Manny Jacinto On His Wedding Proposal, The Good Place Prep & Freakier Friday | Blind Date | Cosmo - video Dailymotion

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You may know Manny Jacinto as lovable goofball Jason Mendoza from ‘The Good Place,’ but on this episode of “Blind Date,” the ‘Freakier Friday’ actor shows up cool, confident, and ready to open up. Over Caeser salads and first-date questions from Cosmo’s March 2009 issue, Manny chats with Cosmo Editor-in-Chief Willa Bennett about everything from the odd requests from ‘The Acolyte’ fans, being part of Lindsay Lohan's 'lohanaissance,' and the surprisingly elaborate wedding proposal.  Watch ‘Freakier Friday’ in theaters.  #MannyJacinto #FreakierFriday #BlindDate #Cosmopolitan

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00:00I tend to do this thing. It's like a frog noise. It sounds like...

00:05I love it.

00:07I'm Willa Bennett, and this is Blind Date.

00:10All right, kind of nervous. Here I go.

00:20How are you?

00:22Are you nervous?

00:23A little.

00:24Would you say you're enjoying this?

00:26Having a blast.

00:27Are you a musician?

00:28No.

00:29No.

00:30No.

00:31I wish.

00:32What's your favorite book?

00:33What am I reading right now?

00:35So you don't read?

00:36No.

00:37So you're not Jacob Elordi?

00:38No, I'm not Jacob Elordi.

00:40I'm not.

00:41Have you ever been in a sitcom?

00:44Yes.

00:45Oh. Are you Dylan O'Brien?

00:47No, I'm not Dylan O'Brien.

00:49Zac Efron?

00:50No, but not even that close, I guess.

00:53Would you call yourself hot?

00:54No, I would not say so.

00:57But would I say so?

00:59I don't know.

01:02Oh God.

01:03Chad Michael Murray.

01:04That's it.

01:05Oh no, but I just work with Chad.

01:06Whoa.

01:07Okay.

01:08What's your name?

01:09Kidding.

01:10Who is your last on-screen kiss?

01:12Oh, um.

01:13I can't remember.

01:15Hmm.

01:16I think she knew who I was.

01:19Okay.

01:20I'm lost now.

01:21Taking this up.

01:22Yes!

01:23Oh my God.

01:24So nice to meet you.

01:25Hi, nice to meet you too.

01:26I don't need to use this thing, still do I?

01:27You're the first one I haven't gotten.

01:29I really thought it was Dylan O'Brien.

01:31Yeah, I wish I was Dylan O'Brien, but.

01:33And you are hot, by the way.

01:34Thanks.

01:36You're in Freakier Friday.

01:38I am, yeah.

01:39It's amazing.

01:40Freakier Friday.

01:41After decades of the first one, it's finally coming together.

01:46It's wild to be a part of the Lohanaissance.

01:49That's so interesting that you guys chat too, because literally we were just doing some reshoots together.

01:53Wow.

01:54Yeah.

01:55What are you most excited about?

01:56It's going to be probably the first thing my niece can watch.

01:59Aww.

02:00Yeah.

02:01What do you think she'll like about it?

02:02There's a little dance sequence that we're excited about.

02:05I'm a dancer.

02:06Are you?

02:07Yeah.

02:08What kind of dance?

02:09I used to be a ballet dancer.

02:10Really?

02:11I want her to be a backup dancer.

02:12What would be your, like, pre-music video to dance in?

02:14Maybe a Dua Lipa video?

02:15Whoa, that's an amazing call.

02:17Yeah, yeah.

02:18You know what else Dua Lipa does?

02:20What's that?

02:21She reads books.

02:22She does read books.

02:24I was like, damn, why can't I think of anything?

02:27But yeah, I think it's because I read more biographies, so I was like thinking of Phil Knight's biography that he did.

02:34Are you inspired by biographies and does that help your acting?

02:38Yeah.

02:39I mean, when I did a show called The Good Place, I read almost like all the biographies of the people in the Mike Schur universe.

02:49People like Mindy Kaling, Chris Pratt, Nick Offerman, Wayne Wilson, and then I just got into other people.

02:55You're married.

02:56I am married, yeah.

02:57I can't imagine dating right now.

03:00Kind of scary from the stories I hear.

03:02Is it the texting or the Caesar salad?

03:04Like what?

03:05Is it me?

03:06It's like the do they like me or is it serious?

03:08I like you.

03:09Oh, thanks, Will.

03:10I like you too.

03:13What's your wife's name?

03:14Diane.

03:15How did you and Diane meet?

03:16We met as dancers.

03:18Oh.

03:19Yeah.

03:20So cute.

03:21I could have been there.

03:22I can dance.

03:23And we performed together.

03:24Just went from there.

03:25When did you get married?

03:262021.

03:27What?

03:28What did you guys do in the pandemic together?

03:29We played a lot of Mario Kart.

03:31So romantic.

03:32Yeah.

03:33Wow.

03:34I again could have been there.

03:35Okay.

03:36So March 2009.

03:37This is what Cosmo told me specifically.

03:40Yeah.

03:41I'm kidding.

03:42Readers to ask on a first date and I'm going to see how we do.

03:45Would you say you're an introvert or an extrovert?

03:47Introvert.

03:48100%.

03:49I don't feel that from you.

03:50I feel like we're getting along so well.

03:52We are.

03:53But introverts I think interact really well one on one.

03:57Would you go to karaoke on a first date?

03:59If the girl was down to, yes.

