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I'm just trying to gather myself, Sean.
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Yeah, no, I get it.
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I get it.
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Sean, it's gotten worse!
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I know!
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Hey, what's going on, everybody?
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For First We Feast, I'm Sean Evans, and you're watching Hot Ones.
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It's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings.
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And today we welcome Millie Bobby Brown back to the hot seat.
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She's an actress, producer, and the founder of Florence by Mills, who first braved this table back in 2022
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and has since closed the book on a decade as Eleven with the final season of Stranger Things, and now she's back as Victorian London's sharpest sleuth in Enola Holmes 3,
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which lands on Netflix July 1st. Millie Bobby Brown, welcome back to the show.
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Thank you.
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Thank you for having me.
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I'm so excited to be back here.
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I know I'm like a bit dreading the wings, but I love you, Sean.
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Oh, that's what I was going to ask.
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You know, it's great to see you again, but feel free to be honest.
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Did you have any reservations about returning?
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No, not at all.
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Like, I love this and I can get through anything.
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Imagine I start at 10.
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Oh my God, has that ever happened?
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Tom Holland actually grabbed number 10 right out of the gate.
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Insane.
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It's the Brits and us, okay.
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Lovely.
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Feels like it's not meant to be on a wing though, but it's actually punchier.
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Because like the first one on the last time was not this.
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Yeah.
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And it was not spicy at all, but that's got to punch it.
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Little kick.
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Yeah.
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So one of Enola's signature weapons is disguise.
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How do you approach a scene when the character you're playing is acting herself and then sometimes acting poorly?
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I love it.
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I love it because I feel like I'm also doing that.
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You know, just like as an actor, my whole job is to be a chameleon and to adapt.
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So I really like it.
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I try to do something vastly different.
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I always love to change an accent, do something random.
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And I mean, one time I was doing this film
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and my co -star and I were doing a scene and I just started doing a French accent.
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He was so jarred by my French accent that he just burst out laughing.
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And so, yeah, I do like to do stuff like that a lot.
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And I think sometimes it works and sometimes they're like, Millie, what are you doing?
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This has got an interesting taste to it.
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It's good.
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I'm trying to pace myself
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but it's really quite good I would like to talk about the kind of meat
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that you get these are also very good wings you know we take it all seriously
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we're trying to extend for you I take cooking very seriously
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and this feels air fried to me
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but I'm going to take a sip of my milkshake not because the plant base got to me
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but because I'm just in the mood yeah me too cheers to that so after Godzilla 11's telekinesis, and now three Enola films.
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Do you consider yourself an action star?
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Is that a characterization that would feel strange to you?
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No, I mean, I wouldn't consider myself an action star.
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I'm very drawn to action.
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But, like, similar to, like, I'm not in any way comparing myself to Tom Cruise because he is amazing.
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But he is such a fantastic actor, but he's so brilliant in action.
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And I think, like, yeah, when I read a script, I'm definitely like, oh, that sounds fun, I'll do that.
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But I also do love the very long, lengthy monologue scenes.
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So a few of my next films are less action.
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That's more, you know, it's exciting to get out of that world, not be on wires.
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You know, I feel like I've been on wires for like 10 years.
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This is Sriracha.
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I'm wiping my nose, not because...
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The plant -based got to you, let the record show.
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All right.
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Here we go.
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Oh, this is one of your own.
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It is.
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This is a homegrown source.
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Yeah, but if you don't like it, let us know.
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I know you will, actually.
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Okay.
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Oh.
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Okay.
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This is a very good one.
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You're not just saying that?
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No. I like sriracha.
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This is meant to be on a wig.
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Two out of three, at least.
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So you live on a farm in Georgia surrounded by a menagerie of rescue animals, everything from dogs to cats, goats, cows, donkeys, and more.
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Have you observed any unlikely friendships?
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Like maybe a couple of cross species that shouldn't work together, but somehow are best buds. So many.
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You know, I raised my farm animals and I had a baby lamb who lived in my house.
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And he, you know, I'd throw the tennis ball, all the dogs, and he would run after the tennis ball.
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He couldn't pick it up because he doesn't know how.
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He'd just kind of stare and then, and I'd be like, I understand.
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And then he would run to the microwave because he knew that's where I would warm his bottles up.
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He was a genius.
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His name's Norman, and now he's 500 pounds, and he still thinks I'm his mom.
