Troian Bellisario Says Her Kids Are the Perfect ‘Reality Check’ After Being on Set All Day: ‘Where’s My Dinner?’

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The actress shares daughters Aurora, 6, and Elliot, 3, with husband Patrick J. Adams

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00:00Now it's the sit down with Troian Bellisario.

00:02Hi Troian.

00:04Your new show On Call is streaming on Prime now.

00:07I work, take care of my dogs.

00:09If I'm lucky, I surf.

00:11Partly from the minds of Dick Wolf,

00:13who of course we know from Law and Order,

00:15and his son Elliot.

00:16Your dad is prolific in the industry too.

00:19Had you ever met any of the Wolf fam before this project?

00:22This was the craziest thing.

00:23When I first met Elliot, there was this,

00:25obviously we didn't talk about it

00:26because it was like the chemistry read,

00:27but afterwards when I'd gotten the role,

00:29I was like, okay, can we talk about your experience

00:31as a kid and my experience as a kid?

00:33Can we talk about your dad and my dad?

00:34And we just found so many crazy overlaps.

00:38And we both had this desire to honor our father's legacy

00:45while also offering something new.

00:48How'd you do at the academy?

00:49Second in the class.

00:51Out of how many?

00:53Three.

00:55The show is thrilling, intense,

00:57and gives a look into what it means

00:58to serve our community as a badge holder.

01:00What in particular drew you to this role?

01:02I just felt like it was such an incredible,

01:04you know, such an incredible opportunity for me

01:07to get to come back to a job

01:09after I had really mostly only played very young women.

01:14You know, like I had played people in high school.

01:17Then when I got off of Pretty Little Liars,

01:19when I got married, when I became a mother,

01:22when I entered my thirties, I was like,

01:24wait, who am I and what do I have to bring

01:26to a character now?

01:29There have been how many police dramas?

01:32And they've been done extremely well.

01:34What does policing look like with body cams?

01:37What does it look like with cell phone footage?

01:39And I love that the show was asking all of those questions.

01:43Given the current climate,

01:44it can be kind of tough to portray someone in uniform.

01:47How did you approach that to get the story just right?

01:50Policing, law enforcement,

01:51it's not something that people have like lukewarm takes on.

01:56You know what I mean?

01:58Truly, this show really, really does such a good job

02:02at not having a message,

02:04at really trying to invite everybody to the table

02:07and say, you take away what you want to take away from this.

02:11We're not going to prescribe it.

02:12We're not going to tell you that these are the heroes,

02:14or, you know, we're not going to tell you

02:15that you need to feel this way.

02:17We want to just honor the community of Long Beach

02:21and we want to honor the community

02:22of Long Beach police officers that serves that

02:25and really examine that sort of give and take

02:28in that relationship and how complicated it can be.

02:31We loved you as Spencer on Pretty Little Liars.

02:34So while I was watching this, I couldn't help but wonder,

02:37if Tracy Harmon was patrolling around Rosewood,

02:39how would that show have been different?

02:41Would the mystery have been solved in like two episodes?

02:44You.

02:44I was about to say zero, but I was like, no, no, no.

02:46The crime has to happen.

02:48But like, yeah, it would literally be like one.

02:50You know what I mean?

02:51Because if somebody actually had called the police,

02:55she would have shut it down so fast.

02:58You're all going to jail.

02:59Confiscate all your cell phones.

03:01Nobody can text you because I have your cell phones

03:04and I'm talking to all of your parents

03:06and you're going to stop lying right now.

03:08End of show.

03:09Have fun.

03:10Have a normal high school experience.

03:11You're welcome.

03:13Now, how difficult is it to come back to yourself,

03:15Troyan, after a long day of shooting?

03:17Were you like a watch your back rookie

03:19to your husband, Patrick, if he got in your way?

03:21Normally you get home from set

03:23and you need like hours to be like,

03:25I got to come down from running around in the rain

03:27and screaming and all of this stuff.

03:29And so it was really wonderful that the time I got home,

03:33I felt so ready to be back with my family.

03:37By the time I got home, if the girls were awake,

03:40you know, they didn't care if I just worked a long day

03:43or if I just run around or gotten like, you know,

03:47had a fight scene or rolled around in the sand

03:49or I was freezing.

03:50They were just like, hey, here's a book.

03:52Draw me a bath.

03:53Where's my dinner?

03:54I was just like, you have no idea what I've just done.

03:56So it was a really good like reality check

03:59to just be like, okay, go be a mom.

04:01Every time I FaceTimed them, my girls would be like,

04:03why are you dressed like a police officer?

04:05And Patrick was like, she's working.

04:07And they're like, hmm, weird.

04:08Okay, anyways, mom.

04:10And so, yeah, it was very funny.

04:12Finally, I'm going to put 10 seconds on the clock.

04:14Tell everyone why they should check out On Call.

04:17Ready? Go.

04:18I think you should watch On Call

04:19because it's a gripping show that's going to suck you in.

04:22I think people who maybe don't even think they're fans

04:26of cop shows should come and check it out

04:28because I think it's really different.

04:31Troy and thank you so much for joining us.

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