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Ian Harding Plays Two Truths and a Lie

Ian Harding Plays Two Truths and a Lie

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The YH Studio welcomes actor (and author!) Ian Harding to give us his take on the final season of Freeform's long-running hit series "Pretty Little Liars" and what his last day on set was like! He reveals to us what moment(s) made him cry, plus we play a round of "Two Truths and a Lie" with him!

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Young Hollywood

From Pretty Little Liars, Ian Harding.

Ian Harding

Hey!

Young Hollywood

Who also is an author. Oh my gosh. Hey! First order of business though. Welcome. Welcome to our studio. Nice to have you back. Fresh off of vacation.

Ian Harding

Yes. European vacation. Yeah. Yes. Thank you, thank you. Pleasure. Maybe not as fresh in the like my intestines are rotting in the inside but.

Young Hollywood

Oh okay. But it was worth it. It was worth it. Yes.

Ian Harding

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Well, I'd imagine you deserve a vacation after being on Pretty Little Liars for so long. Yeah, yeah. And it it's it's I mean it's come to an end. What was your last day like?

Ian Harding

Mhm. Oh man, yeah the last day, the last day was epic because it was also the very last day of filming for everybody. It was like, you know, we wrapped on I think it was a Friday. But I was actually myself was shot out in the morning and I had a scene with Troian Bellisario and um it was great because I like gave her a short speech and I didn't I didn't really cry then. I

Young Hollywood

Oh, wow.

Ian Harding

Yeah, I was like, okay and that's my last scene. And I guess I'm done. And then I came back later that night and hung out on set for like five or six hours. And then we finally wrapped at like we're like two or three in the morning maybe. And then they said, and that's a wrap on Pretty Little and like instantly the tears come for everybody.

Young Hollywood

Oh, Including yourself? Including yourself?

Ian Harding

You know, I I got a little I got a little teary-eyed. I cried at random moments.

Young Hollywood

Do you just not have feelings?

Ian Harding

Yeah, I take all of those feelings and I crush them inside.

Young Hollywood

That's healthy.

Ian Harding

Yeah, that's the military upbringing. No, um Yeah, no, actually I cried at random moments like um the night before Keegan had wrapped. And he and I were like hanging out in his dressing room and like kind of like, you know, picking apart the whole thing like what was it like and

Young Hollywood

Yeah. Yeah. That's a big part of your life.

Ian Harding

It was like the entirety of our twenties. It was insane. And he at one point was kind of looking around his dressing room. And like pictures and stuff are on the floor because they're being taken down. And he's hung up his, you know, everything and the room is very plain at this point because everything's being unpacked or packed out. Right. And he just goes, well, I guess that's it. And that was it. And for some reason that of all the things That was the thing that uncontrably so. Yeah. Like snot, more snot and tears.

Young Hollywood

Oh, you did the ugly cry.

Ian Harding

Ugly cry. But like the typhoid fever cry. I was like I was like, Oh my god. Like I couldn't stop the snotting.

Young Hollywood

Oh, you did the first flu cry. That's terrible.

Ian Harding

Yeah, yeah. Oh, goodness.

Young Hollywood

Do you want to play a little game of two truths and a lie?

Ian Harding

Oh, word. Yeah. Because Pretty Little Liars, you know the whole the whole drill. Lies and deception. Yeah. Sure, sure. Right. Um. Don't say I'm a bird watcher. I already know that.

Young Hollywood

Yeah, that's that's I would have guessed that one as the lie.

Ian Harding

Hmm. Thoughts. Think face. Okay. Got it. This is this is also the icon. The iconic So silly. I should never do that. Um.

Young Hollywood

Too late. Too late.

Ian Harding

I have been to the Arctic Circle once. I'm more of a salt kind of person instead of a sweet. Okay. Um. Got my hand in a brewery in Virginia.

Young Hollywood

Oh. This is tough. This is tough. Yeah. That's random. This is I'm going to say the the salt versus sweet is a lie. Which well how so? Is that is that a lie?

Young Hollywood

Cuz I don't know cuz you were talking about how many sweets you ate.

Ian Harding

Oh, yeah, crap. That was easy. I talked about it beforehand. So the other two are true.

Young Hollywood

Yeah, the other two are true. Wow. Congratulations.

Ian Harding

Oh, thanks. That's pretty cool. No, it's fun. Very cold in the Arctic. And yes, and and and taught starting Pants to the pants in the beer.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Ian Harding

    Featured guest, discussing his role on Pretty Little Liars and new book

  • Troian Bellisario

    Actress with whom Ian Harding had his last scene on Pretty Little Liars

  • Keegan Allen

    Ian Harding's castmate whose departure made him cry

FAQ

What show is Ian Harding known for?+
Ian Harding is known for his role in the Freeform series "Pretty Little Liars".
Was Ian Harding on vacation before this interview?+
Yes, Ian Harding was fresh off a European vacation before his interview at the YH Studio.
What made Ian Harding cry during the end of Pretty Little Liars?+
Ian Harding cried when Keegan Allen, his castmate, was packing up his dressing room and said, "Well, I guess that's it".
Did Ian Harding ever visit the Arctic Circle?+
Yes, Ian Harding revealed in a game of "Two Truths and a Lie" that he has been to the Arctic Circle once.
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