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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
God, stop stop.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Stock it's me three Marten. You can't be such a
back to the future.

Speaker 1 (00:12):
Oh.

Speaker 3 (00:13):
I know you did send me.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
Back to the future, but I'm back.

Speaker 1 (00:15):
I'm back from the future.

Speaker 4 (00:21):
Wait a minute, Wait, gosh, f are.

Speaker 5 (00:27):
You telling me that you built the time machine the
way I see it?

Speaker 3 (00:33):
If you're gonna build a.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
Time machine out, why not doing some style.

Speaker 1 (00:40):
Way.

Speaker 4 (00:41):
We're talking about Chicken Sister season two and joining me
is the entire cast of the series, Skuyler, Wendy, Leah,
and Genevieve. Thank you so much joining me this morning.
Congratulations on the second season. Look, I want to I
want to jump right into the idea of a second
season though, right, because when you do the first one,
obviously you're world building. You're getting people involved and engage

(01:04):
and trying to make these relationships and these characters come
to life. When you get the notice that you're gonna
get a second season, is it a relief because hey,
we've already kind of done the groundwork to set the
show up. Or is it more nerve wracking because you're like,
we're gonna have to come back and top what we
did in season one. If we can start with you Wendy.

Speaker 5 (01:23):
No, actually quite the opposite what you said. First. The former,
the hard work is done at the beginning, and if
you create a world where you've got characters people can
empathize with and enjoy and relate to, I think that's
the hardest part. And we had a wonderful book on
which this is based to follow as our bible. But

(01:45):
then having a second season, you kind of have the
freedom to follow all these people down the rabbit hole,
and all of us had issues and things that we
had to overcome, so there was just so much There
was just so much stuff that we could dig into.
And in this season, everybody goes through a giant growth spurt,
which they all required. So it's been great. There was

(02:08):
a great freedom this year, and I think there was
also a lot of humor, a lot more.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
Would you agree with that?

Speaker 4 (02:14):
Would you agree with the idea that it feels kind
of easier to slide right back into season two?

Speaker 1 (02:19):
Yeah? And also it was a joy. You know, it's
just a joy to be able to see everybody again.
You know, these relationships that you made, these characters that
you invested in, you get to bring them back and
that was a joy. And I also got to direct
the first two episodes, which was so fun because it
invested me in a different way and I just appreciated

(02:41):
these wonderful actresses so much and enjoyed the story. It
was just delicious to come back, and I know the
audience will feel the same way.

Speaker 4 (02:51):
Delicious is a great word for it. Now, Skyler Wendy
alluded to it. You know, there's great source material to
work from, but how much of that do you look
for and not just in this role, but in any
role where you focus on that source material or do
you look at what's on the page to try to
bring that more to life than maybe whatever came before.

Speaker 2 (03:11):
Well, I think it's both, you know, and this season
you know, we straight you know we last season was
based on the book. You know, it was taken from
the book The Chicken Sisters, best selling book. This season
we were able to sort of explore deeper these relationships
and these characters and see where they go from there.

(03:32):
So it's it's exciting, I think for us to build
on what we've already started, but also for people that
were fans of the book to see what happens next,
you know they.

Speaker 4 (03:43):
Yeah, no, no, definitely, And then then genevievef You know,
like for me, if I would did like a season
one and I'm coming into a season two and that
off season, I'm probably thinking about where I want my
character to go. Maybe I have some ideas that I'm
bringing to the table. Is that something that you thought
and maybe brought some ideas to the writer's room or
you're just like, Hey, I'm along for the ride. Whatever
y'all got for me, I'm game four.

Speaker 3 (04:03):
Oh my god, I have no control over that.

Speaker 6 (04:06):
I honestly, these writers have my complete and total trust,
and they deserve it. They are the funniest most like
odd ball off the wall. I feel like.

Speaker 3 (04:19):
Their humor is amazing for Hallmark audiences, but it's also
just amazing objectively, Like if you're the kind of person
who doesn't normally tune into Hallmark or whatever, like this
is just an incredibly funny show that you can jump
into in season two and be total ladies with what's
going on. It's like it's a bingeon in one day experience.

(04:40):
It's fantastic.

Speaker 4 (04:41):
I'm here in Texas. I'm from the South, so you know,
there's definitely different Southern dialects that we kind of key
into and I think they all do a great job
bringing that Southern realism to it. But I have to ask,
is there is there a phrase or something, Leah, that
you like to slip into that helps you kind of
nail that accent. I know that you said. I think
some in season one that really deals my darn pickle,

(05:02):
which has now entered my vernacular on a daily basis.
But is there something that you slip into to get
into that accent?

Speaker 1 (05:10):
Yeah? I mean they I feel like I mean, obviously,
I've been acting for forty two years and I've put
a lot of different Southern characters, but they really put
me through it because the main writer is from Texas,
and she would give me words and combos of words
that I've never done before. So it was like training
my tongue to say the words that she wrote. And

(05:34):
I really loved it because you know, one of the
great things about the South is that there is a
real love of language. There is a real thing about it,
like it's a beautiful way of speaking, and so I
just had a great time. But yeah, deal's my darn
pickle did help?

Speaker 4 (05:50):
That one helps Wendy. Wendy, what is your favorite Southern
saying that you've picked up from the Chicken Sisters. Has
it entered into your daily life? Is it finer than
frog hair? Does it matter than a wet hend? What
are the ones that you enjoy?

Speaker 5 (06:04):
Gosh, I can't even remember it there were I know,
I honestly don't remember. I think that Leah had definitely
the bulk of the wackado ones. But I think overall
playing with that language though, when they give us some
of those phrases, I think it helps lift some of

(06:25):
It's like the counter to some of the darker things
that are going on in this show. And there's an
interesting balance, I think on Chicken Sisters of of really
making you care because people are going through some really
challenging stuff, but there is always an underlying sense of
humor that helps them cope. And I think it's a
survival mechanism that a lot of us develop, and I

(06:48):
think it's more important now than ever.

Speaker 4 (06:51):
Well, I would agree with that Chicken Sister Season two ladies,
congratulations on it again. Season two, season twenty, let's keep
it going. I can watch it.

Speaker 3 (06:58):
Yeah, A rear lift this morning. So great to see you.

Speaker 5 (07:04):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (07:10):
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