Dylan Sprouse | From Disney Channel’s “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody” to “The Duel” | The Dueling Brewmeister

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When people see us and they come up to me and they're like, Hey,

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you know, you were my childhood, which

is a common thing that I hear a lot.

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And it's really just coming from

a place of like loving something.

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I always find it strange when people who

are on the receiving end react negatively.

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I'm like, this person actually just told

you that they like what you've done for

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Announcer: them.

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Welcome to Story Craft.

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Now, here's your host, Marc Preston.

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All

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Marc Preston: right, here we are back.

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Another episode of Story Craft.

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Thank you for popping back

in and checking out the show.

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Hey, if this is your first time

checking out the show, thank you very

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much for stopping by and swimming

in this, uh, mischievous podcasting

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pool, that is story and craft.

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Glad to have you here.

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I tell you what today, a

great chat with Dylan Sprouse.

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Uh, if you are a Gen Z kid, you probably

grew up watching he and his brother.

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Cole on the show, Suite Life of Zack

and Cody or, uh, the Suite Life on Deck.

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Both of them have kind of grown into very

successful adult actors, both working

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on, uh, some really cool projects.

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In fact, right now, Dylan

has a new film just came out.

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It is available.

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It is called The Duel.

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01:10 Acting and Producing “The Duel”

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Uh, not only did he act in it, this

is his first time, uh, executive

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producing an independent film.

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So this is kind of a cool

thing for him as well.

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It was a great chat.

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In fact, my daughter Lily was

kind of sitting just off to the

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side, just kind of hanging out.

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She grew up watching them now she's 21.

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Uh, and, uh, she was here kind

of babysitting and minding

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our mischievous four month old

golden retriever named Ranger.

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He is a, uh, a bit of a hot mess that

we're just definitely in love with.

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Uh, but he does have a habit of

anytime he sees me on the microphone,

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he likes to stir up some mischief.

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So.

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Uh, she was here producing the

puppy while I was talking with

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Dylan and it is a great chat.

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Really enjoyed it.

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All right, let's get after it.

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Today is Dylan Sprouse day,

right here on story and craft.

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So how are you

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Dylan Sprouse: doing Dylan?

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I'm doing swell, my friend.

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It's been a busy lead up

to the movie launch, but a

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Marc Preston: good busy,

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Dylan Sprouse: you know?

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Marc Preston: Very good.

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Very good.

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So first of all, where are you?

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Where are you at right now?

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Are you in, uh, are you in LA or?

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Dylan Sprouse: I am in Los Angeles

right now, but in a few days

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we leave out to Indianapolis.

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So

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Marc Preston: what takes

you to Indianapolis?

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Is that just going to be a

little vacation or is there, is

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there work happening out there?

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Dylan Sprouse: Uh, a little bit of both.

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Um, so.

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Indianapolis is where we shot the duel.

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Um, but it's also where we are

doing our world premiere of it.

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So That'll be this sunday So we're

doing a a little scenario out there and

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indianapolis is lovely I mean they they

have they have basically given us the

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keys to the city to do whatever we want

for the premiere which is Super fun.

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So we got a big thing going out there,

so we're going to enjoy our time

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as well as get a little work done.

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Well, very good.

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Very

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Marc Preston: good.

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Well, that's, I talked to

somebody the other day who they

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shot in a, Oh God, where was it?

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It was, um, I think it was like

Baltimore and they went back to

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Baltimore to do the premier as well.

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So it's kind of cool when you can actually

do the premier where you shot, you know,

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Dylan Sprouse: I agree.

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And people, people in those areas, um,

I think generally if you find a city

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that's not as, uh, Used to filming.

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They tend to really show up and,

and, and rep their own city,

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which tends to be really fun.

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Marc Preston: You are also

producer on this, right?

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It was, yeah, this was my

first time executive producing.

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Is this something you're, you're kind

of angling to go into more producing or

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you, is this just something you're like,

okay, I want to do it at least once.

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Dylan Sprouse: You know,

it's, it definitely.

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It wasn't a plan.

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I will say that it wasn't, you know, I

talked to a lot of actors and peers who

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are like, Oh my, you know, my next step

is to direct, which I, you know, between

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you and me, I find a little cliche.

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I don't, I, uh, I don't

necessarily have a plan set out

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to executive produce more though.

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I will say, I know what I do love

to do is you know, help my, uh,

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friends and peers make things that

they're really passionate about.

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And so when this script came

across my table, this was kind of

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when I knew if there was a time

to do it, this would be the time.

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Um, and so, yeah, I, I

kind of jumped into it.

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Uh, I definitely intend to do more

executive production, but I don't think

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that I would do it without my, uh, team

of friends from this particular project.

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Just because it's,

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Marc Preston: it's just

such a shorthand with us.

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Well, it's kind of fun that you get to

get people together that you enjoy working

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with or these folks that you've kind

of traveled through the industry with,

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or are they just kind of folks you've

just kind of picked up along the way?

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Dylan Sprouse: Actually,

they're college buddies and

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fellow actors I've worked with.

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So it's, it's been, it's been really nice.

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Um, and then of course some of the people

I've kind of picked up along the way, uh,

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who was, who were in the movie as well.

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But, Yeah, this was really an effort to

make a movie for me, uh, where I could

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kind of bring a friend group together

and work with the people that I love and

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from, you know, all the way from front to

back cast crew, see if that could happen.

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And I'm really, really proud

of the way it turned out.

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So

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Marc Preston: cool.

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Very cool.

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By the way, you'll see my

daughter zipping back and forth.

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I have a rambunctious,

um, uh, golden retriever.

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How old is he now?

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He's Four months.

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So he's upstairs, not liking

the idea that he's, uh, he's in

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containment while we're talking here.

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So she's, so she's wrangling him here,

but, uh, but actually my daughter grew up.

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Okay.

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I know folks bring it up regularly,

but me as a dad, my first introduction

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to you was the Zack and Cody days.

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You know, the, uh, it was a sweet life.

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And then you're all on a cruise ship.

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Does that feel like a

million years ago for you?

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Or does, is that, is that kind of

still, I have like a better way

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of putting it fresh in your mind.

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Dylan Sprouse: No, it

doesn't feel too long ago.

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It is funny though, because, you know,

when we dissect the time, I mean, I

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remember shooting the last episode of

the show conveniently took place, um,

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on my brother and I's 18th birthday.

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Really?

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So, so, you know, now I'm turning

32 and Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

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You can't, you can't say

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Marc Preston: that you're all

you're doing is making me feel old.

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You can't do

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Dylan Sprouse: that.

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I know, I know, but that's the reality.

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Um, but yeah, you know, it's funny.

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My brother and I both, we.

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We ended up talking to parents more

than we talked to the, to the kids who

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ended up watching the show because the

parents had to watch it so often with

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them that, uh, they ended up kind of, most

of the time they ended up breaching the

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conversation, which I think is very funny.

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Marc Preston: Uh, anytime that, uh, cause

I have three kids, they were 21, now

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they're 21, 19 and 18, but back then one

would be moving on to whatever is next,

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you know, the Disney ecosystem and then,

um, and then the next one would be under

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the show and then the next one, and.

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Just as a side note, I used to work at

ABC radio network and that was where, um,

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uh, radio Disney was headquartered out of

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Dylan Sprouse: at least

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Marc Preston: one because like,

I didn't think it was all cool.

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They just, they just, y'all just

remembered like having coloring books.

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And then I was pretty, the security

guard always bring them coloring

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books whenever they're hanging out

with me when I was doing my show.

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Um, but they figured out radio Disney

was at the end of the hall, which

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was an empty studio, you know, cause

they weren't, you know, they weren't

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broadcasting 24 seven, uh, studio.

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And then, then I was cool.

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Cause there was Hannah Montana posters

hanging up on the wall and stuff, you

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know, I was cool because I was down the

hall from radio Disney, but I'm kind of

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curious, what is that, uh, being 32 I'm

remembering if somebody was to constantly

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refer the things that I was up to when I

was, you know, a teenager, I'd be like,

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Oh, that's a million years ago, man.

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You know, is it weird that people bring

that up or, you know, have anecdotes

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or like even what I'm doing right

now, obviously as a, as a parent,

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uh, is that odd for you or is it just

something you've come to realize?

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Process is just a fact

of life kind of thing.

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Dylan Sprouse: No, I will say that

the, uh, the answer though, that

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I'm going to give is wrapped up

into like a lot of different facets.

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So I, I will say, you know, I've seen

some people have a hard time with that.

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Some people that I know personally,

and the truth is I don't really,

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um, and I don't really, because.

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I think it's, I, I think my brother

and I both avoided a lot of like

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the, the kind of more, uh, critical

side of the industry growing up.

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So I think that like when people

see us and they, you know, come up

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to me and they're like, Hey, you

know, you were my childhood, which

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is a common thing that I hear a lot.

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Um, and it's really just coming from a

place of like loving something and having

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nostalgia and like wanting to talk.

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And, and I think it's just

so positive in general.

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That I always find it strange when

people, you know, who are on the

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receiving end react negatively.

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I'm like, this person actually

just told you that they like

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what you've done for them.

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And so I'm like, okay,

I don't really find it.

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Um, I don't really find

it something like that.

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My brother and I have also talked quite

a bit, you know, he was on Riverdale

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for seven years, six, seven years.

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Oh,

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Marc Preston: that's right.

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That's right.

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Dylan Sprouse: And, uh, and it was

funny because while his show was just

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in the public eye, very popular show.

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People, we'd, you know, walk together,

or I'd see him interact with people,

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and they would still come up to

him for Suite Life of Zack and Cody

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instead of being on Riverdale, and I

was like, well, you know, maybe this

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is just a thing that won't change.

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Maybe this is just gonna be a good

character you did for a long time

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for a lot of people, and that, just

kind of leave it at that, you know?

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Um, So no, I don't have any,

I don't have any like negative

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feelings associated with it.

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I find it, I find it really

fun as long as people are

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Marc Preston: nice.

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Yeah.

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I can see that would be a very cool

thing where you would have a, you know,

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you, you are a positive benchMarc in

someone's life along the timeline.

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I just, you know, for myself, I'd

be like, do you ever find yourself.

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Then it's a situation where people have a

stronger memory of something than you do.

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And they're asking you or telling you

an anecdote or talking about a show or

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talking about like, wait a minute, I

have, you know, you have a hard time even

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remembering what they're referring to.

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Cause it's, you know, for

them, it's monumental for you.

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It was kind of a day of work.

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Does that ever happen?

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Dylan Sprouse: Uh, yeah, absolutely.

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I mean, it's funny.

