July 22, 2024

Dylan Arnold | A Gentleman in The Lake

Dylan Arnold | A Gentleman in The Lake
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Dylan Arnold | A Gentleman in The Lake

On this episode of The Story & Craft Podcast, we sit down with actor, Dylan Arnold from the Apple TV+ show “Lady in The Lake”, as well as the upcoming film “1992.”  You may know Dylan from his roles in “Nashville”, “You”, and playing opposite Cillian Murphy in “Oppenheimer.”  Dylan discusses his journey from growing up in Seattle with dreams of playing baseball, to becoming a successful film and television actor.  We also discuss his latest projects and his experience of working with Natalie Portman in “Lady in The Lake.”  SHOW HIGHLIGHTS03:36 Early Inspirations and Community Theater04:22 Dylan's Role in Lady and the Lake16:10 Working with Ray Liotta in 199217:59 Auditioning for Oppenheimer20:27 Christopher Nolan's Directing Style27:21 Balancing Acting and Baseball32:34 Travel Adventures in Acting33:57 Working with Natalie Portman35:30 Early Career and Momentum36:37 Nashville and Music Tastes41:21 Writing and Future Aspirations43:37 Seven QuestionsListen and subscribe on your favorite podcast app.  Also, check out the show and sign up for the newsletter at  www.storyandcraftpod.com...#Podcast #DylanArnold #LadyInTheLake #AppleTV #1992 #NataliePortman #ChristopherNolan #ArielVromen #RayLiotta #Oppenheimer #Nashville #You #Seattle #Baseball #actor #acting #actorslife #storyandcraft

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Dylan Arnold:

Baseball, you know, it's like it, it can be slow, but

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then it almost pays off for those

big, exciting moments, kind of like

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a movie or a TV show, you know,

it's very similar in that way.

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And it also just challenges you

to kind of stay in the moment

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and just kind of keep focused.

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Announcer: Welcome to Story Craft.

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Now, here's your host, Marc Preston.

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Marc Preston: Well, welcome back.

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Another episode of Story Craft, you

and I together, uh, for a little fun.

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And if this is your first

episode, my name is Marc Preston.

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Glad to have you checking out the show.

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Thank you very much.

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Today we are sitting down

with actor Dylan Arnold.

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He's in the new Apple TV show called Lady

and the Lake where he co stars alongside

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Natalie Portman and this is a cool show.

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In fact, my son and I were sitting down

watching it and we ended up watching

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the entire series in one night.

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It is a great show.

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Kind of something a little bit

different from Natalie Portman as well.

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Also, you can check him out in

1992, uh, directed by Ariel Vroman.

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It's about the post Rodney King verdict,

what was going on in Los Angeles.

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It's going to be a great movie, I'm sure.

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Everything Ariel Vroman

directs, I really enjoy it.

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We had him on the show, oh gosh,

a little over a year ago, I think.

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You might know Dylan from other shows.

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He's been in like Nashville,

also the Netflix series You.

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He was also in Oppenheimer where he

played alongside Killian Murphy as

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Robert Oppenheimer's brother Frank.

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Just a really talented guy.

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Really enjoyed sitting down

and chatting with Dylan.

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We'll tell you what, let's get after it.

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Today is Dylan Arnold Day,

right here on Story and Craft.

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Where you at today?

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Dylan Arnold: I'm in New York City.

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Uh, we got the premiere for

Lady in The Lake tonight.

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So I got in a couple of days ago.

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So I've been, uh.

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Been seeing some friends and you know,

enjoying the city, enjoying the heat.

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Uh, but yeah, it's nice to be here.

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Marc Preston: Yeah.

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Yeah.

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It's about that time in New York.

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What about you?

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Where are

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Dylan Arnold: you at?

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Marc Preston: I am.

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I am in a small Island off the South Texas

coast called South Padre Island about.

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35 miles from Mexico.

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So yeah, even when my youngest graduated

from high school, I was like, you know,

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where do I, where do I want to go?

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Uh, let's see back out to the West

coast, back to Dallas where I'm from.

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Like, you know, I'm going for the

Jimmy Buffett lifestyle, so I can work

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from anywhere, this technology thing.

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That's

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Dylan Arnold: beautiful.

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I know that's, that, that, that's the

one benefit, uh, of, you know, the

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pandemic is that we are able to work from

anywhere, although I feel like I do miss

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the in person aspect where you got to

go places, you know, everyone's getting.

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Comfortable being online.

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Yeah.

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You

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Marc Preston: know, it's funny.

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I speak, I forgot who I was speaking with.

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We were talking about on camera interviews

and I, I kind of pulled back from acting

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right about, uh, right about, right before

the pandemic or right at one and a half.

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Cause I didn't want to go.

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And nobody was going in for auditions.

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Everybody was self taping, but there

is something kind of cool about being

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quote unquote, In the room, you know,

with somebody and, Oh, absolutely.

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Do you live in New York or are

you just there for the premiere?

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Dylan Arnold: I don't, I'm

just here for the premiere.

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I'm seeing some friends.

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I'm, uh, I'm going to go out of

town and go celebrate a friend's

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engagement while I'm here.

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So, you know, I'm, I'm, I'm able to

make, make something of the trip.

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Uh, but I live in LA, so I've

been there for about, uh, eight

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years now, which is pretty wild.

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But, um, New York is definitely a place

that I, I could see myself living, though.

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Marc Preston: Whereabouts

are you from originally?

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Dylan Arnold: I'm from Seattle.

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Seattle area.

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Uh, yeah, so kind of west coast.

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I think that, you know, before I, uh,

when I was graduating college, there was

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kind of that discussion of, you know,

go to New York or LA, and I felt like

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I had those roots on the west coast.

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So I, uh, I decided to give LA a shot,

you know, I like it, uh, but you know,

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New York is definitely, definitely

something that I want to experience

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more than just a trip for a week or two.

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Marc Preston: Yeah, every time

somebody says, uh, Seattle, you're

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a little young to remember this,

but I immediately go to grunge.

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Dylan Arnold: Oh, sure.

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Yeah.

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Are there

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Marc Preston: still echoes

of that around, uh, Seattle?

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Like, you know,

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Dylan Arnold: Oh, definitely.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Definitely.

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I think that, I think that they, uh, I

think there's that sort of, um, Feeling

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of that's the roots, you know, they, so

you do kind of, you do definitely feel

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that when you're, when you're there,

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Marc Preston: never had the pleasure

of going there, but, uh, it's on

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the, uh, it's on the agenda, but,

you know, congrats by the way, on, on

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lady in the lake, uh, sitting down.

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My son is also my associate producer.

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Uh, we were sitting down and he's

in, he came in town, uh, from

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New Orleans and we were watching

it and we're only going to go.

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With one episode, you know, to,

you know, just kind of check it

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out, see what it's all about.

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We power watch the

entire season yesterday.

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So it was, and I got to say, we'll

get to a little bit, but the thing

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is I got to be really careful of,

I don't even want to discuss your

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character specifically because, uh,

or the nuances, because I think it's

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a fun dude to like, to discover,

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Dylan Arnold: yeah,

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Marc Preston: that's the word

I was going to say, discover.

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I was like, uh, but we'll get to it in

a moment, but now it's fresh on my mind.

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I got to ask.

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Was there a discussion with

the, the creative team?

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Like this is who the character is,

or was this a construction ground up?

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I didn't even know what to think about,

which I love characters like that.

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I was like, what is

going on with this guy?

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Exactly.

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I can't get my head around it.

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And, uh, Not only just your character,

but the whole show was, I mean, we're

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talking not until the last episode.

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Did you, Oh, this is what's going on.

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And right.

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Did you just kind of come up

with this character or do they

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have some specific notes for you?

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Dylan Arnold: Well, I think that it's,

it's a combination of the two, you know,

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I got the audition and there were some

things that I, I guess I brought to the

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character, uh, in the initial audition

that resonated with Alma, um, who, you

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know, directed and, and, and wrote, uh,

Uh, so I think that there was an element

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that I brought to it, but, but when it

came down to it, when I got the job,

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there was a lot of discussion, a lot

of collaboration with, uh, with Alma

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about how we wanted the character to be,

how we wanted to build the character.

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And, uh, the physicality

was very important.

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Marc Preston: That's, that's

where, that's where it got me.

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You know, I love watching

folks making cool choices.

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And I was like, I don't know where

this guy's coming from, but cool.

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Good on him, you know,

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it was, it was such a well executed show.

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We'll talk about it in a moment,

but it's one of those things that,

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um, whenever somebody says, I don't

want to give anything away, but

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anything that follows the word,

but they're given something away.

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So I want to be very clear.

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You're right.

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No,

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Dylan Arnold: absolutely.

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Absolutely.

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Marc Preston: If nothing else, it's

worth the watch just to go, what

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the hell is going on and where, you

know, but it's, uh, but it was fun.

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I really, I really enjoyed it.

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But, um, but it kind of going

back a little origin story.

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Now you're, you're from Seattle.

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Now, did you come from a creative stock?

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I mean, your folks, or are you kind

of the odd man out and you just

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kind of went in and did this thing?

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Uh,

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Dylan Arnold: you know, my,

uh, my dad, uh, did theater in

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college, but that was kind of.

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You know, the end of his acting career.

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Uh, and my mom is a writer.

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So, you know, I definitely

have some sort of that.

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creative energy flowing in the family.

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Um, but for me, I definitely found

acting at a very early age when I was

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in, you know, first or second grade.

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I, I, I really kind of found a home at

the community theater where I'm from.

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Marc Preston: Well, who encouraged that?

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Did you just have a friend that

was involved or did your parents

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say, Hey, do you want to do this

thing during the summer break?

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Or how did you even end up doing that?

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Dylan Arnold: You know, I think

it was so early on, but I'm, I,

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I think it was my parents idea.

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I think that they saw that I was, you

know, I was a very, uh, active kid.

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I had a very active imagination.

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I love play and pretend.

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And I also had a very hard

time sitting still in class.

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You know, I think that I

had, um, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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So I had that kind of energy that

needed to be tapped in some way.

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And I think my parents, uh, I

remember I did a play and I think

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first or second, or I think I was in

like, kindergarten or first grade or

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something like that, some class play.

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And I just, I just

remember loving doing it.

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So my parents, you know, asked me if

I wanted to do some community theater,

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which I was like, sure, why not?

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And then from then on, I think I kind of

found my home there and like, that was

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what I, uh, what felt right for me to do.

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And I felt like I belonged and it was

just kind of an outlet and a place

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for me to be what felt like myself.

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Um, so I definitely think

my parents encouraged it.

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And fortunately they were really

supportive through the whole

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process, which I'm very proud of.

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Marc Preston: Awesome.

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Yeah.

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So, so how did you, did you,

what was the track like?

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Were you, uh, I mean, it was something

you were doing then, but I like

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a lot of folks that talk to that.

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They're like, they never had the cognition

of I can earn a living doing this thing.

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So when you were growing up, was

there something else on your mind?

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Uh, you know, job career school wise, or

was this a bug that bit you like, okay,

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I want to see how far I can take this.

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Dylan Arnold: I think it was more

the latter, although I did, uh,

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love playing baseball as well.

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So I, when I was growing up,

my two careers that I wanted to

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be were a professional baseball

player or a professional actor.

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Which, you know, two very difficult

professions to get into, but, um.

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Marc Preston: Are you, are

you a Mariners guy, or?

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Dylan Arnold: I am a Mariners fan.

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I'm a Mariners fan.

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And I'm, because I've lived in LA for

eight years, you know, I'm a Dodgers fan

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because it's the, my other hometown team,

but no, I'm a Mariners fan growing up.

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Marc Preston: Well, you're talking

to a Texas Rangers guy here.

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So, you know, I'm still basking.

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I'm still basking in the glow.

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Dylan Arnold: of course.

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Okay.

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And congratulations, you know, and of

course, from living in LA, watching

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Corey Seeger go to the guys got a great,

got a great, uh, uh, get with that guy.

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But, um, uh, no, yeah.

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So for me, I think that I, All through

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I actually went to a, uh, a summer camp.

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In Idyllwild, California, where they kind

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And so, you know, when my parents

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want to, I want to go to school here.

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have a theater program.

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And, and fortunately

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Clicked in because they're they're

really prepping you for college.

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They're really prepping you for to

audition and, and then, and then

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ultimately, you know, I did these

unified auditions for colleges.

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And then really once I went to North

Carolina school of the arts and I went to

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college for it, that's, that's Really when

it was like, okay, this is what I'm doing

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for my, this is what I'm choosing to do.

