9-1-1's Oliver Stark and Ryan Guzman Look Back at Their Biggest Buddie and Solo Scenes
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00:00I'm Oliver Stark, my name is Rai Guzman, and this is A Look Back at 9-1-1.
00:04This kitchen scene, there's meant to be, the way that it read to me anyway,
00:10you know, it's a lot of tension, there's a lot of build-up.
00:13That being the point that you're like, the heck is about to happen here?
00:17Are they going to fight or what?
00:19And then there's like a smash cut to them playing video games.
00:23But it was fun to kind of see the kind of limit that you could take it to,
00:29how much you could amp it up and then undercut it with the video games.
00:35But yeah, I think there's something previously in that episode where,
00:41because I think we're talking about fighting.
00:43We don't physically fight.
00:44Maybe it's that I thought, I think I said to him, I thought you were going to hit me.
00:48And he says something like, would I beat you up?
00:51And it, you know, goes from there.
00:53And it's basically we're both each trying to one-up each other
00:56until smash cut to playing video games with Chris.
00:59And I love that the show plays between tones so well.
01:04And it does feel really intense,
01:07but it never takes itself too seriously for too long.
01:10I think that's a strength of the show.
01:12And really the scene is a great example of that.
01:16Honestly, the only thing I was thinking about is my cousin.
01:20And he had been to war six different tours.
01:25And he's seen plenty of people getting shot.
01:27And I remember him telling me something about people getting shot
01:30and how sometimes it just goes right through you.
01:33So it was very kind of graphic, I guess, in my mind.
01:37But I was really just trying to keep it calm and grounded for the scene.
01:40But yeah, shout out to my cousin and those that serve.
01:43So the most recent Buck and Eddie fight,
01:47fueled by grief and differing levels of grief.
01:52And, you know, Eddie is dealing with the fact that he wasn't there for the death.
01:57And Buck is dealing with the fact that he was there for the death.
02:00And so those are already two conflicting things.
02:03And I love the way this scene came together.
02:05I didn't realize this when we were making it,
02:08but it's all shot, handheld.
02:11The camera's kind of shaking points.
02:13And it feels very raw,
02:16which I think is very fitting with the kind of emotions that are going on here.
02:21And I didn't realize during the scene that Ryan was going to grab hold of me and lunge at me.
02:28But during the duration of the show,
02:30we've kind of built such trust, myself, him and the rest of the cast.
02:33So you have that kind of sandbox to play in.
02:37There's a high level of trust.
02:40So if somebody wants to try something,
02:42you feel like you have the space to do that.
02:45And I love the way the scene came together.
02:47This scene, it had so many great textures.
02:51Again, thanks to Tim Minear.
02:53And Oliver's right.
02:55So we rehearsed at one time,
02:56but I did it super bland, mellow as can be.
02:59And then the director pulls me off to the side.
03:01It seems like you want to hit him right now.
03:04Do you want to punch him?
03:05And I go, I don't know if I want to punch him.
03:06But, you know, let's play with that.
03:08And lo and behold, I started elevating the pushing.
03:15I want to say that.
03:16Do you think there's any side where Eddie enjoys not having the responsibility of taking care of a kid?
03:25And I do think that Eddie does enjoy his time by himself without Christopher.
03:31But I think there's a lot of guilt and a lot of shame that goes through his head.
03:35You know, I should be there for my son or I should be doing this, you know, if he's around.
03:40But I think that might actually be the next thing he tackles this next season
03:44where he actually just goes off on his own.
03:46Christopher's turning 14, 15 years old now.
03:49He's a grown kid.
03:50He can take care of himself.
03:51Now it's Eddie's time to play and have fun.