you tell us? Are you a murderer? Are you a good guy? What can you say? Um, in life, not on the show. No, I’m just kidding. Simon kind of spilled beans. No. Okay. All right. I’m a I’m a I’m a mal content. Oh man. I’m a super. The bane of every New Yorker’s existence. I’ve never had Have you Have you guys ever lived in New York? I never in a small building. They hold the key to the universe. Oh, literally. Oh, wow. Literally. I was in an apartment when I lived in New York and I said, I think I have uh mice. And the super said, how many? That’s the answer to that. How many? Because it was just like one question. I was like I think I saw one or one seven times. One is too many. Seven or one? Yeah. Exactly. Like I didn’t put like a little little nail polish on his forehead. What uh what was your I mean what’s it like watching Natasha do her thing on this show? Getting into that into that Charlie Kale vibe. I love Natasha. I met her many many years ago and we did a movie a long time ago and she annually calls me to work with her and this is the first time in a long time to not be able to say yes because my schedule has always been notoriously busy. Natasha will text me and say are you available and I say no and she hangs up till next year. Till next year. Yeah. But this was great. I was actually available and this is her show and it’s really cool. I couldn’t do the other one cuz I was always busy. So, I love seeing her and working with her. Yeah. Well, we love that the stars aligned and the timing aligned and you can finally be on the show and we can’t wait for your and listen guys, nobody does it better. Wow. Than you guys. Really? Nobody disappear. And and um are you going to enjoy the premiere tonight? Oh, absolutely. And don’t forget about those lemons. Excuse me. How about you? I am going to enjoy. All right, that’s all the time we have. Have fun. Can I Can I get a coffee? Plus a plus. We’ll add our new cereal for sure. Don’t hate me too much. I pass it to Simon Hellberg. Come on over. There you go. Bye, guys. Byebye. Thank you. Well, if it comes to Simon Hellberg, special agent Luca, finally I I can be called a special agent. I’ve only just been an agent before, but this is my most special. No, you’re the special FBI agent who we love and adore. Who who excited returns to season 2. I’m excited. I’m excited, too. I get to hold a gun and do all those, you know, all those those stunts everybody’s been craving. Yeah. They’re all talking about the stunts and you get to do it. What did it mean to you to get the call back to do another I mean, you’re one of the few recurring characters in this thing. Yeah, I I am. Uh, it was it was great cuz I I’m a fan of the show and I’m excited to So, when I read the script, you know, I’m curious who’s going to play the John Melany type and it was John Molany. Even just a John Molainy type I I’d be a fan of. But, uh, so I I get to come and play with all of these insanely fantastic actors and comedians and directors, and it’s a it’s like a company of just the highest pedigree of of cool talent. Really awesome. It does sound like this is a show that everyone is vying to be on or it’s a show where you want to come back like you. So, what is it about working with Natasha and this casting crew? Oh, wow. Well, Natasha is like she’s sort of like if Joan Rivers and Jenna Rollins just like slammed into each other and gave birth to a a a fuzzy-haired uh lady. She’s she’s the best. She’s totally a a force of nature. And and the cool thing is is that a lot of the times, you know, if you’re a guest on the show, you don’t really end up coming back because you either are murdered in a horrific way or you commit a horrific murder. But I get to keep coming back because I’m I’m a good guy. So, I I sort of fumble up the ladder of the FBI um and I think develop some kind of some sort of feelings for Natasha. I feel like I my character wants to protect her. That’s how I see it. It’s it’s a it’s a brother sister kind of vibe now. But, you know, that can evolve or wait, can it? Or yeah, with some romance it sounds like. Yeah. Why not? There’s uh there’s a good friend of yours, Jason Ritter, is in a later episode. You guys don’t get to work together, I don’t think, but No, I didn’t get to work with him. If you guys were able to or had to solve a mystery in real life, which one of you would be like the Sherlock Holmes, which one of you would be the Watson? I I He would be so far ahead of me. He’s like a a big gamer. And I I the first escape room I ever did was with him. And it was very unfair. And I felt humiliated by him cuz we went in and he just he just discovered immediately like went over to the wall, took down a painting, took down this glue, and I just stood there. Um but I, you know, he used to play video games all night. We were roommates in college. So, I think I threw away my education by going to class and he he studied hard at at playing all the video games and now he can get out of an escape room in record time and here I am. So, that’s a really important party trick. So, you know, if you need to learn from someone, let it be him. Yeah. Yeah. You don’t want me leading the the mission in real life. Well, congratulations. Have fun tonight. Hopefully, we’ll get to see you back in season 3. Yeah. Awesome. It was nice, man. Nice to see you. You look amazing. Have fun tonight. Thank you. All right. We are going to bring up Justin Thorough. Come on up. Get on out. We see you over there. How you doing, man? Look at that. And everything. It’s beautiful. Fantastic. Fantastic. Good to see you. Good to see you. Good to see you, too. Congratulations. Thanks so much. How’s it going, man? How you feeling? Feeling good? Fantastic. I feel great. You joined the hottest show that everyone is dying to be on. They’re killing to be on. I was killing to be on. I might have killed someone to be on this show. Tell us about your character. What can you tell us about the season? You know, here’s the thing. All the guest stars that have come in and then they um you know, they just jump in. So Natasha, I think this is how it works in Hollywood. Natasha calls you and goes, “Hey, do you want to come do my show?” She mistakenly like sent me a wrong episode. I was like, “Yeah, I love it. Of course, I’ll come, Natasha. Let’s do it.” And then she’s like, “Oh, wait a minute. That’s not the episode. Sorry I sent you the wrong episode. Sent me the next episode.” Um and I was like, “Yeah, I’ll do that one, too.” So, I don’t really know what’s going on in the world in general. I just know where I fit into it. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, there’s there’s a a murder mystery at a wedding. What’s the craziest thing that’s ever happened to you whilst you were wearing a tuxedo? Oh man, tuxedos are dangerous. They are. You know, because usually if you’re at a tuxedo, it means like people are splashing out. I’m trying to think of the most dangerous thing that’s ever happened to me in a tuxedo. Or it could be the craziest, the most fun, the wild. I can’t really say it on E. This is the only place to say it. Well, I’m not going to say. Well, this is online, so you can say whatever you want. So online. Yeah, there’s I don’t think there’s anyone on the internet. No one’s there. We’re just streaming live. Dark Hall. No one’s on the internet. Um No, I didn’t I haven’t done no like hangover type nights, you know, like um I’m trying to think. I mean, normally you get in a little bit of trouble. You know, you’re going like the Met Ball or something like that. Are you going on Monday? No, I’m going to be out of town, unfortunately. Um but those kinds of nights can evolve. It’s usually the third destination that gets you into trouble. like go to something really swanky and nice like a Golden