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You found your tribe of weirdos

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Marc Preston: you wanted to be with,

which is, but when you were a kid,

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especially adolescent, you know,

that's gotta be such a cool experience.

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You, you know, you, you said this was

a, uh, a boarding kind of a situation.

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So you're around people like.

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That are kind of dialed in like you

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be fun to find your tribe like that.

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You were doing the baseball thing.

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Were you playing in high school

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Dylan Arnold: I, I, I played, um,

I, yeah, I played middle school.

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I played until my freshman year, but then

when I went to arts boarding school, you

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know, they didn't have a baseball team.

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Uh, they, uh, uh, so no sports teams

there, but yeah, it was definitely, I

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mean, it was something I really enjoyed

doing, but I think when it came down

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to it, I, I just, uh, liked doing it.

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Acting more I put more of my effort

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fell away from baseball because there

are kids there were kids who were

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taking baseball as seriously as I was

taking acting and then and then oh,

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you know when it comes down to it.

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They're just Every weekend they're

going to the batting cages They're doing

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all this stuff and I I just had more

interest in in in working on the plays

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that I was doing so it kind of just One

one came into focus more than the other

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Marc Preston: so this is kind of

like year round this that's that's

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kind of cool I thought it was more

of like a seasonal thing like but

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it's like boarding school, you know,

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Dylan Arnold: yeah It's a school

from you know, whenever I haven't

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been out of school for a while.

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I guess, you know September

until June or something.

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Cool.

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Is, is that, you know,

it's like so normals.

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I'd go home for the holidays, live in

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you said, it was really exciting to

kind of be in an environment that

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there were other, like-minded people.

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There were also a lot of international

students, you know, 'cause there was a,

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there was a film program, there was a

music program, there was a dance program.

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So I was kind of surrounded by

these really wonderful creatives.

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Early on and I was also away from

home starting my sophomore year

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of high school, which was a really

big learning experience and I feel

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like really Helped me grow and uh,

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Marc Preston: no, no,

were you did you have?

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Siblings or were you the

only were you an only kid?

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Dylan Arnold: No, I have an older brother

who's five and a half years older and

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he he makes Video games so he makes

iPhone games Mobile games and he was

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kind of so we we were very different

kids Uh, growing up, he was, he was

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much more of the business oriented.

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I was much more of the, you know,

eccentric sort of, I, I, I can't imagine

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the amount of times I annoyed him.

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Uh, but, uh, but I think, I think

now that he sees what I'm doing, he

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maybe has a little more appreciation

for, for how obnoxious I was.

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As creative types,

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Marc Preston: we're, we're designed to

be all over the place and just kind of

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bringing our own special light to the

room, you know, nice way of putting it.

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I suppose.

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But, uh, no, like what were you into?

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What, like, what were you into?

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You know, you were in terms of

performance, uh, you were, you were where

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you're at, but what were you enjoying?

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Like, what were you watching?

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What was, if you want to call it

inspiration, I don't know what would

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movies, music, whatever have you,

when you're, when you're coming

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up, even in the college, what

was kind of firing your synapses

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Dylan Arnold: there?

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You know, I think that the community

theater that I grew up going to was

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such an influential place for me.

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You know, I, I would watch these

older actors be on stage and, and I

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would just be captivated and, and they

were really a huge inspiration to me.

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Um, I remember there was this production

of Little Shop of Horrors that I

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saw every single production of it

because I was I was just obsessed.

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Um, I think that an early movie that I

remember watching when I was a kid was

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School of Rock that, that really kind of

made me excited cause there were kids my

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age, you know, being in this movie and

it was done so well that I remember that

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was, that was a clear moment to me that I

kind of wanted to do what they were doing.

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Um, and then throughout that,

I, I think it just happens

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whenever I see a performance

that, uh, I love a performance.

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That you can watch and not know

how they did it, you know Those

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moments where you're like, how did

you would pull off this moment?

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Marc Preston: I that's what I

thought about lady in the lair I

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mean, I don't that mean it sounds

like I'm pushing the movie I'm which

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I think it was another show or at

rather but it It was at every note.

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It was kind of like, what, where

are they coming up with us?

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It's constant forward momentum.

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It wasn't never didn't

never like it really is

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Dylan Arnold: the world's so flushed out.

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It's so uh, beautiful and the imagery is

so incredible and alma of course created

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this world that was So deep with all these

really complex characters that you kind

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of have kind of have sympathy for everyone

in this weird way, you know, that, that

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I think really captivates an audience.

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Marc Preston: It's a real

study in a time and a place.

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And, and it's, it's, it was a

little bit, I like being surprised

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and it doesn't happen often.

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Cause there's so many great things out

there, but you start as you, you know,

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going back to when you were studying, uh,

acting, There are certain structure to

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different kind of stories and whatever

have you and you're so used to it.

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You're like, I kind of

see where this is going.

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I had no clue where this was going.

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So yeah, good on you.

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Dylan Arnold: No, same.

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I mean, I remember when I watched the,

uh, watched it for the first time, you

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know, I obviously read the script and

work on it, but, but seeing the final

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product, it really does keep you on

your toes and it keeps you wanting more.

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And, and, and, uh, yeah, I think

Alma just does that so well.

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That it's not predictable.

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You don't know where it's going to go.

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Marc Preston: this day and age, it's

so nice to watch something that you

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can get fully immersed, you know, but

I noticed you were, uh, you're, you're

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also in 1992 and, uh, I just, one of my

favorite guys, uh, spoke with him when

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I say the other day, I'm at the age

where that could have been a year ago.

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I don't know, but Ariel

Roman, love that guy.

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Uh, he and I are born

just a few days apart.

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I think he's out there doing these DJ

gigs, you know, and I know he's, I look

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at him like, yeah, man, we're 51, but

you know, he's still got the energy.

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I can see my kids.

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See, I can still be cool.

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You know, uh, what would, yeah,

yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.

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Did you have a chance?

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Uh, I, I adored Ray Liotta.

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One of the first interviews

I did, I think I was like 21.

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I don't want you to give anything

away about, about the film, but

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did you have a chance to act with

him or to work with him at all?

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Dylan Arnold: Oh yeah.

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So, so I actually, I played his son

in one of his sons in the movie.

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Scott Eastwood and I played as played

his, uh, So, uh, I got to work very

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closely with him, uh, and I mean, that

was a really incredible experience.

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He's a very, uh, a very lovely man,

a very obviously incredible actor,

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and, and, and really brings this,

like, intensity to set that kind

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of, uh, I think everyone else does.

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Felt like it made them better.

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Um, and I mean, get, getting

to work with Ray Liotta,

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Marc Preston: he was such a cool guy.

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I think, I think Ariel was telling

me kind of test you a little bit, you

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know, kind of what, but he's just,

he's got a, he had a good, really good

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heart and everybody loved him, but

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Dylan Arnold: yeah, he's definitely an

actor that when you get on set, it's like,

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it does feel like you're going toe to toe.

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It does feel like a, you know, he's

challenging you, he's right there and he's

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forcing you to rise to his level, which

is, you Exactly who I love to work with.

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Marc Preston: Yeah, it's funny.

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I just happened to cross cocaine beer the

other day I was like, I'll watch it again,

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you know It's just he's one of those

guys like gone too soon gone too soon.

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You know that now Do you know

the release date on 1992?

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Do you know when that's coming?

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It's really soon, isn't it?

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Dylan Arnold: Yes Next month

August 30th, I believe is is

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when it's gonna Yeah, I think I

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Marc Preston: talked to Ariel like a year

ago and I was sitting there going like

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I wish I had his energy I remember him

telling me no, he took Kevin Costner To

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go listen to some EDM music one night, I

was like, I would love to have been, you

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know, cause that's, that's what he DJs.

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But, uh, but that's one of the films I've

been looking forward to checking out.

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But, um, but I, you know, and I'm

not trying to go through the resume

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here, but I'm curious Oppenheimer,

was it just an audition or how'd

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that come together for you?

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Dylan Arnold: Yeah, I mean, that, uh,

that was started as a, as a self tape.

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I think I, I got an audition for,

uh, Generic scientist role that had

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two scenes that were fake scenes,

you know I think everyone auditioned

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once we get on got on set We kind of

compared notes and we were like, what

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did you what audition did you do?

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And we realized everybody

did the same monologue.

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Um about how stars die, you know, it was

this kind of uh, Classroom setting did

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Marc Preston: you know what

you were auditioning for?

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Did you know what um,

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Dylan Arnold: right?

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Yeah, I know I knew that it was

I actually did say Oppenheimer.

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It said Killian was attached.

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I think it said Matt

Uh, Damon was attached.

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Uh, and, but in terms of the

role, it was just very loose.

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It was just about the life of J.

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Robert Oppenheimer, you know?

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And the, and the, uh, the role

was just, you know, scientist.

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And so, uh, so yeah, I did that, um, did

that audition and then a couple months

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later got an in person callback with

Chris, which was pretty wild because

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that was right after the pandemic.

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And that was my first in

person audition in two years.

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And I'm going to the, to the

universal lot to, to, uh, read

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in front of Chris, uh, and Emma.

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So that was a pretty wild experience,

but, um, but yeah, that, that was just

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kind of something that I, I kind of

auditioned for it and I really didn't.

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Think anything of it.

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I remember when I got the audition I was

with my buddy and I was like, I just got

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an audition for a Christopher Nolan movie

Okay, this is cool Like you know and then

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I really kind of let it go as you often

do with these things you kind of audition

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00:19:31,419 --> 00:19:34,510

and just put it out there and If it

happens it happens and then right, right.

434

00:19:34,770 --> 00:19:36,940

Marc Preston: Yeah, that's that's one

of the hardest things to do You know

435

00:19:36,959 --> 00:19:39,820

back when I first started I remember

calling my agent going did I get it?

436

00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:40,260

Did I get it?

437

00:19:40,270 --> 00:19:42,590

Like yeah, listen, if you get it,

believe me, we'll let you know.

438

00:19:42,630 --> 00:19:43,150

Dylan Arnold: We'll tell you.

439

00:19:43,150 --> 00:19:47,250

Yeah There's so much out of your control,

you can really only, you know, it

440

00:19:47,250 --> 00:19:50,100

really doesn't matter when it comes down

to the talent at the end of the day.

441

00:19:50,100 --> 00:19:54,220

It's like, it's, there's so much that

has to fit in for things to work.

442

00:19:54,220 --> 00:19:54,604

Right.

443

00:19:55,034 --> 00:19:57,344

That there's no point

in trying to control it.

444

00:20:04,314 --> 00:20:07,184

Marc Preston: Christopher Nolan, his

stuff, it's, I can't half pay attention

445

00:20:07,184 --> 00:20:09,814

to, you know, I can't be working on

the computer and some things I can

446

00:20:09,814 --> 00:20:12,205

watch and you know, that thing kind of

like you're doing two things at once.

447

00:20:12,494 --> 00:20:15,504

You gotta be focused, you know, and then

you have to watch it again, you know?

448

00:20:15,874 --> 00:20:19,254

Um, but one thing surprised me, I think

I've heard, he actually is kind of a

449

00:20:19,254 --> 00:20:21,544

funny guy, which is, is that accurate?

450

00:20:21,544 --> 00:20:25,264

Or his disposition isn't, I would,

I would imagine he's a serious

451

00:20:25,264 --> 00:20:26,604

analytical, cold kind of, you know.

452

00:20:27,105 --> 00:20:30,885

But what is it like working on set with

him as far as kind of, for lack of a

453

00:20:31,175 --> 00:20:33,034

better way of putting it, directing style?

454

00:20:33,485 --> 00:20:37,055

Dylan Arnold: Yeah, he, I mean,

I had no idea what to expect.

455

00:20:37,055 --> 00:20:40,004

I mean, I knew, I had seen all his

movies and I knew he was an incredible

456

00:20:40,004 --> 00:20:46,190

director and I heard, But he's a very

just like, he is a very funny guy.

457

00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:47,500

He's a very dry sense of humor.

458

00:20:47,670 --> 00:20:55,139

He, uh, he honestly, in my experience,

like there's this, he's very nonchalant

459

00:20:55,159 --> 00:20:58,230

in this way where he just kind of,

you know, every morning I'd show up

460

00:20:58,230 --> 00:20:59,820

on set and he'd just go, hi Dylan.

461

00:20:59,999 --> 00:21:00,249

Hi.

