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George Eads & Lucas Till Play "Household MacGyver"

George Eads & Lucas Till Play "Household MacGyver"

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The YH Studio welcomes George Eads and Lucas Till to tell us all about their reboot of the 1980s action classic "MacGyver" and how the long hours together on set may or may not have affected them! They also share a rather adventurous boating story, plus we couldn't possibly let them go without putting their own MacGyvering skills to the test -- see which one comes out on top!

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Young Hollywood

Well, because it's not every day that you're on a show that is also a verb. I thought that we could see what you could MacGyver out of a couple household items. We have a minute on the clock. And go.

Young Hollywood

Hey guys, Audrey on the Young Hollywood couch. Thankfully, I am not alone. I am joined by a wealth of handsome. George Eads, Lucas Till from CBS's MacGyver.

George Eads

He's talking about you, bro.

Lucas Till

He's talking about you. Definitely not talking about you.

George Eads

No, no. Thanks.

Young Hollywood

Wow. You guys may have been working too closely for too long. I don't know.

George Eads

That is a possibility.

Young Hollywood

How much do you guys hate each other right now?

Lucas Till

Uh, no idea.

George Eads

Yeah. We turn it on for the cameras, but afterwards we stay in separate rooms, separate trailers.

Lucas Till

I hate you.

Young Hollywood

He's getting subversive with it. How do you what how do you put up with this?

Lucas Till

That's an excellent question.

George Eads

He's forced to.

Lucas Till

Yeah. He gets paid a lot to do it.

George Eads

A lot to put up with. Contractually obligated.

Young Hollywood

Well, I got to say the show looks super fun. Lucas, your MacGyver mullet though. It's a little little lacking.

Lucas Till

Lacking. Yeah, I know. I think you do have to be proficient at MMA to pull the mullet off.

George Eads

This is Yes. Proficient. And possibly Eastern European.

Lucas Till

Yes. Very good at Muay Thai. Definitely.

Young Hollywood

Well, were you guys fans of MacGyver before you signed on?

Lucas Till

Yeah. Yeah. Definitely.

George Eads

Was anyone in this room alive when MacGyver started? Like this

Young Hollywood

Well, that's a hard personal question, Lucas.

Lucas Till

Yeah. Yeah. Well, people keep making fun of me for it today. Yeah. Do you have a middle I thought I was coming to Middle Age Hollywood.

Young Hollywood

Uh, you know, it's not an age, it's an attitude, George.

George Eads

Oh, Well, then you definitely you're the youngest person in the room. I thought I was in the show called Midlife Crisis. Sorry. Maybe too old for me.

Young Hollywood

Well, you guys cuz, you know, your relationship on the show is one that that's pretty unique. And then off camera you guys also

Lucas Till

Don't touch me, dude. Your knees touching on me.

George Eads

Whatever. You want.

Young Hollywood

We need a separate. Do we need to put you in a timeout?

Lucas Till

Yeah. Which one? Who gets Who has to go to the corner?

George Eads

I'm always on my best behavior.

Young Hollywood

I can tell. Yeah. I can tell. You guys went on a camping trip?

Lucas Till

Yeah, we did. We did go on one, right?

Young Hollywood

What was what was that all about?

Lucas Till

It's not even a camping trip. We airbnb'd a sailboat. The sailboat didn't have an engine, so we couldn't even pull out of the dock. And it looked like a crime scene on the inside.

Young Hollywood

Did they Did they put that in the description, did they?

Lucas Till

No, they didn't put that part. We're not supposed to go into the place. It's like a gated community kind of thing on the lake. So we weren't even allowed to get in there. Yeah, the guy the guy did not definitely was not a CSI or X-Men fan because he asked for our ID to get in there. And we didn't have it and he almost called the cops on us.

Young Hollywood

Wait, hold on. He asked for your ID and you thought you could get in with just a pull

Lucas Till

Well, no. We had we had rented the spot, right? So we didn't know we needed anything and he said, uh, you can't come in. I said, well, we're going in cuz we got this boat slip and we're going down there. He goes, no, you're not. He keep giving me that and calling the cops. I was like, good. Well, call the cops. Then I thought, well, that'd be pretty cool publicity. Little jail time.

Young Hollywood

But what did you guys learn about each other on this crazy airbnb adventure?

