The Easiest Job in Hollywood

Summary

Podcast Summary: VIEWS with David Dobrik & Jason Nash

Episode: The Easiest Job in Hollywood
Date: July 9, 2026
Hosts: David Dobrik, Jason Nash, and Natalie Mariduena (frequent guest/co-host)

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Overview of the Episode

In this lively episode of VIEWS, David Dobrik and Jason Nash (with input from Natalie Mariduena) blend humor and honesty as they discuss their indirect influence on fans' lives, the inner workings and pressures of reality TV/content creation, viral fame, and the peculiarities and perks of Hollywood jobs (especially voice acting). The hosts reflect on their roles as content creators, the industry's obsession with fame (and validation), and the impact of fleeting trends—offering playful anecdotes, behind-the-scenes stories, and personal takes on the "easiest" and most lucrative jobs in the entertainment world.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Impact of the Podcast & Content Creation

• Butterfly Effect & Influence: David and Jason ponder the lasting impact of their podcast and content on individuals vs. society at large.
  • Memorable Quote:
    “Have we resulted in saving lives? Have we resulted in deaths? What have we resulted. No, it's got to go one way or another. Butterfly effect, right.” – David (01:26)
• Meaningful Fan Stories: They share stories of fans crediting vlogs/podcasts with getting them through tough times, but note the recycled nature of these compliments.
  • David’s skepticism when fans thank him (04:13–05:11)
  • Chris Rock & Jamie Foxx anecdotes—being recognized by celebrities for their kids (06:01–06:22)

2. Behind Reality TV and Viral Content

• Reality TV vs. YouTube:
  • The intensity and artificiality of reality show production vs. their own more organic vlogging style.
  • “If we filmed that much, if we had 15 people that were in a house just dedicated to filming, it'd be game over.” – David (10:11)
  • Jason describes why he disliked being on reality shows—contrivance and manipulation by producers.
• Love Island’s Format:
  • The group discusses the relentless schedule and behind-the-scenes routines on Love Island—constant filming, limited sleep, and immediate fame.
  • “They are working 17 hours a day for a full month. No phone, they have no contact with the outside world.” – David (11:00)
• Content Creation Fatigue:
  • Their personal lack of motivation for the relentless, performative energy reality TV requires (11:28–12:36).
  • Natalie contrasts their more natural group energy with hyper-structured reality content.

3. The Power of Reviews and "Influencer Screenings"

• Impact of Negative Reviews:
  • David critiques the damaging power of influencer/social media reviews on a movie’s success.
  • “I don't think people realize what impact your little stupid words have.” – David (16:10)
• Christopher Nolan’s Stance:
  • Apparently, Nolan skips influencer screenings to avoid deliberate social-bait negative reviews (15:21–16:01).
  • “I think a lot of influencers will bomb the movie just to get views.” – David (15:35)
• Jason’s Screening Experience:
  • Jason reflects on the anxiety of watching himself in a screening and the “smoke blowing” culture on set (17:18–19:05).

4. “Easiest” and Most Lucrative Jobs in Hollywood

• Voice Acting Windfalls:
  • Discussion on Vin Diesel getting $52 million for voicing Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy—“I am Groot!” (38:23–41:33).
  • “His only line is, ‘I am Groot.’ ...It is the best job in the world is to be a voice actor.” – David (41:00–42:05)
  • Similarly, Mila Kunis making huge sums for quick voice work on Family Guy, and Owen Wilson on Cars.
  • Memorable riff: “If I was Marvel, I’m gonna go, I’m sorry, we only have a million dollars. Does he want to say, ‘I am Groot’ or not?” – David (40:15)
• Life at the Top:
  • The hosts marvel at the abundance of lucrative, low-effort gig offers that top-tier celebrities (e.g., Kevin Hart) receive and can pick from.
  • “Once you're at the top, you really are just at the top. Just, like, taking it in.” – David (42:59–43:08)
  • Kevin Hart’s career is discussed as an example of relentless offers, many of which he turns down (43:08–43:47).

5. Working in News, Paparazzi, and Social Media Evolution

• Jason’s Early Career in News:
  • Anecdotes about assignment desk work, the process of newsgathering, and the TMZ style of immediacy (27:55–28:34, 29:07–30:24).
  • The surprise of how quickly and resourcefully Hollywood insiders act—e.g., Harvey Levin calling David after a casual remark (29:18–30:13).
• Changing Attitudes to Social Media:
  • Discussion on those who once derided social media now resorting to it—"the popular girls/athletes" on TikTok (27:15–27:24).
  • The necessity of social media for almost any modern business (27:26–27:55).

6. Algorithm Culture and the Low Barriers to Entry

• Gen Z’s Approach:
  • Jason admires the new generation’s strategic, researched approach to thumbnails and algorithmic optimization in content creation.
  • “What I like about it is, it's like, anybody can do that…you can work, work, work your ass off and figure out.” – Jason (22:19–22:32)
• Hooks and Scroll-Stopping Tactics:
  • The group discusses the importance of hooks and first-seconds appeal for social media—Jason’s been researching strategies (22:45–23:15).
  • “I've been, like, researching hooks…ways to stop people from scrolling.” – Jason (22:47–22:54)

7. Personal Anecdotes: Revenge, Resentments, and “Comeuppance”

• Passive (and Not So Passive) Vindication:
  • Jason tells a “sweet victory” story of calling out a club member’s hypocrisy (33:32–34:36).
  • David shares a classic tale of being doubted by friends when moving to LA for Vine, emphasizing defiance over resentment.
  • “Like, if you don't have people telling you you can't do it…it's almost like things to check off the list.” – David (36:32)

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Notable Quotes & Moments with Timestamps

• Moment of self-doubt and humility:
  • “Every time someone delivers me a compliment like that, I'm always like, really? Did you really watch these that much when you were younger?” – David (05:11)
• On reality TV grind:
  • “They are working 17 hours a day for a full month. No phone, they have no contact with the outside world. They have no fucking idea what's going on.” – David (11:00)
• On influencer reviews affecting movies:
  • “I don't think people realize what impact your little stupid words have.” – David (16:10)
• Voice acting as the “easiest job”:
  • "His only line is I am Groot ... it is the best job in the world is to be a voice actor." (41:00–42:05)
• Discussing passive revenge (“comeuppance”):
  • “You end up using comeuppance wrong.” – Jason (34:43)
• Reflecting on doubters:
  • “…like, when I heard it from this guy, I was like, fuck, yeah. Guy doubted me. One in car friend. Check that off.” – David (36:56)
• Insight on Hollywood's creative culture:
  • “I think people get so excited about putting something in between their lens that they think that they've just recreated the atom … they don't understand this actually isn’t good.” – David (19:22–20:45)
• On algorithm culture:
  • “What I like about it is, it's like, anybody can do that...if you, like, fucking study the algorithm ... you don't have to be particularly funny or talented.” – Jason (22:19–22:32)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [01:06–02:44] – Podcast opens, reflections on impact, butterfly effect
• [06:01–07:12] – Celebrity encounters: Chris Rock, Jamie Foxx, importance of fan impact
• [10:00–12:36] – Reality TV vs. vlogging; “what if we vlogged like a reality show?”
• [15:01–16:33] – Movie reviews, influencer screenings, and the power of negativity
• [19:05–21:08] – Hollywood creatives and “smoke blowing” on film sets
• [22:10–23:15] – Algorithmic content strategy and social media learning
• [29:07–30:24] – TMZ, the speed and resourcefulness of business in Hollywood
• [38:23–42:05] – Vin Diesel as Groot, voice acting as “the best job in Hollywood”
• [43:08–43:47] – Life at the celebrity top: example of Kevin Hart
• [46:22–47:15] – David's audition for Shang Chi, acting offers, and self-doubt
• [47:28–48:13] – Judging on America’s Most Musical Family; the difficulty of authentic feedback

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Episode Tone & Character

The conversation stays fast-paced, playful, and sometimes self-deprecating, with lots of laughter and inside jokes. David plays the skeptic and deadpan observer; Jason brings earnestness, old-school work anecdotes, and neurotic humor; Natalie grounds the dynamic with dry realism and sarcasm.