Globes or something like that. Then you go to the after party and think, “Okay, this is good.” The third, that’s where you need to like pull the emergency break and be like, “I need to go home.” Yeah. If there are steps that go down, you’re going to the fourth place. Yes. Then you’re in real trouble. Usually there’s photographers around. So, yeah. Be caught dead there. Yeah. Yeah. Well, speaking of a fun night involving a tuxedo and a wedding, congratulations on your nuptules, your recent nuptuals. What’s the best part about married life? Well, we’re still young in our marriage. Um, it’s only been about uh about just over a month, so we’re just enjoying it. We’re having web life, man. Yeah, it’s been great. I love it. I mean, she’s crushing it on Paradise on Paradise. She’s Do you get spoilers to it? Do you do you guys have like a She’s about to start season two. So, big question of whether I want her to ruin it, but yet she wants to talk about her day at work. So, I’m just saying like just ruin those parts for me and then and then I’ll uh and then I’ll obviously see all the other stuff. Right. I like that. She spoils her parts. Yeah. Well, congratulations. Congratulations on the on the show, the wedding, everything, man. So great to see you guys tonight, too. Have fun tonight. Don’t get into too much trouble. Yes. No. Do get into some trouble. I will get into some trouble. All right. Cool. All right. We’re going to bring up Kumale Nani. Oh, they’re meeting right now. We’re having hugs. He and he and Justin exchanging pleasantries. Kuml, come on up. Camil, wait. Are you Hey, good to see you. Hang on, you guys. You’re telling me that mullet wasn’t real? You didn’t keep that mullet? I cut it. I cut it for this premiere. I got a cut earlier today. Are the Are the tattoos real? Yeah, those are real. You know, I go method. I grew out my hair. I I dyed it blonde. I got all the tattoos. Wait, for people who, you know, obviously we’ve seen it, but for people who haven’t seen it, we’re talking about your character on the show. What can you tell what are you allowed to say about your character on on Poker Face season 2? He’s a His name is Gator Joe. Mhm. He’s a cop in Florida. He’s also an influencer. So, he’s got a long frosted mullet. He’s got a lot of tattoos and he he has a lot of endorsements and he’s just really flamboyant, over-the-top character, you know? I would have to imagine that as soon as you put on your costume with the hair and the tattoos, like you fully leaned in, like a different vibe washed over you. Yeah. You become a different person. It’s great cuz you look in the mirror and you feel different and you walk different and you think of other people as being different. You think of yourself as being different. So they were so good, you know. I was grateful cuz people don’t look at me and go Florida cop, let’s do that. So I was just grateful that they were like, “Hey, you want to do something totally different?” And I was like, “Yes, of course.” I saw that you were having like kind of dreams about alligators. Is that true? Were you Is that like your version of method acting? Kind of. Yeah. Well, I was like, so you know, I’m friends with an alligator in this episode and I was like, I think alligators are like hideous and scary. Yeah. How do I become like bonded with one? And so, and then I had a dream where like I instead of my cat, I had like an alligator cat mutant mix and it was sleeping between me and my wife. And I remember feeling like such love for it. This is a very weird story. I feel like you’re pitching a show right now. And then as when I woke up, I liked alligators. It just happened. You like hypnotized yourself. I hypnotized myself. My subconscious somehow knew exactly what it needed to do. And I remember it being like this really hideous thing with a huge nose and me like feeling such love for it. Then I woke up the next day and I was ready to act. Um I feel like you could be someone’s life coach helping them overcome things that they really fear. Yeah. My thing would just be like take a nap and hope you get lucky. Hope the dreams work out. The male secret. Yeah. That’s what manifesting. So so grateful cuz I don’t know what would have happened if I didn’t have that dream, man. Well, we love seeing you. We love seeing your work. We’re so excited that you’re part of season 2. Oh, thank you. I love the show. It’s my favorite show. So, I was just thrilled to be asked. Well, thank you for stopping by, buddy. Thank you, man. Have a great night. Enjoy. Nice to see you. Have a good night. Have a good night. All right. From lies and deception and death to well, you know, even more death, everything is on the table in Poker Face season one. And if you don’t quite remember it all, don’t worry. We have got your back. Check this out. Lie to Charlie Kale? Good luck. As we learned in season one of Poker Face, she’ll clock you in 2 seconds flat. Consider my interest peaked and probably solve a murder while she’s at it. Natasha Leon kills it literally and figuratively while playing a foul-mouthed fugitive with an unbeatable built-in lie detector. You know, I hear it. I know it. After witnessing a cover up at her shady casino job, she hits the road. And guess what? Trouble keeps catching up. Every pit stop means a fresh mystery. A rockstar’s fall from grace. A brainy murder at a retirement home. Even a sneaky who done it involving a doxed dog. Little company might be nice. With Benjamin Brat’s coldblooded fixer still hot on her trail, Charlie always finds a way to stay one step ahead. Kind of. while also solving the cases only she could untangle. And just when she thought she could disappear, season 2 is dealing her a brand new hand, new cities, new secrets, and Charlie, she might just be in real danger this time. What am I even running from? Right. House says hello. All right. Up here. Okay. All right, you guys. Hello. We had front arms in here. Hello. So good to see you. How are you doing? Great to see you, too. Okay. You have been friends with Natasha for years. What is it like supporting her and seeing her career evolve over the years? She’s such a funny person that uh the reward of it is just getting to see her reaction to all this stuff. She’s just so funny about everything. She told me yesterday that you, John Melany, and Nick Croll are on a text chain together that’s quite active. What is happening in that text chain? What can you say? It’s I’m going to say it’s more abstract than it is anything else cuz it’s just these are such funny people that we just get stuff from the news and just it’s pretty great. And you guys are just like riffing on stuff in the It’s almost even it’s almost even like weirder than riffing. Uhhuh. It’s just almost like stream of consciousness. She said yesterday that John Melan’s character in the, you know, in in the show in the season 2, she she said that she floated it out to the text message, I don’t know if it’s a joke, and that he was the first one to respond that he wanted to do it. Is that is that true or not? That sounds true. That sounds true. Why not? You are one of the funniest people I’ve ever seen. You’re very nice to see. No, seriously, like I know so many of your characters and know so many lines of yours. What is a common line that your fans maybe yell out to you when they see you on the street? Oh, cuz I know what I would say if I was just walking by or you were walking by. The one I get the most is um straight to jail. Straight to jail from Yeah. from Parks and Recreation. And does that get old or do you appreciate it? I really like it cuz it’s nice. You know, I remember like if you know I saw someone who I admired or or whatever and recognized somebody, I would say something. So, it’s nice. It’s nice, you know. I like