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Anna Faris & Cast on the Set of 'MOM'

Anna Faris & Cast on the Set of 'MOM'

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Young Hollywood takes a trip to the set of ‘MOM’ to chat with the hilarious cast about Chuck Lorre's CBS sit-com. Anna Faris, Justin Long, Allison Janney and Sadie Calvano talk hashtags, share embarrassing childhood memories and reveal their rebellious teen moments!

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Young Hollywood

Hey guys, Nikki Novak here for Young Hollywood. We are on the set of Mom on CBS and we're here to chat with the amazing cast. I'm here with Justin Long. We have something in common. We both have AOL accounts.

Justin Long

You're the only two people left.

Young Hollywood

I always get the same reaction. They're like, "What?" Here with Sadie Calvano.

Anna Faris

Hey, I'm Anna Faris. We're here with Allison Janney. We're here with Young Hollywood. We're talking about Mom.

Young Hollywood

So this is something sort of new for you. Doing the multi-cam comedy, but I know you've talked about how this character, she's very different from things that you've played before. She's very she's more complex, she's a little more layered and that you're loving it.

Anna Faris

I'm loving this. I'm loving like every element of this job. And I love Kristy. You know, I've played a lot of simple characters to say the least.

Young Hollywood

And wasn't there like a script just left at your door with like no envelope?

Anna Faris

It was left on my doorstep and I didn't know anything about it. My husband brought it in. He's like, "What is this?" I'm like, "I don't know." My husband started reading it and he said, "Whatever you're doing right now, put it down." He was on like page two. He's like, "This, you need to play this girl." I was like, "Okay."

Allison Janney

What's cool about this show is typically in life, the younger you are, the more immature you are and as you get older, you get more, you know. It's the reverse. You get to have the most fun, I feel like, of everybody. I do. I am the biggest child on this show. Bonnie is a big child and that's what I love the most about her because um, and it's the thing that's most like me as a person, as Allison Janney. I'm a big child. And uh I am. I'm completely childish. I have not grown past the age of, emotionally and mentally, past the age of, you know, 17.

Young Hollywood

How's the experience been so far?

Sadie Calvano

Insane. I like kind of don't really believe it yet. Like I still find myself like kind of pinching myself like, "No, I'm really here."

Young Hollywood

The beard, is this for the show?

Justin Long

It's very kind of you to call it a beard. It's um, it's growth for sure. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

How long did it take?

Justin Long

Um, two and a half years.

Young Hollywood

You're Anna's love interest. Now you're gonna, are you gonna have to do some kissing with that, that thing, maybe?

Justin Long

Yeah, unfortunately. But it's like, you know, it's like sitcom kissing where it's like and the whole audience goes, "Ooh." It's like they're filled with like, you know, Amish like twinks.

Young Hollywood

So earlier, we had Justin here and you were teaching him #hashtags.

Sadie Calvano

Oh. Hashtag, #thanks. #been fun. #um, you're welcome America.

Young Hollywood

What was the hashtag you taught him? What's a young thing to say? How do I, give me a young

Sadie Calvano

#swag.

Young Hollywood

#swag.

Sadie Calvano

#swag. #swag. #swag.

Young Hollywood

Are you big on Twitter? Are you big on it? Um. 'Cause Anna and and I think a couple of the other castmates are just getting, I think Allison too, are sort of just getting back on it.

Sadie Calvano

I got Allison started on Twitter.

Young Hollywood

Did you get her started on it?

Sadie Calvano

I did. I did.

Young Hollywood

How did you tempt her?

Sadie Calvano

I was like, "Allison, what do you mean you're not on Twitter?" And she's like, "Sadie, what are you talking about?" I was like, "Allison, all the cool people are doing it." And so, I like sat with her and taught her all the buttons and like connect and hashtag.

Young Hollywood

Have you taught her how to do a selfie?

Sadie Calvano

No, that'll be our next lesson.

Young Hollywood

Are you good at the selfies?

Sadie Calvano

Maybe on Friday, I'll teach her how to rock it.

Young Hollywood

What so, tips for a good selfie?

Sadie Calvano

I think that um, the duck face is pretty out of trend.

