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Doc: Hello and welcome to this edition of the Sci-Fried Eggs! We are broadcasting live from XCON here in Myrtle Beach, our what? Fourth or fifth appearance here.

Chuck: I think it is our fourth appearance here.

D: Yeah, so we're super excited about it. Always glad to be in Myrtle Beach. And we're gonna start off the show with a real interview.

Jared Hucke: Yes, we are.

D: And we have with us sitting at the table, Mr. Jared Hucke.

JH: Yo!

D: How you doin'?

JH: I'm doin' awesome. Feelin' awesome.

D: Now before—Right as you were sitting down, you said we are gonna get a real interview, and you'll be brutally honest.

JH: That's right. I actually don't do interviews all that regularly, so when I get the chance, I'm just like, "Yeah! Let's do it! Ask the good stuff!"

D: Alright, so, you're actually just a couple of rooms down from us here at the hotel.

JH: Oh man, that's how we're starting? Here we go.

D: So we kept passing each other in the hallway! And Jimmy, who is in our group, who LOVES Continuum, and—Chuck and I watch, but Jimmy is, like, a hardcore fan.

C: Yeah.

JH: Good. I like Jimmy.

D: He goes, "That's Jared Hucke!" And I was like, "Yeah." And he goes, "He's on Continuum!" I'm like, "...Yeah." Like, "He's in the promo stuff for the convention, Jimmy!"

JH: Like, "Come on, Jimmy!"

C: "We knew he was gonna be here!" And see, I know you from The 100—

JH: Thank you, yeah.

C: So I was like, "Holy crap!" Like, my dad would flip out if he found out I was talking to you. Like, he religiously watches The 100.

JH: Your dad?

C: Yeah!

JH: No way, dude, that's awesome.

D: So you're walking down, and [Jimmy] goes, "He's on our hall!" And I go, "Yeah, it's okay." So then we walk down 'cause we were gonna find the pool area, and you were working out!

JH: Oh, right, I was! Which is weird. I actually hate working out, but sometimes I get the urge to be a responsible adult, you know.

D: We go down there and we walk by, and he's like, "He's in there working out!" I was like, "Just let him work out, man."

C & JH: [laughs]

D: "You'll see him! Don't worry!" And then I think he saw you in the hallway or the elevator or something—

JH: Yeah! That's when we talked. If he'd tried to before then, I was probably just stuck in the mindset of how much I hate working out. [laughs]

D: Well, tell us about working on Continuum, working on The 100.

JH: Sure thing.

D: What's it been like, man?

JH: It's been amazing. Both of those shows have been such an honor to work on, and the casts and crews are just something else. So getting to be on both? It's the best.

D: And was that something you always wanted to do?

JH: Acting? Yeah, sort of. My parents both work in the industry—my mom is a production designer and my dad is a talent agent, so any brush with it would've been inevitable. I started really young though. I was doing commercials when I was 3, and that eventually turned into bigger projects, movies and TV shows and stuff. And I liked doing it, but I don't think I really knew that I wanted to seriously keep doing it beyond childhood until I started doing Degrassi. That was the first show I was a regular on, so I really got to learn about how rewarding acting could really be as I got to grow with my character and my castmates and the crew and everything.

D: That's awesome, man.

JH: Yeah, it was something else. So I guess acting's something I've wanted to do for a long time and will hopefully still be doing for like time.

D: Until the day you die kind of thing?

JH: Sure. We need actors of all ages, right? Maybe I'll transition to voice acting if mobility becomes a problem.

D: Alright, you've got a plan laid out and everything.

JH: You bet I do. By the way, just wondering, are we allowed to swear on this?

C: Yes. Knock yourself out.

JH: Oh fuck, thank you. I wanted to swear like, a million times during everything I've said so far.

C: Yup. Do whatever you gotta do, man.

JH: Join me so I'm not the only delinquent here.

C: Oh fuck.

JH: Thank you. It's early-ish. It's just necessary sometimes.

