February 21, 2025 • 19 mins
Today On With Mario Lopez – Actor Zachary Levi joins us to talk new movie 'The Unbreakable Boy'! Plus, Benny Blanco's reveals his bizarre shower routine, Tate McRae in your Mario Music Minute, the Comment of The Week and more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
On On with Mario Lopez.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Here we go Friday edition of All Mario Courtney Lopez.
Lot's to get too. As we wrap up the week
actor Zachary Levi Zo and later with a scoop on
his new movie, The Unbreakable Boy. Plus we're gonna go
head to head in another passionate Fate debate, honor Our
Comment of the Week, and just a few songs away
from Tate McCrae taking center stage in our Mario Music Minutes.
So turn it up, You're on with Mario and Courtney
(00:24):
Lopez Music rolls on, You're on, Mario Courtney Lopez. Taking
a quick look at what's new on TV and streaming now.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Geo Wilde has the series premiere of fur Babies. In
the series Vets, doctor James Greenwood and doctor Bolu So
provide support to people during the awe inspiring experience of
their pets, pregnancies, and the arrival of newborns.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Oh that's funny, that's.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
Really inspiring or stressful because I've been through that. It
is the most stressful thing ever I can imagine.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
And some of these dogs really balloon out and my
dog look a blimp.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
I have to give it to you Frasier because that's
not something I would ever want.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
That's a next Levey it was, I will never do
that again.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Hulu has a serious premiere of How I Escaped My Cult,
a look into insidious modern day cults through the lens
of members who endure trauma and investigations into the oppressive groups.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
I've also done this, No, yes, you have.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
We're in your call.
Speaker 5 (01:22):
Yeah, we're welling this.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
And Hulu also has the premiere of One Thousand Blows,
the latest series from Peggy Blinders creator Stephen Knight, centers
on bare knuckle boxers in Victoria and London.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
I cannot wait to see this. Stephen Graham, the British
actor who's awesome, is in this. So okay, Hulu, but
this is like you doing the bare knuckle exactly. It's
been around for over one hundred years, so I can't wait.
This is good. Get ready to celebrate the best in
podcasting out of twenty twenty five iHeart podcast Awards. What
Almaro Lopez here and it's all going down live at
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south By Southwest March tenth, the biggest night of the
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Find out who's going to win the Podcast of the Year,
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Arma dot Com Slash Podcast Awards. Joan Marl Courtney Lopez.
Digging into the buzz because Benny Blanco has revealed his
unusual shower routine.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
On with Marion Hollywood Buzz.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
So Benny Blanco sethingy that Gomez, his fiancee, who's real
name was Benjamin Levine, even shocked his fiance with the
admission of his unusual shower routine and a Q and
A with Interview Magazine, he admitted that he doesn't shower
every day, but when he does, he feels like he
deserves it and spends a long time in their contemplating
life deserves it or needs it, both, going on to
(02:44):
add that he finds it incredible to cry in the shower.
Come on what? Selena even responded.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
With WHOA, I think Selena deserves it.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
I don't think he needed to announce this. I think
it was pretty obvious that shower is not a top priority.
He kind of has that bohemian grungey look to him.
He needs a shower look. Yeah, you know what, though
he's inspirational for a lot of guys out there, because
if he can get Selena Gomez a fellows, you got
a chance.
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Speaker 2 (03:53):
All Mario Lopez a few more songs and we're gonna
fire up zooms so we can chat with actor Zachary Levi.
He's got a few and the words, but out now
is the Unbreakable Boy. Zach's also expecting his first child,
so let's talk about with him as he joins us
next it's up, Beryl Mori Lopez joving now on Zoom
actor Zachary Levi. I what's going on, Zach oh Man.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
Just loving life. Just very happy, very blessed.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
You're looking good as always. Congrats on the new movie
called The Unbreakable Boy. It's a true story, right, I
love true stories. What's it about?
Speaker 7 (04:26):
Yes, Yes, it's a true story. And I love true
stories too. That's part of the reason I wanted to
do it. It's I mean, honestly, it's real slice of life.