Lucas Till

Well, that he and he both have anger issues. And I

Young Hollywood

Did you guys work that out at all?

Lucas Till

No. No. No. Not really.

George Eads

Well. Um, we had a reshoot for a scene and nobody told us why. It was a really long scene. So I was like, all right, fine. I'm going to go to my trailer and get the lines, make sure I have everything down. And I went in there and I I kind of punched the wall and Luke was in there. I kind of punched the wall. Yeah. I was like, why are we doing this? And I punched it. And I was like, wow, those walls are really hard. And, um, yeah, it's kind of a running joke but how thin the walls are in our trailers.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. Well it's good that you almost like each other.

George Eads

Yeah, know. And he has his own place in Atlanta but we had a mountain of work after a long day we'd have this mountain of dialogue the next day and so we were trying to go over each other's lines for us because we didn't want to roll in with James Bond and not know what we're doing. This is what I got to do tomorrow. This is my first scene up tomorrow. Can I try them? Yeah. Oh, okay. Actually, I might get in trouble for

Lucas Till

Probably. That's spoiler alert. What? MacGyver dies? That's terrible. That's a spoiler. Sorry guys. It was a short season.

Young Hollywood

Well, because it's not every day that you're on a show that is also a verb. I thought that we could see what you could MacGyver out of a couple household items. So I've got some spaghetti.

Lucas Till

Okay.

Young Hollywood

Got some spaghetti. And then I have marshmallows.

Lucas Till

Okay. Okay.

Young Hollywood

Take your spaghetti. There you go. George, do you like that?

George Eads

That's it. Lucas wins. Always wins. You're right. I'm tired of it.

Young Hollywood

Here you go. Here you go. Here you go. Okay, so the scenario is you are escaping a maniacal dictator. And you need to create the equivalent of a ninja star. I've got a couple different designs in our mind though.

Lucas Till

Okay. All right, hold on. Oh oh sorry. Am I getting a head start? Am I getting ahead of myself?

George Eads

Is he always?

Lucas Till

I've been preparing.

George Eads

Yes. He's very handsy.

Lucas Till

I need need to make something now.

Young Hollywood

Okay. We have a minute on the clock. And go. It's your ninja stars, people. Good. This is special footnote. He's trying to get fat enough so that he can float away from the dictator. By water. Not.

George Eads

I like that. That's that would be my strategy.

Young Hollywood

Let's talk about spaghetti uncooked. Who's had who's had to eat it in the pinch uncooked? I feel like you have.

Lucas Till

It's not that bad.

Young Hollywood

How much? Obviously y'all were not a struggling actor. Okay. We got whole 30 left. Do your Now you need to add more? You have You didn't utilize your time properly.

Lucas Till

Listen. Listen. This is I mean, the weight distribution will be too heavy for the marshmallow. I'm going to add more marshmallows now, don't you think?

Young Hollywood

Marshmallows? You might be right about that. 10 seconds. Now. 10 seconds, MacGruber. Nine. Eight. Seven. Six. Five. Four. Three. Two. Oh yeah. And Ninja Star. Okay. See ya.

Lucas Till

I made it. You're just actually better than mine. Oh my God. That is actually I made a brooch. It's a ninja star that doubles as a brooch. Now watch this. Watch this coming in camera three. Yes. I think Does she have insurance?

Young Hollywood

I think you win. I'm thoroughly surprised with his effort. That was impressive. Good job, guys.

Lucas Till

Got a big brain on me.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • George Eads

    Star of the 'MacGyver' reboot

  • Lucas Till

    Star of the 'MacGyver' reboot

  • Audrey

    Interviewer on the Young Hollywood couch

  • James Bond

    Referenced when learning lines

FAQ

What show are George Eads and Lucas Till promoting?+
George Eads and Lucas Till are promoting their reboot of the 1980s action classic, 'MacGyver', for CBS.
What was the boating story George Eads and Lucas Till shared?+
They shared a story about airbnb'ing a sailboat that had no engine and looked like a crime scene inside, leading to a confrontation with a security guard.
What challenge did George Eads and Lucas Till participate in?+
They participated in a 'Household MacGyver' challenge where they had to create a ninja star out of spaghetti and marshmallows within a minute.
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