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"Vegas" Stars Show Their Best Poker Faces

"Vegas" Stars Show Their Best Poker Faces

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We head to the set of "Vegas" where we ante up with the stars Michael Chiklis, Dennis Quaid, Jason O'Mara, Taylor Handley, and Aimee Garcia to see their very best poker faces! Also, before you fold 'em, find out Chiklis's biggest mancrush, Quaid's favorite catchphrase, what Aimee likes to do at the real Vegas, get a fake-punch demo from Jason, and hear about Taylor's first acting gig! Hosted by Nikki Novak (@nikkinovak).

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Young Hollywood

Dickey Novak here for Young Hollywood on the set of CBS's Vegas. We're here to chat with the cast and find out if what happens on the set in Vegas stays in Vegas. Everything on black. Did you meet the real life, was it the real life person that your character is based on? I heard a blue cheese dry ice story. I would love to hear that story.

Guest

There there's my my character to be clear, is a bit of an amalgam of a number of different people. But I did meet a guy.

Young Hollywood

Cuz you don't want to name names, right?

Guest

I met a guy and he was really interesting. It's some interesting things to say. I mentioned that I did enjoy the blue cheese on my salad and there was in fact, a industrial-sized wheel of blue cheese in my uh, hotel room an hour later, on dry ice.

Young Hollywood

On dry ice. Yeah. So I just heard a great story. I guess you became friendly with Bill Clinton.

Guest

Yes. Spent a weekend in the White House with them.

Young Hollywood

You did. And you played a little golf, you ended up on a golf cart?

Guest

Yeah. With him driving. Eating Subway sandwiches.

Young Hollywood

What was it?

Guest

Well, we first we took the uh, Presidential motorcade to a golf course.

Young Hollywood

Okay, that's always good. This is And you don't stop. And that's where the Subway sandwiches happened in the back. Okay, I'm so Okay, what do you get on your sandwich and what does Bill get on his sandwich?

Guest

You get like, you know, everything, you get a little turkey, a little provolone cheese and Lots of mayonnaise and uh.

Young Hollywood

That's yours?

Guest

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

And and what about Bill? What about President Bill Clinton?

Guest

We had the same.

Young Hollywood

You so you have the same taste in sandwiches.

Guest

Well, that was just what we were given. So whatever, whatever he's having, you're having.

Young Hollywood

Yeah.

Guest

Yeah, and he'll eat anything and so will I.

Young Hollywood

Because men fight on this show, like the old-fashion way, the way men used to duke it out set back in the '60s. There were real punches being thrown.

Guest

No.

Young Hollywood

Yeah, that's right. Nobody gets hurt.

Guest

No.

Young Hollywood

No. There were no cameras.

Guest

Yeah, everybody shook hands afterwards.

Young Hollywood

No cameras. So, do you have any tips or do you have a little demonstration?

Guest

Well, there's the there's the front on one. So, um, so I would choose like a box either side of your head. That that side or that side.

Young Hollywood

Okay.

Guest

It's all about selling the punch. So you have to knock your head back like this.

Young Hollywood

So I have to go with this. Yeah. Okay. So, this is a pretty good angle for that. So you ready?

Guest

I'm ready.

Young Hollywood

Go. How that look? I'm afraid of being hit. That's what it is. So this show has so many great one-liners. I'm sure that's sort of what attracted you to this role because you can pretty much do anything. My favorite line is go hug a cactus. Do you have a favorite line from this show so far?

Guest

Mine's you bet. It's all in the delivery, though. Because uh, it answers everything. Great weather? You bet.

Young Hollywood

Can I give you a line? Got a dollar?

Guest

You bet.

Young Hollywood

Can I give you something and then you'll say it back?

Guest

No.

Young Hollywood

Go ahead. I like your hat.

Guest

You bet.

Young Hollywood

So I wanted to ask you, um, we normally ask people if they could have any guest star on the show, who would it be? But in your case, I'm going to revise it a little bit. Okay. If you could have any of the New England Patriots guest on this show, who would it be?

Guest

Tom. I love you. I I do have the biggest man crush on Tom Brady. And he's my friend. I've been.

Young Hollywood

You're kidding.

Guest

Yeah, we've be we've just recently got to know each other. Uh, we did a charity.

Young Hollywood

You play golf with him?

Guest

Well, uh, we did a charity event together and we had a blast. It was fantastic. And uh, I text him at the end of every game now.

Young Hollywood

So we have some random questions for you.

Guest

Oh gosh, random.

Young Hollywood

First of all, what was your first job before you became an actor?

Guest

Uh, before I became an actor, my first job? I was a waiter at the Steak and Ale. wore a big puffy shirt and um carried a meat cleaver menu. Second guest: My first job. A Warner Brothers Christmas movie called Jack Frost and that was when I was 13. And now I'm 28, so.

Young Hollywood

And what did you do in the movie? Second guest: I was the snowboard bully. I had my hair and liberty spikes and I was giving the the main kid a hard time throughout. And then I turned good at the end, of course.

Young Hollywood

Of course. Because you have to when you Christmas movies. Second guest: Yes, you do. Yeah. Third guest: I sold uh T-shirts in Ghirardelli Square once in San Francisco. And I was sales person of the month.

