May 11, 2026 • 36 mins
On this special Mother’s Day episode, Ashlyn has Sophia Bush and Lauren Holly on to talk about their new movie, Broad Trip, now out on Roku. If you're nostalgic for comedies of the '80s and '90s, this one's for you. It's a mother/daughter road trip romp and as its stars, Lauren and Sophia have unmatchable chemistry. They talk about how they established that connection, the importance of making accessible media, and why light, heartfelt stories are essential in our dark times.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, everyone, and welcome back to another episode of Wide Open.
I'm your host Ashlyn Harris, and I just wanted to
check in with everyone, and most importantly, I hope everyone
had a wonderful, wonderful and most beautiful Mother's Day weekend.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
So to all of.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Of you know, the moms out there, Happy Mother's Day.
I was lucky enough to spend the weekend upstate with
Sophia and Sloan and Ocean, and we just had such
a fun time kind of just peeling back the layers
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and touching grass, and we went to a car show
and we got to pet horses and feed donkeys, and yeah,
we had a really, really great family trip. And we
got to sit on the couch and watch Sophia's new
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movie that came out broad Trip, which is so fun
to celebrate her, and it's it's so fun to see
her art on the screen because she's so incredible at
what she does. And our kids every night are always like,
I want to see the movie again. I want to
see the movie again. So it's been such a sweet
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thing for us. You know, I'm so proud of her
that she gets to make movies that the kids love
and they can see her on it, and they're so
proud of her.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
I'm excited to, you know, just.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Connect, reconnect and have a story about a mom and
a daughter, because so much you know of my parents,
Like I love being a mom, I love being a parent,
and I love sharing this life with her and experiencing
it with her. And you know, my kids just are
so happy right now, and I love.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
I get to share this life with her. And I'm
excited for you guys all to see the movie and
I'm excited to hear what you think about it. I
hope with you know, a little lighter love and a
little fun and laughter, that it brings hope and joy
into people's homes during a time that feels really heavy.
(02:23):
And Mother's Day can be very heavy for a lot
of people out there.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Some mothers have lost kids, some kids have lost moms.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
There's a lot of different scenarios, and sometimes Mother's Day
can be isolating and lonely. So I just want you
all to know I see you, I love you, I'm
here for you, and we're all in this together.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
So I hope you enjoyed this episode.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Here's Wide Open with Sophia Bush and Lauren Holly. Hi everyone,
and welcome back to another episode of Wide Open. I'm
your host, Ashlyn Harris, and I am so excited for
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today's episode. I feel like lately the world feels heavy,
everything is loud, everything's fast, and sometimes what we actually
need most is to laugh, to let go for a minute,
to feel a little lighter. And that's exactly why I'm very,
very excited about today's episode because I'm joined by Sophia
(03:31):
Bush and Lauren Hawley to talk about their new film
on Roku. Broad Trip, a chaotic, funny, and surprisingly heartfelt
road trip between a mother and a daughter. One is
racing towards a bachelorette party while the other one is
doing everything she can to stop a wedding. It's messy,
it's real, it's absolutely hilarious, and underneath it all, it's
(03:55):
about love. It's about letting go of control and learning
the most important thing in life is joy. It was
released May eighth on Roku, so let's get into it.
I can't wait to hear about the new movie, broad Trip.
Welcome Lauren Holly and Sophia Bush.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Show.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Hi.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Yeah, Oh, she's taking She's taken a hitcher like.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
A proud partner. She I feel like I'm in the
best oreo ever.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
You are, you are, you are. It's a big old
gay Aria. I hope you're ready for this.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
I'm so ready.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Well, congratulations to the both of you. Broad Trip released
May eighth on Friday, and this this episode is airing
a few days after it. So I'm so happy that everyone,
if they haven't seen it now they will because we're
we're gonna talk a little, you know something something about
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the movie broad Trip. Yeah, so, Sophia, I was telling
Lauren about how it's a very big hit in our
house right now.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
With the children.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
Oh my god. Every night, every night we do a
cuddle puddle every night. It's like bath Pj's pile on
the couch.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Watch Mommy get thrown off the bull.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
It's so funny.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
The kids are like the boo boo.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
I love it. It's great.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Well, you know that's because you got those hips from.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Me, exactly. I'll tell you what though, this is.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
You know Mother's Day is next is in a few
you know, coming soon. Let's just say, and I feel
like this comedy is so good, which just shows the
perfect chemistry you both had on screen. I just it's
crazy to me to know that you didn't know each
other before this film, right, like no.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
And we had like five minutes to meet, like literallya.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Tell me, tell me about minutes.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
To me because Sophia was flying in from something and
we had to do a read through with the network
via zoom. But Sophia and I were going to be together,
and I just remembered we were. I was in this
hotel conference room waiting for her arrival and she walked
in and it was like a sunshine hurricane entered the
(06:26):
room and it was kind of I don't know, Like
the minute I hugged her hello, I was like, oh,
this is going to be a breeze.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
It was fast, it was.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
And also, Sofia has never really been like in a
real comedy like this is this is one of your
first like leading comedy roles, right when you're not only
are you jumping into it, you're jumping into it with Lauren,
which is like that's a lot of pressure.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
Now. I mean, I think, God, you're so cool because
it's it's true. It's really funny. I got hired, you know,
start of my real career. I got hired on One
Tree Hill to be the comic relief I had done
Van Wilder. I had been doing like funny little things
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here and there as I was looking for my first
like regular gig as an actor. But then you know,
it's like a teen drama. Eventually everyone just cries all
the time, and so like I went from being the
comic relief to being, you know, the sad girl who
was always sobbing, and I was like, wait a second.
I liked the beginning of this maybe better, but.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
I thought it was Cody. But here's the thing that
I found interesting that you we did this together because
you kind of stepped in playing the role that I
usually do in a comedy, Like I'm kind of known
for that the straight person, which, by the way, people
have no idea how hard that is. Like it's really
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hard in a comedy to be the like supposed guiding light,
you know, making sure that the world that's going on
you act like it's all normal, you know, yes, And
that's what's funny. And I just thought you did a
tremendous job and I felt so anchored by you and
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it kind of allowed me to be more crazy.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Well, tell us about your that's so sweet, but tell
us about your characters because if people haven't had the
opportunity opportunity to watch, like give me a quick kind
of like what the movie is about and the characters
you both are playing, just to give them like a
top level.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
It's a mother daughter relationship where the daughter feels like
she has to save her mother and she's going to
do so on a road trip where she shows her
examples from her life. How's that?
Speaker 2 (08:57):
That's great? Okay, I think that's great.
Speaker 4 (08:59):
You know what I love about it? It's to Lauren's point,
it's like these two love each other. They don't necessarily
see eyed eye or have any of the same opinions.
But what I love not necessarily what I love is
like from the beginning, you as a character say to
my character, oh, you're just like me, and I don't
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want to accept it yet, right, you know, the way
that I would explain it from my end is I
play Alice, and she is this very type a very organized,
you know, overachiever, gets everything right, makes all the plans.