462

00:21:00,399 --> 00:21:01,529

You know, ready to get to work.

463

00:21:01,530 --> 00:21:06,790

You know, it's like, he wouldn't give a

lot of notes, but he, it was clear that

464

00:21:06,810 --> 00:21:11,575

every single, uh, moment I looked at

him, he just loved what he was doing.

465

00:21:11,764 --> 00:21:16,145

Like, that is so, that you, you just,

I mean, you can't help but feel excited

466

00:21:16,155 --> 00:21:20,865

about what you're doing because he is

just, it's like, it's like he's a kid,

467

00:21:21,125 --> 00:21:27,305

you know, and, and, and everything's so

just Exciting and, and, and wonderful.

468

00:21:27,305 --> 00:21:30,975

Like I remember there was a scene

where we were doing this rain

469

00:21:30,975 --> 00:21:34,565

machine and he was testing out the

rain machine and he was standing,

470

00:21:34,725 --> 00:21:39,784

getting soaked, just, just looking

up, testing where he wanted the rain.

471

00:21:39,805 --> 00:21:42,905

And he was just getting drenched and

he was loving every second of it.

472

00:21:43,065 --> 00:21:47,065

You know, like there's also nothing

that he would ask an actor to do that he

473

00:21:47,065 --> 00:21:51,214

wouldn't do himself, which is just such

an, which you don't always have that.

474

00:21:51,225 --> 00:21:53,705

I think that he really

genuinely loves the process.

475

00:21:53,965 --> 00:21:56,075

Genuinely loves and respects actors.

476

00:21:56,325 --> 00:21:58,715

And, um, yeah, it was really

477

00:21:58,715 --> 00:22:00,775

Marc Preston: nice to hear when

you have one of the more creative,

478

00:22:01,435 --> 00:22:03,344

I can't remember the interview.

479

00:22:03,344 --> 00:22:06,945

I heard, uh, somebody who'd

acted in, in, in operant hybrid.

480

00:22:06,945 --> 00:22:07,984

I can't for the life of me.

481

00:22:07,985 --> 00:22:11,739

I can't remember who it was, but they

were like, They didn't say it lightly,

482

00:22:11,739 --> 00:22:16,100

but this is like, this guy's legit genius

when it comes to the thing he does,

483

00:22:16,129 --> 00:22:17,160

you know, and he can't really say it.

484

00:22:17,460 --> 00:22:21,010

Everybody throws that word around,

but there are very few people out

485

00:22:21,010 --> 00:22:22,399

there that they put stuff out.

486

00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:23,810

It's like, Oh my God,

what's going on here?

487

00:22:23,810 --> 00:22:26,899

I like it kind of, kind of like we're

talking about a lady in the lake.

488

00:22:26,900 --> 00:22:29,985

You know, you don't know where it's

going, but I mean, Oppenheimer, Well,

489

00:22:30,025 --> 00:22:33,335

we all know the history, but what's

it like to be on a set like that when

490

00:22:33,335 --> 00:22:38,514

you've got casting that, that involves

so many folks who are at a certain level?

491

00:22:38,515 --> 00:22:40,395

Is it intimidating to walk onto a set?

492

00:22:40,395 --> 00:22:43,565

You know, you got Matt Damon

here and Kelly Murphy, and is

493

00:22:43,565 --> 00:22:45,315

it just intimidating at all?

494

00:22:45,315 --> 00:22:46,495

I mean, I know it wouldn't be for me, but

495

00:22:46,675 --> 00:22:53,615

Dylan Arnold: I think that, um, it

was, I think, I think it was, but that

496

00:22:53,645 --> 00:22:57,595

intimidated, like leading up to it, it

just forced me to prepare so much because

497

00:22:57,595 --> 00:23:01,395

I knew You know, it really felt like

I was kind of in the big leagues now.

498

00:23:01,445 --> 00:23:05,255

I, I, I felt like I really

needed to be on my A game.

499

00:23:05,255 --> 00:23:08,864

So I, I, I prepared really intensely.

500

00:23:08,864 --> 00:23:12,395

So when I showed, showed

up on set, I, I felt ready.

501

00:23:12,415 --> 00:23:16,694

And, and there was honestly,

it's, it's interesting.

502

00:23:16,725 --> 00:23:21,070

I, I think that, Myself and a lot

of people struggle with this sort of

503

00:23:21,070 --> 00:23:27,989

imposter syndrome, but uh funny enough

like on Oppenheimer because Chris is so

504

00:23:28,310 --> 00:23:32,860

Incredible and deliberate and um, and

I mean you use the word genius, which

505

00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:38,649

I agree with There was almost this like

sense of ease because I was like I trust

506

00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:43,530

him so much because he's clearly so

incredible that If i'm here, he's kind of

507

00:23:43,690 --> 00:23:45,320

Marc Preston: carrying

the weight, I guess right.

508

00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:45,690

Yeah.

509

00:23:45,690 --> 00:23:50,505

Dylan Arnold: Yeah if he says good moving

on You I gotta trust that it was good

510

00:23:50,505 --> 00:23:51,775

and we can move on, you know what I mean?

511

00:23:51,775 --> 00:23:55,739

Where some directors You work with and

you're like, do they know what they want?

512

00:23:55,769 --> 00:23:59,209

Is that and then you start second guessing

yourself So I actually think that or they

513

00:23:59,209 --> 00:24:01,179

Marc Preston: say oh, what do you

think or you want to give another?

514

00:24:01,179 --> 00:24:01,699

yeah, exactly

515

00:24:01,699 --> 00:24:04,289

Dylan Arnold: and it's like I I don't

know or I have directors that i've worked

516

00:24:04,290 --> 00:24:08,549

with that that that you know, I do a

couple takes and uh, they're not giving

517

00:24:08,549 --> 00:24:12,889

any notes and and I walk up and I say hey

Is there anything that you want to try?

518

00:24:12,889 --> 00:24:15,080

Is there anything I can do differently

and they'll be like, you know what?

519

00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,779

Yeah on second thought Yeah, try this

and in my mind i'm like, okay if I had

520

00:24:18,779 --> 00:24:22,870

never said anything, would you just have

You Let me go and you know, whatever.

521

00:24:22,870 --> 00:24:25,379

So I, I love collaboration.

522

00:24:25,379 --> 00:24:27,340

I love getting notes if it applies.

523

00:24:27,409 --> 00:24:29,279

Um, but yeah, I think

with Chris, it's like.

524

00:24:29,805 --> 00:24:32,895

You just trust him so much that

you're like, you can almost relax.

525

00:24:32,935 --> 00:24:34,925

Marc Preston: Now, where did you,

did y'all shoot that in New Mexico

526

00:24:34,925 --> 00:24:35,105

Dylan Arnold: or?

527

00:24:35,105 --> 00:24:41,694

Yeah, yeah, we shooted that, we shot

that, uh, in, uh, Abiquiu and a little

528

00:24:41,694 --> 00:24:47,479

Albuquerque, uh, and, uh, yeah, so we,

we kind of bounced around New Mexico,

529

00:24:47,479 --> 00:24:51,745

shot a little bit in LA, but it was very

cool to be on location in the desert.

530

00:24:51,774 --> 00:24:54,594

And I, and I grew up, Going to Santa Fe.

531

00:24:54,594 --> 00:24:57,699

So that was also very cool to

have that sort of, uh, connection.

532

00:24:57,699 --> 00:24:58,175

Well, I gotta

533

00:24:58,205 --> 00:25:01,044

Marc Preston: ask you, I gotta ask

you the enchiladas, the red and

534

00:25:01,044 --> 00:25:02,104

green, which way are you going?

535

00:25:02,134 --> 00:25:04,814

Dylan Arnold: You know, I, I, I

lean, depends where I'm going.

536

00:25:04,814 --> 00:25:07,935

If I go to the shed, uh, I love

the red, uh, the red sauce, but

537

00:25:07,945 --> 00:25:09,174

you know, I'll go Christmas.

538

00:25:09,174 --> 00:25:12,644

Although I do red and green quite a

bit, you know, best of both worlds.

539

00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,200

Marc Preston: I always end up talking

about food at some point in time.

540

00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,200

I'm sitting going, damn,

that sounds good right now.

541

00:25:17,450 --> 00:25:20,150

Um, well then again, I'm

35 miles from Mexico.

542

00:25:20,150 --> 00:25:23,590

So, you know, maybe I'll, you know,

we got, we got good stuff here, but,

543

00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:27,309

um, but the diversity of the stuff

you've been up to, is there any kind

544

00:25:27,310 --> 00:25:31,129

of preference in the kind of projects

you'd like to do or genre, if you will?

545

00:25:31,429 --> 00:25:36,050

Dylan Arnold: You know, I, I just love, I

honestly love everything that I've done.

546

00:25:36,120 --> 00:25:38,410

I love the variety that.

547

00:25:38,905 --> 00:25:43,465

This career offers, you know, I love

that nothing is the same I think whether

548

00:25:43,465 --> 00:25:47,225

it's a different character or different

director or whatever, you know I think

549

00:25:47,225 --> 00:25:50,865

that there's new things that you can

explore and experience with each each

550

00:25:50,865 --> 00:25:55,924

thing I I kind of want to I really want

to gravitate towards things that scare

551

00:25:55,925 --> 00:26:00,645

me and When I read it, I'm like, I don't

know how I'm gonna do this because I

552

00:26:00,675 --> 00:26:06,175

think that I When I'm too comfortable,

I'm not, I'm not making interesting

553

00:26:06,195 --> 00:26:10,695

choices, but if I'm uncomfortable, then it

forces me to kind of get in a different,

554

00:26:11,334 --> 00:26:12,925

in a different pocket, if you will.

555

00:26:12,975 --> 00:26:17,984

Um, so I, I just want to challenge

myself, you know, I would love

556

00:26:17,985 --> 00:26:18,965

to work with different people.

557

00:26:19,155 --> 00:26:22,645

I, you know, I will say I've never

done, I've done episodic stuff.

558

00:26:22,645 --> 00:26:24,465

I've never done multiple seasons.

559

00:26:24,765 --> 00:26:28,865

of, uh, a television show

playing the same character.

560

00:26:28,865 --> 00:26:32,245

I think that would be really interesting

to kind of have, have that sort of,

561

00:26:32,405 --> 00:26:36,095

have that sort of growth over the

multiple years exploring the same

562

00:26:36,095 --> 00:26:37,424

character and how they develop.

563

00:26:37,755 --> 00:26:39,195

Um, I always thought that was

564

00:26:39,195 --> 00:26:41,254

Marc Preston: interesting because

it's a, you know, film is director's

565

00:26:41,255 --> 00:26:43,495

medium where a TV is a writer's medium.

566

00:26:43,685 --> 00:26:45,815

So if you're, if you've been

doing something for a number

567

00:26:45,815 --> 00:26:49,385

of years as a character, you've

already built this person.

568

00:26:49,385 --> 00:26:51,900

So you have, They cycle in

different directors, but

569

00:26:51,900 --> 00:26:53,230

it's like you have ownership.

570

00:26:53,450 --> 00:26:54,790

I can see where that would be very cool.

571

00:26:54,790 --> 00:26:58,000

And I always wonder how people navigate

that with a director they disagree with.

572

00:26:58,110 --> 00:26:59,360

It's like, no, I know who I am.

573

00:26:59,360 --> 00:26:59,890

And you know,

574

00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,160

Dylan Arnold: yeah, I've thought about

that because directors come in with their

575

00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:04,759

ideas, but you're like, no, I've spent

the last few years with this character.

576

00:27:04,759 --> 00:27:07,410

So there is this sort of push and

pull, I imagine where it's like.

577

00:27:07,715 --> 00:27:09,975

You go with their vision, but

they got to trust you because

578

00:27:09,975 --> 00:27:11,795

you, you've been there every day

579

00:27:11,915 --> 00:27:13,675

Marc Preston: when you

do get some off time.

580

00:27:13,675 --> 00:27:16,165

And I mean, you've been working,

you know, consistently doing

581

00:27:16,515 --> 00:27:19,615

awesome stuff, but when you do get

a break, like what are you up to?

582

00:27:19,695 --> 00:27:21,274

Well, what do you, how do

you like to spend your time?

583

00:27:21,594 --> 00:27:24,025

Dylan Arnold: Uh, I really,

so I actually, last year I

584

00:27:24,035 --> 00:27:26,404

joined a baseball league in LA.

585

00:27:26,504 --> 00:27:27,575

I kind of was hard.

