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Party of Five Cast Interview Each Other & Reveal Set Secrets

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It's a party of four at the Young Hollywood Studio as the cast of Freeform's new "Party of Five" reboot (minus one since, you know, he's a baby and they are notoriously difficult to interview) stop by to give us all the scoop on this much-anticipated update to the classic '90s Fox drama of the same name! Brandon Larracuente, Emily Tosta, Elle Paris Legaspi, and Niko Guardado take matters into their own hands as we invite them to interview each other and spill all the fascinating behind the scenes tea! Find out which of them is most likely to take a nap between scenes, play pranks, and hang around the craft services table, plus the actors reveal what Netflix series they'd love to do a crossover episode with and dish (spoiler-free) on their own personal favorite episodes!

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Hey guys. Uh, I'm Brandon. I'm L. I'm Emily. And I'm Nico. And we are the cast of Party of Five. Party of Five. I think we're going to ask each other questions. We're going to be interviewing each other. All right, ladies first. Woo! You want to go first? You. Me? Okay. Welcome to this. Oh. I'm new. I mean you can go first if you want to. Nah. Okay, okay. I'll go first. Okay. Oh, I literally got myself. Okay. Who's most likely to fall asleep between shooting scenes? Emily. We never knew where she was on set. 100%. And we're like, we asked one of the cast members and they they're like, oh she's sleeping on one of the uh the the beds on stage six. She'll sleep on a bed.

Yeah, I will sleep anywhere. Yeah. You'll find me in a corner with like three blankets down. Just yeah, it's bad. She built a fort one time. Oh, I did. I built a fort once. There's actually a book of photos of just me sleeping. Oh, yeah. Remember? Yeah. We made her. Okey dokey. Haha. Oh, Brandon. Who's most likely to pull a prank on set? Oh, it's between us two. Yeah. Nico and myself. Yeah. Whether it's scaring Emily or L or just messing around with the camera crewman or Catching embarrassing photos of of one of us on set it's it's Yeah. That's good. Those characters too. Conflict. Good vibes. Good conflict. Yeah. Okay. I go. Okay. Oh. I just did that on the floor, mom. Okay.

L, what's a behind the scenes secret you can tell? Watch out, girl. Yeah. Choose your words wisely. Very wisely. I'm scared. Yeah, you should be. I'm scared. Okay, um with the show or with us? Anything. Anything. Let's just say with us so I don't ruin anything. No spoiler. Um, Brandon farted in one of our scenes. She went there. She went there. We had beans that day on set. And Brandon, you know, I guess couldn't help himself. We're shooting a a scene and it happened. It happens to everyone, the best of us. Yeah, it does. Yeah, it does. And I looked just looked at L and she looked at me. And I kinda gave her that look like you better not break. And we went on.

You guys kept going with the scene. We kept on going. Yes. It was like one of those gas links. It was like I can't believe she said that. She did that again and again. Oh, let me just It's fine. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Next question. We're moving on. Yes, we're moving on. Okay. Sorry, I had to do it like that. Oh, Lordy. Oh, goodness. Mr. Nico. Yes. If you could merge Party of Five with another show for a crossover episode, which show would it be? Oh, One Day at a Time. I thought I was hoping you'd say that. I thought about that. I was hoping you'd say that. One Day at a Time for sure. That'd be cool. That would be fun. Is it back to yeah? Okay. Let's see. Ooh, this is a good one. L.

If you could have any celeb guest star on the show, who would it be? That's really. This is a good one. Oh. Pick wisely. I'm trying. Amy's listening. Yeah. Amy's listening. Oh. There options at me, please. Uh, well, your celebrity crush? Yeah. Yeah. Um, I can't bring Justin Bieber on the show. Can I? I mean you could if you I mean it's not like you I mean, how would he come into the story? That's Amy's problem. Yeah, that's their problem. The writers are going to have to figure that one out. I was about to tell the story about when we were doing Nico's scene where he had a super emotional scene. And you farted. Wait, what? You farted.

You were kind of mad at us because we kept breaking during. No, you didn't fart. It was my stomach growling. Oh, I thought you farted. It was my stomach, Emily. It was. I vouch for you. She said it was like stomach growling. Oh, yeah. Go ahead. Okay. My turn. Go ahead, L. Nico and Goadado. Yes. Who is most likely to be found at craft services? Yeah, I feel like everybody. I mean, when Louis would announce Empanadas or something, yeah. Yeah, I feel I feel like that's um that's how we cope emotionally with it and then bring our spirits up after. Oh, yeah. Especially Emily. She'll sleep right next to crafty if she could. 100%. There was one time that I put my cast chair next to crafty.

I'm not kidding. Oh, yes. Yes. Okay, Mr. Brandon. Who's most likely to break into laughter during a serious scene? Me. I'm so sorry. No, we all equally have. Oh, that one day, man, you were like in an emotional scene and Emily and I were like, it was like your coverage over our shoulder and all you saw was like. I was just like. You were pissed. I was pissed. He was angry. Sorry. No, no, it was fine. It's all funny games. Oh, boy. It's always one of those guys cuz they cannot look at each other. Yeah, when we're I can't make eye contact. I look at your nose. Because if I look in your eyes, it's over. It's over. All right, Miss Miss Emily, what was the funniest thing that happened on set?

