"Hart of Dixie" star talks 90s Dance-Off and Charades

"Hart of Dixie" star talks 90s Dance-Off and Charades
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It's all fun in games when the charming and delightful Wilson Bethel drops by the Studio to dish on Season 2 of his hit show "Hart of Dixie" and his other pet project for The CW, "Stupid Hype", about a '90s-era breakdancer/rapper. Wilson shows us some of his own moves, then we challenge him to a game of charades! Whew, this calls for a foot rub...! Hosted by Nikki Novak (@nikkinovak).
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Where's the one with the celebrities on it? You can have one of those. You can have that one. We don't want that one. Oh, Zach Efron's on it. Pass it this way. Thank God. At different points in the interview, I'm just going to point to different people that I love. But I got to find out who's on here first. Oh, James, with a mustache.
I'm Wilson Bethel from Heart of Dixie and now Stupid Hype. And I'm here on Young Hollywood, getting a foot massage. Best day of my life. Stay tuned and watch how we get to this point in our relationship. Uh, more to the bunion there. I'm sorry.
In 1990, one man will become the voice of hip-hop. This fall, get Stupid Hype. We're here with Wilson Bethel, who really wants to be on our Young Hollywood pillow. Is it too much to ask?
No.
Do you want to take it home with you?
I want Not only do I want to take it home, well, I want to take it home with me after I'm emblazoned on it.
Who are those people? Is there anybody on there that you'd be particularly excited to meet? Or have you matter, have any crazy stories about?
Taylor Lautner, are you kidding me? Love. Uh, Adam Sandler is a hometown hero. He's from New Hampshire too. So, uh, I got I got a lot of love for Adam Sandler.
You will be on it next to Marion Cotillard, who was just in here. And you were sitting in that spot. Is the seat warm?
The seat's warm with love, with French love. It's weird. It's weird how I can tell actually what kind of butt has been in the seat before mine, nationality wise.
You can. Is that one of your skills?
I smell baguette. It's weird.
I just have to point this out, okay? I have to point out to people how many talents you indeed have. And you can deny or confirm any of them, okay? You play guitar?
Badly.
You can walk a tightrope?
To a certain extent.
You can do a backflip?
Possibly.
You're a great dancer.
Definitely open to negotiation on that one.
You're a writer and producer.
True.
A rapper?
In my own mind, if nobody else is.
Oh. A vinyl collector.
Definitely true.
And I will say, a great Twitterer.
Oh, well, thank you.
Yes, because you're a writer. Uh, I do. Do you find it confining having the the 140 or do you embrace it?
It's probably for the best because I am I'm given to, uh, to wordiness. So, it definitely it's probably it's a it's a healthy restriction, yeah.
So, Heart of Dixie season two.
Season two.
You how much fun do you have playing this sort of naughty little Southern boy?
When you say it like that, I am so naughty. Uh, I find Wade kind of creeping in some ways.
Is he creeping in? Which parts of Wade are creeping in?
Uh, well, the accent more and more. You are a walking country song, Dr. Hart. Uh, it was just like really That starts getting a little surreal. Uh, I start answering people in a Southern accent. I'm like, wait a minute, that's not how I really talk.
Are you starting to walk around with your shirt off all the time?
No, on the contrary, I He's going to sh If I have yeah. I actually at home I wear a ski parka everywhere I go. It doesn't matter how hot it is. I'm just like anything to have clothes on. to not
Because I heard you say something about, you know, basically it's a job requirement.
Yeah. It got to the point where I ended up having to kind of, you know, have a few very specific words, uh, with the with the with the powers that be to kind of say, you know, like you might have to like ease off the shirt. Because how many ab crunches can you do, right? And not be able to eat and all that. I mean, do you have to really want I mean, it's
I actually haven't had a square meal in seven months. Uh, it's weird, yeah.
But you get to make out with Rachel Bilson. There's a plus. Who you made out with in The OC? Is that correct?
It was like a second time going. I I Did I actually kiss her in The OC? I can't really remember. I don't think I did. I think we were in a kissing booth together but we never actually kissed.
And now you sealed the deal.
And now we, you know, ten years later we sealed the deal. Yeah. Uh, it feels like a like a homecoming. It does. Rachel Bilson is just home for me.
I want to talk about Stupid Hype.
Let's talk about it. Let's talk about it. Let's get stupid hype. Let's get Stupid Hype.
So, Get Hyped was your video. It's a web series. You play Hype.
I do play Hype.
Who is a breakdancer turned rapper. Yeah. And, did I forget to mention breakdancing skills in your resume?
Well, the breakdancing skills, let's put it this way. It's it's not accidental that the script that I wrote, he breaks his leg in the first episode. So, he doesn't have to dance for the entire episode. So you don't have to
Well, wait. I heard you do a crazy great robot.
I do a pretty good robot and I can worm and I can definitely, like, I'm the guy on the dance floor who's like not afraid to look like an ass. Still am I. Well,
Do you want to have a mini dance off right now?
Dance off? All right. I'm going to do this one. And then what happens is, then you can actually just start getting like bouncing a little bit. If I was if I was a Ninja Turtle, I would actually be spinning on my shell, but I don't I think you did a much better job at that than I just did.
And so, as if we haven't got crazy enough, we have another game for you.
Oh, man.
Because there's one thing I failed to mention about your many skills, and that's that you are the Charade Master.
Oh, yeah, I'm pretty good at Charades. That's That's one thing I never
You have Charade parties or something at your house?
Oh, yeah, yeah, I definitely have Charade parties.
So, what we have here is we have a little hat.
Oh.
We have a little Young Hollywood hat. I have not seen there's apparently some TV and films in here. Okay. All right, I'm That we are going to play a little game of Charades. Are you down for it?
Oh, man, he's lost my mic.
You've just took off your jacket, but it's not that you're channeling Wade. It's that you are getting ready for our game.
I'm getting serious.
He's getting serious. So, now I'm getting nervous about this. Okay.
I need to limber up. Okay. Oh, my gosh.
Do we have a timer here?
I got a timer.
Because this is This is a critical thing. This is a critical thing is that you you time one person's charading next to the other person's and whoever gets theirs in less It's complicated. Anyway. Get that timer going.
I'm ready I'm ready to get down with the get down. Okay.
All right. Get that timer going. All right. 3, 2, 1, go. Two words. Movie. Hump. Dance. Dirty Dancing. Strip. Magic Mike. Okay, that was 11. 2 seconds. That was pretty That was pretty good. That was pretty good. Okay. Okay. Here we go. You got to press start here.
See now I'm nervous. All right. Ready?
Yeah. Movie. Two words. First word. Eat. Neck. Oh. Oh. Oh. Vampire Diaries. Nine seconds. Yes. Amazing. Nice one. Nine seconds. We make a great team.
I'm spent. Are you spent? Do you want to lie down? I'm honestly exhausted.
The foot rub is ready now. The foot rub is ready. Take your little pillow. Put it behind your head. No, I just need to love it. We're going to take your shoes off and we're going to rub his feet.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Wilson Bethel
Guest discussing his shows and talents
- Nikki Novak
Host of the interview
- Zach Efron
Mentioned as being on the Young Hollywood pillow
- James
Mentioned as having a mustache on the Young Hollywood pillow
- Taylor Lautner
Mentioned as someone Wilson Bethel would be excited to meet
- Adam Sandler
Hometown hero from New Hampshire
- Marion Cotillard
Recently sat in the same seat
- Rachel Bilson
Co-star in Hart of Dixie and The OC
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