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"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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Young Hollywood

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.

Young Hollywood

I'm hoping I'm not upsetting Ray right now because let's face it.

Young Hollywood

No one wants to do that.

Young Hollywood

Let's go inside.

Young Hollywood

How are you?

Kerris Dorsey

Good.

Kerris Dorsey

How are you?

Young Hollywood

Very well, good, good to see you.

Young Hollywood

Let's talk acting.

Kerris Dorsey

Is that right?

Kerris Dorsey

Brilliant.

Kerris Dorsey

That was acting right there.

Kerris Dorsey

I've had so many like fans come up and just be like, are you okay?

Kerris Dorsey

I'm like, well, I'm an actress and my character's not okay, but I'm great.

Kerris Dorsey

I'm doing great.

Young Hollywood

Right.

Young Hollywood

Which is good, so you can switch off.

Kerris Dorsey

Yeah.

Kerris Dorsey

Yeah.

Kerris Dorsey

Yeah.

Kerris Dorsey

I try.

Young Hollywood

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

So from Mad Men to a show with Mad Men basically.

Young Hollywood

Right.

Young Hollywood

You obviously like Mad Men in your life.

Aaron Staton

Yeah, right, right.

Young Hollywood

And you play on Ray Donovan your school teacher.

Aaron Staton

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Mr. Donavan.

Aaron Staton

Yes, sir.

Young Hollywood

Mr. Donavan, yeah.

Young Hollywood

Nice, nice.

Young Hollywood

And you're teaching this young lady.

Aaron Staton

She's one of my students.

Young Hollywood

You don't like it and you've got a tragic past.

Young Hollywood

So there is a story behind why you might be a mean teacher.

Young Hollywood

Right.

Aaron Staton

It's for reasons.

Young Hollywood

You've got your reasons.

Aaron Staton

Yeah.

Aaron Staton

It's not just because I'm a math teacher.

Young Hollywood

You're still in school.

Young Hollywood

This is your Yeah, you've kind of grown up on screen, but you still obviously have to do your school.

Kerris Dorsey

We try and do like blogs of time.

Kerris Dorsey

It's really glamorous actually, it's quite fun.

Young Hollywood

You're going to take me around the set.

Kerris Dorsey

Yes, I am.

Kerris Dorsey

This is true.

Kerris Dorsey

Welcome to the Donovan household.

Young Hollywood

The decor is very classy.

Young Hollywood

You don't spend much time in the office ever.

Kerris Dorsey

I don't know.

Kerris Dorsey

on on screen.

Kerris Dorsey

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.

Young Hollywood

This is your school.

Kerris Dorsey

I do feel like Ray all the time because right here.

Kerris Dorsey

It's great.

Young Hollywood

I feel like you just need to recline.

Young Hollywood

It's a powerful chair.

Kerris Dorsey

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.

Young Hollywood

Try it out.

Kerris Dorsey

Try it out.

Kerris Dorsey

Yeah, there we go.

Young Hollywood

I was doing like a delicate.

Kerris Dorsey

No, you got.

Kerris Dorsey

This is the island.

Kerris Dorsey

It's the the famed island.

Kerris Dorsey

There's a lot of morning scenes, a lot of dinner scenes, so a lot of our action takes place here.

Young Hollywood

Before you head off to school.

Kerris Dorsey

It's called the stage.

Kerris Dorsey

It's.

Kerris Dorsey

We got to be really quiet because if we if we talk too loud, bad things happen.

Young Hollywood

Really bad things.

Kerris Dorsey

Yes.

Kerris Dorsey

People yell at us.

Kerris Dorsey

We can come.

Kerris Dorsey

It's obviously nighttime in Bridget's room today.

Kerris Dorsey

You've got This is This is this is this is you.

Young Hollywood

This is I'm going to reenact you.

Kerris Dorsey

I know.

Kerris Dorsey

It's okay.

Kerris Dorsey

It's okay.

Kerris Dorsey

I've been there.

Kerris Dorsey

I've been there.

Kerris Dorsey

Where's Marvin?

