Actor Tanner Buchanan from Netflix's "Cobra Kai" joins us on Story & Craft.
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Actor Tanner Buchanan from Netflix’s “Cobra Kai” joins us on Story & Craft.
Tanner’s work also includes “Designated Survivor,” “He’s All That” and “How to Date Billy Walsh.” We talk about his move from a small town in Ohio to Los Angeles, his early passion for dance, and his admiration for Patrick Swayze and Gene Kelly. He also shares advice he got from Kiefer Sutherland.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
Tanner Buchanan joins Story & Craft
Tanner’s Early Life and Move to LA
Starting in Acting and Early Roles
Transition to TV and Film
Joining Cobra Kai
Martial Arts Training and Stunts
Growing Up with Dance
Love for Gene Kelly
Ensemble vs. Lead Roles
Working with Kiefer Sutherland
Future Projects and Aspirations
Seven Questions
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Full Transcript
Part 1
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I'm very much obsessed with Patrick Swayze.
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I love everything that he does.
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So yeah, he grew up a dancer and it was
one of those things that when I started
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learning about him and I was like, Oh,
he's a guy that dances and it's cool.
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Announcer: Welcome to Story Craft.
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Now, here's your host, Marc Preston.
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Marc Preston: All right, here we go.
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Another episode of Story Craft.
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Thank you so much for stopping by.
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Hey, if this is your first
episode, my name is Marc Preston.
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Thank you for checking things out.
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Today, Tanner Buchanan, you probably know
him from shows like Designated Survivor
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with Kiefer Sutherland, as well as the
Netflix remake of She's All That called
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He's All That, and he was recently in
How to Date Billy Walsh on Amazon Prime.
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Right now, you can catch him on
Cobra Kai, season six, final season.
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It is airing right now on Netflix.
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Of course, he plays Robbie
Keene, Johnny Lawrence's son.
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Great young actor, uh, really enjoyed
the chat and don't forget by the
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com Okay, so let's jump right
into it today Tanner Buchanan day
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right here on story and craft So,
uh, where are you joining me from
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Tanner Buchanan: Uh, I'm
currently in LA at the moment.
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Marc Preston: Okay.
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Are you, are you originally an LA
kid or did you, did you gravitate
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out that direction for work?
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Tanner Buchanan: Uh,
I gravitated out here.
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Um, I actually, I grew up in
a small, small town in Ohio.
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Marc Preston: Okay.
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So how long have you been in LA?
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Tanner Buchanan: Well, I
mean, I've been in LA for 16
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Marc Preston: years
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Tanner Buchanan: now,
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Marc Preston: so it's been a minute.
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When did you first, like, I'm trying
to think the first time I hang on,
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like I got to trust my memory here.
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First time I became aware of it, I
think it was designated survivor.
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I think hair was a little
bit longer back then.
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Yeah,
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Tanner Buchanan: just a bit.
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It was, it was a little bit
longer and was Brown, not blonde.
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Yeah.
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Marc Preston: I think, I think
you're the third person from,
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I've chatted with a Reed diamond.
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Uh, he was, I guess he was a FBI guy
and then, uh, and the beast mode guy,
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uh, LaMonica Garrett, uh, who like, I
think LaMonica just exists for guys like
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me to go, God, I got to get to the gym.
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Tanner Buchanan: I love LaMonica.
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He exists.
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He still exists for people like me,
where I still look at him and go, I still
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really need to, I need to go to the gym.
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He's really, he's
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Marc Preston: in really good shape.
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Well, you had a chance to be
in a number of scenes with him.
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It was supposed to be you and Kiefer
Sutherland's, uh, secret service agents.
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So you had a chance to
spend time with him.
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He just, he'll put like on
Instagram, him working out.
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I'm going, God, I need to, and he's
close to my age too, which is, you
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know, even more embarrassing for me.
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Um, so let's see, it's,
it's, it's morning time.
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I said, you already, uh, knock out a
little bit of breakfast this morning.
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Or have you been kind
of running this morning?
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Tanner Buchanan: A little bit of running.
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I've not had, I've not
had time for breakfast.
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Uh, I do.
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I'm not, I'm terrible.
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I'm not a big breakfast person.
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I tend to skip breakfast
as much as I possibly can.
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I
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Marc Preston: don't know why.
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You know, down here, I know
my kids, my daughter, who's
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just right off camera here.
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She, uh, we're, we're, we're, uh,
kind of, Savory breakfast, you know,
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like sausage and stuff like that.
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We're in the South, so
it's to be expected.
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But, um, yeah, but so, Ohio.
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So let's, let's go a little origin story.
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Like, how did you, or like, what kind
of stuff do your folks do out that way?
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Tanner Buchanan: Um, my mom was actually
a safety engineer, uh, and then a
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pharmaceutical rep, and then my dad
owned his own business installing, uh,
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heavy machinery and car manufacturers.
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Marc Preston: So no entertainment
industry people in the family.
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Okay.
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Tanner Buchanan: Not even close.
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No.
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Marc Preston: Are you an only kid or did
you have sibling or do you have siblings?
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Tanner Buchanan: Well, yeah, I, I,
uh, I was raised the only child.
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Um, I have a few cousins,
um, that lives close.
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Um, and they, they were kind of like my
siblings and I, you know, as a younger
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sibling does you look up to your older
siblings, um, uh, and they all danced.
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Uh, so I, you know, doing that, I was
like, well, I want to do what they're
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doing and I, and I want to dance.
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So I started tap dancing and did, yeah,
I did competitive dance for a few years.
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Um, went to a competition in New York.
