High School Flashbacks With “13 Reasons Why” Star Justin Prentice

High School Flashbacks With “13 Reasons Why” Star Justin Prentice
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Actor looks back at what he was into when he was a teenager like his TV character
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Dylan and Catherine were in not that long ago and we and we did a little fill-in-the-blank game called High School Me. Okay. Because 13 Reasons Why centers on high school and and I at least think that we kind of never really like leave high school in some ways, you know? I mean, feel free to disagree but that's Yeah, okay. All right. All right. Uh so I'm just going to throw out a couple things and I'm just going to have you fill in the blank, okay? So, High School Me's favorite band was
I'm with you. You know, I think I was going I think I mean I I'm still in a classic rock stage, but I think I started that that phase
See, we never leave high school. I told you.
Yeah. Yeah, in in high You're right. You're right, in high school. I don't know so it's probably like I don't know, like the Stones or Guns N' Roses or something maybe.
Nice. High School Me had a crush on.
Um Well, I was homeschooled, so
Probably shouldn't have waited until halfway through the question there to to mention that. Disclaimer. No. Uh So, I don't know I It could be a celebrity crush too. I think we we talked about celebrity crushes.
Mmm. Maybe I don't know. I was I was very career oriented and boring and so I don't know that I was really focused on crushes in high school. I think I was pretty strictly focused.
Yeah. They were your studies. Yeah, homework was your crush. Weird, but no, you do YDY man. You do you. Right. Yes. Uh High School Me's favorite show was.
Um Maybe I don't know. Honestly, I I remember watching Heroes in high school. Um like, I don't like, you never go wrong with three runs of 70 Show or Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. So, I feel like I watched a lot of a lot of reruns of that stuff because they're amazing.
Classics. Yeah. Maybe somewhere in that Now I want to go on a Fresh Prince binge. like Yeah. What have you what have you done? It's never a wrong time to Now I want to go on a Fresh Prince binge.
No, it's never a wrong time to Also, I feel like Degrassi might have been one of them.
Really? Which is a weird one to throw in the mix there, but I think
No, but it actually lines up
I feel like that one lines up very well especially with with your show now.
Yeah, I don't know if it was middle school. It might have been before before high No, I think it was high school. Yeah, it was high school. Degrassi. Yeah, that was mine.
Back in the Drake days. Yes. In the wheelchair. I was amazing. Yeah. Oh. I'm not laughing because of that. I'm just I'm just laughing cuz thinking
Right. Well, now you're a horrible person, yeah.
Yeah. No, you're not it's not. Yeah, well. It's Well, you played Bryce, so Right. Okay. Well, that's been the interview and Well, one more question, one more question. High School Me on a Friday night would be
Oh, I based on my previous answers, you probably know doing homework I wasn't a party animal. I was, yes, just studying.
watching Degrassi. Yes, yes. With ice cream and just sitting alone and enjoying
Yes.
Justin. You're great. I'm so glad that you came in. I feel I'm like relieved now. We can breathe. Let's just let's just sigh it out, you guys. Just
Feels great to be here. Yeah. Yeah. Feels good.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Justin Prentice
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- Dylan Minnette
Mentioned as a previous guest
- Katherine Langford
Mentioned as a previous guest
- Drake
Mentioned in relation to Degrassi
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