586

00:27:27,625 --> 00:27:27,965

I was,

587

00:27:27,975 --> 00:27:28,985

Marc Preston: is a hard ball league.

588

00:27:28,985 --> 00:27:29,065

Yeah.

589

00:27:29,945 --> 00:27:32,565

Dylan Arnold: Fast pitch, uh,

would bat baseball league.

590

00:27:32,645 --> 00:27:34,495

Uh, I actually am in two.

591

00:27:34,755 --> 00:27:36,365

It's, it's, it's really, uh.

592

00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:40,120

It's really a nice outlet in my downtime.

593

00:27:40,120 --> 00:27:43,240

So that's been kind of, that's

been really fun to rediscover

594

00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,120

that because I hadn't played for.

595

00:27:46,169 --> 00:27:47,850

Yeah, like over a decade.

596

00:27:47,969 --> 00:27:49,350

Um, and so is this

597

00:27:49,360 --> 00:27:51,989

Marc Preston: something really competitive

or is this a lot of guys getting out with

598

00:27:51,989 --> 00:27:53,929

their igloo coolers and beer on a sundae?

599

00:27:53,929 --> 00:27:56,330

Or is this something which

guys are like really,

600

00:27:56,550 --> 00:28:00,859

Dylan Arnold: you know, in one of the

leagues, it's very chill, very fun.

601

00:28:00,860 --> 00:28:05,199

It's a coed league, you know, it's it's

but then the other one that's kind of the

602

00:28:05,429 --> 00:28:09,259

intense people are really coming to play

and they're both fun in their own right.

603

00:28:09,289 --> 00:28:10,729

You know, I think it's a good balance.

604

00:28:10,759 --> 00:28:12,739

Um, but yeah, it's just

605

00:28:12,779 --> 00:28:14,039

Marc Preston: what position

are you playing though?

606

00:28:14,039 --> 00:28:14,080

Yeah,

607

00:28:14,370 --> 00:28:17,879

Dylan Arnold: I'm playing, I'm

playing second base shortstop.

608

00:28:17,879 --> 00:28:20,370

I'm playing, I pitch in one

of the leagues, you know,

609

00:28:20,375 --> 00:28:22,770

I, I play a little outfield.

610

00:28:22,770 --> 00:28:23,790

I basically do it.

611

00:28:23,794 --> 00:28:25,260

I, I don't catch You're a utility guy.

612

00:28:25,290 --> 00:28:27,330

Yeah, I don't catch, I

don't play first base.

613

00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:30,090

I will play third base as someone

asked me to, but they call it the

614

00:28:30,090 --> 00:28:31,500

hot corner for the, for a reason.

615

00:28:31,500 --> 00:28:35,159

You know, it's, it is an, it is an

intimidating position to play, but,

616

00:28:35,189 --> 00:28:40,570

um, yeah, I think it's just, it's

honestly a nice outlet because it to.

617

00:28:40,915 --> 00:28:42,925

Work towards a goal with a team.

618

00:28:42,929 --> 00:28:48,625

It, it, it feels similar to being on set,

but in a different way, you know, and, and

619

00:28:48,655 --> 00:28:56,165

being able to, uh, battle within myself

of the sort of uni, you know, going into

620

00:28:56,165 --> 00:29:01,455

a game and if you're nervous, if you

want to play well, how to quiet that.

621

00:29:01,455 --> 00:29:04,605

And I think it translates to acting

because I think there are moments

622

00:29:04,605 --> 00:29:08,504

that there are very high pressure

situations in both acting and baseball.

623

00:29:08,504 --> 00:29:10,004

And I think figuring out how to.

624

00:29:10,500 --> 00:29:15,210

Calm your nerves and just approach it, you

know, one one moment at a time one pitch

625

00:29:15,210 --> 00:29:17,280

at a time is is a really fun Challenge.

626

00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:19,639

Marc Preston: Yeah, some people

say baseball is too slow, but I

627

00:29:19,659 --> 00:29:21,340

did I enjoy the ebb and flow of it.

628

00:29:21,460 --> 00:29:21,860

Dylan Arnold: Yeah

629

00:29:21,909 --> 00:29:25,349

Marc Preston: is a Fan I mean to

be able to eat a hot dog drink a

630

00:29:25,349 --> 00:29:26,620

beer and watch somebody else work.

631

00:29:26,620 --> 00:29:27,220

It's pretty cool.

632

00:29:27,249 --> 00:29:28,079

Dylan Arnold: Absolutely

633

00:29:29,099 --> 00:29:30,659

Marc Preston: I've had a Dodger dog yet.

634

00:29:30,659 --> 00:29:32,089

I want to get one of those Dodger dogs.

635

00:29:32,139 --> 00:29:33,239

Oh, yeah, you gotta come

636

00:29:33,239 --> 00:29:36,655

Dylan Arnold: out You know, you

know, it actually, it actually, it

637

00:29:36,665 --> 00:29:39,495

feels like a really good baseball.

638

00:29:39,495 --> 00:29:43,875

You know, it's like it, it can be

slow, but then it almost pays off

639

00:29:43,885 --> 00:29:45,655

for those big, exciting moments.

640

00:29:45,885 --> 00:29:50,224

Kind of like a movie or a TV show,

you know, you kind of get into a

641

00:29:50,225 --> 00:29:54,054

lull and then there's those moments,

you know, I feel like it's, it's,

642

00:29:54,064 --> 00:29:55,695

it's, it's very similar in that way.

643

00:29:55,695 --> 00:29:57,754

And it also just challenges

you to kind of stay in the

644

00:29:57,754 --> 00:29:59,064

moment and just kind of keep it

645

00:30:00,835 --> 00:30:02,095

Marc Preston: But who

was your guy growing up?

646

00:30:02,175 --> 00:30:05,095

Like, who was your, who was the

player that you were like, he's the

647

00:30:05,095 --> 00:30:06,765

one I want signing my baseball cards.

648

00:30:07,005 --> 00:30:11,295

Dylan Arnold: Uh, Edgar Martinez was

my, was my favorite player growing up.

649

00:30:11,295 --> 00:30:15,025

I remember I, uh, one of the first

Mariners games I went to, I got a, I

650

00:30:15,025 --> 00:30:19,015

got a, uh, during batting practice,

I got a, I got a ball hit by him.

651

00:30:19,025 --> 00:30:19,935

And that was very exciting.

652

00:30:19,935 --> 00:30:20,255

Really?

653

00:30:20,475 --> 00:30:20,695

Yeah.

654

00:30:20,695 --> 00:30:21,065

Yeah.

655

00:30:21,365 --> 00:30:23,955

But I, I think Edgar

Martinez was probably my guy.

656

00:30:23,965 --> 00:30:25,055

I love Jamie Moyer.

657

00:30:25,085 --> 00:30:27,805

I loved all the, I love that

whole old Mariners team.

658

00:30:27,805 --> 00:30:30,285

There's kind of this, and I talk

about this with other people

659

00:30:30,285 --> 00:30:31,895

who grew up watching sports.

660

00:30:31,895 --> 00:30:34,665

There is this special place in your

heart that you will always have for

661

00:30:34,665 --> 00:30:38,575

the guys that you watch growing up,

you know, it's, I love watching.

662

00:30:39,385 --> 00:30:43,035

The guys now, obviously, but yeah,

growing up, there's this nostalgia

663

00:30:43,035 --> 00:30:45,085

and there's this sort of thing

that you would look up to them.

664

00:30:45,345 --> 00:30:46,405

So I think all those, especially

665

00:30:46,405 --> 00:30:49,935

Marc Preston: the stadium plus the

original stadium, like, you know,

666

00:30:49,975 --> 00:30:51,145

like the Rangers have had that.

667

00:30:51,555 --> 00:30:52,775

I love the new stadium they've got.

668

00:30:52,775 --> 00:30:53,425

It's amazing.

669

00:30:53,425 --> 00:30:56,695

That's retractable route, all that,

all the stuff that you want the

670

00:30:56,705 --> 00:30:58,095

real contemporary stadium to have.

671

00:30:58,255 --> 00:31:01,475

But I like the previous one

they had is about 20 years old.

672

00:31:01,475 --> 00:31:02,685

It just felt like.

673

00:31:03,125 --> 00:31:07,315

An out classic outdoor baseball

stadium, but my guy was Nolan Ryan.

674

00:31:07,385 --> 00:31:08,195

Dylan Arnold: Oh, awesome.

675

00:31:08,205 --> 00:31:10,835

I mean, what a guy, what a

guy to, what a guy to have.

676

00:31:11,825 --> 00:31:12,225

Marc Preston: Oh God.

677

00:31:12,225 --> 00:31:16,395

When I was 17, I know when I was 18, I

was working at a radio station in Dallas

678

00:31:16,775 --> 00:31:18,365

and I was abusing my press passes.

679

00:31:18,365 --> 00:31:18,885

I'll admit it.

680

00:31:18,895 --> 00:31:21,495

You're I think statute of

limitations has passed.

681

00:31:21,495 --> 00:31:22,275

I think you're probably not

682

00:31:22,275 --> 00:31:22,815

Dylan Arnold: the only one.

683

00:31:23,130 --> 00:31:23,710

Uh, but

684

00:31:23,710 --> 00:31:26,860

Marc Preston: yeah, I brought my best

friend with me and we went to the, to

685

00:31:26,860 --> 00:31:31,690

the, uh, uh, locker room and Nolan Ryan

buck naked is coming out of the shower

686

00:31:32,070 --> 00:31:32,100

Dylan Arnold: and

687

00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:34,630

Marc Preston: we've got a baseball,

our little commemorative baseball bats.

688

00:31:34,630 --> 00:31:37,380

They gave out that day and we like,

you know, I'm like, dude, I'm not

689

00:31:37,380 --> 00:31:38,260

going to have this chance again.

690

00:31:38,260 --> 00:31:40,350

So he's sitting there, you

know, in a towel now and I'm

691

00:31:40,350 --> 00:31:41,500

asking him to sign my bat.

692

00:31:41,670 --> 00:31:45,160

I was just like, you know, giddy, like

a, like I was like, you know, six or

693

00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:49,140

something, but, but yeah, that was, um,

that was, it was very, it was very cool,

694

00:31:49,140 --> 00:31:50,500

but no, that's, that's a lot of fun.

695

00:31:50,660 --> 00:31:51,360

Dylan Arnold: You still have it.

696

00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:51,640

I imagine.

697

00:31:52,010 --> 00:31:54,240

Oh, yeah, yeah, of course.

698

00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:56,240

Marc Preston: Yeah, we just moved in

a little while ago and I'm trying to

699

00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:57,210

figure out where I'm going to hang it.

700

00:31:57,210 --> 00:31:59,410

I got two bats, one the team

I was the announcer for.

701

00:31:59,460 --> 00:32:01,870

It was a good group of guys and

they, they all signed a bat,

702

00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:03,750

uh, for me, uh, the last game.

703

00:32:03,750 --> 00:32:07,090

So I got this cool black wood bat

with all their signatures on it.

704

00:32:07,180 --> 00:32:10,110

So I have them hanging next to each

other, which is, you know, kind

705

00:32:10,110 --> 00:32:12,130

of, I don't know where I'm going

to hang it now in my new place.

706

00:32:12,130 --> 00:32:15,530

Cause it doesn't really fit this,

the tropical vibe we got going on.

707

00:32:17,095 --> 00:32:17,395

You're fine.

708

00:32:17,415 --> 00:32:18,235

You'll find a spot.

709

00:32:18,545 --> 00:32:18,995

Now what?

710

00:32:19,025 --> 00:32:23,825

Now, when you're doing your thing,

are you preferring to work around L.

711

00:32:23,825 --> 00:32:24,045

A.

712

00:32:24,055 --> 00:32:26,015

or do you, you said you

like going out on location.

713

00:32:26,015 --> 00:32:26,745

You like traveling.

714

00:32:26,875 --> 00:32:29,245

And I'm curious, kind of a second

part of that question is where, where

715

00:32:29,245 --> 00:32:30,815

did they shoot a lady in the lake?

716

00:32:30,935 --> 00:32:33,285

Dylan Arnold: So yeah, we shot

lady in the lake in Baltimore

717

00:32:33,315 --> 00:32:34,495

and that's where it takes place.

718

00:32:34,545 --> 00:32:40,865

Um, and yeah, I mean, I think that that's,

that's a really wonderful part about this

719

00:32:40,905 --> 00:32:42,865

career is that it does take you places.