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There was agents and managers there.
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Um, and they, uh, my mom was
going to change jobs at that time.
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And my dad was, uh, saying that he could,
you know, try to pick up some extra jobs.
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And told, told us to go out to
California for six months to at least
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try it and see if I even liked it.
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Marc Preston: Oh, that's great
that you had the support.
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You had the kind of the
backing of the family.
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They were down with it.
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That's awesome.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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See, as an only kid, I live vicariously
through my kids over here cause I got
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three of them, but I was the only kid
also, you know, I don't just love it.
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People say, Oh, I'll bet you were spoiled.
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No,
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Tanner Buchanan: no,
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Marc Preston: I don't know.
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I don't know where that came from.
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It's kind of like, as you get everything,
you know, you know, I'm sure, uh,
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you know, they say the first kid
gets most of the headache and then.
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By the time you get to the third, they
get, they get off scot free or something.
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But fellow, we're in the
same tribe of only kids.
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That's awesome.
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So, so how old were you
when you made it to LA?
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Tanner Buchanan: Uh, I was
around 10, um, 10 years old.
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Um, so that was just almost 16 years ago.
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Marc Preston: Was it like a
summer you went out there or did
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it kind of extend beyond that?
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Um, so
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Tanner Buchanan: I kind of, uh, came
out here like the start of the school
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year, um, and did online school.
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Okay.
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Uh, and then we came back to Ohio
at Christmas, you know, for like a
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month and a half and then came back
out to California for another three,
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four months and then went home for
the summer for like three months.
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And then I had the conversation of
whether or not we were going back and I
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wanted to uh, And my dad continued to go.
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Well, I I think I can still pick
up some extra jobs Uh, you know go
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out there and keep keep trying it.
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I guess
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Marc Preston: well, that's that's very
awesome to have that kind of support
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You know, having had a family kind of
rally around the thing that you're up to.
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Now, when did the, when did the
acting thing come on the radar
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as you were, as you were dancing?
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Was, was that something you're like,
Hey, this is something I want to do.
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Or did somebody kind of spot you or?
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Tanner Buchanan: Um, I hadn't
really thought about acting.
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Um, singing in the rain was
my favorite movie growing up.
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So.
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Marc Preston: Gene Kelly, right?
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Tanner Buchanan: Right.
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Yeah.
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So the performing aspect of, of, you know,
dancing and singing and performing was
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there, but you know, I think when I was.
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Uh, little, I didn't realize, you
know, that they were still acting.
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Um, but it was something that I was
like, uh, you know, if it ever came
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about, I would, you know, maybe I
would try it, but I really want to
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dance and just, you know, perform.
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Uh, but at the competition in
New York, there was agents and
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managers there and they kind of
like, have you ever tried acting?
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And I was like, no.
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And they were like,
well, you have a, for it.
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Uh, I had big, you know, bottle cap
glasses and, and big buck teeth.
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And I, they basically said I had a
very character look, which basically
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means you were a quirky looking kid.
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Um, so, I said, yeah, you know, why not?
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It's something that, you know, would
go along with the performing aspect.
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Uh, and you know, I was lucky enough
when I first started, I booked like
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three national commercials right off
the bat within the first three months.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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And continue to do commercials
for the next three years.
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Until I was getting a little bit older
and I probably, I wasn't as cute anymore.
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Marc Preston: Yeah, it
happens to all of us.
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Tanner Buchanan: We should probably
move away from commercials and, and
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get into, uh, more TV and movie stuff.
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So started, started with that around
the age of like, you know, 13 or so.
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Marc Preston: 16 years ago,
the whole online school thing
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was a little bit more novel.
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Were you down with that?
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Or did you feel like you were kind of
missing out on the whole sports and
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social and all that kind of stuff?
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Tanner Buchanan: I was, no, I mean, I've
always been like a, uh, activity kid.
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Um, so even in, in between, you know,
the acting of it all, I was still in like
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extracurricular act too, I guess I was
in, you know, acting classes where I was.
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Other people.
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And then I took, you know, some
gymnastics classes whenever I could.
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Or, um, when I was, when I was
younger, I actually took a couple,
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you know, Taekwondo classes.
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So within like what I was able to do
during the evenings, I would go and
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be in extracurricular activities.
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Um, I'm not the biggest fan of school.
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Uh, so I didn't really feel
like I was missing out too much.
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Um, and to be honest, now I look back and
I, I'm like, I'm, you know, I'm so glad
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I never, I was actually never in real
school because I don't know if I would
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have been able to handle it, kind of doing
my homework on a set schedule, but, um,
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having to work around working, it was
kind of, it was a nice change of pace that
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I, that I wasn't experiencing the same
thing over and over and over again every
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day, uh, just to be able to switch it up.
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Marc Preston: You're doing that and
you're kind of starting to carve
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things out like it occurred to you.
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Pretty early age.
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Like how old were you in the
first, like kind of big role,
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role, you know, TV or film?
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When did that happen for you?
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Tanner Buchanan: Um, the bigger roles
that I would consider, I was doing,
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um, recurring on girl meets world and
the fosters, um, at the same time.
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And I think I was around, I
think I was 16 at the time.
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Um, so I was 50, 15, 16, and I was
actually on both shows, shooting both
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shows, sometimes in the same week.
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Um, a lot of times in the
same week, which was funny.
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So I'd be running back and forth from
each set, uh, every day trying to, which
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we're on opposite sides of the town.
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Marc Preston: Now, where were you
living in LA when you were out there?
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Were you staying at what's that?
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Uh, apartment complex.
