Megan Stott | Foraging Word Lover

And I was like, if it's just me, like, I want to like portray

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this like perfectly and I want to be

able to capture this emotion and this

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emotion and this emotion and this emotion.

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And then I just realized like,

girl, just let it come naturally.

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Announcer: Chill out.

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Welcome to Story And Craft.

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Now here's your host, Marc Preston.

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All

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Marc Preston: right, here we go.

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Another episode of Story And Craft.

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Welcome back.

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If this is your first

episode, hi, I'm How are you?

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My name is Marc Preston.

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Glad to have you along.

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Today, great conversation with a very

talented young actor, Megan Stott.

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Uh, you may know her from, uh, the

Hulu show, Little Fires Everywhere.

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She also stars in the Netflix show

Penelope, came out just a few weeks back.

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Really, really like that show.

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It's a Duplass Brothers production.

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They always do kind of

cool and unique stuff.

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And, uh, she has a new movie

out right now called Aftermath.

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Uh, she is acting Dylan Sprouse, who

was just on the show a few weeks ago.

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Megan is just so charming.

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Really just a cool young actor.

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I mean, we're going to be

hearing more about Megan.

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Just an interesting character.

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She really carried Penelope

in such a cool way.

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If you haven't had a chance to

see it, I'm saying you gotta

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go check it out on Netflix.

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Tell you what, we're going

to jump right into it.

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It's Megan Stott day right

here on Story And Craft.

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Where are you at today?

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Megan Stott: I'm at home.

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I live in Arkansas.

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Marc Preston: Is that where

you're from originally or?

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Megan Stott: Um, no, we

just move around a lot.

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And then we kind of settled here after

COVID happened and it's kind of nice.

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I do school every now and then

when I have time and I'm not on

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set, I'll do classes and stuff.

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So it's, it's nice.

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Marc Preston: Do I see, do

you have braces by any chance?

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Megan Stott: I do.

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Marc Preston: Very cool.

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I just got mine off

like, like two years ago.

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It was really weird.

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It was going through mouth puberty.

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You know, it was like, I had them

for, uh, uh, when I was a kid.

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And then of course I

didn't wear my retainer.

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Like I should, you know,

I had to get it back.

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And I got older.

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I was like, you know what?

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I talk for a living.

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I like to be able to, you

know, have all the teeth be

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where they should be, you know?

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Yeah.

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But I got the good old fashioned metal

brackets, you know, so everybody kind

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of knew I was, uh, I had, I had him

on, but my son, he got him on, um, a

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couple of months before me, but got

him off a year after I got mine off.

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So it was like, you

know, I felt bad for him.

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He had him on forever.

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They were doing all kinds of stuff.

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So

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Megan Stott: yeah, I only

need mine on for a year.

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So

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Marc Preston: there you go.

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There you go.

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So, well, by the way,

congratulations on the show.

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I have to tell you, and this is

not just because I have you here.

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Let me go check out the show.

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I was like, she's cute.

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Young girls, probably going to be like

a pippy long stocking adventure in the

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woods kind of a thing, which is cool.

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But boy, was I wrong.

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You know, I was like this, um, honestly,

I don't know if I've enjoyed a show

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more, uh, than this in a long time.

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It was so well done.

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And of course the Duplass brothers are

the tonality of the stuff they do is, I

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was like, okay, well, this isn't, this

isn't going to be like a kid adventure.

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This is gonna be a little bit more.

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I don't know what it's going

to be, but I'll check it out.

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Uh, I just finished the

last episode last night.

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Megan Stott: Yeah,

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Marc Preston: I gotta be really careful.

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It's so nuanced.

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Anything I say could probably give away

little bits and pieces and I don't want

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to like spoil anything for anybody.

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So I'll just kind of generally speak.

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Uh, but yeah, that last

episode messed me up, man.

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I tell you at the very end, I was like,

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Megan Stott: I know.

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I was shocked when I read it.

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So

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Marc Preston: one of the favorite things

I really enjoyed them when I watch an

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actor is a lot of times when you don't

have that much dialogue and so much of

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the show was you facial expression, body

language, emoting, and with no dialogue.

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So whenever I, it's so funny, I was

thinking every time I worked on a show,

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I They have a little script waiting for

me, like little updates or anything.

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When you went in there, some days I'm sure

it was a blank page cause it was just you

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walking around doing your thing was doing

this show more of a challenge because you

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didn't have all the dialogue to lean on.

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It was just you and the camera

and you carrying a lot of stuff.

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That's another thing you were, this

was a definitely a physical, you

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know, people can get some things set

up, but you were still hammering,

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carrying, or not hammering axing.

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I don't know.

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What is the verb?

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I'm not quite sure,

but you're doing stuff.

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What was it like not

having a lot of dialogue?

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Was that more of a challenge for

you or was it easier for you?

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Megan Stott: I think it

was a lot of in between.

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I think when there was.

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Dialogue it had to be something very

meaningful and very like like hit to

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the core You gotta feel that stuff like

there's no like messing around basically

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and then when there wasn't any dialogue

It was nice to like not have dialogue

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But at the same time it was also when

I didn't have dialogue I was doing a

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lot of other things like I was building

stuff or I was figuring things out and

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I was like using brain power and trying

to just like Or it'd just be moments

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where I'd just be able to like, be in

the own serenity of like, just being

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out in the woods and how beautiful

it was, and those moments were great.

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But it definitely was like, it was

a little bit difficult not talking,

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cause I'd wanna like, chit chat,

and I wanted to talk to myself.

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And obviously, we wanted that, but at the

same time you gotta have at least a little

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bit of silence for something like this.

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Marc Preston: How much

of that was improvised?

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The uh, chit chat with yourself?

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The little internal dialogue out loud?

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Megan Stott: Oh, a lot of it.

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A lot of it was just me just

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Marc Preston: They would

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Megan Stott: be like, if you want,

you can like talk or Anything you

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want to do, just go ahead and do it.

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And then I just, you know, be myself

and figure it out as I go and say some

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random, random stuff that I was just

like, I feel like she would do this.

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I don't know.

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I mean, it seems

appropriate for the moment.

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Marc Preston: The, it reminded me a lot

of, um, Um, did you ever see the movie

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they did, the Duplass brothers did,

uh, it's called Prospect or Prospector.

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Uh, it was like supposed to be on

another planet and it was with, um,

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oh, I'm brain farting on his name.

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Um, but did you ever

see that by any chance?

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Megan Stott: Unfortunately not.

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I'm not really a big TV

person, unfortunately.

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Marc Preston: Okay.

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It was like observing people

doing the thing they're doing.

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By the way, the cinematography on this,

and there's another reason to watch

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the show is just so beautiful to watch.

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You know, it was, um,

not you at the mountains.

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I'm totally joking.

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We were talking about

you being from Arkansas.

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Where did you grow up originally?

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Megan Stott: Um, I lived in Utah for

like the first couple of years and then

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we moved to Michigan and then we went.

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We went here to Arkansas and uh,

then I started acting and we just

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kind of spent most of the time in L.

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A.

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once that kind of started happening.

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My dad was here and then my mom and my

brother and I would all go out to L.

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A.

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and like stay there for like

six months out of the year.

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And then we would kind of just

like come back every now and then.

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And then once COVID hit we were

kind of like everything's online.

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We can just kind of like go relax.

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We don't have to be in LA And so it's

created a like a lot of like different

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like environments that we've been able

to be in And like learn from those and

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have like different experiences And like

arkansas like I like go camping every

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month I'll go fishing with my friends

or like go hiking stuff like that.

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That's always something

that like my family's done.

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So It was always like, it seems like

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Marc Preston: that would have been

an asset for you in preparing,

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you know, being outside.

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It's not foreign to you, you know?

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Megan Stott: Yeah, I definitely have.

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Marc Preston: What kind of

work does your father do?

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Megan Stott: Um, my dad's a doctor.

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He's an anesthesiologist.

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So, and my mom, she was like

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Marc Preston: NICU

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Megan Stott: ICU.

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She was a nurse for like 20, 30 years.

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And now she's just kind of like

helping me with acting and business

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management, all sorts of stuff.

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So she's like my sidekick.

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She's my

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Marc Preston: bestie.

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Is your brother younger

or is he older than you?

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Megan Stott: Well, I've

got three brothers.

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My younger brother, he turned 19

on Sunday, which is very exciting.

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So that's, that's fun.

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And then I have two older brothers.

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Marc Preston: Um, I grew up in the South.

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I'm not supposed to ask a lady this, but

I'm kind of curious where you fall in.

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How old are you now?

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Megan Stott: I'm 21 now.

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Marc Preston: Okay.

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Well, when's your birthday curiosity?

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Megan Stott: May 24th, May.

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Marc Preston: Okay.

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Yeah.

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My, my, my 21 year old.

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She is, uh, was born in March.

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You're a 2003 kids.

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So yeah, that's, uh, yeah, she's,

uh, she, in fact, she's graduating

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college earlier in December.

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So, you know, she's smarter than

me, but I've got a, you know, I've

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got a son who's 19 and my youngest

daughter, my little, uh, yeah.

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Alien is 18 and as a whole thing I'm

dealing with her, but they're all

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in college doing, doing wonderful.

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They're doing great.

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So the thing is, uh, with, with COVID,

you know, you being able to audition

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on a tape audition or tape or record

still, they want to see you face to face.

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So what was that first

meeting like with you?

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Was it with, was it with Marc Duplass or

who did you first do your call back with?

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Megan Stott: So when I first auditioned

for it, I did a self tape and then I

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think I had one more self tape after that,

and then I had a Zoom meeting with Mel.

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And that was kind of like my

callback, I guess you would say.

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And then, I think I had like called

them, and like, she called me, and

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she always jokes about it, she was

always like, because right when she

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called me, I was going, because it

was like fall here, and I was going

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foraging with my mom, like at the park.

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And I called her and she's

like, Hey, what are you doing?

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I was like, Oh, I'm going foraging.

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And she's like, what?

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And like, I had that call with her

and she basically said that like,

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we, like I was the choice, um, but

I didn't get to meet Mel until I.

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Got to Washington, then

I didn't really Marc.

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I think until Sundance.

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I'm pretty sure.

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Marc Preston: Oh, really?

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Okay Okay.

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Now, how did they explain this to you?

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I mean, of course when you see

a script sometimes, you know

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You just get a portion of it.

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You don't get the whole thing When they

explained to you what, what this was

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going to be, by the way, if you're some

scratching, I have a six month old golden

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retriever who's upstairs very upset

that he can't be down here right now.

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So how has it explained to you?

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And you know, what, you know, did

you have a different, um, feeling

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about what this was going to be?

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Uh, you know, kind of, uh, and

then when you got the full script

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and you got on set, like, Oh,

this is what it's all about.