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Most of the times when people

are like, would you remember

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this moment in this moment?

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I'm like, you know, in truth,

I think by the end of the

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show, we did gosh, like nearly.

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200 plus episodes.

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So each was a full week of work, right?

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So, you know, I tell them, I'm

like, kind of, kind of not.

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I remember moments, but I remember those

moments from a very different perspective.

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Um, and you know, the perspective

is always coming from a place

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of, uh, the little things that

happened on set during that time.

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Um, But I mean, my memories getting

worse, the, you know, the more projects

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I do outside of the, outside of the show.

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Um, and we, again, we started

when we were 11 years old, um,

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on that and then ended at 18.

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Marc Preston: See, that's

the thing that blows my mind.

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I don't know if I could actually, if

I could remember back to that time.

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I don't remember too many things.

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I'm a little older than you are.

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Of course, I don't

remember too many things.

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Maybe it's good that other

people can act like my memory

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for me and they can help me.

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I have friends from high school

who will like bring something up.

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I'm like, Oh God, I forgot about that.

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Although bring me up, bring up a story

about something in my own life, you

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know, with my family or something.

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I'm like, Oh yeah, that you're right.

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That did happen.

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But, but it was funny.

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I was thinking about, uh, the

other day I was, um, it was Cole

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who was in, uh, five feet apart.

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Is that right?

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Was he okay?

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Because we were on a cruise

with the kids and it was, it was

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going back a couple of years ago.

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And I, let's just say, I

had some bad eggs Benedict.

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That's all I'm going to say.

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So I'm spending a lot

of time in the cabin.

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And so I'm, we were, we were

watching that and it was just kind

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of cool to see the maturity of

roles and the things you're doing.

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And, and both y'all are,

uh, very, very talented.

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Given the, the arc of a career in life

with a lot of folks who start off as kids.

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Good on you, my friend doing great.

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Appreciate that.

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Just a little bit of origin story

is a cold year only sibling, or did

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y'all grow up with other siblings?

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He is, uh, yeah, he's my only

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Dylan Sprouse: sibling.

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I think it would have, it would

have been nice to have another one.

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Um, no, he, yeah, he's my only sibling.

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I think our parents both didn't really.

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Expect to have even one child and

then it became two, uh, overnight.

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And so they decided they were going

to stop there, which was a good idea.

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Um, yeah, so he's, he's the

only one that I grew up with.

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Marc Preston: Were your folks, uh,

were they at any way in the industry?

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Were they, you know, creative

types, actors or anything like that?

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Or y'all kind of the Genesis,

a wholesome, a whole new

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experience in the Sprouse family,

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Dylan Sprouse: whole new experience.

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Yeah.

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So not really.

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They, none of them were

really in the industry.

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Um, My mother, so my parents got

divorced when we were very young.

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Um, and my mother being particularly

enterprising, uh, knew that.

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Twins in the industry at that time were,

um, got a lot of work because you could

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use a baby for double the amount of time

that you could, if it was a twin, then

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you could use, you know, a singular child.

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Cause they can only use you

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Marc Preston: for like a

couple of hours or something.

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There was a specific time limit

for hours, but you get eight

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Dylan Sprouse: hours if

you have twins, right?

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So we, we got a lot of

work when we were young.

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Um, and that was kind of the

kickoff and it really started to,

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started to go into the stratosphere.

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You know, we did grace under fire.

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And then after that we did big daddy

and that's when it kind of all shifted.

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Um, right.

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And we started getting a

lot more work after that.

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Marc Preston: Yeah.

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Big daddy, that, uh, the movie poster

is just, you know, kind of locked in

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my mind with, uh, Adam Sandler in front

of the, uh, door peeing on the wall.

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Dylan Sprouse: Yeah.

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Marc Preston: Or the wall

or whatever it was, but.

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Did y'all grow up in LA or did

y'all come, did y'all move to LA

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for the, uh, for the business?

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Dylan Sprouse: Uh, we grew up in LA.

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We, you know, my father was working

overseas at the time, um, in both

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Italy and then eventually Switzerland.

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And we moved back from Switzerland

very young into Burbank.

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Um, and where this all started,

but we hopped around from a

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bunch of different spots in LA.

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Um, but you know, the industry at

that time was very, very different.

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Like, you, really, you kind of had

to be in Los Angeles if you wanted

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castings for anything at all.

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Um, now, now, you know,

you can cast from anywhere.

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A lot of self tapes.

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Um, but yeah, back then the

industry was a very different beast.

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So we grew up in LA kind of alongside

all of it when it was happening.

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What kind of

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Marc Preston: business was your dad in

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Dylan Sprouse: or is

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Marc Preston: he in?

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Dylan Sprouse: My dad's

in auto body repair.

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So, um, so he's just been in his

field since he was, um, right off

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the aircraft carrier after the Navy.

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Um, and he's just kept it up ever since.

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Um, he's really good at it.

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Um, so he always, uh, wanted me to

get into a job where I worked with

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my hands and I said, sorry, dad.

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Marc Preston: Well, well, now you're

working with your full instrument,

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you know, if you think you can tell

him like that, it's from head to toe.

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You're not just working with your hands.

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That's a good thing.

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He

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Dylan Sprouse: prefers the action movies.

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For sure that I do

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Marc Preston: y'all ever live in the I

always forget the name of it, but there's

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an apartment complex that everybody who's

a young actor seems to kind of go through.

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Um, it's changed names last

couple of years, I think.

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Dylan Sprouse: Yeah, I know

the one you're talking about.

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No, we, we didn't live there.

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We predominantly lived in the Valley.

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Marc Preston: Okay.

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So you actually, you had a

house, you were living there.

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That's right.

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Yeah.

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I always thought it'd be cool as

a kid to be able to be living in a

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place with a bunch of kid actors,

you know, running around and we

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Dylan Sprouse: did, we did for a

little while we lived in the summit.

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Um, and the summit was like the

Woodland Hills version of that.

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Uh, it was, um, but the only other actress

who lived there was Kristen Stewart.

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And so like we, we were, You know, we

joked about it when, you know, I saw her

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not too long ago, but last time I saw

her, I was like, were you a summit kid?

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She was like, yeah.

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But yeah, it really wasn't as much of the,

gosh, I wish I could remember the name of

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that complex that you're talking about,

but, um, yeah, not as much like that.

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I'm sure it would have been cool,

but also not cool at the same time.

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Um, the

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Marc Preston: Oakwood,

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Dylan Sprouse: yeah, yeah,

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Marc Preston: yeah, yeah.

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That's

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Dylan Sprouse: what it is.

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Marc Preston: Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Talking about the kind of progression,

you know, as you were coming up, were you

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looking at it like, okay, acting is going

to be the thing longterm I'm going to do?

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Or is it, did you feel I was

compartmentalized as guy?

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This is my kid thing that I've

got to go to college and, you

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know, pick up a different career.

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What were you thinking

as you're coming up?

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Dylan Sprouse: You know, honestly,

neither of those, um, it was, I went to

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college because I wanted to make sure.

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That I explored some other options for

myself, diving into some hobbies and

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things, you know, again, my brother and

I were put into this industry at such a

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young age that it didn't really allow,

um, me to explore work as another option.

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Though, um, I did particularly.

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Even amongst my brother and I, I

did always like to pick up jobs

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in between and try things out.

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I worked at a number of different places,

um, even while I was doing the show.

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Uh, just for my own sake,

because I liked doing it.

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But going to college was really in

an effort to decide on my own agency

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whether I liked the art of acting or not.

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Because, you know, when you're doing it

for so long, and you're put into it by

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your family, there is a, there is a coming

of age moment where you say, is this

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actually what I would have done or would

have wanted to do if I had my own choice?

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Um, and the truth is, is that I

went to college, you know, I, I just

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did, I just did, uh, my bachelor's.

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Um, but I went to NYU and, and while I

was there, I studied video game design

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and creative writing, studio art, and

really just storytelling in general.

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And then, you know, I, I, I came out

of it and I realized all of the things

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that I really do love to do in my life

have some element of telling stories

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and being expressive and, and these

things about it and whether, you know,

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that's nurture or nature, I think

I'll never truly know, but what it

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did make me realize is that I do love.

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Acting and being in the industry.

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And I want to, I just want

to have it on my own terms.

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Um, and so.

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So that was, you know, a

four year long lesson and I'm

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really, really glad I did it.

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Marc Preston: When you were NYU, which is,

you know, it's known to have a, a great

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film program, did you take advantage of

that while you were there, as well as

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studying the other stuff you were doing?

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Or did you kinda leave it, did

you try to do anything but acting?

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Dylan Sprouse: Not at all.

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Not at all.

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The only thing that I took advantage

of, um, was the movie screenings.

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That was about it.

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I just kind of popped every, every

once in a while in to check out the

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movies that were being screened.

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Um, yeah, so I didn't,

I didn't do any of that.

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That's just because it's not

because I don't think that I

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would have benefited from it.

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I, I, I did see like my buddies

were in the program and I saw their

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curriculum and it seemed fantastic.

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And, and the staff seemed fantastic.

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It's just, it was just in the,

in the quest to understand what

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I really wanted to do, uh, it

would have been a detriment to me.

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Furthermore, like, I don't know,

maybe this is a bit controversial.

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But I'm of the mindset that like, first

and foremost, to be a good actor, I feel

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like you have to be a good empathizer

and to have empathy requires of you to

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know a lot about, I think, certain other

subject matters while all the curriculum

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that I saw at NYU was very stifling.

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It also didn't really allow, because

there are much more of a method

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school, right, where they're putting

you into your certain methods.

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Didn't allow you to really

branch out that much.

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Um, and so I knew that

kind of wasn't for me.

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Marc Preston: So where were you out

picking up those life experiences?

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Where were you trying to seek

out those things that you weren't

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able to pick up at school?

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Uh, were you bouncing around New

York, just checking stuff out?

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Or were you just, you know,

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Dylan Sprouse: Kinda, I guess it's

hard to put like, I think it's,

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it's all the little things, right?

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I think you can, you can compile a

ton of little things into what it

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looks like at the end of the day.

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Um, I think I was forced into having

to empathize, uh, from a very young

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age, even due to having a twin brother.

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Uh, but I will say that I, I did my

best to explore the city virtually on a

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nearly constant basis between classes.

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I took a wide, wide range curriculum.

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I went out with people.

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I tried different things.

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I tried new jobs after that.

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I, I tested it all and this is in no

way claiming that what I What I did

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was any sort of, uh, training that

is to the degree I would have hoped.

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Marc Preston: Well, you're kind of

seeking your own journey in a way, though.