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Everybody live
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Tanner Buchanan: Oakwood,
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Marc Preston: Oakwood.
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Yeah.
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I think it has a different
name now, but yeah.
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Were you able to live out there?
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Tanner Buchanan: No, we were actually
told from the very start not to go there.
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Um, a lot of people were like, there's
a lot of actors and acting moms and
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seem to be a lot of the ones that people
necessarily don't get along with or don't
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like, and people can be very competitive.
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So maybe don't go there.
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Um, so we didn't go there.
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We went, uh, just on the opposite.
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Side of Burbank, um, towards like
the mall area out how in Burbank,
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if anybody knows where that
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Marc Preston: is.
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Well, it's so funny because, uh, it
seems like that would be the most
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awesome experience to be out there
with a bunch of kids, your age, you're
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all kind of hanging at the pool, you
know, but yeah, it just, it seems like
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everybody that I've spoken with kid actor
wise has made a swing through there.
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As an adolescent or early teen, that
would be a pretty awesome thing to do.
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So I guess Cobra Kai came along,
you were about 19, 18, 19.
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Would that
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Tanner Buchanan: be right?
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Marc Preston: Was that always
shot in Georgia or was that just
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in the, after the first season
when it was shot around Atlanta?
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Correct.
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Yeah,
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Tanner Buchanan: it was all, all
shot in Atlanta the entire time.
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Um, all, all six seasons were in Atlanta.
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Marc Preston: So how did that come
across your desk as it were, you know,
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did, uh, it was just an audition or
did somebody kind of reach out to you?
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No, no, no.
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Tanner Buchanan: It was
definitely, it was an audition.
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Um, uh, I was doing, Um, I was doing
Designated Survivor at the time,
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um, and I got an audition for it,
uh, and I was able to go out for it,
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uh, because I was just a recurring
undesignated survivor at that point.
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Um, and I just, I knew the casting
directors, uh, and they kind of, you know,
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I went in, did my thing, they gave me some
notes knowing what, you know, Josh, John,
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and Hayden had kind of mentioned to them.
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Um, took those notes, uh, and
then actually just ended up at the
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chemistry read, uh, my next step was
the chemistry read with, with Billy.
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Um, and I did the chemistry with Billy.
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Uh, I had a little talk
with, with Ralph on camera.
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Um, and then from there I actually
had to go shoot designated survivor.
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Um, and wasn't able to go test for it.
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Um, but they showed my tape at testing.
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And then a couple of days later, ended up
with the job and had to leave for Atlanta.
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Uh, Like five days later for three months.
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Marc Preston: Really?
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Yeah, did you have any kind
of background or history?
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cognition of like the the lore of
Karate kid or was that something maybe
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there's more like your parents thing.
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Tanner Buchanan: Um,
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Marc Preston: I did they educate
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Tanner Buchanan: you they they did My
mom was actually a secondary or I mean,
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I guess still is you never lose it But
I was a second degree black belt and
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karate in the 80s You So it was, it
was one of those things where when I
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was like five or so, she, you know, the
movie was on and she showed me the movie
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and I think the second one as well.
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Um, and something that I've always been
very aware of my, you know, entire life.
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I didn't have much interest in
martial arts, I guess, growing up.
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I did at some point, off and on,
uh, when I took Taekwondo, but
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then quit, and then took Muay Thai
when I was 17, 18, but then quit.
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Uh, haha.
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But, uh, it was always something that I,
that was at least present within my life.
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Marc Preston: I know everything's got
to be choreographed, but was it a hard
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learning curve to kind of get it all down?
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Tanner Buchanan: Um,
it's always a hard learn.
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I mean, we're always constantly,
you know, getting better.
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Um, thanks to, uh, our fight coordinator,
um, Don Lee, you know, and our, uh,
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stunt coordinator, Kim Barefield.
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You know, they're always, they're
always trying to make sure that they're
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needing to one up themselves because.
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We've done a lot of fighting
on this show for many years.
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So they're trying to make sure that we're,
they're bringing us to new levels and
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making sure that they're bringing in, you
know, stunt performers that are gonna,
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you know, help us get to new levels.
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Um, so there's always a lot of
learning going on constantly.
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Uh, it was, it's been pretty cool this
year just because the, our stunt doubles,
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um, and the entire stunt team has worked
really, really hard with us to make sure.
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That we went out with the bang this
year and, and, uh, made a lot of
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most, most of the fighting this
year is done by us, uh, the actors.
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Yeah.
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So our doubles really worked hard with us
on different tricks and, and making sure
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that if we were taking falls or taking,
you know, each other down or whatever,
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it may be that if there was safety issues
that they're teaching us how to fall
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correctly and do these moves correctly.
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So that way, A lot of the times
they can keep the camera on us and
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you can, you know, just truly see
that a lot of it is, is, is us.
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Um, so everyone put in the most work,
uh, within the stunts department.
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Um, and thanks to them, we, we did get to
do just about all of it and, uh, safely.
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Marc Preston: So it was nice.
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So I guess in the early seasons,
maybe were you getting a few
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more bruises than maybe you're
getting now, or was it kind of, I
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Tanner Buchanan: would say,
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Marc Preston: Were ice were ice
bags part of your daily, uh, you
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know, post shooting schedule?
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Tanner Buchanan: Yes.
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And no, I think actually there's
probably more bruises now because
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we're all getting way more comfortable
with each other and giving, giving
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each other a little bit more love.
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Um, I was definitely timid and
making sure that I didn't want
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to hurt anybody at the beginning.
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So I was, sometimes they
would be like, you need to.
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You need to look stronger.
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You need to look strong.