04:01I would not propose that.

04:03So if I want to sing Driver's License by Olivia Rodrigo.

04:06I would 100% join you.

04:08Do you know the words?

04:09No.

04:10Are we going to eat pasta?

04:11Are we just going to look at each other lovingly?

04:12Let's do it.

04:13Yes.

04:14I'm really enjoying this by the way.

04:15This is great.

04:16Do you get anxious for auditions?

04:18I did.

04:19But I kind of learned to like embrace it a little bit.

04:22Like take it as adrenaline and use it positively.

04:26That's beautiful.

04:27Do you feel like when you're on, when you're acting with someone, it's similar to a first

04:33date?

04:34Because you're like, are we vibing?

04:35Yes.

04:36How do you navigate that?

04:37I tend to just observe.

04:39That's the introvert in me.

04:41And I try to like appease to how they're feeling just to, so that we're comfortable with

04:47each other.

04:48That's my vibe.

04:49What's my vibe?

04:50A little aggressive, but hey, I'm loving it.

04:53So true.

04:54When was the last issue of Cosmo you read?

04:57You're really breaking my heart.

04:58Yeah.

04:59I'm so sorry.

05:00I'll just be giving myself the flower.

05:05Okay.

05:06So these, the team prepared.

05:08What would Diane say is your most annoying treat?

05:10I tend to do this thing with my mouth.

05:14It's like a frog noise.

05:15And I do it because I need to scratch the top of my throat.

05:18That's kinda cute.

05:19It sounds like, can you hear that?

05:24I love it.

05:25And I do it at night.

05:26And it wakes her up.

05:27Yeah.

05:28And she's a dancer, so she needs her beater rest.

05:30100%.

05:31And you just wake her up and wake her up and wake her up.

05:33Constantly, yeah.

05:34Kind of on Diane's side.

05:35Who said I love you first?

05:37She did.

05:38Oh.

05:39What's the most romantic thing you've ever done for Diane?

05:42When I proposed to her, it was a bit elaborate.

05:46Tell us the story while I eat some cheesecake.

05:49Um, so I basically took her to some of the most important places that were milestones in our relationship.

05:58So I took her to where I first saw her, which was in a dance studio.

06:02You took her to the dance studio?

06:04Yeah, it's no longer there.

06:05I think it's a weed studio now, so, uh.

06:07You took her to the weed studio?

06:09Yeah, or the weed shop.

06:10And then we took a picture there.

06:12I took her to our first date spot.

06:14Which is?

06:15A fondue, um, spot in Vancouver.

06:19But now I think it's also a weed shop.

06:21Um, no joke.

06:23Will you take me to a weed shop?

06:25Sure, if that's what you want.

06:27Yeah, yeah.

06:28Finally, I took her to the most important spot, which is where I proposed to her.

06:32Weed shop?

06:33No, I wish.

06:35It was just a rooftop that was overlooking Vancouver where we both grew up.

06:41What's been your thirstiest fan encounter?

06:43Oh, man.

06:46Um.

06:47I'll wait.

06:49So, I just did a show called The Acolyte.

06:52It's in the Star Wars world.

06:54I obviously have forced powers in the show.

06:58So, sometimes fans will ask me to choke them.

07:03Uh.

07:04Okay, name a celebrity couple that you would want to be their third.

07:08Kristen Bell and Dag Shepard.

07:10That answer was giving hot.

07:11What's your biggest ick that couples do?

07:13Um, yeah, when guys don't open the car door for their girl.

07:17Guys, please open the car door for your girl.

07:20Should I open the car door for girls?

07:22If you want.

07:23But it would be nice, I think.

07:25What about, like, when you asked a girl to prom, did you ask for her parents' permission?

07:30When I married Diane, I asked permission, for sure, 100%.

07:34FaceTime?

07:35Call?

07:36No.

07:37In person?

07:38In person.

07:39By yourself?

07:40Flew to hometown by myself.

07:41Was Diane like, where are you going?

07:42Yeah, she was.

07:43Yeah.

07:44And what did you say?

07:45I said I needed to get something done in Vancouver.

07:50You and your wife are both actors.

07:53What's your secret to maintaining a healthy relationship in Hollywood?

07:56Communication.

07:57So true.

07:58Yeah, 100%.

07:59Also, maybe having a couples therapist, you know, therapy's huge.

08:04Do you like your couples therapist?

08:06Yeah, yeah, we do.

08:07She's no bullshit.

08:09Would you say you're usually the one that's wrong?

08:11I would not say, I think it's 50-50.

08:16I'm always wrong, so.

08:18Oh, okay.

08:19Will you go on another blind date with me?

08:21Yeah, 100%.

08:22Wow.

08:23Rock and roll.

08:25Cheers.

08:26Cheers.

08:27My king.

08:28My queen.

08:29Hi.

08:30I'm traziel.

08:31,

08:32It's notנים.

08:33All right.

08:34Bye.

08:35Who are you ис-

08:36Who are you supporting the deliberately,

08:38Who are you holding for white people?

08:39Yes.

08:40Nice to see you.

08:41I'm flying in.

08:42Think of what's going on.

08:43You're looking.

08:44I'm flying through.

08:45I'm like, oh.

08:46The far left green.

08:47One eye to you.

08:48Correcting.

08:49Fro her.

08:50The 84 has been.

08:51Joel's love my queen.

Manny Jacinto On His Wedding Proposal, The Good Place Prep & Freakier Friday | Blind Date | Cosmo

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