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Megan Stott: You

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Marc Preston: know, how

has it, how did that.

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Megan Stott: Um, I think when I got the

audition, I got like a pretty good chunk.

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I think I got maybe the

first two or three episodes.

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And I was able to like read through

all of that and then do the audition.

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Kind of going in like knowing that

it was something more quietly paced.

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And like natural, but then once I got it

and I got the entire script and I was able

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to like read everything and understand

what was going on in her character arc

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and like the experiences that she goes

through, I would kind of I was like, wow,

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this is intense for someone so young.

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And so I was, I went a lot like back

and forth with Mel kind of asking her

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ideas, like on background and story

and what happened to her as a kid,

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if there was like anything wrong.

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And we kind of like settled on the

fact that like, she's just a girl

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who just doesn't understand herself.

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It's not anything's like wrong.

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It's just like when you're 16, you don't.

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You don't really know who

you are and you're computer.

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Yeah.

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Marc Preston: That, that's

what I thought about this.

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Not knowing what your background was.

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Mm-Hmm.

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and the why necessarily.

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And it was something of,

uh, pretty universal.

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Be it, be it a a girl or a a guy.

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You know, what exactly is going on

in that time of a life of a teenager?

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Mm-Hmm.

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You know, it could be confusing

and, but you chose, uh, the

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character chose, seem to chose.

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Seem to have chosen.

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I know English.

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I know it's shocking that your character

seems to have chosen a, uh, a different

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way of kind of figuring life out.

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And I kind of found that the whole, you

know, of course the story that the wood,

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the being in the woods, that experience

was to me like a metaphor for life.

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You know, you're kind of figuring

some things out on your own.

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And, uh, like I said, I kind

of, I gotta be really careful.

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I didn't want to, I didn't want to

spoil this for anyone because this is

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a fun experience for some, except for

that last episode, that's messed up.

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Um, I was sitting on the sofa and

I was watching it as finishing

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it last night and I got to the

end, I was like, cut to black.

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It's like, no, no, this is, I

was like, how much time is left?

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A minute for credits.

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Hell no.

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I need more time.

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Explain this to me.

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What, what happened by the way?

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Is there talk of a, you know, is there

going to be another season or is this

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kind of just a self contained thing?

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Do you know?

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Or do you know?

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Megan Stott: Yeah, we

don't really know yet.

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I think we would be very grateful

for the experience to do something

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Again, and to do like a expanded

story of what Penelope is going

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through, but I'm, I'm not really sure.

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It'd be cool.

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Love it.

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Marc Preston: There was a scene, this

generally, you'll know what I'm talking

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about, but those listening won't.

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Okay.

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But you're, you're in a car talking

to someone and you're explaining

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how you feel and things you're

kind of wanting to put out.

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Take them out to kind of, you know,

it was so sweet and endearing.

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It was, you kind of caught me off guard.

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I was like, wow, this, this,

this kid's got it going on.

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Even the limited amount of supporting

characters who came in, they all did.

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They knocked it out of the park also.

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So I think it was just a really

great, uh, it was a great, great show.

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So I'm done fawning all over it right now.

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We'll go talk more about it.

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So, so now let's go back.

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Like you're, you're, you're bouncing,

bouncing, not bouncing around, moving

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around, uh, folks are doing their work.

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Different spots.

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You know, what was, what

was school like for you?

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You know, was that a little

more challenging because

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you did move around a lot?

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Megan Stott: Um, I wouldn't say it

was challenging, but I always, as a

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kid, like I got along with people.

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I had my like friend group, but I was

like very active when I was a kid.

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I was like in cheer, I was in dance,

like I was doing every activity

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known to mankind, swim team, I

was just, I just loved doing it.

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Really?

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And that's how like I made all

my friends and I, injured myself

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doing cheer, which was unfortunate.

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So I had to like kind of quit everything.

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And

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Marc Preston: what happened to you?

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Megan Stott: Oh, I just like hurt.

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I just hurt something.

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And then I had to quit for a

couple of months and kind of

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just go on like a bed rest thing.

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So like, it didn't get any worse.

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And because of that, I wasn't

in any of those sports anymore.

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And unfortunately, Because I wasn't

at those like activities and events, I

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basically lost my entire friend group And

this was like in junior high and so after

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that I felt like really Alone, and I was

like, I don't really know what to do.

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Like this is Interesting like not sure how

to go about this and obviously when you're

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young you're like, well, what happened?

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Like I don't really get it.

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And so I would go to school and everything

was like fine and I was like I would

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say maybe got like mildly bullied.

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Um, when I was a kid, just

because like, I liked like

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different things than other kids.

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Like I like to play on

the back fence with frogs.

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Actually, that was something that I did.

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Marc Preston: You like to play

on your back fence with frogs?

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Megan Stott: Yeah.

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Like at our school, we had this

like back fence and it was like,

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They had like the water drains, like

on the backside of this building.

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And I would go over there

and there was all these like

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tree forks on the back of it.

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And I would just like pick them

up and I would play with them

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and I'd put them all over me.

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And I would like, they were like

my little friends and, and my

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friends would do it with me too.

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But I felt after that, that I was

like different, like that, that like

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whatever other people were doing,

wasn't something that I wanted to do.

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And Around that time I started like

singing and I went to this coach in

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Memphis and He kind of just noticed

that I was like a performer and that

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that's something that like really

like lit up my eyes And he basically

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helped me pursue becoming an actress

because he sent us out to new york to

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la to get his agents And that kind of

made me Like understand my purpose.

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I was like this this is exactly what I

want to do This is what I want my life

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to be and that's where I kind of had

a realization Where I think penelope

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kind of goes through the same thing

where it's just like like you're young.

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You don't know anything Everything's

difficult like you lose friends you

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gain friends like things happen You get

your first crushes like all of the weird

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stuff that nobody wants to talk about

that feels like cringy and embarrassing

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And all those things happened.

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And so You I felt like really closely

like connected to Penelope because

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of that because I felt like she and I

both had something that we just don't.

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We didn't know like existed in ourselves.

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And then eventually, obviously

you get older, you find it

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Marc Preston: Moving around a lot,

uh, you know having to restart friend

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groups and whatnot Do you think

that kind of made you a little bit

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more in your own head to a degree?

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You know, were you are you are you kind

of a lack of a better way of putting it?

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Are you more of kind of like a thinker?

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Are you more of a contemplator?

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You know, is that kind of your nature?

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Megan Stott: Um, I think as

I've gotten older, it has been.

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I've definitely become more of

a thinker the more I've aged.

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But I think as a young

person, I was a yapper.

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All I did was talk.

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All I did was I would not shut up.

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And I loved it for that time in my life.

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But definitely now I'm more of

like a quiet observer and thinker.

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And when I'm with people who I

really love and enjoy, of course,

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obviously the yapper comes out in me.

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But you know, it kind of just depends.

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I think it's just aging.

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Getting older, which sucks.

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Marc Preston: Well, let

me tell you something.

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You're in for a ride, you know, um,

going back to, you know, when you

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started acting, did you start doing

homeschooling at some point, you know,

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to kind of, uh, cause I'm trying to add

up by the way, what are you drinking?

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What is that exactly?

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Megan Stott: This is a yerba mate.

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It is.

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Oh, that's what I thought it was.

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Okay.

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Marc Preston: Real.

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I used to go into Whole Foods and

they always had that cooler up.

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Sometimes I couldn't shop unless

I had something to drink with

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me and I'd get, I'd get those.

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That was a really popular down.

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It was South America.

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Anyway, we'll side note.

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I'm a big food and drink.

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I will get to that later.

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So did you, as you're auditioning,

you're traveling, you're going to

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LA, what was the school situation?

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What was that set up like for you?

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Megan Stott: I think once I hit like,

10th grade, I started homeschooling

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and then we did like an online

homeschooling program here in Arkansas,

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but we were able to like travel out

of town because everything was online.

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So it made it relatively easy to

kind of just do whatever we wanted

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and come back whenever we wanted.

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Um, and me and my younger

brother did it together.

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So we always like had each other

when we were doing our work.

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And if we needed help, of course

he was a few years younger than

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me, but like homeschooling wasn't.

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I enjoyed it for the most part,

but it just took me forever because

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I just wanted to read all day

compared to doing my homework.

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Marc Preston: So you're a

reader, you like books and stuff

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like, I mean, or like stories.

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Megan Stott: I, I read.

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Books so quickly, very quickly.

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I, a very avid reader.

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I like, like writing, like I

am writing a children's book.

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I'm writing a fantasy book.

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I write poetry.

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I like, I write my own music.

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I'm very much.

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I like words.

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Marc Preston: That's,

that is very intriguing.

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I think that again, I'm going

to go back to this performances.

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I, I, now I'm going to want to go see.

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The other work you've done, which we'll

get to in a moment, but I want to go

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see some of the other things you've done

because this was, uh, such a great, I, of

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course it's the way the story was written,

but there's always that kind of feeling

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like, okay, what's going to happen?

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Is there any, sometimes

just nothing happens.

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You're just out there.

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Just like when you were building

your little wooden enclosure

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thing you were building.

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Uh, I was like, okay,

what's going to happen?

466

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What's going to happen?

467

00:20:08,290 --> 00:20:11,790

And then, you know, things do happen,

but it was a, uh, it's always,

468

00:20:11,790 --> 00:20:14,910

they say, acting's reacting and was

it more challenging not to have,

469

00:20:15,100 --> 00:20:17,970

have some, but another actor there

to bounce off of, I mean, you are

470

00:20:18,130 --> 00:20:19,639

manifesting everything on your own.

471

00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:22,819

It's almost like people are just kind

of, uh, not eavesdropping, but they're

472

00:20:23,389 --> 00:20:25,030

just watching you do your thing.

473

00:20:25,039 --> 00:20:27,030

Was that harder than

being with another actor?

474

00:20:27,030 --> 00:20:29,670

Do you think, you know, having

somebody to kind of bounce off of?

475

00:20:30,095 --> 00:20:33,935

Megan Stott: I definitely think in a

sense it was because it was just me and I

476

00:20:33,935 --> 00:20:39,425

feel like every single eye on set was on

me and at times it was very intimidating

477

00:20:39,955 --> 00:20:46,495

and Eventually I got used to it, but in

the first like couple of weeks, I was

478

00:20:47,375 --> 00:20:49,535

kind of in my own head about everything.

479

00:20:49,605 --> 00:20:53,674

And I was like, well, if it's just me,

like I, when I like portray this like

480

00:20:53,705 --> 00:20:57,874

perfectly, and I want to be able to

capture this emotion and this emotion

481

00:20:57,875 --> 00:20:59,165

and this emotion and this emotion.

482

00:20:59,695 --> 00:21:04,155

And then I just realized like, girl,

just let it come to accurately chill out.