Young Hollywood

Out of trend?

Sadie Calvano

I think so.

Young Hollywood

No more duck face, people. I wouldn't, I wouldn't duck it. None of this. I'm obsessed with your Twitter.

Anna Faris

Thank you.

Young Hollywood

And you wrote, # or #tacky. Have you figured that one out yet?

Anna Faris

I can't figure them out in general. Do you have them figured out?

Young Hollywood

No.

Anna Faris

See, I think it was cool to hashtag for a while but now it's not cool to hashtag.

Young Hollywood

You think?

Anna Faris

A friend of mine told me that, which I actually tweeted, that a friend said, you know. That you shouldn't be hashtagging anymore.

Young Hollywood

And then you said, you wanted to know how to say bitch like Aaron Paul. I'm assuming you're you're a Breaking Bad fan.

Anna Faris

Yeah. Bitch. I can't do it. Can you?

Young Hollywood

Bitch. That's closer.

Anna Faris

Bitch. You have to get your face really red. Bitch.

Young Hollywood

Tell us how was the how was the Emmys?

Allison Janney

Well, you know, I tried to make things a little interesting at the Emmys because sometimes it can be a long show and they don't really provide any beverages for you during the Emmys. So I decided

Young Hollywood

No hydration.

Allison Janney

and I thought, I need to sneak a little something into my evening bag. So a very clever person gave me a um, a plastic shot of vodka. Was and it was a collapsible, I'm not drunk right now, but a collapsible shot glass. So it was, you know, soft. So you could mush it into your purse.

Young Hollywood

Those purses are so tiny.

Allison Janney

They're so tiny. They're like this big. But I never actually took it out because I was too embarrassed. I was like, "I can't, I'm sitting next to Al Pacino and and, you know, I'm not gonna take this thing out and go, "Glug, glug, glug."

Young Hollywood

You could have offered it to Al. I'm sure Al would have been fine.

Allison Janney

I probably should have offered it to him.

Young Hollywood

Did I hear that the Big Bang cast sent over a, speaking of alcohol, a bottle of champagne or something?

Allison Janney

They were so classy, so sweet. Not only just a bottle of champagne, like it was a Dom Pérignon vintage bottle of champagne. I mean, it's really, really generous and and sweet of them.

Young Hollywood

Oh my side, geeks, Dom Pérignon.

Allison Janney

I know. They know how to throw down over there. They know, they're a very classy group.

Young Hollywood

So we have a little game for you.

Allison Janney

Oh boy.

Young Hollywood

It's not really a game. It's kind of just random questions based on the show. Um, okay. Most embarrassing moment either, you know, when you were a teen, caught doing something bad or your parents embarrassed you.

Anna Faris

Oh, gosh. No, I I was pretty good at embarrassing myself. One of my first jobs was this yogurt, frozen yogurt commercial. And I was hired, I was, I think I was like maybe 15 and I was hired because I looked like I was nine. And I was also had this very chubby face. And so, you know, the commercial I'm like I'm eating this frozen yogurt and I my mom off camera is like, "Amy, are you eating ice cream?" And I say, "Not anymore." And so I would walk, it was in high school. I would walk down, you know, the locker bay and all, I would get it all the time. "Not anymore." "Not anymore."

Sadie Calvano

I'm in like second grade, I think. You start learning about stranger danger. And I went home and like just couldn't stop thinking about it. And so then my mom was like, "Okay, Sadie, it's time to go out and get the mail." And I said, "Oh no." Like, "I can't I can't go and get the mail by myself." "Oh no." I was like, "Hey." And so finally my mom said that she was gonna watch me from the door. And I was gonna go and walk to the end of our driveway and get the mail and come back. But she promised to watch me the whole time. So I'm like really nervous and I'm walking down to go get the mail and I open the mailbox and all of a sudden this big white, like beat up creeper van is driving down my street and stops. Then the big white door slides open and I have the mail in my hand and I drop it and I run to my mom and I'm like, "Stranger danger. Stranger danger." And I'm totally bobbling. The guy goes, "I'm really sorry ma'am, I didn't mean to scare your daughter. I'm just here to fix your window." Oh my gosh. Never been so embarrassed.

