(Lauren roars ferociously)
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- Hey, guys, welcome to Stir Crazy
or as I like to call it, the only reason
I'm not eating out of a tub of ice cream right now.
My guest today is an actor, a podcaster,
an improve wizard and the star
of the new Netflix film, "The Wrong Missy",
it's Lauren Lapukus.
- Hi. (laughs)
Good, I'm okay, hanging in there, doing a lotta puzzles.
- Here's a quick pop quiz for you, Lauren.
What day of the week is it?
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- Oh, shit, I cheated.
I just looked at my computer just reflexively.
It's Wednesday, but I could've said anything,
I have no idea.
- Oh, actually, here's what I wanted to ask you.
You obviously have great preparation for this.
You were in "Jurassic World".
You prepared for a dinosaur uprising, so.
- Yeah, I think I prepared perfectly
because in that movie, all I do is cry at a screen,
so it is very similar.
- (laughs) You're like, "I got this.
"I know how to do this."
- One thing that I love that you've been doing lately
is a podcast with the great Nicole Byer
all about "Star Wars",
watching "Star Wars" for the first time.
- Yeah.
- So now that you've watched it all for the first time,
so who do you wanna play in the next "Star Wars" film?
- Oh, my God, I love to be.
Okay, so Nicole and I are always talking
about how we wanna be in "Star Wars" movies,
and if anyone out there is listening, we wanna be in them.
Even if we are talking negatively about these films,
we want to be in the film.
But I wanna be either, I wanna either be a main,
really crazy character like some cool girl fighter thing,
or I wanna be like something you see for a split second
and I'm just some little character who's like (roars),
like it's like, and it's totally CGI.
- What was that?
What's was it?
What was the? (Lauren growls)
Oh, that's your signature move.
Yeah, that's great. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
(both laugh)
- Does that person have a name, by the way?
- This person would be Glibi.
(bell dings)
(Josh laughs)
So your new movie, which I caught,
it's super funny, "The Wrong Missy" on Netflix,
you and David Spade.
You're now part of the Happy Madison universe.
This is exciting.
- Yes, I actually had a very small role
on another Happy Madison movie called "Blended"
with Drew Barrymore.
I play the babysitter, so I was
in the first five minutes of that movie.
- It's like the MC, right?
It's a shared cinematic universe.
So are you related to that character in this film?
- Yeah, that's like my cousin.
- I can't wait for the "Avengers:Endgame" of Happy Madison
where all the characters,
where 12 Adam Sandlers interact with each other.
- That feels like it's coming.
He did "Jack and Jill".
- In the new movie, you're mistaken for another Missy.
- Yes.
- I often talk to actors about this.
Everybody gets mistaken for somebody else.
Do you have a doppelganger
that you often get mistaken for?
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- Absolutely, I have a few.
Chelsea Peretti is one.
People always think I'm her.
So they'll even be on my Instagram and comment
about "Brooklyn Nine-Nine".
I'm like, "Just look around a little."
I don't know.
And then Kristen Schaal, I get that one all the time,
and then DJ Qualls is my sort of interesting one.
I've seen some click bait that was like,
"You won't believe these actors
before they transitioned!" or something.
It was like a picture of me and DJ Qualls.
I was like, "Okay."
- I don't know about you, Lauren,
but I feel a little cooped up in here.
Should we, I dunno, should we take a walk?
Should we go outside?
- I would love that.
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Ooh! (wails)
- This is how I always start my walks, in a void,
in a strange horrible void.
- It's stressful.
- Oh, this swamp smells disgusting.
- Watch out for gators.
(siren wails) - Oh!
- [Lauren] Run!
(siren wails)
- [Josh] With her, not me!
(Lauren laughs)
- Wow, are you my son in my cart?
(both laugh)
- Are you pushing me, or am I pushing you?
- That's the eternal question.
- Yeah. - Oh, oh, great.
Now we're in hell.
(crowd cheers)
- (laughs) This is your idea of hell?
- Oh!
- That's disturbing.
- Okay, I actually kinda like this though.
Oh, oh, good.