C: We drug in at, like, 7:45 this morning and that was WAY too early.

JH: Honestly, I didn't even get up until 9, but still. I had a late night, so it felt too fucking early.

C: Yeah, well, they had told me you were gonna come by and party, so I was like, "Yeah! It's gonna be awesome!" And then I was like, "Well, maybe they meant Saturday." And then I was like, "Well, maybe they meant Sunday morning." And then I kind of just realized they were probably razzing me.

JH: About what?

C: They said we were having a room party—

JH: Whoa, what room party? I want to have a room party! Let's do it.

D: Yeah! We'll do it!

JH: No, wait. Not a room party. Get this: a hallway party.

D: I like that idea.

C: Yeah.

JH: Open all the doors, blast some music, run around the hall.

D: And I don't know—It makes me wonder, because we were both booked as guests, if everybody, all the guests, are on our same hallway.

JH: They're not.

D: Are they not?

C: Yeah, they're not.

D: You've been going knocking on doors?

JH: Doesn't everyone? Well, evidently not you, I guess.

D: Is there anybody on our hallway that we, other than the two of us—

JH: Yeah, Ciara [Hanna]. Ciara's on our hallway.

D: Oh! Oh, well then we have enough to make a party.

JH: Absolutely.

C: Well, Nicholas Brendon's on our hallway.

JH: Um, Blake [Foster]. Blake's on our hallway.

C: Yeah, Blake's on our hallway.

D: Oh, okay. So we've got the right elements. Yeah. Let's have a hallway party!

JH: It's basically a Power Rangers hallway party. But I imagine that's the best kind there is.

D: Yeah, and I'm sure the Sheraton will be okay with it.

JH: And why wouldn't they be?

C: Well, and if they're not, it's not like I live here.

JH: Yeah. I'm leaving tomorrow, so. [laughs]

D: So, you're here for the real interview. What are some of your guilty pleasures?

JH: You're getting to the hard questions right away!

D: This one's hard? Are there so many that you have to try to narrow it down?

JH: I'm just pretty shameless about everything I like, so it's hard to think of a truly guilty pleasure I have.

D: Oh, okay. Well, what are some of your pleasures then? They don't have to be guilty.

JH: Um... Well, I guess as far as pleasures that other people might be guilty about, I like animation a lot, like cartoons.

D: Alright. Any in particular?

JH: Of what's currently still airing, Steven Universe is great. Gravity Falls is great. Adventure Time, too, because everyone loves Adventure Time, right? Regular Show is fun. Bob's Burgers for the more adult crowd.

D: Nice.

JH: They're just awesome. They're doing some really interesting things with storytelling. And the ones that are targeted toward children are actually very refreshingly poignant. They're sometimes incredibly deep.

D: Speaking of deep, I love that you wanted to do a real interview because I have a list of the hard questions that we never—

JH: A list? Bust it out, dude. Ask me all of them.

D: Okay, here we go!

JH: Lightning round it, too, if you have to for time.

D: Alright, yeah. Boxers or briefs?

JH: Boxer briefs.

D: Do you color match your underwear?

JH: Um. Sometimes?

D: [laughs] Okay. Animal that your personality is most like?

JH: Shit... Maybe, like, a cat? But an enthusiastic one.

C: [laughs] What does that mean?

JH: Because everyone thinks cats hate everything! But I've seen some cats who get really excited about some things, but then just kind of hate everything else passionately. That's me. [laughs]

D: What would I find in your refrigerator?

JH: Leftovers, all different kinds. My roommate's baking experiments and organic smoothies. Lots of fruit and greek yogurt. It's like a ridiculous mix of ultra terrible and ultra healthy.

D: Stranded on a desert island, what three things would you take?

JH: Wait, what would I take? So I know I'm going to be there?

D: Well, I guess what would you want to be stuck with.

JH: Oh okay. I was like, "Why would I want to be willingly stranded?" [laughs] Uh... I have such a smartass answer for this.

D: Let's hear it.

