>> Definitely and a lot of responses that are you know
pretty wild, particularly in and I do a lot of conventions
that are used to you know comic con and stuff like that weve
been asked that question many times over the last decade,
you know why did why does it resonate I do think that
there is something about being different in the world, you
know the sort of Outkast yeah, the brothers are different
theyre outcasts are there theyre not part of the you
know
the main sort of what I already I think people related to that
kind of like
being the being of the outsider being different and I also
think there was that kind of the danger or Asian.
You know it the alaina was this like innocuous sort of you know
base, you know basically innocence little girl and then
by the end of it she was like you know,
you know that is on blood and housing showing people yeah,
yeah and so I do things like that your knee that that
metamorphosis was so fascinating people.
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us say just a bunch of Babel.
>> I think if I had to choose one of the characters I played
you know, I watch I watched him get all the great lines.
I was always the good guy and I watched him get all the great
lines. He was always getting the sassy lines you say you
know what I did was. Yeah from Saint youve got to youve got
to you know be the bad guy I was always the good guy and so
there you know, I was a little bit envious frankly. So when my
character took a turn and became the bad guy the river.
>> That for me was you know super excited you something
different to sort of like you know, get a little bit a little
messy and create some flaws in the kind of the archetype of
that perfect got a character was only doing the right thing
so that was probably the most fun for me.
>> What was it like playing them in some to this is the job
of a lifetime. They dont come around ever and so
it was it was the greatest professional joined a life
experienced that.
Its pretty much second to none.
Really was. One of the most fun people you could find in TV for
season, one.
And then he decided to grow a heart Stephon has to come in
and there are other elements of to come in and become that and
Damon was always fiercely loyal to the people you love.
>> And friends and family.
But you do.
>> When I remember with a whole rose thing came in.
Were talking all about this. I was so hes supposed to cry a
lot of charities likes it up. The you become the you know
sappy romantic all give you some lessons and Ill give you
some lessons and brooding 7, but you know if youre off a
great mentor to us all read Warner brothers studio for many
many years said listen, you know.
This is this is a this is an arc you know this is about.
>> Being unique creature and the marathon not a sprint not a
sprint.
>> At the want to give you a one trick pony.
>> Relations between the brothers was the most important
one and so for me I think the thing that stands out in media
these the final scene 19 of the final scene ended on the 2
brothers hiding.
That to me was a really powerful moment because it was
good.
Last thing we ever shot it was the final moment of the you
know the intentionally made the last. Scene of this series.
The last scene that we shot in the show. And it was only our
full and cathartic moment to me that stands out the most.
>> I would imagine actually youre right.
That is the
you can just as a man as a as a human being.
of this entire era lives. Yeah.
Every scene every set up every story every page of that script
culminated this. One moment that was going to be like cut
and then it was like.
It was really it was really special, but also to remember,
you know, theres a famous Photo at 6 a famous its
everywhere now you me and Marcus see a guy on the rooftop
an episode 2 remember that where
you know I remember that moment loosening their markets see a
guy on the roof top in the summertime in Georgia.
>> And I remember that day literally that moment where you
literally right now and that was 11 years ago in July.
Years
>> What what and we spent a lot of. Hes been a lot of time a
lot of night shoots and a lot of freezing day freezing nights
and a lot of really hot days and its pretty wild and.
>> And also a lot of beautiful perfect summer Georgia
evenings, you know the sort of like
sitting there to sitting there together
just reading lines.
>> You know, sipping, you know iced tea in the summertime,
the Georgian city show
middle of the field in Georgia 3 in the morning.
We all had each other.
>> We all die.
Number we moved in next to each other. It season, one we had
apartments next to each other.
>> Yeah because we wanted to to right this is before soon.
>> And facetime and all that kind of you know it was like we
want to be in geographical proximity to one another,
every committed to it. I you know I never been to the south
frankly like an obvious that visited here and there but
and the jersey guy.
I never you know we shot the ponding cover some of the shows
and Georgia and then its like you know, youre moving to
Georgia, youre away from all your friends and family and you
know, and you know you only have one another writes the
cast and the crew and its like a big sleepaway camp in the
sense and so you really form this kind of like family.
This relationship, this bond with one another which is which
I think would have been not the case of it was in La or New
York or something you know.
>> One of them the hit show would not have been it works at
this.
>> Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
>> We have a chilling look heres the last thing, Ill say
about that to me.
