"Switched at Birth" Stars Vanessa Marano & Katie Leclerc Reveal Crying Scene Secrets

I'm joined on the Young Hollywood sofa with these two lovely ladies. They're laughing already. Vanessa Marano and Katie Leclerc. How are you?

So good.

That was.

Can you do your name? Can you do your name for me? Because I was just saying I'd love to be able to roll my tongue but I can't.

Well, I mean, if you're gonna like over exaggerate you can go Marano, but you know that's I mean, the French LeClerc.

There you go.

So, we're just just tongue twisters over here.

and me, Oliver. You see the difference in class? It's British, and then the French, and then the Italian in there. It's just That's all we have to offer. British Oliver. Nothing. No rolling, no no pronunciation.

No, but you've got that accent thing that the rest of us just want.

Yeah, you got it it's it's Yeah, you got it. You're alright.

I'm okay. But can you give me a little lesson just in the rolling. Because I've always want I've got Rs. How do you do it?

Yeah, it's just you you lift your tongue up to the roof of your mouth and like right behind your teeth.

Yeah.

Yeah.

See, I'm right there. Come on.

You like to? But you gotta like you can't you're like forcing your tongue up there. You just gotta let it be there. Just let it be.

Why? Why? Let's move on. I'm not gonna get it.

My sister can't do it either. And she's you know also Italian. She has the R in her name.

Okay.

She just can't.

Yeah, exactly. She can't.

Anyway, onto more important things, Switched at Birth. Switched just been renewed today. Woohoo! It's exciting, isn't it?

We we were saying that it'd be pretty awkward if we found out that it was canceled on the way here. It just lowered the energy of Tad.

I mean, it wouldn't be a great thing. Uh we would be looking for another job. That would be something that would be happening.

Yeah. Uh Where where were you both when you found out? The exact moment what were you doing?

Uh we were in the car driving over to Dupras today.

And work together as well. It's true. We have been together for all of them. Except this last one because I was in London. So, there was that.

Yeah, we couldn't I mean we were together at Spirit. We were. Always together.

We're a real we're a real family.

A new kind of family. We're close. That's close. That's a thing.

Yeah. Close.

And how did you did you was it a like a high five? Was it a hug? Was it like a let's stop the car and Chinese fire drill or something?

I don't know. That would be awesome.

Okay, season five. We have to orchestrate a Chinese fire.

We have to yeah. We have to think something.

Yeah.

What what did you do then?

Dance party.

That's good. In a car.

In a car. We have seatbelts fine. Limited dance party.

Yeah. Yeah, really excited for. Season five. I mean the first. I mean the first. I was very excited because I I can cut down the diseased pine tree in my yard now cuz I have a job. And I have a wedding that I'm paying for. So yes! I would like to Can we get season five right now? I would like to get it right now. Oh God.

It's like you're just like can we get season five right now? Please get out.

Very very different things to celebrate. A wedding and cutting a tree. You can see the points in our lives that we're at right now. With the things that are exciting for us. Yeah. Let's have season five. Let's have something else. More than just a tree.

More than just a tree. A diseased tree, not just a tree. It's sad.

But look, Georgie even wants to know my age. We're already talking about diseased trees. Um but the season finale of season three will be August 18th.

Yes. Yes. Um and that's a that's I mean graduation. You think it would be a happy episode but no, not not so not the way you'd want it to go. You see Daphne kinda went off the rails a little bit. And there's a some making up that she has to do. And she's in a lot of

Yes. It does. It happens in real life. Everyone out there, who will find you, you'll pass. You want to talk about something? No, no I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm fine. That's my therapy lesson. Just write it down. You gotta get it out. We gotta get it out. We can move on. We can move on. But yes, Daphne. Daphne is a hot mess. Yep. And uh needs needs some help. Needs some love from the family. Which my character Bay is going to help her. Is going to help her whether or not that's gonna work out is a whole different conversation. A whole different season.

