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Nash Grier on Making Movies and Finding His Personal Style

Nash Grier on Making Movies and Finding His Personal Style

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YH hangs out with Internet sensation Nash Grier just before the MTV VMAs kicks off to get the scoop on his evolving personal style, the Jack and Jack video he directed, and what he expects from Miley Cyrus's hosting gig! He talks about his desire to get behind the camera more and put out more "traditional" content, plus he gives us a little freestyle SnapRap!

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Young Hollywood

So, I'm here on the red carpet with, or I don't know, the colorful carpet, I guess, with Nash Grier. Hey. What's up, dude? How you doing? Um, first of all, your look. Everyone wants to know, do you want your old look back? Do you like this new look? You got, I mean, the hair is like.

Nash Grier

I don't know, I keep trying to change my look and just make it, because I don't know, like when I grew up in North Carolina on the other side of the country in the south, everyone dressed the same, like all guys dressed this way, all girls dressed this way.

Young Hollywood

How do you dress there? Like, give it, give it the big up.

Nash Grier

I went to private school, so we had uniforms, and then out of private school, we all just wore like whatever we wore to practice. And like everyone looked the same. But like coming out to LA and seeing all this different culture and seeing like, I've been here for two years now, and like, I really don't think I have a style yet. I'm just kind of like.

Young Hollywood

First of all, can we just picture Nash in a uniform right now, because that, we need, we need to get you a, do a picture of that. We need to like get an old school.

Nash Grier

I have, I have pictures of me in like a tux at the White House and then I'm wearing a dolphin shirt today. So like I want to switch it up a lot. So yeah.

Young Hollywood

So you just did a music video, right? You directed it with my boys, Jack and Jack were in it, Wesley Stromberg. He's the man. Dude, explain how that all went down.

Nash Grier

So, I had this idea, well, it wasn't really an idea. I just have like a passion for making content, making videos, and I've always been in front of the camera, but I'm like, after going to like whatever, 400 meetings out here in the past year, I realized that I don't only want to be behind the camera. I want to be a writer, I want to be a director, I want to produce. I want to like make my visions come to life. So, I'm going to start getting behind the camera a lot more. But just for this specific project, I found an artist, I loved the song, and he asked me, he's like, yo, do you want to direct this? And I said, hell yeah. And we just started, I hit up my friends, I wanted them to be in it, and we storyboarded the plot, and it turned out amazing. And I think it's about to hit like a million views or something. So.

Young Hollywood

Is that surprising though? I mean, you had a million views in like an hour, not even.

Nash Grier

I don't know, for me it's like. It's insane. Yeah, it's still a million people though, which is insane. Like, looking at that number and then saying, oh, that's a person behind that account or like, I don't know, it's crazy to me.

Young Hollywood

Well, seeing you in a whole different role, because you're like comedy Vine guy, and all of a sudden now you're like directing a music video. That's insane. What was like one of the funniest things that happened on set with any of those There are some. There's got to be some stories, right?

Nash Grier

Yeah, we were on set all day for that music video. So everyone was getting annoyed because of like how you do one shot 20 different times just to get it right. But uh funniest thing, we were all playing those instruments all day, and I was playing the trumpet, I believe, all day. And everyone was just laughing their ass off at like how funny everybody was like playing their different instruments, because none of us actually played those instruments in real life. We just had to like learn what those were for the day or whatever. It was crazy. So that was hilarious. But yeah.

Young Hollywood

So okay, VMAs, is this your first time here, actually?

Nash Grier

I think I was here last year.

Young Hollywood

Okay. So this year obviously is insane, right? We got Miley Cyrus hosting. What is the, do you think what's like the one thing you think she might do? I don't know. It's hard to it's hard to predict, right?

Nash Grier

She's unpredictable and she's amazing. She's one of the funniest people I know. I've watched her since I was a kid and I get to see her on stage today, which is amazing. She's just awesome. I I just want everyone to embrace her for who she is because a lot of people like hate on her and stuff, but everything that she stands for is amazing. So, yeah.

Young Hollywood

Someone here you're like super fanboying over, excited to see?

