'Vice' Stars Johnathon Schaech & Ambyr Childers on Working with Bruce Willis and Modern Technology

'Vice' Stars Johnathon Schaech & Ambyr Childers on Working with Bruce Willis and Modern Technology
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Actors Johnathon Schaech and Ambyr Childers drop by the YH Studio to talk about their characters in the sci-fi thriller 'Vice' and what it was like to work with co-star Bruce Willis! They also share their thoughts on modern technology, plus they fill us in on their other projects, such as Ambyr's jewelry line and Johnathon's historical miniseries "Texas Rising"!
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I'm here at Young Hollywood, joined on the sofa by the handsome, Jonathan Chek and the lovely, Amber Childers.
How are you?
He's handsome. He's gorgeous. I honestly didn't realize how handsome. I've got to say this. He's just he just threw me off. Very handsome. He looks kind of worried now.
I'm not worried. Bring it on. Bring it on, yes.
Yes, I'm but I'm going to rewind it because that's what they do in Vice.
This is true.
Vice it's uh it it it got me very interested because it's this it's this resort where anything goes. We've already drawn too much attention to ourselves. And now civilians have fallen into the line of fire. Collateral damage. When you look at the pyramids, you think about the Pharaohs, but the Pharaohs are all dead now. This facility is just a tip of the iceberg. Test bed of technology. Eventually people will get used to the idea. It's for military, law enforcement. applications are endless. And you're this uh you're a robot, kind of. But not a robot because you you're really real.
Yeah, uh so I play an artificial who uh is programmed um and I'm a resident of Vice. So every day I get reset with a little bracelet that I wear and um so I have no memories. And then one day, there's a glitch in my system and I start having all these flashbacks.
Lots of emotion.
Yes.
Lots of emotion. Yes. And you on the other hand, Jonathan, you're very uh strong, serious, dark.
I'm the one who is uh helping Bruce control the whole
Right, right. you know, Vice. You're you're Bruce's guy. That's kind of cool to say. Yeah. How was that working with uh Bruce Willis?
It was great. Really, really good. You know, he's such a classic actor and I guess, you know, I feel very lucky to be able to work with him. And knowing that going into an action movie, if he's in it, he just, I mean. It was wild just being next to him and all of a sudden I started going through all the films that I've watched of him over over the years. I was like, wow, this this man is like done everything you can imagine. He's a true movie star.
He's been around for a while. He's over 40 now.
Yeah. He's over 40. Yeah.
Yeah. Um and what do you think this uh craze at the moment with this artificial intelligence and technology and all that, is huge. Is is that the the driving for a lot of these movies, I guess?
Yeah, well because technology is advancing so fast. You know, they've been doing this for a long time since the days of Blade Runner, you know, when they they were talking about the moving car and all that kind of stuff and the in Star Trek when the doors would retract. The next thing is that uh you get to go to Vice and hang out, you know, with the beautiful.
You get me excited, Jonathan. You get me excited for the future. You get me excited. The future's bright. Bring it on. Now, imagine a place where there are no laws, no rules, no consequences. Where the only limits are those of your own imagination. Welcome to Vice. Well, the movie's out now, which is exciting. Um go go check it out. Now, you, more importantly, big things, 2015, you've got your own jewelry line.
Yeah, I uh started my own jewelry company. It's called Amber Childers Jewelry and Kate Bosworth is my partner.
Nice.
So we're designing together, yeah.
Lovely. And tell this is it, right? This is it you're wearing.
Yeah, it's a deer antler necklace and it's all uh 14 karat gold. And it's inspired from my heritage, which is Native American.
I like that. Um where can people buy it if they don't want to steal it?
Uh online uh the end of January, the the website will be launched. And the website will be Amber Childers Jewelry. com.
Easy. Easy. Now, Jonathan, you haven't got a jewelry line yet, but you've got a new movie coming out, Memorial Day.
Well, it's a mini series on the History Channel. So it's a it's an 8-hour mini series that's going to be released in the theaters prior, which was just announced this week.
A mini series in the theater. It's called Texas Rising. Texas Rising. Can you tell us a little bit about it or
It's about the Texas Revolution. Right after the Alamo, um Sam Houston took his troops and tried to figure out how to beat uh Santa Anna. And uh this is about all the historical elements of it with an incredible cast of actors. Bill Paxton plays uh Sam Houston, uh Olivia Martinez plays Santa Anna, Billy Balio, uh Chris McDonald, um the list is long.
That's pretty good. That's enough. I think you've sold it. I think you've sold it. That should Bill Paxton would have sold it straight away. He's just wrapped up. I know. And he should. That is that's it. Texas Rising. Check him out on that Memorial Day. And buy yourself some jewelry. The guys too. Buy your girls some jewelry.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Johnathon Schaech
Star of 'Vice' and 'Texas Rising'
- Ambyr Childers
Star of 'Vice' and jewelry designer
- Bruce Willis
Co-star in 'Vice'
- Kate Bosworth
Partner in Ambyr Childers Jewelry
- Bill Paxton
Plays Sam Houston in 'Texas Rising'
- Olivier Martinez
Plays Santa Anna in 'Texas Rising'
- Billy Bob Thornton
Cast member in 'Texas Rising'
- Chris McDonald
Cast member in 'Texas Rising'
- Sam Houston
Historical figure in 'Texas Rising'
- Santa Anna
Historical figure in 'Texas Rising'
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