Justin Long

It's my dream to play football. And uh, she she begrudgingly like let me find sign up and go. Sixth grade. She drops me off. It's like it was called Pop Warner. So like little league for football. And um, she drops me off, we start walking and she says, she said, "Oh, you know what? I just wanna ask the coach a few questions." So so we start walking up. All my friends were there, the coach and it was about to be like the greatest moment of my life. And um, she said, "I just have a few questions." So she said, "I wanna know like what happens if he gets hit the helmet." He said, "Oh the helmet's very safe." And he went through the helmet, face mask, and you get like an extra thing for the neck. She went from like head to toe, all the pads, the all the What about his pancreas? Is that gonna be? You know, and every How is he gonna be protected? Head to toe. Well, ma'am, like shin guards if you want 'em, they're on there you don't have to get 'em but he, I want him to have those. Okay, you can get like this part, this. So basic like had me in full body armor. And she's like, "Okay, well I guess it's all everything's fine and uh" So she started walking away. I was so relieved. And she stopped and she spun around and she she said um, "Oh, this this is probably a silly question but but this is two hand touch, right?"

Young Hollywood

So are you still because we were asking everybody today what was your rebellious phase? Are you still having one?

Allison Janney

I'm still. I still am. I'm not even kidding you. Like bringing flasks into the Emmys. Really? Who does that?

Anna Faris

I'm a very respected, mature actress and I'm bringing flasks of vodka into the Emmys and Any chance to be bad and have fun. My mom has a theory, I think, that if I'm really busy, I won't get into trouble. And like I kind of think she's right. I had a 1972 Monte Carlo was my first car. I had that car growing up. Mine was baby blue. That's So you remember those like bench seats? Growing up. Yes. In the front and the back and you could fit like 10 people. Yes. So, you know, you couldn't find someone's house to party at. Just bring your Monte Carlo.

Young Hollywood

And then last but not least, in the very first scene in the pilot, you're crying at work. Hmm. Is it ever okay to cry at work? If you're not acting. If you're not acting in a scene. I don't I don't think so. I mean. I'm assuming you've never had an office job but I hear about these stories by these people that are like at work and they're like, "I have to go in the bathroom because I had to cry." Just like, is it ever okay, I guess?

Anna Faris

I mean, I think it does have to be private because you can't help people will you know, people will tend to think like, "Well that's she's a crier." Yeah, yeah, yeah. He'll always be known as the crier at work. The nice thing about the show and about acting is that you can do it and get away with it. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

And there you go. Thank you for chatting with us.

Anna Faris

You're so welcome. Are you drunk too?

Young Hollywood

I'm not drunk too. I'm chatting. Boy. Boy. We're wasted.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Nikki Novak

    Interviewer for Young Hollywood

  • Justin Long

    Cast member of 'Mom'

  • Sadie Calvano

    Cast member of 'Mom'

  • Anna Faris

    Cast member of 'Mom'

  • Allison Janney

    Cast member of 'Mom'

  • Chuck Lorre

    Creator of 'Mom'

  • Al Pacino

    Allison Janney sat next to him at the Emmys

  • Aaron Paul

    Mentioned for his 'bitch' line in Breaking Bad

FAQ

What show are the actors from 'Mom' discussing?+
The actors are discussing the CBS sitcom 'Mom', created by Chuck Lorre.
Who taught Allison Janney how to use Twitter?+
Sadie Calvano taught Allison Janney how to use Twitter, including how to use hashtags.
What embarrassing moment did Allison Janney share from the Emmys?+
Allison Janney shared that she tried to sneak a collapsible plastic shot of vodka into her evening bag at the Emmys.
What was Sadie Calvano's embarrassing childhood memory?+
Sadie Calvano's embarrassing childhood memory involves mistaking a window repairman for a 'stranger danger' threat after learning about it in school.
What was Justin Long's embarrassing childhood sports story?+
Justin Long's embarrassing story involved his mother questioning a football coach extensively about safety and asking if Pop Warner was 'two hand touch' in front of his friends.

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