that. Well, then I feel like this is a safe space and I just have to end on cacao. Hey, so good to see you. Thank you so much. Thank you for that. Enjoy. Great. Thank you very much. All right, we’re going to bring up Jason Ritter and Melanie Linsky. Come on up, you guys. Hi, guys. It’s like a big reunion for everyone. Everyone is hugging. They’re happy to see each other. Doing it on the What you doing on the platform? Come on up, you guys. Hey, how’s it going? Come on up. We’re going to hand you a mic right there. Aaron and Will. Hi, you guys. Hi. Hello. Oh my gosh, you guys. Is it like bittersweet that you both get to work on the show, but not together? But it was still fun. It was still fun. Yeah. We’ve worked together lots of times, so it’s okay. Yeah. Yeah. Well, Melanie, I know you don’t like to to know spoilers, so did you guys not read lines or talk about what was going to happen in this season? Yeah. I don’t know what’s happening in your episode. I don’t know what’s happening in your episode. Oh, there we go. Hey, are you the same? You don’t ask for the spoilers or the tea? I do ask, but she just doesn’t tell me. No, I mean, she won’t ruin it. Yeah, there’s parts of you. You You both are doing shows that where spoilers are a big factor. You got to have that that firewall amongst each other. Right. Even though I will forget all spoilers by the time I’m watching, so it doesn’t ever bother me, but I still don’t get any spoilers. Is there a uh a room in your house that you’ve not yet danced in? Yes. Important question. Yes. There. Is it off limits? No. There’s just a couple of rooms that are not like finished. He danced in one room before the rug had come in. Yeah, that was annoying. I have to say, very inspired by your home decor. It’s very gorgeous and the dancing really highlight that. Melanie, are you often asked to join? Will you ever join? I will never join. No, never. She’ll never join. I don’t dance. I’m not a dancer. Well, I mean, you know, Jason’s got some pretty He’s doing enough dancing for both of us. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I’m not a dancer either, but that doesn’t stop me. I mean, and in your episode, you get to show off some what are now, I think, legendary um action and fight moves. I mean, the internet wants to know how well you can fight, and I we get an answer in your episode. That’s true. That’s true. There’s a little fighting in my episode, so I guess we’ll see. We’ll see what happens. Well, there’s a clue. Yeah. Melanie, you and Natasha been friends for years. Was it a simple text, a call? Did she have to beg and kick and scream for you to join, or were you begging her? No, she um we always had talked about it. The first season it the timing did not work out. And so, yeah, it was kind of a bit of both. Like, she was like, I want you to do an episode. And then there was a lot of talk about when and when it would fit into Yellow Jackets. And then it just worked out perfectly. It was like a week after I wrapped Yellow Jackets. So great. Yeah. Yeah. Do you guys I mean as actors I mean you don’t want to spoil anything for each other obviously we just talked about but do you guys help each other run lines or do you keep that stuff separate? I I don’t like to ask that of anyone. You ask it of me. I do it with him. Yeah. Yeah. She’ll help me out sometimes, but I I need more help than she does. You guys have five years of marriage coming up and or it just passed, right? Five years marriage. March 1st. Yeah. You got to do the math. We all We all have to do it. You know, everyone Yeah. just is dying for Melany’s love. They’re trying to fight you online. What is the key to making it work, especially in Hollywood? Oh boy. Oh god. Feels so jinxy. Okay, we don’t have time. We could totally pivot. you know, as someone who’s also how you make a marriage work and then next thing you know, I mean, it’s a lot of just communication and and and uh trying to be brave and be honest and um and continue to fight for it. And we like hanging out with each other. We do really like hanging out with each other. So, that’s nice. How could you not? You guys are such fun, amazing people. A sweet answer. You guys have fun tonight. Congratulations. Your episodes are great. Thank you guys. Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a great night you guys. Thank you guys. So great to see you. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. All right, we’re joined now by BJ Novak. Welcome. How you feeling tonight? Welcome. I’m just so happy to be out. We’re so happy to see you. I’m glad we all have our own mics. Like it’s like we’re intimate but not too intimate. It’s cool. Absolutely. Yeah. Okay, so it’s season two. The show is so fun. Please tell us what can you tease? The the show is so um standalone and episodic that I got one of the most perfect scripts I had ever been sent and it had nothing to do with anything else on the show. It was just this beautiful standalone episode and there was a part that took me so long. I was driving somewhere with my friend Mindy Kalink. No big deal. And uh I told her last night about the show and I described my character and we got to the to the restaurant before I could finish. It’s such a complicated thing to explain and I think only Pokerface could could pull off something like that. So I can’t even describe my role because it’s so complicated, but it was really really cool and I think the cast is so extraordinary. The main cast, the guest cast, the directors, Tony Toast is incredible as a showrunner. So um I guess I’ve talked for a long time now. Literally chomping at the bits. I’m like which direction do we go in? But I guess I really want to know did Mindy help you run lines for your role in this show? No, but there were a lot of lines. Yeah, it was like a big long chewy monologue and a half and I that’s my favorite thing. I don’t play with others. Well, it’s just like give me a long line monologue and then I’m out the door. You were not too far from here with her not that long ago where she got her star on the Walk of Fame. You know, what what is it about this friendship that, you know, makes it work as well as it does for you guys? Uh, I don’t know how she feels. I feel she is just so funny and interesting that I’ll talk to her as long as she’ll talk to me. I like that. That’s the good a good thing to have with a friend, right? I think so, too. Yeah. She’s not my only friend like that. I have some good friends, but she is she is way up there. Well, this month actually marks the Shout out to all my friends. To all the friends. It’s actually the 20th cast of friends. Office premiere. I mean, you guys have been on our screens forever and will like stay with us. That show is just so iconic. Is it weird that people want Yeah. Watch your back poker face. Yeah. Watch your back poker face. Let’s see how long. Yeah. Um, is it crazy that so many people know every line that you’ve ever said on The Office? Constantly people are quoting things to me that I had no idea I had ever said um on on that show. So, I think it’s really special, you know, writing. I was in the writer room so much in that show that we had so many versions of everything and I wouldn’t even keep track of what ended up in the final episode often. So, when people quote lines to me, I’m like, “Oh, that made it.” You know, that improv was in. So, that’s funny. So, it’s it’s like watching it again in a new way. So cool. That’s very cool. Congratulations. It’s your episode is great. You’re rolling. It is great. I feel great about it. I’m glad you do, too. Appreciate, man. Have fun tonight. Thank you. It’s good to see you. My kids love your book, by the way. Yeah. We read it a lot. Thank you, man. All right. We are going to bring up Lauren Tom. Come