Today on The Demia Avery Show, we’re sitting down with a young star whose face you’ve definitely seen — Blake Cameron James.
In this exclusive interview, we talk about his powerful impact as a lead in the film "We Grown Now," sharing the screen with industry legends Jurnee Smollett and S. Epatha Merkerson.
Right now, he has turned heads as Will Hanlon in the hit HBO series "IT: Welcome to Derry" — part of the iconic Stephen King universe directed by Andy Muschietti. Blake joins us with his parents, Cameron and Tuesday James, to discuss fame, family, big roles, and what’s really happening behind the scenes of the show.
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00:00:00 --> 00:00:04 I have a very special guest on on today.
00:00:04 --> 00:00:07 Him and his father. I'm so excited.
00:00:07 --> 00:00:08 Y'all know I'm gonna have to look at my
00:00:08 --> 00:00:11 notes so I don't mess this up. I have a
00:00:11 --> 00:00:13 intro and I got to I believe in giving
00:00:13 --> 00:00:15 people flowers. So, I'm going to make
00:00:15 --> 00:00:17 sure that I get everything I possibly
00:00:17 --> 00:00:20 can in here. So, today we're sitting
00:00:20 --> 00:00:23 down with a young star whose face you've
00:00:23 --> 00:00:25 definitely seen, whose name you're going
00:00:25 --> 00:00:27 to hear a lot more of. He made a
00:00:27 --> 00:00:29 powerful impact as leading the film we
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00:00:32 --> 00:00:35 industry legends Journey Smlette and S
00:00:36 --> 00:00:39 and Path of Merkusen. Now right now he
00:00:39 --> 00:00:42 is turning heads as Will Hanland in the
00:00:42 --> 00:00:45 hit HBO series It Welcome to Dair part
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00:00:50 --> 00:00:53 Now, I've known him since he was much
00:00:53 --> 00:00:55 younger through the Avery Agency where
00:00:55 --> 00:00:57 he's represented by my partner and
00:00:57 --> 00:01:00 sister, Jar Avery. Hey girl. He's here
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00:01:09 --> 00:01:12 And we're talking fame, family, big
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00:01:15 --> 00:01:19 it. Please welcome Blake Cameron James.
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00:01:46 --> 00:01:49 That was far. Nice.
00:01:49 --> 00:01:50 I'm glad you like it. Did I do good?
00:01:50 --> 00:01:52 >> No. Feels [laughter] great. Great
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00:01:53 --> 00:01:56 >> Awesome. Awesome. So, look, before we
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00:02:08 --> 00:02:12 Now again, like I said, I've known Blake
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00:02:15 --> 00:02:17 the Avery Agency and now the world is
00:02:17 --> 00:02:20 seeing him in major projects now as a
00:02:20 --> 00:02:23 family. What does that what does all
00:02:23 --> 00:02:25 this mean to you guys? What does it feel
00:02:25 --> 00:02:26 like for you guys right now?
00:02:26 --> 00:02:29 >> You know, like for for us, like we kind
00:02:29 --> 00:02:31 of just take it one day at a time. It's
00:02:31 --> 00:02:34 like it's it's kind of hard to do. Um it
00:02:34 --> 00:02:38 is surreal in a sense because he's just
00:02:38 --> 00:02:40 our son and
00:02:40 --> 00:02:43 >> um but we know things have changed you
00:02:43 --> 00:02:47 know we get out we see the people and
00:02:47 --> 00:02:50 >> they see him it's different now you know
00:02:50 --> 00:02:51 so um
00:02:51 --> 00:02:53 >> we're still getting used to that part of
00:02:53 --> 00:02:57 it. Um but for us it's it's it's
00:02:57 --> 00:02:59 humbling, you know. It's humbling and
00:02:59 --> 00:03:03 >> um to watch to watch him grow and and
00:03:04 --> 00:03:07 morph into you know this actor, you
00:03:07 --> 00:03:10 know, that people
00:03:10 --> 00:03:13 >> are growing to love. And so for us it's
00:03:13 --> 00:03:15 real humbling, man. We we enjoy it.
00:03:15 --> 00:03:17 >> Yeah. What do you feel? How are you
00:03:17 --> 00:03:17 feeling, Blake?
00:03:18 --> 00:03:21 >> It's really crazy to be honest. Like
00:03:21 --> 00:03:24 I don't know. you just I grew up looking
00:03:24 --> 00:03:27 up to like a lot of people um and so
00:03:27 --> 00:03:29 certain things like when it comes to
00:03:30 --> 00:03:31 this like really like kind of meant a
00:03:31 --> 00:03:33 lot to me and it's like surreal to
00:03:33 --> 00:03:35 actually achieve like for a long time
00:03:35 --> 00:03:36 like
00:03:36 --> 00:03:39 >> when I was younger on TikTok I used to
00:03:39 --> 00:03:41 just like follow people just cuz they
00:03:41 --> 00:03:42 were verified cuz I feel like they
00:03:42 --> 00:03:44 deserved it like if I saw somebody was
00:03:44 --> 00:03:46 verified I used to follow them like they
00:03:46 --> 00:03:48 definitely don't even notice but then
00:03:48 --> 00:03:50 like I don't know I got verified on
00:03:50 --> 00:03:51 Instagram and it was just like it was
00:03:51 --> 00:03:53 like dang. It was like really surreal. I
00:03:53 --> 00:03:55 was like, like God's blessed me so much.
00:03:55 --> 00:03:57 So, I don't know. It's all It's all
00:03:57 --> 00:04:00 really really crazy to see firsthand and
00:04:00 --> 00:04:01 you know, I'm just getting started. I'm
00:04:01 --> 00:04:02 excited to show the world what I have to
00:04:02 --> 00:04:04 offer when it comes to this.
00:04:04 --> 00:04:06 >> I understand that. Now, take me back,
00:04:06 --> 00:04:09 Blake. When you got the call that you're
00:04:09 --> 00:04:12 going to be uh playing Will Hanland in
00:04:12 --> 00:04:14 it, where were you or what was going
00:04:14 --> 00:04:16 through your mind when you got that
00:04:16 --> 00:04:20 call? What you want to do this one?
00:04:20 --> 00:04:23 >> Well, he he vaguely remembers this.
00:04:23 --> 00:04:26 That's why he's got me answering this.
00:04:26 --> 00:04:29 >> But I remember it because
00:04:29 --> 00:04:31 me and my wife were trying to figure out
00:04:31 --> 00:04:33 how we're going to approach this.
00:04:33 --> 00:04:38 >> Um because Pennywise was his literally
00:04:38 --> 00:04:41 his biggest fear in real life.
00:04:41 --> 00:04:42 >> You know, his brother did to him his
00:04:42 --> 00:04:43 brother did something to him when he was
00:04:44 --> 00:04:45 younger and that's a whole another
00:04:45 --> 00:04:46 story.
00:04:46 --> 00:04:47 >> Okay. Okay.
00:04:47 --> 00:04:49 >> So, he's been traumatized ever since by
00:04:49 --> 00:04:52 Pennywise. So, we were trying to develop
00:04:52 --> 00:04:55 the right approach um to come at him and
00:04:55 --> 00:04:57 let him know he got this role, you know.
00:04:57 --> 00:04:59 So, I remember we were in the car and
00:04:59 --> 00:05:03 when I got the call and um I was asking
00:05:03 --> 00:05:05 him did he know who Stephen King was and
00:05:05 --> 00:05:07 he was like
00:05:07 --> 00:05:10 >> like no. Um, and so I asked and you
00:05:10 --> 00:05:12 know,
00:05:12 --> 00:05:14 you know the movie it, right? Like and
00:05:14 --> 00:05:16 he was like, "Yeah, that's Penny Wise. I
00:05:16 --> 00:05:17 don't want to talk about that." You
00:05:17 --> 00:05:19 know, so that's kind of how he dismissed
00:05:19 --> 00:05:20 it. And
00:05:20 --> 00:05:22 >> and so,
00:05:22 --> 00:05:24 um, I was like, "Okay." I paused for a
00:05:24 --> 00:05:26 minute cuz I was like, "This is not
00:05:26 --> 00:05:29 going well." So, um, as we begin to talk
00:05:29 --> 00:05:30 more,
00:05:30 --> 00:05:33 >> I started asking him, you know, "Hey,
00:05:33 --> 00:05:34 how would you feel about, you know,
00:05:34 --> 00:05:37 doing a role with that?" and he's like,
00:05:37 --> 00:05:40 "Dad,
00:05:40 --> 00:05:41 I don't want to play those games."
00:05:41 --> 00:05:44 >> You know, and so long story short, um,
00:05:44 --> 00:05:46 when we told him, he thought it was a
00:05:46 --> 00:05:48 prank, you know, and he was being
00:05:48 --> 00:05:50 because he, uh, I think you had
00:05:50 --> 00:05:53 auditioned initially for another role
00:05:53 --> 00:05:56 >> and it kind of it kind of got confusing
00:05:56 --> 00:05:57 and lost in the sauce because it had
00:05:57 --> 00:06:00 been so long. So um
00:06:00 --> 00:06:02 >> um
00:06:02 --> 00:06:05 back to you know current he was he was
00:06:05 --> 00:06:07 like dad I I'm not really feeling that.
00:06:07 --> 00:06:10 So um I was like but what if they paid
00:06:10 --> 00:06:11 you a good amount? He's like ain't no
00:06:11 --> 00:06:13 amount of money in the world is going to
00:06:13 --> 00:06:16 get up there you know.
00:06:16 --> 00:06:19 >> But he woke up the next day. He's like
00:06:19 --> 00:06:21 dad I got to conquer my fears. He's like
00:06:21 --> 00:06:23 I'mma do you know so I'll let him take
00:06:24 --> 00:06:25 it from there.
00:06:25 --> 00:06:28 >> Yeah. I mean, filming with Penguino
00:06:28 --> 00:06:29 definitely didn't disappoint. It was
00:06:29 --> 00:06:31 just as scary as I thought it would be.
00:06:31 --> 00:06:33 I'm sure we'll get into that later on.
00:06:33 --> 00:06:36 >> Oh my gosh. Okay. Okay.
