Josh Henderson, star of the new show The Arrangement.

Yes.

Um, he's starred in so many shows, Dallas, Desperate Housewives, whole bunch of stuff. But instead of just talking about that, I figured, let's just go enjoy a little South by Southwest. Sixth Street, huh?

Let's do it, man. The Dirty Six. It's my first time. Yeah. My first time here. All right. Six. Is this the Dirty Six?

This is the dirty dirty. Okay. So, for the people who don't really know you and longevity, they only know you from Dallas and from The Arrangement, Desperate Housewives. You got into this business because you wanted to be a singer, dancer, songwriter, performer, right? An artist?

That's right. Yeah. Yeah. We um, Gosh, I started right out of high school, a show called Popstars. I never in my wildest dreams would imagine that I could actually win this thing. 80,000 kids auditioned for this thing. And um, I I just somehow won. It was crazy. It was absolutely. And I wouldn't be here without it. So

And that's not a show you can just like be good-looking and get through. You got to have mad talent.

You can't just We had to dance, we had to sing, we had to be able to do all that stuff.

You took on the role of uh, in Dallas. Yep. And it had it had such a big following. I mean, what a what a frightening role to have to take on a reboot. And not only that, you were like top dog on the show. So all the pressure is coming to you. And reboots typically are a struggle and yet, you found some way to step up, huh?

Yeah, I mean, look, at the end of the day, we had the original cast, right? So we had Larry Hagman, which is the tough get. He's, I mean, he's the most infamous television villain of all time. And to play his son, I knew that I knew that like there was big shoes to fill. Big shoes to fill. We had Uncle Bobby back and the woman Linda Gray who played Sue Ellen, my mother. So it was pretty incredible to like, What's up guys? How are you? pretty incredible to be a part of that. Pretty incredible to be a part of that, you know, especially being from Dallas.

So when when they offered you the role in The Arrangement, was it a no-brainer? Did you have to consider, well, this is the right direction, because you were in Dallas. Dallas took a lot of your life. You were several years, you were out of state. You know, in The Arrangement, in The Arrangement, you know, you're filming in Canada, right? Sure. So you're away for another bunch of months. Do you have to consider not just the location and the project like, how do you go through the process of choosing, is it right for you?

An actor portraying an actor is always super interesting, you know? So, that for me was like, I I I I but then it was Jonathan Abrams who's an incredible writer. As soon as I heard it was him writing the script, I was like, I have to like I have to I have to do this. And I'm I'm super blessed to be able to have this role. And you know, Kyle West is the biggest movie star in the world. So, an actor portrayin' an actor is like, it's it's there's levels where it goes just levels deep. I mean, I'm not the biggest movie star in the world, he is, but I'm an actor and so is he, so I'm I can relate to him on certain levels, but I can also not relate to him. So, it's interesting to be able to dive into something, uh uh, and and and really just explore and grow this character, which I'm excited about because, you know, season one's airing right now and and people are loving it. People are just going nuts for the show, which is such such such a blessing.

Oh, look at this, a backwards pedicab, huh? That's impressive. Oh my goodness. That is impressive. I like that shirt. Oh, okay, so you've been filming The Arrangement, Uh-huh. Um, but I know on the side you really, you can't put music aside. That's right. You're you're such a talent. So what's going on with music these days?

Well, I'm spending a lot of time in Nashville, um, the talent in Nashville is incredible. Song the best songwriters in the world, best musicians in the world. So, uh, I've been been probably recording there, writing there for about three years. I'm about to be able to spend a little bit more time before I go shoot season two. Um, just trying to I want to get the perfect five songs that I know is what I want to represent who I am now. I have so much music, but as you as you, you know, grow up and you you evolve, your your your music should evolve as a musician. So, I've got to get in and get something fresh and I'm really excited about kind of giving my music out to the world this year. It's going to be fun.

All right, so let's let's go through a couple of like typical questions. Like you got to have a celebrity crush out there. I think I know who you would say, but there's got to be someone that you got this little

Who do you think I would say?

I think you would say, what's the youngest Olsen girl?

Oh. Yeah? How'd you get that one?

Well, cuz I'm like, you know,

No, she's she's definitely a cutie. She's super talented. Uh, so yeah, she's she's beautiful. Elizabeth, right? Yeah, that'd be one of them. Um, yeah, I think you think you uh, you you that's impressive that you knew that. I also like Alexandra Daddario. I think she's she's a talented, you know, beautiful girl and and so I think yeah, I think that's a good two to to throw out there. I like that.

So is there anyone that you uh, want to work with that you haven't worked with yet?

Tom Hanks. Yeah. Yeah. Tom Hanks. I mean, he's a chameleon. He's just he he's incredible. He's one of my he's probably my fave, him and Robin Williams are my two faves and um, so yeah, I would say Tom Hanks.

So what's the vibe been like at South by Southwest?

Well, we just got here yesterday. I hosted an event last night, uh, and it's it's great. I mean, the energy's great, the people are great, the food is great, the music's great. So, uh, yeah, it's it's it's been on. This is my first time here at South by, so, uh, I'm pretty pretty excited to be here.

Oh, we got to get some lemonade, right? Let's do it. I mean, how how can you be at like a festival and not get some lemonade? What do we got over here? Oh, we got something even better. What is this? We got smoothies in here? Pineapples? Wow. I'll take one. Okay. Can we can we get two of those, please? Put in here something embarrassing. You got to have something embarrassing about yourself that you won't admit. If not, I can share I can share some embarrassing things.

I think I remember in high school, you know, we were always playing pranks on each other. And and I we were we were there with like 40 of us, girls, guys, and I had a girl that there that I liked. And one of my buddies came up right before I was we were at the bowling alley and I'm standing there about to go and he just pantsed me. Pantsed me. So, I literally stood there for a minute and instead of pulling my pants on, I was like this. And I bowled with my pants in my ankles. I had to I had to own it, right? If you go down and try to pull them up really quickly, I just had to own it. So, gettin' pantsed at the bowling alley is probably off the top of my head one of the most embarrassing moments in my life.

So, in wrapping up, having this celebrity lifestyle, really people think it's just all parties and fun, but really it's work, work, work for you. Yeah. When you get a chance to let loose and travel, where would you go? And where are you going to go?

You know, it's funny, Little Rock, Arkansas. We're actually Hot Springs, Arkansas. I go every 4th of July. I've got some great friends that live there. And the lake, I just love I'm I'm at peace when I'm at the lake. On a boat, just nothing to do all day but just hang out on a boat. And I so honestly, it sounds really weird, but Hot Springs, Arkansas is my spot.

All right, guys, thanks so much for hangin'. Dude, hopefully we can hang later.

Absolutely. Love you, brother. Thank you for having me. Thank you for having me. South by Southwest. Let's keep getting weird. Now the camera's got to shut off cuz it's about to get real weird.