It's very grounded. It's about a family couple that, you know,
they start dating and on their third date, they get
pregnant and they're like, oh, what do we do? And
they're like, well, you know, we should see this through,
and so they choose to have the kid while they're
(04:47):
still navigating their own relationship. And their child is born,
and immediately there's like some interesting complications. They're not really
sure what's going on, and they find out that their
child has osteogenesis imperfecta, which is brittle bones disease, and
so already they're like, wow, okay, this is something that
we got to navigate.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Wow.
Speaker 7 (05:03):
And then they have a second child and they're Okay,
they're normal and healthy, and then a few years goes
on and they realize that their oldest son also then
gets diagnosed with autism. And so the movie is really
about this family navigating the waters of what it means
to you know raise you know, two boys, but the
oldest being on the autistic spectrum, and you know, the
(05:25):
couple themselves kind of fighting their own inner demons and
trying to figure out how to love themselves whilst trying
to love each other whilts, trying to love their children,
and again navigating what are waters that a lot of
people are now navigating, which is, you know, the autistic spectrum.
And I think that's something that kind of touches everybody's
(05:45):
life at this point. It's become very ubiquitous. And so
that's really what the story is about.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
I love I love the premise, and I totally see
that being a real life scenario, which obviously it was.
And relationships are challenging enough to have those sort of
additional obstacles. My gosh, All right, zach hang on for me.
We're going to take quick break, come back with some more.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Zachary Levi Mario Lopez will be right.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Back, getting back to Zachary Levi who's on Zoom Mario
Lopez here talking about his new movie, The Unbreakable Boy,
and is there a faith based element. I gotta imagine
did they turn to that at all?
Speaker 5 (06:19):
They do?
Speaker 7 (06:19):
Yeah, absolutely, you know, it's a I would say, it's
like a fate infused film. You know, it's something that
the couple Scott and Teresa, you know, they're not they're
not you know, specifically religious or or or faith based
people to begin with, but as they are, you know,
navigating their journey, they you know, start going to church
(06:40):
and and then ultimately, you know, Scott, the father that
I play, you know, a lot of a lot of
the film is him coming to terms with accepting the
life that you weren't expecting, right, Like so much of
our journey as human beings is we have these ideas
and these expectations of life is supposed to go right,
(07:01):
and God is constantly being like, yeah, no, you don't
get to determine where your life is going. We obviously,
you know, can make decisions, and we can make choices,
and those can lead to certain places, but at the
end of the day, there's so much it's outside of
our control and Scott fights that and fights that and
fights that because he wasn't expecting to have a child
that was struggling with the things that Austin, his son
(07:22):
with autism, is struggling with. But through that, his son,
Austin is you know, just boundlessly optimistic and so full
of love and so full of acceptance. And Scott really learns,
you know, as parents do, right, like the parents are teachers,
but the children are really teaching us all the time,
so much more than we can ever imagine. And so
(07:43):
Scott is learning so much from his son, how to
be more present, how to be more loving, how to
be more accepting. It's a really beautiful man, It's a
really really beautiful story.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
It sounds like a beautiful film. Congrats on that man,
and hey ty a little more music, come back with
some more exactly but amar A Lope Zach was Zachary
Levi hanging on zoom and talking about his new movie,
The Unbreakable Boy, And coincidentally, you also had your first
child on the way, right, I do I do spend
how far along as your lady?
Speaker 7 (08:11):
She's seven months were yeah, she's giving birth in just
a couple of months.
Speaker 5 (08:15):
Beginning of April. I'm so pumped.
Speaker 7 (08:18):
I've wanted to be a dad since I was a kid,
So this is, you know, a real dream come true.
Speaker 5 (08:22):
And my girlfriend Maggie is.