00:06:36 --> 00:06:39 >> Crazy experience. Ser
00:06:40 --> 00:06:41 have no regrets.
00:06:42 --> 00:06:43 >> Now, okay. Like you said, we gonna get
00:06:43 --> 00:06:46 back to that now. This is of course,
00:06:46 --> 00:06:48 like you said, um Cameron, this is a
00:06:48 --> 00:06:51 Stephen King story with a huge fan base.
00:06:51 --> 00:06:54 Was there anything about stepping into
00:06:54 --> 00:06:57 that role that made you hesitate at all
00:06:57 --> 00:07:00 besides the Penny Well thing knowing how
00:07:00 --> 00:07:02 big, you know, knowing how big this was?
00:07:02 --> 00:07:04 Or did you know how big this was this
00:07:04 --> 00:07:06 role actually was?
00:07:06 --> 00:07:09 >> Yes, ma'am. I did. Um, honestly, cuz
00:07:09 --> 00:07:11 when I was younger, like, you know, I
00:07:11 --> 00:07:13 guess I wasn't like fully like thinking,
00:07:13 --> 00:07:15 but the fear was genuinely like an
00:07:15 --> 00:07:19 aspect. Um, I mean, thinking back like,
00:07:19 --> 00:07:21 you know, it's just a it's just a show
00:07:21 --> 00:07:22 and it's just like it's TV film. It's
00:07:22 --> 00:07:24 not real, right? But like, I don't know.
00:07:24 --> 00:07:26 I guess it was bigger to me back then.
00:07:26 --> 00:07:27 >> Um,
00:07:27 --> 00:07:29 >> but yeah, I don't I don't know if I
00:07:29 --> 00:07:31 really had any other hesitations to be
00:07:31 --> 00:07:34 honest. Um, this is I mean, obviously a
00:07:34 --> 00:07:37 huge opportunity like you said,
00:07:37 --> 00:07:39 >> very very big fan base and
00:07:39 --> 00:07:40 [clears throat] you know, I feel like
00:07:40 --> 00:07:41 it's a good it would be good for my
00:07:42 --> 00:07:43 career. So,
00:07:43 --> 00:07:45 >> yeah. Kind of. How did it feel to be on
00:07:45 --> 00:07:48 the the set when you finally got to the
00:07:48 --> 00:07:50 set, you started meeting the people and
00:07:50 --> 00:07:52 you you actually did you get a chance to
00:07:52 --> 00:07:55 see Penny Wise put on all his makeup and
00:07:55 --> 00:07:57 stuff? Did that that help you at all get
00:07:57 --> 00:07:58 over that?
00:07:58 --> 00:08:00 >> I didn't see him put it on. No, ma'am.
00:08:00 --> 00:08:02 [laughter]
00:08:02 --> 00:08:04 I don't even think I met him outside of
00:08:04 --> 00:08:07 the makeup actually. I just saw him like
00:08:07 --> 00:08:10 like with it fully fully done. Um
00:08:10 --> 00:08:11 >> yeah, I wish I would have though,
00:08:11 --> 00:08:13 honestly. That that would have been a
00:08:13 --> 00:08:14 really cool experience.
00:08:14 --> 00:08:17 >> Yeah. Oh, wow. I think I saw something
00:08:17 --> 00:08:20 on it was something on YouTube where
00:08:20 --> 00:08:21 they had Penny Wise. They showed them
00:08:22 --> 00:08:23 how they they put the makeup on and all
00:08:24 --> 00:08:25 this other kind of stuff.
00:08:26 --> 00:08:27 >> Yeah.
00:08:27 --> 00:08:29 Did you see that?
00:08:29 --> 00:08:32 >> No, ma'am. I didn't see that. Not real
00:08:32 --> 00:08:34 about me. Yeah.
00:08:34 --> 00:08:36 >> On um on like YouTube like you said.
00:08:36 --> 00:08:38 Yes, ma'am. But not not Yeah.
00:08:38 --> 00:08:39 >> Not in person.
00:08:40 --> 00:08:42 >> Unfortunately. Unfortunately. Yeah.
00:08:42 --> 00:08:43 Well, how about the other cast members?
00:08:43 --> 00:08:46 How how were you guys, you know, how was
00:08:46 --> 00:08:48 it being on the set with them? Was it
00:08:48 --> 00:08:51 was it fun? Was it stressful? How was it
00:08:51 --> 00:08:52 for you?
00:08:52 --> 00:08:57 >> Um, I mean on offset like it was always
00:08:57 --> 00:08:59 it was always greatness. It was always
00:08:59 --> 00:09:01 always overly fun with them. Like I made
00:09:01 --> 00:09:03 friends for life on the show. I still
00:09:03 --> 00:09:05 talk to all I literally texted Tilly
00:09:05 --> 00:09:08 today. She texted me today. Um to all of
00:09:08 --> 00:09:12 them consistently. So yeah, there there
00:09:12 --> 00:09:13 relationships that will last for a
00:09:13 --> 00:09:17 lifetime. Um, and onset as well.
00:09:17 --> 00:09:17 >> Mhm.
00:09:17 --> 00:09:19 >> Of course it was fun, you know, but you
00:09:20 --> 00:09:21 know, especially with a show like this
00:09:21 --> 00:09:24 that's really emotional and um, you
00:09:24 --> 00:09:26 know, screaming, you're you're running,
00:09:26 --> 00:09:29 you're this, that, and the third. Um,
00:09:29 --> 00:09:31 >> it's it's impossible to not, you know,
00:09:31 --> 00:09:35 have some kind of intensity when when
00:09:35 --> 00:09:37 going through it. Um, and I feel like we
00:09:37 --> 00:09:40 all take our job seriously, so we wanted
00:09:40 --> 00:09:43 to deliver and put out a good product.
00:09:43 --> 00:09:45 >> Um, which, you know, I feel like I feel
00:09:45 --> 00:09:48 like we did. So, um, yeah, it's always a
00:09:48 --> 00:09:49 level of seriousness when you actually
00:09:49 --> 00:09:51 like step on the set and, you know,
00:09:51 --> 00:09:53 everybody
00:09:53 --> 00:09:55 >> watching.
00:09:55 --> 00:09:56 And let me tell you something. Of
00:09:56 --> 00:09:59 course, I knew that how great of an
00:09:59 --> 00:10:02 actor you are, but the little piece that
00:10:02 --> 00:10:04 I saw cuz look, I'm a punk. I can't
00:10:04 --> 00:10:07 watch it. Sister Jar watches the whole
00:10:07 --> 00:10:09 thing. I'm a punk so I had to watch like
00:10:09 --> 00:10:11 little bits and pieces. I thought you
00:10:12 --> 00:10:16 were absolutely amazing and I know no
00:10:16 --> 00:10:18 problem. And I know that you're going to
00:10:18 --> 00:10:20 go even further. However far that you
00:10:20 --> 00:10:23 want to go, you're going to do it. So
00:10:23 --> 00:10:25 I'm glad you got over that fear and you
00:10:25 --> 00:10:28 were able to just tackle it and you know
00:10:28 --> 00:10:30 and make a good impression on everybody.
00:10:30 --> 00:10:34 So that is awesome. No problem.
00:10:34 --> 00:10:35 >> Thank you.
00:10:35 --> 00:10:37 actually because like
00:10:37 --> 00:10:38 >> I don't know
00:10:38 --> 00:10:40 >> with like how I
00:10:40 --> 00:10:41 >> with just me as a person I don't know
00:10:41 --> 00:10:44 I'm like overly critical like of myself
00:10:44 --> 00:10:48 like really in everything but um with my
00:10:48 --> 00:10:49 job
00:10:49 --> 00:10:51 >> like I don't know I just I never ever
00:10:51 --> 00:10:53 really feel like I I did good enough or
00:10:53 --> 00:10:55 like I
00:10:55 --> 00:10:58 >> actually did good on anything um so far
00:10:58 --> 00:11:01 maybe down the road I'll you know feel
00:11:01 --> 00:11:02 that way but I I just I don't know I
00:11:02 --> 00:11:05 guess it might be like a competitive
00:11:05 --> 00:11:08 spirit or just like always wanted to
00:11:08 --> 00:11:10 overachieve and just, you know, do
00:11:10 --> 00:11:12 better and better and better. Like I
00:11:12 --> 00:11:13 don't even like watching myself. I hate
00:11:13 --> 00:11:15 watching myself. I can't understand
00:11:15 --> 00:11:16 that.
00:11:16 --> 00:11:18 >> Like even like interviews and stuff like
00:11:18 --> 00:11:19 I I can't do it. I don't know. I just
00:11:19 --> 00:11:21 I'm like, "Dang, I should answer this."
00:11:21 --> 00:11:22 Or if it's in a a film or something
00:11:22 --> 00:11:24 like, "Dang, I should have done this
00:11:24 --> 00:11:26 look instead or I should have focused in
00:11:26 --> 00:11:27 more on that or a different inflection
00:11:28 --> 00:11:29 on this one." Like I just it's it drives
00:11:29 --> 00:11:33 me insane. Like I can't do it.
00:11:33 --> 00:11:34 I know. I get that.
00:11:34 --> 00:11:37 >> I get that totally because mo but you
00:11:37 --> 00:11:39 know what? You're not alone because most
00:11:39 --> 00:11:41 creative people, they're like that.
00:11:41 --> 00:11:44 They're like that. I'm with you on It
00:11:44 --> 00:11:46 took me a long time even with doing the
00:11:46 --> 00:11:48 interviews that I do now. It took me a
00:11:48 --> 00:11:50 long time to look at myself because I
00:11:50 --> 00:11:51 was like, "Okay, I'm going to pick
00:11:51 --> 00:11:52 myself apart. Like I should watch my
00:11:52 --> 00:11:54 mouth curl up like this." You know what
00:11:54 --> 00:11:56 I'm saying? [laughter]
00:11:56 --> 00:11:59 >> So that I I think that's great. And
00:11:59 --> 00:12:00 don't feel like you're alone in that.
