James Lafferty Takes Us Inside the House From Netflix's Everyone Is Doing Great

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[00:00:10]>> Today we're taking you inside the home at the center of the hit television series Everyone Is Doing Great. [music] Starring James Laferty, Steven Kleti, Alexandra Park, and Kareah Hine.

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[00:00:31]>> The series follows a group of former teen television stars as they navigate adulthood relationships and life after fame in Los Angeles.

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[00:00:53]>> Society pushes us to believe that if we follow a certain [music] path, we'll be happy. But what if that path doesn't lead to happiness?

[00:01:01]>> Today, we're getting a rare behindthescenes look at the house where so many of the shows most memorable moments unfold. All while hearing from the cast about the stories, details, and creative decisions [music] that brought this home to life on screen.

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[00:01:34]Hi, Homeorthy. I'm Alexandra Park, and today myself and a couple other of the cast members of Everyone Is Doing Great are going to show you around Andrea's house. So, let's have a tour. Come on in.

[00:02:05]Hi. Uh, my name is Alexandra Park and I play Andrea on Netflix's Everyone Is Doing Great. And today we're giving you a tour of our set, which is also my home. We were on TV shows um when we were at a very tender age. Um everyone on this on this cast and you know as part of that experience you realize when you come out of those TV shows that uh there were a lot of lessons in life that you probably should have learned but you were really insulated from because you were having this really cushy experience when you were young.

[00:02:39]>> I was bamboozled and I was I was hoodwinkedked. I WAS LED ASTRAY and it was it's dark. So, it's really [ __ ] >> So, that sets up >> a lot of uh learning the hard way a lot of comedy in your life. And we pulled from our experiences and we created these characters that are really heightened versions of ourselves and ultimately just wanted to make a show about friendship [music] like with the industry really is the backdrop.

[00:03:07]>> All right. Oh, we're doing it. How's that? Yes. Oh, wow. Stop it.

[00:03:12]>> No, you [music] stop it. It's a show about leaning on your friends through a time in your life when you are forced to pivot.

[00:03:18]>> Mind if I take a look at your journal?

[00:03:20]>> This is a drawing of a squirrel. That was a slow day.

[00:03:24]>> There's a couple of good reasons why people keep getting brought back into Andrea's house even after they move out.

[00:03:31]And I think for these characters, this house has so much history for the four of them. this this band of four friends that have been through thick and thin together and then they get ripped apart and we all kind of come crawling back for that little feeling of familiarity and certainty and home and and the people that that bring us that little feeling that it might actually be okay.

[00:04:01]>> I think it kind of mirrors real life as well, right? Like >> 100%. we this house it's been sort of a home base for the show and obviously we make the show with our best friends and our loved ones and so at various points over the past decade and a half uh Kibba has stayed here when she's in town from Australia and I mean Steven lived in this house before I lived in this house and you know we shot the show here we edited the show here so you know there was plenty of nights for Steven sleeping in a little roll out mattress on the floor next to the computer, some allnighters there. It's uh it's got a lot of memories of our friendship and also the show wrapped up in this house for sure.

[00:04:43]>> Good and bad times.

[00:04:45]>> Yes, that's right. [laughter] [music] Here we are in Andrea's living room, which is seen a lot in both seasons one and two of the show in varying degrees of aesthetic pleasantries.

[00:05:06]>> I think this was definitely one of the rooms that came together the most um over the course of the show. Like when you first see it, it feels a little >> Bachelor Patty maybe like um like more of Jeremy's influence.

[00:05:22]>> Yes. By the end, it's kind of what you see here.

[00:05:25]>> Andrea becomes a little more meticulous and sort of craving that control and that it's definitely reflective of where the characters are in their lives. This room, >> yeah, this is where everybody sort of gets together. I have a lot of important conversations happen in here like >> some emotional conversations from season 1 between Andrea and Seth and season 2 between Jeremy and Seth. Um, and also, you know, >> there's a there's a sequence in the pilot episode where it's the guys that are partying here with like two girls that they call over to Andrew's house.

[00:05:56]>> And by season two, you know, this group has really come together in a different part of their lives when they all really need each other. So, you have a similar sort of party sequence in season 2 where the group is is here and they're all having a good time together. Rekindle, >> rekindle, >> rekindle some stuff. We try to work in little places where Jeremy has hidden his little drug stashes. Um so when he lived here, clearly he was trying to hide a problem from from Andrea. Well, in season 2, we have him, I think, while they're all partying here, and he finds a little baggie of some um some illicit materials.

[00:06:31]>> Elicit materials. One of these books here. And then over here, we have these Russian dolls. [laughter] So, in season one, these are all inside of each other, and he opens them successively to find a little stash of joints. I mean, these were props that we owned uh before, and they're things that obviously we're going to keep forever now.

