Tanner Buchanan | Dancer in a Dojo

I'm very much obsessed with Patrick Swayze.

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I love everything that he does.

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So yeah, he grew up a dancer and it was

one of those things that when I started

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learning about him and I was like, Oh,

he's a guy that dances and it's cool.

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Announcer: Welcome to Story Craft.

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Now, here's your host, Marc Preston.

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Marc Preston: All right, here we go.

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Another episode of Story Craft.

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Thank you so much for stopping by.

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Hey, if this is your first

episode, my name is Marc Preston.

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Thank you for checking things out.

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Today, Tanner Buchanan, you probably know

him from shows like Designated Survivor

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with Kiefer Sutherland, as well as the

Netflix remake of She's All That called

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He's All That, and he was recently in

How to Date Billy Walsh on Amazon Prime.

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Right now, you can catch him on

Cobra Kai, season six, final season.

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It is airing right now on Netflix.

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Of course, he plays Robbie

Keene, Johnny Lawrence's son.

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Great young actor, uh, really enjoyed

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com Okay, so let's jump right

into it today Tanner Buchanan day

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right here on story and craft So,

uh, where are you joining me from

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Tanner Buchanan: Uh, I'm

currently in LA at the moment.

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Marc Preston: Okay.

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Are you, are you originally an LA

kid or did you, did you gravitate

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out that direction for work?

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Tanner Buchanan: Uh,

I gravitated out here.

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Um, I actually, I grew up in

a small, small town in Ohio.

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Marc Preston: Okay.

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So how long have you been in LA?

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Tanner Buchanan: Well, I

mean, I've been in LA for 16

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Marc Preston: years

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Tanner Buchanan: now,

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Marc Preston: so it's been a minute.

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When did you first, like, I'm trying

to think the first time I hang on,

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like I got to trust my memory here.

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First time I became aware of it, I

think it was designated survivor.

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I think hair was a little

bit longer back then.

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Yeah,

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Tanner Buchanan: just a bit.

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It was, it was a little bit

longer and was Brown, not blonde.

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Yeah.

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Marc Preston: I think, I think

you're the third person from,

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I've chatted with a Reed diamond.

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Uh, he was, I guess he was a FBI guy

and then, uh, and the beast mode guy,

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uh, LaMonica Garrett, uh, who like, I

think LaMonica just exists for guys like

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me to go, God, I got to get to the gym.

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Tanner Buchanan: I love LaMonica.

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He exists.

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He still exists for people like me,

where I still look at him and go, I still

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really need to, I need to go to the gym.

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He's really, he's

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Marc Preston: in really good shape.

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Well, you had a chance to be

in a number of scenes with him.

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It was supposed to be you and Kiefer

Sutherland's, uh, secret service agents.

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So you had a chance to

spend time with him.

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He just, he'll put like on

Instagram, him working out.

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I'm going, God, I need to, and he's

close to my age too, which is, you

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know, even more embarrassing for me.

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Um, so let's see, it's,

it's, it's morning time.

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I said, you already, uh, knock out a

little bit of breakfast this morning.

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Or have you been kind

of running this morning?

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Tanner Buchanan: A little bit of running.

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I've not had, I've not

had time for breakfast.

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Uh, I do.

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I'm not, I'm terrible.

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I'm not a big breakfast person.

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I tend to skip breakfast

as much as I possibly can.

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I

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Marc Preston: don't know why.

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You know, down here, I know

my kids, my daughter, who's

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just right off camera here.

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She, uh, we're, we're, we're, uh,

kind of, Savory breakfast, you know,

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like sausage and stuff like that.

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We're in the South, so

it's to be expected.

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But, um, yeah, but so, Ohio.

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So let's, let's go a little origin story.

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Like, how did you, or like, what kind

of stuff do your folks do out that way?

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Tanner Buchanan: Um, my mom was actually

a safety engineer, uh, and then a

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pharmaceutical rep, and then my dad

owned his own business installing, uh,

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heavy machinery and car manufacturers.

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Marc Preston: So no entertainment

industry people in the family.

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Okay.

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Tanner Buchanan: Not even close.

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No.

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Marc Preston: Are you an only kid or did

you have sibling or do you have siblings?

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Tanner Buchanan: Well, yeah, I, I,

uh, I was raised the only child.

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Um, I have a few cousins,

um, that lives close.

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Um, and they, they were kind of like my

siblings and I, you know, as a younger

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sibling does you look up to your older

siblings, um, uh, and they all danced.

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Uh, so I, you know, doing that, I was

like, well, I want to do what they're

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doing and I, and I want to dance.

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So I started tap dancing and did, yeah,

I did competitive dance for a few years.

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Um, went to a competition in New York.

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There was agents and managers there.

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Um, and they, uh, my mom was

going to change jobs at that time.

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And my dad was, uh, saying that he could,

you know, try to pick up some extra jobs.

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And told, told us to go out to

California for six months to at least

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try it and see if I even liked it.

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Marc Preston: Oh, that's great

that you had the support.

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You had the kind of the

backing of the family.

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They were down with it.

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That's awesome.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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See, as an only kid, I live vicariously

through my kids over here cause I got

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three of them, but I was the only kid

also, you know, I don't just love it.

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People say, Oh, I'll bet you were spoiled.

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No,

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Tanner Buchanan: no,

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Marc Preston: I don't know.

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I don't know where that came from.

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It's kind of like, as you get everything,

you know, you know, I'm sure, uh,

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you know, they say the first kid

gets most of the headache and then.

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By the time you get to the third, they

get, they get off scot free or something.

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But fellow, we're in the

same tribe of only kids.

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That's awesome.

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So, so how old were you

when you made it to LA?

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Tanner Buchanan: Uh, I was

around 10, um, 10 years old.

