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"Grimm" Cast Reveal How They Got Their SAG Cards

"Grimm" Cast Reveal How They Got Their SAG Cards

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YH is at the Screen Actors Guild headquarters where we sit down with the cast of NBC's "Grimm", including David Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby, Silas Weir Mitchell, Sasha Roiz, Bitsie Tulloch, Reggie Lee, Bree Turner, and Claire Coffee, to find out what projects they got their SAG cards for, plus they dish on their first on-screen kisses and reveal whom they would pay money to have dinner with!

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Young Hollywood

So we're in the Sag building. I want to know how each of you got your Sag card.

Guest

I got my Sag card from doing a co-star on The West Wing.

Young Hollywood

Oh, that's a good one.

Guest

And I was intern Susan and I had one line and it was with um Bradley Whitford, and I walk up to him with some pizza and I say, This is for Mr. Lyman from the Southwest Gate.

Guest

Mervin's commercial, 2006. Well, first it was just I was, they were just gonna take photos of me in clothing.

Young Hollywood

Did you do the modeling thing?

Guest

But like, so, yeah, they flew me to San Francisco and they put me in front of this like white wall and there were all these executives standing there. And they're just like dance, boy, dance. I'm like dancing and they're like taking photos and videotaping. Yeah. Walk down the street. I think I did that.

Young Hollywood

That was That's a pretty nice way to get your Sag card.

Guest

Yeah, I did. You didn't even have to memorize any lines like this pizza. No lines and it paid like uh

Guest

I did a commercial doing a public service announcement about smokers. And uh

Young Hollywood

I love it.

Guest

Yeah, and I was like, I played the smoker and I was coughing up.

Guest

I did a 1996 Olympic McDonald's commercial.

Young Hollywood

Did you?

Guest

I was like a, I think I was a gymnast or they had me dressed as a gymnast or something.

Young Hollywood

I was gonna say you look like you could be a gymnast.

Guest

And it was the first, no, you seriously and it was, yeah, that's how I got my Sag card, but it was, I was the first time that I saw that they would paint the burgers with grease. Like before they shot, they had like little paint brushes with grease, yeah.

Guest

I did an episode of Mind of the Married Man. They like came to Chicago to shoot the exteriors, which was this show on HBO. And they wanted someone, I was supposed to be the younger version of Sonia Walger for this uh flashback sort of scene. And um Mike Binder who was directing it was like, you know what, this isn't this stage, you don't have to project. I was like, And that's how I got my Sag card.

Guest

I was in Canada and I was an uh proud actor member. which I, what is it? It's Canadian television film anyway. And so in that in that uh makes you eligible for a Sag membership, which I quickly

Guest

Hey, no one told me that.

Guest

Oh yeah. Mine was a movie called Dunston Checks In starring Jason Alexander and a monkey and my dad's agent said, do you know how to speak? And I was like, yeah.

Guest

Remember Stu Seagal?

Guest

Oh my gosh, I do. I did a silk stockings. Oh my gosh.

Guest

Pretty sure I got taft-hartleyed into into it.

Guest

I actually got taft-hartleyed with you.

Guest

Yeah, well, that's how you I mean, you have to, right? You get the job, you taft-hartley and you like your entire paycheck goes to your like pay the union.

Guest

Yeah, you pay to work. You pay you like lose money to work.

Guest

Yes. I do know that.

Guest

I'm not telling you anymore.

Guest

We're all gonna go search for it now.

Guest

I can come on.

Guest

Oh my gosh. Not saying anything anymore.

Young Hollywood

Your first on-screen kiss.

Guest

Me and this one?

Young Hollywood

No, in in love.

Guest

Oh. That was that job. That Mind of the Married Man job. Yes. It was very efficient.

Young Hollywood

Well, they broke you right in. You got your Sag card, you got You had to make out with a guy. How was it?

Guest

Ironically or coincidentally, my first kiss was with the guy too. It was an independent film and I was still in theater school so I was delighted at the prospect of doing anything and I had to kiss him.

Guest

My first on-screen kiss was a dude, I think.

Young Hollywood

Oh, are you serious?

Guest

Yeah, on Grey's Anatomy. It must have been on Quarterlife and I was kissing um Mike Fayola. He's super cute so it was fun.

Guest

You're gonna beat him up.

Guest

I wasn't gonna say anything. I wasn't gonna say anything.

Guest

Oh, I used to be on this MTV soap called Undressed and there was a little bit more than kissing on that one, but I that was my first

Guest

Maybe it was you like in that episode when you attacked me because you got bit by a

Guest

I don't I'm not sayin'

Guest

No, I mean, honestly, I don't I mean, I don't all my characters were like I don't I never had a romantic relationship in anything.

Guest

That's kinda sweet.

Guest

I'm so so special.

Guest

No, that it's true, but I think it might be. I'm gonna take it. I'm gonna take it. special I'm gonna take it. Honestly, I don't know.

Guest

Very romantic.

Young Hollywood

Okay, so recently, I don't know if you guys know this or not, there was an auction dinner to have dinner with the cast of you guys and somebody paid $14,000.

Guest

Yes.

Guest

Yes.

Young Hollywood

Who would you guys pay $14,000 to have dinner with?

Guest

Oh my goodness. I would love to like sit with like Ray Bolger from uh The Wizard of Oz.

Young Hollywood

Oh.

Guest

Yeah. I was just growing up I was just a huge fan.

Young Hollywood

Oh. And why would you say that?

Guest

I'd say I'd say two. Daniel Day-Lewis, one, and Roger Federer. I'm a big Roger Federer fan.

Young Hollywood

Are you really?

Guest

He's my like whatever.

Young Hollywood

Oh. Okay.

