Meet the Cast of DC’s Stargirl on The CW: Brec Bassinger and More in Exciting ‘Cast Chat’ Featurette

0:01 | (dramatic orchestral music)

0:02 | – What are you?

0:03 | – Hey, look, it’s
me, Joel McHale,

0:05 | and a bunch of people from
the cast of “Stargirl.”

0:08 | How’s it going, guys?

0:09 | – Hi, Joel.

0:10 | Hey, Amy, hey, Brec.

0:11 | – Hi.

0:12 | – So, obviously,
you guys must have,

0:14 | you’ve seen, the reception of
the show is pretty tremendous.

0:18 | – I personally was really
excited to work on it.

0:20 | It just seemed like
such a masterpiece,

0:22 | and such a symphony of
characters, and storylines,

0:25 | and a larger than life show,

0:27 | but really based in a
family in a small town,

0:31 | and something that
you could grasp.

0:32 | It wasn’t just superheroes.

0:34 | It had really great
storylines that I liked.

0:36 | (dramatic orchestral music)

0:42 | – I’m Stargirl.

0:43 | – Brec, I’m gonna
start with you.

0:44 | You got this role
when you were 18.

0:46 | What was it like
working with these guys,

0:48 | with Luke and Amy?

0:49 | – An honor, so cool.

0:51 | I have to give props
to both of them.

0:53 | Like, so many times,
working with actors,

0:55 | it’s like, the camera’s on
them, they’ll give it their all,

0:58 | but as soon as the
coverage is turned,

0:59 | and the camera’s not on them,

1:00 | they just stop
giving you anything.

1:03 | You have nothing to work off of.

1:05 | And both of them never did that.

1:07 | I feel like Luke, half the time,

1:09 | was almost pushing himself
more when it was on me

1:12 | because he wanted to give
me things to work off of.

1:14 | (S.T.R.I.P.E. whirs)

1:17 | What is that thing?

1:19 | – [Pat] It’s a prototype.

1:20 | – [Courtney] You built it?

1:21 | – Outta old car parts.

1:23 | – I knew the show was serious

1:24 | when I saw your robot, Luke.

1:26 | I went, oh, I was telling Geoff,

1:28 | I was like, this is not an
inexpensively made show.

1:32 | – That’s what
happened to me too.

1:34 | Like, Brec and I saw
it on the same day.

1:36 | That was the first
day I met Brec,

1:38 | but it’s like, I guess,

1:39 | in the back of my mind,
I’m always prepared

1:41 | for some kind of Ed Wood thing

1:43 | where it’s like, a crew gotta
pull him on a piece of rope,

1:47 | moving, you know, like, a big

1:49 | tinfoil-covered
arm or something,

1:51 | but we went out to
this effects house,

1:55 | and saw the robot,
and realized, like,

1:58 | wow, this is the real thing.

2:00 | – My favorite was
scenes with S.T.R.I.P.E.

2:02 | Is this thing even safe?

2:04 | ‘Cause sometimes, it
was a practical robot,

2:06 | but most of the time,

2:08 | it was just a big
16-foot tall stick

2:09 | with this cardboard
cutout S.T.R.I.P.E. head

2:12 | and they’re like, okay,
so he lands next to you,

2:15 | and the whole ground is shaking.

2:16 | I’m like, oh, is it now?

2:18 | Okay, good to know.

2:20 | – Oh my god, what happened?

2:22 | – Oh, I fell down
the basement stairs.

2:24 | – What?

2:25 | – It was way larger
than I ever expected,

2:29 | and I was so impressed.

2:30 | The stunt coordinators
and everyone

2:32 | who did the stunts
were just so talented.

2:35 | I only got a couple fight scenes

2:37 | in the season, but
boy, was it fun.

2:40 | – I thought we were
gonna stop moving around

2:41 | once you hooked up with Barbara.

2:43 | – We’re not hooked up, Mike.

2:44 | – Fine, what do you want
me to say, shacked up?

2:47 | – Trae, he was never
at a loss for words.

2:50 | – That’s true.

2:51 | – How old was he?

2:52 | – Like a 40-year-old
man stuffed into a 13–

2:55 | – I think he was
13 when we did it.

2:57 | – I call it “Life in Hollywood.”

3:00 | – But my favorite thing
is, he’s from Georgia,

3:03 | but he sounds like he’s
from the middle of New York,

3:05 | and I’m like,
you’re from Georgia,

3:06 | where is this
accent coming from?

3:08 | – No, yeah, his family’s
from Long Island.

3:10 | – Italian.

3:14 | (man grunts)

3:16 | – How did it happen
for you, Joel?

3:17 | How did the part come
down the line for you?

3:20 | – Believe me, I was thrilled

3:21 | just to be, I’m not kidding,
dressed up as a superhero.

3:25 | The eight-year-old
me was just, like,

3:26 | looking in the
mirror, going like.

3:28 | (people laugh)

3:30 | – I will say, that was
a well-fitting suit.

3:34 | (Brec laughs)

3:35 | I just remember you
getting into the car,

3:37 | where you’d kind of have
to, like, fall into the car

3:40 | like an old person ’cause
the thing was so tight,

3:44 | you couldn’t, like, bend over.

3:45 | – When I sat down in it,
I had to pull on the neck

3:50 | ’cause it was just
very subtly choking me.

3:52 | – I really thought
you were method

3:54 | ’cause they’d yell cut, but
you’d still be like (groans)

3:59 | – No.

4:01 | – Hi-ya.

4:02 | (grunts)

4:03 | – Starman.

4:04 | (Starman grunts)

4:05 | – I told you to wait in the car.

4:07 | Next week is your birthday
there, Ms. Brec Bassinger.

4:13 | – What a week you’re gonna have.

4:14 | Show premiering, 21st birthday.

4:17 | What else can you fit in there?

4:18 | – All in quarantine.

4:20 | Not how I expected it.

4:22 | – Oh, gosh.
– You will definitely

4:23 | never forget it, and
it’s pretty cool.

4:26 | I mean, the pandemic
is not cool at all,

4:29 | but you guys, congratulations.

4:32 | Happy birthday, Brec.

4:34 | Show premiers this Tuesday,
nine o’clock, 8:00 central,

4:37 | on CW, on the CW, and then
the episode will appear

4:43 | on the streaming app, on CW
streaming app, the next day,

4:46 | so you have no excuse
not to watch it.

4:49 | – Thanks, Joel,
thanks for doing this,

4:50 | and Brec, Amy, see you guys.

4:53 | – Thanks, you guys.
– Great to see you.

4:55 | – (chuckles) Awesome.

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