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Um, so that was just almost 16 years ago.

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Marc Preston: Was it like a

summer you went out there or did

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it kind of extend beyond that?

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Um, so

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Tanner Buchanan: I kind of, uh, came

out here like the start of the school

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year, um, and did online school.

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Okay.

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Uh, and then we came back to Ohio

at Christmas, you know, for like a

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month and a half and then came back

out to California for another three,

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four months and then went home for

the summer for like three months.

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And then I had the conversation of

whether or not we were going back and I

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wanted to uh, And my dad continued to go.

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Well, I I think I can still pick

up some extra jobs Uh, you know go

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out there and keep keep trying it.

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I guess

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Marc Preston: well, that's that's very

awesome to have that kind of support

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You know, having had a family kind of

rally around the thing that you're up to.

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Now, when did the, when did the

acting thing come on the radar

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as you were, as you were dancing?

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Was, was that something you're like,

Hey, this is something I want to do.

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Or did somebody kind of spot you or?

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Tanner Buchanan: Um, I hadn't

really thought about acting.

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Um, singing in the rain was

my favorite movie growing up.

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So.

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Marc Preston: Gene Kelly, right?

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Tanner Buchanan: Right.

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Yeah.

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So the performing aspect of, of, you know,

dancing and singing and performing was

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there, but you know, I think when I was.

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Uh, little, I didn't realize, you

know, that they were still acting.

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Um, but it was something that I was

like, uh, you know, if it ever came

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about, I would, you know, maybe I

would try it, but I really want to

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dance and just, you know, perform.

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Uh, but at the competition in

New York, there was agents and

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managers there and they kind of

like, have you ever tried acting?

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And I was like, no.

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And they were like,

well, you have a, for it.

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Uh, I had big, you know, bottle cap

glasses and, and big buck teeth.

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And I, they basically said I had a

very character look, which basically

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means you were a quirky looking kid.

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Um, so, I said, yeah, you know, why not?

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It's something that, you know, would

go along with the performing aspect.

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Uh, and you know, I was lucky enough

when I first started, I booked like

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three national commercials right off

the bat within the first three months.

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Really?

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Yeah.

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And continue to do commercials

for the next three years.

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Until I was getting a little bit older

and I probably, I wasn't as cute anymore.

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Marc Preston: Yeah, it

happens to all of us.

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Tanner Buchanan: We should probably

move away from commercials and, and

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get into, uh, more TV and movie stuff.

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So started, started with that around

the age of like, you know, 13 or so.

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Marc Preston: 16 years ago,

the whole online school thing

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was a little bit more novel.

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Were you down with that?

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Or did you feel like you were kind of

missing out on the whole sports and

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social and all that kind of stuff?

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Tanner Buchanan: I was, no, I mean, I've

always been like a, uh, activity kid.

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Um, so even in, in between, you know,

the acting of it all, I was still in like

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extracurricular act too, I guess I was

in, you know, acting classes where I was.

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Other people.

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And then I took, you know, some

gymnastics classes whenever I could.

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Or, um, when I was, when I was

younger, I actually took a couple,

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you know, Taekwondo classes.

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So within like what I was able to do

during the evenings, I would go and

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be in extracurricular activities.

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Um, I'm not the biggest fan of school.

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Uh, so I didn't really feel

like I was missing out too much.

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Um, and to be honest, now I look back and

I, I'm like, I'm, you know, I'm so glad

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I never, I was actually never in real

school because I don't know if I would

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have been able to handle it, kind of doing

my homework on a set schedule, but, um,

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having to work around working, it was

kind of, it was a nice change of pace that

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I, that I wasn't experiencing the same

thing over and over and over again every

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day, uh, just to be able to switch it up.

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Marc Preston: You're doing that and

you're kind of starting to carve

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things out like it occurred to you.

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Pretty early age.

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Like how old were you in the

first, like kind of big role,

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role, you know, TV or film?

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When did that happen for you?

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Tanner Buchanan: Um, the bigger roles

that I would consider, I was doing,

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um, recurring on girl meets world and

the fosters, um, at the same time.

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And I think I was around, I

think I was 16 at the time.

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Um, so I was 50, 15, 16, and I was

actually on both shows, shooting both

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shows, sometimes in the same week.

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Um, a lot of times in the

same week, which was funny.

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So I'd be running back and forth from

each set, uh, every day trying to, which

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we're on opposite sides of the town.

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Marc Preston: Now, where were you

living in LA when you were out there?

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Were you staying at what's that?

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Uh, apartment complex.

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Everybody live

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Tanner Buchanan: Oakwood,

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Marc Preston: Oakwood.

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Yeah.

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I think it has a different

name now, but yeah.

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Were you able to live out there?

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Tanner Buchanan: No, we were actually

told from the very start not to go there.

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Um, a lot of people were like, there's

a lot of actors and acting moms and

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seem to be a lot of the ones that people

necessarily don't get along with or don't

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like, and people can be very competitive.

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So maybe don't go there.

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Um, so we didn't go there.

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We went, uh, just on the opposite.

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Side of Burbank, um, towards like

the mall area out how in Burbank,

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if anybody knows where that

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Marc Preston: is.

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Well, it's so funny because, uh, it

seems like that would be the most

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awesome experience to be out there

with a bunch of kids, your age, you're

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all kind of hanging at the pool, you

know, but yeah, it just, it seems like

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everybody that I've spoken with kid actor

wise has made a swing through there.

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As an adolescent or early teen, that

would be a pretty awesome thing to do.

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So I guess Cobra Kai came along,

you were about 19, 18, 19.

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Would that

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Tanner Buchanan: be right?

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Marc Preston: Was that always

shot in Georgia or was that just

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in the, after the first season

when it was shot around Atlanta?

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Tanner Buchanan: it was all, all

shot in Atlanta the entire time.

