Olivia Rose Keegan | From "Days of Our Lives" to Paramount+'s "Dutton Ranch" and "Scary Movie" | A Scary Good Time

[00:00:00] Olivia Rose Keegan: Okay, should I go? You know, dead and away wander from sundown to dawn. And I did the little song in a, in a terrible Australian accent, but I guess it was good enough for them, and I booked the role.

[00:00:14] Announcer: Welcome to Story and Craft. Now, here's your host, Marc Preston.

[00:00:18] Marc Preston: All right, here we go. You and I back together again.

[00:00:21] Marc Preston: Once again, uh, thank you so much for returning to Story and Craft for another episode. If this is the first time you've checked out the show, thank you very much. You've chosen a great episode to check out because today, today we are celebrating episode number 100. Made it to 100 episodes, 100 great conversations with 100...

[00:00:45] Marc Preston: Actually, technically it's 102 guests, because we've had a couple of episodes with two guests, so. You know, it's- it's- it's really cool to be able to bring you this show. Uh, it- it really is manifesting into cool things, great conversations, uh, some [00:01:00] learning, some sharing. It's, uh, it's a lot of fun, and I love doing it for you.

[00:01:04] Marc Preston: So thank you so much for being a part of it. It's, uh, fun for me. And, uh, today we're celebrating with a lovely, a very talented actor named Olivia Rose Keegan. Uh, she's been around. She's been on Days of Our Lives for a long time. She, going back to, like, Ant Farm on, uh, Disney Channel, one of her first shows as a child actor.

[00:01:22] Marc Preston: But now you can check her out on Dutton Ranch. You know, we just had Natalie Alyn Lind on, so that means this week is sort of like Dutton Ranch week. Also, you can check her out in the summer sequel to Scary Movie. It is out today, Friday, June 5th. You can check it out. Uh, it's a fun weekend movie. You know, I mean, come on, Scary Movie.

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[00:02:22] Marc Preston: It's all right there. Okay, so let's celebrate episode number 100, shall we? Because today is Olivia Rose Keegan Day right now on Story and Craft. Can you hear me?

[00:02:36] Olivia Rose Keegan: I can hear you. Can you hear me? Is the audio good?

[00:02:39] Marc Preston: You're awesome. You're awesome. And I, I apologize. I had a... I live down here on South Padre Island in Texas, and we had, like, what was, like, tropical storm-like winds last night and messed up all the power and, uh, so we're, we're back to normal now, so-

[00:02:53] Olivia Rose Keegan: Mm-hmm

[00:02:53] Marc Preston: all's

[00:02:53] Olivia Rose Keegan: good. Texas deals with a lot. I'm so glad that everybody's okay. Um, no worries at all. That sounds-

[00:02:59] Marc Preston: You [00:03:00] know, it's so funny. You know, I know you have a, a scary movie coming up. For some reason, it just skimmed over the Dutton Ranch thing, and I was like, okay, well, I had the first few episodes to go check out.

[00:03:10] Marc Preston: You know, I felt privileged, 'cause I'm a big Taylor Sheridan fan, and I was like... And I'm not gonna say anything about, at all, your character, because anybody listening, nobody likes spoilers. But I'm just gonna say, if I say anything about the scene or scenes, it's gonna give something away, and I don't want to.

[00:03:24] Marc Preston: But awesome. Oh my gosh. Awesome. I was like, it, it, I, I wish we were a little further into the season so I could a little bit more, discuss a little bit more with, uh- Right,

[00:03:32] Olivia Rose Keegan: right, right ...

[00:03:33] Marc Preston: you know. I'm always- No spoilers ... I have to be a little mindful of the, uh, good Paramount folks, you know, so...

[00:03:38] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yep. Yep, I know.

[00:03:40] Olivia Rose Keegan: Paramount rules us all. Both, both of the Scary Movie, the Scary Movie universe and Dutton Ranch, Paramount. So we will obey the Paramount and not give spoilers away.

[00:03:50] Marc Preston: Where are you at right now?

[00:03:52] Olivia Rose Keegan: I'm in Santa Monica. I'm in California, Santa Monica. You're in Texas. You're in... I think you were in an i- Mm-hmm ... was [00:04:00] it

[00:04:00] Marc Preston: an island?

[00:04:00] Marc Preston: South Padre. The very tip of Texas, right on the coast. Yeah.

[00:04:04] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh my God, so amazing. You guys must deal with a lot of weather stuff.

[00:04:07] Marc Preston: Uh, yeah. You know, I lived 20 years in New Orleans and, uh, dealt with all manner of storms. Wow. And I've been like, down here it ain't too bad. You know, you get some wind and, uh, but you know, it's, uh, I'm trying to dial into that Jim- Jimmy Buffett lifestyle.

[00:04:20] Marc Preston: But no, I was talking to, uh, a, when I talked to, uh, Natalie, we were talking about how much she loves Texas now. And I know you had to spend some time, uh, I ge- y'all shot in Fort Worth, right? I think. We

[00:04:30] Olivia Rose Keegan: was. Yes. Yeah.

[00:04:31] Marc Preston: Okay. Um,

[00:04:32] Olivia Rose Keegan: it's, and I'm, I love Texas too. Yeah. Great out there. We were in Fort Worth. We- it's so funny.

[00:04:37] Olivia Rose Keegan: So I've known Natalie, we've, like, seen each other around since we were little babies in LA, but we never really got a chance to, like- hang out together until this experience. And, um, it's, it's just, it's been wonderful. And me and Dylan watched episodes, uh, w- sorry, Dylan's my boyfriend. We watched episodes one and two the other night, and we were just, [00:05:00] like, blown away.

[00:05:01] Olivia Rose Keegan: She's freaking killing it. Um, and the whole show is so well cast, and just, it's, it's so good. I'm genuinely excited to, to watch more. I was

[00:05:10] Marc Preston: speaking with someone, and, uh, I can't remember who it is. It was one of, on one of the other shows. And of all the Taylor Sheridan stuff, I never really watched Yellowstone.

[00:05:18] Marc Preston: I, the, bec- you know, there's so much stuff out there, so much stuff I gotta watch and keep, you know, keep an eye on. The way that Dutton Ranch started off, I was like, okay. I even asked Natalie. I said, "Can you get, if you haven't watched Yellowstone, can you jump in midstream?" And she's like, "Absolutely." But of course, naturally, it takes on more, uh, meaning, uh, if you know the full, you know, story.

[00:05:39] Marc Preston: But, but I think it's, it's pretty great. I like the way they kinda rolled into it the first, uh, episode or two, and I was like, okay, you know. And then you came in, and I was like, okay, this is getting interesting. And, uh, virtual high five, you know. Good job. Thank

[00:05:52] Olivia Rose Keegan: you so much. Oh, I, I really appreciate that.

[00:05:53] Olivia Rose Keegan: And I agree with what you're saying with the show. It's such a... It's so rare these days, because everyone's, you know, in- [00:06:00] including mine, I'm sure, our attention spans are so short and fickle. It's so nice to be dropped into a world that really just, like, takes its time, um, and doesn't move too fast. It's such a slow burn.

[00:06:12] Olivia Rose Keegan: It really is like, "Okay, if you wanna sit and give us your attention, we're not gonna give you clickbait." It's like it really drops you into that universe so realistically. And Christina, who, um, who, like, runs a lot of that ship, is so... She directed, uh, one and two, and she's just phenomenal. She's so good. I love her.

[00:06:30] Olivia Rose Keegan: I love that whole crew so much.

[00:06:32] Marc Preston: You know, for me, uh, Cole Hauser, that was... I was more of a Dazed and Confused kind of guy. That's, that was my entry into Cole Hauser. So I'm still adapting to seeing him more in this,

[00:06:45] Olivia Rose Keegan: this- Wait, wait ... a little bit more of a- Wait, wait, wait. I'm... He was in Dazed and Confused?

[00:06:47] Marc Preston: Yes. Yes, he was. Oh

[00:06:49] Olivia Rose Keegan: my God.

[00:06:50] Marc Preston: He was, he was one of the high school dudes who, he, he drove the pickup truck. Yeah, I-

[00:06:54] Olivia Rose Keegan: I had no clue. I have to go back and watch that again, because I, I love that movie [00:07:00] so much. I watched it when I was, like, 15, 16 probably, stoned in my room alone.

[00:07:04] Olivia Rose Keegan: And I was like- ... "I love this." So I had no clue that that, that Cole Hauser was in that. I have to go back and, and watch.

[00:07:12] Marc Preston: Yes. Yes. Yeah, that, that, uh... You know, the casting on this, I thought, was really, uh, pretty fantastic. Like, I think the Ed Harris and Annette Bening. The way your character entered in, I was like, okay, you know, I know she's out there.

