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"Freakish" Cast's Most Memorable Halloween Costumes

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Hayes Grier, Meghan Rienks, Leo Howard, and Melvin Gregg discuss their new Hulu series.

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Young Hollywood

Hey guys, I'm Molly Argue and we are in studio at Young Hollywood with the cast of Freakish.

Young Hollywood

Who's gonna have the best Halloween costume here?

Guest

Uh, nah.

Guest

I never dress up.

Guest

I always really wanna dress up, but I get there and I decide that I wanna dress up the day of and that's too late to buy outfits.

Guest

Then you're like scrambling around trying to find a mask or something, they're sold out everywhere.

Guest

Yeah, I didn't DIY.

Guest

I just put on like a baseball hat and say I'm a off-season baseball player.

Guest

Yeah, big guy.

Young Hollywood

Do you guys have any embarrassing Halloween moments or Halloween costumes?

Guest

Dude, I was a similar wrestler.

Guest

I was just kidding ready to say.

Guest

With the wire thing.

Guest

It was a big wire thing around and it was like a big suit, yeah.

Young Hollywood

How is that practical for like going out on Halloween?

Guest

It's not.

Guest

I was Cher one year and then I was Elvis one year complete with wigs.

Guest

Wow.

Guest

This is when I was also chubby.

Guest

I was I was I was Drake one year.

Young Hollywood

You were Drake?

Guest

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

That's awesome.

Guest

It was like like this.

Young Hollywood

Like Degrassi Drake or?

Guest

Like cool Drake.

Guest

No, it was cool Drake.

Guest

It was Drake with the black hoodie and the baseball gloves.

Guest

It was an easy costume.

Guest

So, for a couple people just that I was not in costume because I I made my eyebrows like this thick and they just said I had big eyebrows.

Guest

So I was like, oh you're in costume?

Guest

I was like, yeah I'm Drake.

Guest

They were like, oh, okay.

Young Hollywood

That's so funny.

Guest

So, that was a bad

Young Hollywood

That's so funny.

Young Hollywood

Well we'll be excited to see what you guys are gonna do this year.

Guest

If I don't know, we should

Guest

We should be a

Guest

We should be our characters.

Guest

Oh yeah.

Guest

Maybe we should be each other's characters.

Guest

I don't think I'll

Guest

Oh, that's I'll do that.

Guest

Yeah.

Guest

We did actually switch wardrobe on the set.

Young Hollywood

Really?

Guest

Just Megan and I.

Young Hollywood

Oh, that's interesting.

Young Hollywood

How did that work out?

Guest

It as it turns out I can really rock a romper.

Young Hollywood

Oh, so great.

Guest

Your butt looked so much better than mine did and I was really upset about it.

Young Hollywood

You did?

Guest

I even I rocked the clutch as well.

Guest

Megan looked cool but Leo on the other hand.

Guest

You're not kidding.

Guest

No, and he's like holding the drink I would always have on set too.

Guest

I know.

Guest

Cool is all about just being confident in what you're wearing and if you rock a romper and that's what you want to do.

Guest

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

That's so funny.

Young Hollywood

Let's talk about being on set a little bit.

Guest

That that that's being on set.

Guest

That's what it's like.

Guest

That's being on set and that's a little freakish.

Guest

But,

Guest

Yeah.

Guest

Hey that was good.

Guest

Yeah, that's kinda freakish.

Young Hollywood

But was there anything that happened that was actually kinda like scary or that freaked you out while you were on set?

Guest

I'm looking at Melvin.

Guest

Dude, did you just hear that?

Guest

Yes.

Guest

School?

Young Hollywood

Were you studying on set?

Guest

Yep.

Young Hollywood

And that that freaked you out.

Guest

Yep.

Young Hollywood

You're not much of a studier?

Guest

No, you prefer

Guest

That's not my thing.

Guest

No, I think um in general there's a lot of makeup that goes into the freaks, right?

