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San Jose Sharks superstar Macklin Celebrini and 'Off Campus' breakout actor Belmont Cameli get together for The Hollywood Reporter's new series Game Recognize Game, where they get candid about fan obsession, tuning out the noise, newfound wealth — and the cameo that almost happened.
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00:00Macklin Celebrini, holy shit.
00:02This kid was playing on the top line for Team Canada at the Olympics.
00:05115 points, that's the most in a single season in Sharks franchise history.
00:10The kid was 19 years old.
00:12The sky's the limit for Macklin Celebrini.
00:14What's up, Belmont? How's it going?
00:24I love you, Wilson.
00:38If you guys skated against each other, it was faster. How would that play out?
00:42I don't think against is the right word to use.
00:44I don't think we could skate. I'm not good enough to skate against Macklin.
00:50I could skate with or alongside Macklin, maybe.
00:54That would be a lot of fun, though.
00:56I would like to show you my shot, though.
00:58I'm really proud of my shot.
01:00I've heard great things, so I really want to see this thing.
01:03I'm telling you, it's nasty.
01:05And my aim's even kind of decent, but it's fast, isn't it?
01:09I got a quick shot.
01:11And that's a wrist shot. That's like a snap shot.
01:13I don't really have a slap shot yet.
01:15Yeah, I mean, that one's harder.
01:17Have you shot on a goalie? Like a proper goalie?
01:20Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:21Like we do shootout lines just to kill time all the time.
01:25And I don't have the stick handle to fake effectively.
01:28Yeah, yeah.
01:28But, you know, I'll get about halfway and I'll just try to rip one up top.
01:31And sometimes it'll work.
01:33Some of the best shooters in the world just do that.
01:35See, I always said that.
01:38And it really depends on the talent of the goalie.
01:40Yeah.
01:40A lot of guys I could just not score on at all.
01:43But you get a guy who's been out there for, you know, 30 minutes while we've all been shooting on
01:46him.
01:48That's my time.
01:48Yeah.
01:51I think we share a common trainer, actually.
01:54Really? Who is it?
01:55Barb.
01:56Yeah.
01:57She's teaching you how to skate?
01:58Uh-huh.
02:00Barb is the, correct me if I'm wrong, she's like the Canadian power skating Olympic coach.
02:04Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:06She does all the power skating.
02:08Because I can skate so fast, but I can't stop so good.
02:14Dude, I hit the boards, I mean, at least once a day.
02:16Like fall and hit it?
02:17At full speed.
02:18Or do you just like run into it?
02:19No, no, like I'll fall first and then I'll slide into the boards.
02:23Yeah, yeah.
02:23Get Barb on that.
02:23I mean, I can stop on my right pretty good, but I don't even really have the left at all.
02:28Yeah.
02:28And so then sometimes we're shooting and they're like, okay, you got to stop here and for camera, like I
02:31have to do it on the left side.
02:32I'm like, you guys have to move the camera to the other side because I can't do that.
02:37You know what's funny is when we go train with Barb, I always get like a big box of black,
02:41like hot black coffee.
02:42And we're drinking black coffee like on the bench, like between drills and stuff.
02:47She's like, I've never seen this before.
02:49Like you actors are like, why are you drinking hot black coffee?
02:53She was like, you should be drinking water.
02:55It was like, well, hold on.
02:56We're having a coffee to smoke.
02:57Yeah.
02:59How cold is that rink, by the way?
03:00Dude, it's freezing.
03:02The coldest rink maybe in the world.
03:03Oh my God.
03:04I mean, my toes are always numb.
03:05Yeah.
03:06Like completely numb when I'm done skating there.
03:07What's the greatest in-game moment you've ever had?
03:11Wow.
03:11What a question.
03:13You've probably had quite a few.
03:14This isn't really in-game, but I think stepping onto the ice at the Olympics was one of the coolest
03:20things I've ever done.
03:21Holy shit, dude.
03:22Like that was just representing Canada, being at the Olympics, just knowing like how global that is and how big
03:28that tournament is.
03:28I think that was one of the most special moments for me.
03:32I feel that when we're shooting and I got the Garrett Graham jersey on and I step out and it's
03:36a mostly empty rink that will fill in with fans later with like special effects.
03:41Yeah.
03:41I think it's kind of something like that.
03:43Maybe not completely.
03:44Yeah.
03:44Very similar.
03:45Lots of cameras.
03:47What was that like, dude, the Olympics?
03:49I mean, firstly, congratulations.
03:51I mean, you guys put on a great run.
03:52You played really well.
03:53Like, how did it go?
03:54Like, what was that feeling like?
03:55It went by so fast.
03:56It went by so fast.
03:57I mean, Milan's such a great city.
03:59Like, just being in Italy, eating that food is great walking around the city.
04:04But being a part of the Olympic Village was a really cool experience that like I'll never forget.
04:08Like just being around other athletes and you kind of realize the event's way bigger than just your sport.
04:14Like it's every country has people competing in anything that they specialize in.
04:19Yeah.
04:20It's just cool to kind of be a part of like not just your team, but like the country.
04:24Like you're representing your country.
04:26You want to do well for the people at home.
04:27That was super cool.
04:29That was super cool.
04:29That was so sweet, dude.
04:30I got the same question for you.
04:33Like highlight?
04:34Yeah, yeah.
04:34I did a movie with Robert De Niro and I got to do a bunch of scenes with Robert De
04:38Niro.
04:39Wow.
04:39Which was, I mean like I never thought in a million years that I was going to get to like,
04:43that he would be a scene partner of mine.
04:46Yeah.
04:46You know?
04:46And it actually made me a lot better actor too.
04:48Yeah.
04:49Because like I don't know, maybe you feel this way like playing with veterans on your team.