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Um, all, all six seasons were in Atlanta.

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Marc Preston: So how did that come

across your desk as it were, you know,

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did, uh, it was just an audition or

did somebody kind of reach out to you?

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No, no, no.

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Tanner Buchanan: It was

definitely, it was an audition.

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Um, uh, I was doing, Um, I was doing

Designated Survivor at the time,

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um, and I got an audition for it,

uh, and I was able to go out for it,

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uh, because I was just a recurring

undesignated survivor at that point.

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Um, and I just, I knew the casting

directors, uh, and they kind of, you know,

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I went in, did my thing, they gave me some

notes knowing what, you know, Josh, John,

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and Hayden had kind of mentioned to them.

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Um, took those notes, uh, and

then actually just ended up at the

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chemistry read, uh, my next step was

the chemistry read with, with Billy.

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Um, and I did the chemistry with Billy.

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Uh, I had a little talk

with, with Ralph on camera.

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Um, and then from there I actually

had to go shoot designated survivor.

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Um, and wasn't able to go test for it.

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Um, but they showed my tape at testing.

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And then a couple of days later, ended up

with the job and had to leave for Atlanta.

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Uh, Like five days later for three months.

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Marc Preston: Really?

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Yeah, did you have any kind

of background or history?

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cognition of like the the lore of

Karate kid or was that something maybe

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there's more like your parents thing.

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Tanner Buchanan: Um,

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Marc Preston: I did they educate

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Tanner Buchanan: you they they did My

mom was actually a secondary or I mean,

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I guess still is you never lose it But

I was a second degree black belt and

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karate in the 80s You So it was, it

was one of those things where when I

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was like five or so, she, you know, the

movie was on and she showed me the movie

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and I think the second one as well.

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Um, and something that I've always been

very aware of my, you know, entire life.

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I didn't have much interest in

martial arts, I guess, growing up.

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I did at some point, off and on,

uh, when I took Taekwondo, but

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then quit, and then took Muay Thai

when I was 17, 18, but then quit.

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Uh, haha.

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But, uh, it was always something that I,

that was at least present within my life.

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Marc Preston: I know everything's got

to be choreographed, but was it a hard

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learning curve to kind of get it all down?

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Tanner Buchanan: Um,

it's always a hard learn.

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I mean, we're always constantly,

you know, getting better.

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Um, thanks to, uh, our fight coordinator,

um, Don Lee, you know, and our, uh,

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stunt coordinator, Kim Barefield.

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You know, they're always, they're

always trying to make sure that they're

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needing to one up themselves because.

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We've done a lot of fighting

on this show for many years.

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So they're trying to make sure that we're,

they're bringing us to new levels and

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making sure that they're bringing in, you

know, stunt performers that are gonna,

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you know, help us get to new levels.

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Um, so there's always a lot of

learning going on constantly.

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Uh, it was, it's been pretty cool this

year just because the, our stunt doubles,

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um, and the entire stunt team has worked

really, really hard with us to make sure.

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That we went out with the bang this

year and, and, uh, made a lot of

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most, most of the fighting this

year is done by us, uh, the actors.

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So our doubles really worked hard with us

on different tricks and, and making sure

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that if we were taking falls or taking,

you know, each other down or whatever,

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it may be that if there was safety issues

that they're teaching us how to fall

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correctly and do these moves correctly.

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So that way, A lot of the times

they can keep the camera on us and

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you can, you know, just truly see

that a lot of it is, is, is us.

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Um, so everyone put in the most work,

uh, within the stunts department.

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Um, and thanks to them, we, we did get to

do just about all of it and, uh, safely.

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Marc Preston: So it was nice.

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So I guess in the early seasons,

maybe were you getting a few

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more bruises than maybe you're

getting now, or was it kind of, I

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Tanner Buchanan: would say,

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Marc Preston: Were ice were ice

bags part of your daily, uh, you

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know, post shooting schedule?

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Tanner Buchanan: Yes.

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And no, I think actually there's

probably more bruises now because

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we're all getting way more comfortable

with each other and giving, giving

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each other a little bit more love.

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Um, I was definitely timid and

making sure that I didn't want

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to hurt anybody at the beginning.

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So I was, sometimes they

would be like, you need to.

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You need to look stronger.

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You need to look strong.

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You're looking, we can tell you're not

hitting or you're not making connection

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with blocks or anything like that.

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Um, but now we're all fairly confident

with each other and we do connect.

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Um, not, not hard, but just enough

to, you know, feel something and,

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and make it look, uh, really hard

and, and, and, um, make it look

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like it's got some power behind it.

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Marc Preston: Did anybody kind of school

you up on like, okay, this is like

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all the 80s lore, you know, why this

was so big, you know, then something,

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because like, for instance, he also did

the, uh, uh, was it a, he's all that,

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which was, of course, she's all that

was this kind of iconic teen thing.

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You know, did you do a deep dive into

80s cultures, just kind of get a sense

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of what, where all this came from?

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Tanner Buchanan: Um, actually,

that's a, that's a good question.

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I, I, I didn't really,

um, like when I got it.

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Um, my, my mom was in, you know, in 80s,

uh, late teen, you know, young adult.

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So I guess growing up, I, I, she

introduced me to a lot of that stuff.

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So, uh, again, it was one of those things

that had always been present, but I

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never, I guess that's a good point though.

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I never did like a deep dive though,

into like the culture of, you know,

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Eighties and what that was all about.

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Um, now I, now I'm, now, well, now I know

what I'm doing with the rest of my day.

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That's what I, now you've got me on.

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I'm surprised.

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I never, I've never done that.

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Why have I never done that?

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Um, you got me on that.

