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'21 & Over' Star Skylar Astin's Karaoke Set List

'21 & Over' Star Skylar Astin's Karaoke Set List

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The handsome and charming Skylar Astin pops by the Studio for a chit-chat about his raucous party movie '21 & Over' and also his musical role in 'Pitch Perfect', which leads to a convo about karaoke and Skylar's patented go-to strategy when he's at the mic. We then test his knowledge of A-List film and TV stars who have also done some crooning in their day! Hosted by Nikki Novak (@nikkinovak).

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Skylar Astin

Hi, I'm Skyler Astin from Upcoming 21 and Over. And currently Pitch Perfect. Stay tuned to find out which one of us has the better seated dance.

Young Hollywood

And 21.

Skylar Astin

21. Oh, throw a few more in there. Yeah. Thank you.

Young Hollywood

How did you spend your 21st? Uh, my 21st birthday Assuming you're over 21.

Skylar Astin

Yes, I am over 21, 21, 21. So you can drink alcohol. Uh, I, uh, I actually had it on a rooftop in New York City. I was doing a play there and I had the whole cast up on my rooftop and uh, nobody died, which is great.

Young Hollywood

That's fantastic.

Skylar Astin

It actually was super dangerous now that I think about it. It's a good thing nobody died because how you have to get up to the roof is like you have to climb this ladder, which is not very difficult going up. But going down. It's climbing back down. Is pretty because there's kind of this blind little like swing of the leg that you kind of gotta do. And you figure obviously people are way drunker when they're coming down than when they're going up. So yeah, it it turned out great.

Young Hollywood

So 21 and Over, first of all, I want to talk about this. Make the writers of The Hangover

Skylar Astin

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Wrote this film. So just to sort of pre-empt this interview, Okay. We're going to have the viewers at home play a little game. Anytime the word 21 is said in this interview, You have to drink water.

Skylar Astin

Yeah. Yes, stay hydrated, guys. Just stay hydrated. But if they're under 21, it's got to be juice or something like that. Right. So it's either water if they're over 21, or juice if they're under 21.

Young Hollywood

Exactly. Exactly. That's the new law, that's it. And you've already said 21 twice and I just said it so there's three.

Skylar Astin

Oh my god. So they're already wasted. They're going to be so hydrated.

Young Hollywood

Tell me a little bit about the debauchery or whatever is going on. Is it crazier than The Hangover? How how would you scale it? How are we going to get him down? We're going to throw him off. What? No. I've done this a thousand times. You have? Oh my god. Did we just kill Jeff Chang?

Skylar Astin

I wouldn't say it's crazier than The Hangover because it's a hilarious comedy, but it also has like a really big heart. It starts with two friends coming up to just visit their buddy for his 21st birthday.

Young Hollywood

And you're a friend.

Skylar Astin

Yes. I'm a friend. Yes. Uh, that's my character's name, a friend. Yes. And uh, and we go to visit our buddy for his 21st birthday. Turns out that he actually can't go out. He's got like his career defining interview the following day. So we make this little thing like, listen, let's go out for one drink. Just as like toast to you and then we'll we'll head out. And one drink, that's where the debauchery and the mayhem ensues. And that's where it all takes

Young Hollywood

So there's there are no tigers. Are there tigers involved?

Skylar Astin

Um, there might or might not be a buffalo involved.

Young Hollywood

Wow. They're upping the ante on this one. Okay.

Skylar Astin

Yeah. They went yeah, they went uh, they went to a different animal.

Young Hollywood

I read something about when you do karaoke, you know where I'm going with this one now. Starts as the Beastie Boys, ends up as Celine Dion.

Skylar Astin

Is that what I said? I mean, I'm pretty I take myself really seriously in interview, so that must have been like cuz that's definitely something.

Young Hollywood

Maybe you were drunk. Well, what is what is this sort of the norm? Are you a are you that guy?

Skylar Astin

Listen, the thing is that I think it's very awkward. If someone gets up there and starts really digging into a ballad. It's just like, what are you doing? You're supposed to suck. You need to be off key. You need to suck. So I try to do something violent or weird like Beastie Boys or like forgot about Dre or something like that. You throw a little rap in there. Just yeah, yeah. And then Celine Dion was probably the joke. I was probably making a joke.

Young Hollywood

Well, we're going to throw a game across your desk right now. Okay. It's a little game we like to call Pitch Perfect or Not. Okay. We are going to show you pictures of celebrities. I'm going to name the celebrity and we are going to ask you because you're this, you're the musical theater guy, you're the music guy. Whether or not this celebrity has released either a single or an album. Either yes or no. Behind your shoulder. Okay. Is the first person. Yes. Okay. Eddie Murphy.

