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One Take with Viner Jake Paul

One Take with Viner Jake Paul

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We sit down with Vine star Jake Paul in the YH Studio to get the scoop on his rise to social media fame (along with his brother, Logan), including how he was inspired by other famous YouTubers like SMOSH and how he gets ideas for his posts! He also reveals his favorite collabo, plus he tells us how he got his nickname "One-Take Jake" and talks a bit about his Navy Seal training! Be sure to check out his battle with his brother on our musicial.ly account!

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Young Hollywood

I heard that you trained to be a navy seal. Yeah. Which I don't know if a lot of your fans know that. I don't think so.

Jake Paul

Um he was like, oh you want to be a navy seal like swim across the lake. And I was like, okay. I can do this.

Young Hollywood

Hey. Hey, I'm with Jake Paul, the one and only. I'm excited that you're here though because we just saw you at I Heart Awards. That was the first time I finally got to I've heard about you for so long and I'm like, Jake Paul, I gotta get him over here and then I was like, oh I'm gonna see him in the studio in a few days. I'm glad I got to see you there as well, you know, Young Hollywood, we out here. We out here. But you firstly, I mean, social phenomenon. How did you know this is what I wanted to do?

Jake Paul

Um well, me and my brother kind of did it when we were we started out making videos just recording whatever we were doing, um, when we were 10 years old and he was 12 years old. And so we naturally just like we're got good at recording stuff and my dad was always like super funny. So his like sense of humor kind of got passed down to us. Um, after we got a camera, we just started recording it and then six months later, we found out about YouTube and um, we saw the channel called Smash. And we I love those guys. They were awesome. I am sitting on the couch with Ian and Anthony. AK smash and I am so graced by your presence to be. Thank you. Graced by our presence. Two years later. Um, we found ourselves doing the same thing on Vine. But it was cool now. And so it was kind of just like a fun thing that turned into like one day we made a viral video. We both gained like 5,000 followers and we just made Vines since that day and it just kept on snowballing, getting bigger and bigger.

Young Hollywood

To me like what's amazing is like you go on Vine. It's six seconds. Like how? Yeah. Cuz like how do you come up with like the crazy things that you guys do?

Jake Paul

Um, well a lot of it's like stuff that happens in my real life that's like funny or accidentally happens that like I'm like, oh that could be a Vine. But like you said, there's a lot that goes into it.

Young Hollywood

And then you've collaborated with like pretty much every other Viner, every other social star. Who what's been like your favorite Vine that can you say that there's like a favorite one that you've done or your favorite collaboration with someone that you've done?

Jake Paul

My my favorite collaboration it wasn't with a Viner. Um it was with 50 Cent. Um It was on the rack. Okay. Yeah, know. This is 50 Cent, you know. Um, I got invited to the Spy movie premiere with like Jason Statham and Melissa McCarthy and I went there and 50 Cent like was randomly in the movie. So he was randomly at the premiere. And uh, I like had this idea that I wanted to make with 50 Cent cuz like I really like his story and like I've always looked up to him. And so I always thought about it and he happened to be there. So like I ran and got two quarters and I smashed them together and then 50 Cent popped up. Watch this. It worked.

Young Hollywood

Is there something that you haven't done yet? Like either a Vine or something just on social that like, like a 50 Cent example like is there something else that you just like really want to do that you haven't done yet?

Jake Paul

Um, I've done like a lot of cool videos with a lot of cool people but I mean there's so there's so much more room for like collaboration with like even bigger celebrities or funny actors. I feel like getting actors into my videos would be like super awesome and a cool experience as well. Whether it's like, you know, like Charlie Sheen, I feel like would be like super funny like someone like that. That would be incredible.

Young Hollywood

And then I heard is it true that your nickname is one take Jake?

Jake Paul

Yeah, that's that is my nickname.

Young Hollywood

I saw that and I was like, we gotta get the story behind that.

Jake Paul

Dave, the Nets, um, who actually I wrote the movie that me and my brother wrote along with Dave, The Nets and Dylan Trussel, but um, he gave me that nickname because we were doing like three scenes in a row where we were like shooting it and we didn't technically have the location. And so we only had like one take to do it. And um, I nailed it like each time. Like three times in a row. So he just was like, one take Jake. One take, you just you just nailed it. Yeah, so he gave me that nickname and it kind of stuck and then like even someone on um the Disney show, we were shooting like three weeks ago and he didn't know that was my nickname. And he said it. So it's like, it's meant to be.

Young Hollywood

I'm so fascinated firstly by just everything about you right now. But one thing that like really fascinated me was that I read that you trained to be a Navy Seal. Yeah. Which I don't know if a lot of your fans know that. I don't think so. Um, so in high school, um, you were a wrestler, right?