00:12:00 --> 00:12:02 You're a perfectionist. And there is
00:12:02 --> 00:12:04 nothing wrong with that. That again
00:12:04 --> 00:12:06 means that you care about yourself. You
00:12:06 --> 00:12:08 care about your craft. So we ain't
00:12:08 --> 00:12:11 judging you for that at all. So take it
00:12:11 --> 00:12:13 easy on yourself.
00:12:13 --> 00:12:15 >> Now
00:12:15 --> 00:12:17 what I have to ask this because I know
00:12:17 --> 00:12:21 everybody's gonna ask this. Hey, I see
00:12:21 --> 00:12:22 [laughter]
00:12:22 --> 00:12:25 >> Tuesday. How are you?
00:12:25 --> 00:12:26 >> Hey, how are you?
00:12:26 --> 00:12:29 >> I'm doing well. Thank you you guys. This
00:12:29 --> 00:12:32 is Tuesday. This is Blake's mother, so
00:12:32 --> 00:12:34 we're gonna make sure that we talk with
00:12:34 --> 00:12:38 her as well. So,
00:12:38 --> 00:12:40 I know everybody's going to ask me,
00:12:40 --> 00:12:45 "What was the scariest moment on set?
00:12:45 --> 00:12:47 >> I feel like from from person to person,
00:12:47 --> 00:12:49 it probably varies, but for me
00:12:49 --> 00:12:50 personally,
00:12:50 --> 00:12:52 >> Uhhuh. I'm not going to lie. When when
00:12:52 --> 00:12:56 Penny Wise jumped off the refrigerator
00:12:56 --> 00:13:00 >> onto me that that was that was that was
00:13:00 --> 00:13:02 >> like you was like, "Okay, I know this is
00:13:02 --> 00:13:05 a film and all, but we put in firefight
00:13:05 --> 00:13:06 mode in real life." Like dead serious
00:13:06 --> 00:13:08 like just crazy. Yeah, that was that was
00:13:08 --> 00:13:11 insane. Um, also in the sewers as well.
00:13:11 --> 00:13:14 That was pretty frightening. Um, yeah, a
00:13:14 --> 00:13:15 lot of moments especially on a show like
00:13:15 --> 00:13:17 this, you're you're scared left and
00:13:17 --> 00:13:18 right.
00:13:18 --> 00:13:19 >> [clears throat]
00:13:20 --> 00:13:21 >> Well, let's talk about something more
00:13:21 --> 00:13:23 positive. What was it like working with
00:13:23 --> 00:13:26 the the director Andy Machete? What was
00:13:26 --> 00:13:28 that like for you?
00:13:28 --> 00:13:30 >> You know what he
00:13:30 --> 00:13:33 I like
00:13:33 --> 00:13:35 seeing it seeing him work firsthand.
00:13:36 --> 00:13:36 >> Mhm.
00:13:36 --> 00:13:38 >> Seeing us work together firsthand like
00:13:38 --> 00:13:42 it really made me like realize
00:13:42 --> 00:13:44 why he was so
00:13:44 --> 00:13:46 respected in the industry. M
00:13:46 --> 00:13:51 >> like I I I trust my
00:13:51 --> 00:13:53 myself when it comes to some when it
00:13:53 --> 00:13:55 comes to the decisions I make like with
00:13:55 --> 00:13:57 my character and with my line I feel
00:13:57 --> 00:13:58 like I have with my lines I feel like I
00:13:58 --> 00:14:00 have a pretty good judgment with it.
00:14:00 --> 00:14:01 >> Mhm.
00:14:01 --> 00:14:03 >> But he would like every time he would
00:14:03 --> 00:14:07 give me a note it would be like
00:14:07 --> 00:14:10 an epiphany or like a a revelation like
00:14:10 --> 00:14:12 he would be like oh yeah that that was
00:14:12 --> 00:14:13 great but like what if you tried to do
00:14:13 --> 00:14:15 it this way or like what if what if you
00:14:15 --> 00:14:16 did this instead? I'm just like,
00:14:16 --> 00:14:17 >> "Yeah,
00:14:17 --> 00:14:19 >> dang, that's way better." Like, that's
00:14:19 --> 00:14:21 so much better. And
00:14:21 --> 00:14:22 >> I don't know. I guess it it made me
00:14:22 --> 00:14:24 realize that, you know, I have a lot to
00:14:24 --> 00:14:26 learn still. And
00:14:26 --> 00:14:29 >> he's just brilliant. He's he's just
00:14:29 --> 00:14:32 genius. I've never really had a an
00:14:32 --> 00:14:34 experience with somebody like working
00:14:34 --> 00:14:36 with somebody that that made me feel
00:14:36 --> 00:14:38 like that so many times and to such a
00:14:38 --> 00:14:41 drastic effect. Like he is incredible. I
00:14:41 --> 00:14:43 really really really hope we get to work
00:14:43 --> 00:14:44 again. Um
00:14:44 --> 00:14:47 >> a now Is there something in particular
00:14:47 --> 00:14:49 that like maybe he left you with
00:14:49 --> 00:14:51 something that you will never forget. Is
00:14:51 --> 00:14:53 there something in particular like that?
00:14:53 --> 00:14:55 >> Like a moment in particular?
00:14:55 --> 00:14:57 >> Yeah. Or was it just all of it that you
00:14:57 --> 00:15:00 just won't forget? None of it.
00:15:00 --> 00:15:03 >> All of it. Honestly, like one thing that
00:15:03 --> 00:15:05 is admirable with the show like Welcome
00:15:05 --> 00:15:08 to Derry that is so intense and scary,
00:15:08 --> 00:15:10 >> he made the sets in the days feel so
00:15:10 --> 00:15:14 much fun. Like it was it didn't feel
00:15:14 --> 00:15:16 like you were you were running away from
00:15:16 --> 00:15:18 a killer clown. It felt like this is a
00:15:18 --> 00:15:20 day job with like you know the best
00:15:20 --> 00:15:22 people around like he he just he's so
00:15:22 --> 00:15:24 incredible man. I love Mr. Andy for
00:15:24 --> 00:15:25 sure.
00:15:25 --> 00:15:27 >> Oh, that's so awesome. Now this question
00:15:27 --> 00:15:29 is for the parents. What's What is it
00:15:29 --> 00:15:31 like watching your son take direction
00:15:31 --> 00:15:34 for somebody at that level? Any any one
00:15:34 --> 00:15:37 of you guys can answer that question.
00:15:37 --> 00:15:41 >> Um so I'll jump in. I would say
00:15:41 --> 00:15:43 watching him take direction is you just
00:15:43 --> 00:15:45 want to make sure that he captures
00:15:45 --> 00:15:48 what the director is is wanting. So I'm
00:15:48 --> 00:15:50 like, "Okay, I hope he nails it. Okay,
00:15:50 --> 00:15:52 does he make this inflection change?
00:15:52 --> 00:15:54 Does he make this look change? Does he
00:15:54 --> 00:15:56 raise the eyebrow this way or that way?"
00:15:56 --> 00:15:59 You know, does he actually capture what
00:15:59 --> 00:16:01 it is that the director was trying to
00:16:01 --> 00:16:04 convey? Um, so once I notice or realize
00:16:04 --> 00:16:06 that he has done that, I kind of hold my
00:16:06 --> 00:16:08 breath and then I'm like, "Okay, he did
00:16:08 --> 00:16:11 it, you know." Um, because Mr. Andy,
00:16:11 --> 00:16:13 he's one that he he's a perfectionist,
00:16:13 --> 00:16:15 but in a good way, you know, um, if he
00:16:15 --> 00:16:17 does it well and he feels like that
00:16:17 --> 00:16:19 Blake can do it better, then he's going
00:16:19 --> 00:16:21 to challenge him to do that. So um just
00:16:22 --> 00:16:23 and it could be just the smallest minute
00:16:24 --> 00:16:25 change you know it could be something so
00:16:25 --> 00:16:27 small but it makes a big difference in
00:16:27 --> 00:16:30 the overall um I guess goal that he's
00:16:30 --> 00:16:32 trying to achieve for that particular
00:16:32 --> 00:16:33 scene. So
00:16:33 --> 00:16:35 >> So basically you guys were a bundle of
00:16:35 --> 00:16:37 nerves over there. Were you guys just
00:16:37 --> 00:16:41 nervous at when he was on set?
00:16:41 --> 00:16:43 >> Sometimes I think it depended on on the
00:16:43 --> 00:16:45 scene you know. Um
00:16:45 --> 00:16:47 >> something really big that he was
00:16:47 --> 00:16:49 involved in. Um, of course you want you
00:16:49 --> 00:16:52 want your child to do well, you know,
00:16:52 --> 00:16:54 and then you don't want them to have to
00:16:54 --> 00:16:56 retape and reshoot over and over and
00:16:56 --> 00:16:58 over and over again, you know, where
00:16:58 --> 00:17:00 your child is the one holding things up,
00:17:00 --> 00:17:01 you know, for hours and hours, which
00:17:01 --> 00:17:03 that never happened thankfully. But, um,
00:17:03 --> 00:17:05 it's a thought, you know, it's something
00:17:05 --> 00:17:07 that, you know, um, that that comes to
00:17:07 --> 00:17:10 mind. self. Now, let me ask you guys
00:17:10 --> 00:17:13 personally, is it did you guys at some
00:17:14 --> 00:17:16 point feel either one of you feel like
00:17:16 --> 00:17:18 um
00:17:18 --> 00:17:20 like this is a lot, you know what I
00:17:20 --> 00:17:24 mean? Like all the the the
00:17:24 --> 00:17:27 going to the set, staying gone for such
00:17:27 --> 00:17:30 a long time so that he can be in the
00:17:30 --> 00:17:32 set. And how did you guys a, you know,
00:17:32 --> 00:17:34 were able to be like, and you might have
00:17:34 --> 00:17:37 seen him like maybe he's tired and then,
00:17:37 --> 00:17:38 you know, those kind of things. How did
00:17:38 --> 00:17:40 you guys deal with that?
00:17:40 --> 00:17:42 >> Let you start with that one.