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Final Thoughts

This episode is a quintessential VIEWS experience—irreverent but insightful, dissecting what's real and what's illusion in Hollywood careers and internet clout. The most “easiest job in Hollywood”? The consensus: landing a voice gig voicing a tree for $50 million, or simply reaching star status so offers (and money) come to you for minimal actual labor. But underneath the jokes is an honest acknowledgment of how lucky—and strange—the showbiz world can be.

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[David Dobrik]

What's up, guys? Welcome back to Views, the podcast where we give you some of the most on point advice.

[Jason Nash]

Oh, amazing.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, Yeah.

[Jason Nash]

I want to help people today.

[David Dobrik]

I wonder what we've done for society with this podcast. Do you ever think about that?

[Jason Nash]

Taking it into the toilet? Have we probably.

[David Dobrik]

Have we resulted in saving lives? Have we resulted in deaths? What have we resulted. No, it's got to go one way or another. Butterfly effect, Right. We've done something. What have we done?

[Jason Nash]

We've done something, but we could have

[David Dobrik]

possibly given somebody advice.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Whether it's like how to speak in a conversation or something that has snowballed into a life changing thing for society.

[Jason Nash]

Maybe not society, but maybe one person. Wow. I wouldn't say society.

[Natalie Mariduena]

I think we've impacted society. Maybe not with the Views podcast, but I think in general, like the things that we've accomplished.

[David Dobrik]

No, no, I want to know about the Views podcast.

[Jason Nash]

Oh, the actual Views podcast. I mean, I read the emails. There's, there's, there's, there, there's some impact,

[David Dobrik]

but I'm saying like an impact that like no one could, no one could even understand until like it's later. Like, like I always talk about this, right? Like when we go to heaven, I wish there was like a way you can type in statistics and like replay the earth and like, I wish you could go to like the heaven data center and be like, can you show me what it would be like if I never went to Target that day or if I was never born or if I died early and then you could like replay all of Earth and see if there's any changes or if there's any changes in your friends lives or who they would marry, who they would date, where they would live.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah. Sliding Doors. Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

What?

[Jason Nash]

That's a movie. Sliding Doors.

[David Dobrik]

What?

[Jason Nash]

That's a movie.

[David Dobrik]

No, I got that. Sorry. What's that movie? What is that movie about?

[Jason Nash]

It's a movie where Gwyneth Paltrow is like, she chooses one thing in life, this happens. She chooses another thing in life, this happens.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, shit.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And is it like a traveling in time movie?

[Jason Nash]

No. I mean, I suppose, yeah. If she's making different decisions. You're traveling through time.

[David Dobrik]

Why is it called Sliding Doors? What's the part that's, like, fun about it?

[Jason Nash]

I don't know. I've never actually seen it. Okay.

[David Dobrik]

This is the Views podcast. This is the kind of laughing.

[Jason Nash]

I've had people come up to me. I had someone come up to me a couple weeks ago and say, like, they watched the vlogs and their dad, they watched them with their dad, and their dad's gone now.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, wow.

[Jason Nash]

And you know, that was kind of

[David Dobrik]

powerful and like, feels like negative one.

[Jason Nash]

Well, no, it was like that was. That was something they shared.

[David Dobrik]

That feels like we're. We killed somebody.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, a little bit.

[David Dobrik]

Okay. Okay, okay. So I guess. I guess that makes sense. That's really. I like, the other day, I like. Yeah, I used to watch with my dad and he couldn't take it anymore.

[Jason Nash]

I like. When it's a. When it's a good thing, I take credit. When it's a bad thing, I push it on you.

[David Dobrik]

Really?

[Jason Nash]

Yeah. Dave did that. It was Dave's vlogs.

[David Dobrik]

Dave's vlogs. Well, that's kind of. That's. That's. That's what owning a business is like, right?

[Jason Nash]

I beat cancer watching David's vlogs. Oh, I'll take that one. Jason.

[David Dobrik]

We did that for you. Jason and Dave, brainstorming in the car. Did it again.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Wow.

[Jason Nash]

I've had that. I've had big cancer. I was, you know, getting chemo for months, and I watched the vlogs. Listen to the pod.

[David Dobrik]

You ever, like? Because obviously that means something. Obviously. As content creators, we get. We hear that a lot. Like, you got me through. You ever seen, like, someone say that to you and then you see them with, like, another artist or something and they're saying almost the same thing? I've had that happen, I think, once. And I was like, oh, my God, this is almost fucking identical to what she told she Told him about me.

[Jason Nash]

So you're a fan of the Chainsmokers, huh? And me.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

So the Chainsmokers got you through chemo or me. Who the fuck was it?

[Natalie Mariduena]

Well, maybe it was everybody.

[David Dobrik]

No, no, no. But I think that's what is. I think, I think it's a lot of people. But I also like, I noticed that like when I meet certain celebrities, like, I panic. Like to Adam Sandler, I'll be like, you got me through my childhood.

[Jason Nash]

Right.

[David Dobrik]

Like, is that true? No. But is it also true? Yes. Do you know what I mean?

[Jason Nash]

Right.

[David Dobrik]

Like, did I live on Adam Sandler movies? In a way. For sure. That's like, everyone did. Yeah, but like, you know.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Was I, was I being bullied at school? And then I got home and I. I had an Adam Sandler sanctuary with candles that I lit up and then that brought me back to life. No, but I think that's just how you say things, how you phrase things. I don't know. I'm always a half glass, full, empty kind of guy. So every time someone delivers me a compliment like that, I'm always like, really? Did you really watch these that much when you were younger?

[Jason Nash]

Is that what you say? You don't just go, thank you so much?

[David Dobrik]

No, no, I say thank you. But like, I mean, now you can tell that I'm always kind of like, I'm always in disbelief. Yeah.

[Jason Nash]

You take a compliment well. Or no,

[David Dobrik]

it depends.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yeah, it depends.

[David Dobrik]

It just depends who it's going to be.

[Jason Nash]

What if Jamie Foxx says, oh my God, my, my daughters, they love your videos. It's so cool that I'm here. I think I saw him say that in the video. What did you, how did you receive that?

[David Dobrik]

Well, that was like one a good one for that one was Chris Rock. Chris Rock is like an un gettable guy.

[Jason Nash]

Sure.

[David Dobrik]

And I think his daughter wanted to meet me at one point. Yeah. So that's when he came by and he had no fucking idea what was going on.

[Jason Nash]

Really.

[David Dobrik]

And he was just like, what's going on? Hahaha. Like, what am I doing here? And like that's like, I believe that.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

I could see that he's confused, but at the same time he's not like being an asshole about being confused. He's so happy.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

To like be there for his kid. So I'm like, oh, this is so real. Like, that's exciting.

[Jason Nash]

Is that cool when somebody comes to the house like that?

[David Dobrik]

Like through their kid.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah. Or however they get here. Yeah. Through their kid. Is probably really interesting, because they don't necessarily. They wouldn't be here otherwise.

[David Dobrik]

I always see that. So.

[Jason Nash]

But you're. But you're making their day. You're making them so cool. You're making them so happy. So that's way cooler than if Chris Rock was like, I want to meet David Dobrik. You're, like, doing him a solid.

[David Dobrik]

I mean, like, Jamie Foxx is, like, probably, like, the biggest one that was like, that I've seen multiple times. And I don't know who's gotten in his ear about how cool I am, but for some reason, he really likes me.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yeah. I mean, he compared you to Le Leonardo DiCaprio.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. That was insane.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Like, the most insane comparison.

[David Dobrik]

That was a crazy comparison.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

From Wolf of Wall Street, Titanic.

[Jason Nash]

Dude, when you got me, when you got all of Charlie's friends to meet Love Island, I got phone calls from every single parent, and they never call me, really, Ever. I got texts.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, Love Island's huge.

[Jason Nash]

Jason Nash, you were the coolest person in the entire world.

[David Dobrik]

Love Island.

[Jason Nash]

Love Island.

[David Dobrik]

Love Island's so genius. Like, the fact that it's every day, bro, is, like, kind of an incredible. Kind of an incredible thing. Did you know that? It's every day.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah. Charlie tells me all about it, and

[David Dobrik]

they just, like, it's happening live, I think.

[Jason Nash]

Take Wednesdays off.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. I think that's just, like, so fucking genius.