[00:07:26] Marc Preston: Where, what's, what's the story? What's the, the, the thing, you know? And then you did, and it's like, wow, you came in with all guns blazing. So that was pretty awesome. Um, how did that come to you? How did the, uh, how did the whole Dutton Ranch thing l- Was that somebody's like, "Hey, Olivia's out there. Let's bring her on in"?

[00:07:41] Marc Preston: Uh, or was it- Yeah.

[00:07:43] Olivia Rose Keegan: Okay, so such an interesting story. I And I, I think I'm allowed to share this. But, um, so, uh, you know, Taylor Sheridan does these, when he's casting his shows, um, you know, and, and people like Christina who are also spearheading those shows, [00:08:00] they do these network tests where they narrow it down to, you know, in my situation a few times, um, a group of women.

[00:08:08] Olivia Rose Keegan: And I love the way he does it because, um, they fly you out to this city that you've never been to, to do a network test. Um And w- you know, that can inherently be a very intimidating situation. So I originally went in for, you know, another role on Dutton Ranch, and I've, I've done that before on, you know, an- another Taylor Si- Sheridan situation.

[00:08:34] Olivia Rose Keegan: And something that can inherently be super intimidating, I always walk away with so many awesome memories and new friends and reconnecting with old friends. Um, that's actually how I met, uh, fun fact, Ruby Snowber, who's also in Scary Movie, who plays Elle. Um, we met going out for a different opportunity on Dutton Ranch, and we instantly clicked too, and I was [00:09:00] like, "I really wanna be friends with this girl."

[00:09:02] Olivia Rose Keegan: And then a few months later I'm sitting in the Scary Movie trailer and I see her headshot up on the wall, and I'm like, "Oh my God, it's Ruby." Like, it's so funny. So most times you don't walk away with the role. Um, and these people casting know what they're doing. Like I said, like I've watched these shows and they're so impeccably cast, and I, I just...

[00:09:22] Olivia Rose Keegan: It's, it's perfect. But I, yeah, so you never walk away... Well, I shouldn't say never, but oftentimes you don't walk away with the role, but you walk away with new friends, great memories- Right ... towns that I've never been to before. And in this case they were like, "So this one isn't going in your direction, but um, there's this character named Whitney in episode two.

[00:09:40] Olivia Rose Keegan: How would you like to, you know, are you interested in that?" So that was, um, that was a new situation for me, and amazing. You know, it's, it's not, I'm not in a place in my career right now where it's normal to be like offered these really cool opportunities. Um, so I was [00:10:00] just thrilled to be a part of it. Um-

[00:10:02] Marc Preston: No, I think you...

[00:10:03] Marc Preston: No, I got a question, though. That happened to me b- I did a little bit of acting. Resume didn't look at all like yours, of course. But I remember I was auditioning for, uh, oh, man, it was called The Green Book.

[00:10:13] Olivia Rose Keegan: Love that film.

[00:10:13] Marc Preston: Um, and it was, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, oh, God. If I try to remember a name my brain goes, "No, you're not gonna remember that."

[00:10:21] Marc Preston: Oh, no.

[00:10:22] Olivia Rose Keegan: Uh, but he and his brother- As soon as we hang up all of, all of the names will come to

[00:10:24] Marc Preston: you. Yeah. He and his brother did, you know, something about Mary, and uh, uh, uh, God. Okay. Yeah. I know somebody's probably listening now screaming at their, uh, iPhone like going- ... "This is what it is." Anyway, but it was funny.

[00:10:34] Marc Preston: But what that, that's like, you go in there, and, and what he had me come in for, a little call back. It was like, "Okay. Well, I don't really see you for that." I'm like, "Okay, cool." But at least I had the opportunity to come in. It's always nice back in the day when you do more in-person stuff. He said, "But I have this other thing here."

[00:10:49] Marc Preston: I'm like, "What?" It's a little nerve-wracking when somebody says that, 'cause you didn't prepare at all for that. Was that- Yeah ... was that the kind of the thing for you when they said, you know, "Here's another character, uh, to [00:11:00] come, to, to look at"? Was that nerve-wracking for you to kind of-

[00:11:02] Olivia Rose Keegan: It's always interesting in those situations, 'cause- You know, I'm someone who enjoys auditioning and enjoys the thought process of, "This is what I would do with the role if it were mine.

[00:11:15] Olivia Rose Keegan: If you like what I'm doing, let's work together. If not, then maybe I'm not your girl." So it is a little nerve-wracking to not yet have bridged that gap. But I think there are enough common threads of, like, fieriness, let's say, between the role I originally went out for and, and the role I ended up playing, that I think they could use my original, um, you know, au- auditions and callbacks and stuff to infer what it would look like in, in the Whitney world.

[00:11:47] Marc Preston: They got you nailed perfectly in this. Thank you. This is a per- great role for you. It was Peter Farrelly. I had to look that up. That's the director- Oh, oh ... Peter Farrelly. Yeah. Oh, cool. Yeah. Um, it, it was gonna bug me, and I just wanted to get that out of my, out of my way [00:12:00] here. No, the, uh, now how did this, how did this start off for you?

[00:12:03] Marc Preston: Were you, were you a theater kid coming up in high school, or were you- Um ... what was the genesis of your theatrical pursuits, as it were?

[00:12:10] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yeah, yeah. So I, um, I started with theater, you guessed it, when I was about seven years old. Um, long story short, fell in love with, with being on stage. I don't know what it was.

[00:12:23] Olivia Rose Keegan: I was just addicted to it, caught the, you know, quote-unquote, "bug", as everyone says. And, um, did a lot of plays, and by the time I was 10, I don't, I don't quite know to this day what it was in particular that possessed me, but I, I would wake up every day and say, "Mom, Dad, school is getting in the way of my career.

[00:12:48] Olivia Rose Keegan: I need to do on-camera acting." And I, I was so adamant. I begged them for, you know, months and months. And I was a very phasey kid. I would go through a lot of phases and fall in [00:13:00] love with something hard and then fall out of love with it and get into something else. So, um, you know, of course they just assumed it was another phase, but I was persistent enough that finally they said, "Okay, if you wanna pursue this thing, go, go do it yourself."

[00:13:16] Olivia Rose Keegan: And I said, "Okay."

[00:13:17] Marc Preston: Well, where, where were you growing up at this time?

[00:13:19] Olivia Rose Keegan: I was in Northern California, like, uh- Okay ... Marin, San Rafael area. Um- Okay ... yeah. And no one in my family is an actor, you know. Um, pretty randomly just- Fell in love with it. So yeah, my, my parents had just said, "Okay, go do it yourself." And then I, I got on my dad's desktop and I researched agencies in San Francisco, 'cause I knew that was the closest, you know, market that I could access.

[00:13:46] Olivia Rose Keegan: And I had a very pragmatic, you know, 11-year-old brain, and I found a reputable agent, and I wrote her a letter, um, handwritten little letter with some photos and submitted. [00:14:00] And, you know, she wanted to meet with me, so then my mom was like, "Oh, okay, I guess she's serious." And, you know, my, they, my mom took me to go meet Marla Dell in San Francisco.

[00:14:12] Olivia Rose Keegan: And, um, that was wonderful, and then eventually I was like, "Ha ha ha, my plan is working," 'cause I knew I needed to get down to LA, and my agent in San Francisco was like, "You know, we're gonna have to, if we really wanna do this, the hot market's in LA, obviously." Right. And so the craziest part of all of this is that, or to me, is that, you know, I would start getting sent down to LA, and my mom would drive me, like six hours from Northern California to Southern California for like this non-union soda commercial or whatever in someone's backyard.

[00:14:51] Olivia Rose Keegan: And we'd drive back, like either that night or spend the night in like a Priceline hotel. And,

[00:14:58] Marc Preston: um- Of, of course it would've been, like a lot easier [00:15:00] back then if, uh, they would, they were doing then what they're doing now, which is all, uh, you know, all taped auditions.

[00:15:04] Olivia Rose Keegan: I know. I know. Of course, it swapped around the second, you know-

[00:15:08] Marc Preston: If COVID had only happened sooner, you know?

[00:15:10] Marc Preston: Oh. So people would be down with... People understand, it's like once COVID happened, everyone's like, "Fine, fine, we'll just do all taped auditions." Now I got people I speak with going, "I kind of miss doing in-person auditions," you

[00:15:19] Olivia Rose Keegan: know? I

[00:15:19] Marc Preston: miss

[00:15:19] Olivia Rose Keegan: it

[00:15:19] Marc Preston: so much. Um-

[00:15:20] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh my God, so much.

[00:15:21] Marc Preston: So your m- mother was, uh, uh, shuttling you back and forth.

[00:15:24] Marc Preston: And where were you at on school now? Were you feeling a kind of a disconnection, like, "This is my jam. I'm liking this thing," you know?