Skylar Astin

Wow, quick. Correct.

Young Hollywood

Next. Robert Pattinson.

Skylar Astin

No.

Young Hollywood

What was it? He has one song on the Twilight and he plays guitar. What? Yeah. It's a ballad too. Throw that one out in karaoke. Is it like

Skylar Astin

I want to hear that now.

Young Hollywood

Okay. Channing Tatum. Have you seen Magic Mike? I know he's got the I know he's got the moves like Jagger, but does he have the vocals like Jagger?

Skylar Astin

I'm going to say no.

Young Hollywood

Correct. Another applause. Killing it. Next one. You can look. Russell Crowe. Does the lay miss? Lay miss has to count for something. I know it's not release. It would certainly could. Then I'm going to say yes.

Skylar Astin

Correct.

Young Hollywood

All right. Next. Rachel McAdams. I'm looking deeply into your eyes cuz I know I you're like an eight ball of eyes.

Skylar Astin

No. I didn't move my head at all but that is correct.

Young Hollywood

Rachel. That is correct. Okay, next one. Leighton Meester.

Skylar Astin

Yeah. Robin Thicke. Correct. I actually love her stuff. Yeah. Okay. Next. I'm going to say my initial instinct would be to say no. But I'm going to say yes because there's got to be some Family Guy something that Seth MacFarlane has done where Meg has had a cameo in. Maybe? I'm going to say, um,

Young Hollywood

Your instincts are really great. The answer is no, but the fact that you just expounded on it, you might even be right. I might even I might actually change it for this one. He's getting two for that one. He's getting two for that one. We've got three more to go. Scarlett Johansson. She's so talented.

Skylar Astin

I'm going to say yes. Yeah. Got them too good.

Young Hollywood

We're we're going to throw you with this one. Regis Philbin. We've played this game previously and everyone seems to get this one wrong but I'm really counting on you.

Skylar Astin

Well now you're like playing mind games cuz I'm like there's got to be no way that he's done it but he's like older than anything. So maybe he's done it at some point. He's done like a Tony Bennett kind of a album. He's so right about that. Ah. He's so right. He's so right. He is a crooner. He's definitely a crooner.

Young Hollywood

And last but not least, Gweneth Paltrow.

Skylar Astin

Yes, she sang on Glee. Hey. Hey there. Guess what I think you went like 11 for 10 or something. Oh yeah. I actually got I got like 105 like you do in school with you. You got you got a bonus.

Young Hollywood

Thank you for coming in.

Skylar Astin

Oh, my pleasure. Um, should we go out with a certain word and

Young Hollywood

Oh, uh, I don't know. There's like 21 words I can think of saying.

Skylar Astin

There's about yeah, I thought about 21. That's no coincidence.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Skylar Astin

    Star of '21 & Over' and 'Pitch Perfect', interviewee

  • Nikki Novak

    Host of the interview

  • Eddie Murphy

    Celebrity in 'Pitch Perfect or Not' game

  • Robert Pattinson

    Celebrity in 'Pitch Perfect or Not' game, has a song on 'Twilight'

  • Channing Tatum

    Celebrity in 'Pitch Perfect or Not' game

  • Russell Crowe

    Celebrity in 'Pitch Perfect or Not' game, known for 'Les Misérables'

  • Rachel McAdams

    Celebrity in 'Pitch Perfect or Not' game

  • Leighton Meester

    Celebrity in 'Pitch Perfect or Not' game, released music

  • Robin Thicke

    Mentioned in relation to Leighton Meester's music

  • Seth MacFarlane

    Celebrity in 'Pitch Perfect or Not' game, creator of 'Family Guy'

  • Scarlett Johansson

    Celebrity in 'Pitch Perfect or Not' game, released music

  • Regis Philbin

    Celebrity in 'Pitch Perfect or Not' game, known as a crooner

FAQ

Who stars in the movie '21 & Over'?+
Skylar Astin stars in the movie '21 & Over'.
What is '21 & Over' about?+
'21 & Over' follows two friends who visit their buddy for his 21st birthday, leading to a night of mayhem after they planned for 'just one drink'.
Who wrote '21 & Over'?+
The writers of 'The Hangover' wrote the film '21 & Over'.
What is Skylar Astin's karaoke strategy?+
Skylar Astin's karaoke strategy is to start with something violent or weird, like Beastie Boys or rap, and avoid serious ballads because he believes karaoke performers should 'suck' and be off-key.
Does Robert Pattinson have any songs released?+
Yes, Robert Pattinson has one song on the 'Twilight' soundtrack where he plays guitar.
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