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Well, it's kind

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Marc Preston: of funny because with

William Zabka's character, Johnny, it's

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when you really think about the, uh,

As an adult looking back and going,

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you know, actually, um, he wasn't

necessarily the bad guy early on.

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He had his girlfriend taken, you know,

when you kind of really, when you're, you

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know, the way they put movies together

back then, of course, there was a, you

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know, the narrative was he's the bad

guy, but, you know, he was a good guy.

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I really like his story arc.

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I think, I think that's kind of for me.

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The fun part of it.

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I think I started watching the show more

once it already made its way to Netflix.

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So I think that's kind of when I really

kind of caught up on it with my kids.

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Let's talk eighties, you know, as far

as music and movies, do you have any

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favorites, anything that like, you

know, your mom would watch or your folks

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would kind of pull up, you know, your

favorite eighties movie or favorite, um,

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musically was there, you know, are you

dialed into anything from, uh, that era?

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Yeah.

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Um,

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Tanner Buchanan: my,

uh, my, I know my mom.

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So one of my favorites and my boss

is one of my boss is dirty dancing.

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Oh,

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Marc Preston: okay.

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Okay.

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Tanner Buchanan: Um, I am in, I,

well, really anything Patrick Swayze.

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Um, I'm very much obsessed

with Patrick Swayze.

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I love everything that he does.

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Marc Preston: Uh, dance was

a big part of his thing.

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I think in Houston, I think his mother, I

think his mother was like a dance teacher.

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Yeah.

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I'm not sure.

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Tanner Buchanan: She was a dance teacher.

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Um, Whether or not she owned

a studio, I don't know.

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I thought she owned a studio, but

I could be making something up.

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But I do know for sure that

she was a teacher, at least.

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Um, so yeah, he grew up a dancer, and

it was one of those things of when I

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started learning about him, and I was

like, oh, he's a guy that dances, and

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it's cool, and he's like a cool guy.

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So, I, you know, looked up to him,

you know, Gene Kelly, Patrick Swayze,

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people like that, that I could be like,

Oh, they're doing, they're cool guys.

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Marc Preston: He was in

his movie called Xanadu.

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I don't know if you ever saw

it with Olivia Newton John.

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Did you ever see that?

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Tanner Buchanan: I, you're, you

know, what's funny is no, I've never

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seen Xanadu, but someone just told

me about this a couple weeks ago.

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Really?

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Yeah.

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Someone was talking about

Xanadu literally two weeks ago.

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Um, and they were like, you, they

specifically pinpointed me out

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and they were like, Actually,

you would really like it.

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You need to go watch it.

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Um, and I, and I

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Marc Preston: haven't had time.

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I think so.

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If you're a Gene Kelly fan, it's, it's,

it's one of his, I think it came out

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probably 80, 81, maybe somewhere in

that neighborhood, maybe a little bit

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later, but then he was an older dude,

but he was still kind of gliding.

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And you know, you see, you

see the physicality, but I

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mean, it's Gene Kelly dancing.

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It's iconic.

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Um, I mentioned the, uh, he's all

that, uh, the progression of the

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she's all that, but that's more,

you know, you're one of the leads.

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Now, if you look at the ensemble,

that is karate kid, did you, do

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you kind of have a preference?

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Do you like to be kind of just

part of a kind of equally balanced

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ensemble or do you kind of dig, you

know, carrying a little bit more of

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the weight as, as a lead in a film?

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Tanner Buchanan: Um, uh, they're both

enjoyable, but for different reasons.

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You know, I, I think being a part of

an ensemble is fun because everybody,

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um, you know, it's kind of funny.

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We say a lot of our lines, we

have one topic or we have one

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goal within a scene and we all get

to add a little bit to the goal.

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You know, we all, we all add on to

the sentence basically within a scene.

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Um, but it's fun because, you know,

everybody's doing the same thing,

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you know, feeling the same way,

going, having to train the same way.

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We're all, you know, it's like just one

big group and you're not doing it alone.

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Um, but, uh, but also being a lead is

also quite fun because I, I like the, it's

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one of those things, it's the pressure of

if you, if you don't do good, Then, you

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know, I feel like it sets the precedence

of then, then, um, then it's a possibility

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of it won't turn out very good.

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So having that pressure and that

little bit of, I guess, the anxiety

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the entire time of I got to make

sure that I'm doing everything.

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I got to make sure I'm doing good.

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I got to make sure, you know,

everything, everything's perfect

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and well, as perfect as it can be.

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Um, it kind of adds a fun aspect to it

of, of that you, you know, you don't

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get as much with, with an ensemble.

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That's cool.

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Marc Preston: Just as a little note,

because we mentioned this does need to

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survive around my kids and I were big fans

of the 24, you know, Kiefer Sutherland.

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We're really, we're talking

about eighties movies.

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I mean, he was like, he was, uh, I

don't know, maybe late teen, early

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twenties actor in the eighties.

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Um, any Kiefer Sutherland

kind of experiences.

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Cause this, I think you're the,

I've always wanted to chat with him.

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He's just, just kind of, he's always

been there since I was a young

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guy, but, um, I, I really liked the

character, the, the kind of the vibe

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and, uh, of a designated survivor.

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And he kind of factored in there.

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I, it didn't seem like that long ago, but

I think, uh, McKenna Grace was still like

443

00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:17,890

a little, little, little kid back then.

444

00:22:17,899 --> 00:22:22,200

So yeah, it's a little further back than

I thought it was, but, but I was curious.

445

00:22:22,210 --> 00:22:26,039

So what was that experience like working

on, on that, uh, uh, show with him?

446

00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:28,910

Tanner Buchanan: Yeah, it was, it was

actually, it was really, really fun.

447

00:22:28,950 --> 00:22:39,160

Um, I actually say, He, like, as, I feel

like as a teenager, I was trying to figure

448

00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:45,725

out where and how, you know, to act and,

and, And make sure I was doing the best

449

00:22:45,725 --> 00:22:47,605

job and I would second guess myself.