[00:15:31] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yeah, yeah. The s- school of it all was an interesting part of the journey. Um, I went to a wonderful school, wonderful school in, uh, in Northern California. And, you know, but obviously by the time I hit, I think- Fifth or sixth grade we were starting to travel a lot, and so I did homeschooling for a few years.

[00:15:52] Olivia Rose Keegan: I think I did two grades in one year. I was stoked to be able to do that because I was just so enchanted with LA and I homeschooled for a few [00:16:00] years, and then eventually when my mom, my dad, my s- and my sister, uh, were ready to make the official move, which is crazy and so freaking cool that it worked out like that, w- uh, me and my sister found a school that catered towards, um, kids who were in professional industries and needed to miss for long, miss school for long periods of time.

[00:16:25] Olivia Rose Keegan: Mm-hmm. Um, the most LA thing ever. But, um, yeah, so-

[00:16:28] Marc Preston: Well, did you live at that, what, what's that- No. That's so cool. Do... Yes. Did you stay there?

[00:16:33] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yes, I

[00:16:34] Marc Preston: did. Oh my God, that's so cool. Yeah. I always had this, like every time I drove by there, I was out there for an awards show and, uh- Mm-hmm ... I was driving my daughter who's, now she's 20, it was a couple years ago, and I said, "You know, it's a different name now."

[00:16:45] Marc Preston: But I was like, I, I told her what it was. I said, "That would've been so cool, uh, to be that age and to be around a b- lot, lot of other precocious or whatever actor ki-" Yeah. That would've been so much fun. But I've, I've known, talked to some folks, it was some Disney Channel, [00:17:00] uh, kids. Yeah,

[00:17:01] Olivia Rose Keegan: yeah.

[00:17:01] Marc Preston: Or they're not kids anymore, but they were like, "Yeah, but there's a, that kind of competitiveness and you had a lot of st- some of the stage moms rolling around being all like-"

[00:17:08] Olivia Rose Keegan: I was just gonna say, the kids for the most part were having a great time.

[00:17:12] Olivia Rose Keegan: The moms a- and the dads, I, I, yeah, I think there was some stage parenting going on, um, at Oakwood for sure, and I think a documentary came out about it. I haven't seen it yet, but I think there were some fishy people living there too that they should've done background checks on. I

[00:17:30] Marc Preston: was just about to say, your family, your father, you said you had a brother as well?

[00:17:34] Olivia Rose Keegan: Uh, no, just a sister.

[00:17:36] Marc Preston: A sister, okay. Yeah. So they're up in northern California, and so they said, "Okay, well Livia's got this jam going on and we're buying in-" Yeah. "... so we're all gonna be down in LA."

[00:17:45] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yeah.

[00:17:45] Marc Preston: That's a pretty big familial like commitment, you know?

[00:17:49] Olivia Rose Keegan: It was wild. I am so freaking lucky that it, that it worked out the way it did.

[00:17:54] Olivia Rose Keegan: You know, once my, my parents started to see that I was not taking no for an [00:18:00] answer, um, with the whole on-camera acting when I was- Mm-hmm ... you know, 11 and then 12 and 13- Yeah,

[00:18:05] Marc Preston: you weren't tenacious at all, were you? You weren't, you weren't like-

[00:18:08] Olivia Rose Keegan: Not at all, no. Not at all. Super lazy and go with the flow.

[00:18:12] Marc Preston: What were your folks doing?

[00:18:13] Marc Preston: Like, what was your dad doing for a living that gave him the, uh, mobility to do this?

[00:18:17] Olivia Rose Keegan: Well, my dad, it was, it was the hardest on my dad, but he, he killed it. He made it work. Um, he is a contractor and designs homes, so you know, he was able to say, "Okay, you know, I'm ready to try out the, the LA market and see what that's like."

[00:18:32] Olivia Rose Keegan: And you know, my mom was momming pretty hard, you know, dri- shuttling me for six

[00:18:39] Marc Preston: hours each way. That's a bumper sticker you just made. Mom, a mom momming pretty hard should go on every- ... every minivan in America. Um- Oh,

[00:18:46] Olivia Rose Keegan: I think that's just, that's

[00:18:47] Marc Preston: great. Did that give you an additional sense of confidence that they were willing to, you know, all make a family adjustment for this?

[00:18:55] Marc Preston: Were you, were you cognizant of that? 'Cause when we're kids sometimes we're in our own heads, but were you [00:19:00] aware that they were really- Mm-hmm ... buying in on, on, on your dreams?

[00:19:04] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yes, I was. And, and not in a way that I felt any sort of pressure from them either, you know? I'm super, super grateful for that. Ev- you know, my mom My parents would always say, "If this doesn't, if this stops being fun for you at any point, let's stop."

[00:19:19] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yeah, yeah, yeah. They just happened to all be down for the adventure at that time. Like my sister, I remember the one night, you know, me and my sister and my mom, we all sat in my sister's room, and I, you know, the time came and we were like, "Oh my God, we're all in a place where we're ready to do this. We're ready to make the jump.

[00:19:36] Olivia Rose Keegan: We're ready to move, and we should," you know. You know, I remember com- coming up with ideas about how to phrase it to, um, to, to my dad, because we knew that would be the, you know, realistically the toughest for him to relocate with his work. And my sister, it was the night before she had this big final at her high school, and she, she wasn't [00:20:00] enjoying things, and she was just ready for a clean slate

[00:20:03] Marc Preston: and- That's a fun family experience.

[00:20:04] Marc Preston: That's something you could talk about on, I don't know, a podcast or something. Um, So wh- h- is your sister older sister, younger? Where-

[00:20:12] Olivia Rose Keegan: Older. Four years older, yeah. Okay. And wanted nothing to do with, um, you know, the entertainment industry. She's always been on her own path and yeah.

[00:20:21] Marc Preston: Well, since the whole family's down there, I'm curious, 'cause everybody knows who listens to my program I talk about food and restaurants at least once.

[00:20:27] Marc Preston: It's just kind of who I am, I guess. But where was the family restaurant where everybody... Like, you're in LA, y'all want to go out and have, like, a night when you all can get together 'cause you're running in different directions. 'Cause you're making LA home, what was that initially like, and where'd y'all go out and have your family time together?

[00:20:43] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh, man. The first thing that comes to mind, 'cause we were always in the Valley. We lived at Oakwood for a bit, and then other places around Sherman Oaks and Studio City. Uh, and I I remember Casa Vega. That's the- Okay ... I feel like everybody

[00:20:58] Marc Preston: goes

[00:20:58] Olivia Rose Keegan: to Casa Vega. Are you f- are [00:21:00] you familiar? Did you, do you spend a lot of time in LA?

[00:21:02] Marc Preston: I, I used to. I worked on the radio briefly in LA. Mm. And, uh, I lived in Encinitas in North County San Diego, and, um, on the weekends I came up and I went to, uh, Canter's Deli was always my place I went to on Fairfax. Yeah. So good. You know, Jewish kid, you know, so I gotta do that. Oh. You know? I gotta- Same.

[00:21:20] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yep.

[00:21:21] Marc Preston: Okay. But yeah, always had to do the salami sandwich, and they have something called the mishmash, which is matzo ball soup with a bunch of other, like kreplach and o- other stuff. And I'm not some super observant Jewish guy necessarily, but boy, do I, am I down with the food, though. Um-

[00:21:34] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh, man. A good Reuben, a good matzo

[00:21:39] Marc Preston: ball soup, sign me up.

[00:21:39] Marc Preston: Oh, yeah. Yeah. And Canter's is just, you know... I remember, I have fond memories. My grandfather, uh, rest his soul, he was always like... When I, I went out there for, to go meet my agent, uh, to meet up for, like a conference or something. Uh, and he's like, "Well, you're out there. Uh, you, you gotta go to Canter's." And I didn't know what Canter's was, and I was like, "Okay."

[00:21:54] Marc Preston: 'Cause he used to go there. And my grandparents, even though he was from Dallas, my grandmother's from Denver, they were both in... [00:22:00] She was working at a place called Bullocks on Wilshire. It was, it was- Oh ... it's a law school now. Heck yeah. And that's where they met. So this kinda has this, like, old connection. My grandparents met in LA.

[00:22:09] Marc Preston: Wow. And so I always kind of like have a, you know, took my daughter there with me. She flew out with me and I was like, "You're the," I wanna say fourth, fifth, whatever generation that's actually been to Canter's. And so- Oh ... anyway, so I just, I always drift off in the food zone.

[00:22:22] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh, that's so, that's so cute. I feel like Canter's is, it feels like lore when you're in there, you know?

[00:22:35] Marc Preston: I don't do tons of research, but I do a little skim, and I saw on IMDb, I'm like, oh, all right, you, you greatest hits of some of the, uh, Disney Channel or, uh, could've been, I always mis- that or Nickelodeon. Uh, my kids growing up, you know, I saw some of those- Right ... shows. So what, how did you start landing into the ecosystem of Disney Channel stuff?