04:53Obviously he's a real vet.
04:54Yeah.
04:54Yeah.
04:55Watching him and then also kind of like breathing life into scenes with him was like really formative for me.
05:01It like really changed the way I viewed like performing.
05:04And I think it just kind of imbued me with a confidence.
05:07Right.
05:08Just having watched him do his thing and being like I can do that.
05:11I see what he's doing there and like I think I could take that.
05:14But yeah, that was a trip.
05:16That must have been so cool.
05:17It was crazy, dude.
05:18I'm a big fan of his as well.
05:19Yeah.
05:19So that's amazing.
05:20Have you ever had to cry on set?
05:22How do you make yourself cry?
05:24Yes.
05:24I've had to cry on set.
05:26The thing about off campus is that like it gets pretty heavy.
05:28Like we deal with some pretty serious themes.
05:30For me, like I don't have a real good hack beyond like the text.
05:35So like if the script is written emotionally enough, it'll move me.
05:40Yeah, yeah, right.
05:41So like I would prepare that scene the same way I would prepare anything else where it's
05:44like as long as you believe in this imagination that you're playing out, like, you know, those things will come.
05:50But yeah, and some people are better at it than others.
05:52Like, you know, there are some actors on this show who are just like, boom.
05:55Yeah, yeah.
05:56I'm not there.
05:57I'm like, I need to like, I need to believe it, you know?
05:59Yeah.
06:00I've always wondered that because like that just seems like a crazy skill to have.
06:04Dude, it's hard because like you're kind of in a room like this except with like four times as many
06:09people.
06:10And then like, you know, the camera's here and they're like pushing in.
06:13You know what I mean?
06:14Like it's pressure, but you get used to that.
06:16And like the more you're like fortunate enough to be on set, the more of those things kind of fall
06:20away.
06:20And usually it's just like if we had a scene and I had to cry, like it's just you and
06:24me.
06:24It's just like listening to what you're saying and responding to you is enough.
06:29That makes a lot of sense.
06:30And you're a great actor.
06:31Well, thanks, brother.
06:33What did you know about each other before today?
06:35Well, I know that you were drafted first overall, which is pretty fucking sick.
06:40Yeah.
06:41What was that like?
06:42Like draft day getting getting called?
06:45It was probably talk about favorite moments like that was up there.
06:51That's really special.
06:52I thought I was going to be super nervous for it.
06:54I thought I was going to kind of be maybe a little panic just because like you kind of walk
06:58up in front of all those people.
06:59And it's just it's just a real like raw moment for you.
07:02But I think the thing that surprised me most was I was very calm.
07:06Like when I got picked, like hugging my family, obviously appreciating everything that they've done for me walking up there.
07:13Yeah.
07:13Yeah.
07:13I think it was just it was more excitement than anything.
07:16And I was surprised that I wasn't more nervous for it.
07:20Yeah.
07:20That's cool.
07:21Yeah.
07:21Yeah.
07:21Sometimes it goes like that.
07:23Like were you nervous like at all?
07:25Like when you woke up in the morning or like the night before?
07:28Or were you just like good to go?
07:29I was nervous because there was a lot of preparation for it.
07:32Yeah.
07:33Mine was at the Sphere too.
07:34Yeah, yeah.
07:35The Las Vegas Sphere, which was one of the coolest venues ever.
07:38Yeah, yeah.
07:38Just looking out like the whole the big screen and everything.
07:41That's such a true.
07:42It was such a such a big production that.
07:44Yeah.
07:45I think it was it was one of the coolest drafts that they've had.
07:47That's dope, dude.
07:48Yeah.
07:49You're pretty good at hockey.
07:50Thanks, man.
07:51All right.
07:51So like the hype is interesting.
07:54You probably started getting attention probably pretty young though.
07:56Mm-hmm.
07:56So you're kind of by now more used to it.
07:59I think hockey is a little different than other sports in that way where there is a tension around you,
08:04but like some of like the top basketball prospects or football prospects like they're
08:11cameras all over.
08:12Right, right.
08:12And every high school game.
08:14Everything like that.
08:15Different degree, yeah.
08:15Yeah, it's just like a different level.
08:17Yeah.
08:17Where hockey it's it's there's a little bit of that for sure especially with like certain
08:21players like I mean like Conor Bedard like had that where he played up here and there's
08:26national attention around him at all times.
08:29Right, right.
08:29I didn't have that very much but I mean it is I think you just I mean probably exactly
08:34like you.
08:35You just kind of get used to it.
08:36Yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:37I mean people are always talking about you and you have.
08:40Yeah.
08:40You can't really pay attention to it because it's.
08:42Yeah.
08:42I mean there's so many opinions out there that don't matter.
08:44Especially in sports too.
08:46You know like you get people critiquing your game.
08:48Yeah.
08:48And then like you know on and off the ice.
08:50It's kind of the same with us too.
08:51You know it's like being an actor you know everybody has something to say about your performance
08:55or like in whatever you're watching.
08:58But then they also have everything to say about you know what's happening in just personal
09:01life too.
09:02Yeah.
09:02How much do you listen to the noise.
09:04I feel like that's a big thing for especially actors and like just the Hollywood world.
09:10Yeah.
09:10Do you feel like people are too invested in your personal life or do you try to keep that
09:18as private as possible.
09:19Yeah.
09:19Do you have a paparazzi following you around.
09:21Yeah.
09:21There's been some paps around.
09:24That's all new and kind of strange.
09:28Look at like if you're a fan of the show and like the thing that I'm so proud of and
09:32like pour my heart and soul into then like that's fucking awesome.
09:36But you know especially the way our show popped you know like there's a there's another
09:42level to fandom these days especially wish with the internet like and sometimes there's a
09:47real venom kind of to the way people put you under microscopes and the way they you know
09:53are you kind of feel constantly observed.