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You're looking, we can tell you're not
hitting or you're not making connection
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with blocks or anything like that.
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Um, but now we're all fairly confident
with each other and we do connect.
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Um, not, not hard, but just enough
to, you know, feel something and,
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and make it look, uh, really hard
and, and, and, um, make it look
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like it's got some power behind it.
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Marc Preston: Did anybody kind of school
you up on like, okay, this is like
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all the 80s lore, you know, why this
was so big, you know, then something,
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because like, for instance, he also did
the, uh, uh, was it a, he's all that,
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which was, of course, she's all that
was this kind of iconic teen thing.
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You know, did you do a deep dive into
80s cultures, just kind of get a sense
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of what, where all this came from?
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Tanner Buchanan: Um, actually,
that's a, that's a good question.
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I, I, I didn't really,
um, like when I got it.
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Um, my, my mom was in, you know, in 80s,
uh, late teen, you know, young adult.
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So I guess growing up, I, I, she
introduced me to a lot of that stuff.
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So, uh, again, it was one of those things
that had always been present, but I
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never, I guess that's a good point though.
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I never did like a deep dive though,
into like the culture of, you know,
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Eighties and what that was all about.
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Um, now I, now I'm, now, well, now I know
what I'm doing with the rest of my day.
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That's what I, now you've got me on.
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I'm surprised.
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I never, I've never done that.
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Why have I never done that?
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Um, you got me on that.
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Well, it's kind
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Marc Preston: of funny because with
William Zabka's character, Johnny, it's
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when you really think about the, uh,
As an adult looking back and going,
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you know, actually, um, he wasn't
necessarily the bad guy early on.
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He had his girlfriend taken, you know,
when you kind of really, when you're, you
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know, the way they put movies together
back then, of course, there was a, you
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know, the narrative was he's the bad
guy, but, you know, he was a good guy.
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I really like his story arc.
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I think, I think that's kind of for me.
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The fun part of it.
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I think I started watching the show more
once it already made its way to Netflix.
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So I think that's kind of when I really
kind of caught up on it with my kids.
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Let's talk eighties, you know, as far
as music and movies, do you have any
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favorites, anything that like, you
know, your mom would watch or your folks
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would kind of pull up, you know, your
favorite eighties movie or favorite, um,
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musically was there, you know, are you
dialed into anything from, uh, that era?
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Yeah.
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Um,
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Tanner Buchanan: my,
uh, my, I know my mom.
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So one of my favorites and my boss
is one of my boss is dirty dancing.
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Oh,
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Marc Preston: okay.
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Okay.
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Tanner Buchanan: Um, I am in, I,
well, really anything Patrick Swayze.
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Um, I'm very much obsessed
with Patrick Swayze.
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I love everything that he does.
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Marc Preston: Uh, dance was
a big part of his thing.
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I think in Houston, I think his mother, I
think his mother was like a dance teacher.
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Yeah.
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I'm not sure.
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Tanner Buchanan: She was a dance teacher.
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Um, Whether or not she owned
a studio, I don't know.
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I thought she owned a studio, but
I could be making something up.
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But I do know for sure that
she was a teacher, at least.
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Um, so yeah, he grew up a dancer, and
it was one of those things of when I
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started learning about him, and I was
like, oh, he's a guy that dances, and
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it's cool, and he's like a cool guy.
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So, I, you know, looked up to him,
you know, Gene Kelly, Patrick Swayze,
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people like that, that I could be like,
Oh, they're doing, they're cool guys.
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Love for Gene Kelly
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Marc Preston: He was in
his movie called Xanadu.
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I don't know if you ever saw
it with Olivia Newton John.
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Did you ever see that?
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Tanner Buchanan: I, you're, you
know, what's funny is no, I've never
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seen Xanadu, but someone just told
me about this a couple weeks ago.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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Someone was talking about
Xanadu literally two weeks ago.
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Um, and they were like, you, they
specifically pinpointed me out
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and they were like, Actually,
you would really like it.
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You need to go watch it.
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Um, and I, and I
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Marc Preston: haven't had time.
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I think so.
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If you're a Gene Kelly fan, it's, it's,
it's one of his, I think it came out
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probably 80, 81, maybe somewhere in
that neighborhood, maybe a little bit
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later, but then he was an older dude,
but he was still kind of gliding.
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And you know, you see, you
see the physicality, but I
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mean, it's Gene Kelly dancing.
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It's iconic.
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Um, I mentioned the, uh, he's all
that, uh, the progression of the
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she's all that, but that's more,
you know, you're one of the leads.
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Now, if you look at the ensemble,
that is karate kid, did you, do
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you kind of have a preference?
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Do you like to be kind of just
part of a kind of equally balanced
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ensemble or do you kind of dig, you
know, carrying a little bit more of
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the weight as, as a lead in a film?
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Tanner Buchanan: Um, uh, they're both
enjoyable, but for different reasons.
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You know, I, I think being a part of
an ensemble is fun because everybody,
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um, you know, it's kind of funny.
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We say a lot of our lines, we
have one topic or we have one
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goal within a scene and we all get
to add a little bit to the goal.
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You know, we all, we all add on to
the sentence basically within a scene.
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Um, but it's fun because, you know,
everybody's doing the same thing,
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you know, feeling the same way,
going, having to train the same way.
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We're all, you know, it's like just one
big group and you're not doing it alone.
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Um, but, uh, but also being a lead is
also quite fun because I, I like the, it's
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one of those things, it's the pressure of
if you, if you don't do good, Then, you
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know, I feel like it sets the precedence
of then, then, um, then it's a possibility
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of it won't turn out very good.
