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Do you have a toxic trick?

Vengeance.

- Oh, right!

- Yeah, yeah.

If I have an opportunity for revenge, that really excites me.

- I feel like you'd be really good at getting revenge.

- I am.

- Yeah.

- Strange.

- Mwah.

- Hi, I'm Ella.

- And I'm Belmont.

- And this is Off The Cuff.

- Round one.

Icebreakers.

- If I were a sound effect...

- Oh.

- What would I sound like?

- What's an interesting fact you learned recently?

- Sao Paulo, Brazil is the most populated city in all of the Americas.

- He did learn that, he told everybody that.

- I did, that was my factoid, and there's 22 million people in the greater Sao Paulo area.

What is your go -to song that you sing in the car?

- The soundtrack of Hamilton, in order, in chronological order.

Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, Sir.

- This is the order.

Yeah, okay, anyway.

What's the first album you bought?

Oh, it was Born to Die by Lana Del Rey.

Oh my God.

Yeah, that was my first vinyl that I purchased.

Oh, I love that.

Yeah.

Is video games on that one?

Playing video games.

Anytime I'm in a room with guys that are playing video games, it just like comes out of my mouth.

What's your current iPhone background?

Oh my gosh.

It's a picture of Mika and I.

We were in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

We were in our blazes and we were still in the pool.

It's so cute.

I love it so much.

You guys went straight from press.

You just kicked your shoes off and stood ankle deep in the pool.

You're going to have a lot of answers for this, so I hope you have a lot of time.

What's a skill you wish you could be better at?

Okay, that's just so unfair.

- Could be better at ice hockey.

- I wish I was better at ice hockey.

Yeah, I'm getting better at ice hockey, but I wish I had like Garrett Graham level skill.

- Well, of course.

- At ice hockey.

And I wish I wasn't afraid of heights.

- We're going to that Empire State Building today.

Can't wait.

- Uh -oh.

- Round two.

- Getting personal.

What's something you wish you knew about yourself sooner?

- That I do need sleep.

Because as a kid, I used to just lie to everybody, say I had insomnia, and would just stay up in lockdown.

I slept every other night.

And I thought it was so awesome.

And it's so, I can't do it without sleep.

He can sleep for like 12 hours.

My ideal number of sleep is 12.

12 hours.

It's insane.

We're like, oh my, do you want to hang out tomorrow?

- No, he's just like a whole day.

- No, actually, I'm gonna go have-- - A whole day.

- I'm gonna go have 10 dreams, actually.

- If you were to be cast in a reality show, what would it be?

- I would be in "Summer House." As I'm watching it, I cannot believe the story of what happens after they're done shooting.

There was some pretty serious betrayal and infidelity that happened after they were done shooting, which I'm hoping will come to light at the reunion.

What's your worst habit?

Oh, I have a lot of bad habits.

I fiddle with everything, so if you give me a prop and it's a piece of paper, I will rip it.

Subconsciously, it will just get like, crinkled or ripped or like I don't I truly don't need to do it.

Yeah, you do mindlessly destroy whatever you're holding.

Yeah, I've seen it in action.

Yeah, it's bad.

And oh, do you have a toxic trick?

Vengeance.

Oh, right!

Yeah, yeah.

If I have an opportunity for revenge, that really excites me.

I feel like you'd be really good at getting revenge.

I am.

Yeah.

Ha ha ha.

That's right.

Ha ha ha. Have you?

- Mm.

- Alibright ever ghosted someone?

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I have.

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Yeah.

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I just get really stressed out and I just block.

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Oh, that's a serious ghost.

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Yeah.

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I think I've only done it to one person.

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I've just blocked them.

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Apart from that, I usually respond.

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What's something that's supposed to be romantic, but is secretly stressful?

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For me, gifts.

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I'm just a really bad gift giver when it's time for gifts.

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I get stressed out.

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But you write very beautiful letters.

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Yes.

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So you that that makes up for it.

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That is my.

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Yeah, that's my work around.

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So I'll just like I'll write you a letter.

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That's very sweet.

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Do you believe in love at first sight?

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- Yeah, I think I believe in love at first sight.

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It's not happened to me, but I think it could be real.

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It's very cute.