483

00:21:04,405 --> 00:21:05,835

Marc Preston: Now, how old were

you when you, were you like

484

00:21:05,865 --> 00:21:08,124

19 when they shot this 18, 19?

485

00:21:08,125 --> 00:21:10,005

Megan Stott: Uh, I think I had just.

486

00:21:10,730 --> 00:21:11,580

Just turned 19?

487

00:21:12,590 --> 00:21:14,449

Marc Preston: Were you

playing at like 15, 16?

488

00:21:14,459 --> 00:21:15,590

How old were you playing?

489

00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,559

Cause that was never delineated, like

they never said this is how old you are.

490

00:21:20,530 --> 00:21:23,600

Megan Stott: Um, I'd say she's like 16,

491

00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:24,079

Marc Preston: 17.

492

00:21:24,079 --> 00:21:27,259

Megan Stott: Like just hitting

that age of like pre college prep.

493

00:21:27,695 --> 00:21:27,905

Marc Preston: Yeah.

494

00:21:27,905 --> 00:21:30,034

That's kind of, that's kind of

what I was figuring as well.

495

00:21:30,144 --> 00:21:32,195

That was ballparking 16 ish now.

496

00:21:32,264 --> 00:21:35,294

Now kind of go back again, kind of

your origin story and you move it

497

00:21:35,294 --> 00:21:39,304

along as you're growing, as you were,

when you were young, even back junior

498

00:21:39,304 --> 00:21:40,725

high years, let's go back to that era.

499

00:21:41,315 --> 00:21:45,024

Did you have in your mind kind of

what it was that you wanted to do?

500

00:21:45,045 --> 00:21:47,865

And somebody said to you, Hey, what

do you want to be when you grow up?

501

00:21:47,885 --> 00:21:50,445

Was, was acting even on your

radar at that point in time?

502

00:21:50,754 --> 00:21:51,534

Megan Stott: No.

503

00:21:51,585 --> 00:21:54,405

What I said I wanted

to be was a, uh, yeah.

504

00:21:55,195 --> 00:21:55,855

Neonatologist.

505

00:21:55,875 --> 00:22:01,645

That's what I wanted since I was two years

old, before I could even make a regular

506

00:22:01,645 --> 00:22:05,445

sentence, I was telling people, I want

to be a neonatologist when I grew up.

507

00:22:06,135 --> 00:22:06,345

Marc Preston: Yeah.

508

00:22:06,605 --> 00:22:06,825

Megan Stott: Yeah.

509

00:22:07,014 --> 00:22:07,355

Marc Preston: Wow.

510

00:22:07,355 --> 00:22:07,575

Okay.

511

00:22:07,915 --> 00:22:08,105

My

512

00:22:08,105 --> 00:22:12,975

Megan Stott: parents gave me like all

of the like, Neo books and all the NATO

513

00:22:12,975 --> 00:22:15,305

books so that I could like learn about it.

514

00:22:15,595 --> 00:22:16,385

I still have them.

515

00:22:16,385 --> 00:22:17,555

Like, I love that stuff.

516

00:22:17,555 --> 00:22:20,265

Like it's definitely something

that I'm passionate about.

517

00:22:21,535 --> 00:22:24,365

Then it got to a point where

I'm like acting, I know it's

518

00:22:24,365 --> 00:22:25,844

different, but like I love this.

519

00:22:27,694 --> 00:22:30,135

Marc Preston: So the friends

you, you know, the people you're

520

00:22:30,135 --> 00:22:32,805

close to, what were they thinking

when this was taking off for you?

521

00:22:32,855 --> 00:22:34,005

The, uh, the acting thing?

522

00:22:34,005 --> 00:22:41,044

Megan Stott: Um, Well, it was

interesting because when I first

523

00:22:41,044 --> 00:22:49,375

started like going in that path, it was

not something that people understood.

524

00:22:50,215 --> 00:22:55,955

It was not something that like most

people were like, Oh, that's so cool.

525

00:22:55,955 --> 00:22:58,075

They were like, Oh, You're doing what?

526

00:22:58,534 --> 00:22:59,844

Like, that's what you want to do?

527

00:23:00,534 --> 00:23:05,235

I was like, yeah, I mean, like,

it's, I mean, I lost a lot of friends

528

00:23:05,245 --> 00:23:11,614

from it, but I think I gained more

insight on people and gained more

529

00:23:11,614 --> 00:23:15,254

insight on friendships and who were,

like, my true friends at the time.

530

00:23:16,024 --> 00:23:20,074

Um, so that was a little bit difficult,

especially during that age of, like, just,

531

00:23:20,074 --> 00:23:21,900

like, Losing friends and stuff like that.

532

00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:23,930

And kind of for stupid reasons too.

533

00:23:24,590 --> 00:23:26,800

Marc Preston: Now, how old were you

when you first, uh, you know, your

534

00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:28,500

first stepped in front of a camera.

535

00:23:29,250 --> 00:23:31,019

Megan Stott: First step

in front of a camera.

536

00:23:31,059 --> 00:23:41,889

I think I had done something and it was

right before little fires everywhere.

537

00:23:41,930 --> 00:23:47,100

And it wasn't, it never ended up like

getting picked up or anything like that.

538

00:23:47,110 --> 00:23:48,490

It was just like something that like.

539

00:23:48,925 --> 00:23:55,395

Like was kind of like an option And I

remember it being like it looked smaller I

540

00:23:55,395 --> 00:24:02,194

was maybe like on set for like 20 minutes

maybe like a day At most and I remember

541

00:24:02,194 --> 00:24:08,280

like just like being so thrilled But also

at the same time, like, super confused.

542

00:24:08,620 --> 00:24:11,399

And then once I got onto Little

Fires, I like, that for me

543

00:24:11,399 --> 00:24:12,780

was my first, like, ever job.

544

00:24:13,180 --> 00:24:18,639

When I was 16, and I was so flabbergasted

and, like, so amazed and a little

545

00:24:18,639 --> 00:24:22,079

bit overwhelmed because it was so,

it was not what I was expecting.

546

00:24:22,079 --> 00:24:24,569

Like, there was so much

happening and so much going on

547

00:24:24,590 --> 00:24:25,830

and everybody doing everything.

548

00:24:25,830 --> 00:24:26,560

I was like, wow.

549

00:24:26,740 --> 00:24:29,340

Marc Preston: And it was a very

deep cast of a lot, a lot of very

550

00:24:29,340 --> 00:24:30,940

experienced actors of young ones.

551

00:24:30,940 --> 00:24:34,390

I mean, it was, you know, that

was, I, I've still, I still

552

00:24:34,390 --> 00:24:35,689

want to check that series.

553

00:24:35,950 --> 00:24:37,060

Uh, it's on Hulu, right?

554

00:24:37,100 --> 00:24:38,240

Isn't that was it Hulu show.

555

00:24:38,250 --> 00:24:38,520

Okay.

556

00:24:39,060 --> 00:24:40,610

What were your, what was

your family thinking?

557

00:24:40,610 --> 00:24:41,679

What were your brothers thinking?

558

00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:44,039

Were they like, all right, she's,

you know, you know, Megan's doing

559

00:24:44,039 --> 00:24:46,520

this thing now, or were they like,

they really jazzed about it where

560

00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:48,850

they just kind of indifferent off in

their own world, doing their thing.

561

00:24:48,850 --> 00:24:49,220

What was going on?

562

00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:52,260

Megan Stott: Well, my younger

brother did like, does it with me.

563

00:24:52,450 --> 00:24:54,750

So he's always like super excited.

564

00:24:54,750 --> 00:24:59,015

I, All of my family has been really,

like, supportive and really fabulous

565

00:24:59,015 --> 00:25:02,425

about just, like, even when I'm, like,

down about things or I didn't get

566

00:25:02,435 --> 00:25:05,474

something that I really wanted to,

they're always, like, super supportive

567

00:25:05,485 --> 00:25:09,175

and they're like, it's okay, it's

not you, like, you know how it is.

568

00:25:09,225 --> 00:25:11,694

Sometimes it's just, like,

the not, not the right fit.

569

00:25:11,705 --> 00:25:14,815

So I've had a really, thankfully,

like, supportive family when it

570

00:25:14,815 --> 00:25:19,755

comes to my acting career and how

I started it and just, like, they

571

00:25:19,825 --> 00:25:21,349

keep being supportive as I do.

572

00:25:22,060 --> 00:25:22,760

Keep getting jobs.

573

00:25:22,820 --> 00:25:23,170

So,

574

00:25:23,380 --> 00:25:23,880

Marc Preston: so rough.

575

00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:25,000

You just keep getting jobs.

576

00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,930

You just keep, people just keep

loving you, but I'm curious.

577

00:25:28,930 --> 00:25:29,620

We're in Arkansas.

578

00:25:29,620 --> 00:25:30,270

Are you located

579

00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:31,060

Megan Stott: Fayetteville?

580

00:25:31,060 --> 00:25:33,989

Marc Preston: I think about a

good friend of mine's a professor

581

00:25:33,989 --> 00:25:35,080

at the university of Arkansas.

582

00:25:36,550 --> 00:25:39,129

Um, hotel restaurant tourism.

583

00:25:39,259 --> 00:25:44,495

Uh, so he's, uh, Uh, is it, wait, where,

where is that University of Arkansas?

584

00:25:44,605 --> 00:25:44,865

Megan Stott: It's in

585

00:25:45,415 --> 00:25:45,625

Marc Preston: Fayetteville.

586

00:25:45,635 --> 00:25:46,475

Oh, that is in Fayetteville.

587

00:25:46,475 --> 00:25:46,685

Okay.

588

00:25:46,685 --> 00:25:47,345

That's what I was thinking.

589

00:25:47,775 --> 00:25:50,265

You know, yeah, I'm a Texan,

so we don't know too much.

590

00:25:50,285 --> 00:25:50,855

No, I'm just kidding.

591

00:25:51,085 --> 00:25:54,874

So you are pretty much primed for

this role, given that you, you

592

00:25:54,874 --> 00:25:58,325

know, you do have a thing for the

frogs and the foraging and all that.

593

00:25:58,750 --> 00:26:00,950

Did you learn anything on the set?

594

00:26:00,990 --> 00:26:02,100

Cause you're doing a lot of things.

595

00:26:02,100 --> 00:26:04,830

Like I think the premise was, and

I'm not, I don't think I'm giving

596

00:26:04,830 --> 00:26:09,569

anything away that you had a, a, like a

wilderness survival book or camping book.

597

00:26:09,630 --> 00:26:11,910

And you're using that kind of as

your Bible to figure things out.

598

00:26:11,910 --> 00:26:13,940

I think that's what we

were left to understand.

599

00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:18,760

What did you learn about kind of

living on your own out in the woods?