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You're kind of seeking out your own, you

know, thing that you, your own recipe

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of what you want to, life experiences, I

guess, lack of a better way of putting it.

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Is that kind of accurate?

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Dylan Sprouse: A hundred percent.

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I also think that's the, uh, I

think right now, honestly, I think

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that's the only thing that really

makes actors interesting right now.

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I think that there's a major actor bloat.

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Um, and it's largely because of social

media and the way like casting methods

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have kind of come about nowadays.

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It's a very, it's a very different,

but we're very oversaturated.

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Um, with actors and not in a bad way.

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I just,

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Marc Preston: I think it was just

cause the accessibility, uh, I

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guess of the technology and being

able to self tape and all that.

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Do you think that kind of facilitates

that glut, if you will, a little bit, if

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we're like a better way of putting it?

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Absolutely.

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Dylan Sprouse: I mean, I certainly do.

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I also think just the mentality behind

casting has changed a lot too, right?

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Like, whereas before, I think when

I was growing up, there wasn't a,

477

23:09 ,834 --> 00:23:13,995

there wasn't a, uh, a huge booklet of.

478

23:14 ,470 --> 00:23:18,250

Actors and actresses that casting

agents could actually look through.

479

23:18 ,270 --> 00:23:22,710

There was to a degree, but you know, they

got that book from the agencies and those

480

23:22 ,720 --> 00:23:28,129

agencies were actually investing time

and money sometimes into these talents to

481

23:28 ,129 --> 00:23:29,919

make them a thing and try to push them.

482

23:30 ,320 --> 00:23:34,225

Nowadays, you know, I think, you

know, Casting agents can look through

483

23:34 ,284 --> 00:23:39,944

the entire world wide web and find

a single person who is exactly the

484

23:39 ,944 --> 00:23:44,204

person that they're looking for, but

there may be not an actor yet, or

485

23:44 ,205 --> 00:23:46,294

there may be, they maybe won't work.

486

23:47 ,314 --> 00:23:49,584

Marc Preston: Or they can, or they can

check their social media following.

487

23:49 ,584 --> 00:23:51,455

And that's part of the game.

488

23:51 ,955 --> 00:23:56,025

It's so funny because I coach

voiceover, um, and I work with some

489

23:56 ,025 --> 00:23:59,475

folks, folks are, you know, some

successful actors all the way to people.

490

23:59 ,500 --> 00:24:03,570

And I, you know, speaking with, you

know, one of the talent managers, now

491

24:03 ,570 --> 00:24:07,060

they're looking at it like you need a

book of work before they'll even sign you.

492

24:07 ,060 --> 00:24:07,189

You

493

24:07 ,350 --> 00:24:10,810

Dylan Sprouse: know what it sounds

like to me when, when I hear that

494

24:10 ,819 --> 00:24:14,549

nowadays, I mean, I, this is, by the

way, this isn't just our industry.

495

24:14 ,550 --> 00:24:19,279

I think it's our industry in general, all

the industries, development's just dead.

496

24:20 ,379 --> 00:24:23,889

I don't think like, I don't think the

agencies want to develop anybody right

497

24:23 ,889 --> 00:24:29,000

now because they see, they see the kind

of thing that can happen if, um, Uh,

498

24:29 ,020 --> 00:24:32,660

the actors or the talent or whatever

it is, take it on their own accord to,

499

24:32 ,660 --> 00:24:34,420

uh, to kind of push their own content.

500

24:34 ,430 --> 00:24:36,700

And they just said, well, why don't

we just let them do that and then,

501

24:36 ,700 --> 00:24:40,040

and try to help them out from there.

502

24:40 ,290 --> 00:24:42,870

Marc Preston: The idea that back in

the day that you can kind of create

503

24:42 ,870 --> 00:24:44,419

your own thing would be pretty bad ass.

504

24:44 ,419 --> 00:24:46,459

You can create your own opportunities.

505

24:46 ,830 --> 00:24:50,520

So if you have one really talented

actor, who's really just rockstar, but

506

24:50 ,550 --> 00:24:53,960

they have a small following compared to

someone who's kind of getting rolling.

507

24:53 ,960 --> 00:24:57,280

They got some chops, but they have

a monster following that does affect

508

24:57 ,309 --> 00:25:00,230

casting a little bit where that wouldn't

have been a thing back in the day.

509

25:00 ,230 --> 00:25:02,699

So I know I'm sounding

like an old guy right now.

510

25:02 ,700 --> 00:25:04,179

Like, Oh, back in my day, you know?

511

25:04 ,559 --> 00:25:05,299

Absolutely.

512

25:05 ,660 --> 00:25:05,960

No,

513

25:06 ,430 --> 00:25:07,620

Dylan Sprouse: I'm right there with you.

514

25:07 ,620 --> 00:25:09,300

I feel like an old guy

too, but you know what?

515

25:09 ,300 --> 00:25:11,939

I will say I do find funny though.

516

25:12 ,520 --> 00:25:13,190

Is it like.

517

25:13 ,560 --> 00:25:16,610

Honestly, and if you were to look

it up, if you were to look up, like,

518

25:16 ,670 --> 00:25:21,830

who you consider to be the best

either young or, like, middle aged or

519

25:21 ,890 --> 00:25:28,679

older actors right now on all their

social medias, maybe one tenth of

520

25:28 ,679 --> 00:25:32,049

them actually posts and does stuff.

521

25:32 ,049 --> 00:25:34,229

Like, most of them are

like the way it used to be.

522

25:34 ,529 --> 00:25:40,159

I don't think people actually care

as much as Industry thinks they do.

523

25:40 ,790 --> 00:25:46,310

Um, but yeah, you look up any of like

the hottest young actors and stars

524

25:46 ,310 --> 00:25:50,630

right now and actresses, and you'll,

you'll find that they're, they're

525

25:50 ,720 --> 00:25:54,810

Instagrams, their Twitters, their Tik

TOK, they're virtually non existent.

526

25:54 ,879 --> 00:25:55,970

Marc Preston: You know,

I will agree with you.

527

25:55 ,990 --> 00:25:59,230

Cause when we have a guest on, like I

always like to make sure folks, when they

528

25:59 ,230 --> 00:26:01,890

go to my site, they know where, you know,

they want to check out your socials.

529

26:02 ,220 --> 00:26:07,010

Um, And I've noticed that you have folks

that unless they have some reason for

530

26:07 ,010 --> 00:26:09,670

it, let's say somebody who's really into

photography and they like to use their

531

26:09 ,670 --> 00:26:12,294

Instagram to kind of showcase that.

532

26:12 ,294 --> 00:26:13,299

It's not, you're, you're correct.

533

26:13 ,299 --> 00:26:15,580

There's some people just are,

you know, aren't even on it.

534

26:15 ,920 --> 00:26:19,770

Um, just kind of as a side note, we'll

say down the line, you've got kids.

535

26:19 ,770 --> 00:26:23,100

Is this going to be something you

encourage or they'll say, say, Hey dad, I

536

26:23 ,110 --> 00:26:24,990

want to, I want to do this acting thing.

537

26:24 ,990 --> 00:26:28,659

What, what's your drop of

advice to them going to be?

538

26:28 ,669 --> 00:26:30,169

Are you going to encourage that?

539

26:30 ,169 --> 00:26:32,959

Are you going to, Give them

cautionary tales instead.

540

26:33 ,299 --> 00:26:36,169

Dylan Sprouse: I mean, I think

it like, I think children seem to

541

26:36 ,169 --> 00:26:39,699

be naturally inclined to want to

try the things their parents do.

542

26:39 ,829 --> 00:26:45,379

Um, I would urge caution, but

I would, I would also urge them

543

26:45 ,409 --> 00:26:48,339

to explore how it actually is.

544

26:48 ,389 --> 00:26:48,779

Right.

545

26:48 ,899 --> 00:26:51,370

Um, I had such a unique.

546

26:51 ,980 --> 00:26:53,500

Upbringing in this industry.

547

26:53 ,500 --> 00:26:56,690

I don't, I don't think that that

can be honestly replicated again.

548

26:56 ,700 --> 00:27:00,310

It might, it might never be replicated

again, just due to the way the

549

27:00 ,310 --> 00:27:05,280

industry is changing, but I think

I would encourage, um, my children

550

27:05 ,290 --> 00:27:10,549

to do and follow any interests that

they have in the effort of trying to

551

27:10 ,549 --> 00:27:12,290

find something that they love to do.

552

27:12 ,740 --> 00:27:14,570

I definitely wouldn't stifle them.

553

27:15 ,080 --> 00:27:19,200

I don't think that I would be without

my like protectiveness about it because

554

27:19 ,200 --> 00:27:23,259

I just, but that's, I think to their

benefit, hopefully, because I think

555

27:23 ,259 --> 00:27:27,050

I know what this industry looks like

behind the scenes in that way now.

556

27:27 ,050 --> 00:27:29,040

And, and I would certainly encourage them.

557

27:29 ,495 --> 00:27:31,445

Um, I would encourage them.

558

27:32 ,215 --> 00:27:35,124

I wouldn't, you know, try

to walk them through it.

559

27:35 ,825 --> 00:27:38,335

Um, I wouldn't try to hold their hand.

560

27:38 ,345 --> 00:27:40,885

I think they need some

independence in this field, but,

561

27:41 ,454 --> 00:27:43,635

um, yeah, no, I certainly would.

562

27:43 ,904 --> 00:27:47,084

Marc Preston: So are you, is LA going to,

you kind of think it's going to be your

563

27:47 ,085 --> 00:27:49,835

home base or are you kind of thinking,

well, I've spent a lot of time here, you

564

27:49 ,895 --> 00:27:54,225

know, it seems like, like you said, you

can audition and do stuff from anywhere.

565

27:54 ,495 --> 00:27:55,765

Do you have any kind of like destination?

566

27:55 ,765 --> 00:27:57,765

Like I've always wanted

to live in this place.

567

27:57 ,885 --> 00:27:59,535

Uh, is there anywhere out there like that?

568

27:59 ,625 --> 00:27:59,985

Dylan Sprouse: Yeah.

569

27:59 ,985 --> 00:28:01,305

You know, it's funny.

570

28:01 ,345 --> 00:28:08,885

I, my wife and I have, um, we have

some acreage up north and we, I

571

28:08 ,885 --> 00:28:13,345

would love to ideal world, I'd love

to kind of get a big plot of land.

572

28:13 ,980 --> 00:28:17,900

You know, terraform it, turn it

into kind of a big playground,

573

28:17 ,930 --> 00:28:21,680

have a really nice place up there

outside of the city a little bit.

574

28:21 ,690 --> 00:28:25,270

But I, I'm also like, I'm

not fully an escapist.