[Natalie Mariduena]

It's crazy. Yeah. So smart. And then they come out and they, like, launch into, like, real every day. Like, it's just, like, the fact that they come out and they're famous or whatever, that they are just, like, immediately launched into that is so.

[David Dobrik]

They're waiting. Stresses me out about Love island is they all sleep next to each other in those beds, and they're all, like,

[Natalie Mariduena]

each other at the same time.

[David Dobrik]

Okay. Are they each other?

[Natalie Mariduena]

100%.

[David Dobrik]

No way.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Some of them talk about it. Yeah. They'll, like, make jokes, like, oh, I got.

[Jason Nash]

I got it all last night.

[Natalie Mariduena]

You know, like, they say, like, there's jokes on the show.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, really?

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, holy. Well, I'm more so, like, I'm, like, a gross sleeper. Like, I'm, like. I'm, like, sweaty. Like, I don't want to, like, be in a twin bed with somebody.

[Natalie Mariduena]

I just think when you're, like, all horned up, you don't really give a fuck.

[David Dobrik]

I'm horned up 95% of the time I go to bed. Why do you say ew? You literally texted me, like, late last night.

[Natalie Mariduena]

I said, you're A potato.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, you did? Natalie snapped me at like 1:00am She's. Wait, what did you say to first? Did you say ew?

[Natalie Mariduena]

No, I just said potato.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, yeah, she swiped him on a story of me. She said potato, and then he's like

[Natalie Mariduena]

eating something and his big fucking head looked like a giant potato. Talking potato. And I was like, I gotta say something.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, this is such a weird way for her to swipe up at 1am

[Jason Nash]

Wait, you were on Facetime?

[Natalie Mariduena]

No, I was looking at Snapchat stories at like one.

[David Dobrik]

She's going through my snaps. It was like the 50th snap in my uploads too. I was like, okay, it's just deep. Are you just, like, looking for something insulting?

[Natalie Mariduena]

There was a very hot picture of me. That was the thumbnail I was trying to get to.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, Taylor uploads my snaps and I saw her. She uploaded that snap of you. I know, it was like a selfie of you.

[Natalie Mariduena]

It was a mirror selfie of me in a bikini.

[David Dobrik]

I didn't even take that pic.

[Jason Nash]

I know.

[David Dobrik]

I was like, tay, you gotta at least make it look like I took the pic. It looks like you hacked Natalie's phone.

[Natalie Mariduena]

I said. I was gonna say hacked, but then I was like, nevermind, potato, potato, nevermind.

[David Dobrik]

He's fat. Yeah, well, that's. Would you ever be on one of those shows, Jay? Well, I guess you can't now.

[Jason Nash]

I did a couple reality shows and I didn't like how they operated at all.

[Natalie Mariduena]

I can't imagine.

[Jason Nash]

I don't like that at all.

[David Dobrik]

Can you imagine if we operated the vlog like a reality show? Yeah, cuz like, people will think that we, like, film a lot. Whatever we did used to film a lot. But if we had that kind of regimen for the vlog, you imagine the shit we would get.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Oh, my God.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, we'd have. I'm gonna say that we'd have one of the best videos of all time. Like, we'd have.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, consistently.

[David Dobrik]

If we filmed that much. If we had 15 people that were in a house just dedicated to filming, it'd be game over. If I had any kind of motivation to. To like.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, to orchestrate that.

[David Dobrik]

To orchestrate that.

[Jason Nash]

But you wouldn't do that either, because what reality shows are like. So Natalie was just in here and she had a few things to say about you. Do you want to hear?

[David Dobrik]

No, but I'm saying. Sorry, I'm more referring to the level of motivation those actors have to be on the show. Like, right.

[Jason Nash]

To get camera time.

[David Dobrik]

To be on. To be on camera.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[Natalie Mariduena]

To be the energy.

[David Dobrik]

To give the energy. They sleep for like. So Georgia was on it, right? And she was telling me how they would sleep for like three, four hours some nights.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And then go back to drinking and they would be like, they'd have to stand around like. Like, you know, every shot where they're standing around takes one shot, takes eight minutes. Like we're getting a shot of you guys standing. Okay, now hold on. Pause, pause, pause, pause. Don't pick. Don't pick your person yet. Don't pick. Don't pick the person you're connected with. Don't pick the person yet. Hold on. And then three, three minutes later. Okay, now pick the person. Who do you want to sleep with tonight? Go. Well, do you know, I mean like, it's just like. It's a lot of fucking work and you're doing that 24 7. Like if I had all those people like willing to just fucking put that much time and energy into a show, it'd be unstoppable.

[Jason Nash]

Why don't you do that?

[David Dobrik]

Well, I just don't have the energy myself. I don't the energy myself. But like. And that. I just. I still say that cuz I envy it because like, I know like when we were filming, everybody was on a different schedule. Right. Like Zane would want to film.

[Jason Nash]

Sure.

[David Dobrik]

Only when we're going out. Or like, or like, you know what I mean? Like everybody, like you approached differently. Big Nick wanted to film every second easy you. Every second camera's blazing, whatever.

[Jason Nash]

Sure.

[David Dobrik]

You know, Scott. 50, 50. Everybody was like. Everybody was different. Everybody had like their own way of approaching them. But like with this reality TV, like it's just fudgeing crazy. They are working 17 hours a day for a full month. No phone, they have no contact the outside world. They have no fucking idea what's going on.

[Jason Nash]

No. It's filming content.

[David Dobrik]

No one's doing anything except filming that show. I think it's fucking crazy.

[Jason Nash]

They get paid to be on the show if they don't win.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yeah. Yeah, they do. And they get like really small. Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Like that's how when we film. We were filming with Georgia.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And I just brought this up. But like, I always get nervous when like bringing people on trips because I'm just like. I don't. I hate putting the camera on people. Like, I just feel bad.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[Natalie Mariduena]

People that don't like, naturally just make content.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. But George was like, yeah, this is like 300 times easier than filming any show because one you never pull out the camera. And two, like, when we do, it's just like in the moment of something happening, and that's it. Yeah, so that is really interesting. Guys, can I talk to you for a second real quick? Because I have something to say. With over 35 million downloads, SeatGeek is in the 1 radio ticketing app. Why do I even read this, Jay?

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[David Dobrik]

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[Jason Nash]

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[David Dobrik]

Well, yeah. No. Why?

[Jason Nash]

I don't know, because I remember you had texted me like, eight months ago that you had got tickets for me and Ferris.

[David Dobrik]

I can't find them. I know I bought tickets and I got them for you specifically.

[Jason Nash]

It texted me in Ferris. You're like, we're gonna see the. It was when you started vlogging again. You're like, we're go see the Odyssey together eight months from now. And in my mind, I was like, that's really nice, but I'm not thinking about eight months from now.

[David Dobrik]

Well, that's when you had to get them, Really? I bought the tickets five months ago. I don't know when I bought them.

[Jason Nash]

Okay.

[David Dobrik]

Like, I don't know.

[Jason Nash]

You don't know where they are?

[David Dobrik]

I don't. I'm. They're somewhere on my phone, but I have to look for them.

[Jason Nash]

But, yeah, you can't. You can't just get tickets to the Odyssey.

[David Dobrik]

Not in imax.

[Jason Nash]

Right?

[David Dobrik]

In imax. Even when I checked, yeah, it was already all sold out for all the days and I got.

[Jason Nash]

How many days out?

[David Dobrik]

How many days out?

[Jason Nash]

Like, for two weeks or a day first opening, just opening night or.

[David Dobrik]

What are you talking no, it's whole run.

[Jason Nash]

Its whole run.

[David Dobrik]

Its whole IMAX run.

[Jason Nash]

Oh, wow. Which is how long?

[David Dobrik]

Couple weeks.

[Jason Nash]

Oh, wow.

[David Dobrik]

Was all sold out.

[Jason Nash]

It's only an IMAX for a couple weeks.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. Because those IMAX screens, they're like hard to get.

[Jason Nash]

Really.

[David Dobrik]

Like Spider man is coming at the same time and we'll have no IMAX screens because Odyssey is taking all the screens.

[Jason Nash]

I'm hearing really good things about the Odyssey.

[David Dobrik]

Me too.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Paragon.

[David Dobrik]

It's like the best initially I heard mixed and now that people are seeing it.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Christopher Nolan said no influencer screenings.

