Interview de Robert Buckley - ...ology (17/05/2011)

Après Shantel, c'est au tour de Robert Buckley d'être interviewé par Sharon Tharp pour ....ology. Je vous laisse découvrir l'interview en VO que nous traduirons dès que possible...

Hi Rob. How are you?

I’m doing well, how about yourself?

Good. Thank you for talking with me today.

Yeah. It’s my pleasure.

So let’s talk about tonight. What can we expect from the season finale?

Hmm, the killer opening sequence followed by the show's theme song with a new artist, probably some title credits (laughs). No. They’ve got me pretty tight lipped on how much I can give away. But I have to say, I don’t know how much of it is going to be the episode that I know or if they’re going to change the ending to make it more of a series finale.

Right. And we officially don’t know anything yet as of now? Is that right?

Yes exactly. We’ve heard nothing. So, you know, I’m pretty much in the same boat as a lot of the fans. I don’t know, really what is going to be the ending.

Do you think that fans either way will be happy with Clay and Quinn's ending?

I do.

OK... You really can’t say anything about it, can you? (laughs)

Well (laughs), it's also very relative. I’m on Twitter now and a lot of our fans are on Twitter as well and I hear what a lot of people want. Like, some people just want to see Clay and Quinn happy. Like, they won’t be happy until Clay and Quinn have a handful of babies. A clan of ‘Clinns’, if you will. You know, I think it’s a bit relative, but overall I was very satisfied with how they wanted to wrap up the season and I’m a big fan of Clay and Quinn, so I think the fans will be happy.

Great. Yeah, I've talked to Shantel and she said the same thing.  She also told us that you guys are best friends. Do you have any good Shantel stories to tell us?

Oh my gosh. Let’s see, what’s appropriate for print (laughs). No, no, I’m kidding. We had a really good time. We got thrown into it together obviously. We started in season 7 and it was not just starting a new job, but joining a show that is already successful, seriously, is like going to a new high school senior year. It’s not even like, am I going to find a prom date? It’s like, am I even going to fit in here? And, so her and I were in the same boat, living in Wilmington. So it was kind of like, we’re either going to sink or swim together so we might as well be, you know, pals. And we ended up having a really good time. Hopefully it comes across on the screen, but I think, for example, this season’s gag reel, I just saw the other day and there’s two really good moments in there of the two of us where you can see we’re complete, just goofballs around each other.

Haha. Cool! So, if the show doesn’t get picked up, do you have any plans? Or are you just sort of waiting?

Yeah, I’ll probably be moving back here to my parents’ basement. There’s a futon with my name on it (laughs). No, I don’t right now, because the truth is, my hope is that the show comes back. I have a great time doing it, so I’m really not trying to hedge my bets, I’m just seeing what happens with the show so if it comes back, great. If it doesnt, look and see what’s out there.

Will you miss Wilmington?

Yeah, absolutely. You know, it’s a great town and I’ve made some really good friends there. I was just talking about that with a good buddy of mine yesterday. I was like, “Man, there are a lot of reasons I hope the show comes back that are related to the show, but aside from that, it would be a bummer." Like, I would have to fly out to see my family and friends that I’ve made, like what, once, maybe twice a year? That part would be kind of crummy.

Definitely. So which episode would you say is your favorite?

That’s a good question. Actually, I really enjoyed shooting [episode] 21. That was last week's episode. There’s more drama than there is laugh-out-loud funny moments on the show, and I’m by nature, very silly and nonsensical, so for me it was just like coming home to be silly. And you know, I was essentially yelling at a bunch of 7 to 10-year-olds that like speed through a baseball game. So Mark Schwahn wrote and shot the episode, and he sort of let me off the leash. He was like, "Just go. Play. Here’s a handful of takes, have them." And it was so much fun. And I actually haven’t even seen the episode yet. It’s on my Tivo, but that was a blast. Then at the end when it was just James, Austin and Eric McIntire. You know that scene on the bridge was a lot of fun actually. A little bit of a grueling day, but that was just a blast, just anytime you get to do action or comedy, for me, it was a great time.