Speaker 7 (08:24):
So wonderful and she's gonna be such a great mom
and so we're really really pumped about that. And we're
gonna have our kid out here in southern California where
I grew up in Ventura, surrounded by my family. So yeah,
it's a whole new chapter of life and one that
I am really excited about, you know, going on.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Good to hear man, that's awesome. All right, hay time
for me as we get back to the music. What
almar A Lopez here along with actor Zachary Levi. New
movie is The Unbreakable Boy. But you also got some
other flicks.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
On the way.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
A movie called Not Without Hope. This one's a survival
film about a boating accident. Oh, the one with the
NFL players. Yes, they had a Brian Gumble did the
h the real sports version I think of it was fascinating. Oh,
this is great. When is this coming out?
Speaker 5 (09:11):
I don't know.
Speaker 7 (09:12):
We're still in post production on it. They're still trying
to figure out ultimately selling it to the right buyer
and distributor and all that stuff. So I think I
hope that we'll figure that out some like it will
come out at some point this year.
Speaker 5 (09:24):
I think that's that's the plan.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
I'm assuming you're playing the survivor.
Speaker 5 (09:28):
I'm playing the survivor.
Speaker 7 (09:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
That's heavy.
Speaker 5 (09:30):
It's a really really heavy movie as you can imagine.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Oh my gosh, just the story itself. You watch and
you didn't, you can't even believe it. Where'd you shoot it?
Speaker 5 (09:38):
We shot in Malta, of all players. Wow, yeah, yeah, Malta.
Speaker 7 (09:42):
Malta has been having kind of a moment because they
have a good film and Center program, and also they
have because the whole movie takes place basically in the ocean, right,
and so we needed to find a you know, they
have these big water tanks essentially that you can go
film in, and Malta's got one of the there's probably
like half doesn't around the world, and Malta's got one
of those tanks, and so that's where we shot.
Speaker 5 (10:03):
That's cool.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
I'm looking forward to checking that out. All right, man,
one more thing I want to ask quick break, and
we're gonna come back and wrap it up.
Speaker 8 (10:09):
You're the full interview now at on with Mario dot Com.
More Mario Lopez on.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
The way, wrap it up with actor Zachary Levi. You're
on Mario Lopez. And before you go, what's this other
movie you have coming out later this year? Sarah's Oil?
Is that based on a Jude story.
Speaker 7 (10:23):
A beautiful, wonderful, incredible true story of in nineteen eleven,
this ten year old black girl in Tulsa, Oklahoma was
ultimately given because she was a member of the I
can't remember which tribe I'm going to blow that, but anyway,
she was a member of one of the native tribes.
Speaker 5 (10:45):
And when the United States gave.
Speaker 7 (10:47):
Land back to the tribes, she being older than nine
years old, she got her own one hundred and sixty
acres and what the you know, the government thought was
probably you know, useless land because you couldn't grow anything
on it. But she was very special, precocious, spiritual, intelligent.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
Girl who could read and write.
Speaker 7 (11:04):
And she was reading the newspapers and she saw that
the oil boom was coming across the nation, and she
went to her land and she prayed over her land,
and she believed that God told her that there was
oil in it, and sure enough, as you learned through
the movie, she goes and hires this wildcatter, this independent
oil man to help her get the oil out of
her land.
Speaker 5 (11:19):
Bro.
Speaker 7 (11:19):
She had the largest and purest oil reserve in all
of North America. She became the richest woman in America
as a ten year old black girl in nineteen eleven.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
Total awesome story. That's an incredible story. How have I
not heard about that story before?
Speaker 7 (11:32):
Because there's a lot of these stories that unfortunately gotten hurried. Yeah,
so we made that film. We shot that last summer
in Tulsa, and that comes out. I believe this Christmas.
So that'll be coming outcent to I want.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
To watch all these movies, correct, Help you go, man.
Speaker 5 (11:44):
We'll talk about all of them when they release.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
We will. Matt.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Congratulations, both professionally and personally. Buddy, good luck, Thank you
in a couple months, and hopefully we'll get to see
as soon in person. Listen. Meanwhile, be sure to catch
Jack in the new film, The Unbreakable Boy, which is
out right now.
Speaker 9 (12:02):
Thanks for checking in, man, Thanks Mario, good to see you, Bro,
Are you too?