Nash Grier

Uh, not really, not that I've seen. If if my favorite comes up, maybe I'll freak out.

Young Hollywood

That's impressive, Nash. Not at all.

Nash Grier

I'm impressed by everyone. It's just. I keep my cool around people that I admire and stuff. So yeah.

Young Hollywood

You ever had like a fanboy moment, because there's so many, what's like the one thing that you've freaked out over? Or somebody.

Nash Grier

Uh, I've had one when I was at Mark Wahlberg's house watching the premiere of the entourage. And I watched the movie. That's ridiculous. No, it was crazy. Yeah. I watched the movie and like I'm with, I'm in this room with everyone's there and we're just watching this crazy film. And then like after everyone starts leaving, Mark like comes up to me and we have this conversation for like five to 10 minutes and literally it's hard for me to keep my cool, but like I learned so much in those five to 10 minutes and that was like one of the best times for me. I think that's my most fanboy moment if I had one. So yeah.

Young Hollywood

So if you could sit next to anyone at the VMAs, who would it be? What would you talk about?

Nash Grier

Christopher Nolan. But I don't know if he's here or not, and he's a writer. Uh, and I talk about movies.

Young Hollywood

That's pretty cool. All right. You're like in like behind the camera mode right now.

Nash Grier

yeah, he's, I've been writing. For the past like year it's been hard for me to like put my phone down and make less content and like get off the internet and just write. And I finished writing a documentary. I'm working on writing my first film that I'm taking to legendary. And then uh, my first movie comes out in a month. So I'm kind of trying to make that transition to traditional media and get behind the camera as quick as possible.

Young Hollywood

It's crazy that like you and all your friends are all like making movies now. Like no big deal, no big deal at all. Insane.

Nash Grier

Yeah, and I and the best thing is that we get our creative input and that's what makes it real. And that's honestly why like I'm here is because like creativity and like bigger people allowing me and allowing my friends to get our creative minds out there and and just show younger people and show teens and show the world basically like what what is what we're doing and what's creative and what's cultural, whatever it is. So, it's been awesome and thank you to everyone who makes it possible.

Young Hollywood

Okay, and lastly, we saw you at the Jaskins movie premiere. You did a hilarious Snapchat with your brother. So we're going to have to recreate that for a second. We got to do, what we got to do is, well, pull, yeah, we'll pretend that he's here. We'll pretend he's here. But you got to do a snap rap. So you're going to be like, hey, I'm Nash at the VMAs with Young Hollywood. You freestyle, freestyle away. All right, ready?

Nash Grier

Yo, I stole Young Hollywood Snapchat, wearing a nice fat hat. No, a snapback. And I'm rhyming at the VMA. Young boy getting

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Nash Grier

    Interview subject, discusses his career and experiences

  • Miley Cyrus

    VMA host, Nash discusses her hosting gig

  • Jack and Jack

    Artists whose music video Nash directed

  • Wesley Stromberg

    Mentioned in relation to the music video Nash directed

  • Mark Wahlberg

    Nash shares a 'fanboy' moment meeting him

  • Christopher Nolan

    Director Nash would like to sit next to at the VMAs

FAQ

What is Nash Grier's background in film?+
Nash Grier has a passion for making content and has been working on transitioning from being in front of the camera to behind it, focusing on writing, directing, and producing.
Did Nash Grier direct a music video?+
Yes, Nash Grier directed a music video for the artists Jack and Jack, which he mentions was nearing a million views.
What are Nash Grier's thoughts on Miley Cyrus hosting the VMAs?+
Nash Grier believes Miley Cyrus is unpredictable, amazing, and one of the funniest people he knows, and he wants everyone to embrace her for who she is.
What was Nash Grier's most memorable 'fanboy' moment?+
Nash Grier's most memorable 'fanboy' moment was meeting Mark Wahlberg at his house during the premiere of the Entourage movie.
What are Nash Grier's current projects in traditional media?+
Nash Grier has finished writing a documentary, is working on his first film for Legendary, and has a movie coming out in about a month.

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