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The Mayor Set Tour with Lea Michele & Castmates

The Mayor Set Tour with Lea Michele & Castmates

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YH has official business with "The Mayor"! We head to the set of the ABC comedy to catch up with stars Brandon Micheal Hall, Yvette Nicole Brown, Lea Michele, Bernard David Jones, and Marcel Spears to get a tour around the set, including the office of the Mayor himself and a favorite napping spot, plus the actors reveal their 3 essential leadership skills!

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Young Hollywood

Hey guys, what's happening? I'm Molly Argue for Young Hollywood and today I'm so excited because we are on the set of ABC's The Mayor. Okay. Look at these two handsome men that I've found. This is going to be fun. You're going to enjoy. You're going to see all these behind the scenes stuff like sets that are not fully ready yet. Oh hey. Look who's behind me. Hey. Liam Michelle with the smooth drive by. Oh hey. We have everyone here. You guys want to do run throughs like do a little practice?

The Mayor Set Tour

I mean, so nice to meet you. Welcome to our world. Isn't this so cool? It's so I feel so official. I keep walking around like. Should I be whispering?

Young Hollywood

I know. You're the type of person that people want to just like put in their pocket and just have your energy.

The Mayor Set Tour

I'm like a like a fidget spinner. You just want to put in your pocket and fidget around. I just came from a fitting and I I had I wore my official like pant suit. And I was like, "Yes." It feels so real. It does. I feel like I should be worried that I'm arrested for something or talking to somebody about something.

Young Hollywood

Yeah, we're so sorry. Whatever I did. Sorry about it. All right, where should we go next?

The Mayor Set Tour

Okay, let's go. We're going to go into the rotunda. Okay, so now we're walking into the main Fort Grey rotunda. This is where anyone that comes into City Hall uh comes through these doors. So official. Really nice. Fort Grey. City the seal of the of Fort Grey. So official. Okay, so we're like in the main area like where the magic happens in the mayor's office. So this is where when someone's coming to see Courtney Rose and go to his office this is where they go. So these are the mayor's offices. I don't know if you can get a shot of this. Okay, so this is uh Liam Michelle's office. He's Valentina's office.

Young Hollywood

Well, you have to tell us a little bit about your character. I was complimenting you on the name, Valentina Barella. I love the name.

Lea Michele

Yes. It's cool. But she is awesome. She is friends with Courtney Rose from high school and when he gets elected mayor uh she comes in as sort of the one who's the most obsessed with politics as sort of a little bit of the brains of the whole mission and to help mold him and help fully make him the best mayor that he can be.

The Mayor Set Tour

Courtney Rose, hip hop artist gone mayor. Say it again. Hip hop artist gone mayor. Turned mayor. I should say. How's it going?

The Mayor Set Tour

It's going really good. I'm loving it. I'm loving it. I get to come to work every day and play a character that uh I can learn more about myself uh through this little art form that we're doing. So uh yeah, it's really dope.

Young Hollywood

Your character. You play the Mama to the mayor. That's a big deal.

The Mayor Set Tour

Yes. She had him very young, everybody. I know I look too young to be his mom.

Lea Michele

I'm having the best time playing Valentina. This is such an incredible show with such a great premise and and cast and I'm just we're having such a blast. I have to I have to remind myself every day that this is a job.

The Mayor Set Tour

I can tell. A lot of the playfulness that you see between Courtney and TK and Germain is built from the relationship that Marcel, Bernard and Brandon have together. Same thing with my relationship with Brandon. It's something that we organically have outside of the show that we bring to the show. So, pay attention to little things. A lot of times we're just doing stuff to make ourselves laugh. And if it happens to make America laugh, then that's great. And we're going to go now into the office where my son, Courtney Rose, lives. So come on, let's go into the mayor's actual office.

Young Hollywood

Ooh, this is nice. This is nice. Oh.