Speaker 2 (12:19):
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Time for messy movies with Mario Courtney Lopez. All right, honey,
what's do in theaters this weekend?
Speaker 1 (12:49):
The Monkey?
Speaker 3 (12:49):
It's starring Theo James and Elijah Wood and Tatiana Mizzlani.
When twin brothers find a mysterious wind up monkey, a
series of outrageous days tear their family apart. Twenty five
years later, the monkey begins a new killing spree, forcing
the estranged siblings to confront the cursed toy.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
I saw the preview for this. It's wild. It's it's
basically like a Chucky, but with this month moy the
one with the little thing with the little symbols. Yeah,
oh that class. It's terrifying. Yeah, And he starts killing
people and it's wild.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
Isn't it like from the eighties.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
I think so, it's like a seventies or eighties toy.
I think it's like from the turn of the century.
Speaker 5 (13:30):
Maybe it's older.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
Yeah, we've only been around since the eighties.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
And The Unbreakable Boy starring Zachary Levi, who was on
with us earlier talking about this movie. When Scott and
Teresa learned that their son Austin is autistic and has
brittle bone disease, they initially worry about his future. However,
with Scott's growing faith in Austin's incredible spirit, they become
unbreakable as they find joy, gratitude, encourage in the most
(13:55):
trying times.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
Sounds like a very sweet movie, very sweet. Zachary was
really cool and excited about it. So nice.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
More Mario Lopez coming up.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
Music rolls on as we quickly recognize today's obscure holiday.
You're on, Mario Courtney Lopez. What are we celebrating, honey?
Today is World Cha Day? What is kombucha again?
Speaker 3 (14:17):
It's a drink. It's a drink, but what is it
from the derivative.
Speaker 4 (14:23):
Of I don't know that we can celebrate.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
What kombucha is? A fermented life lightly effervescent sweetened black
tea drink. Oh it's tea. It's a basical tree, all right,
all right, it's supposed to be good for your gut.
All right, let's do it. A Mario Courtney Lopez. You
more songs. I'm gonna squeeze in today's birthday shout out.
So we'd love to play a song for you as well.
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A Mario Courtney Lopez A few birthdays to celebrate, all right?
Who's getting for today?
Speaker 4 (15:01):
Sophie Turner from Game of Thrones, Joe Jonas's.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Ex Sansa Stock got her name? That was her character's
name in the Game of Thrones. I believe she is
thirty one three twenty nine, twenty nine.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
Give you on, Oh my god, Giya's favorite artist right now?
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Really?
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Yes? Go on from Sizza, Well that's her woman, Okay, okay.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
But give on.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
There's a song called twenties right now and she just
has that on repeat. And I'm thinking to myself, you're fourteen,
who are you thinking.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
About wasting your time? Easy give me on.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
Well, clearly, if he's writing about what he wasted in
his twenties, then he has to be.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
Thirty thirty five thirty is correct? Oh okay? Jeff lof Hewitt's.
Speaker 4 (15:48):
From the client list, used to live next to Mario
in an apartment building or something.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
Love, who's a sweetheart? She I gotta say she is
forty five, she's forty eight, forty six, forty six.
Speaker 4 (16:03):
And finally someone who shares my name in the TV sense,
Kelsey Grammar from Fraser.
Speaker 3 (16:09):
Kelsey Grammar ex wife was on Beverly Hills. That's what
I know him from is one hundred and seven.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Wow, No, he's seventy one seventy Oh okay, pretty good.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
More Mario Lopez coming up.
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Because it's sounds for a weekly fake debate where the
topics are made up on the spot, but the passion
is real.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
Real.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Who's prone. Who's con today?
Speaker 4 (17:41):
Youre pro. Last time, She'll be calm. This time, Courtney
will be pro. You'll have fifteen seconds to make your case,
ten second rebuttal afterwards. Your topic today, inspired by Kombucha Day,
is t I'm pro tea, your pro t.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
I love how before we do it we always go
I'm pro to.
Speaker 1 (17:56):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
You have to make sure you say it, okay.
