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Jillian Rose Reed & Brett Davern's Favorite "Awkward" Moments

Jillian Rose Reed & Brett Davern's Favorite "Awkward" Moments

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The YH Studio welcomes "Awkward" stars Jillian Rose Reed and Brett Davern to scoop us on what's in store for Season 5B of their hit MTV series, including the romantic prospects for their characters, Tamara and Jake (both together and separately)! They also reveal whom they'd like to be in a love triangle with, plus Jillian re-enacts her fateful run-in with Katy Perry, and Brett tells us what iconic singer he'd love to play in a biopic!

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Brett Davern

I hung out with Katy Perry one night. We don't talk about that.

Young Hollywood

And Jillian's obsessed with Katy Perry. Let's coach you, right? I'm Katy Perry. Now I'm gonna walk into the room. Ready?

Jillian Rose Reed

Hi, Jillian.

Brett Davern

Hi, Katy Perry. I'm Katy Perry.

Young Hollywood

No, you've got to be more than that. I'm Oliver Javerna here on the Young Hollywood sofa, joined by the lovely Jillian Rose Reed and Brett Davon. How are you?

Jillian Rose Reed

Good. How are you?

Young Hollywood

Fantastic. Good. I didn't realize you were British, Brett.

Brett Davern

Oh, yeah, right. And I still don't. All the way from foggy London Town. It's good. It's good. It's not that great. It's, uh, it's like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Young Hollywood

Chitty Bang Bang. Yeah, that's right. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang mixed with Oliver Twist.

Brett Davern

Yeah, that's it.

Young Hollywood

You sound like Fagin. Please, sir, I want some more. You sound like Fagin.

Brett Davern

That's me. That was our problem. Yeah. Please, sir, can I have some more? Come on, try it.

Jillian Rose Reed

No, no, I I wouldn't do it. I I wouldn't do it. I can't do it. Can't do it like you can. It's really bad.

Young Hollywood

You should Snapchat a British accent.

Jillian Rose Reed

Should I?

Young Hollywood

Yeah.

Jillian Rose Reed

I'd lose all my followers.

Young Hollywood

You would?

Jillian Rose Reed

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Well, maybe you'd gain some because they'd be, they'd admire your bromobility.

Jillian Rose Reed

Yeah, for trying. I was in, I was in Italy and they were trying to get me to speak with an Italian accent and I looked like such a dork.

Young Hollywood

How did that go?

Jillian Rose Reed

I would say like ciao, just like that. And they'd be like, no, say like, ciao. There's, there was all bad.

Brett Davern

Hey. I, I can only do the Italian accent if I do this at the same time. Okay. I'm just good at eating the pasta. It's a me, a Mario.

Young Hollywood

So you can say. Like Super Mario Brothers. Yeah, that's pretty much it. I'm sure it's it'll really appreciate that. They love it. This is kind of awkward.

Jillian Rose Reed

Yeah, it has been so far.

Brett Davern

Exactly how it should. This is usually how it goes with us.

Jillian Rose Reed

Yeah, it's great. This is this is great. Because that's how we got the job. You know.

Brett Davern

That's true.

Young Hollywood

Did you just walk into the room and and

Brett Davern

Pretty much. But just walked in and stood there. Right.

Young Hollywood

You were like, I've been meant to act in for this my whole life. I was like, that's the guy. Well, it's done well for you.

Jillian Rose Reed

Yeah. Pretty crazy actually. It's nuts. I was 18 when the show started.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. But now you're 19.

Jillian Rose Reed

Now I'm 19.

Brett Davern

I was like 11. And now you're 13. Just to clear this up, I think it's, it's safe to say don't believe anything that we say in this interview.

Jillian Rose Reed

Yeah. We keep pushing for, for the the romance to spark again.

Brett Davern

Yeah. Nobody's listening.

Jillian Rose Reed

I know that feeling. No. There's definitely a lot of romance in, in 5B for both of our characters. Yeah, actually we ended. Not necessarily with each other. But we the, the last episode that you saw of Grad Night, there was kind of this Jake and Tamara moment where fans thought like, oh my god, are they gonna kiss? Are they not? And then we didn't, and we just hugged. So we'll see, you know, what happens with that. And then yeah, new romance for Tamara that she gets to explore, um, pretty much throughout the whole back half of the season, which is really exciting. It's gonna be different.

Young Hollywood

There's a car accident.

Jillian Rose Reed

There is. One of them, someone of us might make it through the season.

Young Hollywood

You die.

Jillian Rose Reed

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Isn't there a superhero in this one as well?

Jillian Rose Reed

For sure. And a talking elephant.

Young Hollywood

And that's it. A talking elephant. Nelly.

Jillian Rose Reed

Mhm. Nelly the elephant makes a cameo.

Young Hollywood

How did you know the name? Nelly the elephant

Jillian Rose Reed

Nelly. Nelly the elephant.

Young Hollywood

There's a lot of love triangles always going on in the show, isn't it?

Jillian Rose Reed

Oh, yeah, yeah. How they are. She's hiding. She's having a shameful moment. She was like, this interview is not going. She's like, I want to watch this show. I don't know. I don't care about this at all.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. Um, if you could create any love triangle on the show and you could have any actors come into it to be in your love triangle.

Jillian Rose Reed

With any actors in the, like, in the world? Oh. Wow. In the whole wide world? Katy Perry. Okay. Myself. Chris Hemsworth. Oh. That's hot. I would watch that.

Young Hollywood

Top that. Jillian's obsessed with Katy Perry if you don't. All right. I didn't see the show by now.