You know, she's the cruise director. She organizes everything for everyone.
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And it's sort of in response to having this mom
who is a wild child and goes with her feelings
and loves to take risks. Alice is not really a
risk taker. But the cool part about this, you know,
when my mom tells me she's going to marry a
guy she's known for six days, and I'm like, well,
back can't happen. I decide to take her on a
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road trip, theoretically as a bachelorette party, but really it's
because I want to convince her she shouldn't marry this
man with a sneak tattoo.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
But it's beautiful. It all connects right on his.
Speaker 4 (10:14):
Little butt cheek, she says. But it's like it winds
up being this amazing journey because interestingly enough, we sort
of begin to realize how good we are together and
how great our relationship is, and that what we actually
have to do is make a little bit of space
for each other. And maybe my character needs to learn
to be a little more like her mom.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
Stay tuned. I'll be back in just a moment. After
this brief message from our sponsors, I really want to
know which scene is your favorite, The part when the
cop pulls you guys over. I have not laughed like
(11:01):
you guys trying to flirt with this officer. I was
fucking dying and then the donuts in the back seat.
It was just like such a good safe It's so funny.
But also was there moments while you two were like
who broke on set first? Like, because I like, especially
(11:23):
when you're cutting the lawn, Like, there's so many moments
where I'm like laughing out loud. I'm like, how did
you guys keep a straight face?
Speaker 3 (11:31):
You know? It's it's kind of weird because most of
the time on sets that I'm doing things like this,
I have those moments where I cannot get my shit
together and everyone's just gotta wait while I'm dying. And
in this one, it wasn't so much like that. Like
I feel like Sophie and I were so committed, we
were like living in this world. We were shooting it
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all so fast. I mean, it was almost like it's
just who we were. Like I even remember conversations and
hair and makeup that it would like travel from set
into hair and makeup, and I just I don't know,
I just felt like we were just both of us
just sort of dove in and wore the mantle and
(12:18):
we're just like, this is what we're gonna do. And
I just felt very supported had a great scene partner, Like,
I was never nervous that there was going to be
a beat that would go by or anything like that.
Like we were just in it, like in a rhythm.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
It was good.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
I love that, So lockdown and you're right, Like from
day one, the image that came to mind's day with me.
Because this is going to sound crazy. Do you remember
a Titanic when Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet do the
thing when he takes her below deck to like the
Irish dance party and they're holding each other's wrists and
spinning and it's like the faster you spin, the farther.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
You can lean out.
Speaker 3 (12:59):
That was us. That was us.
Speaker 4 (13:01):
We grabbed each other's wrists and then we were like,
oh fuck, yeah, let's go. Because the shooting schedule.
Speaker 3 (13:08):
Was so compressed, yes, we didn't.
Speaker 4 (13:12):
Have time to screw around, so it was kind of
like comedy boot camp. And anytime you were like I'm
going to lean a little further out, I was like, great,
me too, And we just kept like spreading out across
the jokes and it was so silly and so funny,
and looking back at it, I cannot believe I can't
(13:33):
believe we made a movie that is this good in
that little time.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
I can't. But we crushed We crushed it. And I
was just saying, like, if we had more time, more
money and the raunchiness allowed to live, can you imagine
the theatrical experience.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
We get exactly.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
We're going to get there.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
Because our our twosome is undeniable.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
It's so good. Yeah, it really is.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
The Kim Even off camera when I walked in, I
was like you I couldn't get a word in. You
two were just yucking it up like whole time.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
Yeah exactly.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
I mean I'm pretty used to it, but like you
two together, it was all mayhem and chaos, like we
were laughing so much. The wardrobe and the costumes with
all the leopard prints and the nails and the hair,
Like I you two are such characters. And tell everyone
just so they know how Actually, how many days of
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filming did you have to create the film?
Speaker 2 (14:38):
Because I think it'll surprise a lot of people.
Speaker 3 (14:42):
I feel like I'm gonna say fourteen or fifteen.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
Yeah, I think I think that's It was.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
Just spread out so because there were we had a
couple of long weekends, which was really thankful man, because
like when you do that short of a shoot schedule,
that means a lot of pages every day and not
turn around time or anything. So we'd be like looking
(15:10):
at four days that week, Oh good, we have forty
pages to do. Like we're just learning a book every night.
So it was it was crazy and like the World
Series was going on, and I was like that part, Oh.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
My gosh, we watched the game together when I came
out of this.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
So I was gonna say the way I felt about Sophia.
I remember the first time I met you, which was
in the dark in front of the hotel. Our car
just pulled up. You were there waiting, and I just
remember like, oh, it's my friend Ashland and giving you
like this big hug, and I was like, I'm in
the family. It was so strangy.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
You really were like the moment we met, I was like, oh,
I'm actually I'm coming to set and I'm not usually
like the plus one like groupie on set. I got
there and everyone was hair and makeup and we're sitting
and we're laughing and we're chilling and we're bitching and
we're talking shit. I had it was so I ended
up extending my trip.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
Yeah, I remember, I was like, I didn't want you
to leave.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
I had the best time.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
But speaking of road trips in real life, what is
the most like spontaneous road trip that you two have
actually been on in real life, Because that's one thing
I do know about Sophia is she's just like down
to go anywhere at any time.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
Yeah, okay.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
I did a road trip with my brother and my grandparents,
like Toyota Corolla from New York to uh Los Angeles,
and we had to make stops like standing on the
corner in Winslow, Arizona. It was very important now. And
not only that, but we went to go to a
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reservation of the Petche geese and that my brother and
I are descended from and ended up having a peyote ceremony.
And then I spent two days that I thought I
was in South Africa because there were zebra and like everything.
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So that was a pretty thing. So you left her, yes, exactly, yep.
So I was more than a road trip.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Or you were taking something to another planet.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
So that was probably the craziest one I ever had.
Oh and I remember during that trip, I was like, wow,
it looks really bad outside. We were like in Texas
and there was just nobody on the road and we're
flying along in this Toyota. So we turned on this
AM radio station and they said, if you're near you know, Sharpsburg,
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take cover. And we literally passed a side that said
welcome to Sharpsburg. And then there were tornadoes dropping out
the window.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
So you know it. So you had a grade.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Yeah, so you had a great trip. Yeah, So what's
your craziest.
Speaker 4 (18:03):
Oh man, I'm I mean, you know this about me.
I am I'm down for an adventure. Like one of
my best friends always says, oh, yeah, you can call
Sofa and be like, want to go to Africa on Friday,
and she's like totally, so on.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
The next flight, Yeah, on the next fight.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
Of course.
Speaker 4 (18:19):
I think I got used to it, you know, spending
the first ten years of my life after college in Wilmington,
I always had to travel if I wanted to be
with people. So I'm just so used to traveling. So
whether it's like my friends and I deciding to caravan,
you know, to Mountain Film to watch documentaries for a
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week and camping along the way with no plans. But
let you know, we just have like a couple of
tanks of gas and a prayer and we figure it out.