Speaker 3 (17:58):
I'm pro tea. Tea is the most important thing that
you can put in your body. And I'm not talking
about the tea gossip. I'm talking about the warm, organic
tea that can coat your stomach and make it you're done.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
That was absolutely awful, mister Lopez. You are against tea.
The problem with tea is that peeing becomes your new
hobby once you start drinking a lot of it. It's
a diuretic. You're dehydrated and your body needs water, and
it's bad for your teeth. You'll get a grime. It
just has so many negative effects that you never never realized.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
I think you're confused because in order to make tea,
we need water, so you're really not dehydrated.
Speaker 4 (18:42):
Thank you and your response.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
Tea has been around since the beginning of time, and
it's one of those temptations like the devil that will
constantly be here. But you got to learn to say no.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
Ah, okay, I don't think I got choke.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
With more Mario Lopez on the way omorow, Courtney Lopez
almost time to wrap up and head out and out
before he squeeze in our comment of the week, What
you got, honey?
Speaker 3 (19:11):
This is from at War Eagle seventy two and they said,
you know, I used to be cool. Now I say
things like I better sit up so I don't get heartburn.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
What happened War Eagle seventy two. I feel you. Age
is what happened, my man, And with age comes wisdom.
And you better sit up because heartburn is awful. When
you get it, then you're looking for Atlanta or Chaopec tape.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
You don't want acid reflex No, not good. Tom to Tom, Tom, Tom.
Speaker 8 (19:38):
I want to be the tweet of the week. The
tweet us on with Mario and hang on, just Mario Lopez.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
We'll be right back.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
That's it. Thanks again to Zachary Levi. I'm re zuming
in homright dot com for more my chat with him
and more fun on Monday.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
Until then this is Mario and Courtney Lopez saying good
night and have a great and safe weekend's
Speaker 1 (19:56):
With Mario Lopez
On On with Mario Lopez.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Here we go Friday edition of All Mario Courtney Lopez.
Lot's to get too. As we wrap up the week
actor Zachary Levi Zo and later with a scoop on
his new movie, The Unbreakable Boy. Plus we're gonna go
head to head in another passionate Fate debate, honor Our
Comment of the Week, and just a few songs away
from Tate McCrae taking center stage in our Mario Music Minutes.
So turn it up, You're on with Mario and Courtney
(00:24):
Lopez Music rolls on, You're on, Mario Courtney Lopez. Taking
a quick look at what's new on TV and streaming now.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Geo Wilde has the series premiere of fur Babies. In
the series Vets, doctor James Greenwood and doctor Bolu So
provide support to people during the awe inspiring experience of
their pets, pregnancies, and the arrival of newborns.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Oh that's funny, that's.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
Really inspiring or stressful because I've been through that. It
is the most stressful thing ever I can imagine.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
And some of these dogs really balloon out and my
dog look a blimp.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
I have to give it to you Frasier because that's
not something I would ever want.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
That's a next Levey it was, I will never do
that again.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Hulu has a serious premiere of How I Escaped My Cult,
a look into insidious modern day cults through the lens
of members who endure trauma and investigations into the oppressive groups.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
I've also done this, No, yes, you have.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
We're in your call.
Speaker 5 (01:22):
Yeah, we're welling this.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
And Hulu also has the premiere of One Thousand Blows,
the latest series from Peggy Blinders creator Stephen Knight, centers
on bare knuckle boxers in Victoria and London.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
I cannot wait to see this. Stephen Graham, the British
actor who's awesome, is in this. So okay, Hulu, but
this is like you doing the bare knuckle exactly. It's
been around for over one hundred years, so I can't wait.
This is good. Get ready to celebrate the best in
podcasting out of twenty twenty five iHeart podcast Awards. What
Almaro Lopez here and it's all going down live at
(01:56):
south By Southwest March tenth, the biggest night of the
year for podcasts. So get ready to celebrate your favorites.
Find out who's going to win the Podcast of the Year,
and check to see if your favorite podcasts are nominated
Arma dot Com Slash Podcast Awards. Joan Marl Courtney Lopez.