[00:22:54] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh, so that was... I, I was a pretty, you know, pragmatic, uh, [00:23:00] 12-year-old. By the time I was in the game, I was like, "Okay, here are my paths to success." Mm, success realistically for me looks like Disney or Nick. So I was so stoked on the idea of potentially being on, you know, one of those shows, and studied Disney shows and Nickelodeon shows and the actors and, and what they were doing.

[00:23:20] Olivia Rose Keegan: Like, that was, that was the, the goalpost for me and the, you know, if I could only get on a Disney or Nick show, it was the most exciting thing in the world. So I think the first, uh, guest star I landed in that world was Ant Farm. I don't know if that was- Yep ... one of the ones that your kids know. Yeah, yeah, so- Yeah,

[00:23:37] Marc Preston: I, I looked it up and you had a, the, your character name was Australian Girl.

[00:23:41] Olivia Rose Keegan: Huge part. Groundbreaking for me. Um, I was-

[00:23:46] Marc Preston: Did you get an Emmy nomination? I'm just... That's the, the- Yeah ... like, daytime Emmy? Okay.

[00:23:50] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh, I won. I, yeah, they actually gave all the awards in that show to me, um- For Australian Girl, an Ant Farm episode.

[00:23:59] Marc Preston: Little wobble. Did you, did you have to [00:24:00] come up with the accent, though?

[00:24:00] Marc Preston: That's, that's what I'm curious about.

[00:24:02] Olivia Rose Keegan: I did. I remember, um, 'cause all I did for that was sing a song with a wobble board, which is an instrument made out of a big sheet of paper that you shake back and forth that just goes wobble, wobble, wobble. Uh-huh. Um, and I had to sing a song, and they didn't ask me to do it in an Australian accent for the first call, but I think my manager, uh, got me on the phone and was like, "Liv, they, they need to hear you do Australian right now.

[00:24:34] Olivia Rose Keegan: Are you available? The producers are on the line." And I w- I was just trying not to pee myself. I was so scared. And that's,

[00:24:41] Marc Preston: that's not a, that's not an easy dialect to, to nail for whatever reason, you

[00:24:45] Olivia Rose Keegan: know? No. No. I think I, I pulled some strings and my, my manager knew someone, thank God, and, you know, gave me, like, a two-minute coaching session, and then I, I got on the phone and I was like, "Okay, should I go?"

[00:24:58] Olivia Rose Keegan: You know, "Down under way, wander [00:25:00] from sundown to dawn." Like, and did the little song in a, in a terrible Australian accent. Um, but I guess it was good enough for them, and I booked the role and I, it was the biggest dream come true.

[00:25:13] Marc Preston: So you got in and you kind of realized your, your path to wherever you're going is gonna be going through Mickey Mouse and, you know.

[00:25:21] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yeah, the Mi- Mickey Mouse pipeline. Um, I mean, I never ended up a, a regular on one of those shows. I got pretty close and had some big heartbreaks. I remember there was, um- The biggest job I had ever booked to date was this Nickelodeon show. It was a recurring role, and I was like, "Now this is a dream come true."

[00:25:42] Olivia Rose Keegan: I booked the job. I, once again, so nervous, so excited. I show up to the table read. We, we go through the week. I think I worked, like, two or three days. Um, and then I went home that night Best week of my life. And [00:26:00] my manager calls me and says, "So hey, Liv, I'm so sorry, but you're not gonna be going back. Um, they're replacing you."

[00:26:10] Olivia Rose Keegan: And I remember that was, like, the most catastrophic, earth-shattering heartbreak for, um, you know, for a, a 13-year-old. And looking back now, of course, you realize in hindsight, like, it's all, it's all good. Um, but it's just, it's, it's so funny. Th- those things feel so, you know, catastrophically huge, you know, whether they're good or bad.

[00:26:35] Olivia Rose Keegan: Um, but yeah. What

[00:26:37] Marc Preston: was the first thing that you did that you're like, "Okay, now the, the kid, the kid acting thing, you know, I've nailed that." You know? That, that, that's- Now I'm kind of growing through that. What was that first thing you, you did where you're like, "Okay, now I'm maturing- Yeah ... into my career a little bit differently now"?

[00:26:52] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yeah, yeah. I remember there were a few indie movies that I worked on that I had a great time on, you know, s- very different feeling set [00:27:00] than something like a, a sitcom and, um, more relaxed and felt very artistic, and I was just very inspired by, by all of that. I did a movie called Decoding Annie Parker. Um, and these were all just, you know, pretty small supporting roles, but even just a taste of what that was like, there was so much mystique to me.

[00:27:20] Olivia Rose Keegan: I loved that. But my first, uh, long-term gig was, um, Days of Our Lives, which is a soap opera.

[00:27:28] Marc Preston: Oh, okay. Yeah. I

[00:27:30] Olivia Rose Keegan: was on that for, like, four and a half years, so that was, I guess, still to this date, the, um, steadiest gig that I've had.

[00:27:37] Marc Preston: Was that shooting in LA or was that in New York? 'Cause I know a lot of the soaps are shot in New York.

[00:27:41] Olivia Rose Keegan: That was LA. That would've been so fun- Okay ... to be in New York. But that was LA, and I loved it. I loved it so much. I mean, it's, it's hard work. It's a, it's a freaking boot camp. I mean, normal movies and TV go through maybe five pages, sometimes more, sometimes less, like five pages a day. And then on a soap, [00:28:00] sometimes I remember having to, you know, memorize 50 pages and do that in one day.

[00:28:08] Olivia Rose Keegan: Um, it is wild. It's kind of a sink or swim world. You really learn what you're capable of and, you know, how much work you need to put in in order to show up and, and do the job. So I think that's informed a lot of my, my work ethic today and, you know, what I know that I need in order to, to perform well and feel good.

[00:28:31] Olivia Rose Keegan: Um, 'cause nothing will ever be as As tough as, as a soap opera. It would change- Yeah.

[00:28:38] Marc Preston: I, I imagine just the amount of dialogue you have to compress in such a short period of time, you know?

[00:28:43] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yeah.

[00:28:43] Marc Preston: To kind of jump forward a little bit for the, the scary movie thing, uh, did you grow up at all watching any of the old scary movies at all?

[00:28:51] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yes. Yes.

[00:28:52] Marc Preston: Okay.

[00:28:53] Olivia Rose Keegan: 100%. They were always being talked about or referenced or played. And whenever I went over to a friend's house, if you have something you [00:29:00] want to play in the background or for Halloween season, always scary movies Yeah.

[00:29:05] Marc Preston: I miss show, uh, uh, films like that because they're, you know, they're kind of the, you know, celebrate the goofy or whatever you wanna call it.

[00:29:12] Marc Preston: How do you, if you can say, uh, how do you factor into the, the, the cast? Because every, every Scary Movie is not only different, but it's, it's, uh, you know, a little bit of a parody of some other movies sometimes, you know. But how did you factor into this?

[00:29:27] Olivia Rose Keegan: So, you know, yeah, I'm gonna try not to spoil too much, but I think it's pretty clear now we're spoofing a lot of, um, Scream 5.

[00:29:35] Olivia Rose Keegan: Mm. And I am playing, uh, Anna Faris' daughter, which is crazy. Um, I've loved her for so long. Oh,

[00:29:43] Marc Preston: really? No

[00:29:44] Olivia Rose Keegan: kidding. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Um, think I'm allowed to say that. I mean, it's pretty clear. But, um, yeah, so that was just... That in itself was insanely meta for me. I mean, I've admired her work for so long. Um, I didn't know that [00:30:00] my character would be her daughter when I was auditioning.

[00:30:02] Olivia Rose Keegan: Um, you know, it did say that Anna Faris was returning, but it didn't specify that, that my character would be her daughter. So I loved, I've loved Anna for so long, and her per- her performances are, um, I think etched, like, so deeply into my own sense of humor that she's always been my sort of north star.

[00:30:21] Olivia Rose Keegan: And whenever I would- Mm-hmm ... audition for comedic stuff in the past, I, I, I would, you know, not emu- no one can emulate her if they tried, but I was so heavily influenced by her that I think I naturally had some maybe Anna Faris-isms living inside of me. But since I, I didn't know that I would be her daughter and I knew she was returning, I was like, "Oh, well, shit, they don't want two Anna Faris types, quote unquote, in this movie, so I have to lean against all of that."

[00:30:50] Olivia Rose Keegan: So I, during the audition process until one of the producers told me otherwise, I sort of leaned against that, which is funny. Mm-hmm. And, um, [00:31:00] but the second they told me that I, I was playing her daughter, I was, like, so relieved and excited and- ... and I could let all of my love of-

[00:31:08] Marc Preston: Yeah, she's... You gotta be smart to play that clueless, you know?

