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Revelations With The Cast Of "Parks and Recreation"

Revelations With The Cast Of "Parks and Recreation"

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There are many things one can learn after spending time with the cast of NBC's "Parks & Recreation", and we head to the set to be enlightened -- Nick Offerman, Aziz Ansari, Jim O'Heir, Retta, Ben Schwartz, Chris Pratt, and Lucy Lawless reveal to us the laundry list of amazing guest stars over the years, what viewers can expect from Season 5, and what YH's motto SHOULD be. As a bonus, Aziz dishes on his stint with "Deadliest Catch", his moonlighting on "Modern Family", and stick around for an insightful review of 'Looper'! Hosted by Lesley Robins (@lesleymia).

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Young Hollywood

What does Young Hollywood need to know about us? How old is Young Hollywood? What's the age? It's like six.

Chris Pratt

Young Hollywood isn't about age, it's about attitude.

Young Hollywood

Oh, they made you say that, huh? I'm I'm young. I'm young. Hollywood. I'm young.

Chris Pratt

Well, I'm gonna tell you what I told the other gentleman. It's not about age. It's about attitude.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. He's not young. I don't know. Do you want to change it? Well, that would kind of be the model for old Hollywood, I feel like. Really? Yeah. Young Hollywood should be like You guys, I'm never gonna die. Popcorn wreck, going on your fifth season. Five. You've gotten a job for a long time. It's amazing.

Chris Pratt

It's it's really nice to be able to say, yeah, guys, I can't drink I can't go out and drink tonight because uh I have to work tomorrow. I mean, any chance you get to work on a show like this with so many great people you get along with and such a great staff, writers and producers and everything. It it's such a treat and and I'm just really glad we've been able to keep going for five seasons. It's very exciting. We always feel super lucky. Um we get to come back and make more shows. Um it's the funnest job anyone's ever had.

Young Hollywood

And talk about being an actor though and kind of not knowing picked up. Not picked up. Are we coming back? I mean, it's gotta give you an ulcer here and there.

Chris Pratt

Yeah, you know, I think we just learned early on, it's just best to just like put that out of your head and just keep making shows that you're really proud of as long as you can, you know? So, but and luckily, we we we kept getting picked up, so.

Young Hollywood

Here's what's great about being on a film set as an actor. I can do whatever I F I want. Here we are with a guest star who has an Emmy. You're a star of the show. You guys don't have an Emmy yet. But let's bring this home. What are we gonna do?

Chris Pratt

I don't know. Um I I don't know. What what did you do to get yours?

Young Hollywood

I wrote for the Oscars a couple years ago. Yeah. I've been nominated for uh doing the cinematography on Deadliest Catch a few times. Can I tell you honestly? That it was unbelievable and he should have won. He should have absolutely for uh Crabs A Hoy, that episode? Yeah, this was crazy. I almost lost my life maybe four times in this one episode. And then What's got to a cliff? Yeah, so I mean, you see that was pretty incredible. There's like a hundred crabs and he captured all of them on film. Now, talk about where we see you guys in this season.

Chris Pratt

Um, we you start on us naked in bed and it's a big wide shot.

Young Hollywood

No, no, no. No, not that. No, that's not what happens. Actually, I heard it wasn't a wide shot. A little art imitating life where Donna has a Twitter account and uh I do too. No, you don't say. Dana's fabulous. I'm fabulous. Um This is a shame. Uh go ahead.

Chris Pratt

No, go ahead. It's basically about us kind of learning from the mistakes we made in entertainment 720 and now we have this new business that we're trying to um trying to get going.

Young Hollywood

Well, I was gonna ask if Ron was gonna get a love interest this season, but it looks like you got Do you? The princess of all princesses.

Chris Pratt

We're yeah, I mean the jury's still out. Uh, we um there have been some new characters coming on the show. And um We He has a lot of options, put it that way. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So you said He's really called Interview Pank. Lucy Lucy plays a new friend of Ron's. Uh I can't tell if something is developing yet or not. I'm feeling the tension though. I don't I don't know if they uh have gotten it on at this point, but I'm I'm feeling a lot of tension on the set. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. Ah, you want who's gonna use this next? Lucy. Oh, sorry, Lucy. She's a warrior princess. She can kick your ass. Lucy's the best, man. She's so so sweet. I have to say she might be my very favorite guest star we've ever had.

Young Hollywood

Really? And you guys have had epic guest stars.

