"Significant Mother" Stars Josh Zuckerman & Nathaniel Buzolic on Accents & Roommates

"Significant Mother" Stars Josh Zuckerman & Nathaniel Buzolic on Accents & Roommates
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Actors Josh Zuckerman & Nathaniel Buzolic pay a visit to the YH Studio to give us the rundown on their cheeky new comedy on The CW, "Significant Mother", including the concept behind it and if they think that sort of, ahem, arrangement could work out in real-life. Plus, Nathaniel shares a story from back with he crashed at the pad of a certain "Arrow" hunk!
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And please zoom in, I'm sure Zac Efron is not a moody person in real life. No. There's just otherwise. So wait, let me let me get this right. You've had roommates in LA, right?
Yes.
So you've walked around the house naked when they've been out.
I'm not saying that I've done this.
Well, you've just said it.
I'm saying I've clearly. I'm saying that I've I've thought about doing it.
Right, right. I'm here with Josh Zuckerman and Nathaniel Buzolic. It's so hard to say both of your names at the same time. How did I do?
You did good.
Did I get it right? Cuz I know people butcher your names. Was it 'Lich' or 'Lich'? Can I just say 'Boz'?
You can say 'Boz'. It's it's all I'm going to
I've been saying it wrong for the last three months.
Did you just learn what your co-star's name is?
Yeah.
Congratulations. You know, it's a difficult name. And yet you're Aussie. You're just screwing everybody up.
Yeah.
You just like to keep people guessing, right?
Yeah, I play an American, you know, on this. I'm Australian. My family's from Croatia, so it all gets a little complicated.
Oh gosh. Do you need the whole an accent for an entire series? I as I imagine, it's not an easy thing to do.
Um, no, you know, I enjoy playing American, actually. It's fun.
Why? Cuz it's like you just sort of become someone else completely different when you change your voice.
Yeah, I guess you're an actor, right?
Yeah, right.
So it's like that's my living. But it's it's it was interesting to see because I know a lot of actors when they when they do shows and they're playing an accent, they'll stay in their accent the whole day. But I don't do that.
You can go back and forth?
Jump back and forth.
Should we test him? He's not really a Daniel Day. Uh
No, yeah, we should we should give him some tongue twisters and see if he can play.
Let's do it. Let's do it.
There were some tongue twisters on this show that were so difficult to say.
Really?
Yeah, they would put like words together that make a Ginkgo biloba. Ginkgo biloba was a tough one.
Can he still Can you do it in American? Can you do American? Do an American accent. So if I said Ginkgo biloba. You know. Oh, but see he's practicing. He's a well practiced now. Let's throw him something else. Uh, uh, can you do how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? You could never do it. That's okay.
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck wood if a woodchuck would what?
Yeah, see, it doesn't make sense. Does he pass?
He pass.
We'll give him a pass on that one. Yeah, okay. It's all right. American accents. Um, so wait a second. So 'Significant Mother'. It took me a second. It took me to get the other pun.
I thought you just realized how we knew each other.
No, no, no, no. I've been trying to figure it out this whole time. I know we know each other from somewhere. I don't know. Could be romantic. It could. Who knows? Could have been a blind date. Anything can happen at Young Hollywood. You just never know. You just never know. I don't know where that just came out of. I'm really sorry. I do apologize. I I, yeah. I just the whole situation's so uncomfortable.
Yeah, that's awesome.
Do I feel like a third wheel? I do a little bit. Do you guys need a minute?
It's good tension. There's a lot of.
I feel like I'm the third wheel now.
It's a lot of tension.
Oh, that's what we said. Yeah, I feel this tension just here. Josh, relax. You eat a lot of waffles. What's that about?
Okay, well, yeah, first of all, I love my waffles.
58 days in a row?
No, it's more now. That was a couple of weeks ago.
So you kept the street going?
Still going. I have a waffle every single morning. But the thing is, a lot of people probably think I'm eating like a really unhealthy waffle. It's actually very, very healthy.
Okay.
It's like no carbohydrates in it. I just use
Is that quinoa or something?
No, no quinoa. Uh, just egg whites.
Have you become one of those LA people?
I've become, yeah, it's oh, it's it's destroyed me. Yeah, I'm very LA now. Um, I mean, the problem was I had to find something where I felt like I was cheating and eating like cake or something or some sort of unhealthy snack every morning cuz I had to get into really good shape for this.
You have to be shirtless a few times on the show.
Fair bit, yeah. So I I created a a waffle that's really, really good for you, full of protein. No carbohydrates and it felt like you were eating cake every morning. So it was very tasty.
You've tried it?
I I tried a bite or two of his waffle.
Such nice co-stars. You were just like, get along. Do you finish each other's sentences at this point?
Yes.
No, we yeah, don't.
You're anticipating what the other's going to say. We're going to. So you're going to give us a synopsis of the show.
synopsis of the show. I can't even talk in American. Yeah, okay. Um, yeah. So so essentially what this show is about is you have, um, best friends. And you've got Nate, who is a a restaurant owner in Portland. He goes away for a bit. He comes back and he finds out that his best friend has started a relationship with his mom. That's her. Yeah. Which is her. The imaginary Krista Allen here. Let's just have Zac Efron play. Let's have Zac. He's so me. Okay. Um, yeah, he's just angry. He's right there. And please zoom in, I'm sure Zac Efron is not a moody person in real life. No. There's just otherwise. Um, anyway, so so that's basically the story. So I I I I I convinced myself as Jimmy that this is a good idea to start a relationship with my best friend's mom and the awkwardness that comes from that is what the show is created by. So we often talk about this. It's going to be weird when someone comes up to us a fan of the show and says, hey, I I relate to the character of Jimmy cuz when I slept with my best friend's mom. Um, it was just this really awkward thing and I'm going to be like, yeah.