[00:31:11] Marc Preston: You know, she and, uh, oh, gosh, um-

[00:31:14] Olivia Rose Keegan: Regina Hall ...

[00:31:14] Marc Preston: uh, uh, Regina Hall, I think the, the, their interactions are always... You know, I g- go... I, I remember, God, taking my kids, we were on a road trip and we brought, uh, DVDs to watch, I think. Or do we have much D- I don't know. Somehow we ended up watching in the hotel watching Scary Movie.

[00:31:29] Marc Preston: Cool. Um, and, uh, and they just loved it, you know? Some of the stuff I was like, "Oops, I forgot that was in this movie." I was like, "How old are they?" Um, where, where did y'all shoot, uh, shoot this one?

[00:31:39] Olivia Rose Keegan: We shot it in Atlanta, which I love. Oh, okay. I love Atlanta. I actually shot one of my favorite, um, things I've ever been a part of there called Gotham Knights.

[00:31:51] Olivia Rose Keegan: It's this show. We got one season- Mm-hmm ... but it was damn good. Um, and met so many amazing people. So I, outside of LA and Northern [00:32:00] California, Atlanta is the only other place that I've actually lived, um- So there's something so nice when, especially when you're being uprooted for this monumental, you know, beautifully terrifying project, there's something so nice about something feeling familiar.

[00:32:16] Olivia Rose Keegan: Like, oh, I get to go back to my, you know, third home, Atlanta, and I, I know the vibe and the places to go, and that, that was such a lovely part of it.

[00:32:25] Marc Preston: Uh, you know, you had, like, the Wayans brothers, and now one of the sons. But did you ever watch the old In Living Color by any chance?

[00:32:32] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yeah, with Kim.

[00:32:33] Marc Preston: Yeah.

[00:32:34] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yeah.

[00:32:34] Marc Preston: Yeah. They're kind of like a, this kind of almost like a royalty, like comedy, k- '90s comedy royalty family. Yeah But, uh-

[00:32:41] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yeah. I mean, created their own... They're, they're masterminds. All, each and every one of them. It's just... They're, they're brilliant and so different.

[00:32:50] Marc Preston: Well, and what were you watching when, when you were young?

[00:32:52] Marc Preston: I mean, what was your jam when you were a kid? Like, what were the things you were watching that either kinda like, now I'm not saying inspired you, but you're like, "Oh, this is cool. This is, [00:33:00] this is, this makes me happy. This is kind of the impetus for why I wanna do this thing." What was that when you were young?

[00:33:05] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh, boy. I mean, there was the pragmatic, I'm gonna study this Disney stuff, um, side of my brain when I was, you know, in that age range, and I, I, I loved a lot of Disney shows. Um, but then I remember, I have this very specific memory. I don't know if it really answers your question, but, um, I remember my sister would watch Lost, the TV show Lost.

[00:33:28] Olivia Rose Keegan: Mm-hmm. And I would, like, sneak into her room and watch it with her, and then it would freak me out so bad that I'd be afraid to, like, walk down the hall to my bedroom- ... and I'd make her come with me. Um, so that was the f- I mean, that really freaked me out, and I enjoyed- It kind of reminds me of, uh,

[00:33:47] Marc Preston: remember the movie This Is 40 and Maude Apatow is, like- Yeah

[00:33:51] Marc Preston: really into it, and, and her, and her sister's kind of rolling in, like, "I wanna check," you know, "You can't handle this."

[00:33:57] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yeah.

[00:33:57] Marc Preston: And, but yeah, yeah, my kids watched that. Uh, during [00:34:00] COVID we power watched every season, you know? And that's- Wow ... that's a heavy show to watch

[00:34:07] Olivia Rose Keegan: in a compressed amount of time. That's probably, especially during the pandemic, that's a, that's doing a lot to yourself.

[00:34:11] Olivia Rose Keegan: I would've chosen something lighter, but okay.

[00:34:15] Marc Preston: Yeah. They, th- but they really enjoyed it, and they were like- Yeah ... "Oh, let's watch another one." That's not a show you really wanna binge. You wanna watch it and kind of, you know, catch it a few days later.

[00:34:23] Olivia Rose Keegan: And then, that's when that's not real. Yeah.

[00:34:24] Marc Preston: Yeah. I think I've watched that whole series, like, three times.

[00:34:28] Olivia Rose Keegan: Wow.

[00:34:28] Marc Preston: But yeah, so you were, you were watching the, the, the, you were sneaking to watch it with your sister. But what other, like, what movies do you remember checking out, uh, when you were younger and just they were your jam?

[00:34:39] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh, man. I mean, besides Scary Movie, obviously. I, I, I don't know. I think especially as a, a young person, I thought anything that was raunchy, you know, was just the coolest thing in the world.

[00:34:54] Olivia Rose Keegan: So I remember loving, um, yeah, a lot of Judd Apatow [00:35:00] movies, not that they're even that out of pocket, but I, I loved those. Um-

[00:35:05] Marc Preston: Like Anchorman and, you know.

[00:35:07] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And, um, like, 40-Year-Old Virgin. Um, yeah, I always loved comedy. I think the first time I was really impacted Um, maybe not the first time, but a memory I have that's, you know, a core memory of watching a film and then needing to just, like, recalibrate and rethink my life was 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[00:35:29] Olivia Rose Keegan: Um-

[00:35:30] Marc Preston: Oh, gosh. Yeah.

[00:35:31] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yeah. Yeah, that was the first time-

[00:35:32] Marc Preston: Yeah, any Stanley Kubrick stuff is, I think, you know, you gotta be more high schoolish, 'cause if not, you're like, "What am I seeing here?"

[00:35:41] Olivia Rose Keegan: Right.

[00:35:41] Marc Preston: You know?

[00:35:42] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yeah. No, I was probably stoned in my room and- ... watched a lot of Kubrick movies, uh, over the course of a few months.

[00:35:52] Olivia Rose Keegan: Um, A Clockwork Orange, m- you know, messed me up in a great way. Um- But like wh-

[00:35:57] Marc Preston: how old were you at this time when you're watching [00:36:00] all

[00:36:00] Olivia Rose Keegan: this? I was probably, like, 15. Oh, okay. It's so funny. I don't even I don't smoke anymore, but I definitely, um, had a, a phase of my life which w- you know, I was hurting nobody.

[00:36:12] Olivia Rose Keegan: It was a great phase. I, I took in so much great art just in my, you know, in my little room, um on my laptop eating some- It

[00:36:22] Marc Preston: was your, it was your creative lab. Yeah.

[00:36:25] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yeah. Yeah. I didn't know what it was brewing up inside of me yet. But I, I think all of those movies had a big impact on, on my taste today.

[00:36:35] Marc Preston: Going back to the, uh, the Dutton Ranch thing, you know, when you went to Texas and you were shooting this, you know, was there any preparation that you did, uh, that, you know, to who this was? 'Cause this is not a comedic role. I th- I think that goes without saying, you know. Right. Uh, what was the kind of the on-ramp for you to kind of get there with this character?

[00:36:56] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yeah. Yeah, and that's a great question because, you know, [00:37:00] when I got the, the offer I was very, you know, like, "Oh, she's..." Oh, I can't... I, I... Is it okay to say that I'm maybe a, a parent in, in Dutton Ranch?

[00:37:12] Marc Preston: Uh, we can say that. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

[00:37:13] Olivia Rose Keegan: Okay. Yeah. So I'm playing a mom, and that's obviously a very, i- you know, life before being a mom and life after being a mom I know is so completely different and so hard- Mm-hmm

[00:37:25] Olivia Rose Keegan: to understand unless, unless you are one. Um, I was just talking to a friend the other night who was like, "No one can play a dad until they are a, a dad." He's a new father and, you know, to an extent I agree. And I was also like, "Mm?" Um, you know, h- 95% of the things we're, we're portraying we haven't actually been through, but we just, you know- Yeah

[00:37:48] Olivia Rose Keegan: you use your imagination and daydream. Well,

[00:37:49] Marc Preston: you can say, "Listen, I'm not an alien- Well- ... but I'm playing one in the movie," you know? So you know, you can-

[00:37:54] Olivia Rose Keegan: Totally. Well, yeah. We all feel the same, you know, core emotions that you can tap into and [00:38:00] work from there. So I try to not get intimidated by that and just slowly start to daydream and think about what, what that must be like to be in her shoes, and the dialect is a big part of it, too.

[00:38:11] Olivia Rose Keegan: I worked with a dialect coach. Right. I love that because, um- That, uh, inherently helps a lot of the, the performance and the grit too, you know?

[00:38:21] Marc Preston: I, I think so. I think so. I think getting the dialect... And I, I was speaking with somebody yesterday, and I said that the, uh, like, uh, uh, Tom Hanks says once he puts on the shoes, the wardrobe, that's when he fits into the character.

