"Ray Donovan" Set Tour with Kerris Dorsey, Pooch Hall, and Aaron Staton

"Ray Donovan" Set Tour with Kerris Dorsey, Pooch Hall, and Aaron Staton
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YH takes you behind the scenes of Showtime's Golden Globe-winning drama, "Ray Donovan", where we get an exclusive set tour from star Kerris Dorsey and also sit down with her and guest star Aaron Staton to chat about Season 3! Kerris shows us around the Donovan household, including the part of the set where she gets her schooling in between scenes, plus she also takes us to the Donovan Fite Club where we run into co-star Pooch Hall, who tells us what we can expect from his character Daryll this season!
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I'm Oliver Trevena here with Young Hollywood on the set of Ray Donovan at the Donovan's residence, about to get a set tour with Kerris Dorsey and speak to some of the other actors.
I'm hoping I'm not upsetting Ray right now because let's face it.
No one wants to do that.
Let's go inside.
How are you?
Good.
How are you?
Very well, good, good to see you.
Let's talk acting.
Is that right?
Brilliant.
That was acting right there.
I've had so many like fans come up and just be like, are you okay?
I'm like, well, I'm an actress and my character's not okay, but I'm great.
I'm doing great.
Right.
Which is good, so you can switch off.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I try.
Yeah.
So from Mad Men to a show with Mad Men basically.
Right.
You obviously like Mad Men in your life.
Yeah, right, right.
And you play on Ray Donovan your school teacher.
Yeah.
Mr. Donavan.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Donavan, yeah.
Nice, nice.
And you're teaching this young lady.
She's one of my students.
You don't like it and you've got a tragic past.
So there is a story behind why you might be a mean teacher.
Right.
It's for reasons.
You've got your reasons.
Yeah.
It's not just because I'm a math teacher.
You're still in school.
This is your Yeah, you've kind of grown up on screen, but you still obviously have to do your school.
We try and do like blogs of time.
It's really glamorous actually, it's quite fun.
You're going to take me around the set.
Yes, I am.
This is true.
Welcome to the Donovan household.
The decor is very classy.
You don't spend much time in the office ever.
I don't know.
on on screen.
Bridget has never spent any time in here, but I do school in here every time that we film on this stage, this is where I do school.
This is your school.
I do feel like Ray all the time because right here.
It's great.
I feel like you just need to recline.
It's a powerful chair.
I don't think he's ever done it in the show, but like a real power pose like on Ray's desk, you know.
Try it out.
Try it out.
Yeah, there we go.
I was doing like a delicate.
No, you got.
This is the island.
It's the the famed island.
There's a lot of morning scenes, a lot of dinner scenes, so a lot of our action takes place here.
Before you head off to school.
It's called the stage.
It's.
We got to be really quiet because if we if we talk too loud, bad things happen.
Really bad things.
Yes.
People yell at us.
We can come.
It's obviously nighttime in Bridget's room today.
You've got This is This is this is this is you.
This is I'm going to reenact you.
I know.
It's okay.
It's okay.
I've been there.
I've been there.
Where's Marvin?
Oh my God.
There's someone there's a knife.
Oh my God, you made the gesture and then it happened.
Oh my God, this is happening.
Oh no, it's gone.
Y. M. C. A.
Yeah.
Y. M. C. A.
A very positive mood board.
That guy allied a couple episodes ago and I think it's symbolic for something.
Oh.
I think rebellion.
Coming into a show like this, guest starring obviously you said that you were you know, you're a fan of the show.
Is that more pressure than a show that you know, that you've never seen so much or a new show.
It was it's a very uh interesting.
Different experience.
Different experience, but also fair and fun.
Yeah, no, your I feel like if you go into a show that you're a fan of, you're kind of set up like, what's this person like?
What's this character?
The actor like?
If they're like their character if they're different.
I would be too I would be too nervous that they would kind of spoil the image of whatever whoever they're playing.
You know, there is some of that like and Ray sort of sitting there like waiting for my line and not wanting to hear because I sort of have to to see Ray.
But we're going to go to the Donovan parents.
Master bedroom.
Are we allowed in the parents' room?
I always got told I wasn't.
This is it.
So there's much classier, no random posters on the wall.
I love the balcony.
Got a beautiful balcony.
Beautiful balcony.
Leads to nowhere.
No, it leads.
Beautiful balcony.
Leads to everywhere.
Everywhere.
I just saw someone on the back.
Hi.
Hey.