We have to go to HR and prepare for the real world. Yeah, real world. You have to give some real world scenarios. Those tweets ready, people. Confessional. It could be become a big confessional. Um, so based on your lovely synopsis. A couple quick questions, just like a little game. Is it okay to date an acquaintance's mom?
I think we should ask Siri. Siri. Uh, an acquaintance's mom. Should know this.
In other words, so if it was if it was If it was like a friend. Your co-worker's mom.
Yeah yeah. Or like a do you know, your friend, but you may meet the other friend out of a bar. It's like kind of like I I think that that would be fair game.
That's fair. Okay.
I I think that that, I mean, it would certainly ruffle a few feathers, but I think that's enough separated from uh uh from the from the home territory that the it would be okay. It should be allowed.
Now, how about if it was your best friend's mom? Okay. I guess that's the big question the show. Let's make this real. Josh, what's your mom's real name?
No, no, no. I don't think this is highly uncomfortable. And as much as my mom I'm sure has a crush on you, I don't think
Josh We're doing an interview. This is for TV. What's your mom's real name?
All right, I'm doing this for you. All right. This is. Yeah. Sandy.
Sandy. Why is that funny? You can't have an affair with somebody named Sandy.
I know that's a good name. Sandy. My mom is an attractive woman.
Is she? Um, Sandy, if you're watching, um, dinner. No, wait. This is This is I didn't say you could propose it. It's an experiment. I just want to see how.
We're doing a hypothetical.
Oh, hypothetical. Okay, okay. So Sandy, if you're involved in doing a hypothetical. Thursday night, Chateau Marmont. No, see, it doesn't work. It's really wrong. It's it's. Would you be that uncomfortable?
I think it's highly uncomfortable.
What would make it uncomfortable? Could you imagine me kissing Sandy?
No, I don't even want to go there.
Why not?
Like cuz it's just wrong. Don't touch my mom. I'm glad she lives out of state. So yeah, it's it it gets very, very awkward.
Yeah, you see? Is it okay cuz you walk in I know, I've only seen the trailer, but you walk in on you naked. Is it okay when your roommate to walk around? If you don't think the person's going to be home.
Uh, if you don't think the person's going to be home, I think that's okay. Free the territory's free.
Yeah, I mean, that's part of the, you know, that's part of the celebration of of having the space to yourself. While that person's away. So, wait, let me let me get this right. You've had roommates in LA, right?
Yes.
So you've walked around the house naked when they've been out.
I'm not saying that I've done this.
Well, you've just said it.
I'm saying I've clearly. I'm saying that I've that I've thought about doing it.
Right, right. And last but not least, is it okay because you're shirtless on the show. Both of you shirtless on the show, sometimes?
No, no, thank you.
Okay. Is it okay to do push-ups before a take?
Push-ups, you kidding? I would never do that. I would never do a single push-up or bicep curl.
Or you know, lap pull down. Or or burpees. Or yeah, like lunges, squats. I just, you know, like, you know, the thing that I have in common with Stephen Amell is we we were naturally born like this. You know.
I'll tell you a funny story. Uh, Stephen Amell, uh, I was his roommate for a very, very short time. He was very, very kind to let me stay at his house.
Is he the person that walked in your room?
Uh, no, no. Stephen would not come in my room. He let me stay at his house for a little while. Uh, Stephen Amell, um, obviously he's from from Arrow. He's a very sporty, well-known actor. Very well-known actor. Um, I was sleeping on his couch, um, cuz obviously in Hollywood that's how we all start off sleeping on couches cuz we can't afford rent. Um, and he would some mornings wake up and he'd be topless and I hope he doesn't mind me telling this story. But um, it's obviously making him look better anyway, so why wouldn't he? But um, yeah, he would come up and he's just so jacked and so ripped and and he, you know, he drinks beers and he just eats like a normal human being, like, you know, and and he looks so good and it's so depressing. I used to wake up and be so depressed. Cuz, you know, like you could be I'd be on the strictest diet and I wouldn't have his body and then he'd just walk out and just Eating like a cheeseburger. Like back in beer and it's like, Stephen Amell, everybody. I think you're doing all right. Yeah. Thank you for letting me stay at your place, Stephen. And I don't think you should under sell, like, you know, how amazing you you're uh your abs are. What do you think? Did you see him?
I didn't.
Did you want to?
No, no, we're we're we're bulking at the moment. We call it bulk season. Yeah. Okay, we're bulking and then we're
Why would you come into Young Hollywood in your bulk season?
No, that's why that's why Zach was angry cuz he probably asked him the same question.
Can we see your abs? I did ask him that. Um, it was great having you guys here. Yeah. The show is 'Significant Mother'. Check it out. If you can't tell how funny these two are, they're really funny. That was awkward. Monday nights. If you'd like to say take us out. Say goodbye to Sandy. Say goodbye to Zach. Don't say goodbye to my mom. Sandy, if you're watching this, thank you for your support, your love, your affection over the last three months. Um, I didn't realize we were like I'll call you later. I love you, mom.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Josh Zuckerman
Star of 'Significant Mother', interviewed
- Nathaniel Buzolic
Star of 'Significant Mother', interviewed
- Krista Allen
Plays the mom in 'Significant Mother'
- Zac Efron
Mentioned as an attractive actor
- Daniel Day-Lewis
Referenced for his method acting and accent work
- Siri
Mentioned when asking hypothetical dating questions
- Sandy
Josh Zuckerman's mother, subject of a hypothetical scenario
- Stephen Amell
Nathaniel Buzolic's former roommate, 'Arrow' star
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