[00:06:52]>> Oh, absolutely. And that is where Andrea finds her joints as well. That's where the joints are kept um in the show and >> possibly in real life.

[00:07:03]>> Season two. That's right. That's crazy.

[00:07:04]So yeah, like it's kind of nice because we are able to tie things in to the show that stay consistent because we sort of just keep these things around the house anyways. But >> yeah, there have been major changes in this living room. I would like to call this living room almost the heart of the show in terms of locations. Um, in season 1, as James touched on briefly, this room had a very bare bone sort of feel about it. The couch was old and dark and [clears throat] not updated. And it kind of gives off the feeling that Andrea, the woman's touch, if you will, is not really in the room so much. Even though these guys were married, they were both traveling a lot for work. Andrea was not here a lot. And she was also in a place where she was not in a great great way with Jeremy and their relationship was not sort of in the best place. So, I think that's reflected in the sense that she's not really put down her roots in this room, and that's very clear in season 1. Um, she's she's sort of non-committal, if you will, like possibly one foot out the door for various reasons.

[00:08:15]>> And uh and then >> I think the couch was a really good representation of that because the couch was the couch was one of the first things to go by episode 2 when Jeremy had moved out, there was a new couch.

[00:08:25]there was a new >> he was in this room going like is this a new couch you know so it happened very quickly and yeah >> yeah and um and obviously by season two everything is looking a lot more put together and I think that that's that that's an attempt for Andrea to feel like she's got her life in order that she's she's okay she's fine because she looks around and the surroundings are all neat and orderly and and colorful, then maybe it'll make her feel more that way as well, which is which is not the case, as you'll see. Um, but it's definitely her attempt to try and Yeah. and and gain a sense of control in her life that she's lacking. I wanted the house to feel emotionally layered as a mirror for Andrea's character, which also tied in nicely as Andrea is quite similar in personality to myself. And obviously, when we were filming the show, we add and removed certain bits that really are personality flares of hers, but overall, I think she's someone that just craves escapism and who likes to be alone. I know we all like to spend time in our homes. I think more and more these days, people like to spend time in their homes. And Andrea particularly, she's a bit of a homebody. She also craves this this form of escapism and color and texture and a vibe. And I think that's sort of reflected in her her personality, which is up and down.

[00:09:59]You know, she's not really a straight down the line kind of gal. And neither am I. So I think that's where I wanted to really bring in color and kind of randomness to the house as as a reflection of her personality which is which is uh you know a bit random and a bit a bit all over the place and certainly changing frequently. So it's a very important room. There's you know so many big scenes happen here. Obviously in season one there's Izzy's engagement party which happens. We were packed out with a bunch of our friends and family who stepped in as partygoers and yeah, you know, happy scenes, sad scenes, miserable scenes. It a lot happens in this room and it's very important to us in the show and also in real life. we've all spent a lot of time in here is >> it also had some of the most like elaborate lighting setups because you actually are able to like rig to these and you know we were able to open this window and there was these they had this big huge like seastand scaffold contraption >> with an arm that was bringing like a big light in >> and it was it was great cuz our our our DP and our our gaffer like the whole camera and lighting crew it was the one room I feel like in our location where they weren't really hamstrung by the space that they were in. They could actually treat it like a like a like a you know a studio really.

[00:11:17]>> Um so that was that was fun. There's a lot of artwork and photographs around the house that you might see and recognize in the show. Um I mean this one right here is significant. I don't know if we actually see it, but there is a conversation between >> Jeremy and Andrea and their mediation when they're trying to divide up their assets and they get hung up on the vintage movie posters. Um, so that was inspired by this ET vintage movie poster that Alex got me for my birthday one year.

[00:11:43]>> Very long time ago.

[00:11:44]>> Very long time ago.

[00:11:45]>> It's like one of the first gifts I got you actually.

[00:11:48]>> Yeah.

[00:11:48]>> And [snorts] um, >> yes, it's uh, some might say a little frightening, but we like it.

[00:11:54]>> I think it reminds us to just stay weird.

[00:11:57]>> Yeah, stay weird. That's what most of the artwork in our house. So, we pick up in season two uh of everyone is doing great and Jeremy has moved out, but there is still an element of Jeremy in Andrea's house and that was and is a deliberate choice that we made. Um, I believe it's due to the fact that Andrea is not quite entirely ready to let go of the idea of Andrea and Jeremy as a duo.

[00:12:26]Um, which I think a lot of people can relate to. um after a long relationship with someone that they deeply care about and also she just loves him. Hi.

[00:12:36]>> You can't just come over here and show up out of the blues.

[00:12:39]>> I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT TOGETHER ANYMORE.

[00:12:41]I KNOW THAT.

[00:12:41]>> WELL, SO then what did you come over here for?