So you weren’t at all sad that you didn’t get to go to Puerto Rico with the girls?

No, I wasn’t at all, actually (laughs). Truth be told when they said they were going to Puerto Rico, I was like, “Have a wonderful time.” It wasn’t like last season when we were going to be going out to Utah, when I was like, "I’m going, right?" You know? Puerto Rico, I was like wait, "The guys are staying here? Sweet." I’ll wear the Brian Boitano shirt if you let me stay and they held me to it.

Haha. I don’t know if you watched it, but Sophia [Bush] was on MTV and she said that you randomly break out into raps. Is that true?

I heard about the thing that Soph did. I haven’t seen it yet, but I heard about it from other people. What was the program she was on?

Ah, I forget. It was like Top 10 or something? Yeah, she said something like, "Rob’s kind of weird. He randomly starts rapping. It’s pretty funny."

Yeah, she hit the nail on the head.

Yeah, I think Shantel said the same thing about your goofy behavior. Is there anything specific that you rap about?

Oh boy, I’m very stream of consciousness. I am an equal opportunity rapper so whether its how delicious the craft service is that day or how terrible I’m doing in a scene, whatever it is, I will freestyle about it. Because like, why say some things when you could rap about it?

That's great (laughs).

There was a great line actually, again in [episode] 21. One thing that our writers and Mark Schwahn do really well is that they write the actor straight, and they write the stuff that they know the actors will respond to. Sometimes that's very heavy stuff, sometimes its really stupid stuff, but one that holds true is I'm really silly. Like, very, very goofy and on set that comes out in a big way. So there’s a scene where Nathan and I are talking, I’m in a chair at my apartment, and he’s like, “You’re weird.” And I think I say, “You’re just now noticing that? Like, yeah, I’m a weird guy, I’m an odd duck." I’ve probably said that on a bi-weekly basis, I would say.

Yeah, and Clay started off the show as a way different character than he is now. Is it more enjoyable playing him now than it was two years ago?

Ah boy, that’s tough. There are challenges and enjoyable parts to both of them. It’s been very cool the way it's evolved in that... you know when you make a new friend? You don't necessarily let your guard up, but its not all the way down. Sort of like when you’re dating someone new and you’re like the best version of yourself for the first three months. And you’re like, "Oh, you’re going to stay for a while? Here’s the way I really am." And like, the socks are on the floor and the milk is left open. With Clay, you just saw his external struggles, you saw some of his internal struggles, but we didn’t really get into the minutia of who Clay is when he’s by himself. What’s this guy like on a Wednesday? What’s he like? And now it’s kind of cool to see. And with Quinn as well. These two people, they’re kind of kids at heart. They want to be loved and then they’re very silly and goofy. She’s singing about toaster strudel and Clay is dancing like he's Footloose without rhythm or shame.

Haha. Yes, it’s a lot more evident now as to why they’re together.

Yeah, what’s really funny about that is, as a viewer, you see a lot of that happening separate from each other and then you see them together really getting along. And if you pay attention, the reason we work so well, like when we’re seen on the couch enjoying each other, it kind of goes back to the fact that when you see them apart, they’re pretty much doing the exact same thing.

That’s so true!

There could be a scene of Clay and Quinn at the table, and they would be like, “Hey babe, what did you do today?” I would be like, “Oh, I danced for a while by myself to, you know, embarrassing music. And then Nate walked in." And it’ll be like “What did you do?” And she’s like, “Oh, I sang about the pastry I was eating and then Haley walked in." And it would be like, “Oh, that’s right. We have no shame and we're embarrassing." You know what I mean?

Totally. Wait, so you brought up dating. So I have to ask, do you have a girlfriend?

Ohhhh Sharon.

You did it! I mean, that was all you!

I tend to keep the questions about ladies and the love life and dating at bay.

Note: Sorry, ladies I tried! Haha.

Fair enough. So Hilarie and Chad have both expressed interest in coming back. Would you like to see that happen?

