Dylan O'Brien | Don't Read The Comments | Men's Health

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05/10/2024

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00:00I'd actually love to see Dylan O'Brien in a Transformers movie rather than just as a voice actor.

00:04The screen test of him changing into a car didn't look very good.

00:11Hi, I'm Dylan O'Brien.

00:12The internet is a place with a lot of people and a lot of opinions.

00:15So today we're going to read and respond to some of them.

00:17This is Don't Read The Comments.

00:31At John says, the bleach blonde is such a look.

00:35Uh, thanks.

00:37It's like rock bottom hair. You know what I mean?

00:39It feels like it's breakup hair. You know what I mean?

00:42It feels like it's like you got out of a relationship hair.

00:44The reason Disney didn't want him is because they're afraid he will take the spotlight from everyone else.

00:49The reason that Disney didn't want him is because he can't sing.

00:55This is a true story. I actually did go and do this audition because I know I can't really sing.

01:01And I just wanted to go do it because I was kind of like, f**k it.

01:06And I remember the casting assistant said, okay, that was great. Thank you.

01:11We need a stronger singer.

01:16It was something like that.

01:17I'd actually love to see Dylan O'Brien in a Transformers movie rather than just as a voice actor.

01:22The screen test of him changing into a car didn't look very good.

01:28You know, it's funny. A guy randomly came up to me on the street one time.

01:32And he said, are you the guy in Transformers?

01:35And I was like, Shia LaBeouf?

01:38And he's like, aren't you? Are you not in Transformers?

01:40And I was like, well, it's weird. This is weird.

01:43Because technically I am, but not in a way that you'd recognize.

01:47And it ended up being a really long conversation.

01:50We're still friends.

01:53Okay, I tweeted in 2011, at Jenna Janey,

01:57Spongebob is where I derive all my acting influence.

02:00Not no.

02:02I like love Spongebob, and I think that the show is like a masterpiece.

02:06I think I probably said this because in sort of reflecting on like shows or movies

02:11or things that I loved watching as a little kid, you just realize how much you pull from all that.

02:16Spongebob was one of my favorite characters as a kid, you know.

02:19And so he probably influenced me just as much as like a Jim Carrey did

02:22or like a Matthew Perry did, you know what I mean?

02:25At Comedy Junkie, with this funny of a cast, it must have been the most fun set ever.

02:30Yeah, it was pretty fun.

02:33No, I always loved Lamorne from New Girl.

02:35And like, I'd always like met him randomly at places too, like forever.

02:39And just thought he was like so nice.

02:40And Willem Dafoe and Willem Dafoe came on.

02:42I know everybody's really jazz.

02:44JK too, obviously.

02:46Oh, and Cooper Hoffman too, who's like my buddy.

02:48So that was really fun because we were like buddies who were then going to work together.

02:53Dan is a legend. Does Dylan have a favorite Dan character?

02:55It's probably like kind of random.

02:57But like my favorite Dan Aykroyd character for me as a kid was from a movie called Tommy Boy.

03:04Aykroyd just kind of plays this like Chicago car parts dealer.

03:08And he just has this like Chicago accent.

03:11And that's like not a prominent one at all, I think for anybody.

03:16But that was like the first thing that I was familiar with Dan Aykroyd from when I was like a little, little kid.

03:21Because I loved Tommy Boy.

03:22How did I keep a straight face?

03:24You know what's funny? I didn't really.

03:26And it's in the show.

03:28There's literally like a cut.

03:29It's like on Larry.

03:30And he's like telling the dog to shut the f**k up.

03:33He has like the dog in his arms and he's telling the dog to shut the f**k up.

03:35And I'm in the shot and I look off camera and I'm laughing.

03:39You can see it. It's in the show if you go and look for it.

03:41So I didn't really keep a straight face.

03:43Especially with Larry because he's hilarious.

03:46Holy crap, real good so far, but will he nail the flip flops?

03:49Yeah, f**k you flip flops. Nailed it.

03:51Yeah, I was trying to channel Andrew for sure.

03:54That scene always stuck with me.

03:56Like his performance in that scene is just crazy.

03:58And it's like, I was like 18 or 19 I feel like when that movie came out.

04:02And so it was just an iconic moment.

04:05At Gnarly Charlie, Donald Ryan is the king of playing himself and making himself seem insane.

04:09Yeah, good. Good.

04:12Growing up, I liked seeing actors from things like take the piss out of themselves and things.

04:16And I don't know, and kind of make you guess whether they're insane or not.

04:20Making fun of myself comes naturally to me is the best answer there.

04:25Dylan working on an M Night film. So ready.

04:27Yeah, this has been a long time coming. I love this movie.

04:31We shot it about three years ago.

04:33That's exciting that people are excited for it.

04:36At Tone Burger, does he follow any specific diet?

04:39My diet is kind of all over the place.

04:42I go in and out of sort of taking care of myself.

04:45Sometimes I'm doing a part where I'm like, oh, I technically should let myself go as much as I can.

04:51So I don't have to, you know, I could just drink beer and stuff.

04:54And then sometimes I'm like, you know, it feels good to eat clean.

04:57And so it's sometimes for me as easy as like, you know, roasting some chicken and some veggies, you know, of any kind.

05:03But then, yeah, I'm also somebody who like loves to eat and loves to like kind of be non-eating too.

05:09So like, I definitely indulge.

05:13Styles never shirtless.

05:15I heard it was because Dylan O'Brien is ripped, but Styles isn't supposed to be.

05:17So that's why he was never shirtless.

05:19That's not true.

05:21I don't think I was ever shirtless because there was no interest in me to be shirtless.

05:27Like by me, by our cast.

05:30So, yeah, it's certainly not because there is any sort of secretiveness.

05:35OK, I have heard what the Internet has had to say and I've responded.

05:39That's it. Thanks for watching.

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