Rob Kazinsky on Bulking Up for 'Warcraft' & Slimming Down for "Second Chance"

Rob Kazinsky on Bulking Up for 'Warcraft' & Slimming Down for "Second Chance"
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British actor Rob Kazinsky pays a visit to the YH Studio to bond with Georgie and to fill us in on his exciting new projects, including Fox's "Second Chance", where he plays an elderly man brought back to life in an Adonis's body, and 'Warcraft', based on the video game of the same name which Rob has a particular familiarity with! He explains how his TV character is more relatable than Captain America, plus he reveals the real-world benefits of having a British accent!
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These two tech geniuses take his body and regenerate it, recode his cells and make him, you know, the perfect specimen of man. I'm Oliver Chavini here on the Young Hollywood sofa, joined by my fellow Brit, Rob Kaczynski. Georgie's taken to you.
Georgie yes, takes to me. She can smell my dogs on me, can't you?
I don't know if it's the dogs. I think it's just you.
It might be me. My dogs seem to understand me. I seem to share a kind of a similar mental capacity to most dogs. Meaning, meaning I'm not the brightest button in the door.
I wouldn't say that. No, you know.
There's just this kind of understanding of of I just need to be fed and walked once a day and then I'm pretty happy.
I'm pretty similar. I'm I'm I think the term not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I mean we own it. We own it. We do that.
Yeah, I got I got no problems with it. We're from similar areas back home, aren't we?
Exactly. This this little girl is very very very happy. She's very happy. She's very happy about it. That's all you need. If I could just have somebody just rub in my head every ten minutes. Thanks. He loves that. He loves that. good fingers. Second Chance. Yeah. Pretty big stuff this. It went down well. The critics seem to have approved it mostly and the the audience reaction has been really positive and it's a it it looks like it's going to be a good show.
Jimmy Pritchard, who who is a really really cool character. He's this 75-year-old guy who is murdered and then these two tech geniuses take his body and regenerate it, recode his cells and make him, you know, the perfect specimen of man. And it's got that Frankenstein thing in there where you're where you don't want to like him cuz he is some what of a monster. But you end up liking him. You're likable. There's the thing. He's fallible and people should be able to relate to him as much more of a consistent person than perhaps, you know, Captain Steve Rogers, you know, he's not Captain America, he's not leaping to tall buildings or, you know, picking up buses, but he is, you know, he's basically as powerfully human as you can get. It's grounded in this kind of believable and microcosmic view of a human being in this situation. Which which does have that aspect is when you're watching it, it's it's believable. You know, which is nice because he's not flying, he's not doing anything. But people don't people you know, we're oversaturated with the superpowers in the world today. And it's nice to have just a human being. And also a fallible human being. He's not a paragon of virtue in any way, shape or form. He's not even a particularly nice man. And he's absolutely the last person that should be given a second chance.
Second chance. That was so subtle. That was so smooth. Talking about being the perfect specimen of a man. Is it a lot of pressure on a show like that cuz you, you know, you're in physical shape, you're top-notch.
Well, there was. Right. There was. I lost uh, you know, most of the jobs that I've done have involved putting on a lot of weight. I put on 50 pounds of muscle for Pacific Rim. Uh, I put on a lot of weight accidentally for War Craft. You know, there's a lot of roles that require a guy to be big and then this one I lost 30 pounds to play this part. Uh, and I tried really hard to stay in shape as much as I possibly can, failed miserably during the process. You know, the this wonderful poster of me in the water doing this, that's just that's just my head. That's just my head. It's just my head on some really handsome guy's body. And thank you, handsome guy for giving me your body.
Well, that's where we first met, believe it or not. I did that. That was him. And then just once again I went down. What fantastic pecs you have, by the way. It's that that move, isn't it? Yeah, it just makes them pop. If you put your head on me right now. Yeah. Be perfect. See. Is that it? It's it's uncanny. It's weird, isn't it? Although my head on you would look ridiculously large, I think.
Would it? What are you trying to say? What are you trying to say I've got a pin body?
No, I'm saying I'm 220 pounds. All right. It's not a competition. All right. I'm a hundred and something pounds. I'm feeling insecure.
Well, I am now, aren't I? Well, there's no need for this. There's absolutely no need for this.
A few months ago you mentioned War Craft. Yeah, we got War Craft coming out in June. Just a small project. Not not a big one. Not a big one. You know, never really heard of it, nor anyone else. Um well, I played the game and I played the game to a very very high level.
Oh, you did. Yeah, it was, you know, after after EastEnders back home. There was about 18 months where I didn't want to leave the house and for those 18 months I played this game for about 18 hours.
Was that because of EastEnders?
Uh, yeah, pretty much. You know, this game was a this game was more important to me than most of my relationships in my life and you know, I've been playing with the same 25 people for the last 10 years and most of us, you know, I I probably had more conversations and more in-depth, you know, revelations about humanity with the guys that I'm on team speak with than I am than I have with anybody else. It's brilliant.
I I can I can listen to you just talk about stuff all day. Have you ever thought of audiobooks?
Yeah, I I tried them once. I swear too much.
Really, you do? I could just give you like my favorite tales and just get Rob Kaczynski to tell him Princess Bride or something like that. If you're English, you shouldn't be that impressed. I am though. I mean honest. Everything everything we say is 8% sounds 8% more intelligent and charming. So I've got 10% going. I've got 10%. I start with two. I've got an extra eight for being English. Um, no, brilliant stuff. Um, so happy the thing is going well.
Thank you.
Um, Second Chance. Take him out on it. It's great. See ya.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Chris Evans
Included as a cast/talent member, although not mentioned by name in the transcript. Captain Steve Rogers, or Captain America, is referenced
- Rob Kazinsky
Interview subject, discussing his new projects.
- Georgie
Interviewer / host at Young Hollywood.
- Jimmy Pritchard
Rob Kazinsky's character in 'Second Chance'.
- Captain Steve Rogers
Character mentioned for comparison to Rob's role in 'Second Chance'.
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