Guest

Yeah, no. I know all I think of is like dead like, oh, Einstein, or you know, Gandhi, or you know, but like in the real world, who would I really pay? I'd probably like to Like Picasso, you know? Yeah. But nobody. I would keep I would just go to a really, really, really fancy restaurant with somebody. Got it. like and buy like a $10,000 bottle of wine.

Young Hollywood

Oh, I love that. Can I come?

Guest

I'd like to see Frank Sinatra like in his heyday.

Guest

Julie Andrews.

Guest

Tom Waits.

Young Hollywood

That's quick. Everybody else had to really think about it. You go.

Guest

I can add a few more to it.

Young Hollywood

Go. Keep goin'.

Guest

Uh Leonard Cohen. Iggy Pop. David Bowie.

Young Hollywood

Oh.

Guest

Yeah. I'd even double that if I could.

Guest

Just Julie. I'm just gonna pay that much money. It's just me and Julie one-on-one.

Young Hollywood

Just Julie Andrews? That's a double. Would you sing?

Guest

Of course not. No, I just want her to We would just keep singing her all the time. Boy, the hills really are alive, aren't they?

Guest

Yeah. I would say, well, there's the thing about you don't wanna meet your heroes, but I would probably be like a Ricky Gervais type thing. Yeah.

Guest

This is a hard question for him to answer because he's like, you know me. tell like, yeah. I mean, because she's $14,000 to dinner, you know, it's just

Guest

It's awkward to say in front of her.

Guest

Uh Yeah. Betsy would be the one.

Young Hollywood

Okay. And then last but not least, I'm gonna test you guys how well you know each other at this point. Name each other's favorite restaurant.

Guest

I'd say Bamboo Sushi.

Guest

Oh, yes.

Young Hollywood

Is that right? Is that right?

Guest

Serres.

Guest

Oh. You're good.

Guest

Those are pretty close. It's like the Newlywed Game almost. He goes to Bamboo every day, I go to Serres every day. We're not eating together.

Guest

Oh, we win. We're the couple that wins.

Young Hollywood

Hey. What is each other's favorite workout routine?

Guest

David likes to get on the recumbent bike.

Guest

That's right.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. What's a recumbent bike?

Guest

It's the one where you're kind of sitting down. You're not like basically you're sleeping.

Young Hollywood

All right. Okay.

Guest

Yeah. I think you like this thing where she'll take like a 45 pound like like man weight. And uh she'll like do bench presses with it.

Guest

Yeah. Only 'cause I've seen this posted on various social media sites. And then she'll do like the girl muscle flex thing like

Guest

I do do that. They're big.

Young Hollywood

Favorite gadget? Does the other person have a favorite gadget?

Guest

She she is made of you have more I couldn't pick your favorite one because you've got so many.

Guest

I do have. I'm a bit of a like I I've drank the Kool-Aid with Apple and so if they put out something new, I'll just buy it. I don't even need it, you know, but I'll just like get it.

Guest

Silas' favorite gadget is his AM transistor radio that he listens to in his stream.

Young Hollywood

Are you serious?

Guest

on like level 17 volume. The joke on the set is that I was born 40. So I'm actually like 85 years old.

Young Hollywood

Any hidden talents? Nobody knows about what a great stand-up comic you are.

Guest

Oh, okay. I feel like that's a hidden talent. Am I wrong and did you tap at some point?

Guest

I did tap. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Can you still tap?

Guest

I can.

Young Hollywood

Do you need the shoes?

Guest

Yes.

Guest

I don't know. In clogs. You move and I'll make the sound.

Young Hollywood

There you have it, ladies and germs.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • David Giuntoli

    Cast member of Grimm, discusses his SAG card, dinner choice, and favorite workout.

  • Russell Hornsby

    Cast member of Grimm, discusses his SAG card and favorite workout.

  • Silas Weir Mitchell

    Cast member of Grimm, discusses his SAG card and favorite gadget.

  • Sasha Roiz

    Cast member of Grimm, discusses his SAG card, first on-screen kiss, and dinner choice.

  • Bitsie Tulloch

    Cast member of Grimm, discusses her SAG card, first on-screen kiss, and dinner choice.

  • Reggie Lee

    Cast member of Grimm, discusses his SAG card and first on-screen kiss.

  • Bree Turner

    Cast member of Grimm, discusses her SAG card and first on-screen kiss.

  • Claire Coffee

    Cast member of Grimm, discusses her SAG card, first on-screen kiss, and favorite gadget.

  • Bradley Whitford

    Mentioned as co-star in The West Wing for a SAG card story.

  • Jason Alexander

    Mentioned as star of the movie Dunston Checks In for a SAG card story.

  • Ray Bolger

    Mentioned as a desired dinner companion.

  • Daniel Day-Lewis

    Mentioned as a desired dinner companion.

FAQ

How did Bitsie Tulloch get her SAG card?+
Bitsie Tulloch earned her SAG card from a co-starring role on The West Wing, where she played "intern Susan" and had one line with Bradley Whitford.
What project earned Russell Hornsby his SAG card?+
Russell Hornsby received his SAG card from a public service announcement commercial about smokers, where he played the smoker.
What was Sasha Roiz's first on-screen kiss?+
Sasha Roiz's first on-screen kiss was with Mike Fayola on the show Quarterlife.
Who would Bitsie Tulloch pay to have dinner with?+
Bitsie Tulloch would pay to have dinner with Ray Bolger from The Wizard of Oz, as she was a huge fan growing up.
What is Silas Weir Mitchell's favorite gadget?+
Silas Weir Mitchell's favorite gadget is an AM transistor radio that he listens to in his stream, often at high volume.

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