JH: I want a boat—no, a yacht. Like, a fancy ass yacht, someone with excellent navigational skills who could steer that thing, and... I don't know, maybe like, enough nonperishable food to last us from the island to Vancouver.

D: [laughs] So you don't want to be on this island at all?

JH: No, man, a desert island sounds horrible.

C: What if you had to pick three things that couldn't get you off the island?

JH: Now you're just being assholes. [laughs] Uh, maybe like, a water purifier with endless filters, an extensive handbook on edible plants—

D: Those are pretty smart.

JH: And someone awesome to keep me company. I can't decide who though. Oh shit, wait, I might have to replace one of those with lots of sunblock. I'd need that so badly.

D: It's your last day on earth. What's the first thing you do?

JH: My instinct for these kinds of questions is always to say I'd spend time with my family, but they're scattered and live on opposite sides of the country. So I could spend some time with my family in Vancouver, then go to Toronto, but then I'd have wasted so much time in between for traveling.

C: Oh, you're right. And what about if your flight gets delayed?

JH: Right?!

C: Then you're just stuck in the airport for who knows how long.

JH: Yeah, man, seems like a waste. I'm sorry family. I love you, I promise. What else would I do, though...? I mean like, aside from brush my teeth and all the expected stuff...

D: Yeah, who doesn't want to have fresh breath on their last day?

JH: This might be a little too real. Like, TMI, but—

D: No, man, lay it on us.

C: Nothing's too real.

JH: [laughs] Okay. I'd probably go have some intimate relations with someone, you know?

C: Okay, okay. It's your last day, man. You deserve it.

D: Now would this be like a first person you see kind of situation? Or would you have someone specific in mind?

JH: [laughs] Oh god, I mean, it probably wouldn't be someone totally random. I guess it just depends on when it is. A week from now might be different from ten years from now. Like, I'd probably be married by then, so whoever I'm married to, in that case.

D: That is true. That is very true. Okay, any superpower, what would it be?

JH: Teleportation. Instantly solve the travel problem we were just discussing.

C: There you go!

D: Alright, well we've gotta take a quick break here. We'll have more with Jared Hucke when we come back here on The Sci-Fried Eggs, broadcasting live from XCON in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. [ad plays]

D: Hello! Welcome back to The Sci-Fried Eggs, broadcasting live from XCON in Myrtle Beach, and we have Mr. Jared Hucke sitting here with us. And we're getting the real facts here. This is a real, deep down, live interview. That's what he wanted, that's what we're giving him. Um. First kiss?

JH: Um... I think my first real kiss, since this is a real interview, was in grade 7. One of my friends was having a birthday party, but it was like, "Oh, we're adults now, so parents can't be here." Except obviously we weren't adults. We were like, 11. So any actual adults were elsewhere in the house while the kids were in the basement. And it was basically the most like, cliche coming of age movie shit in the world, because I got my first kiss playing spin the bottle.

C: Classic.

D: Do you remember who it was with?

JH: Oh yeah, but I won't say her name, in case she's listening.

D: Favorite joke?

JH: Favorite joke... God, I don't know if I have one... This is making me realize I don't even know any good jokes off the top of my head. I can maybe think of a lame one.

D: Let's hear one.

JH: Um... Okay, I got one. Why did the scarecrow win an award?

C: Why?

JH: Because he was outstanding in his field.

C: [laughs] We need a rimshot for you.

JH: Thank you, thank you.

D: So acting. If acting didn't work out, what would you have done?

JH: Realistically? Or if I could do anything?

D: Like, realistically, or even just as a kid, you were like, "Ah, that's what I wanna do."

JH: I mean, acting was pretty much it. But I guess I'd have probably gone into visual art? Or art history or something.

D: Very cool. Do you draw or anything like that?

JH: No. [laughs] But I went to an arts high school—I studied acting there, but I was friends with a lot of visual artists. And my mom's obviously very artistic, being in her field, so the interest in that area has always been there. If I hadn't done acting, I feel like I might've gone that route.

D: Five minutes of your life that you would like to go back and relive and do something different?