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So having that pressure and that
little bit of, I guess, the anxiety
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the entire time of I got to make
sure that I'm doing everything.
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I got to make sure I'm doing good.
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I got to make sure, you know,
everything, everything's perfect
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and well, as perfect as it can be.
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Um, it kind of adds a fun aspect to it
of, of that you, you know, you don't
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get as much with, with an ensemble.
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That's cool.
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Marc Preston: Just as a little note,
because we mentioned this does need to
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survive around my kids and I were big fans
of the 24, you know, Kiefer Sutherland.
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We're really, we're talking
about eighties movies.
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I mean, he was like, he was, uh, I
don't know, maybe late teen, early
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twenties actor in the eighties.
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Um, any Kiefer Sutherland
kind of experiences.
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Cause this, I think you're the,
I've always wanted to chat with him.
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He's just, just kind of, he's always
been there since I was a young
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guy, but, um, I, I really liked the
character, the, the kind of the vibe
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and, uh, of a designated survivor.
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And he kind of factored in there.
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I, it didn't seem like that long ago, but
I think, uh, McKenna Grace was still like
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a little, little, little kid back then.
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So yeah, it's a little further back than
I thought it was, but, but I was curious.
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So what was that experience like working
on, on that, uh, uh, show with him?
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Tanner Buchanan: Yeah, it was, it was
actually, it was really, really fun.
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Um, I actually say, He, like, as, I feel
like as a teenager, I was trying to figure
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out where and how, you know, to act and,
and, And make sure I was doing the best
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job and I would second guess myself.
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And then, and then sometimes I want to
make the best decisions and it may not
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come off as good or, you know, it was one
of those things that I was constantly,
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or I wouldn't make interesting choices.
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I would want to make interesting
choices, but then I ultimately won it.
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And they would be kind of
boring to be honest and stale.
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Um, and he was the one person when
I was, I remember the day where I
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was, we had a bigger scene together.
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Um, and I was deciding what to do.
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And my, you know, my anxiety
was like, don't do it.
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Don't do it.
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But my confidence was like, but
maybe this is the right choice.
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And I think he could see me battling that.
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Um, and he pulled me aside and he goes,
look, you've been acting for how many
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years, um, you've been on this show.
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Now you wouldn't be on the show.
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If you weren't a good actor, you,
he goes, yeah, basically he's like,
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you have really good instincts.
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And you need to stop second
guessing yourself constantly.
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Um, you're a good actor and just trust
what you're doing and always go for it.
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Don't ever hold back.
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Just do it.
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Um, and from that day forward, I was like.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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I think I can trust myself more
and the decisions that I want to
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make and the ways that I want to
do things as different characters.
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Um, so he, he's definitely, um, a big
tribute to the, the confidence that
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I've gained, um, within this industry.
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That had to
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Marc Preston: be like a
big sigh of relief for
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Tanner Buchanan: you.
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It actually, it really was.
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Yeah, it really was.
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Like, yeah, I can't tell you the
amount of pressure that went,
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that just dissipated from my body
after he was like in that scene.
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He was like, you have good instincts.
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Just do it.
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And then basically went into
that, that scene and he, we,
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we finally ended that scene.
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He was like, there, see, you like,
you made a little bit more interesting
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choices than what you were doing
and you trusted in your instincts.
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And that was it.
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Just keep doing that.
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That's what, that's all this is about.
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And so, um, yeah, that was a really,
that was a really, really cool day.
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And I remember it very vividly.
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Marc Preston: It's always nice when you
have those moments, you can kind of,
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you have those moments of mentorship.
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You can look back and go,
you know, eventually you'll
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be able to pay that forward.
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Future Projects and Aspirations
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Right.
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,955 --> 00:25:07,295
Now, what do you have on the agenda,
uh, on the horizon rather than
502
,355 --> 00:25:10,325
anything good coming up TV film
that you're kind of working on?
503
,335 --> 00:25:12,915
Tanner Buchanan: Uh, I'm
looking for a job right now.
504
,315 --> 00:25:15,605
Marc Preston: Um, Yeah, I know
you're an out of work actor.
505
,605 --> 00:25:16,405
You know, it's funny.
506
,405 --> 00:25:18,744
I was telling somebody the other day,
I was talking to John Favreau back
507
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when I was like 21 and he just wrapped
in movies like, yeah, when you're
508
,755 --> 00:25:23,155
done with a film, you're out of work.
509
,175 --> 00:25:26,725
I was like, I never really framed it like
that, but anything that you, that you
510
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would like to do anything that you've
got, like, okay, I would love this
511
,145 --> 00:25:32,014
kind of a project or to work with this.
512
,155 --> 00:25:34,585
You know, in this kind
of a script or this act?
513
,585 --> 00:25:34,665
Well,
514
,665 --> 00:25:37,555
Tanner Buchanan: I think what it,
well, what it is right now, it's hard
515
,555 --> 00:25:42,145
again, because it's like, um, you're
on a show for so many years, a lot
516
,145 --> 00:25:46,754
of the viewers or the industry can
see you just as that one character.
517
,544 --> 00:25:52,954
Um, and not, you know, it's just
because, you know, that's all they've
518
,954 --> 00:25:54,844
really seen you as for a long time.
519
,305 --> 00:26:00,215
Um, so now I'm in this weird transition
period where I am looking for maybe a
520
,215 --> 00:26:08,605
little bit more, uh, odd characters or,
you know, strictly drama roles or strictly
521
,615 --> 00:26:15,214
comedy roles, um, some horror, but like,
like, I guess looking for the character
522
,474 --> 00:26:17,485
roles where it can be a little bit.