Guest

And so there would be days where, you know, coming in we'd read the scripts but we didn't know what these freaks were gonna look like.

Guest

And depending on the scenes they would change these prosthetics and makeup.

Guest

You know how to stay away from the camera.

Guest

They're both trying to show off their muscles.

Guest

They were doing this before we started rolling and blah.

Guest

So, there's some legitimately scary I'm just gonna get the wrapped this up.

Guest

But seriously, there was days where we'd walk in and these these freaks would be terrifying.

Guest

You remember the one guy with like the double chin.

Guest

Like it was really petrifying.

Guest

Like they would eat with the people and like makeup.

Guest

And I couldn't I couldn't eat with them.

Guest

It took a while though.

Guest

It took like a week before we could like actually do that.

Guest

I'm not against freaks.

Guest

It's like all people living or dead are created equal.

Guest

But it's like they were so nasty looking.

Guest

Like I couldn't eat.

Guest

It was really I something else.

Guest

It's it's because it's the idea of eating while you're looking at all like the.

Guest

It's not even like zombies, it's like decaying, you know, flesh.

Young Hollywood

And and without giving anything away, of course you don't wanna give too much away.

Young Hollywood

But what do you think people watching are gonna be most freaked out by while they're watching the series?

Young Hollywood

Why are they gonna be freaked out by this?

Guest

My insides.

Guest

No, no, no, no, no.

Guest

That's too much.

Guest

What does that mean?

Guest

I think there are some horrifying jump scares.

Guest

There's a lot of jump scares throughout the show.

Guest

When we even watched it like even scenes that both of us were in and we jump scared and we like both were oh my gosh this is freaky.

Guest

So I think it's definitely it was as scary as it was to like film it and be in it, like we got scared for scenes that we memorized lines for.

Guest

And it's some um it's some freakish make out scenes too that might freak you out.

Guest

Oh.

Guest

There we go.

Young Hollywood

Well, what about being behind the scenes together?

Young Hollywood

I mean, you guys all get along pretty well.

Guest

Most of the time.

Guest

All the time.

Guest

It's very we love each other.

Young Hollywood

That's so fun.

Young Hollywood

How is it doing doing a series or doing a show with with people that you get along so well with onset, off set?

Young Hollywood

How was it behind the scenes?

Guest

It totally changes it.

Guest

I mean, when you're I think we've all worked on shows before where

Guest

Dude, I just I'm just sitting.

Guest

I think we've all

Guest

That's how that's how women sleep.

Guest

Yeah, with your catamaran.

Guest

Do you see the strings?

Guest

What are those?

Guest

You're pretty flexible.

Guest

You're so tiny.

Guest

Your ankles are so small.

Guest

You think I shouldn't have cankles?

Guest

What do you want?

Guest

Guys, I was answering the question and then you interrupted me because I sound like a woman.

Guest

Uh, no, we've I think we've all worked on

Guest

Now, I don't know how to sit.

Guest

We've all worked on shows before where you don't necessarily feel welcome and you don't necessarily really like the people but we were a family from like the third day in and it totally made the environment more comfortable.

Guest

So the first three days sucked.

Guest

It was it was awful.

Guest

You were hiding in your trailer.

Guest

He wouldn't come out.

Young Hollywood

Oh, that's so funny.

Young Hollywood

And what about social media on set?

Young Hollywood

Do you guys I mean I know you're all social media gurus.

Guest

We couldn't do too much well personally for myself because we were on set for like 12 hour days and we couldn't do spoiler alerts and everything was a spoiler alert.

Guest

So it's like

Guest

It was a lot of like researching that.

Guest

Like friends stuff.

Guest

So I feel like I have friends in real life who will like recognize like the cast members when they see stuff now they're like, oh that's the kid who would wear like the green sweater and spit his food.

Guest

I'm like yes.

Guest

That's Tyler.

Guest

So like I think that was fun.