JH: None. Nothing.

D: Really?

JH: Really. I feel like it sometimes sounds cliche when people say they live with no regrets, but I've been asked this question before, and I really couldn't think of anything. Nothing serious, anyway.

D: That's cool, man. That's the way to live. No regrets.

JH: I think so too. Everything you do shapes you in one way or another. I'd go back and relive five minutes of my life, sure, but I don't know that I'd want to change anything.

C: Now is this five consecutive, or can I trim a minute off of—like, I know you didn't you didn't ask me the question, but just for future reference. Can they trim a minute off here or there, or is it just five consecutive minutes?

D: Five consecutive minutes. It's gotta be five consecutive minutes. It's a one shot thing, man.

C: Alright.

JH: Five minutes or bust.

D: Craziest thing that somebody, a fan, has sent you? Or given to you?

JH: I got some interesting fanmail in my Degrassi days. But I think the craziest thing a fan's given me was definitely a slap.

D: Somebody slapped you?!

JH: I let her! She didn't just slap me out of the blue. [laughs]

D: [laughs] Oh, thank god. I thought that was where you were going.

JH: No, it was at Coachella a couple months ago, actually. I was hanging out between sets and this girl came up to me and told me that she loved my show but she really hated my character. She was like, "I'm sure you're nice. You seem really nice... but I really just want to slap your character."

D: It's gotta be your character on Continuum.

JH: No, it was The 100.

D: It was on The 100?!

JH: Yeah, she had just started watching it on Netflix and was still on season 1, where Murphy's just the absolute worst. He's obviously much more adorable and charming in season 2.

C: Yeah, you're adorable in that one, but not in that first season, no.

JH: Yeah, so I just shrugged and told her to slap me, like it was no big deal. Just like, "Okay, slap me, then." Which, like, I was pretty drunk and, uh, other things at that point. [laughs] So obviously I was just being an idiot. She thought I was kidding at first, but I was like, "No, for real, slap me!" So she did, but it was a really weak slap, like she was too scared to do it. But I told her this was probably the only chance she'd ever get to slap John Murphy. And I just fucking turned into Tyler Durden or something and was straight up like, "No. I want you to hit me as hard as you can."

C & D: [laughs]

JH: So she slapped me real hard, and it just got intense. I wasn't gonna stop at that. It became this weird challenge of how much I could take, because I'm apparently a drunken masochist, so I kept telling her to slap me harder. [laughs]

C: Whoa, I'm glad it went that direction because I thought you were gonna say you hit her back, and I was like, "Uh oh."

D: Hold on, this is a real interview.

JH: She slapped me around five times, and I was just yelling for her to do it harder. And she was probably like, "This guy's a fucking weirdo." But she kept going, so. [laughs] I finally asked her to stop after the fifth time.

D: Like, "Alright, ma'am."

JH: "Thank you for your time."

C: He spit a tooth out on the ground and said, "Not again, please."

D: Wooow. Man.

JH: And! And I was actually there with a friend who had brought her a bodyguard.

D: She just has a bodyguard or—

JH: [laughs] No, she's in entertainment too.

D: Okay, I just had to make sure.

JH: Yeah, they met up with me as the slapping was happening. Her bodyguard, he was like, ready to pry the girl off me.

C: But you were like, "It's fine! This is a fight club now!"

JH: [laughs] Yeah, right, exactly. She's just slapping me and I'm yelling, "It's fine! I just didn't wanna die without any scars!" That was definitely the craziest thing a fan's ever given me. And subsequently this story.

D: It's a crazy story, man. Alright, what about your dream car?

JH: You know, I don't really have one. I've never been much of a car guy.

C: It's fine. You won't need one when you get your teleportation powers.

JH: [laughs] Hell yeah I won't.

D: What's the weirdest thing that you've bought so far?

JH: Here?

D: Well, not here. Well, yeah, here too, but just, you know, with—just bought.

C: Yeah, with all your actor money. What's the weirdest, most extravagant thing you bought?

