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Nina Dobrev, Mena Massoud, & Ben Platt Talk Bad Dates & Speeding Tickets

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Actors Nina Dobrev, Mena Massoud, and Ben Platt are in Austin, Texas, celebrating the premiere of their political dramedy 'Run This Town' during SXSW, and they take a time out from their busy film festival schedule to sit down with Young Hollywood and spill the tea in a fun game of "Never Have I Ever"! Nina tells us about how her role in The CW's "Vampire Diaries" helped her get out of a speeding ticket, Mena shares a story about a creepy brush with the paranormal, and Ben shares his method for getting out of potentially disastrous dates!

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Young Hollywood

Hi there. I'm Ron Burgundy. And this is the cast of Run This Town. JK it's Ben Platt, Nina Dobrev, and Mena Massoud and we're here to play Never Have I Ever.

Nina Dobrev

Uh I've definitely stolen many shoes. And a shirt or two.

Ben Platt

Only my duty as an omni celebrity.

Nina Dobrev

Yeah. I um was late to go to the airport. I was on a tiny show that involved vampires. A tiny show called Vampires. And we had just finished shooting a scene and I actually didn't realize this at the time but when the cop pulled over I knew I was in trouble. I knew I was definitely gonna get a ticket because I was speeding so fast. And When he came up to the car I was like ready to use all these excuses and then instead of saying, "Ma'am, do you know how fast you were going?" He said, "Ma'am, are you okay?" And I was like, "What do you mean, why?" And then I looked in the mirror and I realized that I hadn't washed off my makeup.

Ben Platt

Oh, that's a good story.

Nina Dobrev

On me. And so then I milked it and I was like, "I gotta go. I'm just I gotta get out of here." And he was like, "Okay, all right, all right, how can I help you?" And I was like, "It just it's bad. I just I had to go. I'm sorry that I was speeding." He's like, "It's fine, ma'am, it's all right." And I was like, "Okay."

Ben Platt

Wait, did you tell him it was makeup or no?

Nina Dobrev

No.

Ben Platt

Well then you didn't really use your celebrity, you used your intelligence.

Nina Dobrev

Thanks.

Ben Platt

Yeah, probably done that too.

Mena Massoud

Five minutes to go closer to my house, they're not they're not leaving my house. Uh, felt their presence maybe? Is that does that count?

Nina Dobrev

Yeah, actually, so I was I was looking for a place in Toronto. We went into this one house we thought it was like a really great deal. And then the guy showing us the house was like uh is it Patrick Bateman from American Psycho? Yes. Um he kind of was like that. And then we went home and we're like, "Yeah, we're gonna take this place, it's such a good deal, man." We're like, "Yeah, we're pumped." And then a couple of hours later at like almost exactly the same time, we uh called each other and we're like, "Dude, I'm getting bad feelings about this." And it was literally like unlike anything I've ever felt in my life. It was definitely possessed.

Ben Platt

I don't think I've ever gone into a first date without an escape plan. Because I'm a hugely anxious person, and so if things get awkward, I have to find a way out.

Young Hollywood

What's your method? What do you do?

Ben Platt

Oh, man. I have a couple of different ones. In in New York, I can say like someone's coming to visit me and I have to let them into my apartment. Cuz like my family comes to visit a lot and I'm the only one from my family near that lives in New York, so I'm like, "Oh, I gotta let my dad in." And like I have the keys. Or I pretend I have a dog sometimes that I have to let out. I don't have a dog.

Young Hollywood

No. You're go you're giving away all your tricks.

Ben Platt

Yeah, just be careful.

Young Hollywood

So next time you're on a date with Ben Platt and he says he has to go feed his dog It means you suck.

Nina Dobrev

Ooh, like by accident? Yeah, that sucks. I do that too. I do that all the time. I You take a screenshot to show Meaning to send it to somebody else, to make fun of said person. And then you send it to the said person and then it's super awkward. Then you gotta spin it. Yeah. Like trying to reset my phone and I accidentally took a picture of what you said. I don't know. What? Don't use that, guys. Come up with something better. So just stick to the date ones.

Ben Platt

Thanks for watching Never Have I Ever with the cast of Run This Town. Check out our movie. Peace.

Nina Dobrev

Bye.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Nina Dobrev

    Participant in 'Never Have I Ever'

  • Mena Massoud

    Participant in 'Never Have I Ever'

  • Ben Platt

    Participant in 'Never Have I Ever'

  • Ron Burgundy

    Jokingly mentioned at the start

  • Patrick Bateman

    Referenced by Mena Massoud for house seller

FAQ

What movie are Nina Dobrev, Mena Massoud, and Ben Platt promoting?+
They are celebrating the premiere of their political dramedy 'Run This Town' at SXSW.
How did Nina Dobrev get out of a speeding ticket?+
She was still in her 'Vampire Diaries' makeup, which the police officer mistook for her being upset, allowing her to avoid a ticket.
What is Ben Platt's method for escaping bad dates?+
He pretends someone is visiting him and he needs to let them into his apartment, or that he has a dog he needs to let out.
What show was Nina Dobrev on that helped her avoid a speeding ticket?+
She was on 'The CW's 'Vampire Diaries'.
What was Mena Massoud's creepy experience about?+
He and a friend both got intensely bad feelings about a house they were considering renting in Toronto, leading them to believe it was 'possessed'.

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