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It might happen to you.

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It might happen.

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At any given moment.

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Well, exactly.

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So be prepared.

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Yeah.

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Sounds like you are.

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I'm going to the Empire State Building and you can see a lot of people.

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That's right!

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You!

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Yeah!

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Okay, quick.

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What's an ideal first date for you?

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Oh, um, running errands together.

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-Q.

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-Round three.

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Off campus slash career questions.

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What's the most college thing that happened behind the scenes?

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I think probably the all -nighters that we did at my house.

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Would you fake date to meet the love of your life?

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No. But to meet the love of your one?

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I don't think it's a very useful Idea.

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I don't know.

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I can't see it working out.

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Because I think it only works out in movies because the love of your life is the person you're fake dating.

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In practice, it seems risky.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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I think.

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Just go after the love of your life.

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Just go get it.

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Because if it's the love of your life, they'll come to you too.

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Yeah.

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And if that doesn't happen, leave them behind.

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Block!

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Ghost them.

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Goodbye.

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Goodbye.

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What's one decision your character made that you totally disagree with?

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Hannah and Garrett are in Malone's after the fundraiser,

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and Hannah encourages him once again to confide in Logan and /or his other friends about his story with his father.

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And Garrett says, "That's what I have you for." It's not that I totally disagree with that, but it is a moment where you're like, "Oh, come on, come on." Who broke character the most?

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Me.

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You.

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It is his fault.

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It's my fault.

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So I actually, yeah, no, you made me break the character.

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I don't even know what this is.

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What is the dangle?

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A hockey term in brackets.

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To dangle is to stick handle really well.

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It's like to juke somebody out.

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Okay.

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way and you go that way.

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You ever see how they go really fast and go, "Wha -wa -wa." Nice.

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Yeah, that's the dangle.

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What's something your fans will misunderstand about your character?

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I've actually seen a lot of discourse online because of the trailer coming out and people who've read the books.

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Yes.

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And they are surprised at how confident Hannah is.

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Yes, she's like maybe not the most popular person in school, but like she loves, like, that's who she's happy with.

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She's like quick -witted.

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She's like got that banter between her and Garret.

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And I think that's going to surprise people who might think she's like kind of like the, like, meek, naughty character, which she really actually isn't.

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What was your first role ever?

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School counts.

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I did do some summer camp theater stuff when I was a kid.

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And so my first role, I think, was Willard in Footloose.

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Great.

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Yeah.

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That was the video I Imagine it's like on a VCR it's somewhere What is the glissando?

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music term.

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Is it like It's like that on the piano Boom yes nice.

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I'm so good piano.

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Yeah, wow did you did you learn that word?

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Oh?

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No. The way I could learn piano with Michael, my amazing piano teacher, I was like, you just have to like play it in front of me

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and then I'll repeat everything you do and I'll forget it as soon as we film it.

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So I would film it and it's gone now.

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I couldn't play it again.

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But then how the hell did you know the glissando?

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Because I did music in school for like a few years.

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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It sounds like a glissing, like glissing sound.

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Yeah.

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It does kind of sound like what it is.

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Roundful.

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What is this look from?

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That is a pink.

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Jochen suit that I wore to the Based on a True Story premiere in Los Angeles.

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Wait, hilarious.

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There's me.

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Can I take this home?

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Yes.

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This is a very funny picture.

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What's this look from?

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- Ha, that was the LA premiere of Off Campus.

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- It was pretty familiar.

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- Two weeks ago.

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- Yes.

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- Hockey skate boots.

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- Yeah, it's like an homage.

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- They were really hard to walk in.

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- To the skates.

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- Exactly.

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- That we were serving.

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Incredible stuff.

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Thank you very much.

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What about this?

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Oh, I know what this is.

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Yeah, do you?

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I do.

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Yeah, that's my Bayside High t -shirt.

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Saved by the bell.

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Go Tigers.

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Oh, holding the football.

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So, you know, I play sports.

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I have no idea.

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I wonder if you'll just know what this is.

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What's this from?

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Oh!

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Wait.

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It's like Hagrid or something? Is that?

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It might be from The Crown.

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Oh yeah?

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I think.

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Wait.

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Oh my god, it was!