[00:38:30] Marc Preston: But I think if you have- Yeah ... a dialect, that's another way of fitting into the character. I just, uh, really enjoyed, uh, your performance. Uh- Thank you ... and I think, now in Scary Movie, that's a, the, those tend to be physical comedy also. Were you having to do anything, well, physically, physical stuff?

[00:38:48] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh, yes, yes, yes.

[00:38:50] Olivia Rose Keegan: Um, so many physical things, and I don't even, I don't know what's gonna make the movie. I don't know what's gonna make the cut. I wish we had a separate cut that was made up of all the things that were too crazy [00:39:00] to eventually- Mm-hmm ... make the movie, um, because w- uh, Weigh In set and that set, you know, it's so different than any other set I've been on.

[00:39:11] Olivia Rose Keegan: You know, on most sets, it's looked down upon to stray too far from, from the dialogue, you know, especially if it's a well-written thing. You wanna honor the, the, the writer's words. And Scary Movie was definitely incredibly well-written, but it's kind of looked down upon to not show up with three alternate ideas, you know?

[00:39:32] Olivia Rose Keegan: Right, right. And totally, "Okay, we got that one. Now screw the words. Let's, like, play around and do something completely-"

[00:39:39] Marc Preston: Was there improv? Were you allowed to just riff- Oh, yeah ... at all? Was that... 'Cause it seems like that- If you didn't improv- ... that, that, that ecosystem is ripe for that ...

[00:39:47] Olivia Rose Keegan: if you didn't improv, that's the thing, it was like, "What are you doing?

[00:39:51] Olivia Rose Keegan: You know, let's have some fun here," you know? Um, I mean, it, it was... This movie, if they use certain [00:40:00] takes, it could end up being 90% improv. Like, it's so interesting, and I've never... You know, I've dabbled with some improv training and some, you know- comedic stuff in acting class, but I've never really, I've never done a comedy.

[00:40:17] Olivia Rose Keegan: I've never seen myself as a comedian or being really good at improv. And so when I booked this job, I was... It was the craziest, most surreal, exciting thing ever, and I was also scared shitless because of my lack of experience. And it was, "Really me? Okay, okay." And, um, you know, I think this experience was really helpful in, um, unlearning a lot of those things and really, um, exploring what, what I am capable of.

[00:40:46] Olivia Rose Keegan: And now I think differently about my improvisational skills, I think, you know, who knows. But, uh, and, and my comedic timing and whatnot. I mean, I, I learned

[00:40:59] Marc Preston: so- Well, I mean, gosh, [00:41:00] 2026 is gonna be the year of Olivia's range. I mean, going from Dut- Dutch to this is gonna be like, wow. You're really getting those bookends nailed down, you know?

[00:41:07] Marc Preston: Mm-hmm. Uh, but no, I think I, I'm excited to see, uh, excited to see that, 'cause I, I miss... And I keep saying this, uh, everyone, I s- I talked to Rob Corddry recently, and I said, "Man, we need more Judd Apatow," just goofy- Yeah ... turn off your brain, just disappear- Oh ... movies, especially nowadays, you know? Yeah. Comedy, we need that.

[00:41:25] Marc Preston: But- Yes ... well, I have to ask you, what, what is your favorite all-time comedy you can look back on and go, it's one you can watch over and over again?

[00:41:33] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh, God. Uh, oh, these questions just screw me up, you know? And you, it's, it's like the names that you have five different answers in your head, you know? Yeah. But when someone asks you, they all just go zoop.

[00:41:45] Olivia Rose Keegan: Well, it

[00:41:46] Marc Preston: can be more than one. I mean, it's just, you know, what that, what that movie is that you- Yeah ... that comedy you loved.

[00:41:50] Olivia Rose Keegan: Right. I mean, okay, I don't know if it's my favorite of all time. I can't crown it, like, in that way, but I [00:42:00] have gone back to watch Bottoms so many times.

[00:42:04] Marc Preston: That's a physical- Yeah ... kind of a film.

[00:42:06] Marc Preston: Yeah. That w- that's one where the, the, the girls are, are getting in their own, like, f- not fight club, but where they're- Yes ... learning to, yeah.

[00:42:14] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yes. Um, I thought it was incredible, and it was, you know, it was one of Rachel Sennott's first mainstream thing, and I... So many people in that cast, I was like, "Who are these people?

[00:42:25] Olivia Rose Keegan: They're magnificent." And it, it felt nostalgic to the sort of, um, you know, crazy Judd Apatow or, you know, Wayne's comedy. I know everything, you know, those three types of comedy are different, but it, it felt, it felt nostalgic in a way. I don't know how to describe it, because it felt- Well, you can

[00:42:45] Marc Preston: buy into the absurdity of it, and you wanna take a ride and laugh.

[00:42:47] Marc Preston: Well- Yeah ...

[00:42:48] Olivia Rose Keegan: exactly.

[00:42:56] Marc Preston: Well, one of the things I like to do towards the, the back end of my chat with folks is something I [00:43:00] call my seven questions. They're, they're the same for everybody, and it's just a little extra fun. And we've already talked about food, and that, that's gonna be the first question is- Uh-huh ... for you, what is, what is your, uh, uh, favorite comfort food?

[00:43:12] Marc Preston: That thing that if you have a crappy day, it's like it'll, it'll elevate you, and if you're having a great day it just adds to it.

[00:43:17] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh, man. Easy. This one came to me so fast. This is, um... It's from a restaurant called Izakaya Osen in Silver Lake. It's, um, izakaya and omakase, really good sushi. Uh, it's a hot stone bowl f- filled with blue crab and rice and seaweed and umami- Really

[00:43:41] Olivia Rose Keegan: delicious toppings. And it's in this hot stone bowl. They bring it out to you, and then they m- they mash it up for you. And the rice, if you let it sit for a second, gets a little crispy at the bottom, and it's... it makes me feel like a happy baby. It's like- ... Japanese baby food. It's [00:44:00] the best thing on the planet.

[00:44:02] Marc Preston: Is the crab still in the shell, or is it they-

[00:44:05] Olivia Rose Keegan: Well, crab's out. Crab's out. Oh. You just sit

[00:44:06] Marc Preston: there- You gotta... Do me a favor on your Instagram, take a picture next time you eat that and post it so I can see what this looks like.

[00:44:12] Olivia Rose Keegan: I will.

[00:44:12] Marc Preston: I... Living on this island and we have to drive an hour to get... It's been two years since I've had real, beyond passable sushi.

[00:44:19] Marc Preston: I'll put it like that. Oh. So like something that's just like, "Oh, this, this is my jam." Um-

[00:44:26] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh, two years? That's

[00:44:26] Marc Preston: hard. I know. It's, my heart's breaking, but, you know, I got other stuff here. I, I, I'm ma- I'm making it. I'm making it. That's it. Now, the next question, if you're gonna sit down, uh, gonna spend an afternoon talking story with you and three people, living or not, you're gonna be at a table just sitting- Oh

[00:44:39] Marc Preston: with them for hours, who would those three people be you would love to sit down with?

[00:44:44] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh, man. Oh, I think about this all the time, and I fail to come up with, um, the perfect dinner party, but I'm gonna go for it. Uh, I don't know if you know Nathan Fielder or his, his show-

[00:44:56] Marc Preston: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah.

[00:44:58] Olivia Rose Keegan: I'm just [00:45:00] over-the-moon obsessed with what

[00:45:02] Marc Preston: he does.

[00:45:02] Marc Preston: There is some genius to what he does, and it's like- Yes ... what is he? He seems like an idiot when you fir- when you... At first blush you realize, oh, to pull this off, this guy's- He's so- ... operating at a different level.

[00:45:11] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yeah. And, and the, the humanity, the weird sides of humanity that he's able to pull from people-

[00:45:18] Marc Preston: Mm-hmm

[00:45:18] Olivia Rose Keegan: being who he is, it's so, it's so good. Um, I would wanna pick his brain over dinner. Uh, guest number two I would love to speak to Jeff Buckley. I love Jeff Buckley. Um- Mm-hmm ... I know he's gone now. Um, would love to talk to him about his creative process and, I don't know, everything. Just to have dinner with Jeff Buckley, I mean, that would be crazy.

[00:45:46] Olivia Rose Keegan: But, uh, and number three, I should probably do, like, a, a historian or, oh, man, like, the Dalai Lama or Gandhi or-

[00:45:58] Marc Preston: Yeah, that's, that's a, [00:46:00] that's a great table 'cause it'd be fun to watch them talk with each other, you know? Yes. What, what, what, what's Dalai Lama and Nathan Field are gonna be j- jamming about- Oh

[00:46:07] Marc Preston: you know? That's hilarious. That's, that's very nice. Now, now the next question could I ask, go back when you were younger, maybe when you were 15 years old, in your room, who- whoever it happens to be, who was your very first celebrity crush?