JH: [laughs] "My actor money." There's so much, I can fill pools with it.

C & D: [laughs]

C: Well, we don't know! You look nicely dressed. I assumed.

JH: Thanks, man. I try. But uh, I don't know about the weirdest or most extravagant thing. An education? University. That's not really either of those things.

D: You paid for college with your actor money?

JH: Some of it, yeah. All of the money from my pre-Degrassi acting—and well, some from Degrassi too—it mostly went into savings for university. So some of it was paid with that.

D: Where did you go?

JH: York University in Toronto.

D: You studied acting?

JH: Yeah, I did. Like I said, man, it was acting all the way for me. Oh, but you know what? I did buy something weird here.

D: What'd you buy?

JH: There's this booth here that's selling geeky cookies, ButterWinks. They're these cookies designed like cartoon and comic and video game characters and stuff like that. And they have one that's designed like Dick Butt. So I bought that for a friend.

D: Wait, hold on, Dick Butt?

JH: Yeah, it's— [laughs] God, I'm really explaining this on a podcast right now. But it's an old internet meme.

C: Of course it is, because the internet is just weird.

JH: Of course. But it's this illustration of an anthropomorphic penis, like it has a face and arms and legs, and the, uh, testicles—I'm trying to be classy here even though I've already been censored all over the place, probably. [laughs] Anyway, they look like a butt, and there's another penis just sticking out of it. Hence, Dick Butt.

C: Oh, I think I know what you're talking about. And there was a cookie that looked like that?

D: And you bought it!

JH: I bought it! Definitely the weirdest thing I've purchased here.

D: What's your favorite movie?

JH: Oh man, I hate this question. I have too many favorites. Um...

C: Fight Club has to be on that list.

JH: Of course. What else...? Goodfellas, probably. Back to the Future, Empire Strikes Back, Akira, Blade Runner... a bunch of sci-fi movies, apparently. [laughs]

C: All great movies.

D: Good choices. Really good choices. Any weird talents?

JH: Weird talents... I don't think so? Nothing too out of the ordinary. I can make people uncomfortable just by looking at them, so I've been told.

C: Well, that's why you play the bad guys, right?

JH: Exactly. All in the creepy stare.

D: Drink of choice?

JH: Whiskey.

D: Whiskey?

JH: Oh, absolutely, but I'll drink most things. Well, maybe not most things, but you know.

D: What won't you drink?

JH: I draw the line at flavored vodka. Those are usually just... why? Just why?

D: [laughs] Just why? When you were a kid...

JH: This is a great follow-up to a question about drinking.

D: What were some of your influences as far as getting into acting? I know your parents, certainly, but actors that you looked up to or that you wanted to be.

JH: Oh, dude, I wanted to be Harrison Ford, easily.

D: Oh, from any particular movie?

JH: Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Of course, right? And Blade Runner, I guess, but I didn't watch that until I was a teenager. He was just so cool in all of them though, and obviously that's thanks in part to character decisions, but he played it really effortlessly. Who wouldn't want to be him or be that cool? I got to be in one of his movies recently, but I didn't get to actually meet him since I didn't have scenes with him, which was sad. I was hoping his cool would rub off on me.

C: You know, I think we get some of that cool guy from you on The 100.

JH: Thanks, man. Murphy's probably not actually that cool. He's done some terrible shit. But he obviously thinks he's really cool.

D: Speaking of, you've played some, I guess, dislikable characters that are very likable.

JH: I suppose the likable part is subjective. [laughs]

D: You know, in Continuum, you're kind of a jerky character, but you're that villain that people like to love. You know, and The 100 was the same way. That first season, it's like, "That guy's a jerk!" But you wanna see more.

C: Yeah, you wanna see how much worse he's gonna get before he gets better, like almost like a redemptive kind of thing.

D: And is that something that you've found that those are roles what you continue to get or, you know, is there another role in acting that you wish you could do? I know that like, Bill Murray got kind of pigeonholed into doing comedy, and then he wanted to do more serious things to show that range. Is there something in acting that you kinda long for, that you'd like to do to show that ability?

