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Nolan Gould Gives a Tour of Modern Family Set

Nolan Gould Gives a Tour of Modern Family Set

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Young Hollywood catches up with actor Nolan Gould on the set of ABC's long-running hit series "Modern Family" to celebrate their 200th episode and get a tour of the infamous Dunphy residence! Nolan shows us his character Luke's bedroom (and reveals why the bed has been put up), plus he dishes on his uncanny resemblance to Shawn Mendes and his appearance in Logic's intense "1-800" music video!

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Young Hollywood

What up, Young Hollywood? Rebel Wilson here. I'm about to crash the set of Modern Family. Let's go. Right now, let's do this.

Nolan Gould

Hey, I'm Nolan Gould, and welcome to Young Hollywood Cribs. Let's do this.

Young Hollywood

Congratulations on the 200th episode. Yes. Incredible.

Nolan Gould

Uh, it's mind-boggling. It's like just keep hearing that. 200 episodes we've been on. How many hours is that? IQ, come through.

Young Hollywood

Oh, IQ?

Nolan Gould

Oh, millions. No, millions. That's a safe answer. Uh, no, I mean, it's been nine years of work to get to 200 episodes. That's incredible. Yeah. And the crazy thing is if you had asked me back when we had at 100,

Young Hollywood

Mhm.

Nolan Gould

I I if you had asked me the first episode, I would never thought we would never make it to 100. Right. And then not only did we make it to 100, we made it to 200. So this is the Dunphy entryway. Over here, we have the couch where all the interviews happens. This is where the magic happens. Up here, we have staircase. Now, all these photos are actually a mix of our real life family photos and memories that we've made here on set. So.

Young Hollywood

These are like legit pictures of you guys.

Nolan Gould

Yeah, like this was um our first day of shooting, we like staged some fake family photos here. Look at the size difference here. Oh my God. I was shorter than Ariel, uh, Sarah, and now I can literally put my head on top of Sarah.

Young Hollywood

How old were you? Like, 10? Nine?

Nolan Gould

I was uh, I think nine years old when that photo was taken.

Young Hollywood

Oh my God. Well, I want to know your favorite episode. If you can just choose one, which one would it be, and why?

Nolan Gould

The episode where we go to Australia.

Young Hollywood

What?

Nolan Gould

For obvious reasons. Obvious reasons. We didn't green screen it. That was We actually went to Australia and we got like a little TV family vacation. I got off the plane and I immediately went to Bondi Beach.

Young Hollywood

What?

Nolan Gould

Uh, and okay, I didn't know this fact. There's a hole in the ozone layer above Australia. Um, and it's like a a big ecological issue, but it also means you get sunburned super easy. It was so bad. One day I forgot to put uh, sunscreen on my eyebrows. And I had you cannot. I had I had red eyebrows. I looked like the Joker.

Young Hollywood

the top of the Dunphy house. Doesn't it feel like you're in an episode of Modern Family? Absolutely. And I feel like I'm in a legit house right now. Like, there's doors. There's steps. Like.

Nolan Gould

Well, there's no ceiling. It's all just stand on stages uh, wires and stuff up there. And then here, this is my room. Which is just like I love. It's such like a a man area with like skateboards and comic books. They actually asked me like send them some of my interests about season three. They wanted to redo my room. I love it. And they're like, what are the things that you're into?

Young Hollywood

Okay, so so is that like your favorite cologne? Sexual? Oh, wow. Sexual is pretty dope, though. Sexy Wall Noir. Is this Is this actually Sexual? It's a real girl.

Nolan Gould

Is it really? Oh, that's what Luke wears. Yeah. It's like Axe body spray. I'm not a fan.

Young Hollywood

What's on here?

Nolan Gould

Oh, yeah. Oh, you know what they did? This is my bed, but they must have started putting it up because I would come in here and nap.

Young Hollywood

Did you really?

Nolan Gould

I'm serious. On my lunch breaks, I would come in here and nap. That's serious.