Digging into the buzz because Benny Blanco has revealed his
unusual shower routine.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
On with Marion Hollywood Buzz.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
So Benny Blanco sethingy that Gomez, his fiancee, who's real
name was Benjamin Levine, even shocked his fiance with the
admission of his unusual shower routine and a Q and
A with Interview Magazine, he admitted that he doesn't shower
every day, but when he does, he feels like he
deserves it and spends a long time in their contemplating
life deserves it or needs it, both, going on to
(02:44):
add that he finds it incredible to cry in the shower.
Come on what? Selena even responded.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
With WHOA, I think Selena deserves it.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
I don't think he needed to announce this. I think
it was pretty obvious that shower is not a top priority.
He kind of has that bohemian grungey look to him.
He needs a shower look. Yeah, you know what, though
he's inspirational for a lot of guys out there, because
if he can get Selena Gomez a fellows, you got
a chance.
Speaker 6 (03:15):
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Speaker 2 (03:53):
All Mario Lopez a few more songs and we're gonna
fire up zooms so we can chat with actor Zachary Levi.
He's got a few and the words, but out now
is the Unbreakable Boy. Zach's also expecting his first child,
so let's talk about with him as he joins us
next it's up, Beryl Mori Lopez joving now on Zoom
actor Zachary Levi. I what's going on, Zach oh Man.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
Just loving life. Just very happy, very blessed.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
You're looking good as always. Congrats on the new movie
called The Unbreakable Boy. It's a true story, right, I
love true stories. What's it about?
Speaker 7 (04:26):
Yes, Yes, it's a true story. And I love true
stories too. That's part of the reason I wanted to
do it. It's I mean, honestly, it's real slice of life.
It's very grounded. It's about a family couple that, you know,
they start dating and on their third date, they get
pregnant and they're like, oh, what do we do? And
they're like, well, you know, we should see this through,
and so they choose to have the kid while they're
(04:47):
still navigating their own relationship. And their child is born,
and immediately there's like some interesting complications. They're not really
sure what's going on, and they find out that their
child has osteogenesis imperfecta, which is brittle bones disease, and
so already they're like, wow, okay, this is something that
we got to navigate.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Wow.
Speaker 7 (05:03):
And then they have a second child and they're Okay,
they're normal and healthy, and then a few years goes
on and they realize that their oldest son also then
gets diagnosed with autism. And so the movie is really
about this family navigating the waters of what it means
to you know raise you know, two boys, but the
oldest being on the autistic spectrum, and you know, the
(05:25):
couple themselves kind of fighting their own inner demons and
trying to figure out how to love themselves whilst trying
to love each other whilts, trying to love their children,
and again navigating what are waters that a lot of
people are now navigating, which is, you know, the autistic spectrum.
And I think that's something that kind of touches everybody's
(05:45):
life at this point. It's become very ubiquitous. And so
that's really what the story is about.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
I love I love the premise, and I totally see
that being a real life scenario, which obviously it was.
And relationships are challenging enough to have those sort of
additional obstacles. My gosh, All right, zach hang on for me.
We're going to take quick break, come back with some more.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Zachary Levi Mario Lopez will be right.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Back, getting back to Zachary Levi who's on Zoom Mario
Lopez here talking about his new movie, The Unbreakable Boy,
and is there a faith based element. I gotta imagine
did they turn to that at all?
Speaker 5 (06:19):
They do?
