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Grace Van Patten and Jackson White believe there are no mistakes when it comes to art, but proving that is another story. In this episode of “Portrait Mode,” the ‘Tell Me Lies’ stars channel their chemistry onto the canvas as they talk late-2000s fashion Grace dreaded revisiting, the debate around Stephen DeMarco apologists, and the small habits that quietly drive each other crazy. Watch as the real-life couple share how they unwind after intense scenes and unveil their portraits. Grace may not recognize herself in Jackson’s, but Jackson recognizes the muscles Grace was adamant about adding to his.

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00:00Relive one year of my life would probably be...
00:04Sorry, I can't concentrate for my strokes.
00:08Hi, I'm Grace Van Patten.
00:10I'm Jackson White, and this is Portrait Mode with Harper's Bazaar.
00:17There are no mistakes.
00:18There are only...
00:19Terrible artists.
00:21Yeah.
00:22I need a detail...
00:24Yeah.
00:25...and a broad stroke.
00:26Okay.
00:27At the same time.
00:30Wait, do you want me to do your color before or after your spray tan?
00:36After.
00:37Okay.
00:38Just follow your heart, Jackson.
00:40Grace, Tell Me Lies is partly set in the late 2000s.
00:43Was there a trend from that era that you were dreading wearing?
00:47It used to be low-rise jeans, but I've now conformed.
00:51I feel like I can't do the really skin-tight skinny jeans with Uggs.
00:57That's hard for me, and I do have to do that on the show sometimes, and it never makes me feel great.
01:03If you had to pick a decade to dress from, what would it be?
01:06Seventies.
01:07You're super 70s Laurel Canyon.
01:09Oh, I love that.
01:10Jackson, what about you?
01:11What, like, if I decade?
01:13Uh, 90s.
01:14Yeah, you're super 90s.
01:16A lot of fans argue that Steven is mostly misunderstood.
01:23Why do you think there are a bunch of Steven apologists?
01:26Apologists.
01:27I can't believe that those people exist.
01:29I think people project onto him.
01:32If they have a complicated relationship with that person that they're projecting onto Steven,
01:39then maybe they would apologize because they're still conflicted about their Steven.
01:44Just made that up.
01:46No, that's a good answer.
01:49I feel like my face is really weird when I'm painting, because I get really focused.
01:53I'm like...
01:58Grace, what's something that Jackson does that seriously drives you crazy?
02:02When we start a show together...
02:04You're just telling everybody about this one.
02:06When we start a show together, and he continues that show without me.
02:14Psycho.
02:15There is a time limit.
02:17Yeah, I get it.
02:18We'll start something.
02:19It's never a show we're currently watching and he goes on without me,
02:22but like, if it's been...
02:24I'm not a show hog.
02:26Give you some nice lashes.
02:28I do have nice lashes.
02:30You do.
02:31Jackson, what about you with Grace?
02:33What's something that annoys me?
02:35Oh my god, she looks like a...
02:36She made me look like she's from hell.
02:38You're avoiding the question.
02:40Perfect is what you're trying to say.
02:42She's so perfect, it's so hard.
02:43No, she's...
02:44Like, I want to help sometimes, but she's so self-reliant that I can't help.
02:48She's like, I got it.
02:50But you let me pick you up from the airport.
02:52That makes me feel useful.
02:53I do, and that's so nice.
02:55In L.A.
02:59How do you unwind after filming a heavy scene?
03:01Food, and TV, and just chatting.
03:07Chit-chat.
03:08Did you hear what so-and-so said at so-and-so?
03:11We really love building a fort.
03:15Yeah, we build forts.
03:16Especially for, like, on location.
03:17We try and get, like, the comfiest possible situation for movie watching.
03:22So that we have something to look forward to when we're coming home, I feel like.
03:26Right?
03:27Which shows do you watch that they'll sometimes continue on?
03:30Have you?
03:31Of course now I can't think of them.
03:33A bunch.
03:34He admits it.
03:35Well, it's happened a few times, I remember.
03:37I know.
03:38Not that I'm saying I didn't do it, but it's happened a few times where you've said that
03:42I've done it.
03:43Yeah, it's happened a few times.
03:44Oh my god.
03:45I just scared myself.
03:47This is not good.
03:49You just look like you're on the Muppets.
03:51Well, I thought I was gonna go, like, abstract, but then it became...
03:56Okay, this looks like somebody, and I feel like you're gonna know who it is immediately.
04:04Oh no, what did I just do to the lips?
04:07Oh god.
04:08If you should relive one year of your life, which would it be?
04:14Sorry, I can't concentrate from a stroke.
04:30I really liked seventh grade, but I wouldn't want to relive it.
04:35I don't think I want to relive a year.
04:39I just want to be present right now.
04:41Oh no, I just got a glimpse.
04:42This is called flair.
04:43Now you just kind of...
04:45Oh, tiny neck.
04:47Sorry.
04:50I love it.
04:51Whoa!
04:53That's amazing!
04:54Whoa!
04:55I look so cool!
04:57I look...
05:01I look like a...
05:02I look like a cool, powerful, like...
05:05Like, I look awesome.
05:07And then I look...
05:08I look...
05:11Um...
05:12You look like a puppet.
05:13Yeah.
05:17This is my boyfriend.
05:19This is my girlfriend.
05:21I don't recognize her, but...
05:23This says more about how I feel about you than how you think you are.
05:27Which is...
05:28You see how your body is a different tone of spray tan than your face?
05:33Because I do sometimes just one layer on my face.
05:36That's a one, and then that's a four.
05:38And this is a river of blood, because of your enemies.
05:45I don't really have enemies.
05:46Yeah, but you've smoked them all.
05:48Look.
05:49You won.
05:50I feel something when I look at it.
05:52Disappointed.
05:54I think it's beautiful.
05:55Do you like mine?
05:56Okay, let's see.
05:57Okay, so I love it.
05:59Walk me through it.
06:00Well, just the muscles were important to me.
06:03And it was a last minute touch, but I panicked.
06:06And it wouldn't be you without muscles.
06:09What's freaking me out is your hair is the same color as your eyes.
06:14Which, now that I'm looking at you, is that.
06:16Really?
06:17That's not the color, but you do have a similar eye to hair.
06:20Similar eye to hair ratio.
06:21Yeah.
06:23Mine is like, oh, good job, honey.
06:27Good job with your after-school art program.
06:29Do I just have, like, blood for eyes?
06:32No, they're sort of a brown.
06:33Okay.
06:34They're this color.
06:35They're just making sure.
06:36I love both of them.
06:37Eyes are really important, I'm realizing, looking at yours.
06:40Like, eyes kind of say everything.
06:47Should we sit next to ours and see how similar we are?
06:59Thanks so much for watching, and be sure to check out Tell Me Lies.
07:04Good luck,unoise.
07:06Good luck.
07:09Mm-Emile.
07:11This is useful today for me.
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