Dennis Quaid on How He Was the 'Weakest Member' of the 'Merry Happy Whatever' Cast | THR News - video Dailymotion

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The Hollywood Reporter sat down with Dennis Quaid, Ashley Tisdale, Brent Morin and Bridgit Mendler to talk about their upcoming Netflix comedy series, 'Merry Happy Whatever.' The series is set to premiere on Netflix on November 28, 2019.

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00:00Emmy, I got this.

00:03Hey, Dad.

00:04Welcome home, sweetie.

00:06This must be Matt.

00:08Oh, cop car.

00:09It's like I'm a perp, you know, and you're just...

00:11Dennis, you've done so many movies over the years and dramatic series.

00:15What made you want to do this sitcom?

00:17I'd never done a sitcom before.

00:19It was my very first one.

00:20Before this, I had zero.

00:22Goose egg.

00:23They were just put together so well.

00:25And the cast, I was the weakest member of the cast because it's a different animal.

00:31You've got to get up to speed with these things.

00:32And when you say the first punchline, all you hear is silence.

00:39It's deafening.

00:41And so you've got to get up to speed and be on your toes.

00:45Like when I heard Dennis Quaid was in the show, I was just like, oh my gosh.

00:48Like I would love to play his daughter.

00:50I've been wanting to play his daughter since Parent Trap.

00:52So, you know.

00:53And I always wanted a twin.

00:54And Bridget's pretty close to it.

00:56So...

00:56Hey!

00:58It all worked out.

00:59Any requests?

01:00Do you know the song Not Now by You?

01:02Your character in this show is a very strict dad.

01:06But in The Parent Trap, you famously play a chill, super cool dad.

01:09A chill out.

01:11Yes.

01:12With a glass of wine in my hand.

01:13Yes.

01:14The Napa dad.

01:16Which dad would you say you're more like in real life?

01:18More like the Napa dad.

01:20The chill, cool dad?

01:21Yeah.

01:22I would guess so.

01:23But I have my moments where I'm very much Don Quinn when things get overwhelming.

01:29I've got to be careful about who I let into this family.

01:32I just need to prove that I'm good enough.

01:34On the show, you guys give each other a hard time and it sounds like behind the scenes it

01:37was the same way.

01:38Yeah.

01:38Yes.

01:39Yeah, we have a lot of fun.

01:41We didn't plan the dress the same, by the way.

01:43This just kind of happens.

01:44Yeah.

01:45The black and the leather.

01:46It's a good classic look.

01:47The freshman trying to follow the senior quarterback.

01:49And I'm just like the little newsy behind him going, good one boss.

01:53Like that's how I feel right now.

01:54You took my style correspondence course.

01:55I have to.

01:56Are you kidding me?

01:57You watched and learned, you know, from the best.

02:00Oh, yeah.

02:01And from a distance.

02:02He doesn't know about that.

02:03Because you've been on sitcoms before.

02:04Bridget and you were on Undateable together.

02:06Yeah.

02:07What was it like working together again on this show?

02:09It was kind of easy to just get back into it.

02:10Because it's hard, too, when you're trying to build a chemistry with somebody that you

02:14don't know, it's hard enough.

02:15And then with her, we've already built that in.

02:18And she's just so easy to work with.

02:19She makes me seem a lot better.

02:21And it's not hard to pretend to be in love with her.

02:22So I was in his reel for the show.

02:25And then they called me to ask about him in the show.

02:27So we kind of both also like helped each other to get the roles.

02:32And so once we got there, you know, we're just like, hey, good job.

02:35The queens are a G-rated cult.

02:37We have a sort of support group.

02:39Support group for what?

02:40The people who married into this family.

02:42You both, of course, got your start on Disney Channel back in the day.

02:44But kind of at different times as you were sort of leaving.

02:47Yeah.

02:47I graduated.

02:49Yes.

02:50Literally.

02:51Entering freshman year.

02:52You actually graduated High School Musical.

02:54Yes, I actually did graduate.

02:56Now, for you, Sharpay has kind of been having this moment on Twitter lately.

03:00Yeah.

03:00Where she's kind of made a resurgence.

03:02We've seen you retweeting the tweets.

03:03How does it feel that after all these years, Sharpay is finally getting the credit she deserves?

03:07You know, she's an icon.

03:08So, I mean, I think that it's just so, it's a weird, it's kind of crazy and it's so strange.

03:16But I do think that, you know, she would love it.

03:19And, you know, I do kind of like when I'm retweeting people, I become Sharpay and I'm just like, yes.

03:24But it's also, I think, a testament to how I played that character that she is still kind of living throughout.

03:31And it's actually even moving away from High School Musical.

03:34It was like Sharpay was just trending.

03:36So, I was like, yes, girl.

03:37I was like, you did it.

03:39So, you know, I'm really proud of her.

03:42It's my favorite day and I wanted to spend it with my loved ones and Matt.

03:47Now, this show, I'm sure a lot of people are going to be binge watching this holiday season.

03:52So, if you're going to have a holiday movie marathon, what three holiday movies have to be on the list?

03:57Elf.

03:58Oh, yeah.

03:58I'd definitely love that.

04:00Yeah.

04:00I would do Christmas Vacation.

04:03And It's a Wonderful Wife.

04:04Ooh, Grinch.

04:05Love Grinch.

04:06Yes.

04:06Elf.

04:07Elf.

04:07Home Alone.

04:08Yeah.

04:09I mean, all three of those.

04:10I mean, I have to watch all of the Home Alone.

04:12Yeah, yeah.

04:12And Miracle on 34th Street.

04:14Love Actually.

04:15Love Actually.

04:16So, we got a whole long playlist for you.

04:18Yeah.

04:18It'll take 24 hours to watch all of them.

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