- This is the best interview we've ever done.
- I know.
- And we've done so many.
Hey, I'm Billy Eichner.
- And I'm Luke Macfarlane.
- And we're gonna be testing how well
we know each other for Vanity Fair.
- Hey Billy.
- Hi Luke.
- How much can I bench?
We're talking bench press y'all.
That's one that works out the pectorals.
- I have no idea.
225?
- It's higher.
- 300?
- 320.
- Oh, wow. Good for you.
I have four Emmy nominations. So.
Okay, next question.
Who did I play in The Lion King?
- You played Pumbaa.
- No, I played Timon!
[beep]
Seth Rogan played Pumbaa.
- Oh, I always get you guys confused.
- Oh, why? 'Cuz we're both Jewish?
Canadians, I tell ya.
- So sorry.
What is my favorite way to relax on set?
- Doing pushups and smoking cigarettes.
- That is not true.
I actually don't know if I know the answer to it.
- What is the I I, you, well then how am I supposed to
to know?
- That's, I think,
- How can I answer questions about him
if he doesn't know himself?
- Yeah. I don't know.
- Well, this one we've already kind of established.
How many Emmys have I been nominated for?
- Yes, that's right. Your mouth got you into trouble.
- Yes.
- Four Emmy nominations.
- That's right, Luke.
- What's my favorite dating app?
- You're not on any dating apps.
- I'm not on any dating apps.
- See, I know that. That counts.
But he has been in the past.
Who is my favorite Billy on the Street guest star?
- I think it's Captain America.
- Chris Evans?
- Chris Evans.
- He's up there.
I mean, we've had a lot of good people.
- I know. It's really, it's, it's hard.
- I usually say Michelle Obama because she's Michelle Obama.
- But I, There are many others that I love.
- You just run around with Michelle
on the streets of New York?
- Maybe you should check it out, Luke. God.
How many times have I been banned on Tinder?
- I didn't know you could ban people on Tinder.
- Guess what?
- On Tinder?
- Yeah.
- Tinder is this swipe right, swipe left app.
- Yes.
- Twice?
- Yes!
- All right.
- But banned makes it sound like I did something bad.
People report my account because they don't think it's me.
And then Tinder shuts it down
and then they lock me outta my account
which happened twice and, whatever.
My lawyers are on that right now.
- What did I almost study instead of acting?
- I feel like I know this.
- It was University of Toronto
in this city here is where I was hoping to study this.
- Canadian history?
[Luke laughing]
What is it?
- Applied Sciences.
- What does that have to do with Toronto?
- I, it was at the University of Toronto.
- Okay.
- Yeah. Well, I was helping you out.
- What was the theme of my bar mitzvah party?
- Oh, I know this.
It was, it was a double theme.
- Yes, it was.
- It was pop culture meets Broadway, or maybe
Madonna meets Broadway?
- So close. It was Broadway meets pop music.
Ah! Pop music.
- Because just one wouldn't have been gay enough.
And there Madonna was heavily featured.
- Oh yes, of course.
- And I'm, I'm proud that you know that about me.
- What is my favorite Hallmark Christmas movie
that I have starred in?
- Wait. Okay. I really have seen them.
- Yes.
- But they all have the same name.
I think they're all called Christmas Village.
Wait, it was called like Mistletoe and Snow.
Oh, Sense and Sensibility and Snowman?
- Ah, Mistletoe.
- It was just called Mistletoe?
- "Mistletoe Promise."
Well, Mike White didn't write that one. I'll tell you that.
I always get "Mistletoe Promise" confused
with the "White Lotus."
- There's also an [beep]licking scene in Mistletoe.
[Billy laughing]
- You and Candice Cameron. I'm sure she loved it.
- She wasn't in that one.
[Billy laughing]
- What is my favorite thing to yell?
- I, I, I,
- I've yelled so much.
- I feel like "For a dollar, ma'am."
- For a dollar. I don't really yell the "For a dollar."
- Yeah.
- One that people love is when I shouted,
"Let's go lesbians, let's go."
A popular meme.
I went to Northwestern for acting
and now I'm known for a meme. It's nice.
- How many instruments do I know how to play?
- The cello?
- Yeah, I play the cello.
See, I know that.
Yeah. Where was I born?
- Manhattan. Brooklyn. New York.
I'm just broadening now at the -
- Staten Island. Uptown, downtown. All the way.
All the way around town.
- New York. New York. He was born in New York.
I was born in New York on Long Island. Yeah.
- Long Island. He went to,
- Where did I go?
- You went to a really good school.
It's really good, prestigious school.
- Yeah.
- Bronx Science.
- No, I went to Stuyvesant, but close.
Those are, those are similar schools.
- Billy, how many siblings do I have?
- Two.
- Yes.
- I met them last night.
- Yes. And they were so charmed by him.
- And I met his mom.
- Yeah. And she was less charmed by him.
- No, that's not true.
- Totally. She, she loves you.
- She liked me. Let's end there.
- Yes, I did.
- The pretty one always wins no matter what I do.
- Gimme a break.
- What did I learn about you today?
- What did you learn?
- Ah, Stuyvesant. I can, I'm gonna
firmly remember that now.
- What did I learn about you?
Oh, that you lick Candice Cameron's [beep]