Or it's the kind of thing where Jed was finishing
his bike trip and was like.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
My mom's coming to Patagonia next week.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
You want to call him?
Speaker 2 (18:57):
And I was like, yeah, I'll do that. We're gonna
hike mountain cool.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
I'll buys like say, yes, that's the girl with as Yeah.
Speaker 4 (19:06):
I know, I packed the boots and inhale are just
in case, you know, I I know the drill.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
What is your most like which what's your ideal spot
to go? Are you a beach girl? Are you a
mountain girl? Are you like Vegas?
Speaker 2 (19:22):
Like?
Speaker 1 (19:22):
Where are we going? Because I'm ideally I want to
plan a sequel? But most importantly a girl's tree.
Speaker 3 (19:27):
I like the woods.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Ooh me too.
Speaker 3 (19:31):
I like the woods. I like cabins and hiking and
where the dogs can come and yeah I like that.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
Okay, so we'll be planning that next Yeah, I'm with you.
Speaker 4 (19:44):
Lauren Ashland knows this about me. I I tend to
go woods. She's a beach girl, so she has really
gotten me to the beach. But I think with the
two of us being mountain people. We can we can.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
Okay, God, this is wide open and I'm your host,
Ashlyn Harris.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
Thanks for listening. We'll be right back.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
What I do want to talk about though, because I
think it is so important. Both of you are such
incredible activists, the way you show up in the world,
not just in your craft.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
And what I love so much.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
About watching this movie and when it's coming out during
the current landscape, which is an absolute shit, shitfire, shit dump,
whatever you want to call it. But I do think
this is why comedy like matters so much and what
I'm so excited for is everything feels so heavy right now,
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and comedy is such a way for us to get
out of our own way and our own experience and
what we're dealing with, Like not only is politics crazy,
but like people can't afford like basic things right now,
to eat, to keep, you know, a roof over their head.
And I'm curious for you guys, like why is this
so important for you? Like why does it matter so
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much to give people this sense of lightness during a
time that feels really fucking heavy.
Speaker 3 (21:23):
Because if we don't, people are going to explode. I mean, honestly,
it's just the way it is. I'm so filled with
anxiety every day now from the moment I wake up.
I can't even It's like so much happens every day
that is so horrible. And I have two things that
(21:45):
save me. Sports because I can just forget about it
and there are clear winners and losers at the end
of whatever match I'm watching. And comedy because that laughter
sort of releases this anxiety in life my body. So yeah,
I'm like checking out watching a game or a comedy
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special or a comedy movie. It's just it's hard. It's
really hard.
Speaker 4 (22:11):
I'm totally with you, and Frankly and Ash knows this,
but Lauren, I think you'll be right there with us.
We have a friend who's an amazing writer who writes
like big musical movies, you know, big musicals for Broadway,
and we were having this conversation with him with benj
(22:32):
not too long ago, where he was like, don't you
think it's not an accident that all the great movies
that raised us, like late eighties through the nineties, the
World of John Hughes, The Breakfast Club, even movies like
Home Alone, Chevy Chase, Family Vacation, like shows like Family matters.
We were making social progress, and we were remembering that
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families and kids matter and they come in all shapes
and sizes and colors and creeds and all the things.
Speaker 3 (23:04):
Like when content was.
Speaker 4 (23:06):
More joyful, hopeful and loving, we were building a more
loving world. And now we've set the planet on fire.
Everything's opposed to apocalyptic zombie something, which like, don't get
me wrong, I do love, but also it's scary, like
I can't get enough of paradise, and also I have nightmares,
and then you know, then you know not to like
(23:28):
go so heavy. I promise I'm almost done. I know
I'm the most long winded person on the show. But
you know, we've also kind of broken the accessibility of TV.
It's not just you have to get some sort of
a TV provider and then you go to the movies
with your family. We broke cable. Now the amount of
shit you have to subscribe to costs four x what
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cable did, and now commercials are coming back anyway, nobody
knows what's happening. Nobody is making enough money to live.
So there was also a part that was really important
for me, and I hope it's okay for me to
share this publicly because I know we talked about it
in Canada, Lauren, but like, yes, I'm working on a
Hulu show right now. Don't get me wrong. I love
(24:11):
great content, I love prestige content, and I wanted to
go make a movie on Roku. I also made a
movie this year for to be like, I want to
make movies that people can afford to watch. I want
to provide accessible content to families. I want to make
something our kids can watch. I want to make something
that's going to make people laugh and remind them to
(24:33):
call their moms. Like I actually think comedy and providing
it to people in a way that anyone can have it.
I think it's like a public service.
Speaker 3 (24:45):
Okay, point I really I have a couple of important
comments over your Okay, well, long winded speech. No, I'm joking.
Shut the pack, op Sufia. First of all, the biggest
change that's happened in our entertainment world, I think, is
(25:06):
that all of a sudden, it's not being run by
creatives anymore. It's being run by corporations. And it changes
the continent, and it changes the amount of things and
the risks and the artists who are interpreting the world
and have something to give back and say, right, we're
not really allowed to do that. And I think it's
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the hardest thing that's happened. And I know that when
I made the most movies in my career that were
filled with just like little stories and stuff, it was
when the creatives still ran the business and they were
uhlighting tons of ten million dollar twenty million dollar movies
and there were three four movies opening every weekend. I
would like literally have to work out my schedule for
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all the movies I wanted to see. And it's just
not like that anymore. It's like just corporate stuff. And
I really appreciated this Roku script because it really harkened
back to the like the nineties and making those really fun,
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character driven just put these people in this situation and
go And it's fantastic that everyone can watch this for free.
It is fantastic and I just really that's going to
be something. And I'm just going to keep pumping on
social media. You don't have to stream, you don't have
(26:32):
to pay for this, you don't have to do anything,
just like go watch it and have a laugh. And
I'm really.
Speaker 2 (26:38):
Proud of that.
Speaker 1 (26:40):
I am doing what do you think, Lauren, Like, what
does laughter give people that nothing else can.
Speaker 3 (26:47):
It's just a way. I mean, I guess crying too,
but crying is just debilitating, where laughing kind of gives
you an energetic boost as well as release. There's just
I mean, my favorite feeling in the world is laughing
so hard that my mouth is just wide open and
(27:11):
nothing's coming out and I'm in a full on body
cramp and I'm just like, I love this, you know.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
I It's and I really feel the nostalgia of this movie.
Speaker 2 (27:24):
It's like a gentle warm hug.
Speaker 1 (27:27):
It really is, like it's so genuinely sweet and funny
and like everything in between.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
It's just it's so perfect for the time.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
And I'm so excited for everyone to be able to
go watch this. And I know Sophia keeps trying to.
She does this thing where she's like, but but I
want to go speak, So please, Honey, what were you
gonna say?