575

28:25 ,680 --> 00:28:29,200

I talked to a lot of people who were

like, man, I can't wait to live on a farm.

576

28:29 ,220 --> 00:28:30,799

And I grew up around farms.

577

28:30 ,799 --> 00:28:33,990

So I'm like, I don't think you

know what that actually means.

578

28:34 ,240 --> 00:28:41,380

Like, it's definitely not, it's not

this kind of animal crossing ecosystem.

579

28:41 ,380 --> 00:28:43,280

It's definitely, it's definitely tough.

580

28:43 ,975 --> 00:28:47,785

Um, so I, I think I'd like,

here's my ideal world.

581

28:47 ,815 --> 00:28:54,900

I'd like to live in a nice place where I

could get a good plot of land that is 35

582

28:54 ,940 --> 00:28:57,650

to 45 minutes outside of a major city.

583

28:57 ,800 --> 00:28:59,990

Marc Preston: Well, growing up in

Dallas, a lot of people did that, you

584

28:59 ,990 --> 00:29:04,110

know, you go up north and you'd be

in, you know, you'd be in almost ranch

585

29:04 ,110 --> 00:29:07,189

land, you know, so that's, you can

kind of get away, but it's right there.

586

29:07 ,189 --> 00:29:10,509

So if you need it and you got

that around California and

587

29:10 ,519 --> 00:29:11,939

around LA rather just north.

588

29:11 ,970 --> 00:29:13,279

Dylan Sprouse: Yeah, yeah.

589

29:13 ,369 --> 00:29:15,389

I mean, just like you

can get some good stuff.

590

29:15 ,419 --> 00:29:17,939

I think I'd want to go to

someplace a little more

591

29:18 ,800 --> 00:29:19,540

Marc Preston: temperate of

592

29:19 ,540 --> 00:29:20,169

Dylan Sprouse: climate though.

593

29:22 Life Beyond Acting: Hobbies and Future Plans

29:22 ,130 --> 00:29:25,399

Marc Preston: Whenever you're not

working on projects, what are you up to?

594

29:25 ,400 --> 00:29:30,079

What are you doing that's kind

of keeping you active or engaged?

595

29:30 ,740 --> 00:29:31,020

I'm

596

29:31 ,690 --> 00:29:36,340

Dylan Sprouse: a big hobby geek, so

I'm like oftentimes just hobbying.

597

29:36 ,409 --> 00:29:38,829

Um, actually like this case

that you see behind me is just

598

29:38 ,829 --> 00:29:40,260

filled with Warhammer figurines.

599

29:40 ,610 --> 00:29:44,820

Um, I like doing I like

diving into my hobbies.

600

29:45 ,090 --> 00:29:46,960

Uh, you know, I'm married now.

601

29:46 ,960 --> 00:29:51,440

So obviously any time that I get to

spend with, uh, my wife, where we

602

29:51 ,450 --> 00:29:54,269

have time together while she's not

working and I'm not working, we like

603

29:54 ,269 --> 00:29:57,840

to get outside and hang out and make

sure we have spent time together.

604

29:58 ,405 --> 00:30:02,685

Um, and I got two animals, you know, I'm

pretty low key, but I, I will say that the

605

30:02 ,685 --> 00:30:08,915

child actor in me who is always working

is also trying to kind of constantly like

606

30:08 ,925 --> 00:30:11,165

we, I have about a month buffer period.

607

30:11 ,425 --> 00:30:12,855

Before I start to get anxious.

608

30:12 ,885 --> 00:30:14,845

That's something that I've

been trying to work out.

609

30:14 ,935 --> 00:30:18,625

Um, that's when I start kind

of grinding for the next thing.

610

30:18 ,635 --> 00:30:21,205

At the end of the day, most of

this is still a commission job.

611

30:21 ,215 --> 00:30:23,535

So, but I'm also, I love brewing.

612

30:23 ,535 --> 00:30:24,595

I have businesses.

613

30:24 ,595 --> 00:30:28,245

Um, this is just kind of, I

get down dirty with my hobbies.

614

30:28 ,505 --> 00:30:29,675

You like brewing, you say?

615

30:29 ,865 --> 00:30:35,155

Yeah, yeah, I've been, I've been a brewer

for most of my life now since I was 16.

616

30:35 ,185 --> 00:30:35,555

Really?

617

30:36 ,055 --> 00:30:40,385

And I, yeah, I opened a business in

Greenpoint that we're moving out to

618

30:40 ,925 --> 00:30:46,085

Los Angeles now, which has been a

nightmare, but, um, but yeah, this is,

619

30:46 ,215 --> 00:30:47,985

this has been something that I love.

620

30:47 ,995 --> 00:30:51,750

Again, just like, I like getting

my hands dirty with things

621

30:51 ,750 --> 00:30:52,840

that I really love doing.

622

30:52 ,840 --> 00:30:53,180

So,

623

30:53 ,280 --> 00:30:53,970

Marc Preston: no, that's very cool.

624

30:53 ,970 --> 00:30:57,520

That's something I've been wanting to

get back into, but it's just, you know,

625

30:57 ,780 --> 00:31:00,880

as you know, it takes up a little bit

of space and time and it's just sort of,

626

31:00 ,920 --> 00:31:04,370

you know, but now that my kids are all

going to be off at college, all three

627

31:04 ,370 --> 00:31:05,950

of them, now I've got all kinds of time.

628

31:07 ,910 --> 00:31:10,200

I did once upon a time,

but I did the concentrate.

629

31:10 ,705 --> 00:31:14,045

I didn't really do the whole thing with

getting all the individual ingredients.

630

31:14 ,045 --> 00:31:18,785

I kind of cheated a little bit,

but, uh, no, that actually is

631

31:18 ,785 --> 00:31:20,625

something I found out in my family.

632

31:20 ,695 --> 00:31:24,795

Uh, I had a great uncle who did that and

I just remembered that the other day.

633

31:24 ,795 --> 00:31:26,809

It's funny you mentioned that because

I thought that'd be kind of cool.

634

31:27 Favorite Beer Styles

31:27 ,110 --> 00:31:30,930

Cool to do that as well, but I enjoy

the process I love cooking and I just

635

31:31 ,190 --> 00:31:35,910

to me a good homebrew just it tastes

different, you know, even the carbonation

636

31:35 ,920 --> 00:31:38,820

of the brew Well, I gotta guess gotta

ask now because I always end up talking

637

31:38 ,820 --> 00:31:42,180

food, but this is the first time

to talk beer What is your favorite?

638

31:43 ,145 --> 00:31:46,935

Uh, kind of like your, your Mount

Rushmore, maybe top three beer

639

31:46 ,935 --> 00:31:48,825

styles that you, that you enjoy.

640

31:49 ,005 --> 00:31:53,265

Dylan Sprouse: Um, I think at

the very top for me is Pilsner.

641

31:53 ,495 --> 00:31:56,315

Um, I'm, I am a lighter beer guy.

642

31:56 ,355 --> 00:32:03,065

I do find that when I want to, um, when

I want to drink a beer, I want it to

643

32:03 ,075 --> 00:32:05,615

be a beverage that feels refreshing.

644

32:05 ,625 --> 00:32:07,595

So I was never really on.

645

32:08 ,040 --> 00:32:10,740

The, I was never really on the IPA train.

646

32:10 ,740 --> 00:32:15,240

I was never really on like the

dopple B or the how many hops

647

32:15 ,240 --> 00:32:16,980

can we stuff into one container

648

32:17 ,730 --> 00:32:20,400

.

Marc Preston: Um, you know, I worked, it

seems like everybody that you know, that

649

32:20 ,405 --> 00:32:22,140

does brewing, that's always their thing.

650

32:22 ,140 --> 00:32:24,450

They always try to go for like

an assault on your taste buds.

651

32:24 ,660 --> 00:32:28,645

For me, I'm a big Mexican, just

good crisp logger or, um, yeah,

652

32:28 ,715 --> 00:32:30,605

Dylan Sprouse: Mexican loggers, rock.

653

32:31 ,285 --> 00:32:32,165

I'm right there with you.

654

32:32 Brewing and Meadery Experiences

32:32 ,165 --> 00:32:34,655

I will say though, it's funny

because, you know, working at the

655

32:34 ,655 --> 00:32:36,795

meadery, I make mead predominantly.

656

32:36 ,795 --> 00:32:39,535

That's what, like, that's

what was my mainstay.

657

32:39 ,585 --> 00:32:42,165

Um, but I did partner

with a lot of brewers.

658

32:42 ,165 --> 00:32:45,335

And the funny thing is, is that we had

a ton of brewers coming to the meadery.

659

32:45 ,955 --> 00:32:50,285

And, um, that was like our main

business for a while because a lot

660

32:50 ,285 --> 00:32:54,725

of the brewers who love the act of

brewing got sick of making beer and

661

32:54 ,725 --> 00:32:59,665

wanted to try and like actually,

Relax and drink something different.

662

32:59 ,665 --> 00:33:01,835

So they'd come in and they drink a mead

663

33:02 ,005 --> 00:33:03,825

Marc Preston: that uses, uh, is it honey?

664

33:03 ,885 --> 00:33:05,155

Is that what it uses?

665

33:05 ,155 --> 00:33:05,495

Okay.

666

33:05 ,525 --> 00:33:05,855

Okay.

667

33:06 ,365 --> 00:33:08,405

So it's for men to use the

honey to ferment, to convert.

668

33:08 ,435 --> 00:33:08,705

Okay.

669

33:08 ,705 --> 00:33:09,125

I gotcha.

670

33:09 ,135 --> 00:33:09,565

I gotcha.

671

33:09 ,605 --> 00:33:10,135

Dylan Sprouse: Exactly.

672

33:10 ,135 --> 00:33:11,725

That's our primary fermentable sugar.

673

33:11 ,725 --> 00:33:15,215

But, um, but you know,

all of them is so funny.

674

33:15 ,225 --> 00:33:19,445

Like they would be making these peanut

butter and jelly stouts and these

675

33:19 ,455 --> 00:33:24,565

quadruple IPAs and these, like these

just foul, foul beers that people

676

33:24 ,565 --> 00:33:26,305

would come in and drink in mass.

677

33:27 ,040 --> 00:33:30,230

And then they would go home and they would

be like, or they'd call me up and be like,

678

33:30 ,230 --> 00:33:34,290

yo, do you want to get like a six pack of

Bud Light and go drink outside somewhere?

679

33:34 ,290 --> 00:33:35,910

I'm like, dude, I get it.

680

33:36 ,880 --> 00:33:37,360

I get it.