In the pilot episode of the show.
There's a great shot.
Um, I think it's through that mirror where it's reflecting and like my favorite line ever is where Abby goes, you got a hole in your heart, Ray.
You got a hole in your heart, Ray.
Yes.
Bravo.
My teacher, my acting coach.
Brilliant.
That is the only phrase I can say in a Boston accent, so don't ask me anything else.
And now we're in the this is a this is a proper closet.
There's everything in here.
It feels like a room or a house.
This is it.
I think this might be a big house.
It's here.
I've got to be honest, of all the sets I've been on, this is incredible, so set designers well done.
Ray, thank you very much.
I will never be late for a meeting again.
Ray Donovan is a very well-dressed man.
Really well-dressed.
He's got some great clothes, so just take your pick.
Let that be a lesson, Young Hollywood, if you want to go back to people's houses, be clean.
And don't steal.
And be polite.
And be good.
And don't Yeah.
This is we're we're at the Fight Club, this is the boxing ring.
We are at the Fight Club.
Check it in.
I I don't know if I'm ready to to fight.
Is there anyone in there?
I'm not am I fighting someone?
You'll see.
Follow me.
I'm ready.
I'm ready.
This is This is this is like a boxer walk.
Have you got your boxer walk like when you enter the when you enter the stage?
Okay, I'm ready.
When you enter the ring, I think this is like a boxer walk.
I'll I'll show you.
I'll show you.
You taught me at the house, I'll show you.
Right.
Yeah.
I feel good.
It feels good.
That feels good, right?
Yeah, the the really cool thing about this is the first episode that we ever shot.
We shot in a in this really seedy area in Downtown LA and this amazing Fight Club.
And then we came back when we started filming this season, exactly the same.
Wow.
Like every detail, everything is just exactly the same.
Which is great, because all the guys that are club down there are now saying that they they box at the Ray Don.
Exactly.
We ready.
Right.
I'm going to fire a question at you.
What would you like to see happen to Bridget in Season 3?
I would like to see her be happy and have a great life.
Although I don't think that's going to happen.
Hey, yo, what up?
How you doing, buddy?
This is This is it.
This is his spot.
Yeah.
In the gym.
We call him Ray here.
The Fight Club.
We were thinking about sparring, but we're not going to do that.
I mean, we could.
No, we're not going to do that.
Okay.
Now we're fine.
We're fine.
We're going to talk we're going to talk about Ray Donovan Season 3.
I got some exciting stuff happening this season.
You're grinning.
I can tell.
You told me you told me a little bit about a scene that's coming up.
That's why he's really grinning.
On screen dad being John Voight.
How is that coming into this?
It's it's great.
It's great because like I say in all my interviews, John treats me like a son outside of, you know, the set, which helps our chemistry come together.
I kind of compare it to basketball.
He's he's like a magic Johnson.
He makes you better.
Like he's throwing behind the back passes, alley oops, you know, and letting me take over.
It it makes me stretch as an actor as far as like what it is that, you know, Daryl's bringing to the table.
People ask me all the time, they say, well, if you and Liev, if you're in a boxing club and bar, who are walking out?
I said, let's just say some furniture's going to get moved around.
I'm going to head off with Pru to his to his next scene.
Yeah.
Which is actually a closed set.
I think I'm going to be a camera guy or something.
You know, I might have you like, you know, waiting in the shadows.
You know, but I'm telling you, which who taught right now, Young Hollywood, we knocking him out.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Kerris Dorsey
Actress playing Bridget Donovan, gives a set tour and is interviewed.
- Pooch Hall
Actor playing Daryll Donovan, met at the Fite Club and discusses his character.
- Aaron Staton
Guest star for Season 3, interviewed about his role.
- Oliver Trevena
Young Hollywood host, conducts the set tour and interviews.
- Ray Donovan
Main character of the show, his house and wardrobe are featured.
- Bridget Donovan
Kerris Dorsey's character, her room and school area are shown.
- Daryll Donovan
Pooch Hall's character, discussed in an interview.
- Jon Voight
Actor in Ray Donovan, mentioned by Pooch Hall as 'on-screen dad'.
- Liev Schreiber
Actor in Ray Donovan, mentioned by Pooch Hall.
- Abby Donovan
Character mentioned regarding a favorite line from the pilot.
- Marvin
Character mentioned in Bridget's room.
- Magic Johnson
Basketball player, used as a comparison by Pooch Hall for Jon Voight's acting.
FAQ
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