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Interview with Randy Wayne of "The Lying Game" on ABC
Family 1/27/12
Our interviewer Krista asked two questions below about
working with Alexandra Chando and about which guest stars he'd like to
see. She really enjoyed the questions in the conference call.
ABC Family’s Q&A Session with Randy Wayne – The Lying
Game
Moderator When you first learned that you had landed the role in The
Lying Game, did you have that moment of intimidation because of the
success of Pretty Little Liars, which was also inspired by the books of
Sara Shepard?
R. Wayne I was not too intimidated by the success of Pretty Little
Liars. I thought it would only be helpful. And I knew that I wasn’t the
lead of the show, so that pressure was not on my back, on my shoulders.
But I had worked with Alexandra in the past and I knew that she was a
very talented actress, so I knew that she could handle the pressure and
I would just go along with it.
Moderator Now that everything is out in the open about Justin’s real
motive for tracking down Ted, does that open a door for Justin and
Laurel to pick up their romance again?
R. Wayne Yes, it definitely does. I think that Laurel gets a sense that
Justin is actually 100% being honest with her. And not only does she get
a sense, but she really wanted to believe him and she wants to trust
him, so it’s a big moment for their relationship. I guess the big
question now is, I don’t think Ted’s going to accept them being together
now after what his motives are. You don’t want a kid around that wanted
to come and get revenge on you, dating your daughter, even though it’s
out in the open now. So I think that’s the big controversy now is how is
he going to deal with the kid dating his daughter that wanted to get
revenge on him.
Moderator What’s next for Justin? Is he going to continue to dig into
Ted’s past, or is Justin ready to let the past stay in the past?
R. Wayne Love conquers all, and in this situation I think he just wants
to forget about it and just focus all of his attention on Laurel. As far
as I know, Justin just wants to focus on her to make it work.
Moderator Originally you guest starred in an episode of Hot in
Cleveland, you played a blind character. How did you prepare for that
role and what was it like working with Jennifer Love-Hewitt and Joe
Jonas?
R. Wayne You know what’s funny, I actually had to leave the set of The
Lying Game and fly straight to LA and get to the set, I left the airport
and went straight to the set of Hot in Cleveland, and I missed a day and
a half of rehearsal because of The Lying Game, so I was a little bit
behind and I was scrambling and there wasn’t too much time to prepare.
And it was cool because when it comes to playing a blind guy they just
said look off, don’t look too much at her face, and when you’re doing a
scene just focus on where to go. They said he’s used to being blind so
play it normal, just don’t look at her. And working with Joe Jonas and
Jennifer Love-Hewitt was cool, because Jennifer Love-Hewitt actually is
extremely funny and a naturally gifted comedic actress, and Joe Jonas,
for all the fame he’s had, he’s a really down-to-earth guy.
Moderator Betty White’s also in that show. Is she as funny off-screen as
she is on-screen?
R. Wayne Oh my God, she is one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met in
my life. If you have a joke she pays attention and she’ll laugh at it
and then she’ll always come back with her own jokes. She’s definitely up
there in age, but you would never know it by just talking to her. She’s
brilliant.
Moderator Now that Justin and Laurel are kind of back together, Allie
actually revealed in a different interview that things are going to be
rocky between the two of them for a while. Where do you see their
relationship headed for the rest of the season?
R. Wayne Well, there are several ways to go, things with their
relationship now. Ted obviously is not going to want them to date and
they want to date, so they have to start hiding their relationship. And
that’s going to be a whole new thing, where Justin doesn’t want to do
that anymore. He wants to be honest, but now he has to still hide a
relationship and still, in a way, lie about it. And that means that
Laurel’s being brought into the lies, which she hasn’t really been
involved in yet. And also she’s in the band, and so being in the band
causes a big distraction from Justin and I’m sure Justin will start
getting a little jealous of the attention that the band’s getting over
him.
Moderator Trust is a big issue for every character on this show. Who do
you feel has the most to lose for the rest of the season?
R. Wayne I guess it’s really a toss-up between Justin and Emma, because
if Justin doesn’t have Laurel he doesn’t have anything. He moved to
Arizona for a certain reason and then that reason’s over, and now he’s
only there for one more and that’s Laurel, so if he doesn’t have her I
don’t see what his reasoning would be to be there anymore. Then
obviously Emma, because without Ethan or without a family she has
nothing to go back to, just like Justin, so they’d both be on their own.
Moderator It seems like almost anything could happen on this show, so if
it were up to you what would you like to see happen to Justin in the
next few months?
R. Wayne That’s a good question. And I hate to answer it this way, but
if you want me to be honest I will, I think that Justin’s always played
the nice guy, whether his intentions were not, so he’s always come off
as a nice guy except for maybe a couple of scenes. And actually the
scenes where he was a bad guy I enjoyed doing so I don’t know, I
wouldn’t mind playing a bad guy on the show, I wouldn’t mind Justin, if
they did break up, Laurel and Justin, then he’s in this town and he’s
going to cause some controversy, and I think I’d like to see that
happen.
Moderator What is it like being surrounded by so many beautiful and
talented women at work every day?
R. Wayne Well, it’s amazing. It’s not tough. The thing about the girls
on the show is that yes, they’re all really beautiful, but they’re also
really cool, so there’s no egos on set. And it just makes it so easy.