681

33:37 ,360 --> 00:33:39,530

It's like you, you, after a

while you get kind of sick of it.

682

33:39 ,530 --> 00:33:42,330

That's why I'm on the Pilsner train.

683

33:42 ,560 --> 00:33:44,020

I do love a good Guinness.

684

33:44 ,370 --> 00:33:48,700

Um, I like, but I will say all the choices

I'm going to say, like a lighter beer.

685

33:49 ,200 --> 00:33:49,900

Um,

686

33:49 ,920 --> 00:33:52,610

Marc Preston: when I went to California,

I was a big fan of Carl Strauss.

687

33:52 ,620 --> 00:33:53,540

They had something called law.

688

33:53 ,560 --> 00:33:56,500

I think it was long board or no Woody ale.

689

33:56 ,510 --> 00:33:57,090

That's what it was.

690

33:57 ,090 --> 00:33:57,690

Woody ale.

691

33:58 ,030 --> 00:33:58,890

They don't even make it anymore.

692

33:58 ,890 --> 00:34:01,240

I don't think, but, but now

living here down on, you know, an

693

34:01 ,240 --> 00:34:04,985

island, I'm like, the way I look

at it is, Like you refreshing.

694

34:05 ,005 --> 00:34:07,845

If I drink a beer, I don't want to feel

like I've just, you know, plus I'm getting

695

34:07 ,845 --> 00:34:10,434

a little bit older and putting on a

little more weight than maybe I should.

696

34:10 ,435 --> 00:34:13,175

I just told my daughter the other

day, I was like, I can't, I love

697

34:13 ,175 --> 00:34:15,675

to have a beer with whatever I, you

know, like a burger or whatever,

698

34:15 ,705 --> 00:34:17,535

but that's a lot of empty calories.

699

34:17 ,545 --> 00:34:19,165

So I'm like, okay, a light lager.

700

34:19 ,165 --> 00:34:19,414

That's good.

701

34:19 ,985 --> 00:34:20,345

I don't know.

702

34:20 ,355 --> 00:34:23,785

I'm like, I kind of feel like I'm

like Corona is my utility beer.

703

34:23 Food Pairings with Beer

34:23 ,855 --> 00:34:26,985

You know, it's, it's, it's just a go to,

you know, I think everybody's got, like

704

34:26 ,985 --> 00:34:30,725

you said, Coors Light people have their

utility thing now food wise, like what

705

34:30 ,725 --> 00:34:34,675

are you, you know, what do you find to

be your favorite match with you when you

706

34:34 ,675 --> 00:34:38,375

get a beer you really like, what's your

favorite match food wise to put with it?

707

34:39 ,355 --> 00:34:43,215

Dylan Sprouse: Gosh, when I drink

beer, I'm, I am, I am actually

708

34:43 ,215 --> 00:34:45,135

a real, a big pub fare guy.

709

34:46 ,095 --> 00:34:47,365

I do love pub food.

710

34:47 ,365 --> 00:34:49,695

It's definitely been the bane of me.

711

34:49 ,695 --> 00:34:53,195

I have to get into, and then I

get out of shape all the time.

712

34:53 ,195 --> 00:34:58,205

It's just, it's been the curse

of my life, but I'm always like.

713

34:58 ,620 --> 00:35:01,460

Someone's always saying, Hey,

you're doing this movie where

714

35:01 ,460 --> 00:35:03,900

you are, uh, super lean and fit.

715

35:04 ,480 --> 00:35:07,860

Um, but by the time, you know, I do

it and I get there and it's great.

716

35:07 ,890 --> 00:35:11,070

And then when we get to the PR, I'm

already completely out of shape again.

717

35:11 ,370 --> 00:35:14,730

Um, just because I do enjoy food so much.

718

35:14 ,760 --> 00:35:16,540

My, my dad's a huge foodie.

719

35:16 ,580 --> 00:35:17,770

My brother's a huge foodie.

720

35:17 ,770 --> 00:35:20,520

So, um, but I do love

pub fare with a beer.

721

35:22 ,475 --> 00:35:25,865

I'm particularly fond of burgers and dogs.

722

35:25 ,925 --> 00:35:26,645

I can do it.

723

35:26 ,755 --> 00:35:28,885

I'm an American at the end of the day.

724

35:28 ,885 --> 00:35:33,220

I love a burger and dog, but

Honestly, my wife's a phenomenal

725

35:33 ,240 --> 00:35:35,660

cook and she, she is Hungarian.

726

35:35 ,660 --> 00:35:37,550

So she makes a lot of, Oh,

727

35:37 ,560 --> 00:35:38,240

Marc Preston: very good.

728

35:38 ,640 --> 00:35:39,980

Yeah, that's yeah.

729

35:39 ,980 --> 00:35:43,530

I've, some of my good friends are

from a good friend of mine does

730

35:43 ,530 --> 00:35:44,920

all my design works in Budapest.

731

35:44 ,930 --> 00:35:46,220

So, Oh yeah.

732

35:48 ,295 --> 00:35:49,955

They have a good different creative vibe.

733

35:49 ,965 --> 00:35:53,315

That's why I like, you know, working

with them, but you mentioning the food

734

35:53 ,355 --> 00:35:56,175

thing, since you're executive producer,

did you have any kind of hand in

735

35:56 ,175 --> 00:35:58,035

the, uh, craft services on the dual?

736

35:58 ,095 --> 00:36:00,745

Did you do like, okay, kind of want

some of this food sitting around

737

36:00 ,745 --> 00:36:02,305

while we're, you know, while we're

738

36:02 ,625 --> 00:36:02,765

Dylan Sprouse: working.

739

36:02 ,765 --> 00:36:05,855

No, I didn't actually, which

I'm, I gotta say I'm happy about.

740

36:06 ,515 --> 00:36:10,915

Because there was, there was a

little bit of a, an issue that broke

741

36:10 ,915 --> 00:36:12,865

out on set one day because of it.

742

36:12 ,895 --> 00:36:16,425

Now, mind you, we also shot this

movie in the middle of COVID.

743

36:16 ,445 --> 00:36:21,775

So our restrictions for food and our

restrictions for, uh, just, you know,

744

36:22 ,135 --> 00:36:24,665

everything was, uh, was a lot more strict.

745

36:24 ,735 --> 00:36:32,760

Um, But yeah, we were down in Indianapolis

and we had this, uh, we had our DP who

746

36:32 ,760 --> 00:36:37,220

was phenomenal, but he was particularly,

um, particularly strict about his

747

36:37 ,220 --> 00:36:41,765

diet and he had just been served, uh,

For like the umpteenth time, I guess

748

36:41 ,765 --> 00:36:43,295

what you would call comfort food.

749

36:43 ,655 --> 00:36:45,995

And he was, he was sick of it.

750

36:46 ,195 --> 00:36:49,575

He, uh, there was a bit of a

bit of an issue and crafty quit.

751

36:50 ,145 --> 00:36:51,715

Um, which was kind of funny, but

752

36:51 ,715 --> 00:36:57,425

Marc Preston: yeah, the first

film I did, uh, I, they had, um,

753

36:58 ,245 --> 00:36:59,425

no, it was a show I was shooting.

754

36:59 ,425 --> 00:36:59,715

I'm sorry.

755

36:59 ,715 --> 00:37:02,835

It was a show and they were, uh,

uh, shooting it in new Orleans.

756

37:02 ,905 --> 00:37:03,435

And.

757

37:03 ,700 --> 00:37:07,860

Where we were living at the time and they

thought, okay, everybody here's going to

758

37:07 ,860 --> 00:37:11,590

want jambalaya, some big, heavy pasta,

creamy thing because it's new Orleans.

759

37:11 ,590 --> 00:37:14,040

I'm like, and I made the mistake,

have a little too much of that.

760

37:14 ,040 --> 00:37:17,030

And then I'm going to have basically

nap during a scene, you know?

761

37:17 ,880 --> 00:37:20,020

Um, but yeah, you kind of

mentioned the pub fear.

762

37:20 ,020 --> 00:37:23,250

And it's kind of a one little side note

where there's a little dive place near us.

763

37:23 ,250 --> 00:37:25,170

It looks like a dot, it looks

like a straight up dive.

764

37:25 ,170 --> 00:37:25,429

Yeah.

765

37:25 ,600 --> 00:37:27,220

But they are known for the food.

766

37:27 ,220 --> 00:37:30,740

Like they make scotch eggs, the

whole fish and chips, the whole,

767

37:31 ,110 --> 00:37:33,930

uh, and I took my daughter, my

daughter bartends at a beach bar.

768

37:33 ,930 --> 00:37:36,910

She's on her gap year and she

got off work and is the only

769

37:36 ,910 --> 00:37:38,010

place that was serving late.

770

37:38 ,010 --> 00:37:39,050

And I said, let's pop in there.

771

37:39 ,060 --> 00:37:42,420

You know, every, every day my daughter's

going to sit over here and laugh at me.

772

37:42 ,420 --> 00:37:45,170

I'm like, yeah, I got to eat a

little healthier, maybe not as heavy.

773

37:45 ,170 --> 00:37:49,290

And inevitably I ended up just Devil

on my shoulder is like cholesterol.

774

37:49 ,330 --> 00:37:49,990

You know, you want it.

775

37:50 ,020 --> 00:37:51,330

Dylan Sprouse: Do the scotch egg.

776

37:51 ,570 --> 00:37:53,030

Eat the scotch egg, Marc.

777

37:53 ,580 --> 00:37:54,230

And those, a good,

778

37:54 ,280 --> 00:37:56,440

Marc Preston: a good one with a beer,

let me tell you, that just is in the,

779

37:56 ,660 --> 00:37:59,620

you gotta have it like a crisp lager

kind of cuts into the, cuts the fat.

780

37:59 ,670 --> 00:38:00,810

Dylan Sprouse: I'm, I'm the same way.

781

38:01 ,030 --> 00:38:03,850

I'm, I'm weak for the,

I'm weak for that fare.

782

38:03 ,850 --> 00:38:07,300

But I also, you know, I will say

my two, my favorite food, now that

783

38:07 ,300 --> 00:38:10,750

you mentioned, my favorite food

ever is, uh, shrimp and grits.

784

38:10 ,910 --> 00:38:12,500

So I'm, okay.

785

38:13 ,070 --> 00:38:15,750

Yeah, I'm a big seafood guy.

786

38:15 ,850 --> 00:38:18,200

Um, and particularly crustaceans.

787

38:18 ,260 --> 00:38:20,120

I love to dive into hard shrimp.

788

38:20 ,120 --> 00:38:21,540

I could eat any day, anytime.

789

38:21 ,880 --> 00:38:24,250

Um, but I also really love Japanese food.