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And he bears at my front door thinking, let me back into my home.
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This is where I was raised.
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And I'm like, brother, get away from me.
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You're 500 pounds.
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You're huge.
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And so now he lives on the farm, and he lives a great life.
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But yeah, I think there's many friendships where I'm like, okay, they're friends.
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Just leave them be and let them get on with it.
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black -eyed susan who comes up with these names
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oh my gosh i love this oh yeah
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that was a good eyebrow pop yeah i like
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that kind of like taste but it's got a punch
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but gosh what is that for yikes i want to take advantage of the fact
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that you have a beauty and lifestyle brand is there a skincare product
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that you'd recommend for let's say a talk show host who just turned 40
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but wants to look like rob lowe at 60 oh okay
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and this is just asking for a friend yeah just asking
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for a friend i would say spf is the most important thing
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do you wear spf they make me you know oh good i'm surrounded by people
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that look out for me more than i do myself um
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i'm a big one like for guys i think eye cream like you every guy like Like, everyone should enjoy a good eye cream, but, like, eye cream is great for guys.
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I have, like, I've worked with many actors, many male actors that are like, I've got to put my eye cream on.
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And I'm like, okay, queen.
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Like, they take it very seriously.
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So I think eye cream must have a thing for guys.
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Pickles and Scorpion.
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Yeah, I'm feeling
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that it's it's again it's not the worst thing i've ever had like as in this is something
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that i feel like i would have had this at a
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restaurant it is spicy though i'm not gonna lie yeah
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and kind of with like some late action too like sweetness up front
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and then behind it some violence pure violence your food takes are some of the best out there
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so if you'll humor me i'm hoping
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that you can put me on game for some british classics what is spag bowl
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and then why Why is HP sauce the right condiment for that dish?
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Mmm.
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Spag bol is spaghetti bolognese.
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And you just put brown sauce on it because I don't know why.
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You put brown sauce on everything when you're English.
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I mean, I know people put a lot of stuff on spag bol.
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Spag bol is pretty much the only thing my mom can cook.
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Like, it'll be like Tuesday and my mom's like, I'm making a spag bol.
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And then I'm like, okay.
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It's like Friday, my mom's like, I'm making another spag bol.
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And I'm like, Mom, we've had it like three times this week.
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Like, we can't have any more spag bols and it's just all we eat.
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And she's like, ah, Mil, I'll make the baby a spag bowl.
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I'm like, okay, great.
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So it's part of, I guess it's just a part of my mom's only recipe.
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I mean, that's for 50 years, I'm just going to have a recipe book of just varieties of spag bowls.
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However, it's one of my favorites.
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And when I'm in England, I don't really order it when I'm at a restaurant.
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It's really just got to be my mom's what are the
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foundational qualities of a great jacket potato in your opinion a fluffy potato inside my favorite would be beans
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and cheese also hp sauce on that
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that would be my favorite and i love and also
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when i was on stranger things i used to get food shamed a lot by
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when i would go on like they'd be all american
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and they'd be like mate what the fuck are you eating
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because they were like it's like you live in the 1800s
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and you found some like specialty i would like it's wrapped in tinfoil
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and i'd be like but then i would like hide in a corner
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because they'd be like what is that
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and i was just like it's a jacket potato with beans
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and cheese it's nothing um so they didn't get it but
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when i go on set in england everybody's like having a jacket jacket potato having a jacket i like that
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oh we're getting close how many times like who is the person that's been on this show the most You know, we don't have that many.
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You're like, you're in an exclusive club now.
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Really?
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You know, as a return guest, actually.
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Oh my gosh, I love that.
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That's a pretty exclusive club.
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Thank you.
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Host Malone, Gordon Ramsay.
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Gordon Ramsay?
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Yeah, actually the UK highly represented return club.
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There we go, I'm glad.
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We're strong, we're strong.
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Okay.
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Tropical Amarillo.
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And this one is the Tropical Amarillo.
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Mm -hmm.
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So, you've played scared on camera, more than most actors do in their entire career.
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Is terror something that you can fake convincingly, or do you always need to find...
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Or am I just permanently terrified?
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Or do you need to find, like, a real door to it every time?
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Good question.
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For some reason, maybe terror just comes a little bit too natural for me.
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However, I do like to really put myself in the situation always takes me about 10, 15 seconds to get into it before they say action.
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I don't really do a lot of prep for that very reason.
