Douglas Smith has "Big Love" for Music

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Hey Young Hollywood, I'm Michelle Hummel.

Today we are here with Douglas Smith.

Now Douglas, you are a busy guy.

You star on a very cool show Big Love, and you also have a band, his Orchestra, which today we're going to see a little bit of your rehearsal.

Let's talk about what's going on with your character Ben on the show.

From the earlier seasons, he was a little bit more uh like boyish and worried about the fact that he had sexual feelings towards girls because he thought that he was not supposed to have those until he was married, because he's very, very, very conservative.

Now he's like becoming more of a man, and he wants to sort of figure out what the next step is for him and his life.

What are some of your favorite on-set moments that you've had on Big Love?

Whenever Jeanne Tripplehorn and Jeneane Goodwin want uh protein shakes, they like go into the walkie-talkie and they like list off like the exact ordering.

It's like banana with almond milk and some sort of spirulina, and it's called spiratine.

It's really good.

We know that you have the band, his Orchestra.

Let's talk about how you got involved in this.

I've been playing music for a long time since I was like eight, I guess.

My mother was a voice major and she sang opera.

What was the first song that your mom sang to you as a child, do you remember?

Yeah, Baa Baa Black Sheep.

Do you have anyone in mind that you would love to work with in the future?

I'm a huge David Byrne fan and I think Wilco's amazing.

I think Arcade Fire is really good.

I love New Pornographers and Destroyer.

I love Belle and Sebastian.

Yeah, I would kill to work with Belle and Sebastian.

Do we have Whitney Martyn on the keys?

Kestrin Pantera on the cello.

And the Glockenspiel, she'll be playing some of that too.

Reviv Olmen on the drums.

Hey Young Hollywood, I'm Douglas Smith and thanks for hanging out with me at my rehearsal space tonight with my band, his Orchestra.