Young Hollywood

So, I'm curious to know, Nolan. How many times do people like stop you and say, oh my God, you're Shawn Mendes. I love it.

Nolan Gould

Ah, are you Are you Are you pushing this too?

Young Hollywood

No, no, I'm so Listen, I'm not pushing it. I'm just being very observant. Listen. You guys definitely could be cousins. And it's such a like a thing that like even Shawn Mendes gets it. Like, even Shawn Shawn Mendes.

Nolan Gould

Have you met him?

Young Hollywood

No, I haven't.

Nolan Gould

Oh my God. But like, I want to make I want to meet him so that we can like pull some kind of prank. I would love that. Where we just try to switch lives. That would be so dope. I could totally I could I sound I sing just like Shawn Mendes. Oh my God. Baby, I love it when you go crazy. Baby, there's nothing holding me back. These are the bathrooms. Uh, we recently shot an episode in here. Luke and Alex come up with a scam. Uh, and uh, they're selling shoes. Okay. Used shoes to people with feet fetishes online. That's so creepy. And so, we just I I instead of using her feet to shave mine, and then do it. And my legs are still missing a patch. It's just now growing in down here. It's beautiful. You can almost braid your hair. I had I just knew. I had a feeling. They're like, Nolan, we're not going to shave your legs. I'm like, I know how this goes. And they do. About three takes and you're going to, like, it doesn't look right. We need to shave your legs. Oh my God. So, I want to know. Don't say I didn't suffer for this show.

Young Hollywood

Honestly, you've been on this set since you were 10 years old. I'm just curious to know, how is that like shaped you as a person?

Nolan Gould

Oh, man, we're getting deep. Come on now.

Young Hollywood

Do you posted on your Instagram. You're like, you know, being here, it has like shaped me as a person. I wanted to know like, how has it shaped you?

Nolan Gould

I got to grow up with two families. I know that sounds like a little cliche, but I have this gigantic cast that's, you know, having all this influence on my life. The fact that I have an older cast like looking out for me and making sure that like I don't go crazy or go off the rails and like helping me not only keep my sanity, but just be happy. Like, I don't know, man. It's such a nice feeling like when you want to go to work. When like you uh, when I don't work for a week, and I'm just like, man, I want to get back. That's the greatest feeling.

Young Hollywood

So, I want to know. Did they get this right? As far as like your bathroom essentials?

Nolan Gould

I'm I'm doing the man on his own living. Which means I have a toothbrush. So, all of this, nope, that's gone. I don't even have a hairbrush.

Young Hollywood

All right. Well, then, what we I don't have a soap dispenser. You don't have anything?

Nolan Gould

I just have a toothbrush.

Young Hollywood

I love it. Well, there you have it. Somebody send me a care package, please. Please send him something like ASAP. Well, there you guys have it. That was the tour of Modern Family. Yeah. Thank you, Nolan. You're the best. Hope you enjoyed, man. Thank you for the hugs. You're the best. See you guys later. Tata.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Shawn Mendes

    Nolan Gould's uncanny resemblance to him

  • Rebel Wilson

    Introduced the segment crashing the set

  • Nolan Gould

    Gives a tour of the Modern Family set

  • Ariel Winter

    Co-star on Modern Family

  • Sarah Hyland

    Co-star on Modern Family

  • Logic

    Musician whose '1-800' music video Nolan Gould appeared in

FAQ

How many episodes did Modern Family celebrate?+
Modern Family celebrated its 200th episode at the time of this interview.
What is Nolan Gould's favorite Modern Family episode?+
Nolan Gould's favorite episode is the one where the cast goes to Australia, as they actually filmed on location.
Why was Nolan Gould's bed on the Modern Family set put up?+
Nolan Gould's bed on set was put up because he would often nap on it during lunch breaks.
Which singer is Nolan Gould often mistaken for?+
Nolan Gould is often mistaken for singer Shawn Mendes due to their resemblance.
What is the name of Nolan Gould's character on Modern Family?+
Nolan Gould plays the character Luke Dunphy on the show Modern Family.

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