George Eads & Lucas Till Play "Household MacGyver"

George Eads & Lucas Till Play "Household MacGyver"
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The YH Studio welcomes George Eads and Lucas Till to tell us all about their reboot of the 1980s action classic "MacGyver" and how the long hours together on set may or may not have affected them! They also share a rather adventurous boating story, plus we couldn't possibly let them go without putting their own MacGyvering skills to the test -- see which one comes out on top!
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Well, because it's not every day that you're on a show that is also a verb. I thought that we could see what you could MacGyver out of a couple household items. We have a minute on the clock. And go.
Hey guys, Audrey on the Young Hollywood couch. Thankfully, I am not alone. I am joined by a wealth of handsome. George Eads, Lucas Till from CBS's MacGyver.
He's talking about you, bro.
He's talking about you. Definitely not talking about you.
No, no. Thanks.
Wow. You guys may have been working too closely for too long. I don't know.
That is a possibility.
How much do you guys hate each other right now?
Uh, no idea.
Yeah. We turn it on for the cameras, but afterwards we stay in separate rooms, separate trailers.
I hate you.
He's getting subversive with it. How do you what how do you put up with this?
That's an excellent question.
He's forced to.
Yeah. He gets paid a lot to do it.
A lot to put up with. Contractually obligated.
Well, I got to say the show looks super fun. Lucas, your MacGyver mullet though. It's a little little lacking.
Lacking. Yeah, I know. I think you do have to be proficient at MMA to pull the mullet off.
This is Yes. Proficient. And possibly Eastern European.
Yes. Very good at Muay Thai. Definitely.
Well, were you guys fans of MacGyver before you signed on?
Yeah. Yeah. Definitely.
Was anyone in this room alive when MacGyver started? Like this
Well, that's a hard personal question, Lucas.
Yeah. Yeah. Well, people keep making fun of me for it today. Yeah. Do you have a middle I thought I was coming to Middle Age Hollywood.
Uh, you know, it's not an age, it's an attitude, George.
Oh, Well, then you definitely you're the youngest person in the room. I thought I was in the show called Midlife Crisis. Sorry. Maybe too old for me.
Well, you guys cuz, you know, your relationship on the show is one that that's pretty unique. And then off camera you guys also
Don't touch me, dude. Your knees touching on me.
Whatever. You want.
We need a separate. Do we need to put you in a timeout?
Yeah. Which one? Who gets Who has to go to the corner?
I'm always on my best behavior.
I can tell. Yeah. I can tell. You guys went on a camping trip?
Yeah, we did. We did go on one, right?
What was what was that all about?
It's not even a camping trip. We airbnb'd a sailboat. The sailboat didn't have an engine, so we couldn't even pull out of the dock. And it looked like a crime scene on the inside.
Did they Did they put that in the description, did they?
No, they didn't put that part. We're not supposed to go into the place. It's like a gated community kind of thing on the lake. So we weren't even allowed to get in there. Yeah, the guy the guy did not definitely was not a CSI or X-Men fan because he asked for our ID to get in there. And we didn't have it and he almost called the cops on us.
Wait, hold on. He asked for your ID and you thought you could get in with just a pull
Well, no. We had we had rented the spot, right? So we didn't know we needed anything and he said, uh, you can't come in. I said, well, we're going in cuz we got this boat slip and we're going down there. He goes, no, you're not. He keep giving me that and calling the cops. I was like, good. Well, call the cops. Then I thought, well, that'd be pretty cool publicity. Little jail time.
But what did you guys learn about each other on this crazy airbnb adventure?
Well, that he and he both have anger issues. And I
Did you guys work that out at all?
No. No. No. Not really.
Well. Um, we had a reshoot for a scene and nobody told us why. It was a really long scene. So I was like, all right, fine. I'm going to go to my trailer and get the lines, make sure I have everything down. And I went in there and I I kind of punched the wall and Luke was in there. I kind of punched the wall. Yeah. I was like, why are we doing this? And I punched it. And I was like, wow, those walls are really hard. And, um, yeah, it's kind of a running joke but how thin the walls are in our trailers.
Yeah. Well it's good that you almost like each other.
Yeah, know. And he has his own place in Atlanta but we had a mountain of work after a long day we'd have this mountain of dialogue the next day and so we were trying to go over each other's lines for us because we didn't want to roll in with James Bond and not know what we're doing. This is what I got to do tomorrow. This is my first scene up tomorrow. Can I try them? Yeah. Oh, okay. Actually, I might get in trouble for
Probably. That's spoiler alert. What? MacGyver dies? That's terrible. That's a spoiler. Sorry guys. It was a short season.
Well, because it's not every day that you're on a show that is also a verb. I thought that we could see what you could MacGyver out of a couple household items. So I've got some spaghetti.
Okay.
Got some spaghetti. And then I have marshmallows.
Okay. Okay.
Take your spaghetti. There you go. George, do you like that?
That's it. Lucas wins. Always wins. You're right. I'm tired of it.
Here you go. Here you go. Here you go. Okay, so the scenario is you are escaping a maniacal dictator. And you need to create the equivalent of a ninja star. I've got a couple different designs in our mind though.
Okay. All right, hold on. Oh oh sorry. Am I getting a head start? Am I getting ahead of myself?
Is he always?
I've been preparing.
Yes. He's very handsy.
I need need to make something now.
Okay. We have a minute on the clock. And go. It's your ninja stars, people. Good. This is special footnote. He's trying to get fat enough so that he can float away from the dictator. By water. Not.
I like that. That's that would be my strategy.
Let's talk about spaghetti uncooked. Who's had who's had to eat it in the pinch uncooked? I feel like you have.
It's not that bad.
How much? Obviously y'all were not a struggling actor. Okay. We got whole 30 left. Do your Now you need to add more? You have You didn't utilize your time properly.
Listen. Listen. This is I mean, the weight distribution will be too heavy for the marshmallow. I'm going to add more marshmallows now, don't you think?
Marshmallows? You might be right about that. 10 seconds. Now. 10 seconds, MacGruber. Nine. Eight. Seven. Six. Five. Four. Three. Two. Oh yeah. And Ninja Star. Okay. See ya.
I made it. You're just actually better than mine. Oh my God. That is actually I made a brooch. It's a ninja star that doubles as a brooch. Now watch this. Watch this coming in camera three. Yes. I think Does she have insurance?
I think you win. I'm thoroughly surprised with his effort. That was impressive. Good job, guys.
Got a big brain on me.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- George Eads
Star of the 'MacGyver' reboot
- Lucas Till
Star of the 'MacGyver' reboot
- Audrey
Interviewer on the Young Hollywood couch
- James Bond
Referenced when learning lines
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