Aaron Paul is Drawn to the Dark Side

How much does this guy Xanax? Hey! It's amazing. Look at him. He's Wow. She. I said she.

No, you said he. She. She.

Hey. Let's hope you only make that mistake with dogs. I'm Oliver Trevena here on the Young Hollywood sofa with my good friend Aaron Paul. Hey, buddy. This is fun, isn't it?

Yeah, it's a little weird.

Little weird. It's great. He's a close friend of mine, and so, uh, this is the first time that we've done this. It's the first time you've done something sensible, mature, and professional. Um. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You're a massive fan of music. I'm sure everyone knows that.

Yes. Yeah.

Um, three artists that you could say are your favorite right now. I know that's gonna be tough.

First and foremost, Radiohead. Okay. It's my easy go-to number one band. I love Warren Drugs.

Okay. That's why I love you 'cause you always give me new bands.

Yeah. Do you know Beacon?

No. Never heard of Beacon.

I just started following them the other day. I'm like, wow, no one knows this band. Amazing. Just download their album. It's incredible.

They're loving you right now.

And, uh, and also Jack Garrett. Yes. Um, my, uh, good friend, brilliant artist. He's a one-man show. He, he produces all of his own music. Um, does piano, guitar, everything just himself, and he's just Jack's one of those people that when you watch, you realize that you're not that good.

At anything. At anything. At anything. I could do triangle. Jack does everything else. He does everything. I've seen him so many times now, and He does everything. Instantly go download his stuff. You'll, you'll love it. And the reason you're here is something called The Path.

The Path. Yeah.

Yeah, which I watched, and it, it does, it shakes you a little bit. Yeah. I got, I got the, you know, get it ahead of time at Young Hollywood. I've seen it. I've seen it. You mentioned you were in New York, it was upstate New York, you filmed a lot.

Yeah, we were, uh, we shot just outside of Manhattan for about just under five months. Yeah, it was great.

Pack up and go. That's what you do. Pack up and go. You know, I, I've missed you, man. I've missed you a lot. I've missed you a lot. I'm gonna hold it back for now. We spend a lot of time together. I'm gonna hold it back. I'm gonna hold it back. Um, when you pack up and go for a job, what are the three things that you pack first?

Well, my wife.

Okay. My, my wife. You could get her a seat.

Yeah. Uh, no, she actually sits next to me, which is, which is lovely. Which is great. Yeah. Um, so I try to make sure that she, she comes along, 'cause it's always better when, when she's there with. I mean, I guess clothes. They're important too.

Yeah, clothes. Depends what kind of. Yeah. Show or party you're going to, but that's a It's a role. You would know. You would know.

And, you know, some sort of, like, speaker for music. That's like the main thing.

I love that.

If I have room for a candle. Always a candle.

Don't light it before the case, though. Right. Put the candle. Light it when you get to your destination.

Exactly. Exactly. That's important. Who doesn't, who doesn't like candles? That's important.

It's one of them topics right now that, you know, the, the two sides of religion, uh, is it good? Is it bad? Right. And Eddie's stuck in the middle. He is stuck in the middle.

It's a very heavy, intense, intense show. Centers around this family in the middle of this very controversial religious movement. Right. Eddie, he, uh, he comes back from this retreat in the pilot episode, and he is just not buying anything they're selling. Right, right, right. And so he's afraid to say anything because he knows within the movement, if you have any sort of doubt, your family will just leave you behind. Right. Because they're full on. They're full on.

Because they are full on, yeah. Michelle Monaghan, who plays your, uh, your lovely other half, she's, uh, she, I think she would just leave you.

Yes. If you leave my reason.

She, she would leave you.

No, she, she would. Uh, you know, she plays my wonderful wife, Sarah. She was born into the movement. We raise our kids in the movement. And so this is all she knows. If she finds out that her husband is having a crisis of faith, she'll just say, get out.

Which, which you do after a trip to Peru. Which things happen in Peru. That make you doubt in faith.

Things, things happen in Peru. Yes, some things happen in Peru. This is true. His eyes are wide open now, and, um, he's just not buying it. Right.

Is it, uh, more pressure going into a role like this? Because, honestly, after I watched it, I, I got on Google. I wasn't sure if this was even real. Right. I thought the Myrrism was maybe something that even exists, 'cause it was that believable. Yeah. In the world today, that that can easily be going on. I mean, there are similar things that are going.