523
,274 --> 00:26:21,625
More opposite of what I've kind
of played for the past seven years
524
,625 --> 00:26:26,615
to be able to show everybody that
and just have the opportunity to
525
,635 --> 00:26:28,695
be like, Hey, I can also do this.
526
,135 --> 00:26:31,684
Um, which is ultimately
where I want to live.
527
,684 --> 00:26:33,925
I want to just be able
to bounce around from,
528
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Marc Preston: well, it'd be cool if
there's something with a little dancing.
529
,534 --> 00:26:36,964
Tanner Buchanan: Yeah.
530
,964 --> 00:26:39,194
I mean, to be honest,
dancing would be great.
531
,195 --> 00:26:42,185
And I've actually recently
talked about Broadway recently.
532
,185 --> 00:26:46,245
I was like, actually, Broadway
would be a nice change of, uh, of
533
,304 --> 00:26:48,425
pace, um, that, and it would be.
534
,690 --> 00:26:50,570
Quite fun to do right now.
535
,570 --> 00:26:52,320
If, if I had the opportunity to
536
Seven Questions
,570 --> 00:27:02,079
Marc Preston: Before we get to run, I
always have to do my seven questions.
537
,310 --> 00:27:04,100
I know you got a tight schedule
today, so I want to make sure I
538
,100 --> 00:27:06,860
get my seven questions in, which
are always a little extra fun.
539
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First one.
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,679 --> 00:27:09,649
I always ask, I always end up
talking food, at least once.
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What is your favorite comfort food?
542
,389 --> 00:27:14,899
That thing that you just
land on and go, Oh, bad day.
543
,939 --> 00:27:15,429
Good day.
544
,509 --> 00:27:16,249
You want that?
545
,615 --> 00:27:17,185
Tanner Buchanan: Mmm.
546
,274 --> 00:27:18,365
Comfort food.
547
,695 --> 00:27:19,565
That's a good one.
548
,675 --> 00:27:23,775
Um, honestly, um, I really, ramen.
549
,055 --> 00:27:26,154
Uh, there's ramen.
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Ramen.
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Marc Preston: And then you get
like a packaged ramen from the
552
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store, like a ramen restaurant,
553
,555 --> 00:27:33,625
Tanner Buchanan: the packaged ramen.
554
,640 --> 00:27:39,320
I, I make it, I try to make it
all fancy and do different spices
555
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and, uh, eggs and, um, I, I do a
bunch of different stuff to it.
556
,450 --> 00:27:44,580
Marc Preston: Yeah.
557
,580 --> 00:27:47,830
I saw a meme the other day that says, you
know, after you crack an egg, you know,
558
,979 --> 00:27:51,219
you get a, like a soft boiled egg, put
it on your ramen and it has a picture.
559
,219 --> 00:27:51,999
Like now you're a chef.
560
,950 --> 00:27:54,960
It's kind of like you
just elevated the game.
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But yeah, that's very good.
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You know, that's, that's, that's a little
bit of soul food from, you know, Back
563
,209 --> 00:28:04,570
and especially, you know, if money's ever
tight, it always lands without a doubt.
564
,879 --> 00:28:08,579
Now, uh, if you're to sit down and
next question and talk story with three
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people, uh, having coffee for a few
hours, living or not, who are those
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,790 --> 00:28:15,910
three people be that you would like to
sit down with and have a conversation?
567
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Uh, like, so living or not, who would that
568
,779 --> 00:28:17,959
Tanner Buchanan: be?
569
,959 --> 00:28:19,909
Gene Kelly would definitely be one.
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Um,
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,139 --> 00:28:26,799
uh, I love Heath Ledger.
572
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If I could talk to Heath Ledger any time
of like, that would be like, So cool.
573
,205 --> 00:28:38,075
Um, and then,
574
,465 --> 00:28:44,855
ooh, I'm trying to
think of a third person.
575
,814 --> 00:28:51,584
I mean, the only other person, I know I
somehow ended up picking up all actors,
576
,615 --> 00:28:58,774
uh, but like James Dean, um, James
Dean always had that, like, super raw
577
,804 --> 00:29:03,344
emotion, and I feel like was one of those
actors that was way ahead of his time.
578
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Um, and it was like, people just
didn't act that way when, and you
579
,659 --> 00:29:12,179
know, back in, back in the, it was 50s.
580
,649 --> 00:29:17,049
Um, like now, I can't imagine what
he, you know, what he would be doing,
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,129 --> 00:29:18,949
uh, if he was born in this time.
582
,365 --> 00:29:22,835
And I just want to be able to ask
him like, where does that come from?
583
,835 --> 00:29:25,715
Which I can almost guarantee he's
probably going to go, I don't know how,
584
,715 --> 00:29:27,935
you know, I, I kind of just, I'm, I'm a
585
,935 --> 00:29:31,284
Marc Preston: vulnerable person
and I put it out there for the air.
586
,284 --> 00:29:32,145
You're right for the era.
587
,155 --> 00:29:33,365
He was, he was unique.
588
,425 --> 00:29:36,075
You know, there was nobody
really, well, there was a Brando.
589
,484 --> 00:29:37,465
It was kind of a similar thing.
590
,564 --> 00:29:39,035
You just kind of come as
like, where'd that come from?
591
,935 --> 00:29:42,905
We take all that for granted now, of
course, but the back in that time, now,
592
,065 --> 00:29:45,685
next question, now, if you're going to be
forced to live on an Island, uh, somewhere
593
,685 --> 00:29:48,915
you actually want to be, but you're
going to be there a year, no internet.