[00:12:43]>> Can we just hang out for a bit? And I think that was a very deliberate choice for all of the spaces that we created in the show for all of the characters that is that there's there's a little bit of those past relationships, possibly future relationships in all of these spaces. And I think that the main reason is because of the love that they have for each other. It's something that regardless of whether it's romantic in that moment, there's always going to be love and it's something that these guys want to keep around all the time regardless of kind of where they're at.

[00:13:14]Um, so that's that's why you feel loved, Jeremy, in this space in the least creepy way of saying that.

[00:13:22]>> I think for Jeremy, we've always had this thought in mind, which is that he's kind of like a dog that you love that refuses to be housebroken, right? No matter how old he is, no matter how long ago he should have been housebroken, he still just pees in the house. [laughter] And so I feel like from the beginning it was always, you know, you sort of saw an evolution I think of that reflected in in the way that the house is decorated.

[00:13:48]I think that the house wasn't decorated quite as nice when Jeremy was around because it was kind of like >> Jeremy was around so you can't have nice things, >> you know, and then as you know Jeremy has left the house um you see the house get progressively nicer than Andrea doing the work you know that she wanted to do on the house that she couldn't while he was there. Um, and he comes back and he recognizes that and I think it it helps him understand his sort of effect on others around him.

[00:14:16]>> Okay, I think that kind of wraps it up in this room. If you want to come with us, we'll head into the kitchen where I think we might find Kuriba >> if we're lucky.

[00:14:32]Okay, and here we are in the kitchen.

[00:14:36]And here's Kar.

[00:14:37]>> Hi.

[00:14:38]>> Hi.

[00:14:39]>> He's here, [laughter] too.

[00:14:40]>> We'll go for a walk. Leave you guys to it.

[00:14:42]>> Okay. All right. Enjoy your walk.

[00:14:44]>> Hello, mate.

[00:14:45]>> Hi.

[00:14:46]>> Hi. Um, so here we are in the kitchen, which uh has definitely I think you'd agree.

[00:14:52]>> Mhm.

[00:14:54]>> Had a lot of movement in terms [clears throat] of aesthetic improvement throughout season 1 to season 2.

[00:15:00]>> Yes. I liked season 1 though. you didn't like it so much, hence the the revamp.

[00:15:05]But >> yes, yes, uh it was a little sort of neither here nor there in season one. I think we were sort of uh attempting to get it get it uh renovated, but we're sort of halfway there. So, it was just we needed a full redo and we did that and that's where we are here in season 2.

[00:15:23]>> And some great scenes happening in this room.

[00:15:27]>> Yes. see some rather unexpected French male companions arrive into this kitchen from either of the bedrooms.

[00:15:37]>> Uh, which is a lovely awkward scene there in the morning.

[00:15:42]>> We've actually got an incredibly busy day that starts right now. So, um, you sure?

[00:15:47]>> I'm I'm very sure. Thank you, though.

[00:15:49]You >> If you want to stay here, I can I can make something.

[00:15:52]>> I'm moving back to >> That's okay. I actually don't I'm not probably not going to eat anything. A >> lot of hangovers being tended to in this kitchen.

[00:16:00]>> Yep. Yep. A lot of conversations had.

[00:16:03]But we like to keep this picture on the fridge to just rem, you know, remind us of, you know, who we are and what we're capable of, what's important. Um, that's another one that's a a clever choice that we keep there. And just the original family um before we had a baby >> just to remember the good times. So, even from season 1 to season 2, there's quite a dramatic change in the space in Andrea's house. We really zone in on just kind of the the height of this ceiling and the largess, if that's a word, of this room and the fact that she feels a little small inside of it. She's going through a lot, as we all do in life. Some pretty serious stuff that she didn't see coming. Some pretty pretty painful stuff. And I think, you know, everything is very clean. You'll see in season two in Andre's space, except for obviously there are some episodes where she's sort of lost the plot a little bit. But overall, this sort of, you know, keeping everything sort of tight up and clean and perfect is is sort of her way of creating a sense of control, I think, um, which she is most lacking, uh, at the at the top of season 2. Don't mind me. Hello over there. Good morning.

[00:17:21]Can I help you? Oh my god.

[00:17:26]>> Jesus, Izzy, you scared the [ __ ] out of me. Well, what what are you doing? Why are you cleaning? Like, you're in trouble with the law.

[00:17:33]>> And I think that that's something that we we use as a character in the show is the sort of the spaciousness of the house and the cleanliness um to sort of to show that sense of her longing for a sense of control when she has none. It's so mirrors real life for Izzy. The the way that she runs back to Andrea's house and in the exact same way that I've knocked on the door and Alex has opened the door when I've had a breakup. And this house is is a sanctuary for Izzy and for me as well.

[00:18:08]>> Like you are the only one of you that there is.