JH: I mean, I don't mind what I'm doing now, that I've been sort of pigeonholed, I guess. It's given me steady work over the years, and sci-fi and horror and thrillers are really fun, so I can't complain. I'd love to do more comedy though. I did a movie a couple of years ago called Leap 4 Your Life, which was this mockumentary about a dance team. I got to do some improv, and that was such an awesome experience that I'd love to do again.

C: You have gotten to do some comedy in your sci-fi and horror work though, at least. I mean, even on The 100, you've got great one-liners.

JH: Oh yeah, definitely. And that was partially because of how I chose to approach Murphy. I had originally only signed on for the pilot, but I kept getting more and more episodes because they liked me and how I portrayed the character. And as I got more material, I was just like, "Fuck it," and played around a little more, had some more fun. That's the mindset I think Murphy would have a lot of the time anyway, to be a little more reckless in the name of having a good time.

D: Well, we've asked you quite a few questions, but we are gonna ask you what we call The Half Dozen.

JH: Okay, sure.

D: It's six questions that we ask some of our favorite guests.

JH: Oh, that means I'm one of your favorites?

D: You are!

C: We wouldn't be asking you The Dozen if you weren't.

D: Real interview. You gave us a real interview. So here we go, The Half Dozen, first thing that pops into your mind. What is the most important thing in life?

JH: Family. The people you love in general. Stuff just seem a lot less fulfilling when you can't share it with them.

D: Simplest pleasure?

JH: Oh man... Not gonna lie—it's real interview territory again, but kissing. I just really like kissing people, and it's the simplest thing. Or donuts. Donuts are just the best.

D: Okay. What would be hell on earth for you?

JH: Um... maybe being entirely alone? I'm not somebody who needs a million friends or needs to be surrounded by people 24/7, but I can't imagine not having at least someone there to support me and talk to me and just generally be there for me.

D: Is the glass half full or half empty?

JH: Who cares? Assuming it's not poison, let's just drink what's in it.

D: There you go. Most important lesson you've learned along your path?

JH: It's going to sound lame, but honestly? Nobody's perfect. Everyone has flaws, but that's what makes each individual person unique. Everyone fucks up sometimes, but we learn from those mistakes. So don't try to live up to some false idea of perfection that doesn't exist just because you feel like that's what people want. Don't change for anyone.

D: And, scale of 1-10, rate us as interviewers.

JH: 10. Even more than that! Over 9000. You guys are fucking wonderful. And I'm sorry for swearing so much. [laughs]

C: We invited that. We said you could. You were only doing what felt right.

D: Man, thank you for being on the show. Jared Hucke, ladies and gentlemen. We're gonna do hallway party tonight.

JH: Hell yeah we are. Best damn hallway party anyone's ever seen.

D: Of course.

C: We'll set that place on fire.

D: It's a good thing we're going home tomorrow. So thanks for being on the show, man.

JH: Anytime!

D: It's been a pleasure.

JH: Thank you guys for having me.

D: Yeah! And we hope to run into you some point in the future.

JH: I'll look forward to it.

D: And we look forward to seeing your work. Where can people get in touch with you? Where can they find out more about you? Websites, social media.

JH: My Twitter is @huckefinn. H-U-C-K-E-F-I-N-N.

C: Clever.

JH: Yeah, I thought I was really clever when I registered that a long time ago. And I do like it. It's fun. But as I started getting more work, my manager was like, "Maybe you should change it to your real name so it's easier to find you?" But someone else had taken it by then and he won't give it to me.

D: What a butthole

JH: Right? A dick butt, even.

C & D: [laughs]

D: An absolute dick butt.

JH: So you can spam him, if you want. No, I'm kidding, don't spam him. Oh, I'm also on Instagram with the same username, huckefinn. And I think that's it!

D: Alright, well, you guys stay tuned. We'll be back with more here from XCON in Myrtle Beach!