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Jamie Chung & Ryan Hansen on "Resident Advisors" and School Memories

Jamie Chung & Ryan Hansen on "Resident Advisors" and School Memories

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Jamie Chung and Ryan Hansen chill out the YH Studio while giving us the scoop on their hilarious Hulu series, "Resident Advisors", produced by none other than Elizabeth Banks! After warming up with a little dance party, the two actors share some thoughts about their own school days, and then we cool down with some Destiny's Child!

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Young Hollywood

S-so go slow first, slow and you have to slap. Okay, ready? And now we're gonna do it. And oh! Slap. Yeah.

Ryan Hansen

myself? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Apparently I

Young Hollywood

Yeah, five more minutes, guys. Welcome Welcome back to both of you. I know this is the first time we're meeting. Welcome back. What do you do? Old friends? Got the casual stance. Just kinda hanging, you know? Just like Young Hollywood, me and Jamie. We're just doing our thing, right, Nick? Sure. So the last time you were here, you know where I'm going. Yeah. It was a dance party USA. It's the best. You gotta get in on this. Okay, and then we just. Am I flashing the camera? And but it was like Wait, I gotta slap it. Hold on, I gotta slap it. Ready? And roll. Slap. Yeah. I learned I thought I knew the roll, but I did not know the roll until you taught me the roll.

Ryan Hansen

You just gotta have the slap. You gotta have the slap. Gotta have the slap.

Young Hollywood

You ready? Let's. Yeah!

Ryan Hansen

myself? Yeah. Yeah. Apparently, I

Young Hollywood

Yeah, five more minutes, guys. Look at it. It's my new baby, which makes you the mother of my baby.

Ryan Hansen

I've been tasked with overseeing things here at Hutcheson, but it seems you've been an RA for quite some time. 11 years. There are those who may question whether or not it's appropriate. Well, if I worried about what was appropriate, I wouldn't be a very good RA, would I? Can you please help us bond this team so that we're the best RAs that we can be? I'm babysitting a bunch of idiots.

Young Hollywood

So, I wanted to point out that this is this was Elizabeth Banks and her husband produced the show. And you did Pitch Perfect. 'Cause when I saw the concept of the show, I thought, hold on, how has anybody nobody done this before? And I was like, wait a second. Pitch Perfect, but for TV. This is it's fan Well, for Hulu, it's fantastic. I know you did a quarter quarter quarter like a little bit of junior college situation.

Ryan Hansen

I did two weeks. Okay. Thank you so much for remembering that. You did more than I did.

Young Hollywood

I Well, that's cuz I'm a scholar. And Jamie, I know you did a you did a quarter at in residence, and then you decided it wasn't for you. How did you know? How do you know all this? She's good. She's good. Good like that. No, Ryan, you had some you did a nude scene. Yeah. You weren't nude. Is it shooting it? No, he wasn't nude. Yeah.

Ryan Hansen

Balls out. You were. He's very comfortable naked. I think it's the opening scene and I'm trying to, you know, there's a fire and everyone's like, escape, you know, I just get out of bed. I'm naked and I and I just trip over this kid, Daryl. What's up, Daryl? And uh, it's balls in the face.

Young Hollywood

Wow. So, wait, they didn't give you the sock or anything like that.

Jamie Chung

No, he didn't want it. He just want He didn't want it. It's authentic.

Young Hollywood

You there?

Jamie Chung

Uh, yeah. She didn't have to be there, but I was there. He stayed for the scene. I was there.

Young Hollywood

How'd you get in shape for that? Did you prep? Did you do the push-ups, the curls, the whole thing? I was like What was the prep? What was the prep?

Ryan Hansen

For my penis.

Young Hollywood

For your. That was yeah. Are you talking about my genitalia? Gosh. How did I prepare for that? No. I don't want to know about that. I don't want to know about that. Thoughts on co-ed bathrooms? Are they okay or should they be outlawed?

Jamie Chung

It's disgusting. It's a little dumb. It's like, oh, you're washing. oh, cool, what's up? We're like in the same bathroom. like why? It's it's so unnecessary. It's

Ryan Hansen

Well, you're going to the bathroom and then another one's going in the shower. It's just gross. No, I want to poop with the dude. You know? I want to let it rip.

Young Hollywood

Your go-to drinking game.

Jamie Chung

Kings Cup.

Young Hollywood

What's that?

Jamie Chung

Kings Cup. It's great. I don't know any drinking. I don't know what it is. There's like rules and stuff and like if you do that, then you got to do that. Each card you pull has like a different thing you have to do, you know? There's usually one friend that knows the game really well that will explain the game. I just

Ryan Hansen

And then they make it up as they go along.

Young Hollywood

Got it. Yes. Did you have a nickname in school?

Ryan Hansen

Cobra. People still call me.

Young Hollywood

You're just making this up as you go.

Ryan Hansen

No, I got a handshake and everything. You wanna learn it? People say, what's up, Cobra? This. Come on, you do it. Let's just do it. You have to do it. You have to do it.

Young Hollywood

Oh my gosh. That right there just felt good actually. I don't think I got it right. I'm a lefty. I would do it. Oh. Um, most embarrassing school moment.

Jamie Chung

I was pretty fucking cool in school, so I I don't know if I'm embarrassing, but I think the moment that I regret the most, um, we were it was all my dorm mates and it was late one night and we were really, you know, having fun and we're we're getting to know each other and we thought it would be a great idea to get tattoos together. So, we went so stupid. So, then we went to this little hole-in-the-wall tattoo place.

Young Hollywood

Was it at least clean?

Jamie Chung

It was really sketchy. I, I mean, I didn't get an infection. So, it's good. But uh, we we literally just like ten of us rolled up and we just picked tattoos out of a book.

Young Hollywood

What'd you get?

Jamie Chung

I'm not telling you.

Young Hollywood

Where is it? You're really not going to tell us? Did you get it removed? Do you still have it?

Jamie Chung

No, no, no, you can't see it.

Young Hollywood

Give me. Come on.

Jamie Chung

No. No, it's it's somewhere where you can't see it.

Young Hollywood

I don't know we should you want to take us on a little uh, Destiny's Child? Sure. The town. Ladies and gentlemen, at home, the club is full of ballers and their pocket's full grown. And all you fellas if you're roll with your friends, 'cause it's 11:30 and the club is jumping, jumping. Yeah. I started a little low. Jumping, jumping. I know, right? You gonna take are you good? Are you good? Ladies and gentlemen, at home.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Jamie Chung

    Discusses her role in 'Resident Advisors' and shares school memories

  • Ryan Hansen

    Discusses his role in 'Resident Advisors' and shares school memories

  • Elizabeth Banks

    Produced the Hulu series 'Resident Advisors'

  • Daryl

    Character mentioned in Ryan Hansen's nude scene story

  • Nick

    Host refers to him during the dance party intro

FAQ

What show are Jamie Chung and Ryan Hansen promoting?+
Jamie Chung and Ryan Hansen are promoting their Hulu series, "Resident Advisors."
Who produced 'Resident Advisors'?+
"Resident Advisors" was produced by Elizabeth Banks and her husband.
Did Ryan Hansen have a nude scene in 'Resident Advisors'?+
Yes, Ryan Hansen mentions an opening nude scene in "Resident Advisors" where his character trips over someone named Daryl.
What is Jamie Chung's opinion on co-ed bathrooms?+
Jamie Chung thinks co-ed bathrooms are "disgusting" and "unnecessary" for sharing the same space with others.
What was Jamie Chung's nickname in school?+
Jamie Chung's nickname in school was "Cobra," and she even had a special handshake for it.
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