[00:46:18] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh my God Oh, there were many. Um, okay. H- this was just for a second, and this is a very weird answer.

[00:46:31] Olivia Rose Keegan: So weird that maybe I wanna come up with something else. But I remember, was it Up in- no, it wasn't Up in the Air, it was Lost in Translation. I was like, "Is Bill Murray cute?"

[00:46:42] Marc Preston: Yeah. That's one of those few movies that whenever it's on, I just, it stays on. Every time I watch that movie, I'm just like, I never get tired of it.

[00:46:50] Marc Preston: You know? Yeah. Yeah. And I think a lot of the- Uh, Sofia Coppola just nailed it. Yeah ...

[00:46:53] Olivia Rose Keegan: a lot of the pull for me too was just being so, you know, enjoying-

[00:46:57] Marc Preston: But don't you wanna know what Bill Murray said at the end of the [00:47:00] movie when he whispered in, um, uh- What did he

[00:47:02] Olivia Rose Keegan: s- what did he

[00:47:02] Marc Preston: say? ... uh, what's her name?

[00:47:04] Marc Preston: Scarlett Johansson. Uh, Scarlett Johansson. Remember he gets out of the cab and he whispers... I wanna know what he said.

[00:47:08] Olivia Rose Keegan: It kills me. It's such a genius way to, to end a movie. It's so good. Um, so yeah. Yeah. Cool. Very cool. So- Maybe Bill Murray or, or, um, God, there was one... I loved, um, I haven't watched the new one, but the original Outlander, um- Mm-hmm

[00:47:27] Olivia Rose Keegan: with Sam Heughan as Jamie. I loved that. That was later in life, but I had such a big crush on him.

[00:47:36] Marc Preston: Yeah, I talked with G- Graham McTavish, and I think the two of them had a, uh, show where they were traveling around Scotland or something like that, and-

[00:47:43] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yes. My dream ...

[00:47:43] Marc Preston: you know. Very cool. Very cool. Well, the next question I got for you, if I was to say, "All right, uh, Olivia, you're gonna be on an island for a full year."

[00:47:50] Marc Preston: It's somewhere you really wanna be. It's not like s- like some Gilligan's Island kind of a situation. Ooh. But no streaming. It's- Mm ... luxurious, it's wonderful. If you wanna listen to music, you're allowed to bring [00:48:00] one CD or a box set. Mm. And to watch a movie, you're allowed to bring one DVD. Mm-hmm. So what would that movie and what would that music be that you would bring with you to the island that you can just check out over and over again?

[00:48:10] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh, I'm so curious about yours too. Um, I'll a- okay, I'll answer mine first. I, I was gonna say Grace by Jeff Buckley, but there's so much of a haunting, sort of dark air to that, that I actually don't know. Mm-hmm. I feel like I would go with maybe the White Album by The Beatles, 'cause there's so many... There's something- Yeah

[00:48:28] Olivia Rose Keegan: for every mood in that.

[00:48:29] Marc Preston: That's come up before, yeah, yeah. Yep, yep.

[00:48:32] Olivia Rose Keegan: And, uh, was there another part to the question, or was that it?

[00:48:35] Marc Preston: Yeah. What would the movie be that you would bring with you?

[00:48:37] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh, God. Um, is it cop-out to say Scary Movie 2?

[00:48:44] Marc Preston: No. No, not at all. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, for, for me... Like for, you said for me, what it would be.

[00:48:49] Marc Preston: I don't, you know- Yeah ... it changes. It does change. But I would say, well, I just said, you know, Lost in Translation watch over and over again. You know what? No. What it would be is either a, [00:49:00] a James Bond movie or... No, no, no, you know, it'd be, you know, if I could bring a trilogy, I think it would be, uh, the Indian- Indiana Jones trilogy.

[00:49:06] Marc Preston: That's pushing the envelope. There's more than three now, you

[00:49:08] Olivia Rose Keegan: know. I don't know if the Lords would let you bring a trilogy to the-

[00:49:13] Marc Preston: Yeah. Well, I, I, I do let it get away- ... to the island ... with the box set, you know? But the music, oh, geez, it would be, uh-

[00:49:19] Olivia Rose Keegan: It's so tough ...

[00:49:20] Marc Preston: you know, maybe a ch- when I was a kid, they have, you know, they had all of these D- these CDs go, "This is the '80s," you know?

[00:49:25] Marc Preston: Like, whatever, you know, all those cheesy ones. Right. I, I think it would be something, uh, uh, uh, you know, within the realm of Jack Johnson-ish stuff. I'm on the island. I've gotta, you know, you know, have a, just something I could just, like, listen to. It's gonna fit the vibe every day. You know, I, I, it's funny. I haven't really put my mind to that.

[00:49:42] Marc Preston: I probably should considering I'm asking the questions, but-

[00:49:45] Olivia Rose Keegan: It's a solid-

[00:49:45] Marc Preston: Um- ...

[00:49:46] Olivia Rose Keegan: prolific answer, though. I love, I love him so much.

[00:49:48] Marc Preston: It's so funny because he has this song, one song called "Go On," and it's about, like, letting somebody you loved go after the relationship's over. But I said, you know, it's one of those songs so interesting 'cause I looked at it, [00:50:00] what if it's a song from a father to a daughter who's, you know, she's now of the age, she's on her own now.

[00:50:06] Marc Preston: Mm-hmm. And that's wild 'cause the song works both ways perfectly. Yeah. You know? Yeah. It's called "Go On," yeah.

[00:50:11] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh.

[00:50:11] Marc Preston: Um, so-

[00:50:15] Olivia Rose Keegan: That's a magical thing. I love when things are left to, to interpretation in that way, you know?

[00:50:16] Marc Preston: Yeah. And me, uh, you know, I've got three kids. My oldest daughter, you know, is now 23, so it's like, it's like, you know, now it's kind of like, okay, they're, you know, they're growing up now.

[00:50:24] Marc Preston: Uh, it's- Oh ... you know, little tear out of the eye. Uh- That's all right ... but the next question I got for you, if you were to say from the time you get up in the morning to the time you go to bed, you've had, God, you said this is a perfect day. Well, what were the com- key ingredients, uh, in that recipe for the perfect day for you?

[00:50:39] Marc Preston: What things happened? What did you do? Did you s- you know, what would be part of a perfect day for you?

[00:50:44] Olivia Rose Keegan: Ah, yes. This I think about often. I am in Hawaii, so I'm, I'm in Hawaii. I would wake up Like 30 minutes before the sun, okay

[00:50:56] Marc Preston: Wait, you're in Hawaii right now?

[00:50:58] Olivia Rose Keegan: No, no, no. In, in this [00:51:00] fictional world.

[00:51:00] Marc Preston: Perfect. Oh, oh, in this fictional...

[00:51:01] Marc Preston: I was about to say go get some Spam musubi for me while you're there. Okay, go ahead. I'm sorry.

[00:51:05] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh my God, no. Spam musubi is my favorite. It's, it's better in Hawaii always. But, um, anyway, I would be in Hawaii. I would wake up before the sun. I would, um... And my boyfriend would be with me. It'd be great. We'd go in the water, like, before the sun a- the sun comes up.

[00:51:22] Olivia Rose Keegan: And as the sun is coming up we'd swim with whales and dolphins. And then maybe it'd be a set day. Like, maybe I'd be filming something in Hawaii that I really loved. So my call time would be, like, 11:00. And then I'd ride to work with my BFF from set, and we'd, like, get a, a fresh chia seed pudding on the way or something.

[00:51:48] Olivia Rose Keegan: And then I'd have a great day at work. Not too long, though. Like a nice, like, six-hour ni- or nine-hour day. And then I'd end the day with Ooh. [00:52:00] Well, maybe like some exercise in the middle. Like, maybe have a break in between, and there's like a sauna on set that I can go to, and you know. Mm-hmm. So unrealistic.

[00:52:09] Marc Preston: You're luxuriating and working, and you're... Uh, or there's an alternation between the two. I dig that. Like the most

[00:52:14] Olivia Rose Keegan: unrealistic day, but who knows, man? I'm gonna manifest it for myself. And then, yeah, so get a little workout in between, then sauna, and then rinse off in the luxury showers that are also on set.

[00:52:26] Olivia Rose Keegan: And then, um, go home and have a dinner date out at the best sushi restaurant in Hawaii, and end it with an ice cream sundae, and then go to bed.

[00:52:39] Marc Preston: Have you been to Hawaii or is this an aspirational, like, you know-

[00:52:43] Olivia Rose Keegan: I've been to Hawaii. I've

[00:52:44] Marc Preston: been- It, it's... And the poke is the jam out there also. You know, it's, uh...

[00:52:48] Marc Preston: Have you... You, you know, they have that at grocery stores. Like, they spoon it. I'm like, "Oh my God-" Yeah ... "this is amazing." The room- But if you like Spam musubi, I got, I got the recipe for it. I, I, I like my Spam musubi more [00:53:00] than everywhere but Hawaii. Like even- Wow. Wow ... stateside Hawaiian places. Oh, it's, it's easy, too.