790

38:24 ,340 --> 00:38:26,790

Um, so that is, that's

great with the beer as well.

791

38:27 ,480 --> 00:38:28,150

Marc Preston: It is.

792

38:28 ,160 --> 00:38:28,620

It is.

793

38:28 ,620 --> 00:38:32,420

I always get a nice tall, uh, Sapporo

or Kirin whenever we're, you know,

794

38:32 ,420 --> 00:38:35,200

somewhere, um, going back to the duel.

795

38:35 The Making of “The Duel”

38:35 ,220 --> 00:38:36,890

Now, how did this come together for you?

796

38:36 ,890 --> 00:38:37,240

Is this.

797

38:37 ,770 --> 00:38:39,530

Were you involved in writing the script?

798

38:39 ,530 --> 00:38:43,260

Or you said you had a team of people,

not team, but a group of friends.

799

38:43 ,310 --> 00:38:45,310

Um, how did this gel together?

800

38:45 ,710 --> 00:38:46,320

Dylan Sprouse: I'll tell you.

801

38:46 ,320 --> 00:38:53,980

So I, I worked on this movie called,

uh, banana split when I was cash.

802

38:53 ,990 --> 00:38:57,040

I want to say right out of college, I

worked on this movie called banana split.

803

38:57 ,460 --> 00:38:58,849

Um, fun little movie.

804

38:59 ,190 --> 00:39:03,420

And, uh, who played my best friend in

the movie was this actor named Luke

805

39:03 ,420 --> 00:39:07,460

Roberts, who, and we remained fast friends

after that, because we had this love of

806

39:07 ,500 --> 00:39:11,210

history and we had this love of geekiness

and all the, you know, all the above.

807

39:11 ,230 --> 00:39:13,050

So we became fast friends.

808

39:13 ,110 --> 00:39:18,420

Um, and some years went by and we, you

know, he had messaged me, started writing

809

39:18 ,420 --> 00:39:19,760

a little bit and I was like, Oh, cool.

810

39:19 ,760 --> 00:39:21,160

I'd love to read what you have one day.

811

39:21 ,160 --> 00:39:25,290

And so, you know, another year went by

and he, he texted me and said, Hey Dylan,

812

39:25 ,290 --> 00:39:27,790

you're the, you're one of the first

people that I've sent this to and I'm

813

39:27 ,790 --> 00:39:32,930

sending it to you because It has this

kind of historic and history element.

814

39:33 ,240 --> 00:39:34,580

Um, I'd love for you to read this.

815

39:34 ,580 --> 00:39:36,650

And I said, I'll read it ASAP.

816

39:36 ,650 --> 00:39:42,600

And he goes, uh, it's about, it's about,

uh, these two friends who wrong each other

817

39:42 ,640 --> 00:39:44,890

and decide to do each other to the death.

818

39:45 ,570 --> 00:39:47,620

Um, and I was like, that's amazing.

819

39:47 ,630 --> 00:39:48,950

So we jumped right into it.

820

39:48 ,960 --> 00:39:50,290

I read it very quickly.

821

39:50 ,290 --> 00:39:53,880

You know, when you read a great script,

it does all the legwork for you.

822

39:53 ,950 --> 00:39:55,310

Kind of just jumps off the page.

823

39:55 ,920 --> 00:39:59,490

Um, so I, I read through it.

824

40:00 ,635 --> 00:40:04,295

Called him immediately back and

said, Hey, I need to meet up

825

40:04 ,295 --> 00:40:07,215

with you, uh, ASAP about this.

826

40:07 ,285 --> 00:40:08,465

And he was like, okay.

827

40:08 ,905 --> 00:40:13,135

Um, and him and his writing partner,

uh, at the time, Justin Matthews.

828

40:14 ,095 --> 00:40:20,155

Who is also a co director on the duel

We met at Dan Tana's in Hollywood and

829

40:20 ,155 --> 00:40:22,435

we sat down for some chicken parmesan.

830

40:22 ,465 --> 00:40:24,945

Marc Preston: Oh, you know, that's that's

talking food again That's one place.

831

40:24 ,945 --> 00:40:25,735

I've not gone.

832

40:25 ,735 --> 00:40:29,505

I've always wanted to go there

for For that specifically.

833

40:29 ,505 --> 00:40:30,995

Yeah, you got to check

834

40:30 ,995 --> 00:40:31,125

Dylan Sprouse: it

835

40:31 ,125 --> 00:40:31,325

Marc Preston: out.

836

40:31 ,355 --> 00:40:34,025

You can tell I haven't had lunch

yet I'm really hungry, too.

837

40:34 ,385 --> 00:40:39,045

Dylan Sprouse: So we sat down and And I

told them guys I I don't know where you're

838

40:39 ,145 --> 00:40:43,370

at with this movie You It's phenomenal.

839

40:43 ,720 --> 00:40:44,970

It's really well written.

840

40:45 ,260 --> 00:40:52,220

I think it is touching on a zeitgeist

of feeling amongst young men right now.

841

40:52 ,600 --> 00:40:56,810

Um, and, uh, and I want

to help you get this made.

842

40:57 ,850 --> 00:41:01,810

And that was the kind of

catalyst which started us.

843

41:02 ,495 --> 00:41:07,115

Uh, getting the duel going and that

was, you know, years ago now, but

844

41:08 ,205 --> 00:41:13,035

through that process, I was learning

so much and I said, I want to

845

41:13 ,035 --> 00:41:14,755

executive produce on it eventually.

846

41:15 ,185 --> 00:41:20,115

Um, and I need, and I said to Luke and

Justin, who at the time didn't really

847

41:20 ,415 --> 00:41:21,795

think that they wanted to direct it.

848

41:21 ,795 --> 00:41:23,165

I think they wanted to pass it off.

849

41:23 ,165 --> 00:41:25,795

I was like, I really think that

you guys should direct this.

850

41:26 ,395 --> 00:41:27,875

Um, and.

851

41:28 ,370 --> 00:41:31,390

They were kind of like, I don't

know how we're going to do that.

852

41:31 ,390 --> 00:41:32,480

And I was like, you'll figure it out.

853

41:32 ,500 --> 00:41:33,860

That's always the way these things go.

854

41:34 ,630 --> 00:41:39,530

Um, and they did phenomenal on it and

I'm immensely proud of this movie.

855

41:39 ,710 --> 00:41:43,680

I think it's probably my

proudest movie I've ever made

856

41:43 ,680 --> 00:41:45,270

as an adult and independent.

857

41:45 ,350 --> 00:41:50,670

You know, I think this really has a lot

to say and it's a, it's a, it's this, the

858

41:50 ,680 --> 00:41:53,050

reception to it so far has been awesome.

859

41:53 ,160 --> 00:41:54,320

So I'm very, very happy.

860

41:54 The State of Film and Television for Young Men

41:54 ,790 --> 00:41:56,000

Marc Preston: Talking about

the zeitgeist of what kind of

861

41:56 ,000 --> 00:41:57,230

young men are experiencing.

862

41:57 ,550 --> 00:42:00,820

But I was kind of curious where your

thoughts about that aspect of it.

863

42:01 ,380 --> 00:42:01,750

Dylan Sprouse: Yeah.

864

42:01 ,750 --> 00:42:07,490

I mean, look, I think that there's, um, I

think that some of the things I'm going to

865

42:07 ,490 --> 00:42:12,240

say are not just particularly young men,

but I do want to say that in, in general,

866

42:12 ,270 --> 00:42:14,410

I think it does lean more young men.

867

42:14 ,450 --> 00:42:17,340

I think that there's a major

disenfranchisement from,

868

42:17 ,870 --> 00:42:20,790

um, from television and film

right now for young men.

869

42:22 ,040 --> 00:42:26,110

I think that there is, there doesn't

feel like a lot is being made for them.

870

42:27 ,295 --> 00:42:30,745

Um, even though it's being

preached as being made for them.

871

42:31 ,595 --> 00:42:36,295

Um, and so I think that, uh,

you know, we've, I, and it's

872

42:36 ,295 --> 00:42:37,455

no surprise, I'm this way too.

873

42:37 ,455 --> 00:42:39,915

We've seen a major rise

in video games, right?

874

42:39 ,915 --> 00:42:43,605

We've seen like, we've seen

video games, boom, be immensely

875

42:43 ,605 --> 00:42:45,095

popular, which I personally love.

876

42:45 ,155 --> 00:42:49,845

Um, so, uh, we've seen that, we've seen

like, and I think I can see it like

877

42:49 ,845 --> 00:42:53,665

slipping through the cracks because I

am a little bit of a doom scroller on

878

42:53 ,725 --> 00:42:55,395

Instagram and other things like that.

879

42:55 ,405 --> 00:42:56,075

Like, I love to.

880

42:56 ,455 --> 00:43:03,005

See, and I'm, I'm looking at these, you

know, accounts that are popular and these

881

43:03 ,145 --> 00:43:07,650

kind of, you know, Uh, streamers and

I'm seeing their senses of humor and I'm

882

43:07 ,650 --> 00:43:11,150

watching the way they're speaking and

the things that are immensely popular

883

43:11 ,150 --> 00:43:15,880

in my, in my friend group and outside

of that, but just boys and the rise of

884

43:15 ,880 --> 00:43:19,000

like anime becoming incredibly popular.

885

43:19 ,000 --> 00:43:24,440

And I see all of this and I go,

well, underlying this all, I think

886

43:24 ,520 --> 00:43:30,110

what is not being provided is films

and television for this same group

887

43:30 ,720 --> 00:43:35,670

Marc Preston: because If it was, or is

it, is it really stories that connect?

888

43:35 ,670 --> 00:43:36,900

Is that kind of what you're alluding to?

889

43:36 ,920 --> 00:43:38,040

A hundred percent.

890

43:38 ,090 --> 00:43:39,090

I think it's like if,

891

43:39 ,140 --> 00:43:40,570

Dylan Sprouse: cause if there was.

892

43:41 ,515 --> 00:43:45,765

Then I think there would be more

of a dialogue about this happening.

893

43:45 ,795 --> 00:43:50,055

And I think, you know, I look, call

it for what it is, but I think the

894

43:50 ,055 --> 00:43:55,445

streamers have been both great and both

terrible, um, for, for the industry

895

43:55 ,445 --> 00:43:59,145

as a whole, but one of the things

that I really don't think is good.

896

43:59 ,255 --> 00:44:03,075

And it's, it's a far cry from,

I think what the platforms used

897

44:03 ,075 --> 00:44:06,045

to look like in their heyday,

when they were really making.