600

00:26:19,060 --> 00:26:21,810

Was there anything like an epiphany

and like, Ooh, this is something

601

00:26:21,830 --> 00:26:22,950

kind of, I didn't know about.

602

00:26:23,050 --> 00:26:27,575

Megan Stott: Um, I think the main thing

was mostly just like, Keeping yourself

603

00:26:27,625 --> 00:26:33,365

busy and keeping yourself entertained

because it can get bored Really fast and

604

00:26:33,365 --> 00:26:38,565

like it's okay to like talk to yourself

and like do weird things because you're

605

00:26:38,575 --> 00:26:43,750

by yourself Like you have nobody other

than You there has to be you cannot be

606

00:26:43,750 --> 00:26:48,640

silent all the time because I think it's

just like might as well Like say it out

607

00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:52,869

loud at least so that was like kind of

the main thing that I learned And like

608

00:26:52,870 --> 00:26:57,260

just like I didn't really learn anything

physically mostly because I have done a

609

00:26:57,260 --> 00:27:02,810

lot of that stuff I mean, I didn't I never

have really built an actual like shelter.

610

00:27:03,260 --> 00:27:07,450

So that was Like something

fascinating for me.

611

00:27:07,490 --> 00:27:09,220

I didn't get to really build it by myself.

612

00:27:09,220 --> 00:27:13,010

I like helped with the process and

the whole crew doing it, but that was

613

00:27:13,010 --> 00:27:14,640

really interesting to see that happen.

614

00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:18,599

Um, but mostly just kind of learning

how to like be by myself and just

615

00:27:18,599 --> 00:27:22,860

like enjoy the things in front of me

compared to like being on my phone all

616

00:27:22,860 --> 00:27:24,889

the time and kind of like not focusing.

617

00:27:25,735 --> 00:27:28,175

On the sunsets that are like

literally right in front of you.

618

00:27:28,364 --> 00:27:30,654

Marc Preston: Was it that big of a

crew out there in the woods with you?

619

00:27:30,654 --> 00:27:33,564

Or was it, was it kind of like your

standard, you know, show, you know, you

620

00:27:33,564 --> 00:27:37,544

have different departments out there

and it's, or it was a pretty tight crew.

621

00:27:37,894 --> 00:27:40,584

Megan Stott: It was a pretty tight

crew, but they definitely all like had

622

00:27:40,584 --> 00:27:44,325

their own departments and they were

very like, like meticulous about what.

623

00:27:44,785 --> 00:27:49,095

They wanted to do and how they wanted to

do it, which was really great considering

624

00:27:49,415 --> 00:27:54,284

like being in the wild is always like

chaotic and being in nature is always

625

00:27:54,304 --> 00:27:55,904

going to be a little bit rough anyway.

626

00:27:55,924 --> 00:27:59,215

So to be able to have a team who's

just so like meticulous about

627

00:27:59,215 --> 00:28:03,154

how things need to be done was so

helpful in so many different ways.

628

00:28:03,354 --> 00:28:05,414

Marc Preston: You're your

interaction with the bear.

629

00:28:05,885 --> 00:28:09,455

The young bear was, was there

a real bear there or is that

630

00:28:09,555 --> 00:28:10,764

done some things done in post?

631

00:28:10,785 --> 00:28:12,565

Megan Stott: No, no, that was a real bear.

632

00:28:12,695 --> 00:28:14,225

Like she was a adorable kid.

633

00:28:14,805 --> 00:28:14,935

It was

634

00:28:15,055 --> 00:28:17,795

Marc Preston: almost like this evolution

of a relationship kind of, you know,

635

00:28:17,805 --> 00:28:21,745

cause you are by yourself and you know,

you, you got this, uh, bear bounce.

636

00:28:21,795 --> 00:28:23,404

That was just, that was fun to watch.

637

00:28:23,435 --> 00:28:27,915

And I got up, that was cute, but I got,

the only time I laughed is probably, I

638

00:28:27,915 --> 00:28:29,435

don't know if I shouldn't have laughed.

639

00:28:29,465 --> 00:28:31,735

I, I know I shouldn't,

but it was just funny.

640

00:28:31,755 --> 00:28:35,205

The last episode when you are

hallucinating, seeing your mother and

641

00:28:35,205 --> 00:28:38,155

you're just trucking along, you slam into

the tree that shouldn't have gotten a

642

00:28:38,155 --> 00:28:41,575

laugh out of me, but that was just sort

of like funny for half a second, you know?

643

00:28:41,575 --> 00:28:46,695

So it's such a sweet story, but it's such

a, um, you know, I think an adult can

644

00:28:46,695 --> 00:28:50,275

look back on that and remember being a

teenager and remember the confusion or

645

00:28:50,275 --> 00:28:52,325

remember the trying to discover yourself.

646

00:28:52,325 --> 00:28:55,825

I mean, did you pull some things

from your own personal experience?

647

00:28:55,835 --> 00:28:57,155

I mean, was this something?

648

00:28:57,385 --> 00:29:02,965

that when you were putting together who

Penelope was, was this something that like

649

00:29:03,205 --> 00:29:07,015

this reminds me of this time in my life

when I was interacting with this person

650

00:29:07,015 --> 00:29:08,955

or went to this place or I felt this way.

651

00:29:09,235 --> 00:29:12,204

Was it easy to pull from your

own life to kind of come up with

652

00:29:12,495 --> 00:29:13,775

the things she was encountering?

653

00:29:13,875 --> 00:29:14,795

Megan Stott: Oh, absolutely.

654

00:29:15,055 --> 00:29:20,145

I used a lot of like my own experiences

when I was younger to like, like convey

655

00:29:20,145 --> 00:29:25,245

what she was feeling because I, related

to her a lot and I think a lot of

656

00:29:25,325 --> 00:29:30,575

teenagers do so I wanted to be as like

honest and as truthful to those moments

657

00:29:30,575 --> 00:29:33,635

as possible because You know how it is

658

00:29:34,070 --> 00:29:36,570

Marc Preston: There's some things that

resonated that made sense, depending

659

00:29:36,570 --> 00:29:39,810

on how people grew up, you know, when

you have that moment, you just want

660

00:29:39,810 --> 00:29:42,619

to kind of take your, you know, uh,

when you have all the grownup people

661

00:29:42,619 --> 00:29:45,870

around, you're kind of telling you how

to be, how to feel, you know, you've

662

00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:51,159

got, uh, authority figures with it now

and you just kind of are on your own.

663

00:29:51,429 --> 00:29:52,899

What time of year was this shot?

664

00:29:53,050 --> 00:29:54,490

Or did you shoot over

different times of year?

665

00:29:54,620 --> 00:29:59,390

Megan Stott: No, we shot, I think like

a straight like eight to 10 weeks.

666

00:29:59,610 --> 00:30:05,560

It was in the, it was kind of, I think

like we started right around October,

667

00:30:05,570 --> 00:30:09,539

like right around now, I think we

started at the end of October and we

668

00:30:09,539 --> 00:30:12,189

were able to be home by Christmas.

669

00:30:13,699 --> 00:30:14,269

Marc Preston: So, yeah,

670

00:30:14,289 --> 00:30:17,545

Megan Stott: so it wasn't very,

um, It wasn't very long, but

671

00:30:17,545 --> 00:30:18,965

it was definitely like fall.

672

00:30:19,035 --> 00:30:20,675

It was definitely like fall and winter.

673

00:30:20,745 --> 00:30:21,615

It's just starting to get chilly.

674

00:30:21,865 --> 00:30:24,525

Marc Preston: Because I know in the

show you crossed into the winter season.

675

00:30:24,585 --> 00:30:27,865

You know, if I was, I mean, you were

16, but if I was like around that age,

676

00:30:28,075 --> 00:30:29,325

that would've been a fun thing to go do.

677

00:30:29,325 --> 00:30:30,394

Go hang out in the woods for a while.

678

00:30:30,395 --> 00:30:32,774

And then long ago, could

take a shower afterwards.

679

00:30:32,774 --> 00:30:35,125

You know, must've been interesting

going to makeup afterwards.

680

00:30:35,125 --> 00:30:37,245

We're going to make it look

like you've not taken a shower.

681

00:30:37,615 --> 00:30:38,005

No.

682

00:30:38,220 --> 00:30:40,640

You, you talked about

wanting to neonatology.

683

00:30:40,650 --> 00:30:43,420

That was something you were into

as you were getting older or as,

684

00:30:43,430 --> 00:30:46,100

even after you started acting,

uh, where kind of, are you at now?

685

00:30:46,130 --> 00:30:49,160

I mean, what, what things are you

wanting to do, uh, that you haven't done?

686

00:30:49,350 --> 00:30:49,890

Megan Stott: Um,

687

00:30:50,060 --> 00:30:51,620

Marc Preston: be it

acting or anything else?

688

00:30:51,949 --> 00:30:53,249

Megan Stott: Definitely.

689

00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:54,880

And I am an actor.

690

00:30:54,890 --> 00:30:56,380

I absolutely love being that.

691

00:30:56,439 --> 00:31:01,500

Um, I of course want to like explore other

things, kind of like see where it goes.

692

00:31:01,500 --> 00:31:05,300

I'd love to do something in

like producing or directing, I

693

00:31:05,310 --> 00:31:06,760

think could be really fun and.

694

00:31:07,140 --> 00:31:10,060

Of course, I love writing, but that's

just something that kind of I just like

695

00:31:10,060 --> 00:31:16,230

do on my own time and I take classes

when I can if I'm not in a like a job

696

00:31:16,230 --> 00:31:20,030

or anything like I'll just spend that

time to do classes and kind of just

697

00:31:20,030 --> 00:31:24,360

like learn some more things about You

know, anything that I really want to.

698

00:31:24,790 --> 00:31:27,170

Um, so it's, it's quite a luxury to have.

699

00:31:27,270 --> 00:31:30,010

So I ha I have a lot of hobbies

and things that I want to do.

700

00:31:30,229 --> 00:31:33,239

It kind of just depends on

what I'm feeling in the moment.

701

00:31:33,909 --> 00:31:36,050

Marc Preston: Besides the creative

hobbies, what else are you, uh,

702

00:31:36,090 --> 00:31:36,900

what else do you like to do?

703

00:31:37,359 --> 00:31:37,969

Megan Stott: I.

704

00:31:38,430 --> 00:31:40,520

Love to bake huge baker.

705

00:31:40,700 --> 00:31:42,300

It's like one of my favorite pastimes.

706

00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:42,910

Um,

707

00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:44,040

Marc Preston: See, I

would love to do that.

708

00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:45,280

I just too scientific for me.

709

00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:45,990

I'm more of a cook.

710

00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:47,980

I like to like throw a little bit

of this, a little bit of that.

711

00:31:47,980 --> 00:31:48,950

And you can't do that with baking.