Chris Pratt

We've had them all. We've had them all. And we've had Sydney Poitier, we've had uh Tom Cruise, we had Tom Selleck, we had Tom Green, we had Al Green. I don't know. Is what she's attracted to the hair or is it the blue eyes or the mustache? Hmm. All of the above. The whole package. We had Jim Brooks, we had Jim Morrison, we had Matthew Morrison. Uh we had Matthew Modine. We had Matthew McConaughey. We had uh Matthew Broderick, we had Sarah Jessica Parker, we had Sarah Evans, the country singer, Chris Evans, the guy who played Captain America. Uh Christopher Reeve uh before he passed. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. Ah. Good match, though. And why not? Chris Cooper, we had Alice Cooper. We had uh Al Swearingen, Ian McShane, uh Shane West, uh everyone from The West Wing. We've had a lot. The cast of Wings. The cast of No, they haven't been on our show. And also, we have new handshakes and dances. And they are Well, I mean, you see them in the episodes. Can't spoil that. That's like spoiling the end of We can't give you a handshake exclusive. No, I'm not gonna tell you how Looper ends and I'm not gonna give you our handshake exclusive.

Young Hollywood

Have you seen Looper?

Chris Pratt

I have.

Young Hollywood

Is it really good?

Chris Pratt

It's really fun.

Young Hollywood

Oh, so tell me, what was it like when you saw Looper? So the popcorn was okay. Do you know what I mean? It was okay, but I really liked it. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is good, but he wears a lot of prosthetics in it. So it takes a second to get used to that. But he's a great actor. It was really cool.

Young Hollywood

Did you really see it?

Chris Pratt

I did really see it.

Young Hollywood

And it's really good?

Chris Pratt

I liked it. I'm really psyched about it. For sci-fi people, if you like sci-fi stuff, I would go see it. I love sci-fi stuff. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Um What other movies have you seen recently, Bill? You know what I'm really excited for? Wreck-It Ralph. That's the video game 3D movie. You don't know about

Chris Pratt

No, I don't. I don't know about movies. It's a Disney movie. I know about Looper.

Young Hollywood

What else are you excited for? Did you see The Master?

Chris Pratt

I didn't see The Master yet. I gotta see it. See it yet. I heard it 70 million. Should we go see it? Yes. Right now.

Young Hollywood

Any crazy fan interaction?

Chris Pratt

Not too bad. I mean people usually um offer me meat. A lot of Indian men come up to me.

Young Hollywood

Just Indian men? No. What about like Jewish women?

Chris Pratt

You know people people really like the show and we we have very nice fans and everyone's always really nice. I can't go to bars anymore because people come up to me with like huge glasses of Scotch and expect me to pound it and then like fight them.

Young Hollywood

Have you ever?

Chris Pratt

I've not. Um since that first gentleman. I have the same problem. Apologies. I'm also the little fat kid on Martin Family. It's just like prosthetics and like they film me like the way they film the Hobbits.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Chris Pratt

    Cast member of Parks and Recreation, interviewed in the video.

  • Nick Offerman

    Cast member of Parks and Recreation, mentioned in the description.

  • Aziz Ansari

    Cast member of Parks and Recreation, interviewed in the video, discusses his other projects.

  • Jim O'Heir

    Cast member of Parks and Recreation, mentioned in the description.

  • Retta

    Cast member of Parks and Recreation, mentioned in the description.

  • Ben Schwartz

    Cast member of Parks and Recreation, mentioned in the description.

  • Lucy Lawless

    Guest star on Parks and Recreation, her role is discussed.

  • Lesley Robins

    Host of the Young Hollywood interview.

  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt

    Actor starring in the movie 'Looper'.

  • Sydney Poitier

    Actor, mentioned as an epic guest star (humorously).

  • Tom Cruise

    Actor, mentioned as an epic guest star (humorously).

  • Chris Evans

    Actor, mentioned as an epic guest star (humorously).

FAQ

Who is interviewed in this Young Hollywood video?+
The video features interviews with cast members from "Parks and Recreation," including Chris Pratt and Aziz Ansari, along with other cast members mentioned in the description like Nick Offerman, Jim O'Heir, Retta, Ben Schwartz, and Lucy Lawless.
What 'Parks and Recreation' season is discussed in the interview?+
The cast discusses what viewers can expect from the show's upcoming fifth season.
What guest stars are mentioned in connection to 'Parks and Recreation'?+
The cast humorously lists a wide range of 'epic guest stars,' including real and fictional figures, and specifically mentions Lucy Lawless as a favorite.
Does Aziz Ansari talk about projects outside of 'Parks and Recreation'?+
Yes, Aziz Ansari discusses his experience on "Deadliest Catch" and his guest appearance on "Modern Family."
Is the movie 'Looper' reviewed in the video?+
Yes, the video includes an insightful review of the film 'Looper,' mentioning Joseph Gordon-Levitt and its sci-fi elements.
What is Young Hollywood's motto according to the video?+
Young Hollywood's motto is described as 'not about age, it's about attitude,' as stated by the host and reinforced by the cast.

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