David Henrie on Reuniting with Selena Gomez for This Is The Year

What's up?

Hey, hey, how's it going?

Good.

Okay, I was wondering, I was like, are they gonna be together? Are they gonna be separate?

No, yeah, we're we're brothers, quarantine brothers.

Together. How's everything going?

Everything's going great. How about you?

Good. We're excited to talk to you today. Both of you. We wanna talk to you about obviously, this is the year. We're very excited about the film and everything.

Thank you very much.

We're excited to talk to you about it. How was it working together as brothers? This is your first project working together, right?

Yeah, yeah. It it was great. You know, when you're doing an independent film, uh, the enemy is always time. You're trying to get as much as you can. You don't have a ton of time, you don't have a massive budget. So to have an actor that you trust, can deliver, uh, quickly means the world to a project because it helps you have time for everything you need to do. So Lorenzo delivered on all those levels. He just happened to come off of Fear the Walking Dead at the time, so everything kind of matched up perfectly.

It it was uh, probably a dream come true being directed by David, and us being able to produce this together with our company, uh, Novo Media Group. So we, we, uh, it was a dream come true and we can't wait for more projects after this to to do together.

You, you plan on doing, working together more in the future?

Actually, yeah, we we have some very cool things coming up.

That's really exciting. And what was the vibe like for you guys? Like behind the scenes with everyone and in between you two, like are you like always picking on each other or

He it was a great vibe on set, you know, we had a lot of people that I've worked with in the past on set, so it was nice to have familiar faces and bring that kind of energy and magic to the set. Um, it everyone was in it for the right reasons, you know. This is a movie that's a feel-good movie. It's supposed to be something that can cheer people up, especially in a time that we're in right now. Um, so everyone had that vibe on set, you know, I think the beautiful part about entertainment is it can really take you away from whatever you're dealing with, and this is very much a movie that does that. Um, so, so it it it had a good vibe on set, wouldn't you say?

Absolutely, and all, uh, majority of the cast that were in the movie grew up with similar backgrounds as us, growing up on set. So it was like we all knew each other, um, the day we were on set with each other.

Mhm, definitely. And what aspects of the movie do you relate to most in your guys's personal lives?

I really feel like our generation especially, deals with this theme of expectation versus reality. I think we grow, we're we're just inundated with so much social media, movies, TV, just constant imagery. And so we might expect life to go exactly like that, especially love. You might think that, oh okay, my love life is gonna go exactly how I see so-and-so doing it on social media, or this movie doing it there, in the sweeping moment, this and that. It's just wrapping at the right moment, at the right place, at the right time with the right girl. And in reality, that's not always the case. So I really wanted to get that and play with that theme in this film, and that's very much what we did with with Lorenzo's character. Um, and it's very much what Selena Gomez really related to in the film as well, especially being portrayed through the eyes of some of our female leads in the film. She thought that the the female characters were dealt with in a very empowering, um, way. In a way that a lot of older films didn't give proper layering to women and show good authentic female friendship and encouragement in in friendship. Um, so she really gravitated towards those elements. So that was really a lot of personal things for me that I wanted to get across on screen.

Mhm. And for the great thing.

Do I can't add anything to that.

How, how was it acting out like so much romance on screen? Did you like that?

Me?

Yeah.

Oh yeah. I mean, it's always fun to to get to get to play new slices of life in every role that you take as an actor. So, I mean, um, with with this character, it was, um, it was a lot of fun, you know, you I to to understand the message David was trying to give to the audience, I think that motivated me to give a better performance, especially with the romance between, uh, whichever girl.

Oh gosh. Goes with which you'll have to find out. I know. I was watching the trailer and I was like, I was like, I need to know which one.

And the cool part is we're doing it all live. So we'll get to know right then and there live. We'll see exactly what people think, which I'm very excited about. It's kind of a new and different thing that hasn't really been done before, like a live premiere where you watch it with the world and do a Q&A with me and Selena Gomez. See us reunite after all that time. Right. Um, that'll be really cool 'cause I think this could be the first of many of these types of things.

It's you're like starting the trend, 'cause it's gonna hap like that's life now, you know?

100%. 100%. And it's cool as a filmmaker to usually you'd only go to a premiere and experience it with your friends. You know, you have your your family, your friends, the people that worked on the movie. Those are the only people that go to a premiere. That's it. It's very select, very niche. So now to actually get to do it with all of your fans, that's gonna be a very cool experience for me to to to get to experience that, also with Selena Gomez, who's our executive producer. We're excited to do it all together.