450

00:22:47,605 --> 00:22:51,854

And then, and then sometimes I want to

make the best decisions and it may not

451

00:22:51,854 --> 00:22:56,375

come off as good or, you know, it was one

of those things that I was constantly,

452

00:22:56,595 --> 00:22:59,085

or I wouldn't make interesting choices.

453

00:22:59,085 --> 00:23:02,075

I would want to make interesting

choices, but then I ultimately won it.

454

00:23:02,075 --> 00:23:05,735

And they would be kind of

boring to be honest and stale.

455

00:23:06,425 --> 00:23:11,955

Um, and he was the one person when

I was, I remember the day where I

456

00:23:11,955 --> 00:23:13,925

was, we had a bigger scene together.

457

00:23:14,645 --> 00:23:17,714

Um, and I was deciding what to do.

458

00:23:17,714 --> 00:23:22,004

And my, you know, my anxiety

was like, don't do it.

459

00:23:22,004 --> 00:23:22,584

Don't do it.

460

00:23:22,584 --> 00:23:25,444

But my confidence was like, but

maybe this is the right choice.

461

00:23:25,935 --> 00:23:28,574

And I think he could see me battling that.

462

00:23:29,214 --> 00:23:34,734

Um, and he pulled me aside and he goes,

look, you've been acting for how many

463

00:23:34,735 --> 00:23:37,804

years, um, you've been on this show.

464

00:23:37,804 --> 00:23:39,354

Now you wouldn't be on the show.

465

00:23:39,364 --> 00:23:43,914

If you weren't a good actor, you,

he goes, yeah, basically he's like,

466

00:23:43,934 --> 00:23:45,174

you have really good instincts.

467

00:23:46,225 --> 00:23:48,534

And you need to stop second

guessing yourself constantly.

468

00:23:49,175 --> 00:23:56,475

Um, you're a good actor and just trust

what you're doing and always go for it.

469

00:23:56,495 --> 00:23:57,504

Don't ever hold back.

470

00:23:57,624 --> 00:23:58,335

Just do it.

471

00:23:59,054 --> 00:24:01,614

Um, and from that day forward, I was like.

472

00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:02,760

Okay.

473

00:24:03,110 --> 00:24:03,480

Okay.

474

00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,870

I think I can trust myself more

and the decisions that I want to

475

00:24:06,870 --> 00:24:10,080

make and the ways that I want to

do things as different characters.

476

00:24:10,769 --> 00:24:16,359

Um, so he, he's definitely, um, a big

tribute to the, the confidence that

477

00:24:16,360 --> 00:24:20,440

I've gained, um, within this industry.

478

00:24:20,740 --> 00:24:20,889

That had to

479

00:24:20,899 --> 00:24:22,370

Marc Preston: be like a

big sigh of relief for

480

00:24:22,370 --> 00:24:22,389

Tanner Buchanan: you.

481

00:24:22,419 --> 00:24:23,740

It actually, it really was.

482

00:24:24,190 --> 00:24:25,190

Yeah, it really was.

483

00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,870

Like, yeah, I can't tell you the

amount of pressure that went,

484

00:24:28,140 --> 00:24:33,530

that just dissipated from my body

after he was like in that scene.

485

00:24:33,530 --> 00:24:34,900

He was like, you have good instincts.

486

00:24:35,099 --> 00:24:35,760

Just do it.

487

00:24:35,809 --> 00:24:39,650

And then basically went into

that, that scene and he, we,

488

00:24:39,690 --> 00:24:40,800

we finally ended that scene.

489

00:24:40,809 --> 00:24:44,139

He was like, there, see, you like,

you made a little bit more interesting

490

00:24:44,139 --> 00:24:46,740

choices than what you were doing

and you trusted in your instincts.

491

00:24:46,740 --> 00:24:47,229

And that was it.

492

00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:48,560

Just keep doing that.

493

00:24:48,630 --> 00:24:50,410

That's what, that's all this is about.

494

00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:54,639

And so, um, yeah, that was a really,

that was a really, really cool day.

495

00:24:54,639 --> 00:24:56,489

And I remember it very vividly.

496

00:24:56,610 --> 00:24:58,360

Marc Preston: It's always nice when you

have those moments, you can kind of,

497

00:24:58,770 --> 00:25:00,370

you have those moments of mentorship.

498

00:25:00,379 --> 00:25:02,019

You can look back and go,

you know, eventually you'll

499

00:25:02,020 --> 00:25:02,979

be able to pay that forward.

500

00:25:03,070 --> 00:25:03,510

Right.

501

00:25:03,955 --> 00:25:07,295

Now, what do you have on the agenda,

uh, on the horizon rather than

502

00:25:07,355 --> 00:25:10,325

anything good coming up TV film

that you're kind of working on?

503

00:25:10,335 --> 00:25:12,915

Tanner Buchanan: Uh, I'm

looking for a job right now.

504

00:25:13,315 --> 00:25:15,605

Marc Preston: Um, Yeah, I know

you're an out of work actor.

505

00:25:15,605 --> 00:25:16,405

You know, it's funny.

506

00:25:16,405 --> 00:25:18,744

I was telling somebody the other day,

I was talking to John Favreau back

507

00:25:18,744 --> 00:25:21,754

when I was like 21 and he just wrapped

in movies like, yeah, when you're

508

00:25:21,755 --> 00:25:23,155

done with a film, you're out of work.

509

00:25:23,175 --> 00:25:26,725

I was like, I never really framed it like

that, but anything that you, that you

510

00:25:26,725 --> 00:25:30,125

would like to do anything that you've

got, like, okay, I would love this

511

00:25:30,145 --> 00:25:32,014

kind of a project or to work with this.