720

00:32:43,445 --> 00:32:47,255

It allows you to travel, like I remember

we shot part of 1992 in Bulgaria.

721

00:32:47,555 --> 00:32:48,905

Uh, believe it or not.

722

00:32:48,915 --> 00:32:49,805

So, yeah, yeah, yeah.

723

00:32:49,935 --> 00:32:51,275

Well, Ariel didn't tell me that.

724

00:32:51,525 --> 00:32:51,985

Yeah.

725

00:32:52,555 --> 00:32:53,595

I don't know if it's a secret.

726

00:32:53,595 --> 00:32:54,045

Probably not.

727

00:32:54,745 --> 00:32:55,205

Yeah, yeah.

728

00:32:55,265 --> 00:32:56,015

Oh, that's cool, though.

729

00:32:56,035 --> 00:33:00,655

Yeah, we got to go out to Bulgaria for

some of that, which was, which was wild.

730

00:33:00,655 --> 00:33:02,985

I would never have gone

there on my own, probably.

731

00:33:03,255 --> 00:33:08,770

So I think that that's a really wonderful,

um, uh, Part about this is that you get to

732

00:33:08,780 --> 00:33:14,390

see new places and it also I feel like it

especially when you're on location where

733

00:33:14,530 --> 00:33:17,830

the story takes place like when we were

shooting lady in the lake in baltimore it

734

00:33:17,830 --> 00:33:23,230

kind of just Uh invigorates you and it and

it and it just makes everything feel alive

735

00:33:23,230 --> 00:33:26,370

when you're actually there and you're on

location You're in the environment because

736

00:33:26,370 --> 00:33:28,820

Marc Preston: it has the history of like

the racial tension and all that stuff.

737

00:33:28,850 --> 00:33:29,510

Absolutely.

738

00:33:29,530 --> 00:33:29,770

Yeah.

739

00:33:29,770 --> 00:33:33,165

Yeah If I was a younger man, I would love

to travel to do different stuff, you know?

740

00:33:33,225 --> 00:33:34,705

Dylan Arnold: Oh yeah,

and I want to travel more.

741

00:33:34,705 --> 00:33:37,215

I feel like that's something that

I can incorporate more in my life.

742

00:33:37,225 --> 00:33:39,495

But, speaking of what you were

saying about working in L.

743

00:33:39,495 --> 00:33:42,275

A., I think like, when I was

filming, I filmed, uh, the third

744

00:33:42,275 --> 00:33:43,825

season of You, and that filmed in L.

745

00:33:43,825 --> 00:33:45,165

A., and that's where I was living.

746

00:33:45,165 --> 00:33:48,115

So that was also very cool, to be

able to go back to my own house

747

00:33:48,115 --> 00:33:53,395

and kind of have that sort of, uh,

job in my, where I lived, you know?

748

00:33:53,395 --> 00:33:54,965

That was also really wonderful, so.

749

00:33:55,020 --> 00:33:57,640

I feel like if I'm lucky, I'll

have a combination of all of it.

750

00:33:57,810 --> 00:33:59,840

Marc Preston: You know, one of the things,

go back to Lady in the Lake, you and

751

00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:04,030

Natalie Portman had this interesting,

I really liked what she, who she did,

752

00:34:04,050 --> 00:34:06,630

kind of the character she created, it

was, it was different than anything

753

00:34:06,630 --> 00:34:09,700

else she's ever done, which I thought

was cool, but experience like working

754

00:34:09,970 --> 00:34:13,130

just generally with her, because y'all

had some really cool interactions at

755

00:34:13,130 --> 00:34:14,490

different levels at different times.

756

00:34:14,570 --> 00:34:14,880

Dylan Arnold: Yeah.

757

00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:15,554

I mean, the, the.

758

00:34:16,345 --> 00:34:19,145

Yeah, the relationship between the

two characters is, like you said,

759

00:34:19,145 --> 00:34:21,575

it's very complex, very interesting.

760

00:34:21,605 --> 00:34:24,765

I, I think, yeah, two of them are

seeing very different sides of each

761

00:34:24,765 --> 00:34:28,525

other, um, and thinking that it's one

thing when maybe it's another thing.

762

00:34:29,435 --> 00:34:30,945

That's as vague as I'll be.

763

00:34:33,025 --> 00:34:37,835

But, um, yeah, I mean she, working

with her was a really wonderful

764

00:34:39,185 --> 00:34:40,935

She's a very generous actor.

765

00:34:41,155 --> 00:34:44,005

She's someone that you go on set

and it feels like she's there

766

00:34:44,005 --> 00:34:45,665

to collaborate and try things.

767

00:34:45,895 --> 00:34:47,745

And, uh, you know, you feel safe.

768

00:34:47,755 --> 00:34:53,055

You feel safe to explore and

like, I She didn't I didn't feel

769

00:34:53,055 --> 00:34:56,825

intimidated because she didn't, she

didn't make herself intimidating.

770

00:34:56,825 --> 00:35:01,595

She was just such a sweet,

genuinely nice person and clearly

771

00:35:01,595 --> 00:35:03,235

loves what she does so much.

772

00:35:03,265 --> 00:35:04,175

And so I think

773

00:35:04,175 --> 00:35:05,725

Marc Preston: she has such

a memorable laugh too.

774

00:35:06,515 --> 00:35:08,895

But I mean, we figure she's

been doing this for so long.

775

00:35:08,905 --> 00:35:11,435

I mean, the professional, how

can you be a younger actor and

776

00:35:11,445 --> 00:35:12,495

watch a professional going weird?

777

00:35:12,825 --> 00:35:13,755

Where did she come from?

778

00:35:13,755 --> 00:35:16,685

You know, like how can she be this

little kid who's never done this before?

779

00:35:16,685 --> 00:35:16,955

And just like

780

00:35:16,985 --> 00:35:18,985

Dylan Arnold: you almost forget that

she's been in the industry for so

781

00:35:18,985 --> 00:35:20,085

long because she's so down to earth.

782

00:35:20,095 --> 00:35:21,374

You know, it's like you, you.

783

00:35:21,655 --> 00:35:24,655

But yeah, you're like, Oh wow, she's

been doing this since she was 12.

784

00:35:25,385 --> 00:35:28,645

Marc Preston: My kids grew up with her

being, you know, Luke Skywalker's mom.

785

00:35:28,685 --> 00:35:29,655

Of course, Padme.

786

00:35:29,755 --> 00:35:30,665

Just kind of go back.

787

00:35:30,695 --> 00:35:33,005

What were the first things

you work on in professionally?

788

00:35:33,005 --> 00:35:36,025

Now, after college, when did

you start feeling the momentum?

789

00:35:36,025 --> 00:35:37,535

Like when was it taking off for

790

00:35:37,885 --> 00:35:38,115

Dylan Arnold: you?

791

00:35:38,115 --> 00:35:38,565

You know, it.

792

00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:40,770

Honestly, I don't know.

793

00:35:40,770 --> 00:35:44,330

It's such an odd profession that I feel

like you feel waves of momentum and

794

00:35:44,330 --> 00:35:47,640

then it kind of goes into a lull and

you feel in the other wave of momentum

795

00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:49,010

and it kind of goes into a lull.

796

00:35:49,010 --> 00:35:54,030

Like they say, you know, in this, in this

career, like when it rains, it pours.

797

00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:54,260

Wow.

798

00:35:54,260 --> 00:35:57,570

I activated Siri accidentally

on my, on my computer.

799

00:35:57,740 --> 00:36:02,450

Uh, so, uh, no, but yeah, they

say when it rains, it pours.

800

00:36:02,450 --> 00:36:04,240

And, and, and that's what I felt.

801

00:36:04,260 --> 00:36:09,420

I felt like I've had ups and downs,

you know, but after graduating.

802

00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:12,980

I was kind of in this mode of

just saying yes to everything.

803

00:36:12,980 --> 00:36:14,670

Of course, you want experience on set.

804

00:36:14,670 --> 00:36:16,850

You want to build your resume.

805

00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:22,260

And then as time goes on, you're

fortunate enough to work on, uh,

806

00:36:22,370 --> 00:36:26,140

interesting projects that you, and you

kind of get a sense of what you want to

807

00:36:26,140 --> 00:36:30,960

look for and like you have very little

control over what you do, but, uh, but

808

00:36:31,020 --> 00:36:34,110

you can definitely try to, I think.

809

00:36:34,780 --> 00:36:37,820

Uh, encourage the sort of

things that you want to invite

810

00:36:37,850 --> 00:36:39,740

Marc Preston: now, going back

to like Nashville, for instance,

811

00:36:39,740 --> 00:36:42,500

that was, you know, you had

multiple episodes of, uh, of that.

812

00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:45,350

So doing something like that, were

you a country music fan or was it

813

00:36:45,500 --> 00:36:48,520

just how, you know, what was it,

what was that experience like?

814

00:36:48,550 --> 00:36:48,890

Dylan Arnold: Yeah.

815

00:36:48,890 --> 00:36:51,090

I, you know, I didn't know

much about country music.

816

00:36:51,090 --> 00:36:54,070

I think I gained more of an appreciation

for it after I did the show.

817

00:36:54,070 --> 00:36:57,410

And again, that was another one where

I got to go to Nashville and film

818

00:36:57,430 --> 00:36:58,870

in Nashville, which was really cool.

819

00:36:58,870 --> 00:36:59,660

And I'd never been there.

820

00:36:59,660 --> 00:37:03,905

And I, I kind of went back and forth on

and off for about, Six or eight months.

821

00:37:04,225 --> 00:37:07,995

Uh, it was kind of a, Perfect

job for me at the time.

822

00:37:07,995 --> 00:37:12,025

I was going to Nashville for a week

and filming and then coming back to

823

00:37:12,025 --> 00:37:14,945

LA for three weeks and then go out and

kind of once a month, just go into,

824

00:37:14,985 --> 00:37:16,275

go into Nashville for a little bit.

825

00:37:16,285 --> 00:37:20,015

So, um, that was a really, and that

was, again, that was probably, that

826

00:37:20,015 --> 00:37:23,505

was the first job that I had that

allowed me to explore a character

827

00:37:23,605 --> 00:37:25,145

arc over multiple episodes.

828

00:37:25,465 --> 00:37:29,155

Um, uh, so that was really cool, but

yeah, that was just, that was another

829

00:37:29,155 --> 00:37:31,245

audition that just happened to work out.

830

00:37:31,255 --> 00:37:34,365

And, uh, yeah, I, I definitely had a.

831

00:37:35,010 --> 00:37:36,500

Had a really good time on that met a

832

00:37:36,500 --> 00:37:36,670

Marc Preston: lot

833

00:37:36,670 --> 00:37:37,520

Dylan Arnold: of wonderful people

834

00:37:37,890 --> 00:37:39,770

Marc Preston: Well begs the

question, uh, like what kind of

835

00:37:39,780 --> 00:37:41,550

music what kind of artistically?

836

00:37:41,550 --> 00:37:45,280

What are you taking in like music

wise or yeah, well anything creative

837

00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:46,720

that that's your jam if you will

838

00:37:46,750 --> 00:37:50,070

Dylan Arnold: I've honestly i've really

been on a kick of the music that I

839

00:37:50,070 --> 00:37:57,780

remember my mom listening to when I was

a kid uh, uh some dido, uh some uh Like

840

00:37:57,780 --> 00:38:01,880

that that's honestly that's i've been

listening to that recently and it's just

841

00:38:02,050 --> 00:38:05,165

it brings this nostalgia Nostalgia You're

842

00:38:05,165 --> 00:38:07,725

Marc Preston: hitting like

that mid 90s kind of, uh, yeah,

843

00:38:07,875 --> 00:38:08,475

Dylan Arnold: exactly.

844

00:38:08,515 --> 00:38:11,715

Um, uh, but yeah, I don't know.

845

00:38:11,715 --> 00:38:14,585

I really, I have a pretty

eclectic music taste.

846

00:38:14,585 --> 00:38:21,505

I feel like I, I kind of, uh, get in, get

in modes of listening to specific artists.

847

00:38:21,505 --> 00:38:23,505

I love, you know, I love, I love jazz.

848

00:38:23,505 --> 00:38:24,425

I love Bossa Nova.

849

00:38:24,425 --> 00:38:25,745

I love some classic rock.

850

00:38:25,745 --> 00:38:31,075

I, I think that for me, what I love about

music is, is the ability to transport

851

00:38:31,085 --> 00:38:34,760

you into different, Times and different

emotions and different memories.