Young Hollywood

Can you try to sell me something? Third guest: Uh well the key is, if you want to be a good salesman in a T-shirt shop, is not selling the T-shirts. It's selling the socks at the cash register.

Young Hollywood

Oh, you get a bonus for that? Third guest: So Yeah. So, you get them up at the top and and I'll I'll ring you up. And then you look at them, you look into their eyes and you're trying to suss them out like this and you go, you're a sock person, aren't you? Fourth guest: I played the court jester at the Medieval Manor in in Boston, Massachusetts. Yes, I did. And yes, I wore tights. Third guest: I can tell you're a sock person. Check these babies out and you bring them out from under the counter. So it's like a secret stash. Fourth guest: It's like, yeah, it's a secret stash. Third guest: Only you can buy these $25 socks. Hand embroidered with the Golden Gate on the side of it.

Young Hollywood

I'll take five. Third guest: Exactly.

Young Hollywood

Were you a good waiter? Fourth guest: Not really. I earned enough money to come out here. Then I was a clown at an amusement park at Astro World.

Young Hollywood

How did that go? Well you have the smile for it. You if you're a happy clown. Fourth guest: Not really I kids hate clowns.

Young Hollywood

You are playing in a high-stakes poker game and you are holding a straight flush. Let's see your best poker face. Um, I don't know, is this a good hand? What you got there? Got a good hand? I think you got a good hand. Got some good cards?

Guest

I'm folding.

Young Hollywood

I'm going to raise you.

Guest

Insta call.

Young Hollywood

Wow, that was fantastic. Boom.

Guest

I'm just saying. I'm folding. That's pretty good, right? That's pretty good. It's just lizard, death. How's that?

Young Hollywood

I was just going to let you keep going as long as you wanted. I wasn't going to stop you. Okay, when you are in Vegas, what is your favorite thing to do? Chill by the pool, take in a show, hit the casino, or other?

Guest

Other.

Young Hollywood

Oh. I mean, it's not

Guest

Dirty minds all around.

Young Hollywood

Okay, this is not spa day. Nice.

Guest

Spa day. It depends whether my family's with me or not. Okay. I, uh, I suppose, um, somewhere in between, uh, Cirque du Soleil and other. And sometimes there are a lot of sequins. And sometimes

Young Hollywood

But not you.

Guest

Not me. No.

Young Hollywood

Hmm. Second guest: I'm gonna take the safe answer here. I'm gonna say hit the casinos. Third guest: You bet. Fourth guest: I you know what, honestly? Uh, I love I love seeing the shows.

Young Hollywood

Can we before we go, can we point out? I wanted to bring up your Twitter. Yeah. And the tweet you you tweeted to your daughter. Yeah. I would love to hear that story.

Guest

Well, of course, my daughter goes to USC now. And we're watching the game, sort of miserable, and they do a shot they show a shot of the crowd, the USC crowd. And I didn't even notice, I was I was paying attention. My wife was like, "Autumn!" And there, sure enough, is my daughter in the middle of the screen in this crowd of kids. I can't believe she saw her. But then we, you know, we put it on pause, and I took a screenshot and I sent it out. And I wanted to say something funny, something to make her laugh, so I said, it was raining out, so I said, "Where's your jacket? And who are those boys sitting next to you?" Because she was flanked by two kinda studly USC dudes.

Young Hollywood

Kinda good looking guys, yeah. And how did she react to it? Did she get embarrassed?

Guest

No, she she's used to me.

Young Hollywood

Then you took her to the Breaking Dawn 2 premiere, so there you go. She made up for it.

Guest

I did. Her and my 13-year-old.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. That's that's a cool dad.

Guest

What do you think you're doing? Get out of here.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Michael Chiklis

    Cast member of 'Vegas' interviewed

  • Dennis Quaid

    Cast member of 'Vegas' interviewed

  • Jason O'Mara

    Cast member of 'Vegas' interviewed

  • Taylor Handley

    Cast member of 'Vegas' interviewed

  • Aimee Garcia

    Cast member of 'Vegas' interviewed

  • Nikki Novak

    Host of the interview

  • Bill Clinton

    Mentioned by Dennis Quaid for a golf story

  • Tom Brady

    Mentioned by Michael Chiklis as a 'man-crush'

  • Autumn

    Michael Chiklis's daughter, mentioned in a tweet story

FAQ

Who are the cast members interviewed from the show 'Vegas'?+
The cast members interviewed are Michael Chiklis, Dennis Quaid, Jason O'Mara, Taylor Handley, and Aimee Garcia.
What is Michael Chiklis's biggest man-crush?+
Michael Chiklis admits his biggest man-crush is Tom Brady.
What was Taylor Handley's first acting job?+
Taylor Handley's first acting job was in a Warner Brothers Christmas movie called 'Jack Frost' when he was 13.
What was Jason O'Mara's first job?+
Jason O'Mara's first job before acting was being a waiter at a Steak and Ale restaurant.
What does Aimee Garcia like to do in Las Vegas?+
Aimee Garcia's favorite thing to do in Las Vegas is go to a spa, often with her family.

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