on up, Lauren. Let’s not trip. We’re not trip. How are you? So good to see you. You look beautiful. Thank you. Oh, here’s Natasha pulling up right now. Barricade right there. She is driving the actual Barracuda from the show. Yeah. Oh, that’s so cool. The 1967 Plymouth Barracuda. Natasha. Yeah, she’s being driven right there. Showing up true style. Look at how adorable she is. That’s insane. What, you know, as we to talk over her arrival, what was it like for you working with with her in your episode? She we had the best time. I had so much fun on this episode because um Natasha is so present and you never know what she’s going to give you. So she’s just right there and it feels like improv in a way even though of course it’s scripted. So it’s that’s the best kind of acting for me. It’s just really fun. Between takes. What were you guys doing to just keep the energy up and and the camaraderie between you guys? Oh god. Probably just laughing a lot because Aqua I play Aquafina’s grandmother. I left the gray wig at home for tonight. You’re looking fabulous. Thank you. And so, yeah. No, I it just it was my first time working with Aquafina and Natasha. So, just getting to know them and like, you know, hanging and going to restaurants. We we shot in a place called Greenpoint, uh, Brooklyn, and I fell in love with that place. Oh my, it’s like been to that part of It’s just hipster. It’s very like Los Eagle Rock. I could totally live there. Love it. I would love that for you. I think that’d be such a fun Oh my gosh. Like just quirky little shops and cafes and things like that. It is. It’s exactly the kind of spot where you would expect to find Natasha and Aqua. Japanese uh breakfast for example, like you know, things that are vintage stores, you know. Yeah. And you have been able to revive some of your most iconic characters from King of the Hill to Futurama. What is another character of yours that you would love to dive back into? Oh gosh. Well, a million years ago, I did a movie called The Joy Luck Club. And um it would just be so we’re we’ve remained like really close friends, The Four Daughters. So, that’s a 30-year friendship. So, even if it’s not that even if it’s not a sequel, we would love to just do something together. It’s just Asian woman power, you know? That’s so fun. What you’re doing to the community for the community means so much. Being a part of it, just looking up to you for all of these years. I thought maybe I wasn’t sure. Yep. So, you’re telling me, wait, there’s a a group chat with the OG Joy Luckco. Oh, every day we’re on a group chat. Wow. And Roslin mutes us, which is not very nice because we just text so much. That is so sweet. I love knowing that. So great to see you. So yeah, I can’t wait to see how this turned out. It’s going to be great. It’s a great episode. Did you see it? Yes, I did watch it. Yeah, he got screeners. He’s a special one here. Oh my god, that’s so lucky. I haven’t seen it. Okay, I’ll tell you everything that happens. No, I’m just joking. Thank you so much. You’re great in it. Have fun tonight. Have a good night. Okay, take care. You know, one of the many great go guest stars this season, right? So great, you guys. Season one of Poker Face has had some guest stars that really gagged me. We’re talking Adrien Brody, Jamila J, and of course, we can’t forget JGL, Joseph Gordon Levit. So, as season 2 quickly approaches, expect the same energy. Let’s take a look at who’s playing who. Season 2 of Poker Face is back and so are the guest stars and people. They’re bringing the drama, the lies, and to be honest, the glam. Get ready for Cynthia Orio playing five different roles. I am Felicity Price. Nope. Try again. Plus, we’ve gotten John Carlo Esposito, Katie Holmes, Kuml Nani, Aquafina, and John Melany, just to name a few. It’s like a murderer’s row of talent. From comedy legends to drama icons, season 2 is packed with stars who know how to keep you guessing and laughing. Tell me that you didn’t kill her. So, buckle up because Charlie Kale’s Road Trip just got a whole lot more star studded. Poker face season 2 only on Peacock. Will, when you hear scary movie American Pie, Russian Doll, let’s not forget Orange is the New Black. Who do you think of? Oh my god, there’s only one person who fits that description. And here’s another deep cut for you guys. She even got her start on Peewee’s Playhouse. That’s right. Yeah, we’re talking about Natasha Leon. And since the two of us are clearly die hard fans, we got to get real with the people at home for a second. This woman has had an amazing career. One that started when she was only 7 years old. C can you imagine collecting checks at seven years old? I was barely making an allowance at seven years old. She was in the single digit. She’s still crushing it, might I add. And just so we’re on the same page, yes, she won a SAG award with her cast for Orange is the New Black, but she also has a variety of other noms. We’re talking Golden Globes, Emmys, and even A Critic’s Choice. Yeah, it feels like she’s just getting started, though. I mean, this is a great show. I can’t see can I can’t wait to see what she does next. That’s right. And tonight, we’re celebrating every step of that journey. Stick around. There’s plenty more ahead with her. Heat. Heat. All right, we’re joined now by the creator of Pokerface, Ryan Johnson. Welcome to the Pokerface season 2 premiere. How you feeling? I am feeling so good. I’m so ready for this. Right. This is exciting. Yeah. You and Natasha have got such a great working relationship. What is it about that relationship that makes it work as well as it does? I mean I think firstly we’re just really good friends. We just love each other and I think you know all of us are kind of in this to make great stuff with our friends and that’s that’s what this whole show is from the two of us to the co-stars. Work with people that you love and you kind of can’t go wrong. I think you know it is really fun seeing all of the friendships in real life get on screen with this show. Between poker face and knives out, you have become the modern matter. Modern master of mystery. Sorry, was a was a mouthful there. Three times fast. You are the modern m of mystery. So tell me, what are the three elements that make a perfect who done it mystery show? Well, you got to have a great detective. And so having Natasha Leon and Daniel Craig, I I think that explains 90% of the success of these things. Uh and then you got to have a fun group of suspects. So, on the Knives Out movies, we’ve been really, really lucky to have incredible casts. And you take a look at the people who are coming through this carpet tonight. Um, I still can’t I can’t quite believe the the people that we got together for this show. It’s amazing, the guest stars. Yeah. And number three, uh, ah, that’s a good mystery, I guess. Number three. Is there a mystery that you’re currently obsessed with that you’re not working on? Not in a scripted fashion. Is there something out there in the world that’s a mystery that you’re like, I’m I’m trying to get to the bottom of this right now in the world. There’s a lot of my point and I’m not solving them anytime soon. Yes. How often are you watching a show or a movie and saying to yourself, “Oh, that’s my suspect right there. That’s the next person I need in my next project.” I mean, a lot. And and it’s also it’s really really fun because right now there’s a little bit of a mystery renaissance. I think with shows like The Residents, which I’ve really been enjoying, and I think there’s there’s right now sort of a uh and and Chris and Phil’s uh show, The Reunion. And I think there’s kind of like a little who done it renaissance. So for me, I mean, part of me is always watching stuff thinking, “Oh, wow. I’d love to work with that person.” But just as a mystery fan, I’m also just I get absorbed in mysteries. I just love them. When you’re watching some of those shows, can you figure out who done it? Never. I’m so bad at it. No, I’m so bad at it. I’m so gullible. I’m so bad at it. I If you actually plot me in the middle of a mystery, I would be totally lost at sea. So, but I think that that gives me something that helps with something. I I’m I’m riffing. Probably not. Yeah. Well, you are in your bag. We love seeing the work that you do. If I could watch just a live stream or a documentary of the inner workings of your mind, I’d love to see that. Okay. So, you’re into horror. I see. Oh, is that what it’s like up there? You’re doing it. I can get it. Before we let you go, can you tease anything about Wake Up Dead Man? Anything? I know it’s a couple weeks away, but you know, I can tell you um absolutely nothing. That’s right. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Ryan. Ryan, congratulations. have so much fun tonight and enjoy enjoy your the fruits of your labor, man. Thank you. All right, you guys. Let’s check out some fashion while we’re or taking a moment. All right, stopping by to talk to us now is Aquafina. Welcome to this the premiere of season 2 Poker face. Excited. Thanks for having me, guys. I mean, what can you tease about your character or your the episode that you’re in? Um, well, it has to do with uh New York City uh renting in New York City. So, I think that’s rent control. I think that’s a pretty good uh episode. Yeah. But I I had so much fun. And my character is living with her grandma, so that’s true to life. Yeah. Love that. Yeah, it’s fun. Now, were you vying to get on the show before you got the call or how did it all work out? Um, well, I had three auditions. I I No, I’m kidding. I I um Yeah, I’m a huge fan of the show. Huge fan of Natasha, obviously, and and Ryan and uh yeah, big big fan of the first season, so I was really happy to be included in the second one. Do you are you obsessed with any mysteries that Yeah. Yeah. Like what’s the one that you’re that like kind of rattles around in your brain? Like a like a book mystery or a or like a real life mystery? Oh, like like I I mean I I love like Scooby-Doo. I love this German show called Dark. It’s very good. You know that show? Great show. Oh, such a good show. I don’t know if that’s a mystery, but No, it definitely is. Yeah, I love that. You guys dabble with Scooby-Doo? No, Scooby-Doo. We’ve got We’ve got little kids, so Yeah. We watch all of those. Oh, that’s cool. Yeah. Nice. Wait, I also love how Natasha was on your show. Aquafina is one of the queens. And in your show, her character convinced you to bleach your hair and maybe some other things to be bleached. She did. Yeah. But I’m curious to know, are there any real life fashion influences that she could give you? Oh, man. I mean, Natasha, her her style is amazing. Uh, so I mean, just her existing is is cool. Um, but yeah, I I think uh you know, we we’ve definitely I’ve definitely seen her at like fashion events and stuff and we we we lament and we do we you know, we celebrate. So, it’s it’s nice. Yeah, it’s very cool. One of the biggest mysteries out there on the internet right now is uh the Crazy Rich Asian sequel. Is it happening? We’re hearing word that there’s like a TV series. Do you know anything? Do you tell us everything? It’s absolutely it was announced. No. Um you know what? I think that that, you know, uh there there’s some there’s some kind of thing going on and uh I’m I’m just really happy to see what they what they have to what they have in in store. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, the people want it. The people want the cast wants it. I mean, we love doing it. We want to be together again. Absolutely. I can rewatch that movie any day, anytime. If I need a feelood pickme up and someone like me just used to live in Singapore, it’s like my go-to. Yeah. I mean, yeah. Mine too. But you you have to be careful watching it on the plane, you know, your own movie. Yeah. Yeah. That be a little Has that happened to you yet? Um I’ve seen people like watching it on the like watching it on the plane and then I I I think like you know maybe I should go go say something and then I did one time and the lady didn’t put it together and I just was really creepy. It was a creepy like thanks for saying hi. Yeah. Yeah. Does he get you free beverages or No, you really like I love your movie. I’ll buy you lunch. I’ll wear the wig next time on the flight. Yeah, it’ll be good. We’re gonna bring up Have you Do you know Sherry? Who Sher from? She’s got a guest star. Yes. Okay. Representation. Representation. Just a dream. How are you? Stunning. You look so stunning. This is a major fashion moment between both of you. I mean, do we have a full body like head to toe? This is gorgeous. This is the vision board. That was the camera. No, that’s my thing. I never make eye contact. I play hard to get. You know what I mean? Never look directly down the lens. Oh, there you go. We got to give the people what they want. This is what the people want. This is what they want. They want all of us up here. Adore you. Well, Aquafina, so good to see you. Have fun tonight. Thank you so much. Have fun tonight. Thank you. I love you, mama. I love you. Love you. Love you. Wait. I’m obsessed with this moment. Yes. I’m loving this. The feeling is mutual. How are you? We show up and we glow up. You guys do. You You all look great. Put that on a fortune cookie. Oh, okay. Let’s make that happen. We’re spitting bars. Keep going. We’re celebrating. We ain’t hating. Men straightening. Oh, not me today. That’s a whole different conversation for another podcast. We could do that another time. Yeah. Poker face season 2. Yo, let’s say about your character. I mean, it’s so fun to pop in with Natasha because she is literally the coolest, wildest, funniest woman on earth. And it’s just such a joy to be in her presence. And the fact that she asked me to be a part of season two, it was just I mean say less. I’m on the way. Drop a pin. Yeah. How did the phone call go? Did she call you up personally? You know, I actually met her last year at some point doing a live podcast. It was me, her, and Cord Jefferson. And it was the best night of our life. And then we’ve just kept in touch since then. And you know, to celebrate this show tonight with her right there, you know, pulling up in the barracuda. Yeah, it was cool. What more can you ask for? Now, are you murdering or are you solving? I’m in between. Okay. You know what I mean? Yeah. Okay. So, you’re kind of a good guy. She goes both ways perhaps. No spoilers. No spoilers. No spoilers. Well, have fun tonight. Congratulations. You’re great in the episode. Thank you. It’s a stellar show. I love when we get to reunite and we can’t wait for your episode. Have fun. Great seeing you. Thank you. All right. Well, we’re going to bring up Evan. Evan Ross. Come on up, Evan. Evan Ross. Evan Ross, step on up, buddy. How are you? Good to see you. It’s good to see you, man. Looking sharp. You’re looking real good. Yes, I’m loving all of your fash fashion decisions always. And I actually know you take some influences from your mom. I’ve seen things that you posted that kind of influence what you wear. And there’s also a rumor out there that you’re going to be in New York City on Monday. Yeah. Very exciting. Are you going to So, you’re confirming you’ll be at the Met Gala. Yeah, that’s that’s the plan unless something changes. But what have you what’s the what’s the look? What have you pulled together? What can you say? I’m not going to say, but mom’s going to look amazing and you’ll be super fine. Yes. There we go. Yeah. I’m I’m going to wear something great. I’m sure something unique. I like some fun stuff. But I think it’ll have it’ll have the vibe of what what the Met Gala is. I’m like so happy that to be here supporting Natasha cuz I’m like that’s one of my best friends. I love that. Now, are you just dying to get on the show or are we having phone calls? We have We’ve talked about it. I think she keeps trying to pull me in and I would love to. I think she’s the best and I love the show. It’s like, you know, everything she does is great though. Now, if you could be on the show, are you What kind of role would you want to take on? want to be like a sleazy scheming bad guy or be the the best friend. Either or. But I think the sleazy bad guy might be nice. The the murderer. You want to be the murderer. Have some fun. Of course. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, man, you’ve been pulling together a bunch of great acting credits. Like, do your Are your kids old enough to watch anything that you’ve done yet? Uh, well, I thought my daughter was old enough to see Pride, which is about the first first black swim team, and she was like, “Wait, why are they being so mean to you?” She was like crying for the whole We were actually watching in a in a sprinter on the way to the airport and she’s like, “No, can’t do it.” Wow. Kids are sensitive like that. I think she’s probably going to watch something more scary than seeing her dad be being mean to you. Yeah. Yeah. But they are probably old enough to listen to the EP that you and Ashley did together. Yes, they love that. Yeah, they do. Yeah. To the point where they want us to sing it all the time. I’m like, “Okay, I do that.” A live performance at home. Command performances from the from the kids, right? I think we’re going to need a second album then. Oh, I I think Ashley’s working on she is working on something very special soon, so we’ll see about that. Yeah, I love that. We love seeing you out and about and supporting your friends. I mean, how tell me about how you got to know Natasha. What was the Do you remember the first time you guys met? Well, she’s been close friends with my sister for a long time and uh I’ve known her a long time and we just, you know, over time became best friends. We’re very similar and she’s just amazing human. I find her very inspirational and I think she’s got a lot of amazing ideas and I love the way she creates and so Yeah. Yeah. So great. Yeah, man. Evan, it’s really good to see you. Hey, man. Good luck at the Met at the Met Ball. We can’t wait to see your look. I know. Let’s see what happens. It’s going to be All right. We’re looking forward to it. Thank you, man. Have a great night. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. All right. Here with us now is the multi-hyphenit star, writer, director, and EP of Pokerface, Natasha Leon. Welcome. Hi. How are you? So great to see you. You are stunning. We will talk about fashion, but really we got to talk about this show because all of your co-stars are raving about you. They are all talking about how much fun it is to be on this show. So tell us about your process of getting your friends to be on this season. Uh yeah, I guess there’s quite a few. I saw Taylor Schilling and Nora aka Aquafina. Yeah. Uh I saw Freddy, Freddy Armish, who’s not been on the show, but uh we try each season. Uh Camille, I saw Ria. Uh they all said nice things. All of them said very nice things. I send them I send them big baskets today and a bunch of puppies. Yeah. I mean, you’re getting your friends to play, you know, some of them against type. Did somebody surprise you when you got on set with them? Uh, Method Man. Is he here tonight? I haven’t seen him. He’s supposed to be here tonight. He is supposed to be here tonight. Oh god. Uh, it turns out that uh he and I are really uh I think maybe we’re the same person. I uh we we get along so well. We had so many laughs. I never want to offend my friend John Mlany, but uh yes, I think Manny is funnier and I said it here first. And so yeah, that’s a dare. John. Oh, you heard it, John. What is the thing that you and Method Man bonded over immediately? Uh, well, uh, I guess our, uh, New York attitude problems and, uh, just how soft we are despite them. I think, well, you know, I’m not in Wuang yet. Uh, but I I heard you’re close, though. I’m on my way. Well, I I do love this book, The Dell, the Woo Binder Region. Have you ever read that? You should. It’s a book recommendation. And I’m not sure anybody still reads in 2025. Oh, no. We read. We still have book clubs and everything. Oh, read that book. Um, but uh yeah, I think that we were just people who really want to do a good job, but uh seem tough because we have accents, but uh at heart are just, you know, softies and we come out things. I guess we’re both of us when we get nervous, we’re like, “Yeah, let’s go. Let’s go. Okay.” and then sort of fall back into a pocket organically. But we uh laughed and laughed. Uh he let me call him Clifford. I guess only his grandmother does that. That’s really sweet. So then I did my uh you know I’m working my way towards a hunchback uh thanks to too much I think cell phone use. And Ben, it’s coming quickly and so I showed that to him and he enjoyed my uh my impression of his grandmother it seemed. Yes. I love the character Charlie. There are so many endearing, sweet qualities about Charlie. Thank you. What part of Charlie most relates to you? Uh, I guess I don’t like uh seeing unnecessary injustice. I don’t like it when big shots of people in power seem to have to uh put somebody down in order to feel big. I think that’s a dirty business. So, I think that Charlie really goes out of her way to sort of, you know, see if there’s a little guy out there and uh try to correct it uh the best she can or at least find some sort of justice for this person who would maybe otherwise be unseen. And I I love I think it’s an honor to get to play that. I hope to assimilate more of that into my life. Uh uh so I love that about her. What can you say about the arc that fans are going to watch Charlie go on this season? All right. Well, I think that she starts a little bit, you know, the inciting event of course of the the pilot is her best friend Natalie Dasha Paleno is uh murdered and so she’s got to crank it. She’s a cocktail waitress. She tells Adrien Brody, you know, uh, hey, I kind of like my life, you know. Uh, do I need to be rich? I don’t know. H I guess being uh rich is better than being poor, but it’s shittier. That’s not a word for this channel. uh than doing just fine, you know, and I think that she doesn’t really want to change much. Uh she’s got the the shine at her back. She’s a bit of a desert rat. She likes a little trailer and you know, she’s having a nice life. But once she gets into this caper, she’s got no choice but to sort of set right uh the the murder of her best friend. Um and that launches her into a full season. A lot of them are ends up being bottle episodes, you know, which is the goal kind of Columbbo style that you could drop in or drop out. Um, and towards the end of the season, we see again that here she is, her sister Clea Deval. I mean, it’s high stake. She’s on the run. Um, then, uh, Ron Pearlman is the big bad in season one, but Ria Pearlman. Uh, so they’re not the same person, it turns out. Uh, so Ria is much, uh, smaller, easier, easier to confuse the two, uh, and, uh, so Ria kind of takes over these five families, and that’s kind of like the launching point for the top of the season. uh the incredible Cynthia Revo uh is there in our first episode. She’s extraordinary. Um and then it becomes sort of I guess her on a road trip again, but she’s a little more existential, a little bit more lost. You know, she’s been on the road all alone with no tether, no contact, no roots for about a year. And so, uh a little bit more eager to make connections and then we bottle back and then we take another turn, I guess. Uh so many turns in this show. Do you already have a running list of people you can’t wait to call up for season 3? Uh, was Meth Man in this season? I keep forgetting. Yeah. And Nick Noly was in last season. Maybe I’ve done it. You know what I mean? That’s it. Yes. He got all the dream wish list. Wait, Nick Croll, we talked. Yes. You said that we talked not too long ago came to the season one premiere. Ate the food, used the valet. He did. He ate the food. He didn’t show up for season two. Uh then he sort of uh fake gave me a $100 bill because he really was a a fan of the show and then he uh he took it back which I thought was a weird move because big mouth has been running for like 42 seasons. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah. I’ve only ever been paid scale. Uh so uh well hey before we let you go we have to take a look at this gorgeous fit. I love all of the style decisions you make. Oh fabulous. I don’t make them. People help last week. Clark dressed me in this and uh you know Alessandro for Valentino. It’s always a a stunning. I couldn’t make this in a vacuum. Let’s be clear. You look great. Congratulations on the season. It’s really It’s really fun. I always wear up another Natasha. Uhoh. Oh I’ve done it twice. Two Natashas. What are we going to do? Guys, you should know that we’re not actually the same person. We don’t know that, but you should. Stop sending our emails to one another. Okay. Natasha Leo. Natasha Leo just said, “Peace out. That method man was right amazing. He was my husband. So what happened? You and Mosha got divorced and I don’t I don’t want to be a part of this scam. See you later. Thank you so much honey. Have fun. Congratulations. Yeah. He said he’s hilarious. Is that he or not just hilarious? He was crying. I mean he was amazing. His range. It was It really blew me away. Okay. That’s what we’re going to look like. We’re not going to look that pixelated. Hopefully. on guard. You know, it’s it’s a different era we’re living in. They’re going to put the pieces together later on. Wonderful. Okay, let’s talk about your experience working on the show. Everyone has been raving about it and talking about the moment they got the call. What was it like? Oh, I thought you said everyone you’ve been interviewing has been raving about my performance on the show, and I’m like, I’m only in one episode. I don’t know if they’ve all seen it, but word does get around. No, everyone’s raving about their experience and just working with Natasha and just being a part of such a fun show. Um, well, I really loved working with her and I’ve always wanted to work with her. uh ever since I saw But I’m a cheerleader when I was like little, you know, and I just thought she was so funny and it’s really cool to see her taste evolve because, you know, she’s in total control of this project and I think she just, you know, she’s into so many cool things and cool films and she really tries to put like her artistry mixed with like this like, you know, cool catalog of films that she’s influenced by and, you know, make her own thing. I just think she’s really talented and you know she’s an aur if you will. I like that. Yeah, she is an aur. You live in Hollywood. Have you heard that word before? Aur. Yeah, for sure. You haven’t. People throw it around. See? Told you. I That’s one I’m going to keep with me though. I’m going to You know what it means? Uh is it author but fancy? It’s like an artist. Like a even fancier artist. It’s like It’s like the opposite of a hack, you know? It’s like you’re in control. It’s like you’re the director, you’re the writer, you’ve done it all. But that’s not exactly what she did on this because I know that she had writers. But anyway, the point is an aur is kind of in control of the entire thing, not just like someone for hire. I’m gonna just call myself that from now on. Uh you’re an aur reporter. Yes. Sorry about it. Are you do you are do you like are you one of these people who relaxes to true crime shows and podcast? I don’t. But uh I have a lot of friends who go to sleep to them, but this one is like so action-packed and this one you can’t go to sleep to. This is not the thing you put on. But detective shows. No, but I had actually watched the entire first season and then I got the call and I thought that was so cool because, you know, I got hooked and uh I just thought it was so good. So watchable, you know. Yeah, it really is. Did you have one of those like serialized shows that you grew up watching or do you remember like your like your grandparents, your mom or dad watching like, you know, like the Rockford Files or something like that and be like, “What is this?” And then as you got older, you’re like, “No, I’m I’m totally into the serialized thing.” I was always into like comedies. So when I was younger, I was like watching Nick at Night or like you know reruns of things like I remember like All in the Family we would have to watch like with our parents and that kind of thing. Um but in terms of the Rockford Files, no I never watch things like that. That was like it was almost like more m I don’t know more male to watch, you know, like I was watching like Falcon Crest. Oh, or like Santa Barbara or like I was like really into like when I was in middle school I was very into soap operas. How? Why? I was like going home to watch Young and the Restless. Like I would skip school. Me and all my friends would do that. Well, that’s a must do when you’re sick, you know? That’s really sad. I love I love it. Maybe it lends to your your amazing capabilities. Exactly. It shaped you. It made you who you are, Natasha. Thank you so much. Have fun tonight. Enjoy the party. Enjoy hanging out with everybody. Congratulations everyone. Bye. All right, we’ll take that. We’re going to bring up Taylor Schilling. I mean, man, you got the warmest reception from Natasha. Beautiful. She could not wait to see you. Natasha Leon, the legend. Look at how beautiful she looks. I know. She really is fashion. Incredible. You look incredible. Thank you. I love it. I love that this this orange is the new black like sisterhood has has maintained over the years. Oh, yeah. And Usuzo’s here as well. I saw her just from afar. But yeah, I clocked that. And I think Adrienne is No, Adrienne’s not here. Maybe. I don’t I She’s not here, but she was on She was on the show. I don’t know. I don’t know. I mean, well, tell us about what it was like reuniting on screen with Natasha. Well, she’s literally the best. So, it was so much fun. I mean, any doing anything with her is so much fun. Yeah. Can you tell? I mean, this already a party. It’s like a friend reunion. Exactly. Like, does she call you personally? Like is and if people don’t know Tasha does all her business via text like where are you going to be hottie? Where you want to be? You want to come come on over here? Yeah, I need you over here. It feels shitty but just come and do it. That’s so fun though because shitty deal but come on come on over here. For people who might be watching this who don’t know it’s usually done through like agents and lawyers and there’s layers upon layers and then meetings and maybe we’ll see. But it’s so fun that it’s her just being like come come hang out and do this. Please come hang out. Yeah. Yeah. So tell us about your experience working on set. Did it feel like, all right, old times, we’re back at it, or did it feel different? Not at all. It felt kind of terrifying. I mean, it’s a very different thing to have her directing, but also one of my favorite directors of all time, Ty West, was directing one of the episodes I was in, so I was so excited, but it was a very different vibe. You know, I was playing an FBI agent. I was on the other side of the of the law this time. Okay. So, it was a Yeah, it was it was fun. It was really fun. And it was a different dynamic to be directed by those two people. Hey, how has your relationship with Natasha changed and evolved over the years? Well, I think I’ve I mean, I’ve always had so much respect for her, but it’s just it’s just grown so much. I mean, I I love her so much and I’m so proud of her. The work that she’s done, I think, is singular. What kind of once in a generation what she’s created. Wow. So, um I don’t know. My heart just grows. Oh my god, that’s Marggo Martinddale. My heart just grows for for for Natasha constantly. That’s what’s how it’s evolved. It’s just expanded. Yeah, there’s no limit to that. Like the Grinch. Not that you’re the Grinch, but you know, I like that like that image. I wouldn’t believe that. Yeah. No, I’m not the Grinch. No, not at all. Lovely as in the same. So good to see you. It looks like it’s gonna be a ton of fun tonight. Hope you guys have a great celebration after the screening. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Have fun tonight. Bye. I will. Oh, here. I’ll take that from you. Yeah, guys. The stars of Poker Face season 2 are still making their way over to us. But yesterday, we sat down with Natasha Leon and Justin Thorough to learn about how they handle sticky situations in real life. Check it out. There’s a little game we played called Hold them or Fold them. Hold them or fold them. You’re on a group trip and someone suggests matching tattoos. Oh. Uh, group trip, matching tattoos. I’m in. I’ve done that before. I’ve had that experience. So, I’m still in. Hold them. People always say it, but they don’t actually come through. You know, a fan comes up to you and says your work changed their life, but they think you’re someone else. Oh, hold them. Hold them. Just say thank you. Especially not if it was a Rick Morannis picture, let’s say. Always take credit. I remember one time I did a play with Billy Crudup and um often I would get asked to sign pictures of Billy Crudup and I’d always do it with my left hand. The really bad handwriting just as a prank to Billy. The person you just started dating won’t let you eat until they capture multiple photos at the meal. Oh. Uh folding. That’s problematic. I think it would be our last date. Um if it really became a photo a food photo shoot. Um, I’d tolerate a few photos, but I think if it went beyond that, if they started rearranging things on the table for lighting, then I’d be like, “Okay, you accidentally like someone’s Instagram post from 2017.” Oh, hold them. Uh, there’s no shame in a scrolling game. Justin Dro just made me throw two flames on his uh Instagram page. Uh, I thought it was sort of a weird move. I kind of want my flames back. Uh, and he also asked for a red heart. He called it a like. Well, I gave it to him. Uh, he was carrying some sort of weird resentment about that I hadn’t liked the wedding photo from before. Turns out in the middle of the night I had. You’re pitched the most lucrative brand deal ever, but it’s for adult diapers. I’m taking it. I don’t care. What is it? How much money? Uh, you just throw on the diapers and keep it moving. Catch that check. Lucky for us, Margot Martindale is in the building. Out of the building, I should say. Um, outside. Yes, outside in the freezing cold weather. Um, what can you tease about your role in in the the season? Are you allowed to say what are you allowed to say? I don’t remember what I did. Some people are telling us if they were the murders or the solvers. I I know that I was a gambler. That’s all I can tell you. Okay. Did we have a dark side or semi dark? Oh, okay. Not not real dark. Just like dark adjacent. Dark dark. Yes, exactly. Well, between this and the sticky, you’re kind of in these like dark roles now. I’ve been in the dark ros time. That’s fair. That’s fair. But let’s talk about the fun that was had on set working with these people. Everyone is raving about their experience. How ah Natasha’s incredible. And it was so so much fun and and Adam directing I love I love him and uh I just had I had a great time. It was a wonderful It was a wonderful time and it was right there in New York. So that made me happy. Yeah. How does this uh compare to um the Hannah Montana movie? Wow. I know that was a turn one specific thing. Let’s see. Well, um so different. It was a lot shorter. Yeah, that’s true. That’s true. People remember I don’t know. I I know you really will want and I can do the hoown throw down. Okay. How often I’m not going to do it. How often is someone walking up to you, probably a millennial like me, and saying, “Bargo, can we do the hot throw down together?” I was inducted into into the University of Michigan Theater Hall of Fame, and they were all girls a little younger than you maybe, but around your age that were uh would had my resume. And it was all about the it was all about when I said, “Oh, and then I did this and then and then I did the Hannah Montana movie. A and then I said, “And can you do the Hoown throwdown?” And they all stood up and we did the Hoown throwdown together. Oh my gosh, that’s really that’s really funny. Very funny. I mean, you’ve had such an incredible career with so many memorable roles as you said, some of them dark and some of them like, you know, Hannah Montana. But is there one that sticks with you? Is there one that you think back on particularly fondly or one that you would like to revisit? Oh, Mags Bennett and Justified. Oh, justified and Parisia Tam with Alexander Payne. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I will say like justified hit at exactly the right time for for me where I was like that’s become where I became really aware of you and your work. Well, it was a it was a it was a gift. Yeah. True gift for me that that part, man. Well, so good to see you. We love spending time with you. We love seeing the work that you put out. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Amazing. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thank you. There we go. Do you hand down or or Yeah. Yeah. Hand down. Okay. You guys friends, Poker Face season 2 is available to watch May 8th only on Peacock. Check out this exclusive clip from episode 2 featuring Natasha Leon and Katie Holmes. He’s inside. You sure you don’t want to come in? Me? No. I live in this car. Hey, Miami. Miami. All right. Miami. Miami. Miami. Miami. We’re going to go, right? Don’t me because I go back. No, I don’t Seriously. Okay, it’s Greta and Charlie. We’ll go wherever. Anywhere. But but but here tomorrow. Okay. Listen, you still want to go tomorrow morning? I’ll be here. I’ll pick you up, kiddo. Okay. Yeah. All right, buddy. All right. All right. Good night. Nighty night. Okay. All right, you guys. The carpet’s winding down and the screening inside the Legion Theater is about to begin. Tonight has been a blast. It really has been. I I mean, I particularly liked the Natasha Natasha. That was a fun moment. Aquafina and Sherry Colola up here. Also, just seeing Natasha’s cape in real life, in person, a vision. Yeah, such a big fun night. It was great. Thank you guys to to everybody watching. Thank you to all the incredible stars. Um you know, yeah. Again, thank you for watching and hanging out with us tonight, you guys. And don’t forget the first three episodes of Pokerface hit Peacock on May 8th with new episodes every Thursday only on Peacock. If you aren’t a Peacock subscriber yet, go ahead and scan this QR code to get set up. Happy watching you guys, and we’ll see you later. Thank you. Bye.
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