09:56I've been pretty good with handling that because I'm just kind of naturally able to keep things
10:02at an arm's length and you know a lot of people have really nice things to say and a
10:07lot of people have like mean things to say.
10:08And I've always been a believer that like if something somebody says it's really nice
10:12about you makes you feel really good then they also wield the power for when they say
10:17something mean to make you feel bad.
10:20So I try not to swell in either direction.
10:22Right.
10:23Like it's to me it's just all noise.
10:25And you know when I see people out and they come up and they like say you know I love
10:29the
10:30show and like you know this scene was my favorite and like affected me in this way like that's
10:34always really enjoyable.
10:35Doesn't always go that way.
10:36Some people will just run up with a camera in your face and be like can I get a picture
10:40and I'll be like no hello.
10:42You know.
10:43Yeah.
10:45They kind of see you as like a figure.
10:49Yeah.
10:49Not really like an actual person.
10:51I get it too.
10:52But it's like also I've never like ran up to a celebrity and like asked for a picture.
10:58Yeah.
11:00But you know people love the show.
11:01People get excited.
11:02It's like usually they're really sweet.
11:03Yeah.
11:04What about you like when you're out in the wild like I mean same kind of deal.
11:08Yeah.
11:09I mean.
11:09Yeah.
11:09I mean while you were talking I was kind of relating to everything you were saying.
11:13Obviously maybe not as much as you but it's a different kind of feeling when it's like
11:17kids or you know the people like look up to you and like you're like.
11:21Kind of like a role model like I kind of like get that a lot with with younger kids around
11:25the rink.
11:26Yeah.
11:27Usually every summer I skate at private rink but this summer I've been skating at
11:30Scotchmar which is a very public rink.
11:33And every day there's there's kids around watching the practice.
11:37They want their stuff signed.
11:39I know I do.
11:39And pictures and stuff like that.
11:41And for me that's really cool just because I was that kid hanging around.
11:45Yeah.
11:45My dad worked for the Canucks for four years.
11:47So.
11:48I was around some of the professional players and I know how much it meant to me to just
11:52be around them and see how they trained and skated and tried to learn from them.
11:57So sweet.
11:58And how much it meant to me when they took the time to just even just say hi and take
12:03a picture.
12:04Yeah.
12:04Yeah.
12:05That's something that I feel like I'll never really get sick of.
12:09Totally.
12:09That's super cool for me.
12:10But there are some incidents.
12:11Yeah.
12:12It's a little weird.
12:13When we're there and like you see a team of kids up against a glass you're like oh
12:18something exciting is happening.
12:19Yeah.
12:20Yeah.
12:20I'll join them and be like.
12:23Alright.
12:24Have you ever searched your own name?
12:25I have.
12:26Yeah.
12:26I mean.
12:27Right.
12:28Just see what's going on.
12:31I can't say I do it very much but.
12:33Yeah.
12:34I have.
12:35Yeah.
12:35I have done it before.
12:36You can check the temperature you know.
12:37Yeah.
12:37Good or bad.
12:38Right.
12:40I've done it before too.
12:41I did it.
12:41I think like.
12:44Right when we started to do press for this show and you know the noise kind of started
12:48up.
12:48I did it.
12:50And it was mostly good.
12:51And some bad.
12:53And then I haven't done it since.
12:54Yeah.
12:55Because.
12:56I'm really protective of you know.
12:58Making sure that.
12:59The choices I make and the things that I do.
13:01People I surround myself with.
13:02Are things that serve me.
13:03That type of thing doesn't always accomplish that task.
13:05Do you feel like even.
13:08Um.
13:09Inadvertently like.
13:10Seeing stuff about you like.
13:12Do you feel like you're really good at.
13:14Kinda.
13:15Just really like forgetting about.
13:17That opinion.
13:18Yeah.
13:19I think so.
13:19Yeah.
13:20Either way like good or bad.
13:21Yeah.
13:21Yeah.
13:22Yeah.
13:22Yeah.
13:22I mean like.
13:23I've always been a person who.
13:25I stay really present.
13:27And I control what I can control.
13:29Um.
13:29That's like a really important like.
13:31Core personality tenet for me.
13:32Is like control what you can control.
13:34Anything outside of that.
13:35Is like.
13:36You.
13:36It's easier to reconcile.
13:37Because it's not.
13:38Something.
13:39You know.
13:39I can have an impact on.
13:41Um.
13:42So that's kind of.
13:42I've always kind of lived my life that way.
13:44And I think it prepared me pretty well.
13:45For.
13:46The situation.
13:47That.
13:47I'm in now.
13:48Right.
13:49So you signed a new contract lately.
13:50I did.
13:51Yeah.
13:51What's that all about.
13:52What was that for.
13:54Five years.
13:55Eighteen point eight a year.
13:57Ninety four total.
13:58Congratulations.
13:59Thank you very much.
13:59That's really sweet dude.
14:00Thanks a lot.
14:00You deserve it.
14:01It kind of still feels weird like.
14:03Yeah.
14:04Because that's not really.
14:05Why I'm playing or anything like that.
14:07Yeah.
14:07And.
14:08It was a long negotiation.
14:09And trying to just.
14:11Figure out what worked best for.
14:13Obviously our young core.
14:14And how.
14:15Special our group is.
14:16And making sure everyone.
14:18Gets paid.
14:18Yeah.
14:19Where the cap.
14:20Is going.
14:20So.
14:21Kind of figuring out what.
14:22What makes the most sense.
14:23And we landed on that.
14:23Yeah.
14:24Has your spending gone up?
14:25No.
14:26No.
14:26Me neither.
14:31You still got time.
14:32Yeah.
