PLL: The Perfectionist's Janel Parrish & Sasha Pieterse Talk Fave Scenes, Friendship, & Emison

What's going on guys? Hanging with me right now, I have Janelle and Sasha. Hello ladies. How are you?

We are good.

Welcome back.

Thanks for having us.

We missed you.

We missed you too. Really? Oh, so sweet. It's our first time having you guys together. So this is super fun.

I know. We're excited.

Yes.

Well, we're gonna just jump right in. Congratulations you guys.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The perfectionist.

How's it been?

So fun. It's amazing. We've been having a blast. We've had almost too much fun.

Yeah. Mhm.

Lots of giggle fits on set. But um, it's been amazing.

It's true. Yeah.

Yeah. Well, you guys are so cute. You can tell what their friendship is like legit, so it's real.

Yeah.

Okay. Well, I did get a lot of fan questions on social and I want to get to them all if we can. Let's see. Sorry. We're gonna jump right in, okay? Okay, here we go. What would be the best way to describe Mona and Allison's friendship? I love seeing you guys on screen together. You're so funny.

Thank you.

Our relationship on the show is kind of like an old married couple.

Yes.

We very much bicker.

Absolutely.

We hold each other accountable.

Mhm.

And there's love. There is love. It's an unusual love.

Yes. We we've had quite the history together.

Yes. But um, it's been really fun for us.

Oh yeah.

As Janelle and Sasha to be able to um, play nice.

I know. And actually yeah. Finally.

Find a relationship between Mona and Allison and and explore that because we've always gotten along so well off camera. And we had to play enemies for so long and now we actually get to be friends.

I do appreciate our slap scenes though.

Oh, that was cool. I have to say. That was awesome.

Yeah, those were fun. They should just put one in a season. Yeah. You know, like next season I'll slap you for something. You know. But it'll be out of love.

It's true. We love to slap because we we both slapped each other the first time. And I slapped you so you need you need to.

Yes. You need to slap me now.

I plan on it. I was like physical touch a little bit of love language between each other.

Absolutely.

Yeah.

I love it. Okay. Next one. What was your favorite scene to film? Love you.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you. I think I might have to go with the pie scene for a couple reasons. It was our first day.

Yes. We're gonna have to say, it was our first day.

It was our first scene together which was amazing. Yeah. But also we we laughed so much about the pie. I It's so annoying when you're trying to do a scene, remember your lines, deliver it. But then you have this inanimate object that keeps pissing you off. The props had to cut the pie perfectly. And then I had to perfectly like scoop it and put it on the plate quietly and it kept crumbling and falling down. We were laughing. Eventually our director came in and was like, you know what? With this shot it's gonna be above the pie. Just don't touch the pie. Like great. Take it.

What are you talking about your first scene?

Yes. Okay, okay. Yes. So the pie was a pie that was temperamental.

Yes, it was.

But still somehow my favorite scene because it's a good memory. We laughed a lot.

Absolutely.

I love it. Next one. Tell Janelle to describe Mona's love interest in one word. Maybe you both can.

Ooh. One word. Charming.

Yeah. You agree with that?

I do agree with that. Yeah. Mhm. Um, in one word, let me see if I can find a without giving unexpected.

Ooh. Charming and unexpected. Queen of the teasers. I love that. Queen of the teasers. New hashtag guys. Work on it.

That's true. Yeah.

Okay. This next one for Sasha. I feel like we've been seeing a more selfless side to Allison on PLL the perfectionist. What's it been like to play that and kind of help/look out after these new characters?

It's been a lot of fun. It has been very different. So I what I've always felt like with Allison is I've never been bored. There's so many different sides to her uh, over the years. I've gotten to do some crazy things. And this is no exception. Like it really has been so fun creating a different side of her. And she is really selfless. And I think she just sees herself in these characters. But you know, she's always in trouble. She's never boring. I'm not I'm not a boring character now. Now it's like a whole different different side to her and and um, I think the wisdom is kind of fun.

Well, it's fun to see her kind of like come out a little bit. Like the bring on I'm not going to say that last word. The old Ali come out when she needs to. You know how to B is back.

The B is back. Hashtag B is back.

When you have to bring out those teeth, you do. It's amazing.

Yeah. Just with more discretion.

There you go. A little bit more controlled. There we go. We'll say that. Next one, ask them what they've learned from their characters. Please and thank you.

I think I've learned from her that, you know, you need to choose the people around you wisely. Um, and yes. And she's grown a lot which has been really fun to see. But I think surrounding yourself with people, you know, basically Allison just said it that feel like family. Yeah. You yeah. That's a it's the family you choose. So choosing wisely. Yeah.

I love that.

Mona has definitely taught me a lot of things not to do. You're right. Like don't hit your friends with cars. Don't stalk people. Don't like, you know, keep people trapped underground. It's dolls expire after a certain age. Yes. Like all those things. But if I had to take one thing from her. Um I guess I've learned a little bit uh bigger words. Yeah. I've had to Google a lot of her words, you guys. That's true. She constantly they give me these paragraphs of tongue twisters, all these words that I have to Google. So thank you Mona for making me smarter.

And your calculations? Do you actually know what I do?

I did not memorize. I mean, I memorized it but I don't know what any of that meant. I really don't. I remember how it looked that's it.

Right. Well, there you go. That's all you need to do. Okay. Next one. What's the best part of your job?

Being able to create and and play in a wonderful environment, I would say.

Yeah. We've been very lucky with that. Like we have such a wonderful loving cast and crew. And it feels like such a safe place to come every day and play. Yeah. And try things and be vulnerable.

I've been able to play so many different kinds of characters. And I think that's my favorite part about my job is putting myself in other people's shoes and not just making people happy. Obviously that's that's a plus but making people feel things. Feeling different things that that, you know, they don't either normally feel or you get to kind of take people out of their comfort zones or you get to to distract them from, you know, all the crazy things that we have in this world. So, yeah.

Yeah.

I love that. Me too. I love that. Okay. Last one. Are we going to learn more about Emison?

It's a hard one for me. The filming that the scene about her finally signing the divorce papers. That was really sad. Um, and I knew that it was going to be really hard for all of us. It was hard for me filming it. It was hard to see people's reaction. Um, and just yeah, my my reaction in general was really sad as well. I think there's different seasons in life and Allison is going through a really hard time in her life. Um, there's a reason she's in Beacon Heights. It's not to desert her family or her her very close friends. It's to become a better person so that she can do better so she can teach as a professor at Hall or at Hollis. Beacon Heights Hollis. to go back to Rosewood and and be a better mom and a better friend and a better person. So she's trying to figure all of her stuff out. And I think, I mean, what I've always appreciated about PLL is is that, you know, even though we're kind of living in this crazy hyper reality, the realistic parts about it are the relationships and how they're formed. And the truth is, nothing is ever perfect and you go through hard things in life. And I think this is a perfect example where it's not always a happy ending. It doesn't mean that it can't be in the future, but right now this is Allison dealing with her problems.

Wow, Janelle. I think Did you want to add Janelle?

I know. I was like, that was honestly a beautiful answer. Sums up the show perfectly. So we'll leave it at that. I know. And I think there's still a lot of love there. Absolutely. You can love somebody and have things not work out. And it's sad but it is part of life. And I think it's something that as sad as it is, it's something that's very relatable on the show.

Totally. Well, thank you guys so much for hanging out. You guys are the best.

Thanks.

Thanks.

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