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Bitsie Tulloch Bids Farewell to "Grimm"

Bitsie Tulloch Bids Farewell to "Grimm"

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Actress discusses the 6th and final season of her hit NBC series and how she got her nickname

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From NBC's Grimm, Bitsie Tulloch is hanging out with me. What's up? Welcome back.

Bitsie Tulloch Bids Farewell

What's up? Thank you. I know. It's been a little while since I've been in the in the fancy Four Seasons suite.

Young Hollywood

Oh. Fancy, yes, very fancy on the stools. Yes. Today. Well, welcome back. Uh, I got to say, so season six, the final season. What has this journey been like?

Bitsie Tulloch Bids Farewell

It's been a little bit of a roller coaster, but only for my characters, because my character kind of kept getting reinvented. But, otherwise, it's just been really chill and a wonderful six years up in Portland, Oregon, which is like the best city ever. And we shot like nine and a half months out of the year, and then we would, you know, come down to LA for a month. But, we've really been up in Oregon for six years. So, I I hung out with Bree last week and we were like, oh my god, LA is such a culture shock. Like, we went out to this like hip new restaurant. We're like, oh my God, we don't even know what's going on.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. It'll be gone in like three weeks.

Bitsie Tulloch Bids Farewell

Yeah. We're totally used to it in like another week or two, but it was still like so it's so not Portland. Um, but yeah, it's just been really great. And we have uh eight episodes left and that's it. I mean, the fan reaction has been, it's I I don't want to even say it's bittersweet. It's like mostly bitter. Like, people are sad that this is ending.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. Well, I mean, pissed off.

Bitsie Tulloch Bids Farewell

For us, it's bittersweet, but a lot of the fans, they're like angry. And I keep trying to kind of gently be like, you know, NBC didn't have to give us a sixth season. And we we all sort of felt like the final 13 episodes, um that they gave us for season six, was like a thank you, little victory lap, and also to because there's so much mythology for Grimm, we needed to wrap it up. Otherwise, I think people would have been like, boycotting.

Young Hollywood

Yes. Yeah. Yeah. People are not amused. And there were like a lot of petitions going on, being like, Netflix should pick it up, or, you know, Hulu, or Amazon, like, anybody, like, I'll pay for it, I'll sell my house, like. What? No, it's really

Bitsie Tulloch Bids Farewell

People were really sell a kidney. Yeah. Yeah. Kidnap somebody. Hold him for ransom.

Young Hollywood

Wow. The Grimm fans, hardcore.

Bitsie Tulloch Bids Farewell

Hardcore. Yeah, diehard.

Young Hollywood

To So, when Juliette transitioned, I guess it's transitioned to Eve, I don't know if that's if that's if that's the right Okay, that works, right? I know that you you watched Luc Besson's Nikita, you you took some cues from Ex Machina. Are you a sci-fi fan? Were there are there other sci-fi movies?

Bitsie Tulloch Bids Farewell

I like sci-fi. I think that I've become a bigger sci-fi fan, having been on Grimm and being like, wow, these storylines are really, really fun and even though I'm on the show, I'm entertained, and I love watching the show. So, yeah, I'm kind of into it now.

Young Hollywood

Okay. Uh, you were saying how you kind of grew up on this show. And a big life decision, too. I mean, you met your fiance, David Giuntoli. Yes. Is it tough to to be with someone who does the same thing as you? Um, and he even directed an episode.

Bitsie Tulloch Bids Farewell

He I was I was like, I all I wanted to do when he was directing was help him out because he wanted this so badly. And he'd been working towards directing for like two years. So, when he got it, I was all about like, whatever I can do to help David out. And it was really fun to work with him. He had amazing energy. I'd never seen him so inspired on set. So, he really like took to it really naturally. Yeah. I would say it's actually pretty great working together. The only time it's hard is like if we were like fussing the night before, and then we have to go to work. And then there's a little bit of like, we and you have to like work and be professional. But, overall, I think, you know, we're going to bum that we don't get to work with each other anymore, because we also, you know, like, we might not end up in the same city shooting. Yeah. Yeah. We'll be okay.

Young Hollywood

Um, I wanted to play a little game with you, uh, called Itty Bitsy, because you have such a cool name. By the way, how did that come about? Your Your name's Elizabeth.