00:17:42 --> 00:17:45 >> Well, um, for me, the one thing that
00:17:46 --> 00:17:49 gave me comfort for him
00:17:49 --> 00:17:51 um, with this show and and just acting
00:17:51 --> 00:17:56 in general was his confidence level. U
00:17:56 --> 00:17:59 Blake has always been he's very critical
00:17:59 --> 00:18:02 as he mentioned he's a perfectionist but
00:18:02 --> 00:18:06 he's also really confident. So
00:18:06 --> 00:18:08 >> watching him work with Andy and being on
00:18:08 --> 00:18:10 set after I realized
00:18:10 --> 00:18:13 >> you know Andy was the coolest guy on the
00:18:13 --> 00:18:15 planet you know like
00:18:15 --> 00:18:16 >> he's just really smart and really good
00:18:16 --> 00:18:18 at what he does.
00:18:18 --> 00:18:22 >> Um and to make him feel comfortable I
00:18:22 --> 00:18:24 was okay with that. and and I started to
00:18:24 --> 00:18:28 see Blake um be Blake, you know, he
00:18:28 --> 00:18:30 Blake always,
00:18:30 --> 00:18:31 you know, he almost thinks like a
00:18:31 --> 00:18:33 director a lot of times, you know, he
00:18:33 --> 00:18:35 he's he sees things and he'll be like,
00:18:35 --> 00:18:37 "Mr. Andy, what if we did this or Mr.
00:18:37 --> 00:18:40 Andy?" You know, and so
00:18:40 --> 00:18:41 >> I was able to relax and say, "Okay, he's
00:18:41 --> 00:18:44 in his element now. He's he's he's in
00:18:44 --> 00:18:46 his groove." And so,
00:18:46 --> 00:18:49 >> um yes, it was a big deal.
00:18:49 --> 00:18:51 >> Um cuz it was a long shoot. you know, we
00:18:52 --> 00:18:54 had the strike go on. So, I think it end
00:18:54 --> 00:18:56 up lasting over a year,
00:18:56 --> 00:18:58 >> you know, uh, back and forth.
00:18:58 --> 00:19:00 >> And so, when you when you look at the
00:19:00 --> 00:19:03 time, it it's it can be a lot, but and I
00:19:03 --> 00:19:07 think for mo for normal kids, it may be
00:19:07 --> 00:19:08 too much. You know, I always tell
00:19:08 --> 00:19:10 people, you know, about getting in the
00:19:10 --> 00:19:11 industry, make sure your kid can
00:19:11 --> 00:19:12 mentally
00:19:12 --> 00:19:13 >> That's right.
00:19:13 --> 00:19:15 >> mentally handle this because it can be
00:19:15 --> 00:19:17 gruesome because it is work, you know. I
00:19:18 --> 00:19:20 mean, you see the glory side of it, but
00:19:20 --> 00:19:23 these kids put in a lot of hours. These
00:19:23 --> 00:19:26 kids worked a lot of hours and they
00:19:26 --> 00:19:29 worked hard and there was a standard
00:19:29 --> 00:19:32 that they had to meet, you know, and so
00:19:32 --> 00:19:34 that can be taxing on a on a child if
00:19:34 --> 00:19:36 they're if you don't watch them.
00:19:36 --> 00:19:39 >> Yeah. Yeah. Well, let me ask you, Blake,
00:19:39 --> 00:19:41 how did you feel? cuz I know they I mean
00:19:42 --> 00:19:43 they're watching you and everything, but
00:19:43 --> 00:19:45 I know you had some days when you were
00:19:45 --> 00:19:48 were tired as I don't know what. So tell
00:19:48 --> 00:19:52 us about some of those times.
00:19:52 --> 00:19:53 >> I mean, I don't even know where to
00:19:53 --> 00:19:55 begin, honestly. I mean, this is
00:19:55 --> 00:19:58 >> it's a lot. Like, it really is like
00:19:58 --> 00:20:01 >> I mean, I I was what, 12, 13 at the
00:20:01 --> 00:20:04 time, probably. Um, and that's a lot for
00:20:04 --> 00:20:07 a kid to do, you know, working so long
00:20:07 --> 00:20:10 and and and so hard for such an extended
00:20:10 --> 00:20:11 period of time when we were filming for
00:20:11 --> 00:20:14 a while. Um, so it's definitely it
00:20:14 --> 00:20:16 definitely comes with a lot. Um, but I
00:20:16 --> 00:20:19 know God give me more than I can handle.
00:20:19 --> 00:20:20 >> That's right.
00:20:20 --> 00:20:23 >> I mean, nothing's going to be easy.
00:20:23 --> 00:20:25 Like, if you if you want to actually
00:20:25 --> 00:20:27 like make an impact and change
00:20:27 --> 00:20:29 something, then nothing's going to be
00:20:29 --> 00:20:31 easy. Like, nothing. If you want to be
00:20:31 --> 00:20:32 successful, then nothing's gonna be
00:20:32 --> 00:20:33 easy.
00:20:33 --> 00:20:35 >> So, I feel like
00:20:35 --> 00:20:37 >> if you go into it with that with that
00:20:37 --> 00:20:42 mindset and you know, I mean, work is
00:20:42 --> 00:20:44 work. Like any job you have is going to
00:20:44 --> 00:20:46 be difficult as well.
00:20:46 --> 00:20:46 >> Yeah.
00:20:46 --> 00:20:49 >> And honestly, I'm blessed that that that
00:20:49 --> 00:20:52 that I have this one. So,
00:20:52 --> 00:20:55 >> I love that. I love that. Now, I'm going
00:20:55 --> 00:20:56 to go ahead and and and go backwards a
00:20:56 --> 00:20:59 little bit to we grown now. Is that
00:20:59 --> 00:21:02 okay?
00:21:02 --> 00:21:04 >> That's knowledge right there. That's
00:21:04 --> 00:21:05 fine.
00:21:05 --> 00:21:07 >> So
00:21:07 --> 00:21:10 Blake, I guess. Okay. Between We Grown
00:21:10 --> 00:21:11 Now and Welcome to Dairy, do you feel
00:21:11 --> 00:21:15 that you've grown as an actor?
00:21:15 --> 00:21:19 >> I do. I do. But like I said, I can never
00:21:19 --> 00:21:22 just appreciate myself like ever. I
00:21:22 --> 00:21:24 can't ever just be like, "Dang, Blake,
00:21:24 --> 00:21:25 you did good on this." I'm just like, I
00:21:25 --> 00:21:27 don't know. I can I can never just like
00:21:27 --> 00:21:29 give myself my flowers. But I do feel
00:21:29 --> 00:21:31 like from we growing out to welcome to
00:21:31 --> 00:21:33 dairy, I did improve, which is what you
00:21:33 --> 00:21:36 want to see. They were years apart. Um
00:21:36 --> 00:21:38 if if I didn't feel like I'd improve, I
00:21:38 --> 00:21:40 probably have some questions for myself.
00:21:40 --> 00:21:41 But [laughter]
00:21:41 --> 00:21:45 >> yeah. Yes, ma'am. I I do. I do.
00:21:45 --> 00:21:46 >> How about How about you guys? How about
00:21:46 --> 00:21:49 the parents? What changes have you
00:21:49 --> 00:21:51 noticed like just in the acting? not on
00:21:51 --> 00:21:54 on a personal on a personal level, but
00:21:54 --> 00:21:55 more so like in his acting. Do you feel
00:21:56 --> 00:21:58 he's grown a lot since since his first
00:21:58 --> 00:22:00 role?
00:22:00 --> 00:22:04 >> I do. Um I think when he first one of
00:22:04 --> 00:22:07 the first few days when he got on set um
00:22:07 --> 00:22:11 at We Grown Now um it was a pretty heavy
00:22:11 --> 00:22:13 scene and gosh he learned so much from
00:22:13 --> 00:22:17 Jouri and Mr. Pa um they were just
00:22:17 --> 00:22:19 amazing to just for him to glean from.
00:22:19 --> 00:22:21 Um but one of the f one of the first few
00:22:22 --> 00:22:23 days when Journey came on set, it was a
00:22:23 --> 00:22:25 really heavy scene. I think maybe a
00:22:25 --> 00:22:27 funeral scene. So, she was locked in.
00:22:27 --> 00:22:29 You know, she wasn't talking to anyone.
00:22:29 --> 00:22:31 She had her headphones in. She was
00:22:31 --> 00:22:34 literally just focused. And, you know, I
00:22:34 --> 00:22:37 saw Blake watching her, you know, and I
00:22:37 --> 00:22:39 think that he learned from that moment
00:22:39 --> 00:22:42 when I have heavy scenes that are going
00:22:42 --> 00:22:44 to require emotion and things of that
00:22:44 --> 00:22:45 nature for me to kind of have to focus
00:22:46 --> 00:22:48 on that I need to tune everything out. I
00:22:48 --> 00:22:50 need to block everything out and focus
00:22:50 --> 00:22:53 on my lines, how I want to deliver, um
00:22:54 --> 00:22:56 what do I want the audience to see. And
00:22:56 --> 00:22:58 and I feel like from that moment,
00:22:58 --> 00:23:00 something clicked in him. Um because he
00:23:00 --> 00:23:02 had done a Christmas movie prior to
00:23:02 --> 00:23:04 that. Um and that was a fun, it was a
00:23:04 --> 00:23:06 few emotional scenes in that, but I feel
00:23:06 --> 00:23:09 like um just from him being around
00:23:09 --> 00:23:11 Journey and just seeing her approach to
00:23:11 --> 00:23:12 the day,
00:23:12 --> 00:23:15 >> um I helped him significantly. So I can
00:23:15 --> 00:23:16 say that I feel like he's grown a lot
00:23:16 --> 00:23:18 since then. She's right about that.
00:23:18 --> 00:23:20 Honestly, I thought I kind of thought
00:23:20 --> 00:23:23 she was having a bad day like when she
00:23:23 --> 00:23:24 would
00:23:24 --> 00:23:26 >> when she would be like like locked in
00:23:26 --> 00:23:27 like that and really focused cuz like
00:23:27 --> 00:23:29 she wouldn't talk to anybody like she
00:23:29 --> 00:23:30 would have her headphones on like her
00:23:30 --> 00:23:32 music and just like really lock in on
00:23:32 --> 00:23:34 what she had to do.