594
,220 --> 00:29:52,610
You're going to have to bring an album
with you and a DVD if you want to watch
595
,610 --> 00:29:55,690
one movie and listen to one album.
596
,690 --> 00:29:58,470
What would that album, what would that
DVD be to hold you through that year?
597
,800 --> 00:30:01,219
Tanner Buchanan: Ooh, I can
only pick a DVD or an album?
598
,329 --> 00:30:05,050
Marc Preston: Uh, yeah, just one movie
or one, you know, it could be a box set.
599
,070 --> 00:30:06,320
You know, you can do that as well.
600
,380 --> 00:30:06,740
Oh,
601
,740 --> 00:30:09,380
Tanner Buchanan: that's,
you found the loophole.
602
,360 --> 00:30:12,840
It's, it's the box, it's the box set.
603
,650 --> 00:30:14,350
Marc Preston: Might as well.
604
,360 --> 00:30:18,210
You know, it's, I think a box set, we'll
let you, we'll let you go with the box.
605
,219 --> 00:30:18,439
So, yeah.
606
,480 --> 00:30:18,910
Tanner Buchanan: Okay.
607
,969 --> 00:30:22,130
Um, it's a good question.
608
,570 --> 00:30:26,320
Uh, I'm,
609
,939 --> 00:30:32,940
I'm actually the one, the one that I
know I can watch over and over and over
610
,940 --> 00:30:39,460
again is I think I'm actually gonna pick,
Oh, I'm stuck between two, two movies.
611
,165 --> 00:30:42,565
Or we're allowed TV shows, right?
612
,655 --> 00:30:42,865
Yep.
613
,875 --> 00:30:43,455
Absolutely.
614
,485 --> 00:30:43,895
You can do that.
615
,035 --> 00:30:45,765
Uh, Gilligan's Island.
616
,200 --> 00:30:47,610
Marc Preston: Very apropos if
you're gonna be on an island.
617
,610 --> 00:30:47,760
Yeah.
618
,760 --> 00:30:48,510
Very, very apropo.
619
,510 --> 00:30:48,840
Tanner Buchanan: Yeah.
620
,440 --> 00:30:52,740
I feel like yeah, you could, it would
be at least feel like somebody's there,
621
,830 --> 00:30:54,570
uh, living, living through it with you.
622
,050 --> 00:30:56,670
,
Marc Preston: what kind of
musically, where would you be?
623
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Tanner Buchanan: Mm, I would probably
be, uh, I'm a big metalhead, um, so
624
,440 --> 00:31:05,630
I'd definitely be in the metal world.
625
,140 --> 00:31:08,550
Uh, what album?
626
,615 --> 00:31:11,735
I would really honestly pick anything.
627
,755 --> 00:31:14,005
I'm trying to see if I can
specifically pick an album.
628
,005 --> 00:31:16,595
I would probably say
629
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The way of all flesh Gojira
630
,044 --> 00:31:24,874
Marc Preston: metal's your thing.
631
,874 --> 00:31:25,174
Okay.
632
,204 --> 00:31:27,274
Yeah, you were the first
metal head on the show.
633
,294 --> 00:31:28,014
So there you go.
634
,124 --> 00:31:30,425
All right And uh, gilligan's island.
635
,425 --> 00:31:32,085
All right, that's that's a first as well.
636
,085 --> 00:31:32,635
So I like it.
637
,655 --> 00:31:36,535
I like it Now if next question if you're
to find a perfect day time you get up
638
,575 --> 00:31:40,145
time you go to sleep What would be the
component parts of a perfect day for you?
639
,585 --> 00:31:40,605
Tanner Buchanan: Um
640
,030 --> 00:31:47,560
The have energy and not get tired midday.
641
,020 --> 00:31:49,020
That's number one.
642
,510 --> 00:31:54,010
Marc Preston: Um, You
can always take a nap.
643
,300 --> 00:31:58,170
Tanner Buchanan: Uh, I guess probably
waking up around, I used to do this,
644
,629 --> 00:32:01,440
my schedule is so all over the place
that I've not been able to have
645
,440 --> 00:32:02,550
a consistent schedule recently.
646
,039 --> 00:32:05,749
Um, but I guess I like to wake up early.
647
,800 --> 00:32:11,500
I like to wake up around like five
and, and where nobody else is around.
648
,170 --> 00:32:14,040
Um, and it's kind of quiet.
649
,390 --> 00:32:20,060
And there's only the few other people
that are up, um, and kind of get any
650
,060 --> 00:32:21,440
work done that I need to get done.
651
,730 --> 00:32:29,099
Uh, after that, I guess, uh, have
some lunch, play some guitar, uh,
652
,470 --> 00:32:31,460
maybe take a nap if I get tired,
653
,699 --> 00:32:38,660
um, watch maybe a movie or two.
654
,030 --> 00:32:44,770
And then eat and then go back to sleep
pretty easy, pretty simple person,
655
,060 --> 00:32:46,870
Marc Preston: very chill kind
of cruise through the day.
656
,870 --> 00:32:47,500
I like that.
657
,590 --> 00:32:48,089
I like it.
658
,840 --> 00:32:51,000
Now, uh, next question, if
you weren't doing this for a
659
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living, what would bring you joy?
660
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What other kind of gig would
you be doing besides acting?
661
,579 --> 00:32:56,959
Uh, what would that be for you?
662
,110 --> 00:32:59,679
Tanner Buchanan: Uh, I actually,
the other big thing that I was big
663
,679 --> 00:33:00,909
about when I was younger was soccer.