852

00:38:35,350 --> 00:38:36,640

And I think that that's

what I'm really like a

853

00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:37,110

Marc Preston: smell.

854

00:38:37,110 --> 00:38:38,630

It brings it back to you immediately.

855

00:38:38,630 --> 00:38:39,080

Yeah,

856

00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:39,850

Dylan Arnold: yeah, yeah, yeah.

857

00:38:39,850 --> 00:38:44,070

I think that that's what I've been really,

uh, enjoying about kind of exploring that

858

00:38:44,070 --> 00:38:48,000

old, uh, kind of that, that you said Dido.

859

00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:49,410

Marc Preston: It's like,

cause that was like the Haiti.

860

00:38:49,410 --> 00:38:51,690

I was working on the radio

in Dallas and this is about.

861

00:38:53,375 --> 00:38:54,985

I was there till like 98, I think.

862

00:38:54,985 --> 00:38:56,155

And that was like right there.

863

00:38:56,165 --> 00:38:57,625

Like you had Duncan Sheik.

864

00:38:57,645 --> 00:38:59,595

That was another big one that

your mom probably was like.

865

00:38:59,865 --> 00:39:00,165

Yeah.

866

00:39:00,185 --> 00:39:01,104

And Joni Mitchell.

867

00:39:01,105 --> 00:39:01,435

I haven't heard.

868

00:39:01,525 --> 00:39:02,915

Dylan Arnold: Joni

Mitchell's another big one.

869

00:39:03,625 --> 00:39:04,515

Marc Preston: Was it one of those things?

870

00:39:04,515 --> 00:39:07,155

Like as a kid, you're always riding in

the car, whether she's playing your music.

871

00:39:07,155 --> 00:39:10,305

Is that kind of what keyed you into

the stuff your mom was listening to or?

872

00:39:10,315 --> 00:39:12,565

Dylan Arnold: I think probably,

I think it, I think it made an

873

00:39:12,645 --> 00:39:14,085

impact on me without knowing it.

874

00:39:14,145 --> 00:39:15,505

I, uh, and.

875

00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:20,410

Again, like I, I think I had forgotten

about all that, all that kind of music.

876

00:39:20,410 --> 00:39:22,890

And then when I had heard it

recently in the last few months,

877

00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:27,540

it just, it was a pretty profound

experience of just listening to it.

878

00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:32,470

Just almost being ripped out of this

reality and thrown into the previous one.

879

00:39:32,470 --> 00:39:34,370

And I was like, that's crazy.

880

00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:34,850

Yeah.

881

00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:37,590

So I've been kind of, I've been

kind of searching for that a little

882

00:39:37,590 --> 00:39:41,970

more, uh, and, and inviting that

into my life, that nostalgia.

883

00:39:42,170 --> 00:39:45,810

Marc Preston: Somehow I was cruising

through the channels in my, uh, my kids,

884

00:39:45,810 --> 00:39:51,560

my, my oldest is 21 and she was, uh, they

always watch Disney, you know, wizards of

885

00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:53,100

Waverly place and all that kind of stuff.

886

00:39:53,410 --> 00:39:57,450

And, uh, so anytime I hear one of

those, uh, I got a tear in my eye.

887

00:39:57,490 --> 00:40:00,220

Like I'll immediately go back to when

they're like little teeny tiny people,

888

00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:01,790

you know, it's kind of the same thing.

889

00:40:01,790 --> 00:40:03,400

Like when a smell, it

hits you immediately.

890

00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:04,910

You're awash with subconscious emotion.

891

00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:09,460

Do you play any instruments or do you,

do you have any, uh, musical ability?

892

00:40:09,470 --> 00:40:12,130

Dylan Arnold: I know a

few chords on the guitar.

893

00:40:12,240 --> 00:40:16,200

I, uh, I was gifted a banjo recently

by my friend that told me I needed

894

00:40:16,270 --> 00:40:19,590

to learn it, which I've not done yet,

but that's on the, that's on the list.

895

00:40:19,970 --> 00:40:26,800

Uh, I have a lot of really talented, So I

feel like I just kind of enjoy when they

896

00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:31,220

play, but I, um, No, I think, I honestly

think that is something that I want.

897

00:40:31,915 --> 00:40:35,455

In my life a little more, uh, I think

it'd be, I think it'd be, I would love

898

00:40:35,455 --> 00:40:37,915

to be incredible at an instrument.

899

00:40:38,145 --> 00:40:41,345

It does take a lot of work and I respect

the hell out of people who are talented

900

00:40:41,345 --> 00:40:45,035

musicians because you know how much

effort they put into getting that good.

901

00:40:45,715 --> 00:40:47,885

Marc Preston: It sounds like you got

an eclectic, you know, you have a

902

00:40:47,885 --> 00:40:50,505

desire for something eclectic, you

know, where you're just not acting.

903

00:40:50,505 --> 00:40:51,195

I like a little bit of

904

00:40:51,195 --> 00:40:51,965

Dylan Arnold: everything, you know.

905

00:40:53,065 --> 00:40:54,325

Marc Preston: Now what's

kind of on the horizon?

906

00:40:54,325 --> 00:40:57,015

What are you, are you working on

something now or is there, you know,

907

00:40:57,015 --> 00:41:00,035

are you taking a little break or

are you angling trying to get into

908

00:41:00,035 --> 00:41:01,845

doing a certain thing at the moment?

909

00:41:02,225 --> 00:41:05,715

Dylan Arnold: I mean, I, you know,

the strike and all that stuff.

910

00:41:05,715 --> 00:41:09,465

That was, that was a pretty,

that's kind of created this sort

911

00:41:09,465 --> 00:41:13,475

of interesting experience in this

industry in the last, in the last year.

912

00:41:13,695 --> 00:41:18,235

Um, you know, I have some stuff that,

that, uh, is percolating that I,

913

00:41:18,295 --> 00:41:21,575

that I could potentially be working

on towards the end of this year.

914

00:41:21,645 --> 00:41:27,100

Um, but no, I mean, as for

now, I think I'm I write a

915

00:41:27,100 --> 00:41:28,620

little bit just for enjoyment.

916

00:41:28,620 --> 00:41:29,980

I don't know if anything

will come of that.

917

00:41:29,980 --> 00:41:32,260

But I really enjoy doing it.

918

00:41:32,310 --> 00:41:34,020

Um, and you know, I'm, I'm

919

00:41:34,050 --> 00:41:35,130

Marc Preston: Like poems?

920

00:41:35,130 --> 00:41:35,960

Short stories?

921

00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:36,960

What kind of stuff do

922

00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:38,199

Dylan Arnold: you write?

923

00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:42,300

Right now I'm kind of, I'm working

in more of a like narrative feature

924

00:41:42,690 --> 00:41:45,090

element, because I think that's

probably it's probably because

925

00:41:45,100 --> 00:41:46,800

that's what I read a lot of.

926

00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:47,890

You know, I read a lot of scripts.

927

00:41:47,900 --> 00:41:51,880

So I think that And like, the reality

is like, I think that is something that

928

00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:56,880

I would, you know, whether it happens

sooner or later, I, I would love to

929

00:41:57,240 --> 00:42:01,010

be able to write something and, and,

and manifest and put that into, you

930

00:42:01,410 --> 00:42:03,330

a final product or direct something.

931

00:42:03,330 --> 00:42:05,580

I think that I just, I

really love this medium.

932

00:42:05,580 --> 00:42:06,810

I love what it has to offer.

933

00:42:06,810 --> 00:42:11,450

And I, uh, I would love to participate

in every aspect that I can.

934

00:42:11,450 --> 00:42:14,990

So I think that is definitely some,

some of the, uh, an aspiration that I

935

00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:18,550

have for myself is to be able to write

something and, and, and put it on screen.

936

00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:22,690

Marc Preston: As you write, one of the

things I learned is that you understand

937

00:42:22,690 --> 00:42:26,890

the casting process is not really about

you as an actor, you know, no, truly.

938

00:42:27,260 --> 00:42:27,380

Yeah.

939

00:42:27,380 --> 00:42:32,000

You get a sense of like, this is this

person and you want to find if you

940

00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:35,390

were, if you were theoretically casting

this role, I don't know about you,

941

00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:37,910

but whenever I'm writing something,

I always get somebody in mind.

942

00:42:37,910 --> 00:42:40,020

I know they say you're not really

supposed to, but I get kind of a,

943

00:42:40,620 --> 00:42:43,810

kind of like a totem, a certain

character, you know, in mind.

944

00:42:43,980 --> 00:42:44,290

No, you're

945

00:42:44,290 --> 00:42:44,920

Dylan Arnold: absolutely right.

946

00:42:45,290 --> 00:42:47,330

And it kind of, it's.

947

00:42:47,985 --> 00:42:48,845

It's so hard.

948

00:42:48,845 --> 00:42:50,055

Casting directors will say this.

949

00:42:50,065 --> 00:42:51,445

It's not about the talent.

950

00:42:51,485 --> 00:42:53,505

It's about how you fit into the role.

951

00:42:53,705 --> 00:42:56,755

And it's, it's so hard to

trust that, but it is so true.

952

00:42:56,755 --> 00:42:59,685

You know, I, you know, I'm, when

I'm writing something, I think

953

00:42:59,695 --> 00:43:01,785

about the kind of actor that

I would want to have play it.

954

00:43:02,025 --> 00:43:05,975

And there are a list of hundreds of

actors that I think are extraordinary

955

00:43:05,975 --> 00:43:09,455

actors that just, in my mind, I'm

like, they're a great actor, but

956

00:43:09,505 --> 00:43:10,865

they wouldn't be right for this part.

957

00:43:11,135 --> 00:43:15,605

So, yeah, just like you said, like

it is, it is freeing in a way,

958

00:43:15,625 --> 00:43:18,295

and it is, you know, Interesting

to be on the other side of it.

959

00:43:18,365 --> 00:43:19,525

It's kind of like cooking, you know,

960

00:43:19,675 --> 00:43:22,835

Marc Preston: you may love an ingredient,

you know Chocolate may not necessarily

961

00:43:22,835 --> 00:43:25,430

go with Tequila or maybe it does.

962

00:43:25,620 --> 00:43:26,620

I don't know, but you know, maybe

963

00:43:26,620 --> 00:43:26,980

Dylan Arnold: it does.

964

00:43:26,980 --> 00:43:27,070

I don't know.

965

00:43:28,230 --> 00:43:29,620

Marc Preston: Maybe I just

created something to know.

966

00:43:30,060 --> 00:43:30,350

Dylan Arnold: Yeah.

967

00:43:37,900 --> 00:43:39,960

Marc Preston: Well, today as we kind

of head towards wrapping up here, I

968

00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:41,650

guess it might call the seven questions.

969

00:43:41,650 --> 00:43:44,400

I always like to kind of throw in

on the back side, a little fun told

970

00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:45,570

you we're going to talk about food.

971

00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:51,010

So first question is always, uh,

what is your favorite comfort food?

972

00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:54,690

Dylan Arnold: Ooh, my

favorite comfort food.

973

00:43:54,720 --> 00:43:57,655

I think It's between two.

974

00:43:57,855 --> 00:44:02,695

I would say, uh, a breakfast burrito, love

a breakfast burrito, or chocolate chip

975

00:44:02,695 --> 00:44:02,865

Marc Preston: cookie.

976

00:44:02,985 --> 00:44:04,245

Now you, oh, there you go.

977

00:44:04,295 --> 00:44:04,655

Okay.

978

00:44:04,705 --> 00:44:07,225

You say breakfast burrito, but

I gotta know the ingredients.

979

00:44:07,235 --> 00:44:08,995

How do you define a breakfast burrito?

980

00:44:09,465 --> 00:44:12,375

Dylan Arnold: Okay, so eggs

for sure, cheese, some onion,

981

00:44:12,725 --> 00:44:14,455

uh, I'm gonna be a snob,

982

00:44:14,455 --> 00:44:15,655

Marc Preston: I'm gonna ask

you what kind of cheese.

983

00:44:16,415 --> 00:44:18,564

Dylan Arnold: Cheese, uh,

usually like a cheddar.

984

00:44:18,564 --> 00:44:20,554

Yeah, yeah, yeah, like a cheddar.

985

00:44:21,055 --> 00:44:22,535

Uh, I love a salsa.

986

00:44:22,585 --> 00:44:25,745

I love, uh, the onions important.

