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Ilana Glazer & Jillian Bell Get Into The Holiday Spirit In 'The Night Before'

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The holiday season has officially begun at the YH Studio, and actresses Ilana Glazer and Jillian Bell stop by to help us ring it in! The talented twosome scoop us on their Christmas comedy 'The Night Before', including some of the film's more "yeah they went there" moments, plus they discuss their own real-life holiday traditions!

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Young Hollywood

That was like real suspense. Comedy suspense. It was like no, no, no. You like no, don't do it. No, don't do it. I love that so much. It was like frightening. I. That feeling of having to throw up and you can't is right. And also you say swallow it like a girl would. And it was like, I, I felt that. It was empowering. I'm Oliver here on the Young Hollywood sofa. With the lovely Ilaina Glazer and Gillian Bell. It's Christmas.

Ilana Glazer

It is.

Young Hollywood

In the studio as well. It is very Christmasy. I turned up to I couldn't believe it. I walked in and I was shocked. And your get up. This is cool. We did it, we did it. I've got a cardigan. We bought you gifts. These are your dogs. These are your dogs. Yes. This is, this is for you Gillian.

Jillian Bell

Great.

Young Hollywood

And Ilaina this is, this is Georgie for you.

Ilana Glazer

I would love Georgie.

Young Hollywood

Would you take them home really?

Ilana Glazer

Absolutely.

Young Hollywood

You're not. It was a joke.

Ilana Glazer

No, they're my dogs. They're my dogs. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Sorry. We know what they feel.

Young Hollywood

You're the dog whisperer. This is what you do. This is what you do when you're not acting in movies.

Ilana Glazer

No, we own a business.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. What's the business called?

Ilana Glazer

It's booming. It's just beginning, but it takes a while to get like to that profit place. So we're sort of just still. We mostly just got an office. That's it. It's all we've done. We're just about feeling what they feel.

Young Hollywood

Okay. And I'm hearing that Booda wants um above the tail scratch from you. Oh yeah. Right by the the bum. Right above. Above the bum. Can you get a closer with that face? Is it working? It's working. It's working. I think it's working. Oh, wow. Is it? Is that it? Is that it? This is, this is great. This is great. I've learned something new. So I love this. Um, more importantly, the night before. This hilarious movie. It was great. We all enjoyed it. We all enjoyed it. We laughed a lot. This is good. This is good. You're Betsy.

Jillian Bell

Yes.

Young Hollywood

And you're, you're, you're all for the movie and the Christmas and you're Rebecca, which a bit of a Grinch.

Ilana Glazer

Very much so. A bit of a Grinch. Yeah, yeah.

Young Hollywood

Um, but very interesting parts that you both play.

Jillian Bell

Thank you. Pregnant. Pregnant. This is the first time I've ever been pregnant. So.

Young Hollywood

Okay. In real life and on in a movie.

Jillian Bell

And in a movie.

Young Hollywood

How was that?

Jillian Bell

It was wonderful. Um, I definitely took advantage of it. I walked around New York City and just, oh, I can't reach this or

Young Hollywood

Did you really? You really did.

Jillian Bell

No. I mean we had some things where we would have to like walk outside to the trailers and then like someone would help me across the street. Thank you. I mean, who doesn't want to be helped across the street?

Ilana Glazer

You have been such a rock throughout this whole pregnancy. I just focus on yourself.

Jillian Bell

Betsy's my husband and I give him a bunch of drugs. So I don't mean have fun with the his guy buddies. To me, the perfect wife.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. Right? Still been looking for that. Hasn't come across yet. Yeah. Um, but yeah, and that's kind of where it all goes off. They're three guys that go out on this big, you know, night out. And then they come across you. Or Anthony Mackie comes across you. Um, I guess yeah. Um, but great scene you, you guys have in the uh in the bathroom.

Ilana Glazer

We um sort of exercise our gymnastics.

Young Hollywood

Exactly, exactly.

Ilana Glazer

Um, and we both I think are equally limber and I don't know if I'm I can like lift the weight Anthony can, but we were good like, uh,

Young Hollywood

You had the chemistry. It was

Ilana Glazer

I was like a like my, my character was nuts, really took it out on him. Right, right. But he liked it. Yeah, yeah. You were strong. You guys feel like you're like a power couple.