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I'm not somebody who needs to put everyone else through the worst day of their life, you know?
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To be like, I'm in the space.
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So, you know, it's like, I don't want to put everyone else through that.
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You have to really just learn how to go in and out of it and figure it out.
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But being a child actor helps because I just grew up doing it so naturally.
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So it's very second nature.
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What isn't second nature is laughing and smiling.
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when they're like, Millie, fake laugh in this scene.
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And I'm like, you know, and then I'm just like, I can't watch playback.
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I'm terrible.
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And I'm like, why do I, why do I look like that?
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I can't make myself laugh.
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And then just to avoid the terror today, just be very careful around the eye.
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Oh.
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You know, I'm watching.
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Did I wet my eye?
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It was just natural.
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It was instinctive.
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Thank you so much for looking out for me.
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Always.
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Okay.
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Always.
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Because especially because we're getting closer.
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i did a movie about dragons once i know you did i slayed that shit and you're gonna do it again
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now this to me is almost kind of candied at first almost like a spicy candy at first and then
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yeah it's in the back of the throat i know
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the time in the show where the walls start to close in that hasn't got a candy candy feel
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that's a lovely one yeah
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something to write home about it lives here the problem with
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Devon let me just tell you put me on game first
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of all we need to sign little waivers before we walk into this shit because Devon
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hurts everywhere
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and afterwards afterwards after four hours after the interview i couldn't breathe still i mean truly it hurts everywhere whereas
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that one's just like the last one's just like in the throat it's like
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yeah wouldn't put that one just one sort of change not a full meltdown it's life -changing
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never the same after
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that never oh it looks a bit smothered this time all
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right are you ready i'm ready do you get nervous ever about this one you know what if
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if i can knock down the fourth wall just for the guest like i know what's gonna happen you know
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and i'm traveled and i've been doing this for a long time
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but it's more like the empathy i feel for the guest
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that kind of doesn't know what's coming you do in this particular case
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but that's where the nervousness really i bet yeah you know i watched winona's yeah
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and how was she with the bomb you know what
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that is like one of the most memorable shoots yeah
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because like as you know just to meet her
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and like just spend five seconds you just want to like
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protect her yeah well that's our that's been my last 10 years
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i'm like it's raining but don't go outside exactly don't go outside
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but no no no protect her at all costs at all
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costs put her in the fucking fire i know i know i know
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and it's a it's a guilt that i've carried with me for a long time
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but it was her reaction in the face of
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that i was like there's no way she's going to get through exactly yeah
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so expressive yes but then and even after like the first wing was jarred
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and you know i was like there's no way we're getting through this
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but she somehow found that she's a fighter exactly every single time
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so it's that kind of duality that i was juggling with okay
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but you i feel uh less of that empathy
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if i can be honest that's all right you know that's
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okay i understand we're one of one okay i am actually really nervous i know Yeah, me too.
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Oh my god.
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I know.
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What's happening?
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Immediately right back into that world.
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And just as you remember...
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It's immediately gone to my nose.
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Yeah.
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And how it just kind of collapses everything thing.
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I know.
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I know.
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I know.
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I know.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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i'm just trying to gather myself sean yeah no i get it i get it sean it's gonna work i know
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let me try to take let me try to take your mind off of it yeah okay
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so as we've covered today you're an avid animal lover and
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that goes from the farm all the way to the sea i know i know
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so if you'll humor me i've put together a marine life pub quiz for you okay it's multiple choice
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but it is challenging especially considering that you've just taken on the bomb but if you're ready
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I've got my first question for you.
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Which whale has the largest brain of any animal that has ever existed?
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Is it A, the gray whale, B, the sperm whale, or C, the humpback whale?
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The humpback.
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It's actually the sperm whale with a brain of 18 pounds,
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more than five times the size of the average adult.
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Hilarious.
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All right, up next.
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True or false, sharks predate trees.
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True, they're dinosaurs.
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Yes, they do.
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That's right.
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Sharks predate trees and dinosaurs around for 400 million years.
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Wow.
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A blue whale's heart is roughly the size of A, a watermelon, B, a king -size mattress, or C, a standard commercial vending machine.
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A mattress.
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It's actually a commercial vending machine.
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A 400 -pound heart, if you can believe that, Millie Bobby Brown.
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How about this?
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What makes it better, Sean?
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What ends it?
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Ice in the mouth?
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Yeah, yeah, try ice.