00:23:34 --> 00:23:37 >> And I guess that's when I realized like
00:23:37 --> 00:23:40 this is genuinely an art craft an art
00:23:40 --> 00:23:42 form. This is like this is this is an
00:23:42 --> 00:23:45 art form and this is like
00:23:45 --> 00:23:47 true expression. So you like you have to
00:23:47 --> 00:23:50 like genuinely put your soul in it. Like
00:23:50 --> 00:23:51 you can't just
00:23:51 --> 00:23:53 >> like show up and not care. Like it it it
00:23:53 --> 00:23:55 matters. It has to matter to you. Like
00:23:55 --> 00:23:57 what you're doing, what you're
00:23:57 --> 00:23:59 delivering, it has to matter to you. You
00:23:59 --> 00:24:01 have to make it matter, you know? So
00:24:01 --> 00:24:03 >> I love it.
00:24:03 --> 00:24:06 >> I love that. I love that. Now, let's be
00:24:06 --> 00:24:09 real for a second with We Grow Now,
00:24:09 --> 00:24:12 Welcome to Dairy, the Christmas movie
00:24:12 --> 00:24:14 that you were in, people recognizing you
00:24:14 --> 00:24:17 everywhere now, and the and the girls.
00:24:17 --> 00:24:18 And the girls, let me tell you guys
00:24:18 --> 00:24:22 something. I have to say this. So,
00:24:22 --> 00:24:24 as you know, like I Tuesday, as I was
00:24:24 --> 00:24:26 telling them earlier that, you know,
00:24:26 --> 00:24:29 I've known of course Blake since he was
00:24:29 --> 00:24:31 young. So when we start posting him and
00:24:31 --> 00:24:32 then then we start posting stuff where
00:24:32 --> 00:24:36 we grown now, you know, in my head and
00:24:36 --> 00:24:38 I'm looking he's a boy. He's a little
00:24:38 --> 00:24:41 boy and this and that. Now I go on his
00:24:41 --> 00:24:44 Instagram page
00:24:44 --> 00:24:46 [laughter] and I'm saying he's so fine.
00:24:46 --> 00:24:53 He I said, "Oh my god." [laughter]
00:24:53 --> 00:24:58 >> I see it. You see it? [laughter]
00:24:58 --> 00:25:00 Oh, thank you embarrassing.
00:25:00 --> 00:25:02 >> I don't really have a comment.
00:25:02 --> 00:25:04 >> No, but how do you feel that? Not just
00:25:04 --> 00:25:05 that, but I just mean how do you feel
00:25:05 --> 00:25:07 that people are starting to recognize
00:25:07 --> 00:25:10 you now? Like when you go to the the
00:25:10 --> 00:25:12 store or anywhere else, how how does
00:25:12 --> 00:25:15 that feel for you?
00:25:15 --> 00:25:18 >> Surreal. Like I said, like it it's
00:25:18 --> 00:25:20 honestly a lot of this experience has
00:25:20 --> 00:25:23 been surreal, but like for somebody to
00:25:23 --> 00:25:26 genuinely and it's kind of scary too
00:25:26 --> 00:25:30 >> cuz like I'm really like aware person.
00:25:30 --> 00:25:33 Um like when I'm when I'm out and stuff
00:25:33 --> 00:25:34 like that and like I'm always kind of
00:25:34 --> 00:25:36 like always looking like not on guard
00:25:36 --> 00:25:39 cuz like you know but like just like you
00:25:39 --> 00:25:41 know aware just looking and and
00:25:41 --> 00:25:44 cognizant of everything that's going on.
00:25:44 --> 00:25:46 And still it'll be times that like
00:25:46 --> 00:25:48 people come up to me and I just didn't
00:25:48 --> 00:25:50 see them. And that for me is a little
00:25:50 --> 00:25:53 bit frightening because of like
00:25:53 --> 00:25:55 how how long have you seen me and I
00:25:55 --> 00:25:57 haven't seen you like I don't I don't
00:25:57 --> 00:25:58 it's it's a [laughter]
00:25:58 --> 00:26:00 >> but I mean I know most people have good
00:26:00 --> 00:26:03 intentions but even for the 1% that
00:26:03 --> 00:26:05 might not like
00:26:05 --> 00:26:07 >> what are you going to do? Like you know
00:26:07 --> 00:26:09 it's I don't know but
00:26:09 --> 00:26:10 >> I guess that's a that's a different you
00:26:10 --> 00:26:12 know whatever. But yes, for me on the
00:26:12 --> 00:26:15 other side, it has been really really
00:26:15 --> 00:26:17 cool and really really surreal like I
00:26:17 --> 00:26:18 said. Um,
00:26:18 --> 00:26:19 >> yeah,
00:26:19 --> 00:26:21 >> I mean uh yeah, it's a crazy position to
00:26:21 --> 00:26:22 be in. I'm so blessed.
00:26:22 --> 00:26:24 >> Well, how about how about the parents?
00:26:24 --> 00:26:27 How do you guys handle handle that now
00:26:27 --> 00:26:28 that you guys are seeing and people
00:26:28 --> 00:26:31 know, you know, know who he is now and
00:26:31 --> 00:26:33 all of that. How are you guys handling
00:26:33 --> 00:26:35 all of that?
00:26:35 --> 00:26:38 It's um for me it's still taking some
00:26:38 --> 00:26:42 getting used to um because
00:26:42 --> 00:26:45 >> as I said earlier to us he's Blake our
00:26:45 --> 00:26:46 son
00:26:46 --> 00:26:51 um but we you know pretty much
00:26:51 --> 00:26:53 anywhere we go around here you know
00:26:53 --> 00:26:55 we're going to have some type of
00:26:55 --> 00:26:58 encounter and so it still catches me off
00:26:58 --> 00:27:01 guard you know and they're like you know
00:27:01 --> 00:27:04 and it went from you know from his other
00:27:04 --> 00:27:07 projects like are you Blake to now it's
00:27:07 --> 00:27:09 like you're Blake you're Blake hey hey
00:27:09 --> 00:27:11 Blake you know so it's like they know
00:27:11 --> 00:27:13 who he is like
00:27:13 --> 00:27:15 >> can't wear beanies anymore cuz he got so
00:27:15 --> 00:27:17 many pictures with beanies so that don't
00:27:17 --> 00:27:19 work you know so it's like
00:27:19 --> 00:27:21 >> low key though I don't think I'll ever
00:27:21 --> 00:27:25 well I kind of am but like with the like
00:27:25 --> 00:27:28 people like celebrities I don't whatever
00:27:28 --> 00:27:30 but with the people that don't like
00:27:30 --> 00:27:32 repeat fits and stuff like that maybe
00:27:32 --> 00:27:34 I'll get there one day But you you don't
00:27:34 --> 00:27:38 see me in a particular
00:27:38 --> 00:27:40 multiple times.
00:27:40 --> 00:27:41 >> Yeah.
00:27:41 --> 00:27:42 >> So,
00:27:42 --> 00:27:44 >> but back to what you were saying.
00:27:44 --> 00:27:46 >> Okay. So, when you're not acting, Blake,
00:27:46 --> 00:27:47 and this is I want people to know who
00:27:48 --> 00:27:50 you are because most people just see
00:27:50 --> 00:27:54 what they see, you know? So,
00:27:54 --> 00:27:57 when you're not acting,
00:27:57 --> 00:28:00 what's what is Blake like? What is What
00:28:00 --> 00:28:03 does he do? Do you do what do you do for
00:28:03 --> 00:28:05 fun? I guess I should say.
00:28:05 --> 00:28:06 >> Thank you for asking that. Yeah, that
00:28:06 --> 00:28:07 was that was a great question right
00:28:07 --> 00:28:10 there. Thank you. Um I like video games.
00:28:10 --> 00:28:11 >> No, you love video games.
00:28:11 --> 00:28:13 >> Okay. Yeah, what she said. I love video
00:28:13 --> 00:28:16 games. Lately, I've been on 2K a lot. I
00:28:16 --> 00:28:17 don't even know how many builds I have
00:28:17 --> 00:28:20 at this point. They're just taking my
00:28:20 --> 00:28:21 money. I need to be better with that.
00:28:21 --> 00:28:24 But um
00:28:24 --> 00:28:26 uh yeah, NCAA, I mean, Fortnite
00:28:26 --> 00:28:28 sometimes. Like I kind of play
00:28:28 --> 00:28:31 everything. Um, basketball. I love to
00:28:31 --> 00:28:34 hoop. I need to go hoop soon. Um,
00:28:34 --> 00:28:36 guitar. I've been learning guitar. I
00:28:36 --> 00:28:37 actually might do like a guitar video
00:28:38 --> 00:28:39 sometime soon on like TikTok or
00:28:39 --> 00:28:41 something like that.
00:28:41 --> 00:28:44 >> Oh, you play.
00:28:44 --> 00:28:46 >> You can. Okay. Little little bit. A
00:28:46 --> 00:28:47 little something.
00:28:47 --> 00:28:49 >> I'm like fresh learning. Like I can't
00:28:49 --> 00:28:50 even switch chords and stuff like that
00:28:50 --> 00:28:52 fast, but I'm getting there. I'm getting
00:28:52 --> 00:28:53 there. I promise. Um.
00:28:53 --> 00:28:54 >> Okay.
00:28:54 --> 00:28:57 >> Uh, music. I can talk about music. I can
00:28:57 --> 00:28:59 literally talk about music for hours.
00:28:59 --> 00:29:01 Like I Yeah, I want to do something
00:29:01 --> 00:29:03 where I can talk about records. I like
00:29:03 --> 00:29:05 collective vinyls. Music is so so
00:29:05 --> 00:29:08 important to me. So important to me. Um
00:29:08 --> 00:29:09 >> yeah, those are a few of my interests.
00:29:09 --> 00:29:11 Thanks. Thanks for asking. It's great.