898

44:06 ,535 --> 00:44:09,705

These brilliant projects and

supporting artists in ways that

899

44:10 ,115 --> 00:44:14,095

there's a kind of one size fits all

mindset for a lot of shows nowadays.

900

44:14 ,095 --> 00:44:21,945

And I think that we've, we've gotten into

this, um, does the shoe fit mentality

901

44:22 ,055 --> 00:44:28,945

of, uh, Of television and even a film

where, where you watch it and you,

902

44:28 ,945 --> 00:44:31,425

you go, okay, well, this isn't for me.

903

44:31 ,565 --> 00:44:33,395

It's not, not for me.

904

44:33 ,845 --> 00:44:37,635

It's actually not for everyone

because it's for everyone.

905

44:37 ,715 --> 00:44:39,185

Marc Preston: Well, do you think

that has something to do with all

906

44:39 ,185 --> 00:44:40,245

the streamers that are out there?

907

44:40 ,255 --> 00:44:43,535

There's more portals to, to

get content in air quotes.

908

44:44 ,235 --> 00:44:47,285

There are blocks being missed

of, of, of people who want to

909

44:47 ,325 --> 00:44:48,885

digest certain kinds of stories.

910

44:49 ,525 --> 00:44:50,495

Dylan Sprouse: You know

what the funny thing is?

911

44:50 ,695 --> 00:44:51,235

I disagree.

912

44:51 ,235 --> 00:44:52,695

I don't think it's blocks being missed.

913

44:52 ,725 --> 00:44:56,015

I think every block is being hit

a little bit, but it's the jack

914

44:56 ,015 --> 00:44:57,565

of all trades, master and none.

915

44:57 ,935 --> 00:44:58,245

Yeah.

916

44:58 ,365 --> 00:44:58,645

Marc Preston: Yeah.

917

44:59 ,025 --> 00:45:01,935

You don't really have those bigger,

like the Judd Apatow comedies

918

45:01 ,935 --> 00:45:03,525

that were coming out early 2000s.

919

45:03 ,675 --> 00:45:05,625

It's just the way the

budgeting in Hollywood works.

920

45:05 ,625 --> 00:45:06,955

Do you think that has a factor?

921

45:07 ,325 --> 00:45:09,494

Uh, you know, what kind of

budgets they want to allocate to?

922

45:09 ,655 --> 00:45:11,265

Certain types of projects.

923

45:11 ,395 --> 00:45:12,035

Dylan Sprouse: Absolutely.

924

45:12 ,035 --> 00:45:16,115

Well, you know, to harken back to our

earlier conversation about development

925

45:16 ,215 --> 00:45:20,755

even, you know I don't think that

studios really develop much anymore

926

45:21 ,985 --> 00:45:27,125

They they're not trying to actually

take risks at all and especially

927

45:27 ,145 --> 00:45:30,875

on you know Indie scale right?

928

45:30 ,915 --> 00:45:35,455

They're looking at indie projects

Maybe that they're really good, but

929

45:35 ,535 --> 00:45:39,375

generally, and I'm not saying all this,

there's always exceptions to studios.

930

45:39 ,375 --> 00:45:40,905

There's always exceptions to agencies.

931

45:40 ,915 --> 00:45:42,445

There's always exceptions

to this, of course.

932

45:42 ,815 --> 00:45:43,435

Um, but.

933

45:44 ,090 --> 00:45:48,600

In general, if you look at what's

happening, they'll, they'll look at, um,

934

45:48 ,880 --> 00:45:54,920

they'll look at indie projects, the way

that agencies look at, uh, hiring like

935

45:55 ,160 --> 00:45:57,490

TikTokers, for example, did I lose you?

936

45:57 ,520 --> 00:45:57,950

I'm not here.

937

45:58 ,510 --> 00:46:01,550

Um, that look at putting

TikTokers on their slate.

938

46:01 ,570 --> 00:46:04,820

They go, Hey, this person

does all of their own work.

939

46:04 ,890 --> 00:46:07,870

So we don't have to spend

any money on development.

940

46:08 ,960 --> 00:46:12,070

And they might be able to

source the work for us.

941

46:12 ,865 --> 00:46:17,195

Now that's a pretty like pessimistic

way of looking at it, honestly,

942

46:17 ,715 --> 00:46:20,855

but that's the way indie projects

are approached in general.

943

46:20 ,855 --> 00:46:26,735

So the things that you see, um,

have billboards, the things that

944

46:26 ,735 --> 00:46:30,245

you see get pushed are projects.

945

46:30 ,950 --> 00:46:35,980

Where, uh, the studios have analytics

that they might do well enough for them.

946

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Um, and of course there's risks,

but no one at studios really

947

46:39 ,570 --> 00:46:40,910

wants to lose their jobs anymore.

948

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There's everyone's like

afraid of making a mistake.

949

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It's like you think about like.

950

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You think about a movie like The

Thing, or like Big Trouble in Little

951

46:49 ,430 --> 00:46:54,560

China, and I'm like how did the, how

did that movie get, like the script

952

46:54 ,560 --> 00:47:02,320

must have looked crazy, but also the

budget that went into it was so risky.

953

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And then again I think that the, like

the audiences and people's willingness to

954

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go to theatres was different then, but.

955

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Um, I don't know.

956

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I, I, I hope, I hope there's some

middle ground between risk taking

957

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and people who are creative and

making interesting movies again.

958

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Marc Preston: Let's kind of wrap up here.

959

47:30 The Seven Questions

47:30 ,375 --> 00:47:33,785

I like to throw out my seven

questions, a little fun, extra bit.

960

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The first question I always ask

is, this is very, we've already

961

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discussed the food thing, but, um,

what is your favorite comfort food?

962

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Dylan Sprouse: Well, I guess that'd be.

963

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You know what I'll say?

964

47:44 ,645 --> 00:47:46,285

Because I already said shrimp and grits.

965

47:46 ,685 --> 00:47:49,835

I'll say I am like a BLT fanatic.

966

47:50 ,265 --> 00:47:54,055

Like, I, I think it is the

perfect sandwich, and it can't

967

47:54 ,065 --> 00:47:55,605

have any other inclusion.

968

47:55 ,605 --> 00:47:58,435

It can only have one maybe,

one risky ingredient on

969

47:58 ,435 --> 00:48:00,365

there, but no avocado, no egg.

970

48:00 ,930 --> 00:48:03,510

No, you know, it's gotta be a perfect BLT.

971

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It's a perfect sandwich.

972

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Leave it at that.

973

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Marc Preston: You're a purist kind of

like me, you know, I want the thing

974

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not a interpretation of the thing

975

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Dylan Sprouse: So there's a reason

it's called a three letter thing.

976

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It's an ad it needs just

that and mayonnaise Exactly

977

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Marc Preston: now next question if

you're gonna sit down with three people

978

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living or not You're gonna sit down

talk story for a few hours over some

979

48:22 ,730 --> 00:48:26,620

coffee Who would those three people be

that you would like to sit down with?

980

48:28 ,020 --> 00:48:34,430

Dylan Sprouse: I would like to talk

to Harold Hardrada Who was a, uh, who

981

48:34 ,430 --> 00:48:38,990

was a, you could call him a Viking

prince that almost established the

982

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Varengian guard and then, uh, swam,

swam, sailed back up the river systems

983

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to Scandinavia and had a massive reign.

984

48:48 ,200 --> 00:48:49,620

He's just a really interesting character.

985

48:49 ,620 --> 00:48:50,950

That's a, that's a guy.

986

48:51 ,360 --> 00:48:56,170

Um, I'd, I'd love to, I'd love to

have, I'd love to, now that I am

987

48:56 ,190 --> 00:49:02,040

older, I'd love to, uh, I wish that I

could have had more time to speak as

988

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an adult with my And my grandmother

and my grandmother on my mother's side

989

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that so those would be the other two

990

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Marc Preston: I I'm there with you

and uh, because as you get older There

991

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are certain things that pop up like

I kind of want to discuss this thing

992

49:14 ,890 --> 00:49:17,880

or I didn't you know This is a thing

now, don't you wish you had all those

993

49:17 ,880 --> 00:49:21,430

questions already queued up when you were

young, you know You knew what to ask.

994

49:21 ,430 --> 00:49:22,050

Yeah, so

995

49:22 ,330 --> 00:49:23,970

Dylan Sprouse: that would be

that would be mine I think

996

49:24 ,320 --> 00:49:26,320

Marc Preston: and who would that

third person be one extra one uh,

997

49:26 ,330 --> 00:49:28,690

one other person to have coffee with

998

49:29 ,315 --> 00:49:35,115

Dylan Sprouse: Oh, um, one other

person to have coffee with.

999

49:35 ,205 --> 00:49:37,415

Sheesh, I haven't thought.

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Oh, uh, David Lynch.

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I love, I love him.

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I just love him as a

human, so I'd love to.

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And I met him only once

it was amazing, but

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Marc Preston: that sounds like a

very intriguing coffee date Now

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the next question I got for you is,

you know going back to young dylan

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Who was your first celebrity crush

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Dylan Sprouse: my

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Marc Preston: first celebrity crush?

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Whoa, I mean you're in a position

that maybe you worked with him who

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knows but you know that one person

like oh my god This is so cool.

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I want to I want to meet this person.

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Dylan Sprouse: Um gosh,

you know Let me see.

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I'm going to blank, um, if I don't say

it correctly, because I'm blanking now.

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Um, when I was young, I think like when

I was, when I was, first saw it, I saw

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Troy, and I was, enamored by Diane Kruger.

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I thought that she was like just gorgeous.

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She is still gorgeous.

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50:38 ,810 --> 00:50:43,290

Um, that was my first celebrity crush, but

you want to know what's so funny is that

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when I was a teenager, um, my celebrity

crush was, and this sounds, it sounds like

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it's not true, but it legitimately is.

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You can ask any of my

friends growing up with me.

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My, uh, my legitimate crush was

Barbara Palvin and who is now my wife.

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And I really, yeah, I was.

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Completely enamored by her, um, and

I saw the interviews and stuff and I

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thought she was so beautiful and funny

and, and, uh, and then, you know, the

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way that the world goes, um, years later

we met and, uh, And then it worked out.

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Maybe that's in the form of manifestation.

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Marc Preston: That's a little bit of a,

um, not, I want to say fairy tale, but you

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know, it's kind of cool that you got that.

Speaker:1030

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It's, you know, I'm sure you've

mentioned that to her, you know,

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Dylan Sprouse: I have, I don't

try to go too much though.

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You know,

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Marc Preston: I'm sure she's thinking

the same thing about you too.

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You know, you know, now if you're

going to be forced to the next

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question, you're going to be

living on an exotic island a year.