Speaker 4 (27:53):
It's exactly what you were saying more And it's like
what it harkens back to what I said to my tea,
I don't know, eight months ago. I was like, just
find me now those rom coms I want to make
rom coms that feel like that era. And when I
read this script, I was like, this is the movie
(28:14):
I've been missing. And I love that the central love story.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
Is between a mom and a daughter.
Speaker 4 (28:20):
Yes, you have a fiance, Yes I meet someone in
the course of the film, but it just feels right
for the moment, and it it is. It's like, it's
exactly the kind of movie we've all been missing.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
What does the sequel look like?
Speaker 3 (28:35):
Then we're going, We're going, I mean, going on another trip,
seeing what life is like after with these two. I mean,
I just think it's lots of possibilities, because what you
care about are these two characters, and they're just such
just so much bounces between them. I think, you know,
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and there's such love.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
I agree, really, I love it's beautiful it is.
Speaker 4 (29:06):
And I love the device of a road trip because
it's the kind of thing that feels like it can
become traditionalized in a family unit. And so, you know,
in the subsequent meetings we've all had with the group
of people we made this movie with, I'm like, I'm
ready for this for broad Trip too. I'm ready to
(29:26):
see what Broad Trip three looks like like. Send these
women on a trip.
Speaker 3 (29:30):
Once a year or three.
Speaker 4 (29:32):
Also, let that become event television or three. Great I'm in.
The more I get to hang out with you, the
better sign me up.
Speaker 1 (29:39):
Are same, same, same, same, I will okay, I'll be
hype woman.
Speaker 3 (29:43):
And you know I would have proposed you were around
more because then I could steal your closet, which I
just want you to know and done. That's thing done.
I'm like constantly looking at pictures of Ashland online, going
I want to wear that. I want to wear that.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
I know, I get it messages and I told you,
I was like, Okay, I can style you. I will
absolutely in any way, shape or form. You can borrow
my clothes words probably the same size, or I will
dress you for anything. But when we walk away from this,
you know so many people are going to watch this.
(30:20):
You know, I know everyone listening to this show is
a huge fan of both of you, and I know
that everyone's going to watch this.
Speaker 2 (30:25):
What do you really hope that they take from it?
Speaker 3 (30:28):
Love winds, joy winds, better days or just ahead the
next exit?
Speaker 2 (30:40):
What about you?
Speaker 4 (30:41):
So yeah, I really hope people take everything Lauren said.
And then on top of that, just remember that it's
never too late. To meet the people you love where
they are, and you might have to come out of
your shell a little bit and they might have to,
(31:03):
you know, do a little work to meet you halfway.
But it's always possible. And I think we, you know,
we live in a world things are so stressful, and
the people at the top want everyone else fighting, so
we don't pay attention to the fact that they're hoarding
all the resources on the planet. And like, we don't
(31:24):
have to play that game.
Speaker 3 (31:26):
We can.
Speaker 4 (31:27):
We can all take risks together, we can bet on
each other, we can vocalize our hurts and also find
all the places.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
Where we heal one another.
Speaker 4 (31:39):
I really think that those things are possible. And you know,
I think if these two women can wind up being
a mother and daughter and also best friends at the
end of an adventure like this, you know, anything is
eating is possible.
Speaker 2 (31:54):
So I hope.
Speaker 4 (31:56):
People feel inspired to pick up the phone.
Speaker 1 (31:59):
Or or just feel joy for two hours The Love
That Part two, because I do think underneath all the chaos,
it really is centered around love and control and letting
go of control and how complicated yet beautiful and messy
all family and chosen family is Yeah, And I think
(32:24):
it's just also letting go of what you expect or
the expectations you constantly have on other people and letting
them live their truth and show up exactly the way
they are.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
So I do think it.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
It is funny and it is unhinged, but it gives
you permission to just enjoy the ride a little bit
and not you know, just give up and letting go
of control of the expectations we always place on our heart,
on our family we are. That is something like you know,
being a mom now and and you know, be raised
(33:00):
by my mom. I'm just learning so much in real time.
And it just was a really beautiful storyline at the end.
So I'm really looking forward to having everyone check out
the movie. And I thought you too, were absolutely incredible
and your chemistry is electric. And I hope there's broad
(33:22):
Trip one, two, three, four, five six, because I just
going everywhere absolutely be watching it. Let's do Yeah. Well,
thank you both for coming on and talking talking about
the new movie Broad Trip.
Speaker 2 (33:35):
I know it's going to really do well.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
And I appreciate the message of you know, we always
talk about accessibility and we're losing sight of that a
lot in this current climate and being able to provide
that to millions and millions and millions. I think, actually
hundreds of millions of people is no small feat.
Speaker 2 (33:55):
So I appreciate your honesty in it. Your I love you,
know both of you.
Speaker 1 (34:00):
Your work over the years have been something so special.
So to see you both come on camera and it
just light up the entire room and screen has been
a pleasure to watch and be a part of.
Speaker 3 (34:14):
And I'm just so excited that I.
Speaker 4 (34:15):
Got to see you two faces today.
Speaker 1 (34:18):
I know, and we're I mean, we're coming to Canada
to see you soon. Anyways, we have more baseball games
to watch. Yeah, and I you know that World Series
was hard for you.
Speaker 2 (34:28):
I know, La One.
Speaker 1 (34:30):
I could hear you screaming down the hall.
Speaker 3 (34:32):
My lord. It was something, it was something.
Speaker 4 (34:37):
It was a rough time.
Speaker 1 (34:38):
Well, thank you both for coming on, and cheers to
more laughter, Cheers to more baseball games, friend cheers to
a better friendship and a better future for all of
us by just doing the ship we're all doing and
continuing the work and bringing joy to people's homes in
their lives.
Speaker 2 (34:58):
So thank you for coming on. I adore you both.
Speaker 1 (35:08):
All right Now, everyone go check out Broad Trip. It's free.
Speaker 3 (35:12):
You can just stream it to anyone's free.
Speaker 1 (35:15):
Yes, it's out now, so everyone go check it out.
Speaker 2 (35:18):
I can't wait.
Speaker 3 (35:19):
YEA, love you lots.
Speaker 1 (35:22):
It was so great to have them both on today.
What two incredible, sweet, genuine humans that I am so lucky.
Speaker 2 (35:33):
To call friends.
Speaker 1 (35:35):
I think sometimes the most powerful thing we can do
is just let ourselves feel light again, to laugh, to
let go, to not have everything figured out. And that's
what broad Trip is actually about. On the surface, it's
a wild road trip. But underneath it all, underneath the chaos,
the madness, is the love, the control, the letting go
(35:58):
of control, and the complicated, beautiful mess we call family.
It's funny, it's a little unhinged, but it gives you
permission just to enjoy the ride. Broad Trip is out
now on Roku.
Speaker 2 (36:13):
Go check it out.
Speaker 1 (36:14):
I'm Ashland Harris. This is wide open and we'll see
you next week.
