- Hello, Younger fans.
I'm Taylor Strecker and this is exactly where you wanna be
for an inside look at each weeks new episode of Younger.
It's your Getting Younger after show.
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Here to break into tonight's episode with me
is hot shot editor Zane Anders,
it's Charles Michael Davis.
Hello. - Hello.
Thanks for having me. - How are you?
- I'm pretty good.
- And as you watch along,
we'd love for you to join the conversation
by sharing your thoughts on tonight's episode
in the comments section below.
Okay, so let's get into it.
We've have a lot to cover. - Okay.
- The episode ended with some major drama for Millennial,
as Quinn pulled her investment,
and checks immediately started bouncing.
(Taylor and Charles groan)
Quinn is basically like a grown-up version
of taking her toys out of the sandbox and going home.
So, when you first read the script,
were you surprised by Quinn's move?
- Let's say I feel like I know where she's coming from.
- [Taylor] Explain yourself.
- I mean, she's ambitious.
Zane is ambitious, so I identify with that spirit.
She is Zane's spirit animal, I think.
Just in a different way. - Well Kelsey was like ...
I mean, I was like, "Yes girl, go."
but Kelsey was a little obstinate to her investor,
so if I was an investor I'd be like,
"No, I'm taking my toys and leaving the party too."
- Yeah, that's the thing,
they're strong personalities and they both want the best
so there's gonna be some friction and I think rightfully so.
- Are we like wearing our capitalist hats right now?
We're like, "We so agree with Quinn."
(Taylor and Charles laughing)
- Get money.
- Well, here's a follow-up question.
Do you think in business the person paying the bills
is justified in expecting people to do
whatever he or she wants?
- No because there's paying the bills
and then there's actually managing
the company. - Fair, fair.
- And in business, there are those investors
who just take a step back and they don't have a say in it.
- [Taylor] The best kind.
- Yeah and I don't think Quinn really knows exactly
the ins and outs of Empirical Millennial,
so she should probably leave that to Kelsey.
- Leave it to the experts.
Give me your money, now buh-bye.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
I actually very much like that and agree with it
except if it's my money and then totally opposite view.
- Yeah, sounds like some girls I dated.
(chuckling) Just kidding. - Continue. (laughs)
- No this is not that kind of show.
This is not the conversation we're having.
- Yerse it is.
On a more positive note,
one of my favorite moments in this episode
is when Zane and Kelsey finally admit their true love.
- Oh yeah. - I know.
It's really great, so you know what?
Let's take a look.
- What did you really think
when I said I love you?
- You didn't say that.
You said you were in love with me, past tense.
- You still can't be honest with me.
- I was mad at you.
That was a shitty and manipulative thing
for you to say to me.
But I was mad at myself too.
Maybe if we were just tougher,
and told each other the truth about how we really felt,
then we wouldn't have wasted so much time,
and energy denying--
(timer buzzes)
- Looks like you're off the hook.
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- Denying that I felt ...
I feel, the same way.
Present tense.
Now.
- Aww. - Aww.
- That's the first time I've seen that.
- That's so sweet.
- It really was.
- That was a dick move though that you did last season.
When you said past tense love.
- Oh, when I told her I was in love with her, yeah.
Yeah. - Yeah.
What was that all about?
Now, watching this scene.
- I think it's tough for him to admit,
or it's tough for all millennials to admit
and be open and vulnerable.
I think it kind of feels like you're giving up
your position of power and leverage.
- How has it been for you to play him
as a character that's grown and started to show layers?
- It's a lot of fun because I liked
the way that I came into the character.
You didn't know whether to trust him
and then he gets to open up a little bit，
and also the evolution of his career,
from being with Millennial, working with Kelsey,
and then being on the outs
and kind of working his way back in.
It's kind of fun to play that dynamic too.
- When you came on, did you expect it to last this long?
- I kind of did.
- You're like, "Um, everyone loves me.
"Have you seen my Punom?"
- I'm pretty charming.
- You're like, "Of course I knew!"
- Well, I watched the show a bit
and I kind of checked to see what they're going for.
With bringing in a new character,
I think you wanna add a certain kind of chemistry,
so that's also what I brought to the audition
and I know that it's more dynamic and it opens up Kelsey,
the character, Hillary's character.
- Totally.
- So you get to see more sides for her so
that's what made me think the character has some legs.
- Much better than Thad.
- (chuckles Yeah.
- Love you, Thad.
You served your purpose.
- I actually saw that clip the other day
where Liza's talking to him
and then the thing falls from ...
Yeah.
It's pretty gruesome. - Ouch.
That's the word to describe that.
It was just a little bit ouchy.
I also love that Kelsey can't cook but Zane can.
I love that.
Can you cook in real life?
- No, no.
- Nothing?
- I once learned how to make Salmon on a Plank.
