Drew Barrymore, Timothy Olyphant on PH connection and recollection
Published Mar 12, 2018 10:10 am
Hollywood actors Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant were in the Philippines a couple of days ago and they gave Filipinos a first taste of the second season of their Netflix starrer "Santa Clarita Diet."
Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant (Photo by Richard Dela Llarte/Netflix)
It's the second time for the 43-year-old actress in Manila. Two years ago, she met up with some local beauty companies for talks to bring her makeup line Flower Beauty here.
At the time of interview, she was hoping to see the "island life" and "paradise" the Philippines is known for.
"I haven't gotten to see the beaches because we always stayed in the city but I really love to see it,"she told Bulletin Entertainment and other members of media.
Prior to her arrival, Drew even shared on Instagram her feelings about this visit.
“Oh my gosh. So excited. Going to Manila in my pajamas and channeling old fashioned travel. #netflix #presstour #santaclaritadiet champagne for me and my partner in crime slash work brother @masonmhughes,” the caption read.
As for Timothy, he lived in the Philippines with his family until he was two years old.
However, he can't remember anything from that time, he said.
Their family’s former nanny was a Filipina from Davao.
The sequel
On "Santa Clarita Diet" Drew and Timothy play married couple Sheila and Joel Hammond living in Santa Clarita, California where they work as realtors with their teenage daughter with a mind of her own, Abby, played by Liv Hewson. Later, this trait of hers come in handy in investigating her mother’s bizarre condition and covering up her mistakes.
Picking up from the first season, this one finds the Hammonds trying to adapt to Sheila’s now-advanced undead state – even though she’s desperately working to hold on to her suburban lifestyle and not be defined as just another monster.
Unfortunately – while the family has become markedly better at murder – the number of missing people in Santa Clarita is starting to pile up and it’s no longer going unnoticed.
More than just the story itself, Drew noted the core of the show is its ability to show people to never give up on each other.
"I like the optimism of a couple that can make it through stuff," she said. "Figuring on how to make it work is not always easy, not always pleasant. It can be confusing but I like that they continue to come to solutions even when they're opposing each other."
On returning for the second season, Timothy admitted it's always fun for him.
Drew considers coming back to her character like "new" experience. She believes expectation from audience is unavoidable so she has the responsibility to make it better than the first.
In terms of gross scenes, the two admitted that they already got used to those things. But Drew shared the most challenging one was eating the fake human bodies that looks so real.
"They made them so well but they taste so horrible," was how she put it.
New family
Both are thankful to have found new family in the cast.
Drew believes she, Timothy, Liv, and Skyler Gisondo being close in real life factored into the good outcome of the show.
"We are all in it from 7:00 a.m. to 11 at night everyday. I love what we are doing. I feel very lucky to get this job," she enthused. "You know great jobs are not falling from the sky so I feel really lucky."
She also likes it that the show does not only tackle perspective of a married couple but also from young people's point of view.
"That's a nice balance," she pointed out.
Scene from 'Santa Clarita Diet: Season 2'
Drew thinks there's a lot of energy in their dialogue as it was written in a way people don't usually speak.
"I think that gives it special sauce," she said. "It's the rhythm and phase to it."
But because the script has too many funny witticism and orthodox sentences, she sometimes struggled to remember the lines.
"They re-arrange the word in interesting way but it comes out sounding so much more interesting," she explained. "And reading it so funny that you wanna nail it."
Also in the cast are Natalie Morales, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Andy Richter, Ramona Young, Joel McHale, Maggie Lawson, Gerald McRaney, and Zachary Knighton.
Netflix's "Santa Clarita Diet" season two will be out on March 23.
Drew and Timothy grace the premiere night and red carpet event at SM Megamall on March 12.
Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant (Photo by Richard Dela Llarte/Netflix)
It's the second time for the 43-year-old actress in Manila. Two years ago, she met up with some local beauty companies for talks to bring her makeup line Flower Beauty here.
At the time of interview, she was hoping to see the "island life" and "paradise" the Philippines is known for.
"I haven't gotten to see the beaches because we always stayed in the city but I really love to see it,"she told Bulletin Entertainment and other members of media.
Prior to her arrival, Drew even shared on Instagram her feelings about this visit.
“Oh my gosh. So excited. Going to Manila in my pajamas and channeling old fashioned travel. #netflix #presstour #santaclaritadiet champagne for me and my partner in crime slash work brother @masonmhughes,” the caption read.
As for Timothy, he lived in the Philippines with his family until he was two years old.
However, he can't remember anything from that time, he said.
Their family’s former nanny was a Filipina from Davao.
The sequel
On "Santa Clarita Diet" Drew and Timothy play married couple Sheila and Joel Hammond living in Santa Clarita, California where they work as realtors with their teenage daughter with a mind of her own, Abby, played by Liv Hewson. Later, this trait of hers come in handy in investigating her mother’s bizarre condition and covering up her mistakes.
Picking up from the first season, this one finds the Hammonds trying to adapt to Sheila’s now-advanced undead state – even though she’s desperately working to hold on to her suburban lifestyle and not be defined as just another monster.
Unfortunately – while the family has become markedly better at murder – the number of missing people in Santa Clarita is starting to pile up and it’s no longer going unnoticed.
More than just the story itself, Drew noted the core of the show is its ability to show people to never give up on each other.
"I like the optimism of a couple that can make it through stuff," she said. "Figuring on how to make it work is not always easy, not always pleasant. It can be confusing but I like that they continue to come to solutions even when they're opposing each other."
On returning for the second season, Timothy admitted it's always fun for him.
Drew considers coming back to her character like "new" experience. She believes expectation from audience is unavoidable so she has the responsibility to make it better than the first.
In terms of gross scenes, the two admitted that they already got used to those things. But Drew shared the most challenging one was eating the fake human bodies that looks so real.
"They made them so well but they taste so horrible," was how she put it.
New family
Both are thankful to have found new family in the cast.
Drew believes she, Timothy, Liv, and Skyler Gisondo being close in real life factored into the good outcome of the show.
"We are all in it from 7:00 a.m. to 11 at night everyday. I love what we are doing. I feel very lucky to get this job," she enthused. "You know great jobs are not falling from the sky so I feel really lucky."
She also likes it that the show does not only tackle perspective of a married couple but also from young people's point of view.
"That's a nice balance," she pointed out.
Scene from 'Santa Clarita Diet: Season 2'
Drew thinks there's a lot of energy in their dialogue as it was written in a way people don't usually speak.
"I think that gives it special sauce," she said. "It's the rhythm and phase to it."
But because the script has too many funny witticism and orthodox sentences, she sometimes struggled to remember the lines.
"They re-arrange the word in interesting way but it comes out sounding so much more interesting," she explained. "And reading it so funny that you wanna nail it."
Also in the cast are Natalie Morales, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Andy Richter, Ramona Young, Joel McHale, Maggie Lawson, Gerald McRaney, and Zachary Knighton.
Netflix's "Santa Clarita Diet" season two will be out on March 23.
Drew and Timothy grace the premiere night and red carpet event at SM Megamall on March 12.