[Natalie Mariduena]

No influencer screenings.

[David Dobrik]

Yes.

[Jason Nash]

Why would he say that?

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yeah, why would he say that?

[David Dobrik]

Well, he did say that. I don't even know if he said that, to be honest.

[Jason Nash]

Why would he say that?

[David Dobrik]

Someone said it, right? Yeah. And they didn't do influencer screenings. And I think the reason was because a lot of influencers will bomb the movie just to get views.

[Jason Nash]

Oh, interesting.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah.

[Jason Nash]

Well, like talk shit about so interesting.

[David Dobrik]

It's fucking so. Alright. It's so whack.

[Jason Nash]

That is whack.

[David Dobrik]

Just to sound interesting will be like. And I don't think, and let's be

[Jason Nash]

clear, whack on the influencers part.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, 100%.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And I don't think, I don't think people know like, what an impact that has. Like when like a random Joe Schmo goes, I just came out of the theater and it fucking sucked.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Like, I don't think people realize what impact your little stupid words have.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah. 1. If I see one review like that, it' stop me from going to most movies. Not the honest.

[Natalie Mariduena]

I kind of agree. I just like, okay, I'll just wait for it to come somewhere else, you know, I don't want.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Or like, if you see one review like that, you'll go to your friends and you'll go, no, people are saying it's horrible.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Even though you just saw one guy say it.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yes.

[David Dobrik]

But you'll just be like, people are saying it's horrible effect. Yeah. And then your friends will be like, I'm hearing mixed reviews. And then I'll get back to Nolan, who hasn't even shown the movie to anybody at this influencer lied. Uh, yeah. It's tough out here, man, for filmmakers

[Jason Nash]

like Nolan and I. I know. Did he show you an early cut or anything like that?

[David Dobrik]

I was the only influencer that. Yeah, I got to see it early.

[Jason Nash]

Oh, I, I had. I went to a screening last night that I was in. I went to like a YouTube pilot screening.

[David Dobrik]

You were in that show?

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, I was in a. I'm in a new sitcom and just acting in it, and it's. I don't know. I've never had a good screening that you've been in. Yeah. Ever. Or even.

[David Dobrik]

Isn't that why you're here with me?

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, I guess so. But the art of, like. The art of, like, watching yourself, like, up on a screening with a room full of people, like, it's fucking harrowing.

[David Dobrik]

Wait, I'm so confused. Oh, like, it just stresses you out.

[Jason Nash]

It's harrowing. It's to go up there and, like, see yourself on screen and you're like, not. And then I watched it. The guy called me and he was like, you're so fucking good in this. You gotta come. And he's like, you gotta invite David. Can you invite all your friends? And I was like, yeah, yeah, yeah. And I remember being like. I don't remember being that funny on the day.

[David Dobrik]

Like, what was the movie? Movie or show?

[Jason Nash]

It's a pilot. It's a comedy pilot. It's actually really good. It's called Disorganized. There's two kids in it from, you know, two guys in it that are brothers. You'd actually like it, I think.

[David Dobrik]

Okay.

[Jason Nash]

And it's really good.

[Natalie Mariduena]

So what's it about?

[Jason Nash]

And I play.

[David Dobrik]

Shut up, Natalie. It's really good.

[Jason Nash]

They get into the organ trade. So, like, giving. Finding cadavers and selling organs.

[David Dobrik]

Okay.

[Jason Nash]

But a comedy, so people pay.

[David Dobrik]

And how long are you in it for?

[Jason Nash]

I'm in, like, two scenes.

[David Dobrik]

Okay.

[Jason Nash]

Two or three scenes.

[David Dobrik]

How do you think you did?

[Jason Nash]

Fine. Like, just fine. Like, not, like. So I didn't get, like, any laughs or anything. And then it finished, and I was, like, kind of depressed about it. I was like, eh.

[Natalie Mariduena]

I was like.

[David Dobrik]

I was okay, really.

[Jason Nash]

But then people were like, you were great. You were great. I'm like, I didn't see that. Do you know what I mean?

[David Dobrik]

Maybe you're just hard on yourself, you know? Like, Johnny Depp doesn't watch his own movies.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

So maybe you gotta take the Johnny Depp route and not watch your own movies.

[Jason Nash]

No, I promise you, if you watch it, you'd be like, all right, whatever.

[David Dobrik]

No, I believe you.

[Jason Nash]

You know what I mean?

[David Dobrik]

The thing on that end that I find really bizarre is when you're working with someone that's, like, an actor. Like, let's say I'm, like, shooting Jamie Foxx.

[Jason Nash]

Sure.

[David Dobrik]

And, like, anything they say will sound interesting because you're in A room. It's tough, especially when you're on set for something. I've never been on set for anything that I've acted in where I have bad feedback where I'm like, oh, I've done horrible. Everybody on set is blowing smoke up your ass the entire time.

[Jason Nash]

Yes.

[David Dobrik]

And there's, I think, I don't think there's like any way around that. Like, it's just, that's just the nature of it. And I genuinely think that a lot of producers and directors are fucking high out of their minds. Like, I think there's. I think that's why there's that many. There's that many shows that come out where people think it's good and they are complete ass. Because I just think. And I don't like talking like this about people because I love when people are creative, but I think, I think people get so excited about putting something in between their lens that they think that they've just recreated the atom like, that they think that they've actually done something incredible.

[Jason Nash]

Right.

[David Dobrik]

Like, it is more than just getting the sunset hitting this person's face properly. Like there's more to making something good. But I think people just get so obsessed. I don't know, I've just seen some, some serious shit and I'm like. I think you only like this because you held the big camera and you got to yell action. And you felt powerful and you put time into it and you hit record and you stopped hitting record and then you put it, pieced it together. I don't think it's any other. Yeah, I think there's like a drug to it. I don't think you, you understand that this actually isn't good. And I think a lot of people in LA are plagued with this. Well, that's just me.

[Jason Nash]

There's a lot.

[David Dobrik]

Do you not see that?

[Jason Nash]

This pilot was good, though, I swear.

[David Dobrik]

No, I know.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, we're not talking about this pilot.

[Natalie Mariduena]

I have.

[David Dobrik]

These guys are great and good for.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, you haven't seen it, but.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, but, but now. Do you know what I mean? Like, it's just like we meet so many people with so many different pilots and things and like, like one of our close friends, didn't he have a pilot? Which one?

[Jason Nash]

Who was that?

[David Dobrik]

Who was he?

[Jason Nash]

Jason, the really good looking older guy.

[David Dobrik]

No, no, no. But like, I don't know, I just, I'm just. I don't know. Just whatever, dude. Enough is enough, you know?

[Jason Nash]

You know what really charges me up? I was talking to the director last night. And I was talking to him about the thumbnail that he was going to use for the thing. And this kid had thumbnail.

[David Dobrik]

So it's on YouTube?

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, it's on YouTube. The pilot's on YouTube. It's kind of like a. It's like a channel of scripted comedy with sketches and pilots and stuff like that. They started.

[David Dobrik]

Okay.

[Jason Nash]

And I was talking to him about, like, what thumbnail he was gonna use. This kid had. This is what I love about Gen Z. He'd, like, done months and months of research on, like, what the thumbnail would look like. And, you know, what would the right thing be to, like, attract the most viewers. And he's, like, starting from zero, too. And I just love that. Like, I love that. That. I love learning about that or watching somebody that's like.

[David Dobrik]

It's a very different approach than how we looked at it.

[Jason Nash]

Yes, yes. What I like about it is, it's like, anybody can do that.

[David Dobrik]

Right?

[Jason Nash]

You don't need to have anything special about you, but if you, like, fucking study the algorithm and, like, learn and apply those principles, like, you don't have

[David Dobrik]

to go to, like, college for it.

[Jason Nash]

You don't have to go to college for it. You don't have to be particularly funny. You don't have to be particularly talented.

[David Dobrik]

Right.

[Jason Nash]

You know, but you can work, work, work your ass off and, like, figure out. I fucking love that. Like, I absolutely love that. I've been, like, studying Instagram and, like, studying, like, algorithms and stuff and just, like, trying to learn.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Really?

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, I've been, like. I've been, like, research.

[David Dobrik]

What have you learned, Jay?

