Summary
What do you get when you mixMagic Mikewith holiday cheer andChad Michael Murray?
Netflix’sThe Merry Gentlemenand a sweet story to swoon over.
CHAD MICHAEL MURRAY: Whats on your shirt?
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COLLIDER: I’m going with the Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The best part was I wore this to interview him and he really got a kick out of it.
MURRAY: Is thatTotal Recall?
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MURRAY: That’s what I thought.
BRITT ROBERTSON: You guys are bro-ing out hard right now.
Will the Bills win the Super Bowl this year?
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Every year I’ve called it, it has not worked out in my favor.
ROBERTSON: But it doesn’t bring home trophies.
You know what I’m saying?
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It doesn’t bring home the big Super Bowl…
I don’t know.
MURRAY: How about this?
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They would lose their minds if they were to beat Kansas City and make it to the Super Bowl.
MURRAY: You watch.
ROBERTSON: Wait, really?
A former big-city dancer returns to her hometown to save her parents' struggling performance venue by organizing an all-male, Christmas-themed revue.
Oh, wait, because theyre about to play…
MURRAY: They play Kansas City this weekend.
ROBERTSON: That’s what it is.
I was like, I’m just trying to get my Tay-Tay on, like, calm down.
Well, first of all, congrats on getting tickets.
ROBERTSON: Thank you.
I spent everything I’ve ever earned on it.
MURRAY: Its all gone.
Oh my god, you better see it.
Everything is worth it, then.
Everything will be okay.
Family Dysfunction and the Antithesis of Christmas
[Laughs] Sure.
I could ask you a million other things, but let’s jump into the movie.
Actually, no, I have one question before.
Do you have a go-to holiday film, and has it changed as you’ve gotten older?
MURRAY: No, they’ve been the same since I was younger.
They’ve become more relevant [National Lampoons Christmas]Vacationbecause we all grew up in dysfunctional families.
That’s how it goes.
ROBERTSON: Thats what its about?
MURRAY: Oh my gosh, yes.
They take every dysfunctional family thing, and they just magnify it, and you go, Wait.
No, no, it’s not magnified.
That’s just Christmas at home.
Now I know why this movie is funny.
And then the second one wasIt’s a Wonderful Life.
That movie, I mean, come on, it’s a perfect film.
ROBERTSON: It’s a heart bleeder.
I haven’t seen it.
I don’t know it.
I love a funny guy.
I like his little hands.
MURRAY: You should dress up as the Grinch for Christmas.
ROBERTSON: Oh, interesting.
He doesn’t like it!
MURRAY: His heart grows 10 sizes, and it’s okay.
ROBERTSON: So then he learns to love it.
Yeah, but I guess it’s sort of the antithesis of Christmas.
MURRAY: He is anti-Christmas, but you know, we all learn and we all grow.
ROBERTSON: We all learn to love it.
MURRAY: Ten sizes.
ROBERTSON: Day one.
Day one for me was all my tap dancing, all my dancing.
Everything from that point on was like, Yay!
And I’m all good at that.
But I was really nervous about my dancing.
MURRAY: Werent you guys there for, like, three days?
Then they were doing other behind-the-scenes stuff, but the actual dancing was day one.
I have that sitting at home.
I’m eating the whole thing.
This is Dad’s pizza.
I had that circled.
ROBERTSON: When was it?
MURRAY: It was after my last shirtless scene.
ROBERTSON: He probably has a really good gluten-free pizza spot.
I’m actually very curious.
I live in LA.
MURRAY: Tomato Pie.
There are, I believe, two locations.
ROBERTSON: Is it Topanga?
MURRAY: Los Feliz?
ROBERTSON: This guy’s never been to Los Feliz!
[Laughs] He can’t even say it.
Hes never been east.
How did you find out that was happening, and what can you tease about that sequel?
MURRAY: I found out very last second.
Well, actually, that’s not fair.
Not last second, but I found out right before we were shootingThe Merry Gentlemen.
Everybody wants to go back to that time and just enjoy the freedom that this movie gave everybody.
They had a great script, they had a great team behind it.
It was a no-brainer.
It didn’t feel like work at all.
Britt, individual question for you.
Can you talk about that?
ROBERTSON: [Laughs] Yeah, exactly.
Let us stay, let us stay.
That’s sort of the only villain.
But you’re right.
I think the obstacle in the film is more or less, what do you choose for yourself?
What do you want your life to look like?
What’s important to you at the end of the day?
Do you want to be a tap dancer for the rest of your life?
The Merry Gentlemenis available to stream on Netflix now.