00:29:11 --> 00:29:12 >> No [clears throat] problem. No. How
00:29:12 --> 00:29:16 important is it for you guys to to make
00:29:16 --> 00:29:18 sure because that industry can swallow
00:29:18 --> 00:29:21 you up. So how important is it for you
00:29:21 --> 00:29:24 guys to make sure that he stays grounded
00:29:24 --> 00:29:27 and he stays his age? if you if you
00:29:27 --> 00:29:29 understand what I'm saying. How
00:29:29 --> 00:29:32 important to you guys is that for you?
00:29:32 --> 00:29:36 >> Um well, for um I'll say this um
00:29:36 --> 00:29:40 what Blake makes it easy um
00:29:40 --> 00:29:44 because he's naturally a humble person.
00:29:44 --> 00:29:48 >> So, um the success and the fame has not
00:29:48 --> 00:29:52 gotten to his head. Um you know, but if
00:29:52 --> 00:29:54 it did, I'll be there with the needle to
00:29:54 --> 00:29:57 pop it, you know. Um, but he's always
00:29:57 --> 00:30:00 been kind of like, you know,
00:30:00 --> 00:30:02 >> he knows how he wants to treat people
00:30:02 --> 00:30:04 because he knows how he wanted to be
00:30:04 --> 00:30:06 treated when he looked up to certain
00:30:06 --> 00:30:08 people.
00:30:08 --> 00:30:10 >> And so he's had good encounters and bad
00:30:10 --> 00:30:12 encounters with people that he looked up
00:30:12 --> 00:30:15 to. So he's always told us that he don't
00:30:15 --> 00:30:16 want to be that person,
00:30:16 --> 00:30:19 >> you know. So, um, I think that's for me.
00:30:20 --> 00:30:22 He's been doing really well in in that
00:30:22 --> 00:30:26 department. I can say. Um, so for us, I
00:30:26 --> 00:30:29 haven't had really any concerns there
00:30:29 --> 00:30:33 because he's been the same old Blake.
00:30:33 --> 00:30:37 >> Blake has always been really
00:30:37 --> 00:30:39 simple from a standpoint that he doesn't
00:30:39 --> 00:30:43 ask for much. So whenever he does ask us
00:30:44 --> 00:30:46 to do something or for something,
00:30:46 --> 00:30:48 >> we normally, you know, I don't want to
00:30:48 --> 00:30:50 say give in, but we normally just say
00:30:50 --> 00:30:53 yes because, you know, Blake is content
00:30:53 --> 00:30:55 playing his video game and just hanging
00:30:55 --> 00:30:58 out with his friends that he's had since
00:30:58 --> 00:31:00 elementary school, you know, great
00:31:00 --> 00:31:03 weekend for him. So, um, he doesn't ask
00:31:03 --> 00:31:05 to do much. So, he hasn't made it hard
00:31:05 --> 00:31:08 to, you know, to stay grounded. He's
00:31:08 --> 00:31:10 he's been that. He is that. So, um,
00:31:10 --> 00:31:12 that's a blessing. But like said, if
00:31:12 --> 00:31:14 that were to change, we're right there,
00:31:14 --> 00:31:16 you know, to make sure we bring them
00:31:16 --> 00:31:18 back. And, you know, we we still go to
00:31:18 --> 00:31:19 church pretty much every Sunday together
00:31:19 --> 00:31:22 as a family. We try to keep our same
00:31:22 --> 00:31:24 routine that we've always done. Um, so
00:31:24 --> 00:31:27 that, you know, no changes are just kind
00:31:27 --> 00:31:29 of drastic and, you know, he start going
00:31:29 --> 00:31:31 going to the left, to the right. We want
00:31:31 --> 00:31:32 to kind of stay centered. And
00:31:32 --> 00:31:33 >> yeah.
00:31:33 --> 00:31:37 >> Well, and honestly, I feel like it's
00:31:37 --> 00:31:38 cool and good to be confident, but it's
00:31:38 --> 00:31:40 a different from confidence and
00:31:40 --> 00:31:42 arrogance. And [clears throat] once you
00:31:42 --> 00:31:46 once you start getting to the to the to
00:31:46 --> 00:31:47 the side where you like need to be
00:31:47 --> 00:31:51 humble and arrogant or cocky, like God
00:31:51 --> 00:31:54 can or prideful, God can and will take
00:31:54 --> 00:31:55 take it away from you.
00:31:55 --> 00:31:58 >> Yeah. So,
00:31:58 --> 00:32:02 >> I don't know. God God has really like
00:32:02 --> 00:32:07 shaped me as a person now. Not cuz like
00:32:07 --> 00:32:09 when you're younger you you you know you
00:32:09 --> 00:32:11 kind of just follow whatever your
00:32:11 --> 00:32:12 parents say or
00:32:12 --> 00:32:13 >> right
00:32:13 --> 00:32:14 >> you know whatever people think you
00:32:14 --> 00:32:16 should do but there's a point in time
00:32:16 --> 00:32:17 where
00:32:17 --> 00:32:18 >> you know your parents aren't always
00:32:18 --> 00:32:21 monitoring you and it and it really is
00:32:21 --> 00:32:24 just like an integrity thing like it's
00:32:24 --> 00:32:26 just like it is just you and God. So,
00:32:26 --> 00:32:29 are you going to do this like because
00:32:29 --> 00:32:30 your parents are looking or are you
00:32:30 --> 00:32:32 going to do this like because it hurts
00:32:32 --> 00:32:33 God's heart? Like, you know, I don't
00:32:33 --> 00:32:35 know. That's kind of a different combo,
00:32:35 --> 00:32:36 but like
00:32:36 --> 00:32:38 >> No, but it's an important combo. So, I'm
00:32:38 --> 00:32:41 I'm glad you said that. I love that.
00:32:41 --> 00:32:43 That That shows you you guys had great
00:32:43 --> 00:32:46 parenting. Great parenting. And you're
00:32:46 --> 00:32:48 such an amazing young man. That is so
00:32:48 --> 00:32:50 awesome. Now, I do have to ask you about
00:32:50 --> 00:32:52 your dreams.
00:32:52 --> 00:32:56 dreams beyond welcome to dairy and
00:32:56 --> 00:32:59 [laughter] now and all of that. Now, if
00:32:59 --> 00:33:01 you you can answer either one of these
00:33:01 --> 00:33:03 questions. If you work with an act uh if
00:33:03 --> 00:33:06 you could work with an actor,
00:33:06 --> 00:33:08 >> who would it be? Or what's your dream
00:33:08 --> 00:33:10 role? One or the other.
00:33:10 --> 00:33:11 >> Thank you. Thank you for asking. This is
00:33:11 --> 00:33:15 always great. My favorite actor is Dam
00:33:15 --> 00:33:17 Idris. Um
00:33:17 --> 00:33:19 well known for his role in uh in
00:33:20 --> 00:33:22 Snowfall's Franklin Saint. Mhm.
00:33:22 --> 00:33:25 >> Man, I tell you, he that watching that
00:33:25 --> 00:33:27 show literally like gave me a new
00:33:27 --> 00:33:31 passion for acting and a new passion for
00:33:31 --> 00:33:33 my job. Like genuinely. Um
00:33:33 --> 00:33:34 [clears throat]
00:33:34 --> 00:33:37 he he just made me like want to go get
00:33:37 --> 00:33:40 it. Like he made me like like
00:33:40 --> 00:33:42 I don't know. I can't even explain it
00:33:42 --> 00:33:43 all because I mean I've already been
00:33:43 --> 00:33:45 talking a lot, but like I don't know.
00:33:45 --> 00:33:47 He's he he Yeah. He's he's the one for
00:33:47 --> 00:33:54 me. Also, um Mr. Denzo Washington. Um,
00:33:54 --> 00:33:55 >> of course, like who doesn't want to want
00:33:55 --> 00:33:58 to work with him? Um, join us all. I
00:33:58 --> 00:34:02 mean, yeah, that I I want to work with
00:34:02 --> 00:34:04 Tim with Mr. Timothy Shaomi as well.
00:34:04 --> 00:34:07 >> Um, he's really inspired me. I think
00:34:07 --> 00:34:08 he's
00:34:08 --> 00:34:11 he's um
00:34:11 --> 00:34:13 revolutionizing
00:34:14 --> 00:34:17 the art of acting. Me personally,
00:34:17 --> 00:34:19 >> um, by him, Mr. Damners, man. I want to
00:34:20 --> 00:34:23 work with them so bad. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:34:23 --> 00:34:25 And then um Dream Roll.
00:34:25 --> 00:34:26 >> Yeah.
00:34:26 --> 00:34:29 >> I've seen a lot of people talk about
00:34:29 --> 00:34:31 Miles Morales um and that that
00:34:32 --> 00:34:34 possibility. And I've also seen like
00:34:34 --> 00:34:37 people saying how like he should be
00:34:38 --> 00:34:40 mixed with with um Puerto Rican and
00:34:40 --> 00:34:42 Black cuz I'm pretty sure in the show he
00:34:42 --> 00:34:44 I mean in the movie of course he's
00:34:44 --> 00:34:46 Puerto Rican and black. Um,
00:34:46 --> 00:34:48 >> and it's kind of funny because that's
00:34:48 --> 00:34:49 what I'm mixed with. I'm Puerto Rican
00:34:49 --> 00:34:51 black as well.
00:34:51 --> 00:34:52 >> Like my
00:34:52 --> 00:34:54 >> what is it? Grandma's dad. She's
00:34:54 --> 00:34:58 >> he's 100% Puerto Rican. So
00:34:58 --> 00:35:00 >> it's it's it's crazy. So that that would
00:35:00 --> 00:35:03 definitely be a dream for sure. That
00:35:03 --> 00:35:04 would be crazy. That would be that would
00:35:04 --> 00:35:05 be absurd.
00:35:05 --> 00:35:07 >> That's awesome because I was going to
00:35:07 --> 00:35:08 ask you about that because I've been
00:35:08 --> 00:35:13 seeing that all over the internet.
00:35:13 --> 00:35:15 I even saw somebody like edit me in a
00:35:15 --> 00:35:18 Spider-Man suit. That was so tough. So
00:35:18 --> 00:35:23 >> I bet he was like [laughter]
00:35:23 --> 00:35:25 >> now when you saw that and you actually
00:35:25 --> 00:35:27 seen like, you know, so it's one thing
00:35:27 --> 00:35:28 for somebody to say, "Yeah, he should
00:35:28 --> 00:35:30 play this and play that." But they
00:35:30 --> 00:35:33 actually did the character of you being
00:35:33 --> 00:35:36 that that character. How did that feel?