712

00:31:48,950 --> 00:31:52,680

I will say the only time I think

about baking is every single time.

713

00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:56,009

And it happens more often than I

care to admit that I've got bananas

714

00:31:56,009 --> 00:31:57,320

I plan to eat and they go bad.

715

00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:58,820

Like this is the time I make banana bread.

716

00:31:59,210 --> 00:32:00,840

I'm like, no, that never happens.

717

00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:02,760

What is your specialty?

718

00:32:02,970 --> 00:32:08,040

Megan Stott: Oh, I make, So food

wise, I make a mean, like ramen,

719

00:32:08,220 --> 00:32:11,780

like a ramen broth and the noodles

and like all of that stuff.

720

00:32:11,820 --> 00:32:15,460

And then baking wise, I make

some pretty good macarons.

721

00:32:15,940 --> 00:32:16,580

Marc Preston: Really?

722

00:32:16,610 --> 00:32:16,920

Okay.

723

00:32:17,450 --> 00:32:20,309

I know my oldest daughter, Lily,

who's my 21 year old, she and I,

724

00:32:20,410 --> 00:32:24,060

uh, during COVID we were watching,

uh, Kids Baking Championship all

725

00:32:24,070 --> 00:32:25,735

the time on, uh, Food network.

726

00:32:26,155 --> 00:32:28,265

And I was like, how these kids

know how to do all this stuff.

727

00:32:28,635 --> 00:32:32,865

Um, but now the baking thing, I, I dunno,

I, I probably should learn how to do that.

728

00:32:33,145 --> 00:32:35,695

But, um, so the ramen

thing, now I'm intrigued.

729

00:32:35,705 --> 00:32:38,535

You're the second person I've spoken

with who, who mentioned ramen.

730

00:32:38,905 --> 00:32:42,025

So it is like you go through the whole

process of making the broth, like with

731

00:32:42,115 --> 00:32:43,265

like the bones and all that kind of stuff.

732

00:32:43,274 --> 00:32:43,384

Yeah.

733

00:32:43,715 --> 00:32:43,905

Megan Stott: Yeah.

734

00:32:43,955 --> 00:32:45,985

I like do like a bone broth and like.

735

00:32:46,495 --> 00:32:52,325

Uh, like I love a like a chicken broth or

like a miso umami kind of thing So i'll

736

00:32:52,325 --> 00:32:56,755

like get pastes and we have a store near

us that makes it super close and easy

737

00:32:56,755 --> 00:32:58,814

and i'll like Put a bunch of stuff in it.

738

00:32:58,814 --> 00:33:03,180

Love some bok choy Of mushrooms,

some tofu in there, add some

739

00:33:03,410 --> 00:33:06,000

beef, beautiful little egg.

740

00:33:06,670 --> 00:33:07,020

It just,

741

00:33:08,020 --> 00:33:10,709

Marc Preston: did you ever see ramen girl

with, I think it's a Brittany Murphy.

742

00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:11,460

Did you ever see that?

743

00:33:12,030 --> 00:33:12,200

Megan Stott: No.

744

00:33:12,430 --> 00:33:14,569

Marc Preston: Oh, you got to

see it's called ramen girl.

745

00:33:15,570 --> 00:33:15,780

Yeah.

746

00:33:15,780 --> 00:33:18,429

And basically the premise

is she's in Japan.

747

00:33:18,429 --> 00:33:21,720

I don't want to give anything away,

but basically she meets a fella who

748

00:33:21,730 --> 00:33:26,090

who's a Japanese guy has a ramen

shop and he doesn't, doesn't speak

749

00:33:26,090 --> 00:33:28,500

English, but she goes there and she.

750

00:33:28,770 --> 00:33:31,900

Kind of forces him to teach

her how to cook ramen.

751

00:33:31,910 --> 00:33:33,690

And it's all about the broth.

752

00:33:33,700 --> 00:33:34,370

You know, the noodles.

753

00:33:34,370 --> 00:33:36,440

Yeah, that they're there,

but God, you made me hungry.

754

00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:37,799

That sounds amazing.

755

00:33:38,220 --> 00:33:41,890

And down here on the, uh, I live on

South Ponderosa Island in Texas, and

756

00:33:41,890 --> 00:33:46,450

there is simply not a place you have

to drive to this couple of cities.

757

00:33:46,459 --> 00:33:47,730

You know, there's like one.

758

00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:49,350

Kind of sushi place on the Island.

759

00:33:49,350 --> 00:33:49,760

And that's it.

760

00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,890

I guess I think they do serve Robin,

but that's one thing I do miss

761

00:33:52,900 --> 00:33:56,010

about living in a big city is like

a go to a real proper Robin joint.

762

00:33:56,620 --> 00:33:57,899

See, now don't get me started on food.

763

00:33:57,899 --> 00:33:58,470

I haven't had lunch yet.

764

00:33:58,850 --> 00:34:01,279

So what did you do for lunch?

765

00:34:01,340 --> 00:34:03,109

Megan Stott: Oh, I

haven't eaten lunch yet.

766

00:34:03,110 --> 00:34:07,020

I had, I had a later breakfast

cause I had a class this morning.

767

00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:12,020

Um, so that was really fun, but

honestly, I'm not a big breakfast kid.

768

00:34:12,030 --> 00:34:14,760

I never really like, I don't know.

769

00:34:14,839 --> 00:34:17,300

I'm more of like a lunch

lady and a dinner lady.

770

00:34:17,705 --> 00:34:19,185

Those are like my two main meals.

771

00:34:19,445 --> 00:34:24,755

If I do breakfast, it's like coffee

and tea or like a yogurt and cereal.

772

00:34:25,205 --> 00:34:27,014

I'm not fancy with breakfast.

773

00:34:27,015 --> 00:34:28,915

Marc Preston: See, I'm a big,

like I'm a big breakfast guy.

774

00:34:28,955 --> 00:34:31,184

Like I like to, I'm not a big,

but I like to have something.

775

00:34:31,585 --> 00:34:34,274

They say you're technically supposed

to have a bigger breakfast and

776

00:34:34,274 --> 00:34:37,775

then lunch and a smaller lunch, a

smaller dinner, something like that.

777

00:34:37,775 --> 00:34:37,905

But.

778

00:34:38,325 --> 00:34:40,875

Of course, I don't do that

food always ends up coming

779

00:34:40,875 --> 00:34:42,055

up when I'm talking to folks.

780

00:34:42,055 --> 00:34:45,425

But, um, do you have anything else

lined up right now or anything else

781

00:34:45,425 --> 00:34:49,084

that you have in the, uh, in the

planner or are you just kind of hanging

782

00:34:49,085 --> 00:34:52,414

out, just kind of checking out what's

available out there for the next thing?

783

00:34:52,425 --> 00:34:53,724

Megan Stott: Yeah, I'm kind of just like.

784

00:34:54,055 --> 00:34:54,825

Waiting it out.

785

00:34:54,905 --> 00:34:57,715

See what I find interesting,

things like that.

786

00:34:57,755 --> 00:35:02,615

Um, eventually Aftermath with Dylan will

come out, which should be really nice.

787

00:35:02,635 --> 00:35:04,245

Cause that's a, that's a fun one.

788

00:35:04,685 --> 00:35:06,255

Um, but kind of,

789

00:35:06,504 --> 00:35:07,044

Marc Preston: what is that again?

790

00:35:07,044 --> 00:35:07,395

I'm sorry.

791

00:35:07,435 --> 00:35:10,735

Megan Stott: Oh, I have

a movie with Dylan.

792

00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:11,690

Sprouse.

793

00:35:12,390 --> 00:35:12,870

Marc Preston: Okay.

794

00:35:12,990 --> 00:35:14,360

I just talked to him a few weeks ago.

795

00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:14,610

Yeah.

796

00:35:14,870 --> 00:35:17,840

Megan Stott: It's that aftermath one

that I saw you guys talked about.

797

00:35:17,890 --> 00:35:23,180

Um, so I'm in him, I'm in that with him

and then I'm kind of just like chilling

798

00:35:23,190 --> 00:35:25,270

out for now, seeing, seeing what I like.

799

00:35:25,695 --> 00:35:26,765

Figuring out things.

800

00:35:26,945 --> 00:35:27,415

So, yeah.

801

00:35:27,805 --> 00:35:27,955

Marc Preston: Yeah.

802

00:35:27,955 --> 00:35:29,465

He and I were talking about beer brewing.

803

00:35:29,835 --> 00:35:31,545

That's a big thing for him, you know?

804

00:35:31,545 --> 00:35:36,685

So, um, when you wrapped up now,

was it kind of a, not a letdown, but

805

00:35:36,774 --> 00:35:40,585

I mean, this, this is a lot, this

is, uh, this is having focus on you

806

00:35:40,604 --> 00:35:44,025

every single day for eight weeks, you

know, and what you're doing, I say,

807

00:35:44,034 --> 00:35:46,564

focus on you, obviously you're in the

film, but there's, there are no other

808

00:35:46,564 --> 00:35:48,194

actors around you for the most part.

809

00:35:48,774 --> 00:35:50,855

What was that like coming out of that?

810

00:35:50,855 --> 00:35:51,809

Was that kind of like, yeah.

811

00:35:52,420 --> 00:35:55,470

When you wake up the next day and you

don't have a set to go to and, you

812

00:35:55,470 --> 00:35:58,230

know, that's, uh, what was it like?

813

00:35:58,930 --> 00:36:03,500

Megan Stott: Um, I was really tired

afterwards and when I first got

814

00:36:03,509 --> 00:36:07,450

back, I told my mom and we were just

like, we had two days to kind of

815

00:36:07,450 --> 00:36:10,040

just chill and relax before we had

to like, take a flight back home.

816

00:36:10,430 --> 00:36:11,499

And I was like, mom.

817

00:36:12,130 --> 00:36:15,200

You know, oh, why don't we just stay here?

818

00:36:15,750 --> 00:36:19,440

Like, let's go get a little cabin and

just like, you know, stay out here.

819

00:36:19,460 --> 00:36:20,850

I think, I think I could do that.

820

00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:23,660

I think I could like,

permanently or just for like

821

00:36:23,660 --> 00:36:24,420

Marc Preston: an extended vacation?

822

00:36:24,710 --> 00:36:25,040

Oh, okay.

823

00:36:25,060 --> 00:36:25,280

I was

824

00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:26,759

Megan Stott: like, I could like, do that.

825

00:36:26,850 --> 00:36:30,500

I could totally go like, live out

in the woods and just like, Chill

826

00:36:30,510 --> 00:36:35,420

and not have anything to worry about

and then my mom was like, let's go

827

00:36:35,420 --> 00:36:37,140

back home and then think about it

828

00:36:37,260 --> 00:36:39,440

Marc Preston: That's parent for like,

hopefully they'll forget about it

829

00:36:47,070 --> 00:36:50,135

Now one of the things I like to

do with folks I have something

830

00:36:50,135 --> 00:36:51,195

I call the seven questions.