Hi, everyone, and welcome back to another episode of Wide Open.
I'm your host Ashlyn Harris, and I just wanted to
check in with everyone, and most importantly, I hope everyone
had a wonderful, wonderful and most beautiful Mother's Day weekend.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
So to all of.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Of you know, the moms out there, Happy Mother's Day.
I was lucky enough to spend the weekend upstate with
Sophia and Sloan and Ocean, and we just had such
a fun time kind of just peeling back the layers
(00:39):
and touching grass, and we went to a car show
and we got to pet horses and feed donkeys, and yeah,
we had a really, really great family trip. And we
got to sit on the couch and watch Sophia's new
(01:00):
movie that came out broad Trip, which is so fun
to celebrate her, and it's it's so fun to see
her art on the screen because she's so incredible at
what she does. And our kids every night are always like,
I want to see the movie again. I want to
see the movie again. So it's been such a sweet
(01:20):
thing for us. You know, I'm so proud of her
that she gets to make movies that the kids love
and they can see her on it, and they're so
proud of her.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
I'm excited to, you know, just.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Connect, reconnect and have a story about a mom and
a daughter, because so much you know of my parents,
Like I love being a mom, I love being a parent,
and I love sharing this life with her and experiencing
it with her. And you know, my kids just are
so happy right now, and I love.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
I get to share this life with her. And I'm
excited for you guys all to see the movie and
I'm excited to hear what you think about it. I
hope with you know, a little lighter love and a
little fun and laughter, that it brings hope and joy
into people's homes during a time that feels really heavy.
(02:23):
And Mother's Day can be very heavy for a lot
of people out there.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Some mothers have lost kids, some kids have lost moms.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
There's a lot of different scenarios, and sometimes Mother's Day
can be isolating and lonely. So I just want you
all to know I see you, I love you, I'm
here for you, and we're all in this together.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
So I hope you enjoyed this episode.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Here's Wide Open with Sophia Bush and Lauren Holly. Hi everyone,
and welcome back to another episode of Wide Open. I'm
your host, Ashlyn Harris, and I am so excited for
(03:10):
today's episode. I feel like lately the world feels heavy,
everything is loud, everything's fast, and sometimes what we actually
need most is to laugh, to let go for a minute,
to feel a little lighter. And that's exactly why I'm very,
very excited about today's episode because I'm joined by Sophia
(03:31):
Bush and Lauren Hawley to talk about their new film
on Roku. Broad Trip, a chaotic, funny, and surprisingly heartfelt
road trip between a mother and a daughter. One is
racing towards a bachelorette party while the other one is
doing everything she can to stop a wedding. It's messy,
it's real, it's absolutely hilarious, and underneath it all, it's
(03:55):
about love. It's about letting go of control and learning
the most important thing in life is joy. It was
released May eighth on Roku, so let's get into it.
I can't wait to hear about the new movie, broad Trip.
Welcome Lauren Holly and Sophia Bush.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Show.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Hi.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Yeah, Oh, she's taking She's taken a hitcher like.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
A proud partner. She I feel like I'm in the
best oreo ever.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
You are, you are, you are. It's a big old
gay Aria. I hope you're ready for this.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
I'm so ready.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Well, congratulations to the both of you. Broad Trip released
May eighth on Friday, and this this episode is airing
a few days after it. So I'm so happy that everyone,
if they haven't seen it now they will because we're
we're gonna talk a little, you know something something about
(04:57):
the movie broad Trip. Yeah, so, Sophia, I was telling
Lauren about how it's a very big hit in our
house right now.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
With the children.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
Oh my god. Every night, every night we do a
cuddle puddle every night. It's like bath Pj's pile on
the couch.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Watch Mommy get thrown off the bull.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
It's so funny.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
The kids are like the boo boo.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
I love it. It's great.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Well, you know that's because you got those hips from.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Me, exactly. I'll tell you what though, this is.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
You know Mother's Day is next is in a few
you know, coming soon. Let's just say, and I feel
like this comedy is so good, which just shows the
perfect chemistry you both had on screen. I just it's
crazy to me to know that you didn't know each
other before this film, right, like no.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
And we had like five minutes to meet, like literallya.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Tell me, tell me about minutes.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
To me because Sophia was flying in from something and
we had to do a read through with the network
via zoom. But Sophia and I were going to be together,
and I just remembered we were. I was in this
hotel conference room waiting for her arrival and she walked
in and it was like a sunshine hurricane entered the
(06:26):
room and it was kind of I don't know, Like
the minute I hugged her hello, I was like, oh,
this is going to be a breeze.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
It was fast, it was.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
And also, Sofia has never really been like in a
real comedy like this is this is one of your
first like leading comedy roles, right when you're not only
are you jumping into it, you're jumping into it with Lauren,
which is like that's a lot of pressure.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
Now. I mean, I think, God, you're so cool because
it's it's true. It's really funny. I got hired, you know,
start of my real career. I got hired on One
Tree Hill to be the comic relief I had done
Van Wilder. I had been doing like funny little things
(07:15):
here and there as I was looking for my first
like regular gig as an actor. But then you know,
it's like a teen drama. Eventually everyone just cries all
the time, and so like I went from being the
comic relief to being, you know, the sad girl who
was always sobbing, and I was like, wait a second.
I liked the beginning of this maybe better, but.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
I thought it was Cody. But here's the thing that
I found interesting that you we did this together because
you kind of stepped in playing the role that I
usually do in a comedy, Like I'm kind of known
for that the straight person, which, by the way, people
have no idea how hard that is. Like it's really
(07:59):
hard in a comedy to be the like supposed guiding light,
you know, making sure that the world that's going on
you act like it's all normal, you know, yes, And
that's what's funny. And I just thought you did a
tremendous job and I felt so anchored by you and
(08:20):
it kind of allowed me to be more crazy.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Well, tell us about your that's so sweet, but tell
us about your characters because if people haven't had the
opportunity opportunity to watch, like give me a quick kind
of like what the movie is about and the characters
you both are playing, just to give them like a
top level.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
It's a mother daughter relationship where the daughter feels like
she has to save her mother and she's going to
do so on a road trip where she shows her
examples from her life. How's that?
Speaker 2 (08:57):
That's great? Okay, I think that's great.
Speaker 4 (08:59):
You know what I love about it? It's to Lauren's point,
it's like these two love each other. They don't necessarily
see eyed eye or have any of the same opinions.
But what I love not necessarily what I love is
like from the beginning, you as a character say to
my character, oh, you're just like me, and I don't
(09:21):
want to accept it yet, right, you know, the way
that I would explain it from my end is I
play Alice, and she is this very type a very organized,
you know, overachiever, gets everything right, makes all the plans.
You know, she's the cruise director. She organizes everything for everyone.
