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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I hung out with Katy Perry one night. We don't talk about that.
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?
Hi, Jillian.
Hi, Katy Perry. I'm Katy Perry.
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?
Good. How are you?
Fantastic. Good. I didn't realize you were British, Brett.
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.
Chitty Bang Bang. Yeah, that's right. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang mixed with Oliver Twist.
Yeah, that's it.
You sound like Fagin. Please, sir, I want some more. You sound like Fagin.
That's me. That was our problem. Yeah. Please, sir, can I have some more? Come on, try it.
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.
You should Snapchat a British accent.
Should I?
Yeah.
I'd lose all my followers.
You would?
Yeah.
Well, maybe you'd gain some because they'd be, they'd admire your bromobility.
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.
How did that go?
I would say like ciao, just like that. And they'd be like, no, say like, ciao. There's, there was all bad.
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.
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.
Yeah, it has been so far.
Exactly how it should. This is usually how it goes with us.
Yeah, it's great. This is this is great. Because that's how we got the job. You know.
That's true.
Did you just walk into the room and and
Pretty much. But just walked in and stood there. Right.
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.
Yeah. Pretty crazy actually. It's nuts. I was 18 when the show started.
Yeah. But now you're 19.
Now I'm 19.
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.
Yeah. We keep pushing for, for the the romance to spark again.
Yeah. Nobody's listening.
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.
There's a car accident.
There is. One of them, someone of us might make it through the season.
You die.
Yeah.
Isn't there a superhero in this one as well?
For sure. And a talking elephant.
And that's it. A talking elephant. Nelly.
Mhm. Nelly the elephant makes a cameo.
How did you know the name? Nelly the elephant
Nelly. Nelly the elephant.
There's a lot of love triangles always going on in the show, isn't it?
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.
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.
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.
Top that. Jillian's obsessed with Katy Perry if you don't. All right. I didn't see the show by now.
No. And she was at an after VMA party and we walked in and she froze.
Well, that was the second time in one night that we saw her. The first time I cried. Completely starstruck.
Yeah, she broke down. On the red carpet at the VMAs.
Oh, wow.
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.
I did, though. And it works.
Yes. Yeah.
Let's coach you, right? I'm Katy Perry. Now I'm gonna walk into the room. Ready?
Okay. No, you've got to be more than that. It's
Okay, okay, okay. Be more relaxed.
No. Hi, Jillian.
Hi, Katy Perry. I'm Katy Perry. She would have run away by now.
I would have run away. She's not a terrible coach.
Has there been a favorite season or episode for you personally?
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.
Right. And does that happen when you get dehydrated? Your, your left eye loses vision.
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.
Is it more heavy on the left side?
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.
That was so lovely.
Oh, thanks. It would have been more lovely if I would have grabbed it and then did the whole.
Did you make a wish?
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.
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.
It's an orgy.
Well, of sorts. I didn't want to say anything, but
Is it?
It's an orgy of love.
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?
Oh, I, I'm starring as Katy Perry now.
You're starring as Katy Perry, is that what you wanted?
Sure. Yeah, that would be great.
Okay, I could see that. I think for myself, uh, Frank Sinatra. What would be your go-to Frank Sinatra song?
Yeah, I'd just
What would be your, I'd like to hear you sing it.
Oh, man. Uh, fly me to the moon or um.
Can you hum a little bit?
I won't dance. That, that fits, right? As a
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.
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