14:32I got a lot of time.
14:35What's like the first big thing.
14:36You want to buy.
14:37Do you know.
14:38Um.
14:40Boat.
14:40House.
14:41Yeah.
14:41Probably a house.
14:42Houseboat.
14:44Houseboat.
14:44Houseboat would be great.
14:46That'd be awesome.
14:48No.
14:48Probably.
14:49Yeah.
14:49Probably a house.
14:50Yeah.
14:50I mean like.
14:50I don't really.
14:52Need anything.
14:53Yeah.
14:53I'm there too.
14:54Honestly.
14:55I still wear.
14:55I still have the same closet clothes.
14:57I probably will still have that.
14:58Same wardrobe for a long time.
15:00I'm right there with you.
15:01I drive my Honda that I bought.
15:02You know.
15:03The first car I bought.
15:03I'll drive that puppy until the wheels fall off.
15:06Um.
15:06Having opportunities.
15:08To.
15:09You know.
15:09Make a good living doing what I love doing.
15:13Uh.
15:13Will.
15:13I'll never take that for granted.
15:15Mm-hmm.
15:15Did you get.
15:16A bump.
15:17From season one to season two.
15:19There's like a.
15:20Yeah.
15:20When you like sign a.
15:21X amount of years.
15:22Mm-hmm.
15:23For a TV show.
15:24There's like a little.
15:24There's one baked in there.
15:25Does that kind of money add pressure?
15:27Is it just kind of another thing?
15:29Like you probably feel.
15:30Pressure anyway.
15:31Mm-hmm.
15:31I mean I think it's cliche but.
15:33I think I have.
15:34Like I have expectations for myself.
15:35Yeah.
15:36With the way I prepare and.
15:38How much confidence and belief I have in myself.
15:40Like.
15:40I mean I want to do as good as anyone else wants me to do.
15:43So.
15:44I think I.
15:45Already put that pressure on myself to perform.
15:48Yeah.
15:48And play it.
15:49The.
15:50The best I can.
15:51Yep.
15:51So I don't think like even.
15:53Those expectations coming into the league.
15:56Um.
15:56First overall pick like just.
15:58All the attention surrounding that and.
16:00Yeah.
16:01I mean obviously going into last year with higher expectations on our team.
16:05And then going into this year with.
16:06Higher expectations on our team.
16:08I think it's just going to keep building but.
16:11I mean.
16:12It doesn't really change what we do on the ice.
16:14Of course.
16:14Like it's not going to change my thought process when I get on the ice.
16:17Yeah.
16:17Yeah.
16:18My decision of what I'm going to do.
16:20Yeah.
16:20Like I think that's all.
16:21That's all a feel thing and.
16:22And something that like.
16:23No matter what else is going on like.
16:25I'm never going to change what I do just because.
16:28Yeah.
16:29Of the outside circumstances.
16:31Because that doesn't affect the game.
16:32Yeah.
16:32You're on the cover of the new Joe.
16:34Yeah.
16:34Yeah.
16:35That's.
16:36Dude.
16:36That is so so sick.
16:38Oh my God.
16:39Dude.
16:40No way.
16:40Because Caleb Williams is on the cover of.
16:42Yeah.
16:42Yeah.
16:43He's the new Madden character.
16:44Man.
16:45It's like.
16:46I'm going to have to be the cover of something.
16:48Yeah.
16:49I'm a magazine bro.
16:52Did you grow up playing a ton of Joe?
16:53Yeah.
16:54Yeah.
16:54With my buddies and my brother and stuff.
16:56Yeah.
16:56Yeah.
16:56Do you still play?
16:58I do.
16:58I do.
16:59It's fun to just like.
17:00If you're tired.
17:01Just like.
17:01Yeah.
17:02Like your buddies.
17:03So like when I.
17:04Was doing press for the.
17:05When the show came out this year.
17:07I threw the first pitch out at a White Sox game.
17:09Oh no way.
17:10And I'm a die hard White Sox fan.
17:12Family's from the south side of Chicago.
17:13That's my fucking baseball team.
17:14Yeah.
17:15Yeah.
17:15That moment was like.
17:17It surprised me how special that was to me.
17:19Um.
17:20Like I had done a lot of really cool things in this month.
17:23That we were promoting this show.
17:24Um.
17:25But that one.
17:26I think maybe because it was close to home.
17:27And it was like really sentimental.
17:29Was just really special to me.
17:31You know.
17:31It may seem silly.
17:33Like you know.
17:34Being on the cover of a video game.
17:35Isn't like.
17:37It.
17:37It's not you know.
17:38Winning the Stanley Cup.
17:39But it's like.
17:39You grew up playing Chell.
17:41Like.
17:41That must feel pretty cool.
17:43Yeah.
17:43No.
17:44That.
17:44Yeah.
17:44I mean it's very.
17:46Like honestly.
17:46It's very similar.
17:47Just cause it's like.
17:48It's something that you've.
17:50Just been around your.
17:51Yeah.
17:51Your whole life.
17:52And then you get to do it.
17:53Yeah.
17:54I've.
17:54I've wanted to throw the first pitch at a baseball game.
17:56That seems so cool.
17:57Definitely can.
17:58Dude.
17:58How was it?
17:59Come do it for the White Sox.
18:00Was it a strike?
18:01Uh.
18:01Yeah.
18:01I played it safe.
18:02Yeah.
18:03I got it over the plate.
18:04Nice.
18:05But then I think it bounced into the.
18:06I hadn't thrown a baseball in a long time.
18:08Yeah.
18:08Yeah.
18:08I wanted to whip one but.
18:09Then I found out later when I went to play catch.
18:11Like a couple weeks later that I'm glad I didn't.
18:13Because I didn't.
18:14Yeah.
