BEST FOOT FORWARD Series Original Featurette 'Meet the Champions' HD

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00:00 I would never have gotten into acting

00:02 if it wasn't something like the kid with the prosthetic.

00:05 Who here wants to be on camera?

00:09 So you never had been an actor before.

00:11 You never necessarily had interest in acting.

00:14 What was it about this show that you said, yeah,

00:16 that's like a thing I'd want to do?

00:17 Just to spread awareness.

00:19 It's a great way to inform people.

00:21 I guess that makes sense.

00:23 We have episodes that are about Josh's prosthetic,

00:25 about it breaking, or about him adapting.

00:27 In some ways, I'm most proud of our episodes

00:29 where it's barely mentioned.

00:31 He plays soccer.

00:32 He's very enthusiastic.

00:34 He reads a lot of self-help books.

00:36 And he has one leg.

00:38 Guys, listen.

00:39 I want to make friends because they like me,

00:41 not because they feel bad for me.

00:43 Hey, guys.

00:43 It's Logan Marmino.

00:44 And the great thing about this show and the crew

00:47 is that there are so many different voices that

00:49 represent everybody.

00:50 So why don't we go meet some of those people?

00:53 This is Miss Nandi.

00:54 One of the forced 80s.

00:57 I'm Reggie Jr. Jr.

00:58 And who am I?

01:00 You're Romy Sr. Sr.

01:01 That's right.

01:02 Yo-Yo, what is your job like?

01:04 And what do you do?

01:05 I put watches on him.

01:07 I put things in people's hands.

01:10 Pretty cool job.

01:11 Thanks.

01:12 I'd like to introduce you to Kaya, our production

01:14 accessibility coordinator.

01:16 Yeah, so as the PAC, I do a lot of stuff

01:19 that's sort of like disability and accessibility together.

01:22 I get to hang out with Josh and you a lot

01:25 when we're doing things that are leg-involved

01:27 or crotch-involved.

01:29 Do you want to see the sensory room?

01:31 I always want to be in the sensory room.

01:34 If you've got a headache, you can hang out up here.

01:36 If you have sensory issues and you

01:39 need a place with low light and not a lot of sound,

01:42 all that's up here.

01:43 That's so cool.

01:45 I think they're calling me back down to set.

01:46 All right, go for it.

01:47 Bye.

01:49 So today on set, we are doing the Halloween showcase scene.

01:53 And they're actually doing it right now behind me.

01:57 And this is my Gingerbread Man costume.

02:00 Run, run, run as fast as I can.

02:03 You can't catch me on the Gingerbread Man.

02:07 [GASPS]

02:09 Somebody grab me a doctor or at least a glass of milk.

02:15 I love this scene where Josh gets

02:17 to feel like he can go to school without a leg on.

02:21 And everybody was like cheering for him.

02:23 [CHEERING]

02:24 Awesome.

02:25 The first scene that I got to do in episode six,

02:29 Josh's leg has broken at Halloween.

02:32 I wrote most of that scene myself personally.

02:35 And what an amazing experience it

02:37 was to write a scene that I was going to perform talking

02:42 to basically my younger self.

02:45 I used to never leave my house without a prosthesis on.

02:48 I didn't go in public without one until after college.

02:51 Being able to shoot that scene in a moment

02:53 in Josh the character's life when he's so

02:55 vulnerable on Halloween was so intense and meaningful

02:59 and emotional.

03:00 And it's given me an even deeper appreciation

03:02 of all the elements and all the people

03:04 that it takes to make a show like this happen.

03:07 All right, bring it in.

03:08 Let's hear it.

03:09 Go Pirates!

03:12 Go Pirates!

03:14 Thanks for watching, and I hope you enjoyed.

03:17 [MUSIC PLAYING]

03:21 (dramatic music)

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