[00:18:14]>> Whoa.

[00:18:15]>> Right.

[00:18:15]>> Whoa. and you can do anything that you want in this life. Think about it.

[00:18:22]>> It's one of those intangible things in the series where like you can't really you can't put your finger on it, but you're just like, "God, there is so much behind this." And so I think for me it's it's so different being on set, but being in like your like second home and and feeling so safe. the same thing.

[00:18:46]You're not always very safe on a set.

[00:18:48]Feeling very safe here. And um I think that just really for me made the second season so easy for me because Izzy is really like running for cover and she finds a lot of it in this house. And so um that just basically made my job half as hard.

[00:19:17]So, when I moved into the house, um, as Australians, we need the doors open. We need air. And, um, this was just a wall that actually didn't open. I mean, it was a window, but it didn't, we just had one small door. And so, we put the deck, that was the first thing we did when I moved in was put this deck in so that we could open it out because prior to that, it was just kind of a downward slope of nothingness. And so, you know, now this really is uh where we where we hang out in this house. I mean, we've got photos of all of us >> James, Steven, Kariba, and myself in this kitchen to here section for the last >> I mean, 11 12 years.

[00:20:01]>> Yep.

[00:20:02]>> Which is pretty amazing. Um and uh you know, just >> this is lovely in the afternoon as well.

[00:20:09]is lovely area in the afternoon with a nice icy beverage is a real a real treat. Really nice light.

[00:20:17]>> Just get a beat going.

[00:20:19]>> That sunset starts, you know, throwing colors over there and it's magical.

[00:20:24]>> This house has been in our collective group for over a decade. But even more than that, um, James and Steven both lived here together or on their own um, for almost another 10 years before that.

[00:20:39]So, there's a lot of history in this house. This deck was not here when it was just the guys. You can thank me for that. um and my mother whose idea it was. But you know because of that history because of the fact that I mean you know when we were riding the show we were all here when Steven was you know moving house or he was down in Laguna he would stay here kuriba the same you know it's it's our there is a lot to this space and the fact that we've been able to use it as such a character in the show makes it very emotional for us because it's you know and I think it's very special to be able to create scenes and tell a story in a space that is so important to us >> and means so much to us. It just kind of deepens the the just the the love and the and the emotions and the feelings behind what's going on in the scenes in the show. So it's very intertwined in that way and it's it's incredibly unique um for it's not very common >> no >> one that people make independent TV and secondly that um you know you you're creating TV and telling stories in a place that is of such importance and meaning to to the cast. Yeah. to the cast and producers and um >> yeah, so it's special, I think. And it it just sort of it's made us, wouldn't you say, very comfortable when we're actually doing the scenes in the house.

[00:22:09]I think we it's it's a real advantage to us because we're able to feel so relaxed and just feel like no one's watching.

[00:22:15]And that's >> familiarity that you can't really recreate.

[00:22:18]>> No, you can't. And we wanted to that's what we wanted to achieve in the show is um a feeling of >> Yeah. Like there's no there's no wall between between what's going on and the >> audience >> hanging out with these friends and you know the history by reverse osmosis.

[00:22:35]>> Yes.

[00:22:36]>> If Andrea had to describe what home means to her right now, it would be a space with the people that feel like home to her. So, Andrea has has moved from Australia. She's constantly, you know, put up in random apartments and accommodation throughout the world, filming things. Um, separated from her friends, separated from her house. Like, a home is so important in that it is it's your it's your sanctuary. It's Andrea's sanctuary. But I think the word home is is a is a much bigger word. And I think what is home for Andrea right now is her space with her people in it.

[00:23:23]And that's something that she's she's we see her trying to do in season 2 is once she gets through, you know, this hard sort of lump that she's in, it's about kind of everything shifts in the sense that she just wants to gather her people to have them around her and that's what makes her feel like she's home. I think the way the home helps ground the relationships is by being just sort of the center of their solar system, you know, and I know that that's been um, you know, something that's been in plenty of shows, right? Like it's Monica's apartment and Friends, but I think I think for this show, you know, >> we're talking about uh characters that are in, you know, their 30s, right? And I feel like um for them they're very much leaning on each other in the way that you know you would have friends like right out of college or like in your 20s. And I think when you're young and everybody's single, it is very natural for everybody to sort of hang out at one person's house to choose one sort of neutral location um where everybody comes together. But that is something that you sort of drift apart from like that doesn't last forever. And I feel like um even though you get into your 30s, you know, and everybody does sort of, you know, pair off um you still long for that. You still long for that one place where everybody used to congregate. And I think that's what this show kind of like offers an audience.

[00:24:45]>> Um and that's what is beautiful about it is that they sort of they still have that their lives might be fractured in every other way and chaotic in every other way, but they still have >> this one beautiful thing they share and the place to do it.

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