664
,625 --> 00:33:06,565
Um, and always said that if I wasn't
going to perform that I wanted to
665
,565 --> 00:33:07,915
be a professional soccer player.
666
,925 --> 00:33:10,205
So that's, that's where
I would live right there.
667
,525 --> 00:33:11,185
Marc Preston: Very cool.
668
,185 --> 00:33:11,585
Very cool.
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And the last question here, if you were
to jump in the DeLorean, go back to when
670
,655 --> 00:33:19,314
you were 16 years old, got a piece of
advice for yourself, either to make that
671
,314 --> 00:33:21,855
moment a little bit better, or maybe
put you on a little bit different path.
672
,855 --> 00:33:25,455
But what would that piece of
advice to 16 year old Tanner be,
673
,455 --> 00:33:30,355
Tanner Buchanan: um,
probably don't worry as much.
674
,395 --> 00:33:31,465
Like you're like.
675
,100 --> 00:33:36,510
I don't think I would, I wouldn't want
to tell anything to change anything.
676
,640 --> 00:33:41,830
Because as I look back through everything
in the years, it's like everything's
677
,830 --> 00:33:45,840
happened the way it's needed to, you
know, and I wouldn't want to change
678
,129 --> 00:33:49,759
anything because then I don't know
where I would be and I'm very happy
679
,759 --> 00:33:52,160
with where I am and my life right now.
680
,980 --> 00:33:59,415
Um, But I guess the best thing that
I could do is I, you know, learn to
681
,415 --> 00:34:03,335
control anxiety a little bit better
and, and just breathe a little bit more.
682
,725 --> 00:34:04,684
Marc Preston: That's a very common thing.
683
,685 --> 00:34:06,405
A lot of people say
something to that effect.
684
,415 --> 00:34:09,054
They always say, you know, just
kind of go easy on yourself.
685
,055 --> 00:34:10,764
It's going to work out
that kind of a thing.
686
,014 --> 00:34:12,354
It's very common, very common.
687
,354 --> 00:34:13,085
And that's awesome.
688
,665 --> 00:34:16,625
Well, well, I really appreciate you
sharing your time with me today.
689
,675 --> 00:34:17,495
I know you're a busy guy.
690
,885 --> 00:34:18,575
You're doing a lot of stuff.
691
,845 --> 00:34:20,605
My little girls over here is
just like, you know, just, she's,
692
,605 --> 00:34:22,005
she's, Are you, are you napping?
693
,345 --> 00:34:23,975
I'm, I'm, I'm boring the
hell out of her right now.
694
,975 --> 00:34:28,225
I know, uh, but, but no, I
appreciate it greatly, but hopefully
695
,225 --> 00:34:29,174
I'm keep my fingers crossed.
696
,174 --> 00:34:32,304
You got that dancing role coming up,
uh, looking, uh, looking forward to
697
,304 --> 00:34:35,455
seeing you actually doing your thing,
but, uh, man, go have a great rest of
698
,455 --> 00:34:38,075
your week and hopefully I'll have a
chance to catch up down the line, but,
699
,075 --> 00:34:39,235
uh, best of luck to you, my friend.
700
,255 --> 00:34:39,515
Tanner Buchanan: Yeah.
701
,515 --> 00:34:40,275
Thank you so much.
702
,275 --> 00:34:40,505
Yeah.
703
,525 --> 00:34:41,835
I hope, uh, I hope we do.
704
,885 --> 00:34:42,415
It'd be awesome.
705
,435 --> 00:34:45,055
Marc Preston: Well, there you go.
706
,125 --> 00:34:48,465
Tanner Buchanan, talented
young actor season six.
707
,705 --> 00:34:50,195
Cobra Kai, the final season.
708
,195 --> 00:34:51,405
It's on Netflix right now.
709
,405 --> 00:34:52,055
Check it out.
710
,265 --> 00:34:54,925
And don't forget to
follow story and craft.
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,935 --> 00:34:57,905
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713
,095 --> 00:35:05,134
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714
,135 --> 00:35:08,515
You could possibly want to know past
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715
,515 --> 00:35:11,375
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,665 --> 00:35:11,695
com.
717
,640 --> 00:35:13,660
It's all right there.
718
,000 --> 00:35:15,450
Uh, tell you what, I'm
going to get on out of here.
719
,450 --> 00:35:16,680
Grab a little bit of lunch.
720
,690 --> 00:35:18,630
You go have a great rest of your day.
721
,870 --> 00:35:22,550
Uh, Hey, thank you so much for
making story and craft part of
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,550 --> 00:35:23,690
whatever you've got going on.
723
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More great episodes coming.
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Some really cool guests.
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,900 --> 00:35:28,239
So, uh, come back by.
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,460 --> 00:35:29,279
Thank you so much.
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And, uh, we'll talk to you 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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Tanner Buchanan
Actor
Tanner Buchanan first stole the world’s attention in his breakout role of ‘Robby’ in the hit Netflix series COBRA KAI, starring alongside Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, and Martin Kove. Part 1 of 3 of the final season is currently streaming on Netflix.
Previous credits include Netflix’s HE’S ALL THAT directed by Mark Waters and co-starring Addison Rae; Amazon’s romantic comedy HOW TO DATE BILLY WALSH opposite Bridgerton’s Charithra Chandran and Sebastian Croft; the ABC/Netflix political drama DESIGNATED SURVIVOR opposite Keifer Sutherland; Netflix’s FULLER HOUSE; and Freeform’s THE FOSTERS.
Originally from Ohio, Buchanan currently resides in Atlanta.