512

00:25:32,155 --> 00:25:34,585

You know, in this kind

of a script or this act?

513

00:25:34,585 --> 00:25:34,665

Well,

514

00:25:34,665 --> 00:25:37,555

Tanner Buchanan: I think what it,

well, what it is right now, it's hard

515

00:25:37,555 --> 00:25:42,145

again, because it's like, um, you're

on a show for so many years, a lot

516

00:25:42,145 --> 00:25:46,754

of the viewers or the industry can

see you just as that one character.

517

00:25:47,544 --> 00:25:52,954

Um, and not, you know, it's just

because, you know, that's all they've

518

00:25:52,954 --> 00:25:54,844

really seen you as for a long time.

519

00:25:55,305 --> 00:26:00,215

Um, so now I'm in this weird transition

period where I am looking for maybe a

520

00:26:00,215 --> 00:26:08,605

little bit more, uh, odd characters or,

you know, strictly drama roles or strictly

521

00:26:08,615 --> 00:26:15,214

comedy roles, um, some horror, but like,

like, I guess looking for the character

522

00:26:15,474 --> 00:26:17,485

roles where it can be a little bit.

523

00:26:18,274 --> 00:26:21,625

More opposite of what I've kind

of played for the past seven years

524

00:26:21,625 --> 00:26:26,615

to be able to show everybody that

and just have the opportunity to

525

00:26:26,635 --> 00:26:28,695

be like, Hey, I can also do this.

526

00:26:29,135 --> 00:26:31,684

Um, which is ultimately

where I want to live.

527

00:26:31,684 --> 00:26:33,925

I want to just be able

to bounce around from,

528

00:26:34,024 --> 00:26:36,494

Marc Preston: well, it'd be cool if

there's something with a little dancing.

529

00:26:36,534 --> 00:26:36,964

Tanner Buchanan: Yeah.

530

00:26:36,964 --> 00:26:39,194

I mean, to be honest,

dancing would be great.

531

00:26:39,195 --> 00:26:42,185

And I've actually recently

talked about Broadway recently.

532

00:26:42,185 --> 00:26:46,245

I was like, actually, Broadway

would be a nice change of, uh, of

533

00:26:46,304 --> 00:26:48,425

pace, um, that, and it would be.

534

00:26:48,690 --> 00:26:50,570

Quite fun to do right now.

535

00:26:50,570 --> 00:26:52,320

If, if I had the opportunity to

536

00:26:59,570 --> 00:27:02,079

Marc Preston: Before we get to run, I

always have to do my seven questions.

537

00:27:02,310 --> 00:27:04,100

I know you got a tight schedule

today, so I want to make sure I

538

00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:06,860

get my seven questions in, which

are always a little extra fun.

539

00:27:07,250 --> 00:27:07,679

First one.

540

00:27:07,679 --> 00:27:09,649

I always ask, I always end up

talking food, at least once.

541

00:27:09,660 --> 00:27:12,319

What is your favorite comfort food?

542

00:27:12,389 --> 00:27:14,899

That thing that you just

land on and go, Oh, bad day.

543

00:27:14,939 --> 00:27:15,429

Good day.

544

00:27:15,509 --> 00:27:16,249

You want that?

545

00:27:16,615 --> 00:27:17,185

Tanner Buchanan: Mmm.

546

00:27:17,274 --> 00:27:18,365

Comfort food.

547

00:27:18,695 --> 00:27:19,565

That's a good one.

548

00:27:19,675 --> 00:27:23,775

Um, honestly, um, I really, ramen.

549

00:27:25,055 --> 00:27:26,154

Uh, there's ramen.

550

00:27:26,154 --> 00:27:27,954

Ramen.

551

00:27:28,024 --> 00:27:30,295

Marc Preston: And then you get

like a packaged ramen from the

552

00:27:30,295 --> 00:27:32,545

store, like a ramen restaurant,

553

00:27:32,555 --> 00:27:33,625

Tanner Buchanan: the packaged ramen.

554

00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:39,320

I, I make it, I try to make it

all fancy and do different spices

555

00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:44,329

and, uh, eggs and, um, I, I do a

bunch of different stuff to it.

556

00:27:44,450 --> 00:27:44,580

Marc Preston: Yeah.

557

00:27:44,580 --> 00:27:47,830

I saw a meme the other day that says, you

know, after you crack an egg, you know,

558

00:27:47,979 --> 00:27:51,219

you get a, like a soft boiled egg, put

it on your ramen and it has a picture.

559

00:27:51,219 --> 00:27:51,999

Like now you're a chef.

560

00:27:52,950 --> 00:27:54,960

It's kind of like you

just elevated the game.

561

00:27:55,150 --> 00:27:56,200

But yeah, that's very good.

562

00:27:56,200 --> 00:28:00,209

You know, that's, that's, that's a little

bit of soul food from, you know, Back

563

00:28:00,209 --> 00:28:04,570

and especially, you know, if money's ever

tight, it always lands without a doubt.

564

00:28:04,879 --> 00:28:08,579

Now, uh, if you're to sit down and

next question and talk story with three

565

00:28:08,580 --> 00:28:12,790

people, uh, having coffee for a few

hours, living or not, who are those

566

00:28:12,790 --> 00:28:15,910

three people be that you would like to

sit down with and have a conversation?

567

00:28:16,039 --> 00:28:17,779

Uh, like, so living or not, who would that

568

00:28:17,779 --> 00:28:17,959

Tanner Buchanan: be?

569

00:28:17,959 --> 00:28:19,909

Gene Kelly would definitely be one.

570

00:28:21,269 --> 00:28:22,229

Um,

571

00:28:25,139 --> 00:28:26,799

uh, I love Heath Ledger.