Guest

It was like I felt like at least with Snapchat wise like everyone got really excited about it.

Guest

No one had any idea what the premise of the show was because we're all like shooting in sequence.

Guest

But then we couldn't spoil anything.

Guest

But I think they got excited just based on like all the comments and like, oh my God I love you.

Guest

You had to fight the urge to like get on your Twitter and get on your Snapchat.

Young Hollywood

That's cool.

Young Hollywood

And and obviously you guys are all super into social media.

Young Hollywood

You're all influencers.

Young Hollywood

What is you know your way to get inspired or your creative process when it comes to social media, Vine, film, whatever.

Guest

Oh, he's laughing.

Guest

He doesn't have fun.

Guest

What's your inspiration?

Guest

Sorry.

Guest

I just like my water got in the wrong place.

Guest

Your question was one more time?

Young Hollywood

What is So when you're going to do a Vine or an Instagram, what is your do you have a creative process or do you have inspiration for what you post or is it just natural?

Guest

It's a question.

Guest

Yes, this is I mean all you got like I I I am a person that I never did like videos like them and I am absolutely blown away with it's a totally different type of skill to be able to get in front of a camera like this and be yourself.

Guest

It sounds crazy but to be able to entertain and be yourself is awesome and to wanna watch it, these guys are amazing at that and I think it's really cool to watch.

Guest

I went over to Megan's house, she was shooting a video and she was like, come and she invited Tyler and I, not them, just Tyler and I.

Guest

Just because you're special.

Guest

We're her favorites.

Guest

But getting on camera like walking in.

Guest

It's a totally different type of set than I've ever been on and I was terrified because it I was so out of my comfort zone.

Guest

Like they were like, okay just just uh go up there and just be funny.

Guest

But it's a different type of skill and I think it it deserves a lot a lot of respect because it it is something I swear to God.

Guest

It wasn't even intentional.

Guest

I love it.

Young Hollywood

Well, after the interview we will be having a arm muscle competition.

Guest

Honestly look, I'm just playing.

Guest

I can't compete with Leo.

Guest

Leo was like a judo.

Guest

Like a jujitsu.

Guest

And he's just over here with his long sleeves like, I'm sleeved up.

Guest

I'm chilling.

Guest

You know what I'm saying?

Guest

Chilling.

Guest

I'm fucking James Dean.

Guest

I'm just joking.

Guest

I got nothing against

Young Hollywood

Well, on that note, we have other things to continue after this interview.

Young Hollywood

So, see you next time.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Molly Argue

    Interviewer

  • Hayes Grier

    Cast member of 'Freakish'

  • Meghan Rienks

    Cast member of 'Freakish'

  • Leo Howard

    Cast member of 'Freakish'

  • Melvin Gregg

    Cast member of 'Freakish'

  • Cher

    Mentioned as Leo Howard's past Halloween costume

  • Elvis

    Mentioned as Leo Howard's past Halloween costume

  • Drake

    Mentioned as Melvin Gregg's past Halloween costume

  • Tyler

    Friend mentioned by cast member

  • James Dean

    Melvin Gregg jokingly compares himself to him

FAQ

Who are the cast members of Hulu's "Freakish" interviewed?+
The cast members interviewed are Hayes Grier, Meghan Rienks, Leo Howard, and Melvin Gregg.
What kind of makeup freaked out the cast on the set of "Freakish"?+
The cast was freaked out by the terrifying prosthetic makeup of the "freaks" on set, especially during meal times.
What do the cast members think will freak out viewers of "Freakish"?+
The cast members believe that the horrifying jump scares and some "freakish make out scenes" will freak out viewers of the series.
How was the atmosphere on the set of "Freakish"?+
The cast describes the atmosphere on set as very positive, stating they became like a family and loved working together.
Could the cast use social media freely while filming "Freakish"?+
The cast couldn't use social media too much due to long filming days and the need to avoid spoilers for the series.