(09:42):
And it's sort of in response to having this mom
who is a wild child and goes with her feelings
and loves to take risks. Alice is not really a
risk taker. But the cool part about this, you know,
when my mom tells me she's going to marry a
guy she's known for six days, and I'm like, well,
back can't happen. I decide to take her on a
(10:02):
road trip, theoretically as a bachelorette party, but really it's
because I want to convince her she shouldn't marry this
man with a sneak tattoo.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
But it's beautiful. It all connects right on his.
Speaker 4 (10:14):
Little butt cheek, she says. But it's like it winds
up being this amazing journey because interestingly enough, we sort
of begin to realize how good we are together and
how great our relationship is, and that what we actually
have to do is make a little bit of space
for each other. And maybe my character needs to learn
to be a little more like her mom.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
Stay tuned. I'll be back in just a moment. After
this brief message from our sponsors, I really want to
know which scene is your favorite, The part when the
cop pulls you guys over. I have not laughed like
(11:01):
you guys trying to flirt with this officer. I was
fucking dying and then the donuts in the back seat.
It was just like such a good safe It's so funny.
But also was there moments while you two were like
who broke on set first? Like, because I like, especially
(11:23):
when you're cutting the lawn, Like, there's so many moments
where I'm like laughing out loud. I'm like, how did
you guys keep a straight face?
Speaker 3 (11:31):
You know? It's it's kind of weird because most of
the time on sets that I'm doing things like this,
I have those moments where I cannot get my shit
together and everyone's just gotta wait while I'm dying. And
in this one, it wasn't so much like that. Like
I feel like Sophie and I were so committed, we
were like living in this world. We were shooting it
(11:54):
all so fast. I mean, it was almost like it's
just who we were. Like I even remember conversations and
hair and makeup that it would like travel from set
into hair and makeup, and I just I don't know,
I just felt like we were just both of us
just sort of dove in and wore the mantle and
(12:18):
we're just like, this is what we're gonna do. And
I just felt very supported had a great scene partner, Like,
I was never nervous that there was going to be
a beat that would go by or anything like that.
Like we were just in it, like in a rhythm.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
It was good.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
I love that, So lockdown and you're right, Like from
day one, the image that came to mind's day with me.
Because this is going to sound crazy. Do you remember
a Titanic when Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet do the
thing when he takes her below deck to like the
Irish dance party and they're holding each other's wrists and
spinning and it's like the faster you spin, the farther.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
You can lean out.
Speaker 3 (12:59):
That was us. That was us.
Speaker 4 (13:01):
We grabbed each other's wrists and then we were like,
oh fuck, yeah, let's go. Because the shooting schedule.
Speaker 3 (13:08):
Was so compressed, yes, we didn't.
Speaker 4 (13:12):
Have time to screw around, so it was kind of
like comedy boot camp. And anytime you were like I'm
going to lean a little further out, I was like, great,
me too, And we just kept like spreading out across
the jokes and it was so silly and so funny,
and looking back at it, I cannot believe I can't
(13:33):
believe we made a movie that is this good in
that little time.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
I can't. But we crushed We crushed it. And I
was just saying, like, if we had more time, more
money and the raunchiness allowed to live, can you imagine
the theatrical experience.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
We get exactly.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
We're going to get there.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
Because our our twosome is undeniable.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
It's so good. Yeah, it really is.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
The Kim Even off camera when I walked in, I
was like you I couldn't get a word in. You
two were just yucking it up like whole time.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
Yeah exactly.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
I mean I'm pretty used to it, but like you
two together, it was all mayhem and chaos, like we
were laughing so much. The wardrobe and the costumes with
all the leopard prints and the nails and the hair,
Like I you two are such characters. And tell everyone
just so they know how Actually, how many days of
(14:35):
filming did you have to create the film?
Speaker 2 (14:38):
Because I think it'll surprise a lot of people.
Speaker 3 (14:42):
I feel like I'm gonna say fourteen or fifteen.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
Yeah, I think I think that's It was.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
Just spread out so because there were we had a
couple of long weekends, which was really thankful man, because
like when you do that short of a shoot schedule,
that means a lot of pages every day and not
turn around time or anything. So we'd be like looking
(15:10):
at four days that week, Oh good, we have forty
pages to do. Like we're just learning a book every night.
So it was it was crazy and like the World
Series was going on, and I was like that part, Oh.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
My gosh, we watched the game together when I came
out of this.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
So I was gonna say the way I felt about Sophia.
I remember the first time I met you, which was
in the dark in front of the hotel. Our car
just pulled up. You were there waiting, and I just
remember like, oh, it's my friend Ashland and giving you
like this big hug, and I was like, I'm in
the family. It was so strangy.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
You really were like the moment we met, I was like, oh,
I'm actually I'm coming to set and I'm not usually
like the plus one like groupie on set. I got
there and everyone was hair and makeup and we're sitting
and we're laughing and we're chilling and we're bitching and
we're talking shit. I had it was so I ended
up extending my trip.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
Yeah, I remember, I was like, I didn't want you
to leave.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
I had the best time.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
But speaking of road trips in real life, what is
the most like spontaneous road trip that you two have
actually been on in real life, Because that's one thing
I do know about Sophia is she's just like down
to go anywhere at any time.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
Yeah, okay.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
I did a road trip with my brother and my grandparents,
like Toyota Corolla from New York to uh Los Angeles,
and we had to make stops like standing on the
corner in Winslow, Arizona. It was very important now. And
not only that, but we went to go to a
(16:56):
reservation of the Petche geese and that my brother and
I are descended from and ended up having a peyote ceremony.
And then I spent two days that I thought I
was in South Africa because there were zebra and like everything.
(17:16):
So that was a pretty thing. So you left her, yes, exactly, yep.
So I was more than a road trip.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Or you were taking something to another planet.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
So that was probably the craziest one I ever had.
Oh and I remember during that trip, I was like, wow,
it looks really bad outside. We were like in Texas
and there was just nobody on the road and we're
flying along in this Toyota. So we turned on this
AM radio station and they said, if you're near you know, Sharpsburg,
(17:48):
take cover. And we literally passed a side that said
welcome to Sharpsburg. And then there were tornadoes dropping out
the window.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
So you know it. So you had a grade.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Yeah, so you had a great trip. Yeah, So what's
your craziest.
Speaker 4 (18:03):
Oh man, I'm I mean, you know this about me.
I am I'm down for an adventure. Like one of
my best friends always says, oh, yeah, you can call
Sofa and be like, want to go to Africa on Friday,
and she's like totally, so on.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
The next flight, Yeah, on the next fight.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
Of course.
Speaker 4 (18:19):
I think I got used to it, you know, spending
the first ten years of my life after college in Wilmington,
I always had to travel if I wanted to be
with people. So I'm just so used to traveling. So
whether it's like my friends and I deciding to caravan,
you know, to Mountain Film to watch documentaries for a
(18:40):
week and camping along the way with no plans. But
let you know, we just have like a couple of
tanks of gas and a prayer and we figure it out.