572

00:28:26,829 --> 00:28:32,925

If I could talk to Heath Ledger any time

of like, that would be like, So cool.

573

00:28:34,205 --> 00:28:38,075

Um, and then,

574

00:28:42,465 --> 00:28:44,855

ooh, I'm trying to

think of a third person.

575

00:28:47,814 --> 00:28:51,584

I mean, the only other person, I know I

somehow ended up picking up all actors,

576

00:28:51,615 --> 00:28:58,774

uh, but like James Dean, um, James

Dean always had that, like, super raw

577

00:28:58,804 --> 00:29:03,344

emotion, and I feel like was one of those

actors that was way ahead of his time.

578

00:29:04,189 --> 00:29:09,659

Um, and it was like, people just

didn't act that way when, and you

579

00:29:09,659 --> 00:29:12,179

know, back in, back in the, it was 50s.

580

00:29:12,649 --> 00:29:17,049

Um, like now, I can't imagine what

he, you know, what he would be doing,

581

00:29:17,129 --> 00:29:18,949

uh, if he was born in this time.

582

00:29:20,365 --> 00:29:22,835

And I just want to be able to ask

him like, where does that come from?

583

00:29:22,835 --> 00:29:25,715

Which I can almost guarantee he's

probably going to go, I don't know how,

584

00:29:25,715 --> 00:29:27,935

you know, I, I kind of just, I'm, I'm a

585

00:29:27,935 --> 00:29:31,284

Marc Preston: vulnerable person

and I put it out there for the air.

586

00:29:31,284 --> 00:29:32,145

You're right for the era.

587

00:29:32,155 --> 00:29:33,365

He was, he was unique.

588

00:29:33,425 --> 00:29:36,075

You know, there was nobody

really, well, there was a Brando.

589

00:29:36,484 --> 00:29:37,465

It was kind of a similar thing.

590

00:29:37,564 --> 00:29:39,035

You just kind of come as

like, where'd that come from?

591

00:29:39,935 --> 00:29:42,905

We take all that for granted now, of

course, but the back in that time, now,

592

00:29:43,065 --> 00:29:45,685

next question, now, if you're going to be

forced to live on an Island, uh, somewhere

593

00:29:45,685 --> 00:29:48,915

you actually want to be, but you're

going to be there a year, no internet.

594

00:29:49,220 --> 00:29:52,610

You're going to have to bring an album

with you and a DVD if you want to watch

595

00:29:52,610 --> 00:29:55,690

one movie and listen to one album.

596

00:29:55,690 --> 00:29:58,470

What would that album, what would that

DVD be to hold you through that year?

597

00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,219

Tanner Buchanan: Ooh, I can

only pick a DVD or an album?

598

00:30:01,329 --> 00:30:05,050

Marc Preston: Uh, yeah, just one movie

or one, you know, it could be a box set.

599

00:30:05,070 --> 00:30:06,320

You know, you can do that as well.

600

00:30:06,380 --> 00:30:06,740

Oh,

601

00:30:06,740 --> 00:30:09,380

Tanner Buchanan: that's,

you found the loophole.

602

00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:12,840

It's, it's the box, it's the box set.

603

00:30:13,650 --> 00:30:14,350

Marc Preston: Might as well.

604

00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:18,210

You know, it's, I think a box set, we'll

let you, we'll let you go with the box.

605

00:30:18,219 --> 00:30:18,439

So, yeah.

606

00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:18,910

Tanner Buchanan: Okay.

607

00:30:18,969 --> 00:30:22,130

Um, it's a good question.

608

00:30:23,570 --> 00:30:26,320

Uh, I'm,

609

00:30:28,939 --> 00:30:32,940

I'm actually the one, the one that I

know I can watch over and over and over

610

00:30:32,940 --> 00:30:39,460

again is I think I'm actually gonna pick,

Oh, I'm stuck between two, two movies.

611

00:30:40,165 --> 00:30:42,565

Or we're allowed TV shows, right?

612

00:30:42,655 --> 00:30:42,865

Yep.

613

00:30:42,875 --> 00:30:43,455

Absolutely.

614

00:30:43,485 --> 00:30:43,895

You can do that.

615

00:30:44,035 --> 00:30:45,765

Uh, Gilligan's Island.

616

00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:47,610

Marc Preston: Very apropos if

you're gonna be on an island.

617

00:30:47,610 --> 00:30:47,760

Yeah.

618

00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:48,510

Very, very apropo.

619

00:30:48,510 --> 00:30:48,840

Tanner Buchanan: Yeah.

620

00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:52,740

I feel like yeah, you could, it would

be at least feel like somebody's there,

621

00:30:52,830 --> 00:30:54,570

uh, living, living through it with you.

622

00:30:55,050 --> 00:30:56,670

,

Marc Preston: what kind of

musically, where would you be?

623

00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:03,440

Tanner Buchanan: Mm, I would probably

be, uh, I'm a big metalhead, um, so

624

00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,630

I'd definitely be in the metal world.

625

00:31:06,140 --> 00:31:08,550

Uh, what album?

626

00:31:09,615 --> 00:31:11,735

I would really honestly pick anything.

627

00:31:11,755 --> 00:31:14,005

I'm trying to see if I can

specifically pick an album.

628

00:31:15,005 --> 00:31:16,595

I would probably say

629

00:31:20,165 --> 00:31:23,715

The way of all flesh Gojira

630

00:31:24,044 --> 00:31:24,874

Marc Preston: metal's your thing.

631

00:31:24,874 --> 00:31:25,174

Okay.

632

00:31:25,204 --> 00:31:27,274

Yeah, you were the first

metal head on the show.

633

00:31:27,294 --> 00:31:28,014

So there you go.

634

00:31:28,124 --> 00:31:30,425

All right And uh, gilligan's island.