A whole different season. Why not? Yeah. It's exciting. It will be a whole different season. It will be. That's the thing.

And you're you're jumping off to LA. Or are you? Or aren't you?

Uh well, she wants to. She wants to. She wants to move out with her boyfriend and she doesn't have a job lined up. She doesn't have a college that she's going to or a car where she's going. Oh she doesn't yet. She doesn't yet. She has it on Monday for the finale. God. That's alright. It's really not that big of a secret. It's like one scene where she's like, I got a job at Lacma. Which I had to check.

Yeah. But you're you're gonna totally spoil the secrets of the show. All right, all right. Moving on. Back to pronunciation. I was calling it Lacma. Because of the But is it Lacma?

It's Lacma. I corrected you. You corrected me. And then Karin and I, who's our hair girl who's also born in Los Angeles like I was, we were like, Lacma, what are you talking about? It's fancier. And she was like, no, I'm pretty sure it's Lacma and then, you know, ADR later and I'm I'm saying Lacma. And I was like,

She's from Colorado.

Yep, pretty much.

Mhm. Sure.

Cut. You really know a lot about Katie.

I have her address. She's six foot two seconds.

Oh my God, I really thought you were gonna say. How was I cut? How was I cut? Oh my God. Maybe I'm some sort of psychic. Maybe that's what it is. Oh my God, I have a stalker.

Who knows? It's a fine line. It's a fine line. But anyway, I'm not afraid for you.

Well, I really don't know just to clarify, I really do not know your address. I promise. All right, that's okay. But it's an emotional show. It really is. You know, big storylines. They they push you girls to the limit. Is it hard to then switch off when you leave set?

Do you know what? I I do have to say like in the three years that we've been on the show this was the hardest season. And for me I think it was really hard because we killed off one of the characters who we all were so close to and you know, really supported each other. We're a family. And it was like sad when I was watching the episode that got aired. My fiance had to be like, look at that wallpaper so that I wasn't bawling the entire time. Like I felt a loss.

That was his go-to change of subject.

Yeah, he was like, anything. He was like, oh, that water cup is empty now. I'm like, I don't care about that. Like he was just trying to distract me and it was sweet like it was his

Is there one episode you mentioned obviously it's it's uh a lot of emotions. Is there one episode that sticks out as being the most challenging?

Oh yeah. Definitely when we killed Cheo. We were doing crazy hours. Everyone was crying. The amount of water we consumed on that episode. You should share your secret.

I Share the secret. Okay. Um I guess with it's just amazing. Yeah. When you're crying, you're you know, water is coming out of your body. So I drink a lot of water when I'm doing crying scenes. And it it usually helps. Like it usually helps.

Yeah. And everyone discovered Katie discovered this secret very early on in in this share with me. I did. And then everyone had to cry in the episode. And so Vanessa was like, hey guys.

Yeah. Everyone discovered the water trick. And so you pee like 15 times more.

Well, I was also going to say the drought in California might actually have been worsened by that episode. Because of us.

Yeah. Definitely definitely played a part in that. It was.

But entertainment though.

Yeah.

Yeah. Good entertainment. We're we're happy. If it's a drought for entertainment it's fine. I mean it's fine.

One thing I want to finish on is you do you use a lot of uh sign language in the show, which is which is amazing. Did you you did you know any before?

I didn't.

You did. You did. Mhm.

Can you in sign on could you say let's wrap this up. This finish now.

Oh, okay. I just did something. I'm just gonna leave. I didn't say I'm sorry. I really shot on the way out. So this This finish And then now. Make what like take take the index finger and put it down. We're not rockin' out. Just like, okay, so you know. We got so yeah, there it is. Like hang loose. Like hang loose. You know, but then go to now. So.

I like the ending. That's a really strong ending. That seems like I want to finish. That's right. Okay. I mean. ABC Family August 18th. Switched at Birth. Watch it. Season finale. And they'll be back. And come back for another season. It's exciting. That's right.