987

00:44:26,085 --> 00:44:28,145

You know, if you want to

throw some potatoes and greens

988

00:44:28,145 --> 00:44:29,195

in there, I won't be mad.

989

00:44:29,455 --> 00:44:33,025

Uh, there is a breakfast burrito that

I get near my house that they put

990

00:44:33,025 --> 00:44:35,365

this aioli in it that's delicious.

991

00:44:35,625 --> 00:44:38,915

So, but I think that breakfast

burritos, there's a lot of variety.

992

00:44:38,915 --> 00:44:41,055

There's a lot of different kinds

of breakfast burritos you can have.

993

00:44:41,325 --> 00:44:45,125

Um, but I think in general, I

think to me it's just, it's a

994

00:44:45,125 --> 00:44:47,015

perfect vehicle to start the day.

995

00:44:48,620 --> 00:44:51,445

Queso Fresco, try crumble up Queso Fresco.

996

00:44:51,445 --> 00:44:55,730

Queso Fresco is actually, that is,

that is the, that is the cheese.

997

00:44:57,815 --> 00:45:00,255

Marc Preston: Yeah, that stuff is so,

I mean, we get good stuff down here.

998

00:45:00,255 --> 00:45:02,515

So I'm like, I've been going bonkers,

but not on, I'll, I'll sit there

999

00:45:02,515 --> 00:45:03,525

and go to refrigerator next thing.

Speaker:

00:45:03,525 --> 00:45:05,905

You know, out of the blue, I'm

like, why am I just sitting here

Speaker:

00:45:05,905 --> 00:45:07,425

eating chunks of queso fresco?

Speaker:

00:45:07,425 --> 00:45:09,995

Dylan Arnold: If I get to go to New

Mexico, throw a green chili on there.

Speaker:

00:45:10,335 --> 00:45:10,565

Absolutely.

Speaker:

00:45:11,145 --> 00:45:12,285

New Mexican green chili.

Speaker:

00:45:12,285 --> 00:45:13,085

That's, that's awesome.

Speaker:

00:45:13,275 --> 00:45:13,585

That's awesome.

Speaker:

00:45:13,775 --> 00:45:15,115

Marc Preston: You mentioned

the chocolate chip cookies.

Speaker:

00:45:15,125 --> 00:45:17,365

So did you have any specific vibe on that?

Speaker:

00:45:17,505 --> 00:45:17,825

Dylan Arnold: Oh,

Speaker:

00:45:20,270 --> 00:45:22,350

I love all kinds of

chocolate chip cookies.

Speaker:

00:45:22,350 --> 00:45:24,200

I'm not gonna, I'm not

gonna, I'm not prejudiced.

Speaker:

00:45:24,210 --> 00:45:27,270

But I, uh, I, I've

recently, the brown butter.

Speaker:

00:45:27,470 --> 00:45:31,180

If you brown the butter beforehand, it

really makes it, it really makes it rich.

Speaker:

00:45:31,180 --> 00:45:32,300

A little sea salt on there.

Speaker:

00:45:32,695 --> 00:45:34,945

A lot of chocolate, big chunks.

Speaker:

00:45:34,985 --> 00:45:36,025

It's basic in the

Speaker:

00:45:36,025 --> 00:45:37,815

Marc Preston: most

elemental and awesome way.

Speaker:

00:45:37,815 --> 00:45:38,655

You know, it's, it's right.

Speaker:

00:45:38,655 --> 00:45:38,995

If you can

Speaker:

00:45:38,995 --> 00:45:41,315

Dylan Arnold: get a crispy and gooey,

I think that's a perfect combination.

Speaker:

00:45:41,355 --> 00:45:43,195

Marc Preston: Crispy on the edges,

a little chewy on the inside.

Speaker:

00:45:43,205 --> 00:45:43,705

We're good to go.

Speaker:

00:45:43,715 --> 00:45:43,925

Yep.

Speaker:

00:45:44,085 --> 00:45:44,265

Yep.

Speaker:

00:45:44,295 --> 00:45:45,985

Now, now next question.

Speaker:

00:45:45,985 --> 00:45:47,935

If you're to sit down, you're

going to talk story with

Speaker:

00:45:48,125 --> 00:45:49,635

three people living or not.

Speaker:

00:45:49,715 --> 00:45:51,735

Uh, you can sit down and

have coffee few hours.

Speaker:

00:45:52,695 --> 00:45:55,365

Who would those three people be that

you would like to sit down with?

Speaker:

00:45:57,800 --> 00:46:00,950

Dylan Arnold: Honestly, the first

person that came to mind is my great

Speaker:

00:46:00,950 --> 00:46:04,310

grandfather who I never got to meet

His name is Henry Blankfort, and he's

Speaker:

00:46:04,310 --> 00:46:09,710

a screenwriter in In LA and he was

blacklisted during the McCarthy era.

Speaker:

00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:10,330

Really?

Speaker:

00:46:10,910 --> 00:46:14,570

Yeah Yeah, he he has a really I mean

I could I could talk for a long time

Speaker:

00:46:14,570 --> 00:46:19,040

about him, but he he He's a he was a

really interesting guy and apparently

Speaker:

00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:23,130

just had the best sense of humor So

I think I would really enjoy kind of

Speaker:

00:46:23,210 --> 00:46:27,710

talking to him about his approach of

to writing and and how he experiences

Speaker:

00:46:27,710 --> 00:46:29,060

that I think it's funny because

Speaker:

00:46:29,060 --> 00:46:31,750

Marc Preston: I always mention my grant

and people have asked me My grandfather's

Speaker:

00:46:31,750 --> 00:46:34,900

always in there for a different reason

just kind of yeah You know, but my

Speaker:

00:46:34,900 --> 00:46:38,310

great grandfather is the one he always

references when he talks about the wisdom

Speaker:

00:46:38,310 --> 00:46:43,320

He called, you know, he came over from

ukraine, uh, jewish folks of early 1900s

Speaker:

00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:48,375

and and uh, Especially when you got

somebody who in your family did your, you

Speaker:

00:46:48,375 --> 00:46:51,485

know, is in the same ecosystem that, that

would have been, that would be very cool.

Speaker:

00:46:51,845 --> 00:46:52,085

Dylan Arnold: Yeah.

Speaker:

00:46:52,085 --> 00:46:55,265

Well, I was thinking about this the

other day that I'm like, our family is,

Speaker:

00:46:55,325 --> 00:46:57,775

is a big reason of who we are today.

Speaker:

00:46:57,795 --> 00:47:00,915

But unless you hear the stories

so much get lost, it gets

Speaker:

00:47:00,915 --> 00:47:02,425

lost, you know, over time.

Speaker:

00:47:02,745 --> 00:47:05,525

So there is so much that I don't

know about my family, which

Speaker:

00:47:05,535 --> 00:47:08,975

have probably played important

factors into who I am today.

Speaker:

00:47:08,975 --> 00:47:11,405

So I think that would be

cool to kind of bridge that.

Speaker:

00:47:12,460 --> 00:47:17,730

But I think another one, I mean, one

of my favorite actors, who's not around

Speaker:

00:47:17,790 --> 00:47:19,130

anymore is Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Speaker:

00:47:19,250 --> 00:47:20,360

Oh yeah.

Speaker:

00:47:21,050 --> 00:47:22,830

Marc Preston: It it's

heartbreaking to watch anything.

Speaker:

00:47:22,830 --> 00:47:26,870

He's in, he just lights it up, you

know, uh, it was like pirate radio.

Speaker:

00:47:26,980 --> 00:47:28,890

I don't know if he ever, did you

ever see that where they had the

Speaker:

00:47:28,900 --> 00:47:32,130

pirate ship off the coast of, in

the UK and they're broadcasting.

Speaker:

00:47:32,190 --> 00:47:32,890

No, I didn't,

Speaker:

00:47:32,990 --> 00:47:33,840

Dylan Arnold: but I'm writing it down.

Speaker:

00:47:33,970 --> 00:47:36,060

Marc Preston: That, that anything

he did is like, God, where is he?

Speaker:

00:47:36,100 --> 00:47:36,450

Where is he?

Speaker:

00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:38,790

Like we were talking about making

choices before he just watch him.

Speaker:

00:47:38,790 --> 00:47:41,690

Like, I don't know where he got

that from, but it's so cool.

Speaker:

00:47:42,210 --> 00:47:46,070

But, uh, but yeah, so, so you'd have your

great grandfather, Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Speaker:

00:47:46,090 --> 00:47:49,110

Oh, I have to ask you what your

favorite role, uh, he played was.

Speaker:

00:47:49,420 --> 00:47:50,220

Dylan Arnold: Oh, God.

Speaker:

00:47:50,260 --> 00:47:55,100

I, he's, it's honestly so hard to pick.

Speaker:

00:47:55,100 --> 00:47:56,090

He is genuine.

Speaker:

00:47:56,090 --> 00:47:59,500

And the reason why I love him

so much is he brings something

Speaker:

00:47:59,530 --> 00:48:01,200

so different to each role.

Speaker:

00:48:01,240 --> 00:48:05,160

And it's just, he is someone that I watch

and I'm like, how are you doing that?

Speaker:

00:48:05,170 --> 00:48:11,100

How are you, Uh, because he's

able to just fold into anything

Speaker:

00:48:11,100 --> 00:48:12,210

that he does so seamlessly.

Speaker:

00:48:12,260 --> 00:48:15,670

I, I, I mean, I saw Punch

Drunk Love recently.

Speaker:

00:48:15,810 --> 00:48:19,750

So that's the thing that's kind of

fresh in my mind, uh, his role in that.

Speaker:

00:48:19,750 --> 00:48:22,870

But I, I, I think, I mean,

he's, he's just incredible.

Speaker:

00:48:22,870 --> 00:48:26,170

And the Master, like, I, I,

I think that he's just, yeah,

Speaker:

00:48:26,170 --> 00:48:27,910

he's, he's just one of the best.

Speaker:

00:48:27,910 --> 00:48:28,750

Well, even something subtle,

Speaker:

00:48:28,750 --> 00:48:30,009

Marc Preston: kind of like, uh, uh, Almost

Speaker:

00:48:30,009 --> 00:48:30,219

Dylan Arnold: Famous.

Speaker:

00:48:30,219 --> 00:48:30,429

Yes.

Speaker:

00:48:30,770 --> 00:48:31,470

Exactly.

Speaker:

00:48:31,550 --> 00:48:35,240

The, the, the, producer, producer,

I think, I think he was a,

Speaker:

00:48:35,260 --> 00:48:38,720

Marc Preston: he was a writer for a

music review writer guy, you know.

Speaker:

00:48:38,730 --> 00:48:39,410

Dylan Arnold: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker:

00:48:39,430 --> 00:48:44,310

But yeah, I think that he's, he's

able to just, uh, steal any scene

Speaker:

00:48:44,310 --> 00:48:48,610

that he's in and, and he is such,

his, the, the, his ability to create

Speaker:

00:48:48,610 --> 00:48:51,010

a character, I think that's the

thing that I'm most impressed by.

Speaker:

00:48:51,310 --> 00:48:51,640

Um.

Speaker:

00:48:53,195 --> 00:48:59,065

But then, um, I think the last one, and

I'll be honest, I don't, I don't know.

Speaker:

00:48:59,095 --> 00:49:05,410

I mean, I know a few of his movies,

but I, but Paul Newman, I just, Any

Speaker:

00:49:05,410 --> 00:49:10,540

story that I hear about him, I really

appreciate how he carries himself and how

Speaker:

00:49:10,550 --> 00:49:15,880

he seemed to, uh, his attitude that he

seemed to have towards life in general.

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And I think that I would, I don't know.

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He

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Marc Preston: was as mince as my people.

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Yes, exactly.

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Dylan Arnold: Exactly.

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And I don't know a tremendous amount

about him, but I would love to learn

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if I was going to sit down with

him, I would love to be able to.

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Marc Preston: He's the real deal,

I guess you can say, you know?

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Yeah,

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Dylan Arnold: yeah.

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Marc Preston: The next question I got

for you here is, uh, when you were

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a kid, growing up, you gotta know, I

gotta know your first celebrity crush.

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Dylan Arnold: Oof.

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Marc Preston: Don't make it

awkward to say Natalie Portman.

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No, I'm totally kidding.

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Dylan Arnold: Uh, I mean, I feel like she

was, you know, many people's celebrity.

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Oh, Star Wars

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Marc Preston: did it for,

yeah, most certainly.

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Dylan Arnold: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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I mean, I honestly think

that's a, that's a fair one.