Yeah, I think that would be awesome. They were such great characters. Both of them as actors did awesome work. So I think it would be great. But here’s the thing: I think after a short period of time, it’s not entertaining to watch people getting along and just having a good life. You need to mix it up. And so whether that’s bringing in a couple of new characters to shake things up or sort of putting people through a conflict or struggle, just adding more elements to it, I think is always a good idea to vary things. And I think it would be great from a fan’s point of view and for the fans to see Lucas and Peyton come back. I think that would be great for the show and I think people would really like to see that.

Absolutely. So, I asked people on Twitter for questions and they want to know who your favorite couple is (other than Clay and Quinn, of course). That's always a big debate.

Ohh boy. Yeah, well just…there’s things that like… OK. Miss Lauren and Skillz…

Oh, yeah? (laughs) That really seems like a left field answer!

Well, I gotta tell you, first of all, Allison [Munn] and Antwon [Tanner] are hilarious. I genuinely enjoy the heck out of both of them. And I think on screen, they’re both just really funny. So they’re fun. You know, I’m not going to give you a satisfying answer because I can tell you why every couple... like, I love Brooke and Julian. Just because Julian is like, such a great, sweet manchild. But he mans up, he saved lives like a hero one episode, and then in the next episode he’s chasing butterflies.

(Insert enormous laughter from me).

And Brooke... I could go on obviously, but Brooke’s fantastic and very, very funny. And Haley and Nate obviously, they’re very... there's a soft spot in my heart because, come on, "Claythan." I mean, come on, when you’re talking about couples -- BROMANCE!

Haha. It seems you have a couple of bromances on the show now.

I do and I want to call something out for our fans, because there's a scene… oh boy. It was episode 17 or so where Clay, Nathan, Chase and Julian were in the diner talking. And if you pay attention to the episode, it kind of seems like the scene comes out of left field, because the episode is happening and it just cuts to us talking like Sex and the City-style for 4 minutes. And it was such a funny thing to shoot because I have a crazy monologue about having smuggled cocaine… in your butt. And we had so much fun shooting it and then The Soup ended up calling out the scene and kind of making fun of it. And I was like, "Oh no, why is it…" It was [actually] for something small, like the way the waitress poured the ice tea.

But, I encourage anyone who has the show Tivo'd or has it on DVD, go back and watch that scene, and then watch the very end of it. Stephen leaves and then James leaves, and it’s just Austin and I sitting next to each other. And I don’t know if it was the choice of the editor or the director, but he left like, three good seconds of just he and I sitting there (laughs). And if you watch, we definitely have a moment. And there’s something happening there -- we look at each other and then we both look away -- that I think is so ambiguous that I couldn’t believe that no one called attention to it.  No one made fun of it. Because I watched it and I was like, "What just happened?" Like, we totally just started a new relationship. What’s going on here? Are these two going to be dancing in the next scene? What’s happening? So, I think Clay and Julian, we definitely have a "Clulian" or something, but I think we have another relationship happening.

That’s great. Maybe they’ll save that for next season!

Yea, exactly, right?

So is there anything you want to say to the fans? I know being one of them that One Tree Hill fans are super loyal.

You know what, thank you. I’ve just been so pleasantly surprised, stunned and flattered and humbled at how much support and love there is for the show out there. I mean honestly, it really has just left me slack-jawed. There’s people from all over the world who are making videos, sending stuff. So seriously, to all the fans, I just have such a tremendous amount of appreciation and gratitude. And hopefully we can come back and give them a good ninth season, but if not, hopefully this will have been good and the finale tonight will leave them with warm fuzzies.

Warm Fuzzies. Haha! Awesome. And will you be watching the finale tonight?

I may be live tweeting tonight during the west coast feed of it. I did it last week on the east coast time, and it sucks because I’m tweeting and not knowing what’s happening on the screen. But like I said, the fans are great, so I like getting on there and sort of mixing it up with them. So I’m going to try and be available for that tonight. And as soon as I get word on the show, I’ll be letting everyone know on Twitter what the verdict is.

Yes. You have some really devoted Twitter accounts made just for you by your fans. I know they are really excited about hearing from you.

That’s really cool.

Yeah! Well, thanks so much for chatting with me today, Rob.

Thanks a lot!

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