There are definitely many, uh, similar movements such as the Myrrhs Movement, but, um, we always joke around about saying, I mean, you've, Jessica Goldberg, our creator, we say you've created, Right. a movement. Right. I mean, you should just, you know, continue with this.

Roll with it. Just roll with it. I mean, if you don't, I will.

Yeah. Exactly.

I've got a crew of ten downstairs.

Exactly. I mean, that's, that's how these movements get started. It's just with an idea. We were shooting one day on location. I wasn't there, but some fellow actors were telling me the story. The table was set up with pamphlets, and just some passersby were walking by, and no cameras were around. They just picked up these pamphlets, and they started asking these people at the table, like, if they could have more information on this, because they were intrigued. They wanted to follow up and maybe join, which is just

Well, I really did. I really did look it up. I was actually thinking, hang on a minute. Yeah. Changes your life, you know. Cleans of all your sins. Yeah. All the lies, all the naughtiness. Yeah. That is a possible thing. So, I think that's where it's great, because the terminology in it, everything that people obviously, you know, it's very believable. And these shows, these obviously Hulu. I mean, you know, it's, uh, the world is changing in that world as well.

Yeah, it's all about streaming.

It is. It's all about streaming, and all about people just want it all now. Yeah. They want to eat it all. They want to eat it all.

But, you know, what's so great about Hulu. Right. We're gonna drop two episodes, and then it's gonna be every week. Right. One episode at a time. So.

Which is nice, 'cause it makes people wait for it.

It makes people wait. And, uh, you know, it creates, you know, makes that conversation last a little bit longer.

That is the trouble now. You can just literally go home, watch it all, and then, Yeah. next week you got your mates, you got nothing else to talk about yet. You've done it. You've got it all. You've done, yeah, that, that was, that was so last week. So last week. Yeah. So last week. But I'm excited, you know, hopefully, you know, this will create a great water cooler talk. Right.

I think people are gonna really enjoy the show. I mean, you mentioned Jessica obviously behind it, but Jason Katims is as well. I mean, amazing team.

Huge, uh, huge fan of Jason, and, you know, when I read these first two episodes, the, the material was impossible to ignore. So I sat down with Jessica, our creator, and and Jason Katims, you know, good Friday Night Lights, Parenthood, I'm just a huge fan of his. And I sat down with them both and just really, you know, really vibed them and, uh, really loved where they were heading with this show. And, of course, Michelle Monaghan was already attached, and, Right. I had to jump on board.

When you choose a role like this, though, even just watching the first episode, I felt like a bit drained for you, and thinking how you've got to perform that, do that. Because it's emotional. It's not like, you know, there's no, there was no fun for you in the first episode. Yeah. I don't know how it goes for the rest of it, but put through the, put through through the ringer. I'm sure.

I don't know. I, I, I tend to find myself gravitating towards the darker stuff. Right. So, I love doing characters that are emotionally conflicted. I feel like my day-to-day, it seems very peaceful and pleasant and I'm very happy, madly in love, and so playing roles like this, um, feels like I'm really playing a different character. And so.

You like to rock the boat a little.

I like to rock the boat a little bit. Yeah.

Get out of your comfort zone.

Get out of your comfort zone. Yeah, it's great.

Eddie, honestly, I watched it and I was, I was like, whoa, okay, I'll have to watch it again to just really damage myself. Yeah.

You should watch the whole show. Do you have Hulu?

I do have Hulu.

Well, there you go.

Well, I can, I mean, I can get it. You can watch it on Hulu. But that means I've got to wait, and then I have to wait every week.

I can get you there.

You can?

Yeah.

'Cause that would make me gain friends if I could go out and say, hey, guys, I can talk about the whole season.

I've seen, I've seen The Path.

Just so you know. I've seen The Path. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Next time you see me, I'm gonna be part of that movement. I'm gonna start it up. I would consider it. I'm just saying. Just saying.

Um, Myrrhs Movement.

Yeah. I love how Jim does this guy. Xanax. Hey! It's amazing. Look at him. He's

Wow. She. I said she.

No, you said he. She. She. Hey. Let's hope you only make that mistake with dogs. Um, it was quite seany. I love you, seany. It's a pleasure. As strange as it is. It's lovely at the same time. It's great. I love it. We should do this more. It's an emotional roller coaster. Yeah, it is. It's good.