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Um, I think probably that or, you

know, Emma Watson in Harry Potter.

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I think when I was a kid, Hermione was,

was another, was another big one for me.

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Marc Preston: You were kind of right in

that sweet spot of age where that was an

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influential, uh, you know, a big thing.

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Dylan Arnold: Yeah, it

was actually interesting.

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Cause my brother is, although older

than me, he, The way it worked

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out is he grew up with the books.

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So he was basically the age that

Harry was when the books came out.

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And I was the age that Harry

was when the movies came out.

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So we kind of had this sort of,

sort of relationship with how

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the series was being released and

how we felt like we grew with it.

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Marc Preston: You ever seen the movie?

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This is the end, uh, with Seth Rogen.

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And her, somebody says, you know, Hermione

stabbed me or something like that.

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Like she was, she, she showed up

and she was shot somebody or killed.

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I forgot exactly what I thought.

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That was funny.

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Dylan Arnold: Yeah.

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Marc Preston: Um, now the next question

I got for you, if you're going to

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go live on an exotic Island, uh,

somewhere you want to be somewhere

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nice whole year, you're going to be

there, but you don't have internet.

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So if you want to listen to

music, you got to bring an album.

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And if you want to watch a

movie, you got to bring a DVD.

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You got to go.

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Oh, gee, what would that album be?

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And what would that DVD, what

would that, what would the music

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and what would the movie be?

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Dylan Arnold: Oh man,

that is a tough question.

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Okay, okay, uh,

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Hmm, hmm, Okay, so movie, I think, uh,

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Oh my god, that is like, it's

almost impossible for me to answer.

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I, um, Well, if there's like a trilogy,

let's say, or if there's like a series.

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Okay.

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So, so if I can bring us, if I can bring

a trilogy, I'm bringing Lord of the Rings.

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I'm bringing all three

Lord of the Rings movies.

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That is, especially if I'm on an

island, I think that I would just

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growing up, I watched those movies

religiously and I would, if I

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wasn't watching them, I was out.

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Pretending that I was in them, so I think,

you know, I think that, uh, that would

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definitely, you know, keep me entertained.

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I would probably revert back to my

childhood roots and just, just run

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around the island in the woods and

pretend I was in Lord of the Rings.

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I think that would keep me

entertained sufficiently.

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Yeah, a little secret, you know,

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Marc Preston: I have

only seen one of them.

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And not the whole thing.

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It's one of those movies.

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There's so much stuff out there.

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I'm going, I haven't, I haven't

watched Game of Thrones.

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I look at it like, you know what,

there's gonna be a day or a weekend or

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I'm just going to sit down and be able

to experience it for the first time.

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You know,

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Dylan Arnold: I really think

it's the perfect trilogy.

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I really think it's, it's,

it's so they're so well made.

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Uh, beyond just the story and

the directing, but like the, the

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makeup and the, it just, the world

is so, is so, is so beautiful.

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Everybody likes it, is very

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Marc Preston: passionate about it.

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Yeah.

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So I definitely need to check it out.

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Dylan Arnold: Um, and then an album.

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See, my problem is, is that I have such

an eclectic music taste that I don't have

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one album that I really, that I really

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Marc Preston: particularly

See, I, I'm the same way.

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I think if somebody looked at my

Spotify playlist, it'd be like,

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wow, this guy's got some issues.

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Uh, yeah, cause I'm all over the place.

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I really, you know, I'll get in

different moods of what I want to.

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Listen to, but I also if it's a

box set, you can choose that also.

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Dylan Arnold: Okay.

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Well, I will.

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Can I do like the best of the, uh,

of the nineties, early two thousands?

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Absolutely.

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Nostalgia.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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And I wouldn't want the best of though.

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I would want that in addition to

if there was, if there was for

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some reason, a magical album of all

the songs that, uh, Uh, my mother

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listened to, like we mentioned

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Marc Preston: Dito, but God, there's just

such a red, that's such a random note.

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And Joni Mitchell.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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What would, I know, I know , who

else out of the nineties do, do you

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have a strong, like, oh, they were

cool, you know, who would that be?

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Dylan Arnold: Uh, oh man.

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I mean, I guess Joni Mitchell's a little,

uh, she a little older, but still,

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still in the, still in the nineties.

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I think.

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Uh, I mean in terms of, I don't know,

out of the nineties, but in terms of what

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I was listening to, like, uh, or what.

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I heard like Janis Joplin.

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I remember, you know, I mean,

I love I love Bob Dylan.

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I love these are all pre 90s, of course,

but I think that they still held up

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They were still very popular and they

again, they kind of lived forever.

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No Bob Dylan's son

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Marc Preston: and the

wallflowers They were they were

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popping in the 90s, you know,

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Dylan Arnold: yeah.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, that's true.

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That's true

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Marc Preston: Now the next question I got

for you definition perfect day Time you

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get up, time you go to bed, what are the

component parts of a day that just lands?

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It's perfect.

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It's, it's frictionless.

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It's just on point.

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What would that be for you?

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Dylan Arnold: I think it

would be in the morning.

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You don't have anything, but you know

you have something later in the day.

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So you have, you have an ability to

kind of wake up at your own leisure,

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make coffee, make some breakfast.

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Um, I've been really enjoying watching,

uh, watching a movie in the morning.

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I think that that's been a

really great way to start my day.

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Uh, and then I think just.

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I always love days that don't have too

much on the schedule, but there's a

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lot of potential for things to happen.

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00:54:47,455 --> 00:54:48,125

You know, I feel

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Marc Preston: that there's nothing

worse than getting up and immediately.

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I, I tried to think where I don't

check my phone when I first get up

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because of my brain will automatically

engage on things I need to do.

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I like that kind of like

easing into the day vibe.

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And I think it's a luxury for a lot of us.

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Dylan Arnold: Yeah, it's no, really is.

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It's hard to do.

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They, our phones, you know,

they have a hold over us.

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They're very addicting.

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But, um, yeah, so I think, I think,

yeah, avoiding screens, uh, unless

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I'm watching a movie, and I think just

spending time with friends, I think just,

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uh, being able to go places, go eat.

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I love eating.

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I'd love to go to a restaurant that

I hadn't been to before, and then,

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uh, maybe go to a friend's house

in the evening, and, Just hang out.

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I think I'm a very simple guy.

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Marc Preston: No, no, no.

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That's that's, there's a Zen to that.

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No, I'm in LA.

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I'm, you have all these great

restaurants, but it's always for

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me at least a couple stops at

Cantor's deli every time I'm in town.

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So that's just, I got, I gotta get there.

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But, uh, last couple of questions, if you

weren't doing this, uh, for a vocation,

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what else could you find yourself doing?

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What else would you be doing

that brought would bring you joy?

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Dylan Arnold: Well, I'm gonna, I'm gonna,

I mean, I'm not going to say baseball.

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Cause that's, you know,

that's, That's very difficult.

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I'm not sure I'd be a professional

baseball player, even if I, even

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if I tried, uh, I don't know.

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I, I, something in, in the

field of psychology, I think

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would be really interesting.

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I mean, that's kind of in

line for, for, uh, an actor.

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I, uh, I, I don't know, like, I think

that there are so many, uh, interesting

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things that I could dive into.

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And it's like, I.

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Yeah, maybe something in psychology,

but fortunately, I, you know, I

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haven't really had to, I haven't really

thought about what else I would do.

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That's good, then you know you're

doing the right thing, right?

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Yeah, yeah.

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Marc Preston: If you can imagine yourself

doing anything else, then, you know.

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You probably shouldn't

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Dylan Arnold: be doing, you

probably shouldn't be doing it.

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Yeah,

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Marc Preston: but the last question I got,

if you could jump into that DeLorean and

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go back in time, 16 years old, there's a

piece of advice or guidance you want to

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give yourself either to make something

in that moment easier for you and

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better, or maybe just put you on a track.

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I mean, just what piece of advice

would you like to give yourself at 16?

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Dylan Arnold: I would probably say,

don't try to fit into the mold that you

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think everyone else wants you to be.

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I would probably say, you know, be

yourself and the people who accept you,

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you'll find, and those will be the people

that are meaningful to you, but don't try

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to, don't try to get everyone to like you.

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Marc Preston: And that's so

hard at that age, especially.

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It's, it's still

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00:57:25,140 --> 00:57:25,400

Dylan Arnold: hard.

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Honestly, it's always hard.

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It's, you know, I think

we're social creatures.

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We want, we want that sort of

level of approval and appreciation.

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So I think it's still hard to do, but.

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I think I could probably

benefit from that.

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00:57:35,185 --> 00:57:35,615

Especially

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Marc Preston: social media.

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You gotta do it for work.

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But at the same time, it's like, you

know, I don't, I've, we have a new puppy.

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I got a gazillion pictures of the puppy.

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I haven't posted it yet.

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00:57:42,625 --> 00:57:43,195

I was like, you know what?

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I'm just kind of enjoying it.

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Like I find myself videotaping and

taking less pictures, just sitting

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there watching, you know, just enjoying.

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Dylan Arnold: Yeah.

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00:57:50,475 --> 00:57:51,295

Taking in the moment.

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00:57:51,520 --> 00:57:53,960

Marc Preston: Dylan, thanks so much

for taking time out with me today.

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This was a fantastic, love your work,

love checking you out, looking forward

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to whatever else you're up to next, but

now I'm going to go rewatch Lady and the

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00:58:01,460 --> 00:58:04,580

Lake to kind of catch all those things

I missed the first go around, but.

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Dylan Arnold: Yeah,

yeah, yeah, definitely.

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It definitely requires a second watch.

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Marc Preston: Well, it will enjoy

the premiere and have a good

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time and hopefully we'll catch

up down the line, my friend.

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Dylan Arnold: Awesome.

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Sounds great.

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Great talking.

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Marc Preston: Okay, there you go.

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Dylan Arnold.

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Enjoyed this chat.

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Uh, really talented guy.

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Highly recommend you check out

the new show Lady in The Lake.

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It's on Apple TV.

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Scenes with Natalie

Portman are just spot on.

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Also 1992, that's going

to be coming out soon.

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Uh, Ariel Vroman directed it and anything

Ariel does, I'm just a big fan and had

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him on the show a little while back.

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And, uh, he told me about making 1992.

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So I think it's going to be, uh,

just a cool movie to check out.

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All right, that's it for today.

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I'm going to go get back

into, uh, puppy time.

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Uh, you probably heard me a couple

episodes ago mentioned we have a golden

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retriever puppy who is now, I believe

he's 13 weeks old, a little tornado,

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a lot of fun, a golden retriever who

definitely has a mind of his own.

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So, uh, I am recording right

now while he is napping.

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Uh, but, uh, because let's say it's

a challenging recording environment

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with him zooming around the house.

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So do me a favor and please, by all

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All right.

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I'm out of here.

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I'm going to go wrangle this, uh,

little, uh, fuzz ball of a puppy of ours.

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Dylan Arnold

Actor

Dylan Arnold has already amassed an enviable resume, establishing himself as one of the most promising and versatile young actors in Hollywood. He has shared the screen with the likes of Cillian Murphy, Ray Liotta, Scott Eastwood, Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Selma Blair, and has worked with leading filmmakers such as Christopher Nolan, Rick Rosenthal, David Gordon Green, Lynn Shelton, Greg Berlanti, and Matthew Lillard, among others.

On the television side, he will next be seen in the highly anticipated Apple TV+ series LADY IN THE LAKE premiering on July 19, 2024. The show is based on the novel of the same name by Laura Lippman and Dylan will be featured alongside Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram. Additionally, Dylan will star in Lionsgate independent feature 1992 opposite Ray Liotta and Scott Eastwood. The film is set to make its theatrical debut on August 30, 2024.

Recently, Dylan appeared on the big screen in Christopher Nolan’s OPPENHEIMER. The film premiered in July 2023, and Dylan played “Frank Oppenheimer,” the brother of Cillian Murphy’s “J. Robert Oppenheimer.”

Previously, Dylan held a series regular role on Season 3 of the Netflix hit series YOU, opposite Penn Badgley and Victoria Pedretti. His portrayal of Theo Engler had audiences proclaiming him “one of the most interesting new characters” of the series.

Other TV credits include: the Hulu Anthology series INTO THE DARK: Uncanny Annie; THE PURGE for USA; CMT’s NASHVILLE; a guest star role on CBS’ S.W.A.T; and as “Young Gilbert” in Gus Van Sant’s ABC mini-series WHEN W… Read More