The Mayor Set Tour

Do you think it's a big deal? If I'm missing nine times out of 10, it's because I'm on this couch taking a little nap. Because it's very comfortable. It is. So I live there. There's a lot of little cute little things. We took we did a photo shoot here where we showed where Courtney got sworn in. So I'm where the family unit on the show is Courtney, TK, Germain and Dina. This is this is squad goals right here. Squad goals. #squadgoals. #squadgoals. And just put it down there on the bottom of the screen. Squad goals.

Young Hollywood

It's Molly and the Boys. What are we doing? What are we doing? That could be a band name. Molly and the Boys. What would you play?

The Mayor Set Tour

I'd be the singer. I would be the drums, I think. No, I wouldn't be the drums. I wouldn't be the drums. I'd be like the guitarist.

Young Hollywood

Guitarist.

The Mayor Set Tour

Yeah, I'd be the guitar. He would do the bass.

The Mayor Set Tour

I was about I was about to say if you got the drums, I was going to do the bass.

The Mayor Set Tour

He could definitely do the bass.

Lea Michele

I also have like a really funky tambourine.

Young Hollywood

I can see that. I can see that.

The Mayor Set Tour

And I play I play a mean set of spoons.

Young Hollywood

And you're not going to be singing on this show. As of yet. As of yet. Okay, so fans can still cross their their fingers.

Lea Michele

You just keep bothering Jeremy Bronson our creator on Twitter just 24/7 and just keep bugging him. Yeah, and I'm sure it'll happen if you do that.

Young Hollywood

Well, until then, we'll be listening to your album that's out now.

Lea Michele

I'm really proud of the album and it was a really great summer and going on tour and getting to go to a couple places through the US was really exciting for me. I I like to use my summer hiatuses to to focus on my music and then when we're in filming season just focus on on filming. But I'm still doing

Young Hollywood

It's a good balance though.

Lea Michele

Yeah, I'm still doing some concerts here and there, but I love the album. It was sort of the album I've always wanted to make just focusing on my voice.

Young Hollywood

If you choose anyone that's on set to actually run for the mayor. Ooh, who would you choose?

The Mayor Set Tour

TK. Really? I think TK. I think it'd be funny to see TK in the mayor's seat because he would do some outlandish fun stuff.

Lea Michele

I would choose Marcel because Marcel is the most charming and very flirty.

Young Hollywood

What do you think are the three most important leadership skills?

The Mayor Set Tour

One, a heart for people. Number one is always have fun, you know. Number two is tone. I think the way that like the tone comes across to the people that you're talking to Uh it allows them to open up and share more things with you. That's two. Organizational skills. And three, a sense of humor. The last thing is to be a follower. I think a great leader is also a great follower. So.

Young Hollywood

I love that.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Molly Argue

    Young Hollywood host touring the set

  • Brandon Micheal Hall

    Plays Courtney Rose, the Mayor

  • Yvette Nicole Brown

    Plays Dina, Courtney Rose's mother

  • Lea Michele

    Plays Valentina Barella, Courtney Rose's friend and political strategist

  • Bernard David Jones

    Actor on the show, plays Jermaine

  • Marcel Spears

    Actor on the show, plays TK

  • Courtney Rose

    Main character of The Mayor, hip hop artist turned mayor

  • Valentina Barella

    Lea Michele's character on the show

  • Jeremy Bronson

    Creator of The Mayor

FAQ

What is Lea Michele's character's name in 'The Mayor'?+
Lea Michele plays Valentina Barella, who is friends with Courtney Rose from high school and helps him as a political strategist when he becomes mayor.
Who plays the Mayor in the show 'The Mayor'?+
Brandon Micheal Hall plays Courtney Rose, a hip hop artist who becomes the mayor.
What is the name of the fictional city in 'The Mayor'?+
The fictional city in 'The Mayor' is Fort Grey.
What are some essential leadership skills mentioned by the cast?+
The cast mentions having a heart for people, good tone, organizational skills, a sense of humor, and being a great follower as essential leadership skills.

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