18:16But it was totally acceptable.
18:18Yeah.
18:18Yeah.
18:19It was inaccessible first pitch.
18:20That's unreal.
18:21What is something people constantly assume about you that is completely wrong?
18:24I think hockey players in general.
18:26Have a.
18:27Bad.
18:28Rap.
18:29Of not having much personality.
18:31Yeah.
18:32I think.
18:33It just kind of with.
18:34What the culture has always been with hockey.
18:36Yeah.
18:37But I mean.
18:38If you meet.
18:39Some of the guys that play in the NHL.
18:41It's some of the best people you ever meet.
18:43Yeah.
18:43I bet.
18:43I mean obviously when the cameras are off.
18:45And like you're just.
18:46Yeah.
18:46Shooting it with them.
18:47Like.
18:47Just some of the best guys.
18:49To just hang out with.
18:51I feel like that really doesn't get portrayed very well.
18:54Uh huh.
18:54On camera.
18:55People don't really see it.
18:57There's something about like the.
18:58The.
18:59Like the locker room interviews.
19:01Uh huh.
19:01In hockey.
19:02Are very like.
19:04Serious.
19:04Pretty fucking serious.
19:06Yeah.
19:06I think that's maybe like.
19:07Kind of where it comes from.
19:08Yeah.
19:09But like you know.
19:09We have tons of doubles.
19:11We've grown up playing hockey their whole lives.
19:13And they're a bunch of goofballs.
19:14I mean.
19:14Everybody is so much fun.
19:16Yeah.
19:16And those days are really great.
19:18Cause we get to.
19:18I mean.
19:19Dude.
19:19We're in our skates for.
19:21Like 14 hours.
19:22Like without taking them off.
19:23Oh.
19:24Which is absolutely brutal.
19:25How hard is that on your feet?
19:26It hurts so bad.
19:27Dude.
19:27It hurts so bad.
19:29Like under.
19:30No other circumstance.
19:31Would you ever leave your boots on for that long.
19:33No.
19:33But like.
19:34There's no point in taking them off.
19:35You have to put them right back on.
19:36And go out and shoot.
19:37Yeah.
19:37So that sucks.
19:38But like hanging out with the guys.
19:40That play all like the rest of the team.
19:42And the opposing team.
19:43In the show.
19:44Is so much fun.
19:45Yeah.
19:45And like.
19:46So like for us.
19:47Like.
19:47Just getting to hang out with them.
19:49Is helpful for us as performers.
19:51Like guys playing.
19:52Hockey players.
19:53Because that banter.
19:54That like.
19:55That friendship.
19:55That brotherhood.
19:56Is so important to.
19:57Like the.
19:58Heartbeat of our show.
19:59So it's nice to actually be.
20:01Literally surrounded by.
20:02Guys who play.
20:02Put the L class on first.
20:04That's crazy.
20:05Yeah.
20:05It's really weird.
20:06Yeah.
20:07You don't do that.
20:07Yeah.
20:09Are you guys rising?
20:11No.
20:12You put the shoulder pads on.
20:14Then you put the elbow pads on.
20:15And then you put the jersey on.
20:16That's not how I would do it.
20:17If I was a slow hockey player.
20:19That's the best.
20:21Do you think there's.
20:22That locker room kind of feel.
20:24Just even with like.
20:25Even the crew members.
20:27And like.
20:27Yeah.
20:27All the people that you.
20:28Yeah.
20:29Interact with.
20:29Yeah.
20:30There really is.
20:30Like most.
20:31If not all of our crew skates.
20:33You know.
20:34They're from Vancouver.
20:35They spend time here.
20:36Canadian.
20:37Or they just play hockey.
20:39But like.
20:40Everybody's on skates.
20:41A lot of them are better than me.
20:42And it's.
20:44There's a real.
20:45A lot of pressure.
20:46When we get to the rink.
20:48To shoot.
20:48It's so much fun.
20:49And then like.
20:49We have a locker room.
20:50You know.
20:51It's like.
20:51Me and.
20:52Steven and Jalen.
20:53And Antonio.
20:53Like we all get dressed all together.
20:55You know.
20:55Yeah.
20:55We're talking shit the entire time.
20:57Yeah.
20:57It's really really fun.
20:58Yeah.
20:58I think you would approve actually.
21:00Yeah.
21:01Because Vinny.
21:01Said it to me before too.
21:02He's like.
21:03This is just like being.
21:04At work.
21:05I want to ask you about the Olympics dude.
21:07I mean like.
21:07You've probably suffered.
21:08You know.
21:08Like you're a competitor.
21:09You've been competing for a long time.
21:11Yeah.
21:11Like have you.
21:11You've lost other big games obviously.
21:13Like what is that.
21:14How do you.
21:15How do you deal.
21:16That was like.
21:18Obviously just because of the.
21:21Magnitude of the game.
21:22Like.
21:22Yeah.
21:22USA Canada.
21:23That rivalry.
21:24And then.
21:24The history that went into it.
21:26I don't know if you saw like.
21:27The Four Nations.
21:27The year before.
21:28Like.
21:28Yeah.
21:29I mean.
21:29Being on the ice.
21:30Like stepping onto warm ups.
21:31For that game.
21:34Because I was hyping it up.
21:35In my head so much.
21:36I think I went out there.
21:37And I was.
21:39You kind of realize.
21:40You're like.
21:40Okay.
21:40It's just another game.
21:41You're just playing.
21:42But.
21:42Yeah.
21:43Kind of ties into like.
21:44How do you deal with like.
21:45Failure and stuff.
21:46Yeah.
21:46I had a lot of chances in that game.
21:48I had a breakaway.
21:49I had a couple chances.
21:55Unbelievable.
21:55But.
21:56That kind of stuff.
