Blending In With The Cast Of 'Squatters'

Blending In With The Cast Of 'Squatters'
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We head to the beach where actors Gabriella Wilde, Thomas Dekker, and Luke Grimes are shooting their film 'Squatters', and we ask them whose house they would love to squat in in real life and what hobbies they partake in between scenes. Find out which one would love to prank the Obamas, who's obsessed with Angry Birds, and how each of them would persuade co-star Richard Dreyfus to rock out! Hosted by Nikki Novak (@nikkinovak).
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Ready? It's very easy if you focus. And it's good with some 80s music.
Hey everyone, Nikki Novak here for Young Hollywood in the Pacific Palisades. We are on the set of Squatters. So we are here with Gabriella Wilde, Thomas Decker, Luke Rimes. How are you doing?
I'm very good. Thank you.
Do you play a squatter? You're a squatter with Thomas.
I am, yeah. Yeah, I'm a homeless kid from Venice. Um and yeah, and then we start squatting sort of here, which is quite a nice place to be rented. So, I'm definitely a homeless squatter and that's been fun. For the first half of the movie, I have this wig and filth and I've left set a bunch of times without taking my makeup off and I I'm covered in fake dirt and people look at me a little funny.
And you go to Ralphs and people just, you know,
Has anybody given you change?
Nobody's given me change, but what has been interesting is um when we were shooting in Venice, where everyone kind of looked like us, I had this long conversation with these two guys and they totally, they asked me like, what are they shooting over there, man? I was like, I don't know, buddy. And I just kept up with it. And they completely thought I was uh one of the gang, like a new a new member. And then when we were filming here in a fancy neighborhood, I went to go to the bathroom in a restaurant. And the waiter looked at me and was like, hey, you get out, you get out. And I was like, no, I'm with the movie. It's okay. So at least it looks convincing. People have been cool.
If you were to squat in anybody's house, anywhere, who would it be?
Anyway, I wouldn't mind being here to be honest. Like coming from England, the weather and stuff. This house is kind of I wouldn't mind choosing this house.
Maybe when you wrap, you could just
Maybe I just move in. I'll check whether they're going to be here.
How about the White House? That would be fun.
Oh.
Then you could be you could get like impromptu information, like stuff that was about to happen.
Yeah. Or Amy Pohler's house. She's my hero. I'd like to just have her crack me up. Maybe good just to laugh all the time. Yeah. Maybe the White House. I said that before. Yeah, probably. I just like read all of Obama's like diary entries and like, you know, play with their dog and like prank them, you know. Oh, what would you do? Just like switch paintings at different places and just things that'd be like, you know, they can be like, what?
Favorite hobby while you're in on set in your trailer. Are you hitting Angry Birds? What are you doing?
You called it. Angry Birds. I'm addicted. Yes. For real. I never wanted an iPad cuz I thought they were stupid. And then somebody gave me one for a wrap gift. And I I can't stop playing freaking Angry Birds. I've been hanging out with Thomas a lot. We tend to just mess around a lot. So I've been having a lot of fun with him. Um, it's probably just talking kind of just chatting with the other actors.
Does he been playing Angry Birds and like all that? Has he?
Yeah. No, I'm not into Angry Birds. Everyone loves it. Maybe Tetris is not my thing.
What is your vice at craft services? What do you hit the most?
Uh, red vines. I get a lot of red vines. A lot of coffee and uh, they have these little oatmeal raisin cookies. They're just awesome. They're so good. We all have to be careful of craft service because you'll just eat and eat and eat and eat. I've been eating a lot of Cheetos on the set, which is not good for you. I've heard. So it's a good craft. This is a good one. All crafty is a good crafty. Whenever there's just free food sitting around all day, that's a good thing.
Richard Dryfist detests rock music and he hates the electronic guitar. This is a true fact. Given that you are a musician, if you wanted to win him over, what song would you play him? With the with an electric guitar song?
Yes. Oh boy. Well, I'd start him with some like old school country and sort of ease him. I'd do like Town Van Zant, Blaze Fole and like kind of like get a little heavier as I went. I could turn him into a rock fan. I just put him sitting down with my iPad and make him listen to it. What's on your iPad? A lot. Um, I love rock music. I love all kind of guitar-based music, so I think we'd differ on that. Um, I love sort of, I don't know, maybe I'd play him some like Richard Foley or something. I actually, because I don't believe I could actually win him over with a real song, so I'd play him like the Scorpions or something, like some 80s hair metal band and watch him hate him. Hate like hate them more and more.
You just played it long enough, you would break him down and he would just all of a sudden start banging his head. Richard rocking around to like Twisted Sister or something.
I actually could. It would be really enjoyable.
And on our way out, thanks for chatting with us. How many squats have you done since you've been on the set of squatters? Physical squat?
Physical squat. I just did like 20 right now before I did this interview. You want with me now?
Yeah, to offset all those Cheetos.
Here, I'm going to teach you how to be a squatter. Okay. Ready? Yeah. You got to do the arms like a like a Pat Benetar video. Ready? It's very easy if you focus. And it's good with some 80s music. Play.
Thank you, Thomas. Thank you.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Gabriella Wilde
Actress in 'Squatters' interviewed
- Thomas Dekker
Actor in 'Squatters' interviewed
- Luke Grimes
Actor in 'Squatters' interviewed
- Nikki Novak
Host for Young Hollywood
- Obama
Hypothetical squat target
- Amy Poehler
Actress, named as a hero whose house someone would squat in
- Richard Dreyfuss
Co-star in 'Squatters' discussed
- Townes Van Zandt
Musician mentioned as an example
- Blaze Foley
Musician mentioned as an example
- Scorpions
Band mentioned as an example
- Twisted Sister
Band mentioned as an example
- Pat Benatar
Singer mentioned for her video style
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