Or it's the kind of thing where Jed was finishing
his bike trip and was like.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
My mom's coming to Patagonia next week.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
You want to call him?
Speaker 2 (18:57):
And I was like, yeah, I'll do that. We're gonna
hike mountain cool.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
I'll buys like say, yes, that's the girl with as Yeah.
Speaker 4 (19:06):
I know, I packed the boots and inhale are just
in case, you know, I I know the drill.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
What is your most like which what's your ideal spot
to go? Are you a beach girl? Are you a
mountain girl? Are you like Vegas?
Speaker 2 (19:22):
Like?
Speaker 1 (19:22):
Where are we going? Because I'm ideally I want to
plan a sequel? But most importantly a girl's tree.
Speaker 3 (19:27):
I like the woods.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Ooh me too.
Speaker 3 (19:31):
I like the woods. I like cabins and hiking and
where the dogs can come and yeah I like that.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
Okay, so we'll be planning that next Yeah, I'm with you.
Speaker 4 (19:44):
Lauren Ashland knows this about me. I I tend to
go woods. She's a beach girl, so she has really
gotten me to the beach. But I think with the
two of us being mountain people. We can we can.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
Okay, God, this is wide open and I'm your host,
Ashlyn Harris.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
Thanks for listening. We'll be right back.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
What I do want to talk about though, because I
think it is so important. Both of you are such
incredible activists, the way you show up in the world,
not just in your craft.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
And what I love so much.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
About watching this movie and when it's coming out during
the current landscape, which is an absolute shit, shitfire, shit dump,
whatever you want to call it. But I do think
this is why comedy like matters so much and what
I'm so excited for is everything feels so heavy right now,
(20:53):
and comedy is such a way for us to get
out of our own way and our own experience and
what we're dealing with, Like not only is politics crazy,
but like people can't afford like basic things right now,
to eat, to keep, you know, a roof over their head.
And I'm curious for you guys, like why is this
so important for you? Like why does it matter so
(21:17):
much to give people this sense of lightness during a
time that feels really fucking heavy.
Speaker 3 (21:23):
Because if we don't, people are going to explode. I mean, honestly,
it's just the way it is. I'm so filled with
anxiety every day now from the moment I wake up.
I can't even It's like so much happens every day
that is so horrible. And I have two things that
(21:45):
save me. Sports because I can just forget about it
and there are clear winners and losers at the end
of whatever match I'm watching. And comedy because that laughter
sort of releases this anxiety in life my body. So yeah,
I'm like checking out watching a game or a comedy
(22:06):
special or a comedy movie. It's just it's hard. It's
really hard.
Speaker 4 (22:11):
I'm totally with you, and Frankly and Ash knows this,
but Lauren, I think you'll be right there with us.
We have a friend who's an amazing writer who writes
like big musical movies, you know, big musicals for Broadway,
and we were having this conversation with him with benj
(22:32):
not too long ago, where he was like, don't you
think it's not an accident that all the great movies
that raised us, like late eighties through the nineties, the
World of John Hughes, The Breakfast Club, even movies like
Home Alone, Chevy Chase, Family Vacation, like shows like Family matters.
We were making social progress, and we were remembering that
(22:58):
families and kids matter and they come in all shapes
and sizes and colors and creeds and all the things.
Speaker 3 (23:04):
Like when content was.
Speaker 4 (23:06):
More joyful, hopeful and loving, we were building a more
loving world. And now we've set the planet on fire.
Everything's opposed to apocalyptic zombie something, which like, don't get
me wrong, I do love, but also it's scary, like
I can't get enough of paradise, and also I have nightmares,
and then you know, then you know not to like
(23:28):
go so heavy. I promise I'm almost done. I know
I'm the most long winded person on the show. But
you know, we've also kind of broken the accessibility of TV.
It's not just you have to get some sort of
a TV provider and then you go to the movies
with your family. We broke cable. Now the amount of
shit you have to subscribe to costs four x what
(23:50):
cable did, and now commercials are coming back anyway, nobody
knows what's happening. Nobody is making enough money to live.
So there was also a part that was really important
for me, and I hope it's okay for me to
share this publicly because I know we talked about it
in Canada, Lauren, but like, yes, I'm working on a
Hulu show right now. Don't get me wrong. I love
(24:11):
great content, I love prestige content, and I wanted to
go make a movie on Roku. I also made a
movie this year for to be like, I want to
make movies that people can afford to watch. I want
to provide accessible content to families. I want to make
something our kids can watch. I want to make something
that's going to make people laugh and remind them to
(24:33):
call their moms. Like I actually think comedy and providing
it to people in a way that anyone can have it.
I think it's like a public service.
Speaker 3 (24:45):
Okay, point I really I have a couple of important
comments over your Okay, well, long winded speech. No, I'm joking.
Shut the pack, op Sufia. First of all, the biggest
change that's happened in our entertainment world, I think, is
(25:06):
that all of a sudden, it's not being run by
creatives anymore. It's being run by corporations. And it changes
the continent, and it changes the amount of things and
the risks and the artists who are interpreting the world
and have something to give back and say, right, we're
not really allowed to do that. And I think it's
(25:29):
the hardest thing that's happened. And I know that when
I made the most movies in my career that were
filled with just like little stories and stuff, it was
when the creatives still ran the business and they were
uhlighting tons of ten million dollar twenty million dollar movies
and there were three four movies opening every weekend. I
would like literally have to work out my schedule for
(25:51):
all the movies I wanted to see. And it's just
not like that anymore. It's like just corporate stuff. And
I really appreciated this Roku script because it really harkened
back to the like the nineties and making those really fun,
(26:12):
character driven just put these people in this situation and
go And it's fantastic that everyone can watch this for free.
It is fantastic and I just really that's going to
be something. And I'm just going to keep pumping on
social media. You don't have to stream, you don't have
(26:32):
to pay for this, you don't have to do anything,
just like go watch it and have a laugh. And
I'm really.
Speaker 2 (26:38):
Proud of that.
Speaker 1 (26:40):
I am doing what do you think, Lauren, Like, what
does laughter give people that nothing else can.
Speaker 3 (26:47):
It's just a way. I mean, I guess crying too,
but crying is just debilitating, where laughing kind of gives
you an energetic boost as well as release. There's just
I mean, my favorite feeling in the world is laughing
so hard that my mouth is just wide open and
(27:11):
nothing's coming out and I'm in a full on body
cramp and I'm just like, I love this, you know.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
I It's and I really feel the nostalgia of this movie.
Speaker 2 (27:24):
It's like a gentle warm hug.
Speaker 1 (27:27):
It really is, like it's so genuinely sweet and funny
and like everything in between.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
It's just it's so perfect for the time.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
And I'm so excited for everyone to be able to
go watch this. And I know Sophia keeps trying to.
She does this thing where she's like, but but I
want to go speak, So please, Honey, what were you
gonna say?