You know that they’re beautiful, but it’s not intimidating at all and
it’s just fun. It’s like living the high life.
Moderator How do the fans react to you when they see you? When they run
into you on the street do they come up and start talking to you and
treat you like you’re Justin, or are they finding it easy to separate
Randy from Justin?
R. Wayne That’s a really good question. It’s so funny, because on
Twitter people would be like, "I love Justin, or IamRandyWayne," (@IamRandyWayne
is Randy's Twitter handle) yada yada, they’d go on about that, but then
when the episodes came up where he was being rude to Laurel and making
her cry, people turned and they were like, "I hate IAmRandyWayne. I want
to slap you ..., why are you so mean," just not separating the character
from the actor. People I don’t think would come up to you in general
because of your character , but in person it’s nice and respectful and
there’s separation, there’s a curiosity about what’s going to happen
next, but online and in the Twitter world there definitely is not much
separation sometimes.
Moderator Yes, is it a little concerning to you? When you go out in
public are you a little, oh, I wonder if I should really go out
incognito?
R. Wayne No, I’m not worried about that. I actually appreciate when
people get frustrated with the character because that’s the point. If
they’re not frustrated then I’m not doing my job. The beauty of acting
is making people like you and then dislike you and then like you again,
because you can write something a certain way, but if you don’t bring
that to the character then it’s not going to work. To see people change
their mind about you and your character, it’s entertaining and I love to
hear it. I actually like when people approach me in public. I’m not so
famous where it’s annoying. So it’s actually kind of fun.
Moderator I watched Alexandra Chando in As the World Turns; and I really
enjoyed watching her. I was just wondering what she was like to work
with, and how is she off set?
R. Wayne She’s brilliant to work with because she takes her work very
seriously. She’s not the kind that actually comes to set and goofs
around when she does a scene. She has no problem piping up and asking
the writer and director and the producer and saying how can we make this
work. She’s very, very professional and very talented, of course. Then
off set once she’s separated from the two she’s just a fun young girl
and just loves life. She’s always high on life. It’s great.
Moderator If you could have anybody on the show as a guest star who
would you pick?
R. Wayne In the fantasy world, let’s see, we could have Paul Giamatti
play my dad; that would be interesting. But in the realistic world, I
don’t know, I think it would be fun to have someone like, I forget her
name, the girl from Glee, the pretty blonde girl.
Moderator Have you read any of The Lying Game books? And if so, who do
you think is behind the Lying Game?
R. Wayne I haven’t read the books. But I was also told it wasn’t really
that important to read the books because it’s so different from the
show.
Moderator I know that you’re a big Tebow fan, but who is your Super Bowl
prediction?
R. Wayne Yes, I’m a big fan. I know that Brady’s hot right now, but I’m
going to have to say the Giants 28-23. I think they look unstoppable
right now.
Moderator You’re originally from Oklahoma, correct?
R. Wayne That’s right. I’m actually here right now.
Moderator Is your accent something you have to be conscious about all
the time to get the Southern accent out of your character?
R. Wayne You know I’ve actually played a lot of Southern roles and it
makes it really easy for me. But when I moved to LA I realized that I
had an accent, I didn’t know that before, and yes, I had to focus on
basically just enunciating and articulating instead of mumbling so much.
But I’ve been home for about three weeks now, so the accent is
definitely creeping back up on me. When I go back to LA in a week ...
I’m going to have to work on it again.
Moderator You recently had a brief encounter with Helen Slater’s
character and she was telling you to leave the party, so I’m feeling
like she has the most to lose because she seems the most clueless out of
everyone on the show. Would you like to work more with her
R. Wayne I would love to work with Helen a lot more. She’s a very, very
talented actress and she comes from such a genuine heartfelt place when
she acts that it would be interesting to see, let’s say it didn’t work
out between Justin and Laurel, there’s already friction between Ted and
Kristin, so if Justin went back to his original plan, Kristin’s the
first place to start. I would love it. I would love to work with her.
I’d love to make her character question her relationship a lot more, and
to be the instigator would be fantastic.
Moderator It’s only January and you already have this great guest
appearance on Hot in Cleveland. What other projects have you been
working on? Where else are we going to see you in 2012?
R. Wayne Actually, it’s surreal a little bit, so Monday was The Lying
Game, Wednesday was Hot in Cleveland, and I also did a movie that was on
SyFy last night, and then I did movie called To Save a Life, it’s a teen
drama, and it premieres Sunday on the GMC channel. Also coming up I have
a movie called Honey 2 by Universal. It’s the dance sequel to the
original Honey with Jessica Alba. That comes out on DVD February 26th, I
think, 28th, or something like that. So Honey 2 and then I also have a
film that’s coming out called HARDflip. It’s a skateboarding family
drama.
Moderator You recently had some type of knee surgery. Can you tell us
about that and how you’re doing after the surgery?
R. Wayne I was in Thailand over Christmas, and actually on Christmas I
rented a motor bike with my girlfriend and it was my first time to drive
one and I thought I could handle it, and about 45 minutes into my drive
I bumped the curb and it threw me off. She was fine, but I broke my leg
and tore my ACL and my meniscus, and so I had surgery two days ago and
now I’m on the rehab train. It’s not fun.
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