831

00:36:51,195 --> 00:36:53,065

It's kind of throw it out

just for a little bit of fun.

832

00:36:53,085 --> 00:36:57,165

Uh, it's just a little extra

good to know you if you will.

833

00:36:57,205 --> 00:37:00,564

Um, but one of the, the first

question we talked food already.

834

00:37:00,565 --> 00:37:04,484

I want to know your, what is

your favorite comfort food?

835

00:37:04,945 --> 00:37:07,655

That thing that you'd miss when you

just, just, you know what I mean?

836

00:37:09,055 --> 00:37:10,335

Besides besides ramen.

837

00:37:10,355 --> 00:37:10,995

We know ramen.

838

00:37:10,995 --> 00:37:11,295

Yeah,

839

00:37:11,505 --> 00:37:11,965

Megan Stott: of course.

840

00:37:12,045 --> 00:37:14,745

Um, probably.

841

00:37:15,855 --> 00:37:20,015

my mom's chocolate chip cookies

that I can't eat anymore

842

00:37:20,205 --> 00:37:22,295

or her chicken noodle soup.

843

00:37:22,535 --> 00:37:23,995

Marc Preston: Why can't

she chocolate chip cookies?

844

00:37:24,025 --> 00:37:26,305

Megan Stott: Well, the way that

she used to make it when we were

845

00:37:26,344 --> 00:37:31,465

kids has like, um, like, uh, like

jello in it, like powdered jello

846

00:37:32,074 --> 00:37:32,534

Marc Preston: gelatin.

847

00:37:32,564 --> 00:37:32,924

Oh,

848

00:37:33,445 --> 00:37:36,215

Megan Stott: so it made like vanilla

and it would make it just like

849

00:37:36,215 --> 00:37:39,485

fluffier and it would last longer

and it just like, it was amazing, but

850

00:37:39,665 --> 00:37:40,455

Marc Preston: I've never heard about that.

851

00:37:40,455 --> 00:37:41,305

That's intriguing.

852

00:37:41,305 --> 00:37:43,385

Megan Stott: And so I would.

853

00:37:43,850 --> 00:37:48,110

Have that's how we had it as a kid, but

I can't like I'm allergic to corn and

854

00:37:48,110 --> 00:37:50,850

stuff So I can't I can't eat that anymore

855

00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:51,870

Marc Preston: Really?

856

00:37:51,870 --> 00:37:52,889

You're allergic to corn.

857

00:37:52,900 --> 00:37:56,610

Well, that's I think they say that we

get we get allergic to stuff because

858

00:37:56,610 --> 00:37:58,599

it's so prolific in all Of our food.

859

00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:00,319

I wonder if that's kind

of like peanuts and stuff.

860

00:38:00,319 --> 00:38:01,829

So allergic to corn.

861

00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:04,500

Oh my goodness That's the you're

the first lady or first individual.

862

00:38:04,500 --> 00:38:05,140

I've spoken with this.

863

00:38:05,140 --> 00:38:06,200

So they were allergic to corn

864

00:38:06,220 --> 00:38:06,720

Megan Stott: It sucks.

865

00:38:06,740 --> 00:38:10,120

Marc Preston: And so well that means

you have to have real sugar not corn

866

00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:15,845

sugar in a corn story, you know, yeah

shucks You Um, but did she modify the

867

00:38:15,845 --> 00:38:17,425

recipe or can you, you're a baker.

868

00:38:17,465 --> 00:38:19,555

Can you modify the recipe for

your chocolate chip cookies?

869

00:38:19,565 --> 00:38:21,545

Megan Stott: My mom has modified it.

870

00:38:21,754 --> 00:38:23,664

It's just not the same.

871

00:38:24,275 --> 00:38:25,455

It's never the same.

872

00:38:25,455 --> 00:38:28,434

No matter how many times

I've tried, it just doesn't.

873

00:38:28,570 --> 00:38:30,000

It doesn't hit the same.

874

00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,530

Marc Preston: If you like soup,

next time you're in LA, have

875

00:38:32,530 --> 00:38:35,080

you ever been to Cantor's deli

on Fairfax when you're in LA?

876

00:38:35,730 --> 00:38:36,260

Megan Stott: No,

877

00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:37,610

Marc Preston: you got

to go to Cantor's deli.

878

00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:38,470

And I'm a Jewish kid.

879

00:38:38,470 --> 00:38:40,640

So, you know, they have something

there called the mishmash.

880

00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:43,450

It's a matzo ball soup, but it's

got noodles and stuff in it.

881

00:38:43,500 --> 00:38:44,240

It's the stuff.

882

00:38:46,140 --> 00:38:46,930

Megan Stott: I love that stuff.

883

00:38:47,090 --> 00:38:48,530

Marc Preston: It's called mishmash.

884

00:38:48,550 --> 00:38:50,480

Next time you're in LA, it's on Fairfax.

885

00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:53,050

It's called, uh, uh, Cantor's deli.

886

00:38:53,050 --> 00:38:53,540

It's a legend.

887

00:38:54,390 --> 00:38:55,530

Megan Stott: I am writing this down.

888

00:38:55,675 --> 00:38:58,405

Marc Preston: When I was in LA and my

grandfather rested, so it always, cause

889

00:38:58,615 --> 00:39:00,835

he would tell me, he's like, you got to

go to Cantor's deli when you're in LA.

890

00:39:01,135 --> 00:39:03,605

And he had gone there

like decades, decades ago.

891

00:39:03,935 --> 00:39:06,975

And I went in and it was like, and I

had that mishmash and it was like, Oh,

892

00:39:07,035 --> 00:39:08,605

again, I'm just sitting here hungry.

893

00:39:08,835 --> 00:39:09,684

So go there.

894

00:39:09,734 --> 00:39:10,595

Uh, everybody knows it.

895

00:39:10,604 --> 00:39:13,925

You'll go in there and you can go in

there like at 11 PM and you're going

896

00:39:13,925 --> 00:39:16,815

to see, uh, people that look like

they could potentially be homeless.

897

00:39:16,825 --> 00:39:18,345

You'll see other actors there.

898

00:39:18,345 --> 00:39:20,865

You'll see people coming from

an event wearing a tuxedo.

899

00:39:20,865 --> 00:39:23,365

You know, it's like, it's a

kind of a cross section of LA.

900

00:39:23,605 --> 00:39:24,225

Encounters.

901

00:39:24,225 --> 00:39:28,315

So, um, now the next question I got

for you of my seven is if you're going

902

00:39:28,315 --> 00:39:31,785

to sit down and talk story, cup of

coffee, three people, you at a table

903

00:39:31,805 --> 00:39:33,974

for hours, just chatting, talking story.

904

00:39:34,314 --> 00:39:36,865

Who would those three

people be living or not?

905

00:39:37,194 --> 00:39:39,315

Megan Stott: Oh, that's a good one.

906

00:39:40,105 --> 00:39:40,665

Ooh.

907

00:39:42,055 --> 00:39:42,165

Ooh.

908

00:39:43,065 --> 00:39:43,755

Okay.

909

00:39:43,955 --> 00:39:44,785

Let me think a sec.

910

00:39:44,955 --> 00:39:48,575

I would probably dang.

911

00:39:48,695 --> 00:39:49,305

That's hard.

912

00:39:49,935 --> 00:39:51,395

I probably want it to be me.

913

00:39:52,210 --> 00:39:55,220

Obviously, obviously, um,

914

00:39:57,860 --> 00:39:58,850

I would probably,

915

00:40:00,610 --> 00:40:02,440

Marc Preston: I'm going to

disassociate and let these four

916

00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:03,500

people hang out and I'll be somewhere.

917

00:40:03,500 --> 00:40:04,070

I'm just totally joking.

918

00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:10,890

Megan Stott: Um, I think I would

have to do, Oh, Robert Williams,

919

00:40:11,189 --> 00:40:14,320

Robert William, I would die.

920

00:40:14,450 --> 00:40:20,360

I would, I, he is one of my all

time favorite actors I've ever.

921

00:40:21,610 --> 00:40:26,090

Greatest, greatest person I think

I've ever seen in my entire life.

922

00:40:26,270 --> 00:40:27,080

Marc Preston: Robert Williams?

923

00:40:27,100 --> 00:40:27,410

Sorry,

924

00:40:27,420 --> 00:40:28,460

Megan Stott: yeah, Robert Williams.

925

00:40:28,890 --> 00:40:29,310

Robert.

926

00:40:29,610 --> 00:40:30,150

Marc Preston: Oh, okay.

927

00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:30,330

Megan Stott: Yeah.

928

00:40:31,190 --> 00:40:33,120

And then, um, maybe.

929

00:40:33,740 --> 00:40:35,950

Marc Preston: Now, are you

saying Robert or Robin Williams?

930

00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:36,530

Megan Stott: Robin.

931

00:40:36,570 --> 00:40:37,060

Robin.

932

00:40:37,210 --> 00:40:37,740

Marc Preston: Oh, Rob.

933

00:40:37,740 --> 00:40:38,610

I thought you said Robert.

934

00:40:38,990 --> 00:40:39,530

I'm so sorry.

935

00:40:39,540 --> 00:40:39,860

I'm so sorry.

936

00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,370

I'm sitting here going, it's like,

Rob, of course, Robin Williams.

937

00:40:42,630 --> 00:40:43,569

What was your favorite Robert?

938

00:40:43,820 --> 00:40:44,240

Robert.

939

00:40:44,259 --> 00:40:44,940

Now I'm saying it.

940

00:40:44,940 --> 00:40:45,740

Robin Williams.

941

00:40:45,849 --> 00:40:46,820

What was your favorite movie of his?

942

00:40:47,220 --> 00:40:48,690

Megan Stott: Um, Dead Poets Society.

943

00:40:49,420 --> 00:40:50,730

Marc Preston: You know, my

kids still haven't seen that.

944

00:40:50,730 --> 00:40:51,970

I want them to check that out.

945

00:40:52,100 --> 00:40:53,050

What a great movie.

946

00:40:53,270 --> 00:40:54,007

That's so good.

947

00:40:54,007 --> 00:40:55,052

Captain, My Captain.

948

00:40:55,052 --> 00:40:55,401

Yeah.

949

00:40:55,401 --> 00:40:56,544

Um, so Robin Williams.

950

00:40:56,544 --> 00:40:56,892

Robin Williams.

951

00:40:56,892 --> 00:40:57,241

Megan Stott: Robin Williams.

952

00:40:57,241 --> 00:40:57,589

Robin Williams.

