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- Nice to see you man. - Nice to see you too.
- Oh my God, so nice meeting you.
- Thank you. - Oh my good, that was badass.
- It was brutal.
Yeah, you know with enough rehearsal,
anybody could look like they can fight.
(audience laughing) - [Derek] That was incredible.
Oh my gosh man!
You actually have three boys,
right? - I do.
- [Derek] You have three boys at home.
So how does your wife feel
being the only woman in the house?
How's that?
- I think she's fine with it
cause she's not there very often.
- [Derek] Oh! (laughs)
- [Alan] So we moved to Florida a little while ago,
right? - [Derek] Okay.
- [Alan] So we're down in the South.
And not Miami, we're like deep south.
- [Derek] Right. - Alabama-ish.
- Oh wow!
- And we are in like the Bermuda triangle of Costco's.
We're two hours from every Costco.
And there's like one to the north.
So she has like her weekly Costco run,
and she'll be gone for days!
- Really? (laughs)
- And it's just me and the boys.
I'm just refereeing their fist fights.
- [Derek] Right.
- And we do the best we can.
And then we get fed when she comes home.
- [Derek] You actually posted a video,
I saw that of a plumbing emergency,
- [Alan] Oh yeah! - Where some of the boys,
let's take a look at that right now.
- [Alan] Yeah.
- [Alan] Oh my gosh!
What the heck?
Oh my gosh!
Is there a poop in there right now?
- [Son] No.
- [Alan ] Did you pee?
- [Son] I didn't poop or pee.
I was just gonna go poop.
- [Alan] Oh my gosh!
- [Woman] Is guess (indistinct) taking a shower?
- [Alan] Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh.
- [Son] All the pee!
- [Alan] Everybody grab a pair of shoes.
- [Derek] That is, oh my gosh!
- Yeah, we did save those shoes.
That's the important thing.
- [Derek] Did you guys figure out which boy did it or?
- You know, I know that my oldest now has a sign
on his bedroom door that says
'Warning Toxic Fumes' inside.
So I think,
I think it has something to do with the him.
- [Derek] Right! So he's like,
- [Alan] Yes! There it is.
- [Derek] I may or may not have done this father.
- Yeah.
I think those pipes are still running to this day though.
That was a, that was we were on like a farm in Toronto
where we shot Reacher.
- [Derek] Oh my gosh.
- And we told the landlord that there was sewage everywhere.
And they were like,
"Oh, we'll get somebody out there pretty soon there eh!."
And like three weeks later, I'm still like mopping up the,
Anyway. - Oh my gosh, man.
Now, so speaking of you're in Toronto filming, right?
- [Alan] That's right. - Filming Reacher.
- So it's, it's called Reacher.
And it's based off the books, Jack Reacher,
and also the movies with Tom cruise in it.
Can you tell us a little bit about the show?
- Sure. Yeah. So if you haven't read the books,
Lee Child's brilliant Reacher series
is about a former military police officer.
He was a detective in the military,
and now he's retired, and he just kind of wanders.
He's a hobo. - Wow.
- [Alan] Nothing but a toothbrush and a passport.
But you know with a skillset like he's got,
he can't help but seek justice wherever he goes.
So, you know, trouble seems to find him.
- [Derek] Trouble seems to find him.
I, I, so I actually,
I watched the first episode the other night.
- Oh yeah!
What did you think?
- [Derek] I loved it man. I loved it.
First thing I said,
honestly I may or may not have done a few pushups
and sit-ups as I was watching it.
- Okay. (laughs) Fair enough.
- [Derek] And my girlfriend walked in,
and she was like, "What are you doing?",
I was like, " Have you seen this guy?".
Oh my gosh!
So you bulked up for this role.
Quite a bit! - [Alan] I did!
I did, yeah.
Yeah, I usually walk around at like 205.
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Yeah. Thanks guys.
Thanks.
- [Derek] Oh my gosh.
See you later ladies and gentlemen, I'm out of here!
(Alan laughs)
Oh my God!
- Cause I want to be average. I want to be average.
You know, I'm an actor,
I've gotta be able to play like the dad,
and doctor, and the superhero, you know?
Whatever comes by.
No but yeah, I put on 30 pounds, which is,
I don't know if you've ever done.
Have you ever put on 30 pounds?
- [Derek] No.
I don't even know if I weighed 30 pounds honestly.
- It's (laughs) It's a full-time job to eat enough,
- [Derek] Wow. - To put on 30 pounds.
I had an assistant whose only job was to bring me food.
It was like a conveyor belt of smoothies and protein.
- [Derek] What does that look like as far as like
how many times in a day?
- Hundreds!
- [Derek] Really?
- You know, but, you know,
you can get pretty clever with this.
I would order the crew,
like Popeye's chicken sandwiches,
cookies, just so I could get the kind of calories I wanted.
It looks like a good will gesture.
- Wow. (audience laughing)
- [Alan] You know?
Leave a dozen of those in my trailer please.
Hashtag that.
- [Derek] Before we go,
you support something called The Heart and,
The Heart and Armor Foundation.
- That's right.
- [Derek] Can you tell a little bit about that?
- Yeah. So, you know,
we found each other at the right time.
I had like an early midlife crisis.
You know, I was depressed
and trying to find purpose and meaning.
My parents were, are both veterans in the military.
- [Derek] Wow.
- You know, so I have a heart for the service members
in the country
And you know, what people don't realize is it's
the 1% serving the 99.
So not many of us can relate to the kind of experiences
that they have, right?
But these are people who need care and consideration.
And the Heart and Armor Foundation
is one that focuses on science.
So it's not sexy or glamorous,
but they do they do research that matters.
They'll study food insecurity for veterans,
PTSD, women's health, and reproductive health,
mental health in the armed services.
So, you know, it's really important work.
And I think, hopefully that science
sort of makes us way to the rest of us, you know?
So we'll all benefit as we normally do by their service.
So yeah, it's a good work.
Check them out at Heart and Armor Foundation.
You know, they could always use the support
to help fund the next study.
- [Derek] Absolutely man. That's beautiful.
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Thank you so much for being here Alan.
- Thank you! - [Derek] You're the best man!