00:35:36 --> 00:35:39 >> I think about that a lot. like not just
00:35:39 --> 00:35:43 that in in particular, but like the AI
00:35:43 --> 00:35:45 stuff as well and like people like
00:35:45 --> 00:35:47 editing you on things. I'm like, dang,
00:35:47 --> 00:35:49 that's me and they actually took time
00:35:49 --> 00:35:51 out of their day to like go and do
00:35:51 --> 00:35:52 something like that. Like that is just
00:35:52 --> 00:35:54 crazy to me. It blows my mind.
00:35:54 --> 00:35:55 >> Yeah.
00:35:55 --> 00:35:57 >> Makes me feel special, man. It does.
00:35:57 --> 00:36:00 >> Oh, that's because you are swe. Now,
00:36:00 --> 00:36:02 what advice I I want to ask the parents.
00:36:02 --> 00:36:04 I asked the parents and I want to ask
00:36:04 --> 00:36:06 Blake at the same time. I mean, you
00:36:06 --> 00:36:08 know, afterwards. What advice would you
00:36:08 --> 00:36:11 give parents navigating in the
00:36:11 --> 00:36:13 entertainment industry with their with
00:36:13 --> 00:36:15 their kids? Because we get a lot of, you
00:36:15 --> 00:36:16 know, because of the agency, we get a
00:36:16 --> 00:36:20 lot of uh parents that are managers and
00:36:20 --> 00:36:24 sometimes they don't know exactly what
00:36:24 --> 00:36:28 it is to be a manager. And because you
00:36:28 --> 00:36:31 guys are in a in a certain way right
00:36:31 --> 00:36:33 now, you you got it firsthand. You know
00:36:33 --> 00:36:35 what it's like. So, if you had any
00:36:36 --> 00:36:37 advice, what would you what would you
00:36:37 --> 00:36:41 give?
00:36:41 --> 00:36:43 >> Um,
00:36:43 --> 00:36:47 I would say for them to make sure that
00:36:47 --> 00:36:49 this is something that their child
00:36:49 --> 00:36:52 really wants to do and not something
00:36:52 --> 00:36:55 that they want for their child because
00:36:55 --> 00:36:57 Demia, as you know,
00:36:57 --> 00:36:59 >> um, you get a lot of nos before you get
00:36:59 --> 00:37:01 a lot of yeses. Yes. Um, and that's what
00:37:01 --> 00:37:03 I tell people all the time because
00:37:03 --> 00:37:05 people think that, you know, we have
00:37:05 --> 00:37:07 this magic wand and we can just make
00:37:07 --> 00:37:10 their child an actor because Blake
00:37:10 --> 00:37:12 started so young. And they're like, tell
00:37:12 --> 00:37:14 me how to get in. Tell me what to do.
00:37:14 --> 00:37:16 And I'm like, you know,
00:37:16 --> 00:37:19 it really was just I don't have a
00:37:19 --> 00:37:21 formula for it. You know, it kind of
00:37:21 --> 00:37:24 just happened. Um, we had kind of
00:37:24 --> 00:37:27 expressed some interest and um, Blake
00:37:27 --> 00:37:30 could sing and just so happened for the
00:37:30 --> 00:37:32 movie The Sound of Christmas, they
00:37:32 --> 00:37:35 needed a young boy who could sing and it
00:37:35 --> 00:37:38 was fast quick notice and Jared sent
00:37:38 --> 00:37:39 something and she was like, "Hey, I need
00:37:39 --> 00:37:41 Blake to sing a Christmas Carol." So,
00:37:41 --> 00:37:43 we're like, "Okay,
00:37:43 --> 00:37:45 so
00:37:45 --> 00:37:47 we video that. We sent it." He She was
00:37:47 --> 00:37:48 like, "Can you do one more? They like
00:37:48 --> 00:37:50 it." So, I was like, "Okay, yeah, sing
00:37:50 --> 00:37:52 something else." But, you know, you get
00:37:52 --> 00:37:56 a lot of nos and your child has to have
00:37:56 --> 00:37:59 thick skin because it can devastate them
00:37:59 --> 00:38:02 if they feel like they're not good
00:38:02 --> 00:38:03 enough and it could affect their
00:38:03 --> 00:38:06 self-esteem, you know. So, um you just
00:38:06 --> 00:38:08 have to make sure that you can keep your
00:38:08 --> 00:38:11 emotions in check as well as the parent
00:38:11 --> 00:38:13 when they are told no or when they are,
00:38:13 --> 00:38:15 you know, passed over a role because
00:38:15 --> 00:38:16 their hair is different or their eye
00:38:16 --> 00:38:18 color is different than what the parent
00:38:18 --> 00:38:20 is in the show and they're trying to get
00:38:20 --> 00:38:22 a Look, I mean that's happened, you
00:38:22 --> 00:38:25 know, a few times. So, um
00:38:25 --> 00:38:27 >> I would say just to make sure it's
00:38:27 --> 00:38:29 something that the child really wants to
00:38:29 --> 00:38:32 do and that the child um has thick skin.
00:38:32 --> 00:38:35 Honestly, that's my take.
00:38:35 --> 00:38:38 >> Okay. Well, you have anything um
00:38:38 --> 00:38:40 Cameron? No, I was just going to say
00:38:40 --> 00:38:43 that I I do um to piggy back off what
00:38:43 --> 00:38:46 what she says, I really feel like um
00:38:46 --> 00:38:48 it's it's your parents job to to to know
00:38:48 --> 00:38:51 your child and know what they can and
00:38:51 --> 00:38:52 cannot handle.
00:38:52 --> 00:38:52 >> It's true.
00:38:52 --> 00:38:56 >> Uh like I we have two boys, but they're
00:38:56 --> 00:38:57 polar opposites.
00:38:57 --> 00:38:58 >> Yeah.
00:38:58 --> 00:39:00 >> So I wouldn't try to put my oldest in
00:39:00 --> 00:39:03 this industry. It's a different animal.
00:39:03 --> 00:39:06 >> So and I wouldn't try to put him in his
00:39:06 --> 00:39:10 industry. So you have to know that your
00:39:10 --> 00:39:13 child can mentally take this you know
00:39:13 --> 00:39:16 because um it what's more important your
00:39:16 --> 00:39:19 child or or your child's career you know
00:39:19 --> 00:39:21 acting career. So at the end of the day
00:39:21 --> 00:39:23 I see a lot of parents that
00:39:23 --> 00:39:26 >> to our point to try to push their child
00:39:26 --> 00:39:27 into something that I don't I'm not sure
00:39:28 --> 00:39:30 that they even know at this point. You
00:39:30 --> 00:39:33 know Blake was um we're a sports family
00:39:33 --> 00:39:36 so Blake was um he's an athlete. He
00:39:36 --> 00:39:38 plays basketball and football and he's
00:39:38 --> 00:39:39 he's really good at it,
00:39:39 --> 00:39:42 >> but he had to give that up
00:39:42 --> 00:39:45 >> to follow his dream. This was
00:39:45 --> 00:39:47 >> slightly more important to him. This was
00:39:48 --> 00:39:50 but we let him make that choice as to
00:39:50 --> 00:39:53 what he want do and because of that now
00:39:53 --> 00:39:56 we don't have any regrets or we we move
00:39:56 --> 00:39:57 any differently because this is
00:39:57 --> 00:39:59 something he wanted to do.
00:39:59 --> 00:40:01 >> And so uh for us
00:40:02 --> 00:40:03 >> we have peace in knowing even when it
00:40:03 --> 00:40:06 gets hard this is his choice. this is
00:40:06 --> 00:40:07 what he wants to do. He know he can
00:40:07 --> 00:40:10 always we can always revisit if
00:40:10 --> 00:40:13 something changes but right now you know
00:40:13 --> 00:40:16 he loves to do this and so he know we we
00:40:16 --> 00:40:18 firm believe is hey your gift will make
00:40:18 --> 00:40:20 room for you and bring you before great
00:40:20 --> 00:40:23 men and it that's what acting has done
00:40:23 --> 00:40:25 for him you know is really open up doors
00:40:26 --> 00:40:28 so we don't we don't have a blueprint
00:40:28 --> 00:40:29 for
00:40:29 --> 00:40:31 you know success in acting all we can
00:40:31 --> 00:40:33 tell you is that you know hey know your
00:40:33 --> 00:40:36 child know what um know your purpose and
00:40:36 --> 00:40:37 and trying to help your children
00:40:37 --> 00:40:39 navigate through all of that.
00:40:39 --> 00:40:42 >> I love that. Now, Blake, how about you?
00:40:42 --> 00:40:44 That's okay. How about you? What advice
00:40:44 --> 00:40:47 would you give to someone your age or or
00:40:47 --> 00:40:50 or younger, I don't know, that's has
00:40:50 --> 00:40:53 dreams of acting?