953

00:40:57,590 --> 00:40:59,179

And maybe.

954

00:40:59,515 --> 00:41:08,785

Either I would either choose between like

hose here or if I had to choose another

955

00:41:08,785 --> 00:41:11,165

person who would also be there, Jesus.

956

00:41:12,094 --> 00:41:12,584

Marc Preston: Okay.

957

00:41:12,765 --> 00:41:13,085

Megan Stott: Yeah.

958

00:41:13,125 --> 00:41:13,485

I think

959

00:41:15,574 --> 00:41:18,095

Marc Preston: that's the most

interesting table I've heard of so far.

960

00:41:18,095 --> 00:41:21,905

One of the most, you know, so, so, so,

you know, actually I'm preparing for this.

961

00:41:21,905 --> 00:41:24,035

Checked out your, your,

your Instagram for a second.

962

00:41:24,035 --> 00:41:25,695

I know that kept popping

up here and there.

963

00:41:25,695 --> 00:41:29,510

So there's some love for, um,

For, for that, uh, for the music.

964

00:41:30,070 --> 00:41:31,390

Robin Williams and Jesus.

965

00:41:31,420 --> 00:41:32,640

I just want to see the two of them just.

966

00:41:33,100 --> 00:41:38,090

You know, that, that would have been,

that would be, um, now going, I say as

967

00:41:38,090 --> 00:41:42,580

your kid is when you were younger, who's

your first celebrity crush on your face?

968

00:41:42,720 --> 00:41:47,770

It's like, I mean, it shook you,

you know, cause we all had our first

969

00:41:47,780 --> 00:41:50,900

celebrity crush, you know, somebody on

TV was like, I hope I meet them one day.

970

00:41:50,950 --> 00:41:55,230

Megan Stott: I think mine was my

cousin started watching twilight

971

00:41:55,280 --> 00:42:01,400

and I got Edward Cullen's like,

Barbie doll and I was Obsessed.

972

00:42:02,350 --> 00:42:09,890

I Really was obsessed And I didn't

even like the movies I just like

973

00:42:10,190 --> 00:42:13,690

I just really liked edward cullen

and I didn't like the show.

974

00:42:13,750 --> 00:42:14,790

I didn't like the movies.

975

00:42:15,020 --> 00:42:18,354

I just really thought he was Okay.

976

00:42:18,435 --> 00:42:18,725

Marc Preston: Okay.

977

00:42:19,075 --> 00:42:22,605

Did you go through a vampire phase of, you

know, wasn't it like a rite of passage?

978

00:42:22,635 --> 00:42:25,365

Every girl at a certain age

is love the vampire movies.

979

00:42:25,475 --> 00:42:26,785

Megan Stott: Yeah, definitely.

980

00:42:26,795 --> 00:42:30,545

Mine was more so like vampire

diaries and like Stefan and Damon.

981

00:42:30,545 --> 00:42:32,215

That was like my vampire phase.

982

00:42:32,455 --> 00:42:33,475

Marc Preston: Oh, okay.

983

00:42:33,485 --> 00:42:33,855

Okay.

984

00:42:33,885 --> 00:42:34,995

Megan Stott: But I never, I lived

985

00:42:34,995 --> 00:42:36,995

Marc Preston: in New Orleans

for like 20 something years.

986

00:42:37,235 --> 00:42:40,605

And I know that was like a

big and rice and all that.

987

00:42:40,675 --> 00:42:41,105

Megan Stott: Yeah.

988

00:42:42,420 --> 00:42:43,840

Marc Preston: Oh, and I was

thinking interview with vampire.

989

00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:44,650

I'm sorry, wrong one.

990

00:42:44,650 --> 00:42:45,930

I'm I'm thinking about something else.

991

00:42:46,420 --> 00:42:48,900

Oh, wait, wait, vampire

diaries, vampire diaries.

992

00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:49,690

Who is in that?

993

00:42:49,690 --> 00:42:50,360

I'm trying to think.

994

00:42:50,420 --> 00:42:51,230

Megan Stott: Uh,

995

00:42:51,300 --> 00:42:52,420

Marc Preston: uh, vampire.

996

00:42:52,510 --> 00:42:55,829

Oh, I'll, it'll come to me in a moment,

but it being a, you know, when I grew

997

00:42:55,830 --> 00:42:57,270

up, we didn't have the vampire thing.

998

00:42:57,709 --> 00:43:00,339

Now, if you're going to be on an

Island, let's say it's, it's somewhere

999

00:43:00,340 --> 00:43:03,150

it's exotic, somewhere you really

want to be somewhere pretty awesome,

00:43:03,580 --> 00:43:04,780

but you don't have streaming.

00:43:05,110 --> 00:43:06,930

So you're gonna be there for a full year.

00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:10,820

Uh, and you, you need to bring

one movie with you and DVDs and,

00:43:10,820 --> 00:43:13,610

uh, an album, um, music to list.

00:43:13,650 --> 00:43:17,899

You have one album, one, uh, one DVD

to watch and listen to the whole year.

00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:19,050

What would that be?

00:43:19,050 --> 00:43:22,340

Megan Stott: Ooh, music album.

00:43:22,500 --> 00:43:25,079

I would probably bring,

sorry to repeat it.

00:43:25,079 --> 00:43:30,330

Hosier, I'd definitely bring him or maybe

just some like classical like music.

00:43:30,660 --> 00:43:33,550

Um, like Vivaldi or something like that.

00:43:33,660 --> 00:43:34,340

Our.

00:43:34,765 --> 00:43:35,615

Marc Preston: I feel, I feel bad.

00:43:35,615 --> 00:43:38,325

You know, I don't even know if I know

of one hosier song and I worked in

00:43:38,325 --> 00:43:40,175

radio for years, so I got to go listen.

00:43:40,325 --> 00:43:40,995

I'm going to go listen.

00:43:41,335 --> 00:43:42,145

I'm going to check them out.

00:43:42,295 --> 00:43:42,965

That's my homework.

00:43:42,975 --> 00:43:46,705

By the time I release this

episode, I will have listened

00:43:46,725 --> 00:43:48,265

and I will provide commentary.

00:43:48,265 --> 00:43:49,255

I will go listen.

00:43:50,625 --> 00:43:54,955

Megan Stott: And then probably

like a movie or like DVD.

00:43:55,445 --> 00:44:00,435

Oh, I think I would either bring

like the Harry Potter Collection?

00:44:01,645 --> 00:44:05,305

Because technically that's one,

like, collection in multiple places.

00:44:05,465 --> 00:44:06,175

Marc Preston: Oh, no, no.

00:44:06,205 --> 00:44:06,815

I always default.

00:44:06,825 --> 00:44:08,455

Like, if it's a box set, you can do that.

00:44:08,515 --> 00:44:12,155

Megan Stott: I would definitely,

definitely do that or like a Christmas

00:44:12,155 --> 00:44:15,125

movie, like, collection of some sort.

00:44:15,725 --> 00:44:17,075

Marc Preston: Do you have

a favorite Christmas movie?

00:44:17,454 --> 00:44:18,404

Megan Stott: The Polar Express.

00:44:18,595 --> 00:44:19,185

Marc Preston: That's, that's wonderful.

00:44:19,384 --> 00:44:22,354

But for me, it's definitely,

uh, Christmas Vacation.

00:44:22,374 --> 00:44:22,764

Oh,

00:44:22,904 --> 00:44:23,894

Megan Stott: that's a good one.

00:44:24,144 --> 00:44:26,474

Marc Preston: You know, there's

movies that will come on and like, I

00:44:26,474 --> 00:44:27,645

don't care where it is in the movie.

00:44:27,645 --> 00:44:28,675

I'll just continue watching it.

00:44:28,675 --> 00:44:29,364

That's one of them.

00:44:29,625 --> 00:44:32,235

Another one is, uh, uh,

Lost in Translation.

00:44:32,415 --> 00:44:35,155

I don't know, so it's one of those

movies that every time it's on

00:44:35,155 --> 00:44:37,605

TV, it's like, I just, I just find

that I don't change the channel.

00:44:37,614 --> 00:44:37,995

It just stays.

00:44:38,994 --> 00:44:42,235

Now, if you were to go next question,

if you were to go and say, uh, from

00:44:42,244 --> 00:44:46,504

the time you wake up to the time you

go to bed, stem to stern, what are the

00:44:46,504 --> 00:44:49,114

component parts for you of a perfect day?

00:44:51,764 --> 00:44:55,824

Megan Stott: Getting enough sleep

the night before, making sure

00:44:55,824 --> 00:44:59,644

that when you wake up, like, you.

00:45:00,795 --> 00:45:03,925

Like, feel good that you get,

like, whatever, like, cup of

00:45:03,925 --> 00:45:05,415

coffee or tea that you want.

00:45:05,835 --> 00:45:10,165

Like, I would say, like, going and

sitting on the porch and just, like,

00:45:10,195 --> 00:45:13,755

talking with my mom or one of my brothers

and kind of just, like, relaxing for a

00:45:13,755 --> 00:45:15,465

couple minutes before I start my day.

00:45:15,955 --> 00:45:19,385

And then once I get

ready, Hair looks good.

00:45:19,665 --> 00:45:21,695

Makeups look, like, looks fabulous.

00:45:21,735 --> 00:45:24,465

I feel, like, confident and wonderful.

00:45:24,855 --> 00:45:30,015

And then after that, it's kind of just

about, like, being positive, listening to

00:45:30,015 --> 00:45:35,844

the right music, like, maybe if I have,

like, time during the day, like, going and

00:45:35,845 --> 00:45:40,165

sitting at a cafe or somewhere and just,

like, reading for, like, an hour or two.

00:45:40,425 --> 00:45:41,595

Marc Preston: I like that

you put coffee in there.

00:45:41,595 --> 00:45:42,085

That's important.

00:45:42,385 --> 00:45:43,335

Megan Stott: Yes, very important.

00:45:43,335 --> 00:45:47,005

Need some caffeine and probably maybe

like rounding out the night with like a

00:45:47,005 --> 00:45:52,185

nice family dinner or like hanging out

and chilling with my friends and kind

00:45:52,185 --> 00:45:57,395

of just like spending maybe an hour or

two on Tik Tok, kind of do my beautiful.

00:45:57,855 --> 00:46:00,423

Marc Preston: Wait, you

say an hour or two on Tik

00:46:00,423 --> 00:46:00,766

Megan Stott: Tok?

00:46:00,766 --> 00:46:02,138

An hour or two?

00:46:02,138 --> 00:46:03,853

Because it's all I allow

00:46:03,853 --> 00:46:04,196

Marc Preston: myself.

00:46:04,196 --> 00:46:05,568

All you allow yourself?

00:46:05,568 --> 00:46:08,655

I can't even imagine spending

that much time there.