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Wait.

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Oh!

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That's a, wow.

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That's a bad screenshot of me.

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You just look like you're listening earnestly.

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I'm really tired.

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You might be tired.

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I probably was tired.

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All right.

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Backpack or message a bag?

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- Oh, backpack.

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- Great.

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- Go to college accessory.

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- A bunch of cool computer stickers.

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- Instant chemistry or slow burn.

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- Cool.

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- Instant chemistry.

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Passing notes or sending texts?

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- Sending texts.

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- Did you ever do the passing notes?

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- No, but I did a lot of the chatterboxes.

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Yeah, I'd have a note in the number that you'd pick.

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- I wonder, how old were you when you got your first phone?

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When did you start texting?

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- I started texting in year three, so I was like eight.

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- Holy shit.

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- Hockey or football?

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- Football.

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- Football.

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- I love football.

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- Original or adaptation?

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- Adaptation.

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- She says with pure conviction.

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- Shane or Elia.

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I know what my answer is.

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I'm gonna go Shane.

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Oh Pop or rock pop.

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Oh Nice.

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- Nice.

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Now or forever?

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Now.

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Now?

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Oh my God.

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I love now.

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Yeah.

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Honestly, fuck forever.

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Is the book always better than the show?

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No, it's not.

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Keyword being always.

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I don't read too much books.

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Yeah.

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So I love the show.

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because I watch a lot of TV, but I should read more books.

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And then I might have it.

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You might come back and I will have a different answer for you.

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Yes.

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- Or no. - Yes.

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- Yeah.

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- That's awesome.

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I would say no, I think.

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I love saying no to stuff.

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You're really good at saying no things.

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The power of a good no will get you far.

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Yeah, that's true.

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No is a full sentence.

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Yeah.

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And on that note, thank you so much for watching.

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This has been Off the Cuff with Vogue.

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Yeah!

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Nice.

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All right.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Off Campus Cast Ask Rapid-Fire Questions”. This video has 322 sentences and 1883 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:12. The speaker talks fast, about 185 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 49 of its 322 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
dangle verb	/ˈdæŋ.ɡəl/	To hang loosely with the ability to swing.
excite verb	/ɪkˈsaɪt/	To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
glissando noun		Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another…
vengeance noun	/ˈvɛnˌd͡ʒəns/	Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong.
skate noun	/skeɪt/	A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
backpack noun	/ˈbæk.pæk/	A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when…
adaptation noun	/ˌæd.æpˈteɪ.ʃən/	The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
disagree verb	/dɪsəˈɡɹi/	To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
premiere noun	/pɹəˈmɪɚ/	The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests.
banter verb	/ˈbæntə/	To engage in banter or playful conversation.
chatterbox noun	/ˈtʃæ.tə(ɹ)ˌbɒks/	One who chats or talks to excess.
chronological adjective	/ˌkɹɑnəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/	Relating to time, or units of time.
confide verb	/kənˈfaɪd/	To take (someone) into one's confidence; to speak in secret with.
crinkle verb	/ˈkɹɪŋkəl/	To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
earnestly adverb	/ˈɝnɪstli/	In an earnest manner; being very sincere; putting forth genuine effort.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
stress out verb		To become stressed.
come back verb		To return to a place.
come out verb	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	To be discovered; to be revealed.
work around verb		To bypass or circumvent (a problem or obstacle).
work out verb	/ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/	To calculate.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

What's the first album you bought?
What's your current iPhone background?
What's something you wish you knew about yourself sooner?
What's an ideal first date for you?
What's something your fans will misunderstand about your character?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've seen · I've only done · I've just blocked
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	was Born · be cast · were done

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 53 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: adaptation /ˌæd.æpˈteɪ.ʃən/, homage /(h)oʊˈmɑʒ/, screenshot /ˈskriːn.ʃɑt/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, conviction /kənˈvɪkʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: adaptation /ˌæd.æpˈteɪ.ʃən/, chronological /ˌkɹɑnəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/, infidelity /ˌɪnfɪˈdɛlɪti/, misunderstand /mɪs.ʌn.də(ɹ)ˈstænd/, accessory /əkˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/

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 dangle, excite, glissando.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?