-We're hanging out with Julie Bowen, everybody.
That's what I'm talking about.
Now, I haven't seen you since "Modern Family" ended.
That was -- You had a very successful hit show.
I mean, that was 12 years?
-11 years. 11 years. -11 years.
-11 years. But then -- But no one saw anybody,
'cause it ended, and it felt --
In a -- In a narcissistic actor way, which I am not...
-No.
-...that, like -- We went right into lockdown.
We ended, and we went into lockdown.
And it's like nobody saw anybody
for the next, I don't know, 18 months or so.
So it did feel like the whole world was sad.
-Do you -- Do you talk to them, like, FaceTime them or Zoom?
-Oh, yeah. We had a group FaceTime a while ago.
And we got together for Jesse Tyler's birthday,
which Sofia announced.
[As Vergara] "Oh, I love 'ATG.' It's my favorite job ever."
And I said, "But you mean after 'Modern Family,' right?"
She goes, "No."
She insulted us! I was wounded!
She's my sister. And she's like, "No."
I love her so much. -But that's so wild.
I don't know if anyone really understands
how much time you spend together, especially --
You're lucky enough to have a show go four years.
But you spend every hour of every day.
-It's two -- two rounds of college
and a little grad school, 11 years.
-It is. It really is. That's a great way of putting it.
-And when people talk about going back to visit
their buddies from college, and I'm like --
Twice college, plus a little -- little grad school.
-Yeah. -I miss them so much.
-Aww. -It really hurts.
Are you gonna bring them out right now?
'Cause I'd be really happy. -Oh, no, no. I'm not.
Sorry. I'm not doing that. No, I'm not surprising.
-You had an opportunity here. -I did have an opportunity
to reunite the cast of "Modern Family."
But I'm gonna save it. I'll do it.
I'll do it next time. -Thank you.
-I -- We have things to talk about.
I want to talk about "Mixtape." -Oh, yeah.
-Your new movie comes out December 3rd on Netflix.
-Uh-huh. -It's funny. It's heartwarming.
It's emotional.
-It's a -- You know, it's a family movie.
Apparently, that's my jam.
But I'm serious 'cause I have brown hair.
-Oh. That's how you know you're serious?
-I'm serious. Very serious. Brown hair.
They -- I think they wanted people
to forget about the Claire Dunphy of it all.
So I have brown hair, and they gave me a postal-worker hat
as -- They thought it would be a joke.
They were like, "She'll never wear it."
Every scene, I'm like, "Put it on."
I love it. With the flaps and everything.
-Yes. -Yeah.
And I got to drive a postal truck.
-That's one of my dreams. -I know. Right?
-No, I love those. They have no doors.
-They have no doors --
-Steering wheel's on the other side.
-It's death all day long. Like, the long...
-Oh, yeah. They're rebels of United States society.
-They're allowed highway access. They should not.
-They don't have rules. They make their own rules.
-Yeah, and you're driving essentially with a golf club.
-You want to wear shorts? Wear shorts. They can do it.
-You can wear shorts. You can do whatever you want.
You stop and park in the middle of the street.
No problem. -People love it, welcome it.
-Do whatever you want in that thing.
-They go, "Oh, my God. He's here.
They're here with the mail. This is unbelievable."
-They're so excited. And it's just bills.
-Yeah -- -I know, but --
-Bills and magazines, yeah. Exactly, yeah.
-Yeah, I play a grandmother, a youthful grandmother, in it.
-Yeah.
-And it is really the story of Gemma Allen, this young actress,
who is -- has lost her mom, my daughter, and is trying to
kind of put together the pieces of who her mom was
through this mixtape.
But it's all '90s. Pacific Northwest.
It's your jam, Jimmy.
-Yeah, I love all the '90s stuff.
-It's -- I know. It's striped sweaters and shaggy
and, like, combat boots.
-Yes, I love all that stuff. -Yes.
-I want to talk about --
Also, congrats on your movie "The Fallout."
-Oh, yeah. -Because I know it just
premiered at the South by Southwest --
-It won! -It won, buddy.
-It won South by Southwest.
[ Cheers and applause ] And I -- Thank you.
-Not bad. Not too shabby.
-I wish I had more to do with it.
I'm in that for like three hot minutes.
But it is such a beautiful story.
It's really Jenna Ortega's movie.
And it was really beautiful.
It's about a school shooting, so it's super heavy,
but it's really good.
And it's maybe the one thing that'll make my kids talk to me?
-No, they -- -They still won't.
-I know you love -- you guys love each other.
I want to show everyone a clip of "Mixtape," though.
Here's Julie Bowen in "Mixtape" on Netflix.
-She was my mom.
And I want to know what she was like.
Did she like Slurpees? Was she ticklish?
Over or under for the toilet roll?
-[ Chuckles ]
She did like Slurpees.
-Okay! -Yeah.
That's great. Slurpees. Me too.
T-That's a great start. -Good.
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-What else you got?
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Like...what did her voice sound like?
-Um...
Hmm.
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It was a really long time ago, honey.
Uh, let's -- let's just let this one go.
Okay?
-I'm crying. -Yeah.
Julie Bowen, everybody. "Mixtape" premieres...
-Very serious. Thank you. -...December 3rd on Netflix.