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"Switched at Birth" Cast's Sign Language Skills

"Switched at Birth" Cast's Sign Language Skills

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YH is on set for the last day of shooting on Season 2 of ABC Family's hit series "Switched at Birth" to get an exclusive tour and catch up with stars Vanessa Marano, Katie Leclerc, Blair Redford, and Lucas Grabeel! The actors show us the bits of American Sign Language they picked up over the course of their run on the series so far, plus we find out what items from the set they like to take home with them and learn a little bit more about Blair's epic hair! Hosted by Audrey Cleo (@audreycleo).

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Young Hollywood

Hey guys, I'm Aja Cleo for Young Hollywood, and I'm behind the scenes at Switched at Birth. Shh, quiet on the set. Look who I'm hanging out with, Blair Redford from Switched at Birth. Please, Ty, how are you doing?

Blair Redford

I'm doing good. Doing good.

Young Hollywood

You look, you look fresh. You look, you look all cleaned up.

Blair Redford

Yeah, they, they made me get a little, little dapper today. They cleaned me up. Different than my military fatigue.

Young Hollywood

Your fans seem to really love your hair, and I can see why. It's, it's very coiffed, it's very nice. It even has, it even has its own Twitter account. Did you know that?

Blair Redford

Yeah. Oh, I saw that. I don't follow it, but I don't follow your own hair on Twitter.

Blair Redford

I don't follow my hair, but I was surprised at how, um, whoever's doing it does a pretty good job.

Young Hollywood

I am inside Bay's bedroom, and look, it's Bay.

Vanessa Marano

It's Bay. It's Vanessa Morano. Welcome to my character's bedroom.

Young Hollywood

Thank you for letting us in. I feel like Me and the guy who owns the studio were really kind in that way. Guys are so generous.

Vanessa Marano

No, good people.

Young Hollywood

It's the last day of shooting for season two.

Vanessa Marano

It is.

Young Hollywood

And tell me what you're feeling right now. Are you excited, are you?

Vanessa Marano

I'm I mean, I'm I'm excited for a break. You know, it's always sad when it's the last day, cuz you don't know who's coming back and who's not coming back. Um, I, however, am only in uh two scenes at the beginning of the day. Um, and like, I kinda have to like stay longer cuz it's the last day, right? And then like to solidify that, Katie and I have carpooled here. And she's in one of the last scenes, so, um, I'm basically stuck here.

Young Hollywood

I'm with Lucas Grayville, otherwise known as Toby on the show, and we're going inside a set right now, right?

Lucas Grabeel

Yes. This is uh the What if episode's Daphne bedroom set.

Young Hollywood

Oh. A set that was built just for this one episode, which is pretty crazy. That was, now, now, now let's uh refresh a little bit. That episode was you called it the What if episode.

Lucas Grabeel

Yeah, that was when, um, it's a dream sequence of uh, John when he has a heart attack, and uh, what if he had, um, taken both of the girls at age three, and if Regina had come forward and said, "Hey, uh, I have the wrong child, you have the wrong child, let's switch," and he actually takes both of them. What uh, Daphne's bedroom would look like if, um, you know, she was raised by the Kenishes instead of the, uh, Regina.

Young Hollywood

Can we talk about Baity for a second, please?

Blair Redford

Yes, we could talk about Baity.

Young Hollywood

Baity, yes. Their celebrity couple name, love it.

Blair Redford

Well, because if it was like, it could be Tay, um, or if you just did the B and the A from Bay and just use his, it would be Bay again.

Young Hollywood

The relationship between Ty and Bay has had a lot of changes. It's, it's been a little up and down this season. Any, any hints you can give us as to where we'll be by the end of the season?

Blair Redford

Uh, you know, I mean, that's, that's such a big one. People are gonna have to stick around and and watch it, find out for themselves, but uh, you know, he's, he's in, he's a military guy, so uh, they, you know, they, they stick to proper etiquette with, with that storyline and then show the challenges that they're both gonna face because of that.

Young Hollywood

Um, you have to do a lot of sign language on the show as does almost every other cast member here. How good is your sign language?

Blair Redford

I would say it's pretty good. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

What's your favorite thing to sign?

Blair Redford

Um, I don't know, there's a lot of really good signs. I think I learned helicopter yesterday, but of course I forgot it.

Young Hollywood

How do you do it? He's my boyfriend.

Blair Redford

Yes. He's my boyfriend. Yeah. Like boys like a baseball cap. Oh. Right? Yeah. Okay. Girls like this, it's like supposed to be like a curl. Right. Yeah. You know. They make sense. A lot of them make sense. And then there are some that just don't like, I just don't understand. Like this is stiletto. Okay. What? One is stiletto. Cuz I like that one. Stilettos are awkward anyways, so you gotta make the sign a little awkward. And um, mosquito. Okay. Grass. Front yard. Uh, Long way from East Riverside. So,

Young Hollywood

Very impressed right here. Yeah, pretty good. Expert level. Today's the last day of shooting.

Vanessa Marano

Uh-huh.

Young Hollywood

And you know, what does that feel like? Are you just like raring to go? You ready to take a vacation? Are you kind of sad?

Vanessa Marano

Yeah, yeah, kind of. I mean, uh it's both. It's all of that. Oh, I tweeted today that I was about to cry. Just because, I mean, you know, you never know if there's gonna be a season three. Hopefully there's a season three, viewers, just let ABC Family know if you want there to be a season three. And hopefully, you know, we'll come back and and and things will be great. But, you know, you never really know. So, it's sort of like the last day of school where you're excited, but sad and just, you know,

Young Hollywood

It's kind of bitter sweet.