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Uh, it's wonderful.

Speaker:1037

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It's place you really want to be,

but it does not have internet.

Speaker:1038

51:44 ,320 --> 00:51:47,450

So you can't stream anything you

got to bring one album with you and

Speaker:1039

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one dvd of a movie So what would

that what as far as musically and

Speaker:1040

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what kind of you know, theatrically?

Speaker:1041

51:52 ,480 --> 00:51:54,590

What are the what are the two

things you want to bring with you?

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51:54 ,830 --> 00:51:56,050

Dylan Sprouse: Okay, so i'm safe I have

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Marc Preston: like water and food.

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51:57 ,180 --> 00:51:57,270

Yeah.

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51:57 ,410 --> 00:51:57,670

Oh, no.

Speaker:1046

51:57 ,670 --> 00:51:58,930

No, it's like a resort.

Speaker:1047

51:58 ,940 --> 00:52:01,970

You just don't have internet

There's no way to stream anything.

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Yeah, I can't bring a video

game Yeah, you know what?

Speaker:1049

52:05 ,970 --> 00:52:09,570

I will adjust this question to say what

video game would you bring as well?

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Dylan Sprouse: Okay.

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52:10 ,100 --> 00:52:10,640

Um

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52:14 ,080 --> 00:52:21,715

if I was on a Video game An island

album I would bring, I'd probably

Speaker:1053

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say like, God, I'd have to be upbeat.

Speaker:1054

52:24 ,765 --> 00:52:28,125

This is the kind of question that always

kills me because I, I'll think about it.

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Marc Preston: Um, you, you

think of like a box set.

Speaker:1056

52:31 ,245 --> 00:52:32,925

If you wanna do a box set

or something like that.

Speaker:1057

52:32 ,930 --> 00:52:33,180

Box set.

Speaker:1058

52:33 ,410 --> 00:52:33,780

Best up,

Speaker:1059

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Dylan Sprouse: Terry Reed.

Speaker:1060

52:35 ,805 --> 00:52:36,165

Box.

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Set something.

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Terry Reed.

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And then I'd, uh, I would do,

uh, for video game, I would

Speaker:1064

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do total War Warhammer three.

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Cause it's just repetitive, like you can

just grind that one more click thing.

Speaker:1066

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Um, but if it was a DVD.

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Um, I would do the big bobowski

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Marc Preston: righteous.

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I, I like that.

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My favorite, uh, there's, oh,

you know, you're a beer guy.

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There's a place that was called

a flying saucer in Dallas, and

Speaker:1072

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every Wednesday they'd do a thing.

Speaker:1073

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It was, I think it was Wednesday.

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You go in there and you'd get

a, their beer of the week.

Speaker:1075

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They give it to you in

a commemorative glass.

Speaker:1076

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I have a, it's a white.

Speaker:1077

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It's glass, but it's got a Jeff

Bridges face on it and it says

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the dude abides and that was like,

that's my favorite glass of God.

Speaker:1079

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So, you know, that was, I

don't, I don't remember the

Speaker:1080

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beer, but I remember the glass.

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Dylan Sprouse: If you, uh, if you

ever go to Iceland, um, there's

Speaker:1082

53:31 ,270 --> 00:53:34,830

in downtown Reykjavik, there's

a place called the Lebowski bar.

Speaker:1083

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And it's all themed, like, big with us.

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Very, okay.

Speaker:1085

53:38 ,660 --> 00:53:41,170

Marc Preston: Now you've got a,

uh, you know, destination for me.

Speaker:1086

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The Lobowski Bar, that's worth going

to Reykjavik alone, right there.

Speaker:1087

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Um, if you were to define beginning,

uh, from the time you wake up to the

Speaker:1088

53:49 ,350 --> 00:53:52,010

time you put your head down on the

bed at night, what's, what are the

Speaker:1089

53:52 ,010 --> 00:53:53,800

component parts of a perfect day for you?

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Dylan Sprouse: I think that component

parts of a perfect day for me is time

Speaker:1091

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spent in my yard, uh, time cooking.

Speaker:1092

54:08 ,505 --> 00:54:13,255

Eating a good meal in general is

definitely a component of that day.

Speaker:1093

54:14 ,605 --> 00:54:23,885

I'd like to get a little bit of a workout

going or a sweat going, um, and I feel

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like playing some video games, watching

some entertainment that I like with my

Speaker:1095

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wife, um, and Going to bed at a good hour.

Speaker:1096

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That is all front to back.

Speaker:1097

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That is what I would,

that is what I would say.

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Marc Preston: That's, that's,

that's purely aspirational for me.

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You know, uh, the whole

like good hour thing.

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Now, if you weren't doing this, what

would you be doing for a living?

Speaker:1101

54:50 ,530 --> 00:54:52,430

I mean, what would that thing

be that would bring you joy?

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If this was not an option for

you, what would you be up to?

Speaker:1103

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Dylan Sprouse: Honestly, I'm,

I'm pretty blessed in that.

Speaker:1104

54:57 ,660 --> 00:55:02,430

I, I've been able to follow those hobbies.

Speaker:1105

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that I feel like I know that I would

be doing, and that's probably brewing.

Speaker:1106

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I would probably be brewing.

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Um, it's something that I really love.

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Um, I, uh, if I wasn't doing

this, I'd probably try to do

Speaker:1109

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some video game design work.

Speaker:1110

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Honestly, um, but I know it'd

be something with entertainment.

Speaker:1111

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I also love cooking too.

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So I think it'd be something,

something creative like that.

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Marc Preston: What, what, what's your,

you got to tell me where your signature

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dishes, that one thing that people

say, Oh yeah, let's go over there and

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55:36 ,170 --> 00:55:39,700

let's go over to Dylan's place and

grab, uh, cause he makes this thing.

Speaker:1116

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What would that thing be?

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Dylan Sprouse: Barbara and I created this

recipe together that we've kind of like,

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we've now tweaked a little bit from the

beginning, but it's, It's pretty simple.

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And honestly, it's the, the simpleness of

the dish is what always gets our friends.

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That's the only, it's the only dish

I've ever made where I will have

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my friends reach out and ask me

when I'm making that particularly.

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Um, and it's just, uh, ground

beef, seasoned ground beef, uh,

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white rice, um, vegetables, whether

that's like peas, green beans,

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carrots, um, something diced small.

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Uh, you, you know, get those cooked.

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Um, you add it to the bowl and

then you add furikake, which is

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a type of Japanese seasoning.

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Um, yeah, I

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Marc Preston: literally made

this the other night, by the

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way, just what you're saying.

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I literally it's, uh, and my daughter

can confirm is sitting there.

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Cause I think we didn't eat all of it.

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I got to throw some of it out.

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I made that the exact with a little

bit of Asian seasoning as well.

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Like, uh, like a soy sauce, a little

oyster, uh, oyster sauce as well.

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I

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Dylan Sprouse: do.

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Um, yeah, that's phenomenal.

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Sometimes I put that into the beef.

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And then what I'll do is I'll.

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Drizzle, um, Japanese mayonnaise over it.

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I'll put pickled radishes in there.

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Um, and then you honestly, you just mix

that up and eat it and it's perfect meal.

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It's, uh, relatively healthy.

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And it is, uh, you can

create a ton of it at a time.

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And I've, that's the one dish that

all my friends will come over and try.

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Marc Preston: I can, I can put

up with this all day with you,

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but like I said, you know, I'm

doing these chats when I'm hungry.

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Uh, but the last question I got for you,

if you were to jump into the Delorean,

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into that DeLorean, uh, you're going to

cruise back to when you were 16, you've

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got a piece of advice you think would be

really good for 16 year old you to hear.

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What would that be?

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What would that be?

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Dylan Sprouse: Well, it's 16.

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Wow.

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Gosh, I don't try to think, um, I'd

say probably go easier on yourself

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to probably what I would say.

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I was pretty hard on myself at 16.

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Um, and it helped me a lot, but I

was, you know, I think like a lot

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of 16 year olds are, you're kind of

insecure about growing and who you

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are and where you fit in and all that.

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And I would just say that.

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I think you can trust that people

Like you honestly and that you're

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you know, go easier on yourself.

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That's what i'd say

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Marc Preston: Dylan, I so appreciate

you taking some time with me today.

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Um, this is great.

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My kids grew up with you.

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That means I grew up with you

when I was in my thirties.

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Uh, my, my 21 year old wanted

to, wanted to wave at you.

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How's it going?

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This is Lily.

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She, she, she, she watched all your shows.

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Dylan Sprouse: Hi, Lily.

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How are you?

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Marc Preston: So she's, she's

acting as my producer today.

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She's producing the puppy for me.

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Um, uh, congratulations

on everything, man.

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This is, this sounds wonderful.

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It's exactly kind of sounds

like what you want to be doing.

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And I'll toast you with my next beer.

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And we'll think fondly of you.

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Good man.

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You take care.

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All right, there you go, Dylan Sprouse,

really enjoyed the chat, a little trip

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down memory lane, kind of, you know, my

kids grew up, as I mentioned, just on

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Disney channel all the time, a Suite Life

of Zack and Cody, Suite Life on Deck.

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It's cool to see them maturing

into really great actors.

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This is hype.

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Mentioned, I was on a cruise ship, not

feeling so well, sitting back and stuck

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in the cabin for 24 hours, uh, watching

his brother's movie called five feet

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apart, which was a great little movie.

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Really enjoyed that.

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But, uh, of course we're talking

about Dylan's brand new movie.

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I enjoyed it thoroughly.

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It is called the duel.

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It is something different.

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I'm going to leave it at that.

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It is a different kind of movie.

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It is a, it's a fun kind of a ride.

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Uh, checked it out with my daughter, Lily.

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She enjoyed it as well.

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Uh, tell you what, don't forget if you

would please follow the show, follow

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like, whatever, have you that way.

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59:55 ,450 --> 00:59:58,540

Hey, you get notified every time we

have a new episode and everything

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you could possibly want to know

about the show, past guests.

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Send me a note, whatever, just

had to story and craft pod.

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com.

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All right, that's it.

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Uh, I'm going to go ahead on out of here

is always going to go grab a bite to eat.

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One of my favorite post podcast

production activities, a bite to eat.

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You go have yourself a

great rest of your day.

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And thank you once again for making

this show part of what you got going on.

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I appreciate it.

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You have a good one.

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We'll talk soon, right

here on story and craft.

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Announcer: For this episode of Story

Craft, join Marc next week for more

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1:00:40 ,885 --> 01:00:43,275

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1:00:43 ,675 --> 01:00:47,705

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And remember, keep telling your story.