Ilana Glazer

Power couple. That's exactly what it was. And we just had that tension. You guys

Young Hollywood

Yeah, we just had that tension. You have to warm up. You have to warm up as well.

Ilana Glazer

Attention. Just keep doing this in interviews. Just say that. Is that all the tension is? That's how you express to people the tension. Tension. I never knew that. That's a great way to just tension. Dogs aren't reacting to it. No. Just for humans. Just for humans.

Young Hollywood

They set out on this adventure and it's, it's about them they kind of find become men for it all at the end as well. It's nice. It's nice.

Jillian Bell

Yes, this woman sends them on a journey to become men and they do. That's right.

Young Hollywood

I've never thought about it. You're the, you're the catalyst of the movie. You're everything. You're the catalyst of this.

Jillian Bell

Thank you so much. For real.

Young Hollywood

You're what we call the rock.

Jillian Bell

Thank you so much. But it is, it's kind of, you know, a nice message at the end. It's nice. It gets there. It's lovely.

Ilana Glazer

I, I want to call my agent every time and I go, can I play the catalyst? Anywhere you see where I can catalyze. I would really like. I think on IBD it says Betsy and in brackets it says catalyst.

Jillian Bell

Are we supposed to participate? Not that kind of church. Who's that guy? Oh, Jesus. Jesus Christ. He's said what they think we did to him. Don't tell him Josh. Yeah. I'm sorry. Isaac, what are you doing? Don't you dare throw up in here. Swallow it like a girl would. Swallow it. That was my favorite scene. The church scene. Really?

Young Hollywood

That was like real suspense. Comedy suspense. It was like no, no, no. You like no, don't do it. No, don't do it. I love that so much. It was like frightening. I. That feeling of having to throw up and you can't is Right. And also you say swallow it like a girl would. And it was like, I, I felt that. It was empowering. In the church as well. On Christmas Eve. It's aggressive.

Ilana Glazer

So bad.

Young Hollywood

It's aggressive, yeah. The movie went there. Several times. It did. Several times. The movie goes there. But it was, it is Christmas and you know, the guys have these traditions. Do you have any holiday traditions that you stick to each year?

Jillian Bell

I do one on Christmas Eve with um, my mom always gives my sister and I a present to open and we're always like, oh, what could it be? And every year it is matching pajamas. Every year. Yeah. Every year. Every year it is matching pajamas.

Young Hollywood

Do you act surprised?

Jillian Bell

I mean, we're like, oh, what is this? At this point she knows. She knows that we know. But yeah.

Young Hollywood

But never mixes it up. I like that.

Jillian Bell

Yeah. No. I like that. I like that. And we are in our 30s. If it's not broke, don't fix it. Yeah. It works.

Young Hollywood

Also it's like how many, how many sets of pajamas can a person have? And also do you even sleep in pajamas? You sleep in like a disgusting t-shirt. Oh, yeah. Disgusting t-shirt from like some like walk you did years ago for charity. Yeah, exactly. And then like really old pajama pants that belonged to someone else that you somehow got. Is that right? Well, um, if you want to kiss the dogs, they're all yours. Um, but in the meantime, while we're doing some dog kissing, everyone should go watch the night before. It's hilarious. It's brilliant.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Ilana Glazer

    Actress promoting 'The Night Before'

  • Jillian Bell

    Actress promoting 'The Night Before'

  • Anthony Mackie

    Co-star in 'The Night Before'

FAQ

What movie are Ilana Glazer and Jillian Bell promoting?+
Ilana Glazer and Jillian Bell are promoting their Christmas comedy film, 'The Night Before'.
Who do Ilana Glazer and Jillian Bell play in 'The Night Before'?+
Ilana Glazer plays the character Betsy, while Jillian Bell plays Rebecca, who is described as a bit of a Grinch.
Does Ilana Glazer's character, Betsy, get pregnant in 'The Night Before'?+
Yes, Ilana Glazer's character Betsy is pregnant in the movie, which was her first time playing a pregnant role.
What is Jillian Bell's holiday tradition?+
Every Christmas Eve, Jillian Bell's mother gives her and her sister matching pajamas as a present.
Who is the host of the interview?+
The host of the interview is Oliver from Young Hollywood.
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