Vanessa Marano

Bitter sweet exactly.

Young Hollywood

Do you have any plans for afterwards? Going on a vacation?

Vanessa Marano

No vacation. I, I feel like work's gonna come. I don't know what the work's gonna be, but something's coming. I'm gonna take a few trips. Going to my ten year high school reunion. It's gonna be interesting.

Young Hollywood

Nice. You teach them, you know, all the sign language you know now.

Vanessa Marano

Yeah, exactly. Um, and uh, yeah, just kinda get out of uh, town for a little while.

Young Hollywood

Now, is there anything in here that either of you would would maybe wanna keep as a souvenir?

Blair Redford

I may or may not be taking these pants home. I do like, no, I'm kidding. Uh, I'm not. Uh, maybe Ty's dog tags.

Lucas Grabeel

I have a really cool lava lamp in my music studio that is I think is from the period. So that would be cool. It's, it's so gross. It looks like little, you know, fetuses um, forming um, from alien or something.

Vanessa Marano

I I have a thing where I keep props from the show. So like, the Falkner's Mistress book, I have like in my office at home. And you know, like I have um, from season one uh, where we did the, the basketball game and there was like a pendant that said Carlton. Um, and I have that like in my we just have I love keeping props.

Young Hollywood

So you're a klepto. That's what you're saying.

Vanessa Marano

Well, I always I usually get approval, but yes, I I like

Young Hollywood

Kind of a set klepto.

Vanessa Marano

Yeah. Set klepto. But here's the thing about Blair Redford, right? Great actor, lovely guy, really pretty, awesome hair. So, so awesome hair. Has its own Twitter account. Did you know this?

Lucas Grabeel

Oh, I did.

Vanessa Marano

Well, I used to I I sometimes make fun of Blair cuz he used to have the one hair. And so Katie and I started calling him one hair. So he's like so pretty and we're doing that scene and it's like, you know, we gotta, you know, and then whatever and then it's just like, and when you're doing a scene with somebody who's like a little bit prettier than you, just a little bit. But like, like because he is, it's just like, ah, I just, whatever. I feel like. Whatever.

Young Hollywood

How did you, how did you like kind of keep that in check?

Vanessa Marano

I didn't keep it in check. I was like, you're prettier than I am.

Young Hollywood

I am on the set of Switched at Birth and about to get an exclusive inside tour with none other than Vanessa Morano. She is. She is. We are in the Kennish living room which has been completely taken down because it's now Video Village. Oh, look at Video Village. That's Valor for Saidie and Alissa our script supervisor, and they're doing very important work right now over sandwiches. And it's great. Which is how most important work is done.

Vanessa Marano

Absolutely.

Young Hollywood

We got all the chairs here. You know, of the important people. This is the Kennish bar area. Oh, oh, okay. Where John and Katherine enjoy um, you know, cocktail hour. A beverage or two. And then going this way, we can see the kitchen where they're shooting. And they're moving things because they're shooting. And this is the backyard. So, yeah, like it's supposed to be outside, but it's actually inside. Don't tell anybody. Except everyone who's watching us right now. Um,

Vanessa Marano

You just did.

Young Hollywood

This is my favorite part of the backyard, by the way. Is um, this because this is um a balance beam that is keeping the whole, not balance beam, but basically it's stabilizing the whole building. It is holding up this warehouse and so they couldn't remove it. So they had to make it into a tree. It looks like a good tree. Like this is, this is solid. Like this is serious.

Vanessa Marano

Oh, no. It's not actually. It's really squishy. It's actually foam. It's like memory foam. It's not. That would be cool though if you like just hit it and you're like your hand print was just like right there.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Blair Redford

    Actor playing Ty, interviewed about his character and the show.

  • Vanessa Marano

    Actress playing Bay, interviewed and gives a set tour.

  • Lucas Grabeel

    Actor playing Toby, interviewed about the show and sign language.

  • Katie Leclerc

    Actress mentioned by Vanessa Marano as her carpool partner.

  • Aja Cleo

    Young Hollywood host of the segment.

  • John

    Character from 'Switched at Birth', Daphne's adoptive father.

  • Daphne

    Character from 'Switched at Birth'.

  • Regina

    Character from 'Switched at Birth', Daphne's birth mother.

  • Katherine

    Character from 'Switched at Birth', John's wife.

  • Audrey Cleo

    Host of the video, mentioned in the description.

  • Valor

    Mentioned as part of Video Village with Saidie.

  • Saidie

    Mentioned as part of Video Village with Valor.

FAQ

Who are the stars interviewed on the set of "Switched at Birth"?+
The Young Hollywood host interviews cast members Blair Redford, Vanessa Marano, and Lucas Grabeel during the visit to the set.
What is the host's name in this Young Hollywood video?+
The host of this Young Hollywood segment is Aja Cleo, also credited as Audrey Cleo in the description.
What unique feature about Blair Redford's hair is mentioned?+
Blair Redford's hair is mentioned to be so coiffed and awesome that it has its own Twitter account.
What is the "What If" episode of "Switched at Birth" about?+
The "What If" episode is a dream sequence where John has a heart attack and imagines if he had taken both Bay and Daphne as children, and how Daphne's life would differ.
What items do the actors like to take from the set as souvenirs?+
Lucas Grabeel likes to keep props like Ty's dog tags and a lava lamp, while Vanessa Marano admits to taking books and pendants from the show's sets.

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