- Okay, that's very much cooking.
- Yeah. - Yeah?
Could you recreate it?
- Yeah, you just soak the plank in water overnight
and then put it on for like 23 minutes on the grill.
It's pretty much grilling.
- Now poof, it's a cooking show.
- Yeah.
- Okay, we have a lot to cover.
Zane thinks everyone is nuts for not firing Liza
when they found out that she's been lying
and also for letting her continue to
damage the company.
Kind of damage the company.
Of course we all love Liza,
but can you see where Zane's coming from in all of this
in his perspective?
- Yeah, he's always concerned about the company as a whole
and moving things forward
and that risks the whole thing.
So, for sure, I see where he's coming from.
- I actually have to say I agreed with Zane.
As much as I love Liza, I'm like,
no, he's logically speaking, you know?
They're in all this mess over one person
so get rid of that one problem.
- Yeah, he's just saying, "Why didn't you tell the truth?"
and now we're in damage control.
And like he said, he could've prevented it.
It was preventable, you know?
They could've put that fire out a long time ago.
- Leave to to Zane to be logical.
- Yeah, but then there'd be no show.
- Exactly.
- Zane doesn't know that though in his universe,
don't tell him that.
- Yeah, he has no idea he's even on a show.
Poor Zane. (laughs) - It's very meta.
- How would you react to finding out someone you worked with
had been lying about who they were?
- To what degree?
- I guess to a Liza degree.
- Oh, like that billionaires thing?
- Yeah.
- I'd be like, "Well played."
I'd be like, "You do what you gotta do."
It depends on the context of the scenario essentially.
- What if it was a best friend?
- If a best friend had lied?
- Yeah, about who they were.
- Well, then they were never really a best friend were they?
- Did I even know you?
- (laughs) Yeah.
(Taylor laughs)
- In this episode, Quinn is clearly caught in a lie
during her New York One interview,
which is delicious,
but she doubles down
and actually conducts herself like a pro,
which I have to say, I really admired.
Are you someone who's more likely to
play off something like that
or just freak out and come clean when you're busted?
- I usually try to tell the truth as much as possible
to avoid those scenarios.
- Is it 'cause you're just truthful
or is 'cause you're a bad liar?
Mine's 'cause I'm a bad liar.
- (laughs) I realized I was a bad liar when I did sales.
I couldn't convince anyone to buy anything
and then I realized --
- What were you in sales?
- First I started in retail, I worked for Express,
and then I sold tickets for the Cincinnati Bengals,
which is a very tough sell.
So yeah ... - Really?
- (laughing) It has been for decades.
- Did you sell anything?
- Yeah when the people came in, they're like, "I wanna buy."
And I was like, "Great 'cause I don't have the heart
"to try to convince you
"to give me your hard earned money for a losing season."
And then I went to work for the clippers,
but we actually made the playoffs that year.
- That's a good thing.
Liza, in this episode, gave quite a rant
in the Infinitely 21 meeting about how on some level,
everyone is pretending to be younger.
Whether it's dying hair, wearing spanks,
I'm wearing them now,
anti-aging treatments, blah-blah-blah,
do you think that we really are a youth obsessed culture?
- Do I think that?
I don't have to think that.
I'm on a show called Younger. (laughing)
It would be against the whole premise of the show
and the show's a reflection of the culture.
Yeah, I think we are.
I always say, you go around L.A.
and you don't see too many old people,
you don't see too many children,
it's just -- - That's so true.
- Right? - You're right.
There aren't kids anywhere and there aren't old people.
If they're old, they look like they're not older
than when they're 40's.
- Yeah, and I got back from Japan in January
and once thing I noticed was that
they have respect for the elderly
and you do see a lot more older people there.
And yeah, I think it's a different ...
I think we hide all our old people.
- Oh my god, that's so -- - In old-folks homes.
- Can we fix this problem, do you think?
- Can we fix it?
- Just everybody watch Younger, right?
- Watch Younger and move to Japan and get some culture.
(Taylor and Charles laughing)
- Okay, that seems like a good solution.
You're going to be like, "Are you kidding me?"
but do you think it's different for men versus women
as we get older?
- Yes, I do.
- Do you feel bad for us?
Or do you feel like you have advantage? (laughs)
- No, we're all tied together, we're all in it together.
It's not one against the other, this or that, it's ...
I remember my mom,
she would always get ready for work in the morning
and she'd be like, "Michael, do I look pretty?"
She calls me Michael.
But I just remember being like,
"Oh, I think she's worried about getting older."
and learning kind of why.
- Yeah. - But yeah.
- 'Cause when you're young, it doesn't hit you why,
and then when you're in it,
it kind of is like, "Oh, shit, age."
- Yeah, well underneath of it,
we're gonna get all existential,
is that it touches on death,
what are you gonna do with your life
and what have you done?