[Jason Nash]

I've been, like, researching hooks. I've been researching.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, like, the most important thing to say. Like, the first two seconds of a video.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah. Or, like. Yeah. Or, like, coming up with ways to, like, stop people from scrolling by the video. Stuff like that. But, like, it's. It's funny, like, when you're. I think when you're maybe, like, really famous, it doesn't matter because people are just gonna watch it.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah.

[Jason Nash]

But everybody else is. Like, we have to, like, figure out a way to, like, there's a strategy to it. Stop the scroll.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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[Jason Nash]

I was on the local news this morning.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Really?

[David Dobrik]

Well, what happened?

[Jason Nash]

There's huge trouble down at our local hiking place.

[David Dobrik]

Did you see the clip on the news or you were just filmed for it?

[Jason Nash]

No, I was just. I was just filmed.

[David Dobrik]

Like, they went live.

[Jason Nash]

They went live. Yeah. So I go hiking this morning, and at our local hiking place, they're charging $7 to park. What do you think about that? Every day for two hours.

[David Dobrik]

Every day?

[Jason Nash]

Every day, seven days a week.

[Natalie Mariduena]

General in parking, you have to pay $7. I just went there and I saw that too. I was like, what the fuck?

[David Dobrik]

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. You listen. Like, it's like a monthly membership for $7.

[Natalie Mariduena]

No, no, it's. Anytime you want to pull your car into a parking spot at that foggy mountain, it's going to charge you 70. Have to pay 7.

[David Dobrik]

Which one? Fryman?

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yes.

[David Dobrik]

What the fuck?

[Natalie Mariduena]

Crazy.

[David Dobrik]

$7.

[Natalie Mariduena]

$7. And if you're there, if you're hiking for more than two hours, which is like, so easy to do. Yeah, it goes. It's more than that.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, my God. If you're fatter, they charge you more.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Wait, that's fucking insane.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Wait, how is that.

[Jason Nash]

Okay, four hours.

[David Dobrik]

So the news is out there pissed.

[Jason Nash]

The news is out there getting the story. You know, what do people think? What's the reaction? And people are fucking up in arms.

[David Dobrik]

When you saw the news, did you immediately know that that's the story they were covering?

[Jason Nash]

Oh, I fucking knew it. They're standing right in front of the new pay station that was never there. They have this. The other problem is they have this one pay station. So when you.

[Natalie Mariduena]

If you.

[Jason Nash]

There's a line of like 10 people trying to figure out this pay station, it takes forever. You gotta take your slip back to the car. And then what happens is, since no one wants to pay, people are parking on a really busy street. And, like, it's really dangerous. It's not dangerous for me because I've been doing it for like 20 years, but a lot of people to try to parallel park on Laurel. So anyways, I mean, that's bullshit.

[David Dobrik]

So $7 makes no sense.

[Natalie Mariduena]

I mean, to be honest, though, I did go. I did pay the $7, and I was able to get a parking spot in that lot no problem, because nobody wants to fucking pay it.

[Jason Nash]

Oh, yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Normally it's impossible to find a spot.

[Jason Nash]

The lot's empty.

[David Dobrik]

This feels like. This is like a TSA Clear situation we're having here.

[Natalie Mariduena]

It definitely is. They are getting. Yes, exactly. Not even gonna go back into that conversation, but how much money do you

[Jason Nash]

think they're generating a day?

[Natalie Mariduena]

Hundreds of dollars. Hundreds and hundreds of dollars.

[Jason Nash]

Right. Is it really. What's it pay for some trash bags?

[Natalie Mariduena]

Oh, well, okay, that's fair.

[Jason Nash]

One guy's salary for the week.

[David Dobrik]

I mean, they probably make $30,000 a month off it, right? At least.

[Jason Nash]

Probably 30k a month. A thousand bucks a day.

[David Dobrik]

Especially if they're implementing in maybe multiple parks. What I find interesting is how does the news find out?

[Natalie Mariduena]

Like, people report it.

[David Dobrik]

Dude, news is so fun.

[Jason Nash]

I used to work in news.

[David Dobrik]

Really?

[Jason Nash]

In college.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Didn't you?

[Jason Nash]

That's what I wanted to do.

[David Dobrik]

It's fucking weird.

[Natalie Mariduena]

You spawn a new job like every day.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, I did. I worked in news. I was figuring it out. I was a young guy.

[David Dobrik]

What channel?

[Jason Nash]

There was no fucking social media.

[David Dobrik]

Well, what did you do?

[Jason Nash]

Channel 4 News in Boston.

[David Dobrik]

Do you think you would have been a good social media influencer if you were younger? Like, do you think, like, do you think that's where you would have went immediately? Like right now? If. Yeah.

[Jason Nash]

Oh, 100%. Yeah. If they had social media in 1995, I would have been the first motherfucker there.

[David Dobrik]

Really?

[Jason Nash]

Of course.

[David Dobrik]

Well, I believe you. You were the first.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

You were the first 60 year old to be on Vine.

[Jason Nash]

Of course, if you. You who could not see that social media. Oh my God, it drives me nuts now. Oh, I've talked about this before. I saw a guy today on TikTok that I used to know back in the day that fucking.

[David Dobrik]

That would never do it.

[Jason Nash]

That gave me so much shit. And he's on there telling a boring story. It's crazy. But anyway.

[David Dobrik]

But the best is when you see like popular girls from high school do it. Not that we had like genuinely making

[Natalie Mariduena]

content, not just posting.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah.

[Natalie Mariduena]

To their family and friends. Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. Not that we had people that were like judgy about it in high school. But like, I just, I. Not popular girls. I find it funny when there's like athletes from like guys that would never touch it. Not because they were dicks about it, but just it was like so opposite. Now they're like kind of doing the social media thing. It's really interesting now. Everybody, now you kind of just for what, fucking 50% of the businesses you start now you have to have some sort of social media media presence. So it's really interesting. All the people that like are forced to hop on It. But wait, okay, what were you doing at the news?

[Jason Nash]

I answered the phone at the assignment desk.

[David Dobrik]

And so anytime, like, a news story would come in.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah. I would answer the phone and field the calls like, hey, there's a fire in Allston. And also communicate with the crews that were out. There was like, probably seven crews that went out to film.

[David Dobrik]

How did you decide what story was worth reporting on?

[Jason Nash]

That wasn't my decision, but my boss would say, like, listen, okay, this crew

[David Dobrik]

goes here, this crew goes there.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, it's a lot like the vlog, actually. Wow. But you'd go and shoot everything, and then at the end of the day, they'd go, oh, sorry, we're not going to cover the mayor. Fucking cutting the ribbon. That's not gonna make it. It's just not interesting enough.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, but, but, oh, so you're prepping for the. For the end of the day.

[Jason Nash]

There's lots of stories. And then, you know, there'd be some reporter be like, what the fuck? You're not using my story, Chuck.

[David Dobrik]

Are the reporters going out on their own thinking, looking for things that they found on their own?

[Jason Nash]

No, they're getting it assigned.

[David Dobrik]

Okay.

[Jason Nash]

They're saying, like, there was a fire in Allston last night. Go.

[David Dobrik]

Okay. And there's like, how many reporters? Like, five?

[Jason Nash]

Yeah. Probably like, you know, seven to eight.

[David Dobrik]

Wow. Okay. Yeah.

[Jason Nash]

And they're. They'll get there like 11:00am and then they're preparing for the 6:00 clock news.

[David Dobrik]

I've always been so curious. Like, you know, like. So tmz. Harvey Levin is like the host of it.

[Jason Nash]

Used to work for him, too.

[David Dobrik]

Really?

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Used to work at tmz.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Oh, yeah, right. You did, like, the showers.

[Jason Nash]

I did a show for Harvey.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

That's really funny.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah. Beyond twisted.

[David Dobrik]

Well, I. A couple months ago, I noticed I had a missed call from him.

[Jason Nash]

From Harvey?

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. And I had no idea. I didn't. I didn't. I caught it late. But then I was thinking, like, why would Harvey call me? And he was calling me because there was a TMZ bus that drove by when I was like, at Dobrik's. And I, like, said something. I was like, I'd love to go watch how you guys film TMZ for a day.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And I think he called me the next day. And I was like, how the fuck.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Cause Harvey's cool.