Heres a television show theres a group of actors Bowie
I was the old man of the group I was 30 they were all in their
mid to early 20s.
But we would shoot, you know, I spent literally 5060 hours
together and then a lot of weekends we end up traveling
every weekend together for press extent.
And so we spend anywhere between 50 to 8000 hours a week
together. But those times when we didnt travel or even into
the night unlike the Thursday after Lena the Friday night
into Saturday morning, Saturdays.
Were all still in a cast and the crew sometimes 60 80 people
would end up at the same bar together just to be together
and share a cocktail together dollar and the Georgia summer,
you know nights and
really special.
>> The amount of times in the men screengrabs I have of staff
and Damon bonding over.
>> For Ben and sitting like you know, theres this great shot
of us like on the on the steps or whatever and were just
>> Like choosing and you know, its so cool to be able to like
like.
recreate that in a sense you know. Yeah, the union.
>> Yeah, the company we created together or brothers bond
thats our thats our thats my thats thats our unit was you
know for me anyway, you know, we both love Bourbon and
decade, yeah, and so when the show ended we had a little bit
more time on our hands and specifically this last year has
been a real kind of transformative year in the
sense that weve really worked every single day. And so you
know, this is something that we wanted to you forever. And it
was really about. But in the right team together
finding the right match. Creating could coming up name
coming up at the label finding the bottom of the shape that.
I mean everythings our creation its a real action.
He needed to come at the right time it in at the time then and
and I think now its a little bit. This was just the right
time to do it.
I always say that you know you and I I think the reason that
the show was successful and I think the reason why we were
able to create this companys of so I think efficiently is
because we are polar opposites in a sense. Im an eternal as
MS. I always think everythings in I think everything is going
to its the end of the world ends like everythings amazing
internal optimist and I do think that the to support one
another in a sense, you know theres a kind of an alchemy
there and I I can find myself getting into like my my
pessimism lifting the op and then I can sort of bring him
back to reality so yeah, and so its a nice blend and I think
for me thats my thing that I sort of learned is like
sometimes its good to to be in a relationship whether its a
man to corporate business with someone who maybe you guys can
present different things to one another different perspectives.
>> Its so funny were living the good David Stephan reality,
but now in business together with something that were so
passionate about.
>> For us the name, his brother is gone, but its really thats
just the the sort of I suppose that the the small iceberg tip
of the iceberg, the rest of it is its a community we want to
build a community and we want. Yeah, well tap funds with one
another we want you to form your own, you know sense of
community and your celebration whether youre having a drink
with your a family member or your wife or husband or your
best friend whatever its thats for us thats the egos of the
company and thats what we hope to really see and really.
I think for people to experience when they sort of
are introduced or brand I think looking at doing that.
I remember when I auditioned for them heard areas.
I get like I always a pretty like take take take things
seriously by like them. But I remember being like I know this
was billed to for this somethings different about
this one. But again colonel past muscle thing, Im probably
just might you know, and I remember so a new knee and
being on the plane on the way to Vancouver and me being like
and you think.
So you think its a go she the aisles and hes going to be
successful. You think will get picked up.
>> He was like oh, yes, oh, yeah, number and billions guys
like are you out of your mind. All of it, you know a little
bit and then sure enough you know who is right for once.
Yeah, yeah.
>> We here at the exact moment in time where twilight just
struck.
And television was turning into its golden age. Remember that
was just the beginning of hulu
flakes in it. All just started and also to what was the media,
social media.
It was pretty wild. I mean now I say this is a very hairy guy
kids. A child.
The response was unbelievable. I remember being in London.
Before we even launch remember my dad was with us and your
moms with us were in that Van were trying to leave the
hotel.
Theres like a 1000 people on your side of this little hotel
stay
a way to go through secret interests as we had multiple
cars to come the cause when we were in when we were one 1st
full security.
The guy at the time was the head of one of those
international just said I
the only time I see it see this like this was the launch of
Beverly Hills, 9 02, 1, o believe it or not we expect
that was huge.
The current people work going insane and I wear.
What I did I thought someone else was like someone behind.
Sir we realized OK this is sticking. This is these are not
lost the user and fire fans who are here and they want to say
that they love us and thats pretty amazing as on each
other.
We say this in humility going all you know literally. Yeah,
unlike a reflective.
>> You know
introspective way which was
layering of
the danger and that was the sexiness of empire guy empires,
ostracized outsider
>> that lower all layered up and this perfect sort of change
that
market really is.