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"The Originals" Stars Discuss Their Co-Stars & Teach Us Some Moves

"The Originals" Stars Discuss Their Co-Stars & Teach Us Some Moves

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"The Originals" stars Danielle Campbell and Charles Michael Davis pay a visit to the YH Studio to chat about their CW series "The Originals" and how it's finally starting to break away from its predecessor, "The Vampire Diaries", into a show completely its own! They also dish on their co-stars, revealing who has the best style and who gets the most punchy at the end of a long shooting days, plus they reveal whose body, mind, and soul they'd love to inhabit for a day! Stick around for a quick dancing demo!

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5 6 7 8 Uh-huh and then Guest 1: Now I'm wrapped up. I got turned the other way.

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Welcome to the studio. Guest 1: Thank you.

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Um it's great to see you both. I read that you're a morning person. This is very early by the way. I don't know when you'll watch it but um are you that true? Guest 1: I am, I'm a morning person.

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Okay. You're pretty morning person too. Guest 2: No. No. I don't know where you got that. No. No, I was just thinking I should like jump up and down or something cuz I'm like this couch is real comfy.

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I'm sure I'm sure your yeah, we'll just take a nap. I'm sure your fans wouldn't mind if you were jump up and down, take a nap whatever. Guest 1: A lot of love. Yeah. Yeah, I do. Yeah, it's nice. So, you know it cheers me up people ask like, uh does it bother you when people come I'm like no, are you kidding they come up they're all wide-eyed. They're like I love you. My mom loves you.

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Wait, what's more flattering? I love you or my mom loves you? Guest 1: My mom loves you.

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Really? Guest 1: My grandmother loves him.

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Really? Guest 1: Loves him. It's I actually haven't told you that yet. I was I've been planning on telling you.

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Now, you have Breaking news at Young Hollywood. Guest 1: Wow.

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Yeah, tell her I said thank you. Guest 1: Yeah, you want to tell her? Guest 2: Grandma you're watching Lois. Oh Lois. Thank you. I love you too.

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Okay. So we already know you guys are coming back for season three but let's talk season two finale. Um little teaser. I know you you've said the finale is going to set up for a whole new show. Guest 1: It really does. It closes a lot of doors from Vampire Diaries and from even from our show just kind of a lot of things that have been left open. They finalize a lot of things and so next season when they set it up it's kind of like a whole new beginning to it's it's feels like a new show and it's like a big statement but that's exactly what it is.

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And it's bringing anybody specific back from the dead. Guest 1: It's gonna Uh you'll have Guest 2: It's possible There's always a possibility There's always killing and there's always bringing back. There's always a lot going on.

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Well, your character is trying to bring back Cole, right? Guest 1: Yes, she is. She's still trying to bring him back.

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Well, on that note I have um a question for you guys cuz I know on the show somebody can come back in somebody else's body. If you could um inhabit anybody's body for a day soul for a day and mind for a day. So I want body first. Who's body do you want for a day? Guest 1: Blake Lively. I love her. I love I've I've always loved her.

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I love her too. I have such a girl crush on her. Okay, your turn. Guest 2: I don't know David Beckham. I don't know. Like I I out of us one dude. I'm like, cuz your body's terrible. I see why you would want to you know change.

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Um okay soul, somebody's soul. That's a good one. Guest 1: Charles Guest 2: Oh yeah. Yeah.

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Why? Guest 2: He's just a good like he's just genuine and he's just he's a good good dude. Yeah. Yeah. Guest 1: I I I I would say now my answer's damned if I do. I'm telling you. Yeah. You kidding.

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Set him up for it. And you can answer the why then. Why? Guest 1: Uh, you know what I watch you whenever we get a new cast members or there's somebody that comes on if it's a a day player, like when we had the kids and she is very charming. She'll introduce herself and she makes them feel at home and just like say hello and that to me that shows a lot of character. I love that. I wouldn't be like that. I'd be like, oh you're the new person. What up? Where makeup? Excuse me. I'd be a total diva on set. I would love doing that. But that's that's a great set of character and and mind, whose mind would you like to inhabit for a day?

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It's a really good questions. Guest 1: Thanks.

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Um Cuz you can go cuz you can go and say What would you say? Guest 2: Good question. I would say like probably like an Einstein like if we're bringing somebody back. You would think that like, you know, you want to be like, I want to be smart but you can have any mind so you could know like secrets or you could know Keep in mind I just woke up 10 minutes ago. You're not a morning person. I'm not a morning person. For mind yeah, I'm like, Albert Einstein Thomas Edison. I'd like to invent something. Um, that's my default. Later on I'm going to call you back or email you and be like, you know what? I'm changing my answer. I'm changing my answer. Can we just kick this up? Um but yeah, I'll go with uh Thomas Edison.