Brett Davern

No. And she was at an after VMA party and we walked in and she froze.

Jillian Rose Reed

Well, that was the second time in one night that we saw her. The first time I cried. Completely starstruck.

Brett Davern

Yeah, she broke down. On the red carpet at the VMAs.

Young Hollywood

Oh, wow.

Brett Davern

Yeah. And she was just like a couple feet away. And I was like, you should say hi to her, get a picture with her. She's totally like, frozen. Won't go talk to her. So at this party, I was like, I'll go talk to her. She's like, come with me. You can't just casually say hey to Katy Perry.

Jillian Rose Reed

I did, though. And it works.

Brett Davern

Yes. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Let's coach you, right? I'm Katy Perry. Now I'm gonna walk into the room. Ready?

Jillian Rose Reed

Okay. No, you've got to be more than that. It's

Young Hollywood

Okay, okay, okay. Be more relaxed.

Jillian Rose Reed

No. Hi, Jillian.

Brett Davern

Hi, Katy Perry. I'm Katy Perry. She would have run away by now.

Jillian Rose Reed

I would have run away. She's not a terrible coach.

Young Hollywood

Has there been a favorite season or episode for you personally?

Jillian Rose Reed

My favorite, I got to do a dance routine in a spandex unitard that I also got to choreograph, um, with some other castmates Nikki and Dezzy. It took all day to shoot. I was dancing for like six hours. Actually, do you remember I started getting dehydrated and I was like, I can't see out of my left eye. I'm blind. I'm blind. This, the, the suit didn't really breathe well.

Brett Davern

Right. And does that happen when you get dehydrated? Your, your left eye loses vision.

Jillian Rose Reed

No, it's that one time. It was just because there was a special type of dance move that I think just really set myself off.

Brett Davern

Is it more heavy on the left side?

Jillian Rose Reed

Maybe. Yeah. Maybe I was like twerking harder with my left side. And that's what dehydrates the eye. Yeah, that could happen. For at you? What's your favorite? That's my kind of my favorite. Oh, my eyelash extensions are falling out. Oh, no. Oh, my eyelash extensions are falling out. Yeah. I'm like I'm always on eyelash duty.

Young Hollywood

That was so lovely.

Jillian Rose Reed

Oh, thanks. It would have been more lovely if I would have grabbed it and then did the whole.

Young Hollywood

Did you make a wish?

Jillian Rose Reed

No. He didn't even want. You just licked it off. Yeah. No. I didn't. make a wish now. Close your eyes and make a wish. Yeah. Okay. It's back. It was about Katy Perry. Don't leave.

Brett Davern

I would say my favorite moment though with the whole cast was at is actually something that no one's seen yet. It's in 5B. Don't talk about that. The car crash. Um, it's a moment with everyone together and uh, it was a lot of fun to shoot and uh, everyone will know what I'm talking about when it happens.

Young Hollywood

It's an orgy.

Brett Davern

Well, of sorts. I didn't want to say anything, but

Young Hollywood

Is it?

Brett Davern

It's an orgy of love.

Young Hollywood

Okay. I got it. It is. Isn't every orgy? Wow. Beach Boys biopic. Yeah. It's I read that it's incredible. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Love and Mercy. Yes, it's exciting. Um, it's out now everywhere you can watch it. On that note, if you could, if you could make a biopic about any musician, I think I know your answer, and star as that person, who would it be?

Jillian Rose Reed

Oh, I, I'm starring as Katy Perry now.

Young Hollywood

You're starring as Katy Perry, is that what you wanted?

Jillian Rose Reed

Sure. Yeah, that would be great.

Young Hollywood

Okay, I could see that. I think for myself, uh, Frank Sinatra. What would be your go-to Frank Sinatra song?

Brett Davern

Yeah, I'd just

Young Hollywood

What would be your, I'd like to hear you sing it.

Brett Davern

Oh, man. Uh, fly me to the moon or um.

Young Hollywood

Can you hum a little bit?

Brett Davern

I won't dance. That, that fits, right? As a

Young Hollywood

What for the other day. I'll take it look at my life. This has been extremely awkward. Watch them in all awkward March 15th. Season 5B.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Jillian Rose Reed

    Discussing her role as Tamara in 'Awkward' and personal anecdotes.

  • Brett Davern

    Discussing his role as Jake in 'Awkward' and personal aspirations.

  • Katy Perry

    Jillian is a big fan and recounts meeting her; mentioned for a dream love triangle.

  • Oliver Javerna

    The interviewer at Young Hollywood.

  • Chris Hemsworth

    Mentioned as a desired participant in a dream love triangle.

  • Nikki

    Jillian's castmate mentioned in a dance routine.

  • Dezzy

    Jillian's castmate mentioned in a dance routine.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Brett's choice for a musician he'd like to portray in a biopic.

FAQ

Who are the stars featured in this interview?+
The interview features Jillian Rose Reed and Brett Davern, who star in the MTV series "Awkward."
What show do Jillian Rose Reed and Brett Davern star in?+
Jillian Rose Reed and Brett Davern star in the hit MTV series "Awkward."
What can viewers expect in Season 5B of "Awkward"?+
Viewers can expect new romance for both Tamara and Jake, and a car accident, with one character potentially not making it through the season.
Which celebrity does Jillian Rose Reed admire greatly?+
Jillian Rose Reed is a big fan of Katy Perry and has had starstruck encounters with her.
What musician would Brett Davern like to play in a biopic?+
Brett Davern would like to portray Frank Sinatra in a biopic.
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