21:58It.
21:59It.
22:00I have a very short memory.
22:01I think it's just because like.
22:04I'm not really thinking about anything.
22:06Except for like.
22:07Kind of what I'm doing.
22:07Yeah.
22:08I forget to text people back.
22:09I forget.
22:10Like.
22:10I just forget.
22:11Just because like.
22:11I'm kind of.
22:12I just.
22:13The way I am.
22:14Like.
22:14I don't really.
22:16Think about stuff.
22:17Other than like.
22:18What I'm doing.
22:18And.
22:19Yeah.
22:19That's just kind of the way I am.
22:21Yeah.
22:21So like.
22:21I honestly like.
22:23I haven't watched the game back.
22:24I haven't really.
22:26I've thought about it a lot.
22:27But.
22:28Yeah.
22:28I kind of just forget.
22:30Like quickly.
22:31Yeah.
22:32And I think.
22:33I can't really let it.
22:34Eat.
22:34Eat at me.
22:35Just because.
22:36But I.
22:36It's also.
22:37Like learning.
22:38Cause.
22:39I mean.
22:39In two years.
22:40We have the world cup of hockey.
22:41Yeah.
22:41In the Olympics.
22:43I was going to say like.
22:44You're young.
22:44Like.
22:44Is there a part of you.
22:45That's like.
22:45Maybe someday I'll be glad for that loss.
22:48Because of all the things that like.
22:49I'm going to go.
22:50Accomplish.
22:50In spite of it.
22:51You know.
22:52Like.
22:53Not letting it.
22:54Get to you.
22:55Bog you down.
22:56Right.
22:56But using it as fuel.
22:57Is that.
22:57Is that.
22:57One of the ways.
22:58That's.
22:59That's the way.
22:59A lot of people have.
23:01Brought it to me.
23:02Like.
23:02Use it as fuel.
23:03Right.
23:03Right.
23:04But I think like.
23:06You may never get that opportunity again.
23:08Sure.
23:08Like.
23:08Obviously.
23:09You never know what's going to happen.
23:10And I.
23:11I think about it all the time.
23:13I wish there was a better outcome.
23:14But.
23:15Yeah.
23:15I think.
23:16To your point.
23:17I think.
23:17There was a reason for.
23:18For.
23:20I'm a big believer in that.
23:21Yeah.
23:21Like.
23:21There's a reason that.
23:22To everything that happens.
23:24Yeah.
23:24I think there was some.
23:25Some stuff to learn from that.
23:26That's cool man.
23:27Well you guys had a fucking phenomenal run.
23:29Yeah.
23:29It was fun.
23:30Yeah.
23:30A lot of fun.
23:31You'll be back I'm sure.
23:32I hope so.
23:33When was the first inkling.
23:34Where you're like.
23:35Oh shit.
23:35Like.
23:36I could.
23:37I could get drafted.
23:38And I could compete.
23:39In the NHL.
23:40Like.
23:40When did you first feel like.
23:41Oh this is a real opportunity for me.
23:43Obviously I thought about it.
23:44I watched NHL games.
23:45Yep.
23:45And dreamed of.
23:46Playing in the league.
23:48Achieving that goal.
23:49But.
23:50I think.
23:51Up until.
23:52Probably.
23:53Junior.
23:53Which I was.
23:5516.
23:56So two years.
23:56Back from my draft year.
23:57Yep.
23:58I think that was the first time.
23:59I started thinking about.
24:00Like man.
24:00Like I could actually.
24:01Like play in the NHL.
24:03And I feel like.
24:03Yeah.
24:04I'm getting to a level.
24:05Where I'm.
24:05I'm confident in myself.
24:07And.
24:08And what I'm doing.
24:09And.
24:10I think that.
24:10That was really the first time.
24:12Where I kind of sat back.
24:13And I was like.
24:14That this is very possible.
24:15Like.
24:16Yeah.
24:17Hockey's.
24:17Like.
24:18It gets so serious.
24:19So young.
24:20Yeah.
24:20You know.
24:21It's like.
24:21The competition is so stiff.
24:23Like.
24:23In your teens.
24:24Yeah.
24:25That like.
24:25How old were you when you got drafted?
24:27I was 18.
24:27Yeah.
24:28I was 18.
24:28Yeah.
24:29I turned 18.
24:31On June 13th.
24:32And then.
24:33The draft was June 30th.
24:35So I was.
24:35I just turned 18.
24:36That's such a trip.
24:37Yeah.
24:38Which is crazy.
24:38Because then I played my first NHL game.
24:41Three months later.
24:42Two and a half months later.
24:44Wow.
24:44I mean.
24:44It was.
24:45That summer was.
24:46Insane.
24:46Like just.
24:47Yeah.
24:47It moved so fast.
24:48I bet.
24:49I bet.
24:49When did you know you could do it professionally?
24:51So.
24:52For me.
24:53I feel like for sports.
24:54It's a little bit easier.
24:55Just because.
24:56You kind of see all the guys you're playing against.
24:58And you kind of.
24:59There's rankings.
25:00And stuff like that.
25:01Yeah.
25:01For you as an actor.
25:02How did that process kind of go?
25:04Like just.
25:05From the TV shows you were on.
25:06And the auditions.
25:07Like.
25:07Yeah.
25:08When did you think that like.
25:09You could.
25:09Like full honesty.
25:11I.
25:12Thought I could do this professionally.
25:13Before I'd ever acted before.
25:15Wow.
25:15When I was a.
25:16Student.
25:17In college.
25:18I was studying business.
25:19And then.
25:20When I.
25:21Realized that's not what I wanted.
25:22And I thought about like.
25:23What would I do for work.
25:24If I could do anything.
25:25Um.
25:26And I arrived.
25:27Very quickly at.