Yeah. And are you gonna be, you're gonna be separate, do you think? You'll be talking to each other like through Zoom and stuff, or are you gonna be together?

Yes. Yeah, it's all gonna be one big Zoom, and then we'll have, I think we're doing it on Twitter. We'll get to do all the Q&As and see what everyone's saying on Twitter. But yeah, we'll we'll do it all through Zoom and and you can just anyone anyone can join, literally anybody. They just go to thisistheyear. film, buy a ticket, that gets you in, and you also contribute to COVID-19 plus one COVID-19 relief.

That's literally so sick, though, that you're gonna be watching it like as the world does and hear it in real time.

It it's cool. I think it's gonna be something that catches on, 'cause people of movies sitting on the shelf right now that they can't get out the door. So this is a new way of doing it, I think, and a new experience for filmmakers, and also something that you can use for charity too, like we are with the uh, uh, COVID relief.

There's no better people to start the trend too than you guys, because you you like you get it. You get, you're on, you're getting on TikTok, like you you got it on lock.

I'm TikTok in a way. I'm I'm TikTok in like crazy right now.

We saw you with uh, Josh and Noah.

Oh yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Those guys are funny. They they made my TikTok. Like like I I didn't know what it was like literally until they got there. And then I was like, yeah, let's just do a TikTok. And then next thing you know, I'm getting like 10 million views on videos, and I'm like, wait, what? What?

Lorenzo, were you there?

I I he I was not there. I should have been there.

You're you're gonna get you would have blown up on TikTok, too.

I I'm still learning how to use TikTok. I I'm I'm Instagram is like my I love all them, but I'm I'm learning how to use TikTok.

You'll get there. You'll get there. Yes. And then we're gonna play the brother tag if you guys are down.

Let's do it.

Love it.

Okay, ready? Which brother is most likely to watch the movie more?

Uh. Me, 'cause I directed it, so I watch it a million times. And I have watched it a million times. Actors don't really like watching themselves, so I think after this Friday, I'll have to space it out a little bit.

Yeah. Uh, which brother texts the other one more?

We're pretty even. We're pretty 50/50.

Yeah. We see each other a lot, so we we we really don't We don't live far from one another, so we see each other all the time.

Uh, which brother's funnier?

Definitely me. Definitely me.

I had a feeling it was gonna be a tie for that one. Which one takes more pictures?

Me. I take a lot of pictures.

Yeah, David. How is the other brother saved in your phone?

Oh, I misspelled Lorenzo's name like years ago, so he has two O's at the end of his name. It's L O R E N Z O O. So whenever I tell my phone to call him, I say call Lorenzo.

I'm just a normal person and I I I put people as their real names, so it's just David Henry. But you have a last name?

Yes. Yeah, I should yeah, I have the last name just in case I forget.

Yeah. And your brother's last name. Yeah. Which brother is most likely to be late to set?

I'm never late. I'm never ever late.

For you late to set a lot?

No, no, no. No, I'm I'm on time.

No, Lorenzo was never late either.

Maybe a minute or two, but never really late. No. You know, if transport's off, that's not my fault. Can't do anything about transportation.

That's everyone else's fault but yours.

Yeah. Nope.

Which brother eats more on set?

Definitely me. Me. Equal. That we'll we'll call that a tie.

There you go. Which brother goes to the other brother for more advice?

Probably me. Well, Lorenzo gives me a lot of unsolicited advice. So I don't know, it might be even. I go for more advice. Yeah.

Uh, which brother spends more money?

David. Mostly on food.

Right. And then which brother will uh, be tweeting more during the live Q&A?

It'd be probably pretty even. Um, yeah. It'd be even. Maybe me 'cause you might be talking more than everyone or I don't know, it'd be it'd be even. It'd be even for sure. Yeah. 50/50. We just wanted to plug that there'd be a Q&A.

Oh, I love it. Thank you. There will be. Gotcha, gotcha. Always.

But thank you guys so much. We're so excited for the premiere, the live premiere, and check to check it out. You guys are the best at Young Hollywood. I've been doing interviews with you guys since for over a decade now probably. So, it's been a minute, so it's always great to see you and Young Hollywood again. Been a while.