Kerris Dorsey

Oh my God.

Kerris Dorsey

There's someone there's a knife.

Young Hollywood

Oh my God, you made the gesture and then it happened.

Kerris Dorsey

Oh my God, this is happening.

Kerris Dorsey

Oh no, it's gone.

Kerris Dorsey

Y. M. C. A.

Kerris Dorsey

Yeah.

Kerris Dorsey

Y. M. C. A.

Kerris Dorsey

A very positive mood board.

Aaron Staton

That guy allied a couple episodes ago and I think it's symbolic for something.

Kerris Dorsey

Oh.

Aaron Staton

I think rebellion.

Young Hollywood

Coming into a show like this, guest starring obviously you said that you were you know, you're a fan of the show.

Young Hollywood

Is that more pressure than a show that you know, that you've never seen so much or a new show.

Aaron Staton

It was it's a very uh interesting.

Aaron Staton

Different experience.

Aaron Staton

Different experience, but also fair and fun.

Aaron Staton

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?

Aaron Staton

What's this character?

Aaron Staton

The actor like?

Aaron Staton

If they're like their character if they're different.

Aaron Staton

I would be too I would be too nervous that they would kind of spoil the image of whatever whoever they're playing.

Aaron Staton

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.

Kerris Dorsey

But we're going to go to the Donovan parents.

Kerris Dorsey

Master bedroom.

Young Hollywood

Are we allowed in the parents' room?

Young Hollywood

I always got told I wasn't.

Kerris Dorsey

This is it.

Kerris Dorsey

So there's much classier, no random posters on the wall.

Kerris Dorsey

I love the balcony.

Kerris Dorsey

Got a beautiful balcony.

Young Hollywood

Beautiful balcony.

Kerris Dorsey

Leads to nowhere.

Young Hollywood

No, it leads.

Kerris Dorsey

Beautiful balcony.

Kerris Dorsey

Leads to everywhere.

Kerris Dorsey

Everywhere.

Kerris Dorsey

I just saw someone on the back.

Kerris Dorsey

Hi.

Aaron Staton

Hey.

Aaron Staton

In the pilot episode of the show.

Aaron Staton

There's a great shot.

Aaron Staton

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.

Aaron Staton

You got a hole in your heart, Ray.

Aaron Staton

Yes.

Aaron Staton

Bravo.

Aaron Staton

My teacher, my acting coach.

Aaron Staton

Brilliant.

Aaron Staton

That is the only phrase I can say in a Boston accent, so don't ask me anything else.

Kerris Dorsey

And now we're in the this is a this is a proper closet.

Kerris Dorsey

There's everything in here.

Kerris Dorsey

It feels like a room or a house.

Kerris Dorsey

This is it.

Kerris Dorsey

I think this might be a big house.

Kerris Dorsey

It's here.

Young Hollywood

I've got to be honest, of all the sets I've been on, this is incredible, so set designers well done.

Young Hollywood

Ray, thank you very much.

Young Hollywood

I will never be late for a meeting again.

Kerris Dorsey

Ray Donovan is a very well-dressed man.

Kerris Dorsey

Really well-dressed.

Kerris Dorsey

He's got some great clothes, so just take your pick.

Young Hollywood

Let that be a lesson, Young Hollywood, if you want to go back to people's houses, be clean.

Kerris Dorsey

And don't steal.

Young Hollywood

And be polite.

Kerris Dorsey

And be good.

Kerris Dorsey

And don't Yeah.

Young Hollywood

This is we're we're at the Fight Club, this is the boxing ring.

Pooch Hall

We are at the Fight Club.

Young Hollywood

Check it in.

Young Hollywood

I I don't know if I'm ready to to fight.

Young Hollywood

Is there anyone in there?

Young Hollywood

I'm not am I fighting someone?

Pooch Hall

You'll see.

Pooch Hall

Follow me.

Young Hollywood

I'm ready.

Young Hollywood

I'm ready.

Young Hollywood

This is This is this is like a boxer walk.