25:29The dream of being a filmmaker.
25:30I hadn't.
25:31Done it before.
25:32But I was like.
25:32I could figure that out.
25:33I didn't.
25:34Know for certain.
25:35That I would have.
25:36Success.
25:36And I imagined it would take.
25:38Quite some time.
25:38Um.
25:39But I always believed.
25:40That like.
25:41I could sort it out.
25:42That's kind of like.
25:43The belief I had.
25:44But then like.
25:45The first time I felt like.
25:46A professional actor.
25:47Was.
25:47Way after that.
25:49I had done a lot of jobs.
25:50And when you start out.
25:51You know.
25:51And I had never trained.
25:52I didn't grow up doing theater.
25:54So.
25:54You know.
25:55Every job I got.
25:55I was like.
25:56Oh man.
25:56Like.
25:57At some point.
25:57They're gonna realize that.
25:58Like.
25:58I don't know what I'm doing.
25:59You know.
26:00But I like.
26:00Kept auditioning.
26:01You keep.
26:02You say no.
26:03You hear no.
26:03You hear no.
26:04And then you get something.
26:05And I've used all my jobs.
26:06And all those auditions.
26:07To like.
26:08Build my process.
26:09And like.
26:10Reaffirm that belief.
26:11In myself.
26:12But the first time.
26:13I was like.
26:13Oh shit.
26:14Okay.
26:14I kind of feel like.
26:15A professional actor now.
26:16Was.
26:17When I shot.
26:18A horror film.
26:19In Budapest.
26:20Oh wow.
26:21It was a movie called.
26:22Until Dawn.
26:22Which was like.
26:23Based on a video game.
26:24Okay.
26:24When I got off the plane.
26:26And like.
26:27A driver from production.
26:28Was there in a van.
26:29And he handed me like.
26:30A manila folder.
26:31With a script in it.
26:32And I was like.
26:33In Europe.
26:34About to shoot a movie.
26:35Like abroad.
26:35For the first time.
26:36I was like.
26:37Oh this.
26:37Feels like.
26:38I'm living the dream.
26:40Right now.
26:40That's really cool.
26:41It was cool.
26:42Yeah.
26:42And still.
26:43You know.
26:43Like.
26:44There's always.
26:45Like.
26:45I'm sure.
26:45Same as you.
26:46But like.
26:46I always feel like.
26:47There's so much.
26:48To learn.
26:49And I have.
26:49So much.
26:50To grow into.
26:51What.
26:52Part of your game.
26:52Are you.
26:53Most focused on.
26:54Getting better.
26:54And growing.
26:55Over your off season.
26:56This year.
26:56So last year.
26:57With the Olympics.
26:58And all that stuff.
26:59We played a lot of games.
27:00Pretty much.
27:01Every other night.
27:02And back to backs.
27:04And travel.
27:05And all that stuff.
27:05It's.
27:06Like.
27:06I.
27:07It was the first year.
27:08Where.
27:08I played way more games.
27:10Than I practiced.
27:11Like.
27:11I didn't really.
27:12Especially the second half.
27:14Of the year.
27:14Like.
27:14I didn't really skate.
27:16Unless it was a game.
27:18Which is.
27:18The weirdest thing ever.
27:19Like.
27:20I'd get off the ice.
27:21And then I wouldn't touch the ice.
27:22Until warm ups.
27:23Of the game.
27:24Like.
27:24The next game.
27:25Which is.
27:25Holy shit.
27:26It was really weird for me.
27:28But.
27:28It was just energy.
27:29Like.
27:29You just don't have enough energy.
27:30To kind of.
27:31Right.
27:32Even just like.
27:33Get dressed.
27:33And like.
27:34Get out there.
27:34It just.
27:35It's a lot.
27:35It takes a lot.
27:36So like.
27:37Especially after the Olympics.
27:38Like.
27:38That kind of.
27:39Drained you a little bit.
27:40So like.
27:40I just feel like.
27:42I got caught.
27:43Especially with how many games.
27:44I played.
27:45It was.
27:45It was tough.
27:46To kind of feel fresh.
27:47Every night.
27:48Yeah.
27:48Kind of balancing.
27:49Like.
27:50Some of that.
27:50Like.
27:50Conditioning.
27:51And all that stuff.
27:52With.
27:53Speed work.
27:53And like.
27:54Trying to get faster.
27:55Yeah.
27:55Have a little bit more pop.
27:56I think that's.
27:57For me.
27:57Your shoot days are like.
27:5914 hours.
27:59Yeah.
28:00Which.
28:00I mean.
28:01That's a real long day.
28:02Like.
28:03Walk me through.
28:04A day on set.
28:04Okay.
28:05So I wake up.
28:05What time.
28:06Would you usually.
28:07If it's a long day.
28:08What time would you wake up?
28:09Well so.
28:10The way it works is like.
28:10On Mondays.
28:11We start.
28:12Super fucking early.
28:13And then you do a full.
28:14Twelve and a half hour.
28:16But like.
28:16It's like.
28:16Not including travel.
28:17And hair and makeup.
28:18So.
28:19Whatever time you get done.
28:20On Monday.
28:20Usually pushes the start.
28:22For Tuesday.
28:23And then Tuesday.
28:24If it goes a little over.
28:24That pushes.
28:25So.
28:25Mondays are usually.
28:26Super early in the morning.
28:27And then Fridays.
28:28You're going to work.
28:29Around noon or one.
28:30Okay.
28:30But you're shooting.
28:31Until the middle of the night.
28:32Right.
28:32So every day.
28:33Is kind of different.
28:34Whatever it is.
28:35I'm waking up.
28:35About ten minutes.
28:36Before I need to be in the van.
28:37I wake up.
28:38I brush my teeth.