[David Dobrik]

How does he.

[Jason Nash]

Harvey knows what's cool. I mean, are he not that he's not.

[David Dobrik]

What I'm saying, I'm saying, and I mean, this In a polite way. In, like, a flattering way. How the fuck did he get my number? Like, how? Like, that's pretty crazy. No.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, that is kind of crazy.

[Natalie Mariduena]

He is, like, the one. He knows.

[David Dobrik]

I'd be. I'd be more surprised if he got less surprised if he, like, called Clooney, because Clooney's been around for years, you know? But, like, how is he getting my number? I just. I find that, like, so strange.

[Jason Nash]

And, like, they probably have a database.

[David Dobrik]

I know. But it's really.

[Jason Nash]

And when they collect someone's number, it goes in the database.

[David Dobrik]

Kudos to him. I was like. Because then I put it together. I'm like, oh, my God. He called because I said this, and he acted on it so quick. That is, like, the most TMZ thing to do, to just be, like, in the moment, present.

[Jason Nash]

But they used to have celebrities come in and. And host tmz.

[David Dobrik]

Did you see them? Did you see watching Harvey and his co host, they were like, they were interviews. They were interviewing one of Taylor Swift's guests.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

From the wedding. Did you see this?

[Jason Nash]

No, no, no.

[David Dobrik]

And he was like, he's a friend of the show. But then he was like, oh, yeah, by the way, I'm invited to Taylor's wedding. And then, like, you could just see, like, Harvey's like. Like, eyes light up. He goes, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Backtrack right now. You're going to the wedding? And then the guy's like, yeah, yeah, I'm going to the wedding. Like, I don't know how much I could say, but, like, I'm going to the wedding. And Harvey's like, well, is it in New York? And he's like, I don't think I can say. Yeah. And Harvey's like, look, well, would it be crazy for me to say that this wedding could be held in two different places? I'm not sure if I should. If I should say anything.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Oh, my God. Poor guy. Why would he say that?

[David Dobrik]

It's really funny. And then Harvey got, like, some stuff out of him, which is pretty crazy. But it was just, like, really crazy to watch that happen. Like, in real time. Like Harvey breaking a story. Wow, that's gotta be a crazy job, too. Were we ever a paparazzi?

[Jason Nash]

I was never a paparazzi.

[Natalie Mariduena]

No.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, okay.

[Jason Nash]

Never were you. You've hung out with paparazzi?

[David Dobrik]

I have.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah. To get bits and stuff, right?

[David Dobrik]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, my favorite was when that. My favorite was waiting outside for Drake. Yeah. With Susie was amazing. Which was so funny because it's like. It was. It's such a David thing to, like, play both sides of that fence. Like, I'm inside, right?

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Could easily go talk to Drake. Yeah. But, like, then I'm back outside with

[Natalie Mariduena]

Susie and the paparazzi.

[David Dobrik]

And the paparazzi getting the vlog bit. Like, I'm inside drinking. Yeah. But then I'm like, well, I'm not drinking, but I'm like, partying.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And then I'm outside and I'm like, okay, time to do this bit.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Feel like a fucking double agent because I'm like. I'm in there just like, hanging out.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

What's more fun? Not friends with Drake. I just have, like, friends of friends. Right? Yeah. So, like. Yeah. But then I'm outside, I'm like, I'm sorry.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

It's me. I was. I didn't. I didn't record any secrets in there. I just felt like I was playing like a. Yeah. And then he walked out and Susie almost got a high five from him. That was one of my favorite moments.

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[David Dobrik]

But, yeah, Jersey. And then another time that I've said where this paparazzi guy was really mean to me when I was like, 18, and then he asked me for a picture like four or five years later.

[Jason Nash]

Did you say anything?

[David Dobrik]

No, no, no. We talked about this recently and I was like, I didn't have the balls to give him shit for it.

[Jason Nash]

Have you ever had a good comeuppance?

[David Dobrik]

What do you mean?

[Jason Nash]

You know, like a comeuppance. Like, you know, someone's mean to you and then you. You get. You get revenge on them.

[David Dobrik]

You get your, like, silent revenge.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah. Or verbal revenge. I can think of one I had once.

[David Dobrik]

Well, yeah, even the. The story of that TikTok guy. You just said that. You said that was giving you shit and you saw him on TikTok.

[Jason Nash]

Oh, yeah. But I would never say anything.

[David Dobrik]

No, no. But yeah, give me one.

[Jason Nash]

One time I was.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Whoa.

[Jason Nash]

One time I was driving up weird.

[David Dobrik]

Guys, if I wish we had a video podcast for that. He got really dark.

[Jason Nash]

It's just so sweet.

[David Dobrik]

Okay.

[Jason Nash]

It's so.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Wow. He was like. He really fucked this guy.

[Jason Nash]

You guys aren't going to like it, but it's so sweet to me.

[David Dobrik]

Okay.

[Jason Nash]

So I'm driving up to Used to belong to this tennis club and taking my mom up there. I think I've told you the story, but I'll tell it again. You can go. And I pull up in front of the tennis club to let my mom out. Woman comes out, old woman who works there, she doesn't work there, she's just fucking busybody. You cannot, you cannot drive up here. You are not allowed to drive. You are not allowed to stop here to drop people off. Like, I'm like, all right, all right. I'm dropping my mom off, I'm going to go park. Okay. Maybe like three months later, I'm coming out of the club, she fucking pulls up to drop her husband off in the car, and old J Dog walks out at that moment.

[David Dobrik]

No way.

[Jason Nash]

And I go, hmm, looks like you're dropping off here now. She goes, oh. And I went, uh huh, uh huh. And that was it. It was so fucking funny.

[David Dobrik]

That doesn't even feel like a comeuppance story.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, I think so.

[David Dobrik]

That just feels like that was revenge.

[Jason Nash]

You end up using comeuppance wrong.

[David Dobrik]

No, I feel like that's like more like like this.

[Natalie Mariduena]

This like someone told you never be nothing and then you finally see them and.

[Jason Nash]

Oh, yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Well, what happens with us a lot, or like, at least definitely used to when we first were YouTubing. Yeah. Is. I mean, this would happen all the time where like a security guard or something. Someone wouldn't let us do something.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And then. Oh, they're hot. The higher person always comes in, is like, no, no. They're actually like the main reason we're

[Jason Nash]

doing this event today.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, that's like a. Yeah, that's like a comeuppance where, like, I feel like you don't like, actually, like, you're not a dick to anybody.

[Jason Nash]

Right.

[David Dobrik]

You kind of just went for this woman's throat. I think that's just. But I think that's just revenge.

[Jason Nash]

Okay, well, call it what you want. It was a sweet victory.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, it's definitely sweet.

[Natalie Mariduena]

You got her. That's for sure.

[Jason Nash]

I think so. I love stories like that.

[Natalie Mariduena]

I'm trying to think if I have. I mean, I definitely have something.

[Jason Nash]

Would anyone ever tell you you wouldn't be anything? No, people are pretty positive, actually.

[David Dobrik]

I got that. I got that. Like, there's one. I've referenced the story a lot. There's one moment where I was like, on my way to LA where I first told my friends in the car that I'm going to la.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And my friend was just like. I was sitting in the back seat with him and he's like, guys, guys, turn the music down, turn the music down. And Right.

[Jason Nash]

And.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, well, he was just like, guys, guess where David's Going, he's going to laugh to do Vine. And, like. And it was so funny because it. He has all the reason to say that. And I also have all the reason on the other side to be like, this is so funny. This is exactly. This is the most cliche. Like, yeah. I was so dead set on making it.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

As like a younger kid where anytime I faced any kind of adversity or whatever, or like, anybody didn't believe in me, I was like, oh, fuck, hell yeah. Like, you're supposed to get these. Like, do you know what I mean? Like, if you don't have people telling you can't do it, like, it's not like I. It was like, almost like things to check off the list. Yeah. And like, when I heard it from this guy, I was like, fuck, yeah. Guy doubted me. One in car friend. I know him. Check it. Check that off.

[Jason Nash]

But, like, you ever see him?

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, I see him all the time.

[Jason Nash]

You ever say anything?