Jake Paul

Yeah, I was a wrestler. Super competitive, like um, I played every sport like throughout my high school years but at the end like I just wrestled. But um, I was kind of like the class clown and school wasn't really my thing but I liked cars and trucks and I was an outdoorsman, camping and I was kind of like I always want to be the best and the top 1% of anything I do. So like if I am going to make a Vine video, I want to be the top 1% of Viners. If I go to be an actor, I want to be the top 1% in acting. And so I like did that with sports. And then I one day I saw something about like the Navy Seals and how they were like the elite like um, special forces for the whole like military. And so I fell in love with it and I started reading books on it and it just became like so much more intriguing to me as I learned about it. And so I actually started to take the steps to like prepare for it. I was like jogging, swimming, doing insane amounts of push-ups and pull-ups and my dad was kind of like helping me cuz he was in the army for a stint. And so like he was like, oh you want to be a Navy Seal? So like swim across the lake. And I was like, okay. I can do this.

Young Hollywood

If like he's right in one take. In one take.

Jake Paul

So next morning woke up literally jumped in like one side of the lake, swam for an hour and 45 minutes in the water. I was freezing. It was hard. But then two hours later, I made it across and I was like felt so accomplished and then from there on I was like If I can do that, I can

Young Hollywood

You can do anything. You can do anything.

Jake Paul

I could do the the seal training course and Buds and that whole thing.

Young Hollywood

And then just lastly, so Logan, your brother, he's also a huge Vine star, social media star. Yeah. How do you guys battle each other a lot? Like how do you figure out kind of like who's going to be in what video? And do you guys collaborate at all or is it sort of like you guys are competitive?

Jake Paul

Um, we're competitive but we do like help each other with everything and we collaborate on a ton of videos and like I said, we wrote um, the movie,

Young Hollywood

you're going to be in a movie together, right?

Jake Paul

Yeah, we wrote airplane mode. Um, together and um, we have a hashtag on like social media that we use. It's called #RiseOfThePauls. So like, we're just trying to like take over Hollywood. We definitely work together to help each other but it is like a friendly competition. One of us will do something great and then he'll dig all right. Well, now I need to do something and then I'll do something. So it's healthy and it it really has worked for us and we just continue to push each other.

Young Hollywood

On that note. Logan is coming to our studio. Oh, we have to do a battle. Like a we have to do a battle between the two of you somehow. So

Jake Paul

Let's do it. I'm going to I'm going to beat you Logan if you're watching this. You better start training for your musically.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Jake Paul

    The primary subject of the interview.

  • Logan Paul

    His brother and fellow social media star, collaborated on early videos and 'Airplane Mode'.

  • Smosh

    YouTube channel that inspired Jake Paul.

  • Ian

    Member of Smosh mentioned by Jake Paul.

  • Anthony

    Member of Smosh mentioned by Jake Paul.

  • 50 Cent

    Jake Paul's favorite collaboration partner.

  • Jason Statham

    Actor in the 'Spy' movie premiere attended by Jake Paul and 50 Cent.

  • Melissa McCarthy

    Actress in the 'Spy' movie premiere attended by Jake Paul and 50 Cent.

  • Charlie Sheen

    Actor Jake Paul would like to collaborate with.

  • Dave The Nets

    Co-wrote a movie with Jake Paul and gave him his nickname.

  • Dylan Trussel

    Co-wrote a movie with Jake Paul and Dave The Nets.

FAQ

How did Jake Paul start his career in social media?+
Jake Paul began making videos with his brother Logan when he was 10 years old, inspired by YouTubers like Smosh. They later transitioned to Vine, where a viral video helped them gain followers and continued to snowball their success.
What is Jake Paul's nickname and how did he get it?+
Jake Paul's nickname is 'One-Take Jake.' He received it from Dave The Nets while filming three scenes in a row with limited time, and Jake nailed each take perfectly.
Who was Jake Paul's favorite collaboration partner?+
Jake Paul's favorite collaboration was with the artist 50 Cent, which happened randomly at the 'Spy' movie premiere.
Did Jake Paul train to be a Navy Seal?+
Yes, Jake Paul trained to be a Navy Seal in high school. He was inspired by their elite status and prepared by jogging, swimming, and doing intense push-ups and pull-ups, including swimming across a lake.
Does Jake Paul work with his brother Logan Paul?+
Yes, Jake and Logan Paul collaborate on many videos, help each other, and co-wrote a movie called 'Airplane Mode.' They maintain a healthy, friendly competition.
How does Jake Paul get ideas for his Vine posts?+
Jake Paul gets many of his Vine ideas from funny or accidental things that happen in his real life, which he then translates into short video concepts.
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