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Try ice.
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Yeah, we have a whole pitcher for you.
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Yeah, there you go.
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Grab a handful if you can.
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The mantis shrimp's club -like claw is famous for what?
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Glowing in the dark?
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Punching with the speed of a bullet?
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Or producing pearls Producing pearls It actually punches with the speed of a bullet
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Shut the fuck up It strikes so fast
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that it boils the water around it The shockwave can stun prey even
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if it misses No way Did you chat GBT this shit?
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Animal fun facts I love this But the thing is they're all about sea animals It was a marine life theme
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you might have been battling the bomb you might have been battling the bomb
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when i clarified that it's okay i thought i just had pop quiz and i'm like why the fuck we keep
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so i'm at the point it still hurts yes eyes burn yep feel like i just had my filler
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like completely numb yes can't feel a thing lidocaine crazy you've
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had this compounding effect you know like all of these wings up to this point
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but the good news is we only have two more to
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go yeah good news yeah great after eight nothing feels worse
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that's somebody who's gone through the gauntlet before yeah i think the worst is over not to say
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that you can let up your guard because the last two are hot but not light on fire
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even though it doesn't measure as high on the scoville nope this hurts yeah I know why?
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so silly it's hot but then it's also kind of like activating
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the memories of the past yes thank you you're
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so right that's what's happening you're like a historical figure when it comes to wings I really am.
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You're a good philosopher.
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I can speak with real authority on this.
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What makes Grease 2 better than the original, in your opinion?
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Like, what do you know what other people, what do you know that others don't?
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I know everything, first of all.
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Cool Rider is the best song ever.
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And, yeah, I'm obsessed with Michelle Pfeiffer.
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One time I saw her in an elevator and I almost collapsed on the floor because I was like, that, that is like, that was my childhood growing up.
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I used to be like, do you really want to know what I want in a guy?
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And it was my everything.
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I loved Grease 2, and it's a really, it is a hot take.
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But, like, what else do you expect from me?
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I made my husband watch Grease 1 and 2.
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He enjoyed 1 more.
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But I think that's why we got married, you know?
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It's like, you're 1, I'm 2.
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And that's all right.
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Hot takes, wings flying off the board, and coming up next, a very special guest.
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Louie's going to die.
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He's going to die.
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He's going to die.
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We're joined now on set with your Enola Holmes 3 co -star, Louie Partridge.
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And we have, per Millie's request, two wings.
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Right.
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One features the last ab.
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The other...
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Per Millie's request, Da Bomb Beyond Insanity.
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Flat one, will you be doing it with me?
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Absolutely not.
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Will we take it on Da Bomb?
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Wait.
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Wait.
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Is it a mindset thing?
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Ask him questions, help him.
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Yeah, it is.
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It really is a mindset thing here.
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And I can see that you're locked in.
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It's not.
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Yeah, I can tell.
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It's not getting better.
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in fact it's getting worse I know I know it's the bomb
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yeah it's the worst it's still it's still yeah yeah
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alright it's an eye walker Millie if you're ready we can take on this last wing
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take it with no no no I might as well I feel like I'm seeing my friend die
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okay no no no don't do that to yourself there's no need for it it's on there
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he's going out with a bang he's going out with a bang I've had two unconsolidating condensing
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Speedrunning the hot ones He's gone Oh my gosh, this is already hurting Alright,
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here we go See you on the other side Hey,
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we've done it That's it, we've done it Exactly, that's the good news The wings of death are behind us
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And here you guys are You guys have acted opposite each
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other in all three of nola holmes films starting off as couples who spar ending up at the altar
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so if you'll humor me i have some rapid fire yes
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most likely questions to close things out yep
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which of you two is most likely to nail a sword
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fight sequence on the first take me me me me me
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which of you is most likely to break during a serious scene break
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or laugh during a serious scene you reckon me
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that would only be from looking at you yeah it's me
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that makes him that's horrible i know i know it's unpleasant
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how about this most likely to get lost traveling abroad
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and then millie be very careful around the ass that's me
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i feel like that's you that's me yeah i know sorry thank you for reminding me silly silly idiot
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sorry sorry um you would get lost yeah yeah you're already
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you're already perspiration everywhere I'm not I mean my makeup look
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about it although I'm proving something to myself today I haven't even touched
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that yet you've both but you're
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but it doesn't matter you're allowed to right I don't get prizes
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but not no
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and I love milkshakes I love milkshakes no no you can
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give up here it's not about being a man you can
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be a man no it's okay just enjoy yourself well I love
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that you loved that no i hated the last wing
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but the eighth is a hell on earth i actually want to start a petition for people
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that have been on the show to get it off of this show
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speaking truth on the last wing
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and you both the survival instincts to run the gauntlet
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and now there's nothing left to do
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but roll out the red carpet for you guys this camera
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this camera this camera louie millie tell the people what you have going on in your life we
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We are big and brave and strong and gosh, it hurts.