Oh, boy, we could sit here all day, I know. So many things. Yeah, there's so many things. I feel like everything yeah, we should write a book about it. It's really hard to pick one thing because every single day there was some new memory that popped up. Yeah. Oh, yeah. But if I have to pick one. Oh, shoot. Oh, my goodness. America's listening. But if I have to pick one, I would say there was this one scene where L had to say a line that she kept saying wrong. And it was just this big joke.

And I feel like you wouldn't understand it if you were there, but we were all laughing so much that we actually had to step away from the scene and take a breath and go outside of the car that we were shooting the scene in just so we could breathe for a second. I think that was. So we could get back into character. That was another one because I feel like that was the first time we were giggly as a kid because we were that was during the pilot. Right. I feel like that was the first time we were like, okay, we gotta step back, like too much. Yeah, prior to that, we're all kind of like super focused and it kind of like broke the ice. Exactly. Oh, I agree. It was hilarious.

We were all laughing for so long. We also have another scene that we recently filmed. I'm scared about it. She's about to say. Me too. No, I'm not. Don't worry. You guys don't have to be scared. Me and Emily were acting so delirious. It's almost mid midnight. The boom, it was so tall. And we just couldn't stop laughing. Yeah, we were. It was late. It was late and it's like one of those times that everything is so funny. And the boom, like the microphone boom was just floating around in the sky and I thought it was the funniest thing. It was like Glenn or Nick and they had to Like they're like 20 feet away and the boom's just. It's just so long. We were delirious.

We were laughing for way too long. I love that. Yes, there's way more. Way too much more. I want off off the record question. Uh, for everyone, what's your favorite episode that you guys have shot? Oh. And you don't have to give away the plot but just what's the favorite, what's your favorite episode? And why? I think it was that episode that you guys I I can't say this without giving away the plot, but it was when I had that really tough part because I think it made me grow as an actor, yeah, Michael was directing it. It made me grow as an actor and yeah, my call. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I have I've still yet in my career I haven't done something like that.

You guys know what episode I'm talking about. Something as long as that and something as like emotional as that. And I think that was probably my first episode because it made me step out of my comfort zone and I feel like I grew so much from that day. Yeah. Yeah. So for me I would pick that episode. I like that. Yeah. Which I think was episode seven or six. Um, something like that, yeah. It's six. Yeah, I think, jeez. I'm I think I'm gonna go with episode four. Yeah, episode four which was um, damn. I don't know how to like give you guys Oh, oh, um, Janie directed it. Yes. It was the second one we filmed when we came back. Yeah. It's the fourth episode. Okay.

Because there's so much that happens in that episode where things start to turn with the family and start certain relationships certain relationships start um, turning the corner and new beginnings for a lot of different characters. That's true. Cool. I have a couple. I don't know which one I like better though. I don't know. Because I don't remember which episode it was. I am terrible at doing this. I'm with you. I don't remember like you guys episode four, scene 26. Like, how do you guys remember this stuff? No idea. I don't know how I do either. It was just all one big blur to me. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Absolute delusion at the end of season one. I was so tired. Yeah, for real though.

What's your favorite? Um, I'm with L. I don't know if I have just one favorite. I have a couple moments that stand out to me like memories that we have on set but. Yeah, no, for sure. But um, Oh, okay, the final episode. Yeah, the final. That one was oh, man. Yeah. Or we shot outside. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. It's just like nice little. That was a big episode. Sorry. Inside joke. Thank you so much for watching our interview with Young Hollywood. You guys can catch Party of Five every Wednesday on Freeform. And on Hulu. Bye. Bye, guys. Bye bye.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Brandon Larracuente

    Cast member, participant in interview

  • Emily Tosta

    Cast member, participant in interview

  • Elle Paris Legaspi

    Cast member, participant in interview

  • Niko Guardado

    Cast member, participant in interview

  • Justin Bieber

    Mentioned as a celebrity crush/dream guest star

  • Amy

    Mentioned as show creator/decision-maker

  • Michael

    Director of a significant episode

  • Janie

    Director of episode four

  • Louis

    Announces food at craft services

  • Glenn

    Mentioned in a story about boom mic operator

  • Nick

    Mentioned in a story about boom mic operator

FAQ

Who are the cast members of the "Party of Five" reboot present in this interview?+
The cast members present are Brandon Larracuente, Emily Tosta, Elle Paris Legaspi, and Niko Guardado.
Which cast member is most likely to fall asleep between scenes?+
Emily Tosta is identified as the cast member most likely to fall asleep between scenes, often found sleeping anywhere on set.
Which cast members are known for pulling pranks on set?+
Niko Guardado and Brandon Larracuente are known for pulling pranks on set, often scaring others or messing with the crew.
What TV show would Niko Guardado like to see "Party of Five" crossover with?+
Niko Guardado would like to see "Party of Five" have a crossover episode with "One Day at a Time".
When does the "Party of Five" reboot air?+
The "Party of Five" reboot airs every Wednesday on Freeform and is available on Hulu.

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