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There you go. That's a good one. Who's the most original dresser when they come to set? Guest 1: Daniel Gillies.

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Yeah. Why? Guest 1: Actually he has his own style but he actually steals Marcel's style. So

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Does? I don't know if I could say he's original then. Guest 1: No. But he's got style that that That's true.

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Who's most likely to come in their pajamas? Guest 1: I think you are.

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Huh? Guest 1: As I think you are. Yeah, I've seen you come strolling, looking very comfortable and casual. Guest 2: Yeah, I'm such a jeans person. I love to just sit in my jeans and then I'm good.

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Um who is the most original way of staying up during night shoots? Keeping themselves up and going. Guest 2: Not me. Nope. I'm I'm like passing out. I have to I'm I'm very bad at it. Guest 1: Yeah, it depends how far along in the season we are. Okay. Um but I don't know. I'm pretty pretty good at entertaining and and staying up. Guest 2: Yeah, he has to be there. Otherwise I'll be like,

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Yeah. What does happen further on in the season cuz you guys do work long hours. It's demanding. Who gets the most kind of like punch drunk by the end of the season? Guest 1: Yeah, it depends on who's if if they write a scene where we're all there. Many many Guest 2: Yeah. Guest 1: And so Guest 2: We're all together. This is a spoiler alert. Guest 1: Yeah, we get punch drunk real quick.

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Really? Guest 1: Real quick. Work becomes the last thing we focus on. It's all about poking each other and see if we can make each other laugh in between intakes. But it also keeps it really fun. Probably not for a lot of other people but we enjoy it. Guest 2: That's true. Yeah.

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Um okay, before we started rolling we were talking about how you've done some ballroom dancing. Guest 1: I have.

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Some hip-hop classes you made take a ballet class. Guest 1: Yes, I am.

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And you guys took a class together and there was some there was a little bit of a routine. Guest 1: Yeah. Yeah situation. We like it dancing's fun. Everyone should do it I think.

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So, I would love it if you would teach me the little routine or a move or two. Guest 1: All right, let's go. Ready? You remember's way more of it than I do. I was not very good this day. So I steady with this teacher in Atlanta and I the reason why I go to this class is I love it. Well, she'll do a move and you're like, oh okay. That move is just down but she like like make it mean something like she'll snap it off and come up and then and then she goes and now like like a tipsy. That right there. He's so sassy. She's great. I was like huh? Huh? Okay. Yeah. You just She's got you have to do a little hair flip. She just like she does a lot of hair flipping in it. Yeah, she's great. Head roll ready. All right, head roll then 5 6 7 8 Uh-huh and then Guest 2: And we're done.

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That's it. Thank you guys for coming in. Guest 1: Thanks.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Danielle Campbell

    Star of "The Originals" and interviewee

  • Charles Michael Davis

    Star of "The Originals" and interviewee

  • Lois

    Charles Michael Davis's grandmother who loves Danielle

  • Blake Lively

    Danielle Campbell's choice for body to inhabit for a day

  • David Beckham

    Charles Michael Davis's choice for body to inhabit for a day

  • Einstein

    Danielle Campbell's choice for mind to inhabit for a day

  • Thomas Edison

    Charles Michael Davis's choice for mind to inhabit for a day

  • Daniel Gillies

    Co-star with original dresser style

  • Marcel

    Character whose style Daniel Gillies steals

  • Cole

    Character Danielle Campbell's character is trying to bring back

FAQ

What TV series are Danielle Campbell and Charles Michael Davis from?+
Danielle Campbell and Charles Michael Davis are stars from the CW series "The Originals".
How will "The Originals" Season 3 differ from previous seasons?+
The Season 2 finale is described as setting up a whole new show, closing many doors from "The Vampire Diaries" and previous "Originals" storylines for a new beginning.
Whose body would Danielle Campbell want to inhabit for a day?+
Danielle Campbell said she would want to inhabit Blake Lively's body for a day.
Who is the most original dresser on the set of "The Originals"?+
According to the actors, Daniel Gillies is the most original dresser on set, though he is said to steal Marcel's style.
Do Danielle Campbell and Charles Michael Davis enjoy dancing?+
Yes, they both enjoy dancing and even demonstrated some moves they learned from a teacher in Atlanta.
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