Young Hollywood

Have you got your boxer walk like when you enter the when you enter the stage?

Pooch Hall

Okay, I'm ready.

Young Hollywood

When you enter the ring, I think this is like a boxer walk.

Pooch Hall

I'll I'll show you.

Pooch Hall

I'll show you.

Pooch Hall

You taught me at the house, I'll show you.

Young Hollywood

Right.

Pooch Hall

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

I feel good.

Young Hollywood

It feels good.

Young Hollywood

That feels good, right?

Pooch Hall

Yeah, the the really cool thing about this is the first episode that we ever shot.

Pooch Hall

We shot in a in this really seedy area in Downtown LA and this amazing Fight Club.

Pooch Hall

And then we came back when we started filming this season, exactly the same.

Young Hollywood

Wow.

Pooch Hall

Like every detail, everything is just exactly the same.

Pooch Hall

Which is great, because all the guys that are club down there are now saying that they they box at the Ray Don.

Young Hollywood

Exactly.

Pooch Hall

We ready.

Young Hollywood

Right.

Young Hollywood

I'm going to fire a question at you.

Young Hollywood

What would you like to see happen to Bridget in Season 3?

Kerris Dorsey

I would like to see her be happy and have a great life.

Kerris Dorsey

Although I don't think that's going to happen.

Pooch Hall

Hey, yo, what up?

Pooch Hall

How you doing, buddy?

Pooch Hall

This is This is it.

Pooch Hall

This is his spot.

Pooch Hall

Yeah.

Pooch Hall

In the gym.

Pooch Hall

We call him Ray here.

Pooch Hall

The Fight Club.

Pooch Hall

We were thinking about sparring, but we're not going to do that.

Young Hollywood

I mean, we could.

Pooch Hall

No, we're not going to do that.

Young Hollywood

Okay.

Young Hollywood

Now we're fine.

Young Hollywood

We're fine.

Young Hollywood

We're going to talk we're going to talk about Ray Donovan Season 3.

Young Hollywood

I got some exciting stuff happening this season.

Young Hollywood

You're grinning.

Young Hollywood

I can tell.

Young Hollywood

You told me you told me a little bit about a scene that's coming up.

Young Hollywood

That's why he's really grinning.

Young Hollywood

On screen dad being John Voight.

Young Hollywood

How is that coming into this?

Pooch Hall

It's it's great.

Pooch Hall

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.

Pooch Hall

I kind of compare it to basketball.

Pooch Hall

He's he's like a magic Johnson.

Pooch Hall

He makes you better.

Pooch Hall

Like he's throwing behind the back passes, alley oops, you know, and letting me take over.

Pooch Hall

It it makes me stretch as an actor as far as like what it is that, you know, Daryl's bringing to the table.

Pooch Hall

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?

Pooch Hall

I said, let's just say some furniture's going to get moved around.

Pooch Hall

I'm going to head off with Pru to his to his next scene.

Pooch Hall

Yeah.

Pooch Hall

Which is actually a closed set.

Pooch Hall

I think I'm going to be a camera guy or something.

Pooch Hall

You know, I might have you like, you know, waiting in the shadows.

Pooch Hall

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

Who gives the set tour of the Donovan household?+
Kerris Dorsey, who plays Bridget Donovan, gives the set tour.
Where does Kerris Dorsey do her schooling on set?+
Kerris Dorsey does her schooling in Ray Donovan's office when filming on that stage.
Which co-star does Oliver Trevena meet at the Donovan Fite Club?+
Oliver Trevena meets Pooch Hall, who plays Daryll, at the Donovan Fite Club.
What is discussed regarding Daryll's character in Season 3?+
Pooch Hall discusses his character Daryll and hints at exciting developments for him in Season 3.
How does Pooch Hall describe working with Jon Voight?+
Pooch Hall describes working with Jon Voight as great, comparing him to Magic Johnson for making him a better actor.
What is Aaron Staton's role in Season 3 of Ray Donovan?+
Aaron Staton plays a school teacher, Mr. Donovan, who teaches Bridget and has a tragic past.

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