Wait, are we? (Josh shrieks)
- Jesus Christ. (laughs)
- I thought it was Jiffy Pop.
- It is Jiffy Pop in a way if women were in Jiffy Pop.
- I think we're gonna die.
I feel like, oh, oh, okay, it's a dinosaur.
- Oh, it's "Jurassic World".
This is from the movie.
- Oh, I'm comfortable here.
Oh, now we actually are in hell.
(maniacal laughter)
- It's kind of cozy.
It's not too warm.
It's kinda nice.
- It's peaceful I would say.
Everyone's really quiet.
- And that's all, folks.
- That was fun, duh duh duhduhduh duh.
- All right, I think it's time for a tried and true game
on Stir Crazy.
It's an oldie but a goodie.
Let's play come charades.
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First word,
finger, hand?
What are you doing?
Oh, flat, ground.
Ground?
Flat.
So flat was the first word?
- Well.
- Flattish.
(chuckles)
"Flatliners"
Swoop.
Hunchback, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame".
(Lauren laughs)
(Josh laughs)
We've done like 10 episodes.
I don't think I've ever gotten one right.
This is some (muffles speaking)
- Okay, wait, okay, wait.
- Second word, a little word?
It, at, the, the.
Flat the, flatten the curve!
(bell dings)
(laughs) The curve!
- Yay!
- It's so satisfying when I rarely win.
(Lauren laughs)
all right, my turn, here we go.
I'm gonna get the clue.
Oh, I can cheat.
Wait. (groans)
- Remote.
- [Josh] Yes.
- Okay.
First word.
Writing?
- You got the second word-ish.
- How many syllables in the first word?
Two.
Is it I-N-G at the end?
- Yes. - Okay.
Okay, okay.
- You're doing all the work.
- Okay, okay, no, this is good.
(buzzer buzzes) - I give up.
- [Lauren] What was it?
- It was working, working remotely.
Okay, you are the master.
How would you have done working?
Just tell me so I know for the next time.
It's telling that, of course, my idea of work
is like nerd typing. (laughs)
So obviously there's no production going on right now.
No one's making anything, any actual new films,
but eventually, we're gonna go back into production,
and I want you to get all the jobs, Lauren.
I want to create your ultimate audition mix tape.
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Lauren, we're actually reading today
for the new "Godzilla".
- Oh, the character of Godzilla.
I'm so sorry.
I didn't get the sides.
Is there something?
- We haven't actually got into scripting this yet,
but we have, this is a new reboot.
This is "Godzilla Reborn".
- Okay, so I can just kinda make it my own or.
- Give us your take on Godzilla.
This could actually help the writing process.
- Okay, I'll just, okay.
(Lauren roars ferociously)
Was that in the vein or like?
- Yeah, that's close to what we were thinking.
- You'll call my agent and.
- Yeah, we'll be in touch.
We've got to read a few more people.
- Makes sense.
- What about for the new "Harry Potter" spinoff movie,
the "Sorting Hat"?
- And you want me to play the Sorting Hat?
- Yeah, obviously the Sorting Hat.
- Okay, this is me auditioning for the "Sorting Hat".
Slytherin.
- [Josh] (laughs) Perfect.
- That's what happened
when I did Harry Potter's website thing, Pottermore,
I got Slytherin.
- [Josh] Telling.
- I'm pretty proud of it, actually.
- What about Jenny Wick?
This is John Wick's long lost eight-year-old daughter
in the new "John Wick" film.
- Oh, okay.
Dad, seriously, I wanna play a game.
(Josh laughs)
I've never seen "John Wick" so I dunno.
(both laugh)
- So we're actually looking for the new villain
in the "Thor" movie.
This is the half-woman half-dog villain
in the new "Thor" film.
- If you call me a bitch, I'll kill you.
- Little swagger.
I'm glad we got to spend this time together, Lauren.
Hopefully we'll see each other in better times.
Congratulations on "The Wrong Missy".
- Thank you. - Everybody should
check it out, and let's give it up,
studio audience, for Lauren Lapukus. (slowly applauds)
- Woo!
- (slowly applauds) They're there.
You can feel 'em.
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