[David Dobrik]

No, but even if I told him, it wouldn't be like, fuck you. Like, no. Even when he said it, he was still a nice guy.

[Jason Nash]

Sure.

[David Dobrik]

It was ridiculous that I was going to Vine.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Or that I was going to LA for Vine.

[Jason Nash]

You wouldn't go up there. It's when you see him just go like, hey, remember when I was leaving for LA and you made that joke?

[David Dobrik]

No, no. I also, like, obviously in high school, like, the dream is to pull up to your high school reunion in, like, a Ferrari.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

But, like, I would never do that.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, you wouldn't do that.

[David Dobrik]

Like, that's just, like. It's just crazy.

[Jason Nash]

Marnie had a. Marty had an uncle who was like, heavily in, like, the New York bar scene and blah, blah, blah, blah. And Vin Diesel was his bouncer.

[David Dobrik]

Vin Diesel.

[Jason Nash]

Vin Diesel was his bouncer.

[David Dobrik]

Wow.

[Jason Nash]

So he owned a club and Vin Diesel worked the door.

[David Dobrik]

That's fucking crazy.

[Jason Nash]

Vin Diesel came to him and needed like, $16,000 for his short film called Multifaceted, which is the film that got Vin Diesel his, like, acting career or Multifaceted.

[David Dobrik]

Wait, how much money did he need?

[Jason Nash]

He needed like 16 grand.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, my God.

[Jason Nash]

And I remember we. We said to Marty's uncle, so what'd you tell him? He goes, I told him he'd never make it.

[David Dobrik]

That's crazy.

[Jason Nash]

And sure enough, Vin Diesel, Fucking Vin Diesel. That film, God, propelled him.

[David Dobrik]

Do you understand? Like, Vin Diesel probably has the best job in all of Hollywood. His group.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

How much he's made. Vin Diesel made from Groot. So he voices Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy and the Avengers. His only line is I am Groot.

[Natalie Mariduena]

I don't even understand. Like, why don't they just, like, automate that? It doesn't sound anything like Vin Diesel anyway.

[David Dobrik]

I don't know. I don't know why they and Vin Diesel. Like, no way.

[Jason Nash]

That's interesting. Yeah.

[Natalie Mariduena]

It can't be real.

[Jason Nash]

What do you mean? You don't think he goes into the recording booth and says, I am Groot 50 Ways?

[Natalie Mariduena]

No, because the way you did not. No, no. I believe that a person could do that, but the amount of money they're paying him to do that.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Does not feel like that in the

[David Dobrik]

first Guardians of the Galaxy. This is fucking creepy. The article is titled is how could Marvel possibly justify paying VIN Diesel $52 million for the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie for playing Groot?

[Natalie Mariduena]

It's not real. I think it's all a hoax. I think it's all pr. There's no way they would do that.

[Jason Nash]

Imagine you look at. You look at the poster, and it says, you know, Zoe Saldana, Chris Pratt, and John Castro. You know, it's like, you need that name there.

[Natalie Mariduena]

No, you do. But there's no way he's like, I'm going to charge you 52 million.

[David Dobrik]

Like.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Like he's got that big of a knee. I mean, Vin Diesel is great, but you could get Leonardo DiCaprio to fucking do that shit.

[David Dobrik]

Okay, you can't get DiCaprio to do that.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Whatever. But somebody amazing, but, like, can't.

[David Dobrik]

If I was. If I was Marvel and I was negotiating with Vin Diesel. Yeah, right. Who's just coming off the Fast and Furious franchise. The. Was that probably the peak? Right when he got hired for Marvel, he's probably. He was like the Rock at that time. Like, bigger.

[Jason Nash]

He was huge.

[David Dobrik]

Huge.

[Jason Nash]

That's right.

[David Dobrik]

So, like, if I'm. That as Vin Diesel's team, I'm gonna go, listen, everything we touch is a blockbuster hit.

[Jason Nash]

Mm. That's right.

[David Dobrik]

And we want $50 million. And now, as Marvel, I'm gonna go, I'm sorry, we only have a million dollars. Does he want to say, I'm Groot or not? And I feel like that would be enough. Right?

[Natalie Mariduena]

Not a million. I think it's more like 10 to 20 for Vin Diesel to be a part of a movie, especially if it's at his peak.

[David Dobrik]

Okay, but he's saying, I am Groot. I'm so sorry. I don't want to take away from this man's beautiful things that he did for Our country and for the Guardians of the Galaxy. But he's saying, guys, if you don't know the Avengers, there's a character called Groot, and he can't speak any other words.

[Natalie Mariduena]

It's also not even him. It's a tree.

[David Dobrik]

It's a tree. It's a tree.

[Natalie Mariduena]

It's an animated tree.

[David Dobrik]

It's an animated tree. And the only thing the character says is, I am Groot. I am Groot.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Literally.

[David Dobrik]

So if, like, one of the characters goes, groot, where should we go? Groot goes, I am Groot. And then the other character goes, right, yes. Let's go that way. Hurry up, guys. Vin Diesel is voicing that.

[Jason Nash]

I wonder if he. I wonder if they go to Guardians of the Galaxy parties. If he feels a little sort of the way I felt at my screening. Like, the project's great, but I didn't really do much.

[Natalie Mariduena]

No. Because he's like.

[David Dobrik]

No.

[Natalie Mariduena]

He's really weirdly iconic in it too, for, like, the minimal amount. You think? Yes, yes. Groot is, like, such, like. Everybody fucking loves Groot for that reason. Because it's like. Because it's like, what the is going on?

[David Dobrik]

I'm surprised I haven't seen more, like, interviews surrounding, like, why isn't Vin D. There's got to be some. I don't know. I genuinely think Vin Diesel thinks he robbed Marvel, so maybe he doesn't want to talk about it.

[Jason Nash]

Don't mention it. So.

[David Dobrik]

So, Vin, it says here you're. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Don't bring that up. Says here you made $150 million through the trilogy. It's like, what the fuck? I mean, voice acting is. Is the craziest, right? Like, Mila Kunis getting $250,000 an episode of Family Guy.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And that was like, she was coming in for, like. Yeah, she's coming in probably some episodes. Like, 10 lines in her pajamas. It is the best job in the world is to be a voice actor.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And the coolest part, like I said this I think, two podcasts ago, is when big actors, obviously, they're, like, the first pick of the litter for big voice acting opportunities. Like Owen Wilson getting cars. Come on. He's already Owen Wilson. And then they give him cars. It's fucking amazing. Yeah, that's amazing.

[Jason Nash]

You do, like, a cologne commercial in Japan.

[David Dobrik]

So fucking incredible.

[Jason Nash]

For, like, $2 million.

[David Dobrik]

It really is insane how, much, like, money there is out there.

[Jason Nash]

I know. And I can't get any of it. That drives me crazy. It drives me crazy. That I'm like, what am I doing wrong?

[David Dobrik]

Well, there's just so many people going for it.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And once you're at the top, you really. You really are just at the top. Just, like, taking it in.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, like, it's.

[David Dobrik]

It's really. I mean, it's like. Could you imagine how many things Kevin Hart turns down? Yeah, Like, Kevin Hart just at the top. Like, it's. It's. It's. It's probably. Probably five actual real offers a day he turns down. Right. That's a.

[Jason Nash]

Seems like he does them all, but, like.

[David Dobrik]

No, I think he just has so many.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah. He's got a new movie coming out

[David Dobrik]

and they're on Netflix. Yeah. And they're probably so. Probably so easy. Like, Kevin, we need you to. We need to borrow.

[Natalie Mariduena]

He's also just being like himself a lot of the time.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. We need to borrow your voice. He comes in the most work he probably does is interacting with the cast and crew. Yeah, that's probably the most work he does. And he comes in. He fucking does.

[Jason Nash]

No, no, he's out there. I went and saw a live taping of Kevin Hart, the sports show he does for Amazon.

[David Dobrik]

No, I'm saying for specific jobs. I know. He works. He works. Madness. Yeah. Yeah.

[Jason Nash]

He was funny.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. No, he's. He's great. He's great, but just fucking. It really is.

[Jason Nash]

He's got a skill that no one else has.

[David Dobrik]

Once you get up, there really is just so. Fuck. It's like picking. It's like being a giraffe and just picking the apples off the tree.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Close your eyes. Exhale. Feel your body relax. And let go of whatever you're carrying today.