So it's not just a little wrinkle, it's a little reminder,
we're all gonna die.
- On that note, let's play a game.
(Taylor and Charles laughing)
- Awesome.
Told you we were gonna get spiritual.
- I know, we did it!
- Hopefully we'll get motivational.
- It is game time.
We're going to play a game that involves
my most favorite prop.
It's this giant wine glass.
I drink my wine out of this every night.
That's how I stay so young. (chuckles)
No, it's what's aging me rapidly.
Inside the giant wine glass
are cards continue questions that are
only slightly inappropriate and wildly embarrassing.
So you're gonna choose three
and I want you to answer honestly.
Okay? - Okay.
- I don't know what he's pulling.
I know what's in there.
I know what I hope you pull.
Okay.
- How much money do you make? (laughs)
Okay.
Oh yeah, here's a good one.
- [Taylor] Okay, read it aloud.
- Who are you completely starstruck by?
Denzel Washington.
- Have you met him?
- No because I was so starstruck
that I couldn't go over and introduce myself.
- Oh my god,
did you do like an Emelia Clarke with Beyonce
where you saw him, talked to him,
and then just melted into a puddle of yourself?
- No, I couldn't even go up and say anything.
He was walking out ...
It was at Pan Pacific Park in L.A.
and he was walking out and I was walking in,
I was gonna go use the restroom
and I was with my girlfriend at the time,
and I was like, "Oh hey, isn't that?"
I thought he was a friend of mine 'cause he's so familiar --
- Yes. - Yeah.
And I was like, "Oh, it's Jamie."
and I was like, "No, that's not Jamie, that's Denzel."
And he started laughing.
I was like, "That's Denzel Washington."
And she was like, "All right, what do we do?"
I was like, "Go ahead, you go to the bathroom,
"I'm gonna go talk to Denzel."
She goes in, goes to the bathroom,
comes out and I'm still standing in the same exact spot.
She goes, "I thought you guys would've been best friends
"by the time she came out."
I go, "No."
I didn't even say anything.
I just watched him walk by and then get in his car
and then he just took off.
- Oh, that's a sad story.
- I know, I know, and I love Training Day,
it's my favorite movie.
- It's so good.
- Yeah, but I'm like, what do you say?
- Well, you blew it.
- Yeah. (Taylor laughing)
Yeah, I know.
Oh well. - I'm sorry.
- Oh well. - I'm sorry about that.
- What's your worst habit?
My worst habit ...
I don't know if it's the worst thing but it's costly
is when I get into something, I really get into something,
whether it's playing poker.
- Oh, that's costly.
- Buying jewelry that's very expensive.
- I like it. - Thanks.
- You're welcome. - It's iced out.
Got it where the rappers get theirs.
(Taylor and Charles laughing)
Aviannes, baby.
47 ...
Hope they give me a discount now.
(Taylor and Charles laughing)
But yeah, when I'm really painting
I go and buy art supplies like crazy.
I just collect 'em and then some of them I never even use.
- Oh my gosh. - Yeah.
- That's like me.
Start hobbies and then I just quit 'em
after I purchase all of the equipment
to go along with them.
- Oh no, I never quit it.
I still have a camera.
I was into photography so a lot of camera equipment
and I just keep it and I keep adding onto it.
- I like that, it's not so bad.
- What's the most embarrassing thing
you've ever done on set?
Oh, thank God it says "on set." (laughs)
- Wait, there's a typo, it's just in general.
- No, most embarrassing thing I've ever done on set ...
This is a different set, not on Younger but on another show,
they hand stitched some pants
because they were supposed to be a flashback
to like the 1800's or something like that
and so I like to do this thing if it's an intense scene
where I'll kind of squat down and jump up
and I squatted down and my pants ripped
all the way from the crotch down.
- Congratulations.
- And it wasn't like they had extra pants
from 1800's just lying around.
- So you did the scene pants-less.
In old-timey underpants?
- No, we took an early break
and they fixed up the pants I think.
- Okay, before I let you go,
I need you to please give us a one-word teaser
for next week's episode.
- Ta-tas.
- (moans) Charles, thank you so much.
- Thanks for having me.
- You're so much fun. - Thanks, Taylor.
- And a big thanks to all you Younger fans out there
for watching and sharing your comments.
I'm Taylor Strecker and this is Getting Younger.
Join me again right here,
right after next week's episode
for more behind the scene stories insights from the cast.
Until then, take a sneak peak at what's coming up.
- (sighs) All right, you feel good?
I feel good.
And maybe a little bad like I should be coming with you.
You know, to help you prep or grab coffees
or Yelp restaurants.
- Stop feeling guilty.
Quinn was a bad business partner from the start.
- Yeah, but one we needed.
- We will get the money.
Everything is going to be fine.
See you soon.
(lips smack)
Bye.
Thank you.
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