9-1-1's Oliver Stark and Ryan Guzman Look Back at Their Biggest Buddie and Solo Scenes

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00:00I'm Oliver Stark, my name is Rai Guzman, and this is A Look Back at 9-1-1.

00:04This kitchen scene, there's meant to be, the way that it read to me anyway,

00:10you know, it's a lot of tension, there's a lot of build-up.

00:13That being the point that you're like, the heck is about to happen here?

00:17Are they going to fight or what?

00:19And then there's like a smash cut to them playing video games.

00:23But it was fun to kind of see the kind of limit that you could take it to,

00:29how much you could amp it up and then undercut it with the video games.

00:35But yeah, I think there's something previously in that episode where,

00:41because I think we're talking about fighting.

00:43We don't physically fight.

00:44Maybe it's that I thought, I think I said to him, I thought you were going to hit me.

00:48And he says something like, would I beat you up?

00:51And it, you know, goes from there.

00:53And it's basically we're both each trying to one-up each other

00:56until smash cut to playing video games with Chris.

00:59And I love that the show plays between tones so well.

01:04And it does feel really intense,

01:07but it never takes itself too seriously for too long.

01:10I think that's a strength of the show.

01:12And really the scene is a great example of that.

01:16Honestly, the only thing I was thinking about is my cousin.

01:20And he had been to war six different tours.

01:25And he's seen plenty of people getting shot.

01:27And I remember him telling me something about people getting shot

01:30and how sometimes it just goes right through you.

01:33So it was very kind of graphic, I guess, in my mind.

01:37But I was really just trying to keep it calm and grounded for the scene.

01:40But yeah, shout out to my cousin and those that serve.

01:43So the most recent Buck and Eddie fight,

01:47fueled by grief and differing levels of grief.

01:52And, you know, Eddie is dealing with the fact that he wasn't there for the death.

01:57And Buck is dealing with the fact that he was there for the death.

02:00And so those are already two conflicting things.

02:03And I love the way this scene came together.

02:05I didn't realize this when we were making it,

02:08but it's all shot, handheld.

02:11The camera's kind of shaking points.

02:13And it feels very raw,

02:16which I think is very fitting with the kind of emotions that are going on here.

02:21And I didn't realize during the scene that Ryan was going to grab hold of me and lunge at me.

02:28But during the duration of the show,

02:30we've kind of built such trust, myself, him and the rest of the cast.

02:33So you have that kind of sandbox to play in.

02:37There's a high level of trust.

02:40So if somebody wants to try something,

02:42you feel like you have the space to do that.

02:45And I love the way the scene came together.

02:47This scene, it had so many great textures.

02:51Again, thanks to Tim Minear.

02:53And Oliver's right.

02:55So we rehearsed at one time,

02:56but I did it super bland, mellow as can be.

02:59And then the director pulls me off to the side.

03:01It seems like you want to hit him right now.

03:04Do you want to punch him?

03:05And I go, I don't know if I want to punch him.

03:06But, you know, let's play with that.

03:08And lo and behold, I started elevating the pushing.

03:15I want to say that.

03:16Do you think there's any side where Eddie enjoys not having the responsibility of taking care of a kid?

03:25And I do think that Eddie does enjoy his time by himself without Christopher.

03:31But I think there's a lot of guilt and a lot of shame that goes through his head.

03:35You know, I should be there for my son or I should be doing this, you know, if he's around.

03:40But I think that might actually be the next thing he tackles this next season

03:44where he actually just goes off on his own.

03:46Christopher's turning 14, 15 years old now.

03:49He's a grown kid.

03:50He can take care of himself.

03:51Now it's Eddie's time to play and have fun.

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