Speaker 4 (27:53):
It's exactly what you were saying more And it's like
what it harkens back to what I said to my tea,
I don't know, eight months ago. I was like, just
find me now those rom coms I want to make
rom coms that feel like that era. And when I
read this script, I was like, this is the movie
(28:14):
I've been missing. And I love that the central love story.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
Is between a mom and a daughter.
Speaker 4 (28:20):
Yes, you have a fiance, Yes I meet someone in
the course of the film, but it just feels right
for the moment, and it it is. It's like, it's
exactly the kind of movie we've all been missing.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
What does the sequel look like?
Speaker 3 (28:35):
Then we're going, We're going, I mean, going on another trip,
seeing what life is like after with these two. I mean,
I just think it's lots of possibilities, because what you
care about are these two characters, and they're just such
just so much bounces between them. I think, you know,
(28:59):
and there's such love.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
I agree, really, I love it's beautiful it is.
Speaker 4 (29:06):
And I love the device of a road trip because
it's the kind of thing that feels like it can
become traditionalized in a family unit. And so, you know,
in the subsequent meetings we've all had with the group
of people we made this movie with, I'm like, I'm
ready for this for broad Trip too. I'm ready to
(29:26):
see what Broad Trip three looks like like. Send these
women on a trip.
Speaker 3 (29:30):
Once a year or three.
Speaker 4 (29:32):
Also, let that become event television or three. Great I'm in.
The more I get to hang out with you, the
better sign me up.
Speaker 1 (29:39):
Are same, same, same, same, I will okay, I'll be
hype woman.
Speaker 3 (29:43):
And you know I would have proposed you were around
more because then I could steal your closet, which I
just want you to know and done. That's thing done.
I'm like constantly looking at pictures of Ashland online, going
I want to wear that. I want to wear that.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
I know, I get it messages and I told you,
I was like, Okay, I can style you. I will
absolutely in any way, shape or form. You can borrow
my clothes words probably the same size, or I will
dress you for anything. But when we walk away from this,
you know so many people are going to watch this.
(30:20):
You know, I know everyone listening to this show is
a huge fan of both of you, and I know
that everyone's going to watch this.
Speaker 2 (30:25):
What do you really hope that they take from it?
Speaker 3 (30:28):
Love winds, joy winds, better days or just ahead the
next exit?
Speaker 2 (30:40):
What about you?
Speaker 4 (30:41):
So yeah, I really hope people take everything Lauren said.
And then on top of that, just remember that it's
never too late. To meet the people you love where
they are, and you might have to come out of
your shell a little bit and they might have to,
(31:03):
you know, do a little work to meet you halfway.
But it's always possible. And I think we, you know,
we live in a world things are so stressful, and
the people at the top want everyone else fighting, so
we don't pay attention to the fact that they're hoarding
all the resources on the planet. And like, we don't
(31:24):
have to play that game.
Speaker 3 (31:26):
We can.
Speaker 4 (31:27):
We can all take risks together, we can bet on
each other, we can vocalize our hurts and also find
all the places.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
Where we heal one another.
Speaker 4 (31:39):
I really think that those things are possible. And you know,
I think if these two women can wind up being
a mother and daughter and also best friends at the
end of an adventure like this, you know, anything is
eating is possible.
Speaker 2 (31:54):
So I hope.
Speaker 4 (31:56):
People feel inspired to pick up the phone.
Speaker 1 (31:59):
Or or just feel joy for two hours The Love
That Part two, because I do think underneath all the chaos,
it really is centered around love and control and letting
go of control and how complicated yet beautiful and messy
all family and chosen family is Yeah, And I think
(32:24):
it's just also letting go of what you expect or
the expectations you constantly have on other people and letting
them live their truth and show up exactly the way
they are.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
So I do think it.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
It is funny and it is unhinged, but it gives
you permission to just enjoy the ride a little bit
and not you know, just give up and letting go
of control of the expectations we always place on our heart,
on our family we are. That is something like you know,
being a mom now and and you know, be raised
(33:00):
by my mom. I'm just learning so much in real time.
And it just was a really beautiful storyline at the end.
So I'm really looking forward to having everyone check out
the movie. And I thought you too, were absolutely incredible
and your chemistry is electric. And I hope there's broad
(33:22):
Trip one, two, three, four, five six, because I just
going everywhere absolutely be watching it. Let's do Yeah. Well,
thank you both for coming on and talking talking about
the new movie Broad Trip.
Speaker 2 (33:35):
I know it's going to really do well.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
And I appreciate the message of you know, we always
talk about accessibility and we're losing sight of that a
lot in this current climate and being able to provide
that to millions and millions and millions. I think, actually
hundreds of millions of people is no small feat.
Speaker 2 (33:55):
So I appreciate your honesty in it. Your I love you,
know both of you.
Speaker 1 (34:00):
Your work over the years have been something so special.
So to see you both come on camera and it
just light up the entire room and screen has been
a pleasure to watch and be a part of.
Speaker 3 (34:14):
And I'm just so excited that I.
Speaker 4 (34:15):
Got to see you two faces today.
Speaker 1 (34:18):
I know, and we're I mean, we're coming to Canada
to see you soon. Anyways, we have more baseball games
to watch. Yeah, and I you know that World Series
was hard for you.
Speaker 2 (34:28):
I know, La One.
Speaker 1 (34:30):
I could hear you screaming down the hall.
Speaker 3 (34:32):
My lord. It was something, it was something.
Speaker 4 (34:37):
It was a rough time.
Speaker 1 (34:38):
Well, thank you both for coming on, and cheers to
more laughter, Cheers to more baseball games, friend cheers to
a better friendship and a better future for all of
us by just doing the ship we're all doing and
continuing the work and bringing joy to people's homes in
their lives.
Speaker 2 (34:58):
So thank you for coming on. I adore you both.
Speaker 1 (35:08):
All right Now, everyone go check out Broad Trip. It's free.
Speaker 3 (35:12):
You can just stream it to anyone's free.
Speaker 1 (35:15):
Yes, it's out now, so everyone go check it out.
Speaker 2 (35:18):
I can't wait.
Speaker 3 (35:19):
YEA, love you lots.
Speaker 1 (35:22):
It was so great to have them both on today.
What two incredible, sweet, genuine humans that I am so lucky.
Speaker 2 (35:33):
To call friends.
Speaker 1 (35:35):
I think sometimes the most powerful thing we can do
is just let ourselves feel light again, to laugh, to
let go, to not have everything figured out. And that's
what broad Trip is actually about. On the surface, it's
a wild road trip. But underneath it all, underneath the chaos,
the madness, is the love, the control, the letting go
(35:58):
of control, and the complicated, beautiful mess we call family.
It's funny, it's a little unhinged, but it gives you
permission just to enjoy the ride. Broad Trip is out
now on Roku.
Speaker 2 (36:13):
Go check it out.
Speaker 1 (36:14):
I'm Ashland Harris. This is wide open and we'll see
you next week.
Host
Ashlyn Harris
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