00:46:08,655 --> 00:46:09,684

That's, that's, uh.

00:46:09,815 --> 00:46:10,175

Wow.

00:46:10,175 --> 00:46:10,545

Okay.

00:46:10,545 --> 00:46:13,925

So, yeah, I don't, the only time I

really see tick tock stuff cause you

00:46:13,925 --> 00:46:17,864

know, I'm old, I'm an old guy now is

a Instagram and people repost stuff.

00:46:17,864 --> 00:46:19,795

Sometimes I'll see things,

but I, you can go, you can go

00:46:19,795 --> 00:46:21,354

down a hole, a hole on that.

00:46:21,364 --> 00:46:22,335

Yeah, without a doubt.

00:46:23,154 --> 00:46:25,165

So, but you said to where

your hair is perfect.

00:46:25,205 --> 00:46:26,244

I didn't notice by the way.

00:46:26,244 --> 00:46:28,914

And, uh, there was a

little fires everywhere.

00:46:28,915 --> 00:46:30,235

You, you had a very short haircut.

00:46:30,235 --> 00:46:31,855

Now your hair is way longer.

00:46:32,015 --> 00:46:32,985

So, um,

00:46:33,155 --> 00:46:34,735

Megan Stott: I've been growing

out my hair for a while.

00:46:35,210 --> 00:46:35,870

Marc Preston: Uh, okay.

00:46:35,870 --> 00:46:36,080

Okay.

00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:36,350

Okay.

00:46:36,350 --> 00:46:36,450

Yeah.

00:46:36,510 --> 00:46:38,490

It looks like your hair looks like

my daughter, Emma, the one, the

00:46:38,490 --> 00:46:40,940

little troublemaker, uh, joking.

00:46:40,950 --> 00:46:42,870

It looks very, very similar hair.

00:46:42,870 --> 00:46:43,020

Yeah.

00:46:43,020 --> 00:46:45,960

Cause I'm, I'm the one who

drove her to the, uh, to the,

00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:47,050

her, uh, hair appointment.

00:46:47,050 --> 00:46:49,480

She gets her highlights and then she

went, I'm going to go get low lights.

00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:50,190

I'm like, what is it?

00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:54,904

I learned so much over this past

summer about hair, you know, um, the

00:46:54,904 --> 00:46:58,180

things of being a daughter daddy, I'll

tell you now, if you weren't doing

00:46:58,180 --> 00:47:02,080

this, if you were next question, if

you weren't doing this, uh, acting,

00:47:02,645 --> 00:47:04,045

And this wasn't your trajectory.

00:47:04,305 --> 00:47:07,905

What do you think would bring

joy in your life as a vocation?

00:47:08,745 --> 00:47:10,645

Besides a neonatologist, of course.

00:47:11,665 --> 00:47:18,935

Megan Stott: Um, I think in any sort

of way, being Like a guidance to other

00:47:18,935 --> 00:47:21,475

people or like affecting other people.

00:47:21,945 --> 00:47:25,955

Be that like, if I didn't have

acting, I would be, I would

00:47:25,955 --> 00:47:27,215

still be writing my books.

00:47:27,215 --> 00:47:28,645

I would be writing my music.

00:47:28,694 --> 00:47:32,105

I would like want those to get out.

00:47:32,135 --> 00:47:37,035

And in that sense, I would definitely

want to like share that with people.

00:47:37,535 --> 00:47:42,125

Um, if I didn't have

acting, I would probably.

00:47:43,325 --> 00:47:46,695

Just be focusing mainly

on singing and writing

00:47:47,095 --> 00:47:47,965

Marc Preston: and singing also.

00:47:47,965 --> 00:47:52,484

Okay, by the way the things you're writing

Are you going to is your goal to get

00:47:52,484 --> 00:47:56,714

something published or is this purely just

something you enjoy doing as an exercise?

00:47:56,825 --> 00:48:00,175

Megan Stott: Um, it's something that I

enjoy doing but at the same time like

00:48:00,660 --> 00:48:02,980

I format it in a, in a book sense.

00:48:03,460 --> 00:48:07,830

So, like, my goal is technically to, like,

get it published, but I'm never really

00:48:07,850 --> 00:48:09,470

in, like, a hurry or rush or anything.

00:48:09,690 --> 00:48:10,960

Marc Preston: Have you ever

thought about a screenplay?

00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:13,830

Like, taking an idea or story you've

got and going, you know, how would

00:48:13,830 --> 00:48:16,160

this look as a show or a movie?

00:48:16,239 --> 00:48:16,759

Oh, absolutely.

00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:17,610

Megan Stott: Okay.

00:48:17,619 --> 00:48:19,600

I would 100 percent like,

think that would be.

00:48:20,385 --> 00:48:22,295

I would love to do something like that.

00:48:22,915 --> 00:48:25,085

Marc Preston: Now, the last question I

got for you, if we were to jump in that

00:48:25,095 --> 00:48:29,435

DeLorean and go back in time, early teens,

let's say junior high years, and you

00:48:29,435 --> 00:48:33,375

got a piece of advice for younger you,

uh, to either make that moment a little

00:48:33,375 --> 00:48:36,645

bit better or set yourself on a little

bit different path, kind of, you know,

00:48:36,834 --> 00:48:41,795

what advice would you have if you had

a few minutes with, with a younger you?

00:48:42,505 --> 00:48:42,975

Megan Stott: Ooh,

00:48:45,315 --> 00:48:53,335

I would probably say something on the

lines of, like, Either, like, don't

00:48:53,335 --> 00:49:01,405

let other people define you, and

you are, like, you are your person.

00:49:01,565 --> 00:49:04,515

You are your only person, really.

00:49:04,865 --> 00:49:08,634

Cause, at the end of the day, when you

grow up and you get old, like, all you're

00:49:08,635 --> 00:49:14,195

gonna have is you, and you have to depend

on that foundation that you've built.

00:49:14,235 --> 00:49:18,249

And I have built a great one, but when I

was younger, I kind of, like, doubted it.

00:49:19,290 --> 00:49:22,720

Myself and like what I was doing and

my abilities, obviously, which is

00:49:22,790 --> 00:49:24,850

normal and natural for young people.

00:49:25,170 --> 00:49:33,950

But I would definitely say just like being

okay with who I am and trusting myself and

00:49:34,270 --> 00:49:40,280

maybe work a little harder in school maybe

would be a good thing to say to myself.

00:49:40,735 --> 00:49:43,254

Like girl stuff on it.

00:49:43,735 --> 00:49:43,915

Marc Preston: Yeah.

00:49:43,915 --> 00:49:46,395

School was not, I was a solid B student.

00:49:46,395 --> 00:49:50,715

I was not a, what do you call a, uh,

an academic by any stretch of the

00:49:50,715 --> 00:49:53,285

imagination, but you know, now you have

the confidence of knowing if you're

00:49:53,285 --> 00:49:55,055

out in the wilderness, you got it.

00:49:55,085 --> 00:49:55,664

You're good.

00:49:55,665 --> 00:49:58,224

Megan Stott: Well,

00:49:58,225 --> 00:50:00,634

Marc Preston: one last thing is

you, you obviously are getting a

00:50:00,775 --> 00:50:02,315

little more attention to use it.

00:50:02,315 --> 00:50:05,425

Is it a little overwhelming for you

at all to kind of now have a show

00:50:05,425 --> 00:50:08,414

out that people are really talking

about and how does that land for you?

00:50:08,765 --> 00:50:10,495

Megan Stott: It's very overwhelming.

00:50:10,535 --> 00:50:14,725

I'm kind of like still processing

everything and I'm kind of like, uh, What?

00:50:15,395 --> 00:50:21,255

Like this is like real like this is

Happening like that's my face like it's

00:50:21,255 --> 00:50:25,054

a little bit shocking definitely still

trying to like people have like started

00:50:25,065 --> 00:50:27,065

to like I don't really look like pen.

00:50:27,145 --> 00:50:30,755

I don't feel like I really like look

like penelope very much anymore, but

00:50:30,845 --> 00:50:37,210

I mean, obviously Same person but like

people have like recognized me And I'm

00:50:37,210 --> 00:50:44,130

like, hi, but I'm like, Oh, thank you

so much for like watching the show.

00:50:44,130 --> 00:50:45,930

Like, I, I still appreciate that.

00:50:45,930 --> 00:50:49,540

And like, I always, of course, answer

questions or anything, but it's so

00:50:49,540 --> 00:50:52,105

weird to me that I'm like, I don't know.

00:50:52,145 --> 00:50:53,315

It just feels surreal.

00:50:53,675 --> 00:50:53,875

Marc Preston: Yeah.

00:50:53,875 --> 00:50:55,225

The poster was very cool.

00:50:55,315 --> 00:51:00,655

Uh, it's just so it's so it's to see

that and have something be at your age.

00:51:00,655 --> 00:51:04,195

It's, it's a heady thing, but I think

you're doing just exceptionally well.

00:51:04,575 --> 00:51:07,465

I got a lot of enthusiasm for

what you got coming up next.

00:51:07,475 --> 00:51:09,544

So, you know, congratulations on that.

00:51:09,685 --> 00:51:10,725

You're a real delight.

00:51:10,775 --> 00:51:13,205

I wish you nothing but the best of luck.

00:51:13,215 --> 00:51:15,055

Uh, you don't need it

cause you're just great.

00:51:15,085 --> 00:51:18,625

But, um, hopefully I'll have a chance to

catch up down the line, but thank you so

00:51:18,625 --> 00:51:20,255

much for sharing some time with me today.

00:51:20,305 --> 00:51:20,934

Megan Stott: Absolutely.

00:51:20,934 --> 00:51:24,374

I totally enjoyed it.

00:51:24,655 --> 00:51:25,565

Marc Preston: Well, there you go.

00:51:25,695 --> 00:51:26,744

Megan Stott.

00:51:26,825 --> 00:51:27,454

Was she not?

00:51:27,755 --> 00:51:30,995

Just, just crazy charming,

uh, fun, really enjoy the

00:51:30,995 --> 00:51:32,675

opportunity to sit down with her.

00:51:32,985 --> 00:51:36,005

As I mentioned before, we're going

to be hearing more about Megan.

00:51:36,125 --> 00:51:37,704

She's just crazy talented.

00:51:37,774 --> 00:51:40,855

Uh, if you haven't done so,

please go check out Penelope.

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Uh, it is on Netflix.

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It's a Duplass Brothers production.

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Uh, got some cool stuff happening.

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Been getting some nice notes.

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So, thank you very much.

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Uh, I'm going to run on out now and

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Get him outside to enjoy.

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Uh, it's, it's a.

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Beautiful sunny Monday here on

South Padre Island, so I'm going

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to go enjoy it with the pooch.

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I want you to have a

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I'll see you next time

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Talk to you soon.

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