635

00:31:30,425 --> 00:31:32,085

All right, that's that's a first as well.

636

00:31:32,085 --> 00:31:32,635

So I like it.

637

00:31:32,655 --> 00:31:36,535

I like it Now if next question if you're

to find a perfect day time you get up

638

00:31:36,575 --> 00:31:40,145

time you go to sleep What would be the

component parts of a perfect day for you?

639

00:31:40,585 --> 00:31:40,605

Tanner Buchanan: Um

640

00:31:44,030 --> 00:31:47,560

The have energy and not get tired midday.

641

00:31:48,020 --> 00:31:49,020

That's number one.

642

00:31:51,510 --> 00:31:54,010

Marc Preston: Um, You

can always take a nap.

643

00:31:54,300 --> 00:31:58,170

Tanner Buchanan: Uh, I guess probably

waking up around, I used to do this,

644

00:31:58,629 --> 00:32:01,440

my schedule is so all over the place

that I've not been able to have

645

00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:02,550

a consistent schedule recently.

646

00:32:03,039 --> 00:32:05,749

Um, but I guess I like to wake up early.

647

00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:11,500

I like to wake up around like five

and, and where nobody else is around.

648

00:32:12,170 --> 00:32:14,040

Um, and it's kind of quiet.

649

00:32:14,390 --> 00:32:20,060

And there's only the few other people

that are up, um, and kind of get any

650

00:32:20,060 --> 00:32:21,440

work done that I need to get done.

651

00:32:21,730 --> 00:32:29,099

Uh, after that, I guess, uh, have

some lunch, play some guitar, uh,

652

00:32:29,470 --> 00:32:31,460

maybe take a nap if I get tired,

653

00:32:33,699 --> 00:32:38,660

um, watch maybe a movie or two.

654

00:32:40,030 --> 00:32:44,770

And then eat and then go back to sleep

pretty easy, pretty simple person,

655

00:32:45,060 --> 00:32:46,870

Marc Preston: very chill kind

of cruise through the day.

656

00:32:46,870 --> 00:32:47,500

I like that.

657

00:32:47,590 --> 00:32:48,089

I like it.

658

00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,000

Now, uh, next question, if

you weren't doing this for a

659

00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:52,519

living, what would bring you joy?

660

00:32:52,540 --> 00:32:55,509

What other kind of gig would

you be doing besides acting?

661

00:32:55,579 --> 00:32:56,959

Uh, what would that be for you?

662

00:32:57,110 --> 00:32:59,679

Tanner Buchanan: Uh, I actually,

the other big thing that I was big

663

00:32:59,679 --> 00:33:00,909

about when I was younger was soccer.

664

00:33:01,625 --> 00:33:06,565

Um, and always said that if I wasn't

going to perform that I wanted to

665

00:33:06,565 --> 00:33:07,915

be a professional soccer player.

666

00:33:07,925 --> 00:33:10,205

So that's, that's where

I would live right there.

667

00:33:10,525 --> 00:33:11,185

Marc Preston: Very cool.

668

00:33:11,185 --> 00:33:11,585

Very cool.

669

00:33:11,815 --> 00:33:15,655

And the last question here, if you were

to jump in the DeLorean, go back to when

670

00:33:15,655 --> 00:33:19,314

you were 16 years old, got a piece of

advice for yourself, either to make that

671

00:33:19,314 --> 00:33:21,855

moment a little bit better, or maybe

put you on a little bit different path.

672

00:33:21,855 --> 00:33:25,455

But what would that piece of

advice to 16 year old Tanner be,

673

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Tanner Buchanan: um,

probably don't worry as much.

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Like you're like.

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I don't think I would, I wouldn't want

to tell anything to change anything.

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Because as I look back through everything

in the years, it's like everything's

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happened the way it's needed to, you

know, and I wouldn't want to change

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anything because then I don't know

where I would be and I'm very happy

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with where I am and my life right now.

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Um, But I guess the best thing that

I could do is I, you know, learn to

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control anxiety a little bit better

and, and just breathe a little bit more.

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Marc Preston: That's a very common thing.

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A lot of people say

something to that effect.

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They always say, you know, just

kind of go easy on yourself.

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It's going to work out

that kind of a thing.

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It's very common, very common.

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And that's awesome.

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Well, well, I really appreciate you

sharing your time with me today.

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I know you're a busy guy.

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You're doing a lot of stuff.

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My little girls over here is

just like, you know, just, she's,

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she's, Are you, are you napping?

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I'm, I'm, I'm boring the

hell out of her right now.

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I know, uh, but, but no, I

appreciate it greatly, but hopefully

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I'm keep my fingers crossed.

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You got that dancing role coming up,

uh, looking, uh, looking forward to

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seeing you actually doing your thing,

but, uh, man, go have a great rest of

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your week and hopefully I'll have a

chance to catch up down the line, but,

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uh, best of luck to you, my friend.

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Tanner Buchanan: Yeah.

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Thank you so much.

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Yeah.

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I hope, uh, I hope we do.

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It'd be awesome.

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Marc Preston: Well, there you go.

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Tanner Buchanan, talented

young actor season six.

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Cobra Kai, the final season.

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It's on Netflix right now.

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Check it out.

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You could possibly want to know past

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message, just go to story and craft pod.

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com.

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It's all right there.

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Uh, tell you what, I'm

going to get on out of here.

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Grab a little bit of lunch.

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You go have a great rest of your day.

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Uh, Hey, thank you so much for

making story and craft part of

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whatever you've got going on.

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More great episodes coming.

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Some really cool guests.

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So, uh, come back by.

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Thank you so much.

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And, uh, we'll talk to you soon,

right here on story and craft.

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Announcer: For this episode of Story

Craft, join Marc next week for more

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