Bitsie Tulloch Bids Farewell

Elizabeth. Um, Bitsie, it's not um, it's not derivative. Bitsie was my grandfather's nickname when he was little. And he was born in 1915, and his older sister, Catherine, who she was, you know, at least like six years older, she just was like, oh, look at the little itty-bitty baby. And started calling him Bitsie, and that was his nickname for the rest of his life. And then when I was born, he and I were really, really close. And uh, I was just like following him around and attached at the hip, so people start calling me Bitsie.

Young Hollywood

Oh, wow. Yeah. Your whole life then? Like through college? Through when you were at Harvard?

Bitsie Tulloch Bids Farewell

Yes. When I, yeah, yes, when I, yeah. That's true, actually, when I was at Harvard, was the first time I started going by Bitsie. Because in high school, I was like, lame. And I only let I only let like my besties call me Bitsie, and everybody else had to call me like Elizabeth, and only my besties were allowed to. Oh, that was a whole thing. Oh, okay. Yeah. And then I was like, this is I'm being a dork. I'm being lame. So, and then I just started going by Bitsie. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Okay, so we're going to play Itty Bitsy. And this is just some trivia and some questions about teeny-tiny things. Okay?

Bitsie Tulloch Bids Farewell

Okay.

Young Hollywood

So, actually, this is a personal question, personal. Would you rather have teeny-tiny hands or teeny-tiny feet?

Bitsie Tulloch Bids Farewell

Well, I do have teeny-tiny feet.

Young Hollywood

Me too. Yes. For my for my height, I have like abnormally small feet. What size feet do you have?

Bitsie Tulloch Bids Farewell

Six.

Young Hollywood

Oh, me too. Yeah. But, you're taller than me. So, you

Bitsie Tulloch Bids Farewell

Yes. Yeah. You're taller than me. Uh, and I like having small feet. So, that's the answer. They're dainty. That's what I tell people. I have small hands too, but I wouldn't mind having longer like pretty elegant fingers and

Young Hollywood

Sure. Yeah.

Bitsie Tulloch Bids Farewell

Yes. Tiny hands. So, yeah, definitely tiny feet. Yeah. Yes. I hear I see I see you, girl.

Young Hollywood

Okay. At the end of 2016, a nanofabrication facility in Canada created the smallest snowman on record. Is that true?

Bitsie Tulloch Bids Farewell

It is true.

Young Hollywood

Okay. Yeah. So, how tall was it? Was it A, three micrometers, B, three nanometers, or C, three centimeters?

Bitsie Tulloch Bids Farewell

Micrometers.

Young Hollywood

Perfect. Nice job. Nice job. Yes. Tiny hand high five. Okay. Uh, and one more, the actress, Jody Amjay, stands at just 23 inches in height and weighs 11 pounds. This is due to a rare condition called is it microplasia, B, achondroplasia, or C, arachnophobia? Oh. Yeah. No. Uh, I mean, I'm going to say A, just because of micro.

Bitsie Tulloch Bids Farewell

You know, I I wondered about this. It's actually B, achondroplasia.

Young Hollywood

Achondroplasia. Okay. Yeah. I don't know what the difference is. We can look that up on the internet, though. Yeah. Yeah. Awesome. Well, come back, please update us on everything that's going on with you and what's like share shoes or something. I never I never meet people who have my shoe size. It's so hard to find shoes our size. Seriously. Send us shoes, people.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Bitsie Tulloch

    Actress discussing her show and nickname

  • Bree

    Friend she hung out with in LA

  • David Giuntoli

    Fiancé and co-worker who directed an episode

  • Elizabeth

    Bitsie's given first name

  • Catherine

    Bitsie's grandfather's older sister

  • Jody Amjay

    Actress mentioned in a trivia question

  • Luc Besson

    Director whose film Nikita was an inspiration

FAQ

What show is Bitsie Tulloch known for?+
Bitsie Tulloch is known for her role in the NBC series "Grimm."
What is the origin of Bitsie Tulloch's nickname?+
Bitsie was her grandfather's nickname, given to him by his older sister, and it was later passed down to her because of their close relationship.
Did Bitsie Tulloch meet her fiancé on "Grimm"?+
Yes, Bitsie Tulloch met her fiancé, David Giuntoli, on the set of "Grimm."
What condition was mentioned in the trivia game?+
The condition mentioned in the trivia game was achondroplasia, which affects height.
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