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It makes it momentarily better.
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It hurts, it hurts everywhere.
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On July 1st, there will be a film coming out on Netflix called Enola Holmes.
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Yeah, number three.
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Number three, yeah, and watch it because we will both be in it.
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Yeah, and we will look a lot different to the way we do now.
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Oh, yeah.
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We will be more put together.
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Yeah.
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Thank you.
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How crazy is that?
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This makes it better for a second.
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It does.
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Just a second.
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Which one was worse, the eighth or the eighth?
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I can't tell, because they combine forces.
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Oh, it's so bad.
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Like, your lips are numb.
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Yeah, and my tongue and cheeks as well.
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Thank you.
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I can't even kiss my baby.
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I think the first time was worse, and now I was like, okay, I know how bad it can get.
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Yeah.
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Like, I never thought I would feel feelings the way I feel on the show.
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I didn't know that my nose could, like, hurt.
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Right, like, maybe there's, like, panic the first time.
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Yeah, panic because I was like, oh my god, Sean, when the fuck is this going to be over, you know?
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And now I'm like, it's going to be over soon.
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It doesn't last forever.
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See, now you know what it's like to, you could host it.
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I could host, I should, I should co -host with you.
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I slayed that shit.
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People think Hot Ones is chaos, but this table runs on precision.
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Every bottle has a job.
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And right now, Los Calientes Verde is missing.
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Bill, we have a situation.
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Relax, Sean.
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Hot Ones hot sauces are available in over 10 ,000 grocery stores nationwide.
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I have an extra for you.
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Thanks so much, Bill.
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Crisis averted.
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Now let's roll.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 435 sentences and 4147 words to shadow. The speech runs for 25:04. The speaker talks at a natural 165 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
- spelling /ˈspɛl.ɪŋ/ (noun) — The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.
- jacket /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/ (noun) — A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
- whale /ˈweɪl/ (noun) — Any large cetacean, usually with the exclusion of dolphins and porpoises.
- gosh /ɡɑːʃ/ — A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.
- punch /pʌnt͡ʃ/ (noun) — A hit or strike with one's fist.
- candy /ˈkæn.di/ (noun) — Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.
- potato /pəˈteɪ.təʊ/ (noun) — The edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum.
- silly /ˈsɪl.i/ (adjective) — Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
- terror /ˈtɛɹɚ/ (noun) — Intense dread, fright, or fear.
- eighth /eɪtθ/ (adjective) — The ordinal form of the number eight.
- accent /ækˈsɛnt/ (noun) — A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to…
- humour /ˈhjuːmɚ/ (noun) — The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.
- spicy /ˈspaɪsi/ (adjective) — Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
- wire /ˈwaɪɚ/ (noun) — Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
- afterwards /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/ (adverb) — At a later or succeeding time; after that;
Phrasal verbs you will hear
- get through /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/ (verb) — To overcome; to endure.
- go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verb) — To continue in extent.
- back into (verb) — To advance to the post-season as a result of another team's loss, especially where one's own team has also lost.
- do in (verb) — To kill or end; to defeat.
- grow up (verb) — To mature and become an adult.
- live in (verb) — To reside on the premises of one's employer (used especially of domestic staff such as nannies, cooks, maids, etc.)
- live on (verb) — To endure.
- put together (verb) — To assemble, construct, build, or formulate.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 150 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: eighth /eɪtθ/, throat /ˈθɹoʊt/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, empathy /ˈɛmpəθi/, breathe /bɹiːð/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/, petition /pəˈtɪʃ.ən/, dish /dɪʃ/, nationwide /ˌneɪ.ʃənˈwaɪd/
- Long words — get the stress right: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, hilarious /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/, permanently /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt.li/, elevator /ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/, reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like spelling, jacket, whale.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to get · used to be |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've been · Have you observed · I've worked |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is meant · was raised · was jarred |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.