28:39I like.
28:39Dunk my head under the sink.
28:40Just to get my hair wet.
28:41And then.
28:42I get out the door.
28:43And my hair and makeup team.
28:44Is here.
28:44And they're like.
28:45Yeah.
28:45That's exactly what it is.
28:47And then like.
28:48I'll work all day.
28:55And then I go to sleep.
28:56And it's like.
28:57Back in the van.
28:58Yeah.
28:58When I get to work.
28:59It's so nice.
29:00Like.
29:01We have.
29:01Such.
29:02Great teams.
29:04And everybody's like.
29:05It's really like.
29:05Family there.
29:06So.
29:07When you get to work.
29:07It's like.
29:08Always.
29:08Like.
29:08Exciting to see everybody.
29:10Even though you literally.
29:11Just saw them.
29:11Like.
29:11One wink of sleep ago.
29:13But you know.
29:13We got music playing in the trailer.
29:15Like.
29:16You know.
29:16Leah.
29:17My makeup artist.
29:18Will always make me a coffee in the morning.
29:19Which is so sweet.
29:20She'll make me my iced coffee.
29:22And like.
29:22We'll all put our little eye patches on.
29:24And like.
29:25Tell stories.
29:25Or just like.
29:26Sit there and listen to music.
29:27Like.
29:27Vibes are always so good to start the day.
29:29And then we get into it.
29:30And you know.
29:31You start shooting.
29:31And then you shoot.
29:32All day long.
29:35And we get into it.
29:37Yeah.
29:37And it was funny.
29:38Like.
29:38When we watched season one.
29:39For the first time.
29:40And it's like.
29:41Damn.
29:41That took us five months to shoot.
29:43And just like.
29:44Half a day to watch.
29:45Yeah.
29:45Yeah.
29:45Yeah.
29:47So a lot goes into it.
29:48But like.
29:49It's.
29:49It's a blast.
29:50Mm-hmm.
29:50And.
29:51When you work on TV.
29:52You work with different directors.
29:54so we do eight episodes and you'll end up working with four different directors they'll each do two
29:59okay like i want to direct someday so it's really interesting to learn from uh different examples
30:05right people direct in different ways people run a set differently they interact with actors
30:10differently um so it's a gift on television to work with different directors in the same season
30:15um that's really cool i'm always like absorbing as much as i can walk me through game day yeah i
30:23think just like talking about like how long your days are i think being an athlete's pretty easy
30:28it sounds nice it might be the best job in the world yeah but nobody's like you know knocking
30:33me off my feet and hitting me full speed that's true for like a couple hours yeah you could get
30:38hurt but but i mean our our game days are nice like wake up probably like eight o'clock get
30:46to the rink
30:46if it's a home game we have meeting in the morning at the rink our practice rink we go there
30:51kind of
30:52eat breakfast everyone's kind of just hanging out cool shooting it and then the we have a pre-game
30:58skate sometimes it's optional sometimes we don't sometimes we do it kind of depends on our schedule
31:04how many games we've had yeah how these guys are feeling um so puck drop at seven i get to
31:10the rink
31:10at like four 3 45 which is like way earlier than ever like that's not normal but like okay for
31:17me
31:18i i like just like chilling like i just like hang out like i i get there so it's nice
31:25being on the west
31:25coast because we have a bunch of tvs in our lounge and we just throw on like football games um
31:31basketball
31:32games other other games that are starting earlier at four so i get there like 3 45 change toss some
31:38music
31:38on and i'm like there and it's like our staff so i'm just like chilling like that's so nice
31:43eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich like watching some tv and um i tape my sticks and all
31:48that stuff yeah just kind of i just move slow like i just i need to i hate being rushed
31:53especially on
31:54a game day like i like just kind of like taking my time with everything so i just get there
31:58early
31:58and yeah i take forever to get my gear on yeah because i don't i don't i like to do
32:02it quick
32:02you think you'd be good at it acting yeah i don't know i don't think so well you said i
32:07mean you're
32:08almost in our show you said i did i did okay so can you tell me why the shoot time
32:13was like it was
32:14like midnight till like 3 a.m yeah so would that be on a saturday or what it would yeah
32:18it would
32:19probably be at the end of the week okay if we're shooting outside exteriors for night like you can't
32:25start the day until the sun goes down that's true and then you you'll want to be rolling camera for
32:29as
32:29much of the time that the sun is gone as you possibly can so it's like we get whatever here
32:34not even that long in vancouver for how long the nights last yeah so it's like you got nine hours
32:39to get all these night things you gotta bang them out yeah so yeah sometimes shoots don't start until
32:43the sun goes down yeah is that what they wanted you for that's what they wanted you for and you
32:47were
32:47like hell no i want to sleep i was like well i i don't think it worked but i was
32:51also like that's an
32:53absurd time to film yeah there is no absurd time to film you could be filming at any given
32:59yeah no i think i mean from the little acting i've done yeah it's been a challenge for me but
33:06you've done some did you do like theaters again or anything no no no so i like i'm not really
33:10used to it at all me neither honestly it's actually it's pretty crazy you picked it up
33:17yeah well you know i learned how to skate too so yeah i mean kind of a quick learner yeah
33:22you'll have
33:22to see me on the ice at some point you'll be like all right yeah well maybe i'll be there
33:26when you
33:27skate with barbershop that would be honestly be great yeah i'd probably have a thousand questions
33:31for you if i can make it out to san jose i'll come see you at home but more likely
33:34i'll probably see
33:35you when you're on the road somewhere yeah let's do it yeah in new york or in chicago when you're
33:38playing
33:38maybe in anaheim or something 100 good shit dude that'd be unreal dude this was great man yeah great to
33:45meet you really good chat you too dude
33:49so
34:16so
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