For my fellow actors,
as you become an onscreen family,
sometimes if we're lucky,
you become a behind the scenes family as well.
Is that happening with y'all?
- No.
[group laughs]
- They don't get along. It's really...
- [Ian] We actually hate each other.
- There was weird tension amongst all of you,
that's why I asked.
- I mean, you know, just to state the obvious, you know,
this past year has been really challenging,
I think is the word people are using now.
And it was challenging for us.
You know, we were one of the first productions
to start up once the pandemic started.
And so there was anxiety, believe it or not,
because we didn't know how it was going to work,
and if it was going to work.
But what we did know, and what we relied on,
and what we used to get through it, was each other.
And, you know, we were a close cast before this,
but I think given the circumstances in the last year
and working through it,
we're even closer today than we were then.
And I know that, you know,
the three of us were alone up there.
We were the three, three of the main characters
who are actors who were living alone and then going to work.
And so it was really important for us to help each other
and support each other through that,
because being isolated for that long
can be really difficult.
So all of that to say that, yes,
it's been a gift to be able to go to work with these people,
and to do this work, and say these words
with people I genuinely love.
And I, and who I know love me back.
- I can super relate to that.
I know how great that feels. [crowd applauds]
Blu or Ian, did you have anything to add?
- I think Wilson's an amazing mentor
and I really am so grateful
that we've been able to grow closer
over this past season.
Yeah. There were some times when I reached out to him
for support and help and he's been there for me
through a lot of tough times.
And with Blu, like we have this friendship
that I really cherish
and I think it's a friendship for life,
and we just, we get each other, we connect.
The very first time I met Blu, we were...
[giggles] Yes!
We were wearing, I swear, the same, exact outfit,
like to a T. [audience laughs]
We were both wearing one dangly earring, one stud,
black hoodie, black pants, black boots,
and I was like... - [Wil Wheaton] A uniform!
- We're going to be friends.
- [Wil Wheaton] A uniform, yeah.
- We're gonna be friends.
Like a uniform, yeah. [crowd laughs]
- That's amazing.
- They're...Ian is, I've said many times
and I'm going to keep saying it as long as I'm working here,
but I wouldn't have been able to do this without Ian at all.
And these two, you and Anthony,
I have on speed dial as like for real parents that I call
for parent related things.
And I'm sorry if that's annoying, [laughs]
but I do it anyway. - Well,
you're not competing with our actual kids,
because we don't have them. So we're good.
[crowd laughs]
Nobody's jealous. Everybody gets what they need.