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Does The Orville's Scott Grimes Believe In Aliens?

Does The Orville's Scott Grimes Believe In Aliens?

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Actor Scott Grimes navigates his way to the YH Studio to fill us in on his Fox sci-fi comedy "The Orville" and his experience boldly going into the mind of Seth MacFarlane! He tells us about the amazing practical sets where they shoot the film, plus he reveals his thoughts on aliens and tells us how his band with Russell Crowe, Indoor Garden Party, came about!

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Young Hollywood

What's happening, guys? I'm Molly Argu. Welcome to Young Hollywood.

Scott Grimes

What's your face up now? What's gone? It was up there. What happened? I think your face was there.

Young Hollywood

But here he is in the flesh. Hey! For those that are dying to know a bit more about The Orville. Can you tell us a bit about it and I want to know what it's like 400 years in the future because that's pretty cool.

Scott Grimes

Well, you know, lots of shows have been in the future and this, you know, Star Trek and they were they're comparing us obviously to those shows. But this is different because it's from the mind of Seth MacFarlane. It's intelligent, it's a little raunchy, it's a little inappropriate. But that's something you never seen before, which is a show Mixed with space. Mixed with space, right? What what would the future be like really 400 years? Not a stoic kind of militant let's figure this out like what if people passed gas in the future because they do, right? That's not gonna stop.

Young Hollywood

And your character has an important role for what I know. You're the navigator of the spaceship. Those are important.

Scott Grimes

I'm the helmsman, navigator, pilot. Uh that's really cool. But then there's another thing that I thought of today, which is We already have Teslas right now that can drive themselves. Okay. So really how much am I really doing 400 years from now? They probably drive themselves, right? Can you actually steer the steering wheel? Does it

Scott Grimes

No, it's uh it's really neat. And as an actor, to take you outside of the show for a second. It literally is just an iPad that doesn't work.

Young Hollywood

No way.

Scott Grimes

Well, it's just kind of colorful things popping out at you. Okay. And it's all flat and I had to kind of weirdly because I'm a nerd, figure out what does what? Like if you push what colors or what? No, nothing really works. They never really show it. But I've figured out like if I'm driving, I'm going left because there's people out there that will go Oh, he went left. He didn't look like. Last time he drove, he was going like this and yeah. Yeah, so I I took it upon upon myself to learn the whole system and what's the quantum drive and what are the engines we stall and Facebook and Twitter and all the stuff on the thing.

Young Hollywood

That's why you're so good at what you do.

Scott Grimes

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

There you go. So do you believe in aliens now that you've been into the future?

Scott Grimes

Oh, God, yeah. I Of course. It's a waste it's a waste it's a Carl Sagan, it's a waste of space if there's nobody else out there. Yeah. Yeah, I do believe in aliens.

Young Hollywood

You guys have some crazy looking characters on the show.

Scott Grimes

We do. We have a guy named Howard Berger who just sits with Seth and just designs the future, what an alien would look like, what a what a what a creature from another planet would look like, and it's really neat because I don't have that imagination, you know, and it's a bunch of guys in makeup and prosthetics two, three hours a day and it's pretty spectacular. It's like a big movie.

Young Hollywood

Wow. And mixing that with the set because I I can't visualize what this set looks like because when you see the trailer, you literally look like you're in space. Yeah. How is this

Scott Grimes

They did something, you know, Seth did a couple things on this that isn't really done anymore. He built a two-level spaceship. So when we're walking around the halls, we're walking around the hall, not just repeating a hallway, you know? Like you're literally in a spaceship. Oh, yeah. The bridge of the ship, which is us flying the ship is on a second level. You have to walk up a spiral staircase. And the bridge is exactly the we have a 180° screen that shows space for us. So when we're flying and we see planets and things whiz by, we're seeing that as well. So it really helps to kind of be practically there.

Young Hollywood

You've done lots of voiceover work, television, of course, film and music.

Scott Grimes

Wow. Look at me. That's pretty cool. Oh, boy. Yes, no, I do. I've been doing music my my whole life. I do have a a band with Yep. Russell Crowe called IGP indoor Garden Party.

Young Hollywood

How did that name come to be? I was thinking, an indoor garden party is something it's very European, and it's like because I like that.

Scott Grimes

Yeah, but because they couldn't go outside because maybe the weather, they brought it inside. Uh so we would do these concerts called Indoor Garden Parties. Uh where there's a bar on the stage and there's a little tree shrubbery. And um we just started doing the shows and when we had enough songs, we decided to do a record and he said, let's call it Indoor Garden Party.

Young Hollywood

So cool. You guys have some new music coming out as well.

Scott Grimes

We have a record that just came out called Indoor Garden Party, The Musical.

Young Hollywood

Well, to toss out the interview, you know some pretty cool people. You've done some amazing things, so I'm wondering if you could choose three people and navigate, we know you're good at that. Navigate to any place you wanted to go, where would you go and who would you go with?

Scott Grimes

I can only bring three of my friends.

Young Hollywood

Any three people you want. We'll we'll say even dead or alive.

Scott Grimes

Charlie Chaplin. Cool. My mom and my dad. I know that sounds ridiculous, but I would love them to go. And where would we go?

Young Hollywood

Yeah. Anywhere in the universe?

Scott Grimes

Why not? I'd wanna go to Vega. From the get-go. Vega. Yeah. Okay. Well, to start. Maybe maybe like maybe that's the next round of The Orville. It might be like 2,000° on the surface of Vega, but can I bring like a suit that doesn't you know get affected by Vega?

Young Hollywood

Yeah, we'll we'll plan it all out. Yeah.

Scott Grimes

Me, my mom, my dad and Charlie Chaplin on Vega. Take some Snapchats and some Instagrams.

Young Hollywood

We'll be following.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Scott Grimes

    The interviewee, actor in 'The Orville'

  • Molly Argu

    The interviewer from Young Hollywood

  • Seth MacFarlane

    Creator of 'The Orville'

  • Howard Berger

    Designer of aliens for 'The Orville'

  • Russell Crowe

    Scott Grimes' bandmate in Indoor Garden Party

  • Charlie Chaplin

    One of Scott Grimes' dream travel companions

  • Carl Sagan

    Mentioned in relation to belief in aliens

FAQ

What role does Scott Grimes play in The Orville?+
Scott Grimes plays the helmsman, navigator, and pilot on the spaceship in "The Orville."
Who created The Orville?+
The Orville was created by Seth MacFarlane, who brings an intelligent and sometimes inappropriate humor to the sci-fi genre.
Does Scott Grimes believe in aliens?+
Yes, Scott Grimes believes in aliens, referencing Carl Sagan's quote about space being a waste if there's no other life.
What is Indoor Garden Party?+
Indoor Garden Party is a band formed by Scott Grimes and Russell Crowe, which performs concerts with a unique stage setup and has released music.
What is the latest album from Indoor Garden Party?+
Indoor Garden Party's latest album mentioned is called "Indoor Garden Party, The Musical."
How are the sets for The Orville designed?+
The Orville features practical, two-level spaceship sets, including a 180-degree screen on the bridge that shows space as the actors are filming.
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