[Jason Nash]

Well, I'm letting go of the worry

[Natalie Mariduena]

that I wouldn't get my new contacts in time for this class. I got them delivered free from 1-800-contacts. Oh, my gosh, they're so fast. And breathe.

[Jason Nash]

Oh, sorry.

[Natalie Mariduena]

I almost couldn't breathe when I saw the discount they gave me on my first order. Oh, sorry. Namaste.

[Jason Nash]

Visit 1-800-contacts.com today to save on your first order.

[David Dobrik]

1-800-contacts.

[Jason Nash]

Have you had any auditions lately?

[David Dobrik]

No, nothing. It's been super dry.

[Jason Nash]

You never get called. You never have a friend who's like, david, I'm making a movie. Can you be in it?

[Natalie Mariduena]

He gets audition requests.

[Jason Nash]

He does? Yeah, but he doesn't go.

[David Dobrik]

I actually was offered a movie.

[Jason Nash]

Why did you do it?

[David Dobrik]

Have you seen it?

[Jason Nash]

You're so funny.

[David Dobrik]

On Netflix Now.

[Natalie Mariduena]

What?

[David Dobrik]

The one where I don't want to say what it is, but where I'd have to be in the water. And I didn't want to do it

[Natalie Mariduena]

because I didn't want to completely out.

[David Dobrik]

It's a real movie. I didn't believe it.

[Jason Nash]

Comedy or thriller?

[David Dobrik]

Thriller.

[Jason Nash]

You would have been in a thriller.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, it was a plane crash movie. Really lands in a water. It's got two big actors attached to it. And it already had the people attached.

[Jason Nash]

Offer, like, offer. You didn't have to audition.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, yeah, I didn't have to audition.

[Jason Nash]

Wow.

[David Dobrik]

It was just like, you have this role and it was a big role.

[Natalie Mariduena]

No, no, no, no. I don't think so.

[David Dobrik]

No, no, I think it was big.

[Natalie Mariduena]

I mean, you definitely had lions. I don't think you were like a star of the film.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, okay.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, yeah. What did he have, like a couple page. A page of dialogue?

[Natalie Mariduena]

I.

[David Dobrik]

No, no, no, no, no. It was more than that. No, no, it was like.

[Jason Nash]

I'm surprised you didn't do it.

[David Dobrik]

Well, I can't be in water.

[Jason Nash]

What are you talking about? Hot tub.

[David Dobrik]

Every night, this plane crash and my shirtless scenes. And then I watched it. And then I watched it.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And a lot of people getting eaten by sharks were still dressed because they just came out of the plane. So I was like, what? Fuck, I could have kept my clothes on. I should have done this movie.

[Natalie Mariduena]

You should just take opportunity. I don't know why you don't just do, like random shit. Even if you're like, not great. Like, who cares?

[David Dobrik]

Cause I'm just like, not like 18. Like, I don't, like, I don't have that energy. I don't have just like, that. I don't have like. Dude, when I got the audition of did I ever talk about this?

[Jason Nash]

I don't know.

[David Dobrik]

I auditioned for Shang Chi. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I auditioned for Shang Chi. Like, when I got that, I had the script as my background on my phone for like three, four years. I was so stoked on it. Yeah, that's the kind of shit that drives me.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yeah, you were.

[Jason Nash]

You were. You were playing a. A guy in the bus. And then we went and saw the movie. Your part.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, yeah. And my God, the guy that they

[Jason Nash]

hired was great guy who was live streaming people.

[David Dobrik]

Live stream. Yeah, I was like a social media guy on the bus. Yeah. But, like, I don't know. I also think, like, that's like. I also don't think you want, like, me in a Marvel movie.

[Jason Nash]

I love to act. I love it. I love it so much. Even just. Even just being. I Don't love to act. I love the chance to be funny. Like, I love to be like. Like those two guys that did the pilot, did the pilot with, like, they were really funny and they were like improv y kind of guys. I love that. It's like you're out there and you're like, oh, man. Like, let's see.

[David Dobrik]

I like to act.

[Jason Nash]

Fucking love it.

[David Dobrik]

I don't love it as much as you do. One of the toughest things I had to do was when we were. When I was a judge on America's Most Musical Family. Yeah, and that was tough cuz, like, I had to judge musical talents.

[Jason Nash]

I remember I came and watched it.

[David Dobrik]

So Nick Lachey was the host, Ciara was one of the. One of the judges, and Debbie Gibson was the other judge. And they're obviously all very musically talented. And then there's me who, like, can't. Doesn't know anything about pitch. And like, we watched, I don't know, a hundred different acts in total. And every act I have to. It's Nickelodeon, so I'm not being an asshole. Neither would I ever, even if it wasn't Nickelodeon. But like, I had to come up with new ways to say good job a hundred times. And I would. I remember, like, while people were performing, I'd be like, natalie, text me right now. She'd be off, off stage. Text me what to say. Text me what to say. Text me what to say because I'd be so fucking nervous.

[Jason Nash]

What would you do, Nat?

[Natalie Mariduena]

I would send him. I would send him, like, little anecdotes,

[David Dobrik]

sparkly outfits, very cool. Yeah, yeah, it brought the energy.

[Jason Nash]

Should have got him an earpiece. Wait, what's something that, like, you get, that you get offered from David you don't even tell him about?

[Natalie Mariduena]

Sometimes scripts will come through and I won't even bother telling him because he's not gonna do it. Really?

[Jason Nash]

You won't even say, like, hey, fucking Cedric the Entertainer wants you to be in this. Even just to pick him up.

[Natalie Mariduena]

If it was like, if Jamie Foxx sent a script, of course I'm gonna, you know, whatever. But like, there's like random, like, I don't. I don't know what level or budget or whatever, but, like, there's just things where I just know he's not gonna take the time to go act for a month on a set or something like that.

[Jason Nash]

Wait, what was it like when you did Lil Dicky show?

[David Dobrik]

Little Dicky, the Met gal episode? Pretty chill.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Used to get residuals from that show.

[David Dobrik]

Really?

[Jason Nash]

How Much.

[Natalie Mariduena]

You do? Not a lot.

[David Dobrik]

How much did I make?

[Natalie Mariduena]

Maybe like a couple bucks.

[David Dobrik]

That's pretty.

[Jason Nash]

2 bucks.

[Natalie Mariduena]

A couple bucks? Yeah. No more than 10, for sure.

[Jason Nash]

What's a couple bucks?

[Natalie Mariduena]

Like 5 to 8 bucks.

[David Dobrik]

I can't imagine getting residuals on a real show. That's a life hack.

[Jason Nash]

Yeah, it's kind of nice. I get residuals every month.

[David Dobrik]

No, I know, but it's just not.

[Natalie Mariduena]

You get residuals from, like, the Drew Barrymore show.

[Prime Video Narrator]

Really?

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yeah, it's either her or Kelly Clark Center. One of the shows that you went on. Yeah. That you get, like, little residuals for.

[Jason Nash]

You wouldn't think you'd get residuals for that.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Me either.

[David Dobrik]

For a talk show?

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Drew Barrymore show pays me.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

So cool. I'm such a big fan of Drew Barrymore.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Yeah, she's great.

[Jason Nash]

You love her.

[David Dobrik]

I love 50 first dates.

[Natalie Mariduena]

And I take my percent of that $5.

[David Dobrik]

Cold, cold.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Bitch. Just kidding. I don't.

[David Dobrik]

All right, guys, that's all time we have for today. Thank you guys for listening to the pod. Go check out Jason's short films he's working on. Really proud of him.

[Jason Nash]

Thank you. That's really nice. And also, Natalie, I saw a great TikTok about why your friends don't like your tiktoks.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Like, about me specifically or just in general?

[Jason Nash]

No, no, it's just like. It's a. It was a TikTok about, like, the psychology of, you know, why you. You make content, but, like, your friends don't know you that way because you're,

[David Dobrik]

like, projecting and your friends know who you really are.

[Natalie Mariduena]

I don't know about that.

[Jason Nash]

I'll send it to you.

[Natalie Mariduena]

I can say things about your vlogs. Motherfucker.

[David Dobrik]

Suck my dick.

[Natalie Mariduena]

Bye.