Eric Roberts Reveals He Was the First Person ‘DWTS’ Tried to Cast 19 Years Ago

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00:00Was this something that was on your bucket list of things to do, or was it a lot of convincing

00:04to get you to do this, or was this a no-brainer?

00:06I was the first person they offered this show to 19 years ago.

00:10And I was in China making a movie, and in a one-day overlap, and the movie wouldn't

00:15let me go.

00:17So here I am.

00:18Here you are.

00:1919 years later.

00:20Here we are.

00:21And two titanium hips later, too.

00:22That's okay.

00:23We're going to get those titanium hoops nice and, like, juiced up and ready to move.

00:27Definitely.

00:28What is your family's reaction that you're doing the show?

00:31The only person who knows is my wife.

00:33They all found out on television today.

00:35Did you get a lot of text messages so far?

00:38The wife has.

00:39The wife has, yeah.

00:40Are you expecting everybody to be in the audience cheering you on?

00:43I'm avoiding it all.

00:44Avoiding it all.

00:45I love it.

00:46How are wedding plans going?

00:47Wedding plans are going amazing.

00:48We just set a date, and we are so excited.

00:53I just can't wait.

00:54I just can't wait to marry Daniel.

00:55I am so excited.

00:57Has the wedding planning been a smooth process so far?

01:00It's been so smooth.

01:01We've been in alignment throughout the whole thing, and we're just having so much fun with

01:05it.

01:06Good, good.

01:07So if you win that Mirror Ball trophy, where are you putting it?

01:08Have you thought about where you're going to put this Mirror Ball trophy?

01:11I'm sorry, but I don't think I'm taking that home.

01:13But what really happened, and it was great this week, is my book came out at the same

01:18time as this.

01:19Yes, thank you.

01:20Runaway Train.

01:21Please buy a copy.