00:40:53 --> 00:40:57 >> I would say that
00:40:57 --> 00:40:59 the sacrifice is probably going to be
00:40:59 --> 00:41:01 bigger than you realize. M
00:41:01 --> 00:41:06 >> um I know for me it it it it was like
00:41:06 --> 00:41:08 just dealing with things that you just
00:41:08 --> 00:41:10 never would even thought of. Like when
00:41:10 --> 00:41:11 you when you think of something like
00:41:12 --> 00:41:13 this that just never would have even
00:41:13 --> 00:41:14 crossed your mind, you're like, "Dang,
00:41:14 --> 00:41:19 this sucks too." But also like don't
00:41:19 --> 00:41:23 feel forced to do it as well. Like
00:41:23 --> 00:41:26 and and don't really well I say don't
00:41:26 --> 00:41:27 feel the pressure, but that's that's
00:41:27 --> 00:41:30 kind of easier said than done. And I I
00:41:30 --> 00:41:32 still kind of feel pressure with stuff
00:41:32 --> 00:41:35 sometimes, but
00:41:35 --> 00:41:38 for me personally, like this is what I
00:41:38 --> 00:41:41 want to do. Like this is what I want to
00:41:42 --> 00:41:43 achieve greatness in and this is what I
00:41:43 --> 00:41:46 want to leave my legacy in. And you
00:41:46 --> 00:41:48 know, this is this is this is this is it
00:41:48 --> 00:41:49 for me. But
00:41:49 --> 00:41:52 >> yeah,
00:41:52 --> 00:41:54 >> if somebody just wants to do it casually
00:41:54 --> 00:41:57 or just do it for fun or just do it for
00:41:57 --> 00:41:59 this reason because, you know, just
00:41:59 --> 00:42:00 because they like it or just to like try
00:42:00 --> 00:42:03 like that's cool. It doesn't have to be
00:42:03 --> 00:42:05 like all in or all nothing. Like it's
00:42:05 --> 00:42:07 it's up to you in your brain and make
00:42:07 --> 00:42:10 sure like you're healthy with it like
00:42:10 --> 00:42:13 with the decision that you make. Like if
00:42:13 --> 00:42:16 you want to stop, but you feel like
00:42:16 --> 00:42:19 pressured to keep going,
00:42:19 --> 00:42:22 just just just maybe take a break or
00:42:22 --> 00:42:23 something like that cuz you don't ever
00:42:23 --> 00:42:25 want it to affect you mentally to the
00:42:25 --> 00:42:27 point where
00:42:27 --> 00:42:29 >> you're burned out or you're just like
00:42:29 --> 00:42:31 you have resentment towards acting
00:42:31 --> 00:42:34 itself or you know, you have resentment
00:42:34 --> 00:42:35 towards the people that that forced you
00:42:35 --> 00:42:36 to be in it. Like you know, you just
00:42:36 --> 00:42:38 want to have a healthy balance with it,
00:42:38 --> 00:42:39 you know.
00:42:39 --> 00:42:43 >> Yeah. Yeah. Now,
00:42:43 --> 00:42:46 I'd ask you guys some serious stuff.
00:42:46 --> 00:42:48 Now, we gonna have a little bit of fun.
00:42:48 --> 00:42:51 That's not all serious. Now, [laughter]
00:42:51 --> 00:42:55 in my on my show, I always I'm a old
00:42:55 --> 00:42:59 school lover of m music. Okay.
00:42:59 --> 00:43:01 >> Okay. So, [clears throat] I always ask
00:43:01 --> 00:43:04 my guests, is it Tuesday? So, I always
00:43:04 --> 00:43:07 ask my guests uh different things about
00:43:07 --> 00:43:09 old school. So, we're gonna play a short
00:43:09 --> 00:43:11 little game. Now, I would imagine if
00:43:11 --> 00:43:14 Tuesday is is the person that always has
00:43:14 --> 00:43:15 a lot of old school. She plays music.
00:43:16 --> 00:43:18 So, I would imagine that Blake knows
00:43:18 --> 00:43:21 some of this some of the music that that
00:43:21 --> 00:43:21 Right.
00:43:22 --> 00:43:23 >> Maybe maybe.
00:43:23 --> 00:43:24 >> Okay. So, we'll do it
00:43:24 --> 00:43:26 >> slightly before my time. Slightly.
00:43:26 --> 00:43:28 >> Oh, I'm sure it's before your time. But
00:43:28 --> 00:43:30 if you were anything like me, my
00:43:30 --> 00:43:34 parents, well, my mother played a lot of
00:43:34 --> 00:43:37 music and people can't even believe some
00:43:37 --> 00:43:39 of the stuff that I remember from her
00:43:39 --> 00:43:42 playing. Yeah. So, we're going to play a
00:43:42 --> 00:43:45 little game and I'm going to It's old
00:43:45 --> 00:43:47 school, but it's not too old school.
00:43:47 --> 00:43:51 It's maybe like early 2000s. Okay.
00:43:51 --> 00:43:53 >> Okay.
00:43:53 --> 00:43:54 [laughter]
00:43:54 --> 00:43:56 And look, I wanted to make sure that
00:43:56 --> 00:43:58 that Blake might be able to to to
00:43:58 --> 00:44:01 [laughter]
00:44:01 --> 00:44:04 Okay. So, I'mma sing a little bit of the
00:44:04 --> 00:44:06 song and you guys got to finish the
00:44:06 --> 00:44:08 line. Okay. You ain't got to sing it all
00:44:08 --> 00:44:09 now. Just Just finish the line for me.
00:44:10 --> 00:44:12 Is that cool?
00:44:12 --> 00:44:14 >> Okay. All right.
00:44:14 --> 00:44:18 The first one. I love
00:44:18 --> 00:44:21 the way
00:44:21 --> 00:44:26 you kiss me.
00:44:26 --> 00:44:30 >> I know that one,
00:44:30 --> 00:44:33 man. You put me on that.
00:44:33 --> 00:44:36 That's far.
00:44:36 --> 00:44:41 >> Okay, the next one.
00:44:41 --> 00:44:44 >> Yeah, I was just listening to this.
00:44:44 --> 00:44:49 Yeah. I want to know your name.
00:44:49 --> 00:44:52 Can we talk
00:44:52 --> 00:44:54 >> for a minute?
00:44:54 --> 00:44:56 >> Yeah.
00:44:58 --> 00:45:00 I'm two for two. We're two for two.
00:45:00 --> 00:45:00 We're two for two.
00:45:00 --> 00:45:03 >> We're two for two. Okay.
00:45:03 --> 00:45:06 >> This is the last one. You don't have to
00:45:06 --> 00:45:08 call.
00:45:08 --> 00:45:14 It's okay, girl.
00:45:14 --> 00:45:16 Yeah.
00:45:16 --> 00:45:19 >> You don't have to come.
00:45:19 --> 00:45:22 Awesome. Awesome. So, it's Ursa, baby.
00:45:22 --> 00:45:24 [laughter]
00:45:24 --> 00:45:26 >> See, I knew you would know some of this.
00:45:26 --> 00:45:29 Okay, real quickly. Old school artist.
00:45:29 --> 00:45:31 Who's your favorite?
00:45:32 --> 00:45:33 Anybody go first?
00:45:33 --> 00:45:35 >> Classify old school.
00:45:35 --> 00:45:38 >> Whatever you consider as old school,
00:45:38 --> 00:45:42 >> man. Okay. We if we talking '9s R&B,
00:45:42 --> 00:45:45 Joe's my guy. Joe's my guy.
00:45:45 --> 00:45:48 >> Okay. Love it. Love it. Okay. How about
00:45:48 --> 00:45:49 you, Tuesday?
00:45:49 --> 00:45:51 >> I probably gotta go with Auntie Anita.
00:45:51 --> 00:45:54 Anita Baker. That's my girl.
00:45:54 --> 00:45:57 >> That's my girl. [laughter]
00:45:57 --> 00:45:59 >> Okay, Blake, what you got?
00:45:59 --> 00:46:01 >> I'mma be honest.
00:46:01 --> 00:46:02 >> Yeah,
00:46:02 --> 00:46:05 >> I'm not too on old school. I mean, me,
00:46:05 --> 00:46:07 you'll catch me bumping like Rod Wave,
00:46:07 --> 00:46:10 you know? That's my favorite artist. But
00:46:10 --> 00:46:13 >> I would say New Edition
00:46:13 --> 00:46:15 >> would be my favorite
00:46:15 --> 00:46:17 >> old school. Yeah, that that
00:46:17 --> 00:46:21 >> Michael too, right?
00:46:21 --> 00:46:23 >> Michael Jackson.
00:46:23 --> 00:46:26 >> Why do I feel like he's underrated?
00:46:26 --> 00:46:27 >> Like in today's time, why do I feel like
00:46:27 --> 00:46:29 he's underrated? I can, like I told you,
00:46:29 --> 00:46:31 I can go on a tangent when it comes to
00:46:31 --> 00:46:32 music.
00:46:32 --> 00:46:34 >> Michael is genuinely fire. Like even
00:46:34 --> 00:46:36 now, his music hold All right, I'mma
00:46:36 --> 00:46:38 chill.
00:46:38 --> 00:46:40 Why? Michael Jackson is Yeah, he's one
00:46:40 --> 00:46:41 of the ones for sure.
00:46:41 --> 00:46:43 >> I love it. I love it. See, I knew you
00:46:43 --> 00:46:49 guys raised him, right?
00:46:49 --> 00:46:51 >> Hey, guys. So, I'm gonna let Blake and
00:46:51 --> 00:46:54 his family get back to whatever they
00:46:54 --> 00:46:57 were doing, relaxing, chilling, doing
00:46:57 --> 00:47:00 your work, whatever it is. Um, any shout
00:47:00 --> 00:47:04 outs you guys want to do before we go?
00:47:04 --> 00:47:06 >> Shout out to our other son, Chase. He
00:47:06 --> 00:47:09 >> Hey, Chase.
00:47:09 --> 00:47:11 >> My boy. Yeah, he's working hard.
00:47:11 --> 00:47:13 >> Doing great things.
00:47:13 --> 00:47:16 >> Awesome. Awesome. And of course, I want
00:47:16 --> 00:47:18 to give a special shout out to my sister
00:47:18 --> 00:47:20 Jar Avery over at the Avery Agency. Hey,
00:47:20 --> 00:47:23 >> J.
00:47:23 --> 00:47:25 >> All right. And look, you guys, thank you
00:47:25 --> 00:47:28 so much for joining me today. Blake, we
00:47:28 --> 00:47:31 wish you so much in with your career and
00:47:31 --> 00:47:33 in your personal life. We just
00:47:33 --> 00:47:37 absolutely adore you. So,
00:47:38 --> 00:47:42 we wish all of you guys just just love,
00:47:42 --> 00:47:45 happiness, and of course, success. And
00:47:45 --> 00:47:47 we are out of here, guys. We'll talk to
00:47:47 --> 00:47:48 you later. All right. Bye-bye.
00:47:48 --> 00:47:50 >> Talk to you later, Dia. Thank you for
00:47:50 --> 00:47:53 having me.