[00:53:06] Marc Preston: So-

[00:53:07] Olivia Rose Keegan: How are, how are you doing this? Is it just grocery bought Spam musubi?

[00:53:11] Marc Preston: Just grocery bought. Oh, gosh, yeah, I'm happy to email you the recipe. It is so simple. It- My daughter Emma, my 20-year-old, makes it. I just kind of turn her loose and she makes it now. And so it is, like you taste it, it's like, oh my gosh, this feel...

[00:53:23] Marc Preston: You can close your eyes, get yourself that guava drink, and you're back on Lanikai Beach. You know?

[00:53:27] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh, jeez. Oh, that's a dream. I would, I would love this, uh, this recipe.

[00:53:33] Marc Preston: That, that would've been good in your 15-year-old days in your room at what you were up to- ... that having Spam musubi would just land perfectly.

[00:53:40] Marc Preston: Right. Um, now-

[00:53:41] Olivia Rose Keegan: My head would've exploded.

[00:53:43] Marc Preston: Well, the next question, I got last couple questions, is if, if somebody said, "Olivia, you're... The acting thing, it's no longer available to you. Now, now you gotta do something else. There's another vocation, another, another-" Mm-hmm ... "way you put a roof over your head," what would that be for you?

[00:53:59] Olivia Rose Keegan: Can I do something- [00:54:00] What

[00:54:00] Marc Preston: would bring you joy?

[00:54:01] Olivia Rose Keegan: Can I do, like, uh, something in the, in the creative arts, or does it have-

[00:54:05] Marc Preston: Sure,

[00:54:06] Olivia Rose Keegan: sure. Oh. Sure. Well then I would... I was gonna say, you know, maybe... I don't have any- school background to, to back this up, but I'm fascinated by physics and, uh, astronomy and what I can understand of that.

[00:54:21] Olivia Rose Keegan: Um, that's always so fun. But if I could do something in the arts, it would probably be music. I'm a pretty musical person, musical fan. Um, sometimes, like I, I used to do the music industry thing for a little bit. Not so much anymore, but I don't know, maybe if I wasn't doing acting it'd give, I'd give myself permission to just fully lock into-

[00:54:45] Marc Preston: Singing or playing an instrument or?

[00:54:47] Olivia Rose Keegan: Both. I play guitar really badly, so I'd, I'd have to improve my guitar skills and maybe learn to play the piano. And, um, yeah, I sing. I, I used to write, so I would get back into [00:55:00] that. Yeah.

[00:55:01] Marc Preston: Very nice. Very nice. Um, now the last question, if you had that DeLorean you could jump in and you can go back to when you're 16 years old.

[00:55:08] Marc Preston: Yeah. And you got a few minutes with 16-year-old you, and you're gonna say, "All right. I now have this piece of advice I wanna give myself to either make that moment of your life somehow better or put yourself on a maybe a little bit different path." But what would that piece of advice to 16-year-old you be?

[00:55:21] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh, man. I love that. I also love the DeLorean visualization. Um, oh, man. I would tell her Don't worry too much about what other people think of you. You will have the right friends someday. Um, it's gonna be okay. This is so sad and soapy. Like, I was okay. No,

[00:55:43] Marc Preston: you know what, what you're saying is probably one of the most common things I hear.

[00:55:47] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yeah.

[00:55:47] Marc Preston: It's, it's like, "Don't worry. Take it easy. It's gonna be all right." You know? Yeah. No, that's, that's, that's... I think for an artist, I think for a creative, that's, especially when you're young, when you feel like everything is big and [00:56:00] monumental and dramatic- Uh ... it's nice to have that, this too shall pass.

[00:56:04] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yeah.

[00:56:04] Marc Preston: You know, I don't know anybody that went through, like, junior high and went, "Gosh, these are the best years of my life," you know? It's like

[00:56:09] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yeah, big red flag if they did.

[00:56:12] Marc Preston: One last bonus question, uh, just kind of for my own curiosity. You're in Dutton Ranch. You're now officially in the, in the, uh, uh, Taylor Sheridan tribe.

[00:56:22] Marc Preston: What other Taylor Sheridan, trying to help you out here. What other Taylor Sheridan show w- of, of his constantly shows you'd be like, "Oh, I'd love to be on that one." That, is it-

[00:56:33] Olivia Rose Keegan: Oh, God. Um, that's a great question. Well, I'm dying to do a, a period piece, so something in the... I know they already did the 1800s and 1900s, but maybe if he goes back to the 1700s, I would love to do something like that 'cause I've, I've never done it before.

[00:56:49] Olivia Rose Keegan: Um, also I love, I love The Madison. I've watched a little bit of that. My friend El's in it. She fucking kills it, and obviously-

[00:56:58] Marc Preston: Oh, I still haven't seen that [00:57:00] yet. Yeah, that's, that's one that's still on my list of stuff to catch up on. Yeah.

[00:57:03] Olivia Rose Keegan: Yeah, phenomenal show. But all in all, I, I think I'm in the right universe on the, on the Dutton Ranch.

[00:57:10] Olivia Rose Keegan: I,

[00:57:10] Marc Preston: I'm really grateful that's where I am. I th- I think so too. You know, especially after somebody goes and sees, let's say, um, Scary Movie, and to contrast that with, like, there was a... I will say there was a scene in your room. You were a little frantic-ish, we'll say. And I mean, I think you'll know what I'm talking about, but- Yeah, yeah

[00:57:27] Marc Preston: hopefully I'm being obtuse enough for, you know. Um, but that was like, how, when you just empathize with what somebody's going through and the, and the tension and the, in that moment as, like, a little disheveled or whatever. I didn't quite pick up on it was you at first. I was like- Mm-hmm ... I was looking up. I was like, "Man, this is just, she's nailing it."

[00:57:43] Marc Preston: Yeah. I gotta say that, uh, that you were one of my favorites in, uh, in the show. Oh. So,

[00:57:47] Olivia Rose Keegan: so-

[00:57:48] Marc Preston: I appreciate

[00:57:48] Olivia Rose Keegan: that so much. That is so kind. Thank you, Marc.

[00:57:51] Marc Preston: It fit, and I, and I think that you had, uh, you brought- Kind of that color of like that... I don't know. I- see, anything I say, anybody [00:58:00] that love, was, loves watching Taylor Sheridan, nobody wants to have anything spoiled.

[00:58:03] Marc Preston: I'll just say, watching Olivia makes it all worthwhile. Uh, Olivia, thank you again. Um, thank you so m- I mean, just sharing your time with me has been a blast. And I, I, you know, I'd say best of luck to you, but you don't need any, 'cause you just-

[00:58:16] Olivia Rose Keegan: No,

[00:58:16] Marc Preston: I'll take it ... I'm like, after watching Dutton Ranch, it's like, oh, now you're the reason to go see Scary Movie, and the fact that you're gonna be Anna's daughter in there, I mean, like that, that alone s- sells me a ticket right there.

[00:58:26] Marc Preston: Oh my God. So.

[00:58:27] Olivia Rose Keegan: Thank you. But, uh- It's been so lovely chatting with you. You're so great to talk to. And by the way, I'm sure you hear this all the time, but you have one of the most amazing voices of all time.

[00:58:36] Marc Preston: Oh, you're so sweet.

[00:58:37] Olivia Rose Keegan: So I'm

[00:58:38] Marc Preston: glad we got to chat. Thank you. Thank you. You're, you're very kind. And, uh, best of luck, and I'm looking forward to hopefully catching up down the line with you.

[00:58:44] Olivia Rose Keegan: Thank you. Likewise. Same here. Thank you so much, Marc.

[00:58:49] Marc Preston: Okay, there you go. The lovely Olivia Rose Keegan. A great way to celebrate episode number 100. Uh, she is, uh, just, just a lot of fun. Of course, [00:59:00] Dutton Ranch. It's Dutton Ranch week here on Story and Craft. Just had Natalie Ellen Lind on. Olivia, of course, also in Dutton Ranch.

[00:59:07] Marc Preston: She is in there and knocking it out of the park. Also, you wanna see a fun movie, the Wayans brothers always deliver, and doggone it, the summer sequel to Scary Movie is out, and Olivia plays Anna Faris's daughter, so you know it's gonna be funny. Uh, it's- I'm just looking forward to it. Been ready for a fun, goofy comedy for a while.

[00:59:27] Marc Preston: And, uh, again, anything the Wayans brothers put out, I'm just gonna go see it, as you should as well. And enjoy the lovely Olivia Rose Keegan. Okay, so I'm gonna get on out of here, but before I do, I wanna remind you, please, please, please make sure to follow Story and Craft, because you get notified every time a new episode comes out.

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