Speaker 7 (06:19):
Yeah, absolutely, you know, it's a I would say, it's
like a fate infused film. You know, it's something that
the couple Scott and Teresa, you know, they're not they're
not you know, specifically religious or or or faith based
people to begin with, but as they are, you know,
navigating their journey, they you know, start going to church
(06:40):
and and then ultimately, you know, Scott, the father that
I play, you know, a lot of a lot of
the film is him coming to terms with accepting the
life that you weren't expecting, right, Like so much of
our journey as human beings is we have these ideas
and these expectations of life is supposed to go right,
(07:01):
and God is constantly being like, yeah, no, you don't
get to determine where your life is going. We obviously,
you know, can make decisions, and we can make choices,
and those can lead to certain places, but at the
end of the day, there's so much it's outside of
our control and Scott fights that and fights that and
fights that because he wasn't expecting to have a child
that was struggling with the things that Austin, his son
(07:22):
with autism, is struggling with. But through that, his son,
Austin is you know, just boundlessly optimistic and so full
of love and so full of acceptance. And Scott really learns,
you know, as parents do, right, like the parents are teachers,
but the children are really teaching us all the time,
so much more than we can ever imagine. And so
(07:43):
Scott is learning so much from his son, how to
be more present, how to be more loving, how to
be more accepting. It's a really beautiful man, It's a
really really beautiful story.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
It sounds like a beautiful film. Congrats on that man,
and hey ty a little more music, come back with
some more exactly but amar A Lope Zach was Zachary
Levi hanging on zoom and talking about his new movie,
The Unbreakable Boy, And coincidentally, you also had your first
child on the way, right, I do I do spend
how far along as your lady?
Speaker 7 (08:11):
She's seven months were yeah, she's giving birth in just
a couple of months.
Speaker 5 (08:15):
Beginning of April. I'm so pumped.
Speaker 7 (08:18):
I've wanted to be a dad since I was a kid,
So this is, you know, a real dream come true.
Speaker 5 (08:22):
And my girlfriend Maggie is.
Speaker 7 (08:24):
So wonderful and she's gonna be such a great mom
and so we're really really pumped about that. And we're
gonna have our kid out here in southern California where
I grew up in Ventura, surrounded by my family. So yeah,
it's a whole new chapter of life and one that
I am really excited about, you know, going on.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Good to hear man, that's awesome. All right, hay time
for me as we get back to the music. What
almar A Lopez here along with actor Zachary Levi. New
movie is The Unbreakable Boy. But you also got some
other flicks.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
On the way.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
A movie called Not Without Hope. This one's a survival
film about a boating accident. Oh, the one with the
NFL players. Yes, they had a Brian Gumble did the
h the real sports version I think of it was fascinating. Oh,
this is great. When is this coming out?
Speaker 5 (09:11):
I don't know.
Speaker 7 (09:12):
We're still in post production on it. They're still trying
to figure out ultimately selling it to the right buyer
and distributor and all that stuff. So I think I
hope that we'll figure that out some like it will
come out at some point this year.
Speaker 5 (09:24):
I think that's that's the plan.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
I'm assuming you're playing the survivor.
Speaker 5 (09:28):
I'm playing the survivor.
Speaker 7 (09:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
That's heavy.
Speaker 5 (09:30):
It's a really really heavy movie as you can imagine.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Oh my gosh, just the story itself. You watch and
you didn't, you can't even believe it. Where'd you shoot it?
Speaker 5 (09:38):
We shot in Malta, of all players. Wow, yeah, yeah, Malta.
Speaker 7 (09:42):
Malta has been having kind of a moment because they
have a good film and Center program, and also they
have because the whole movie takes place basically in the ocean, right,
and so we needed to find a you know, they
have these big water tanks essentially that you can go
film in, and Malta's got one of the there's probably
like half doesn't around the world, and Malta's got one
of those tanks, and so that's where we shot.
Speaker 5 (10:03):
That's cool.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
I'm looking forward to checking that out. All right, man,
one more thing I want to ask quick break, and
we're gonna come back and wrap it up.
Speaker 8 (10:09):
You're the full interview now at on with Mario dot Com.
More Mario Lopez on.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
The way, wrap it up with actor Zachary Levi. You're
on Mario Lopez. And before you go, what's this other
movie you have coming out later this year? Sarah's Oil?
Is that based on a Jude story.
Speaker 7 (10:23):
A beautiful, wonderful, incredible true story of in nineteen eleven,
this ten year old black girl in Tulsa, Oklahoma was
ultimately given because she was a member of the I
can't remember which tribe I'm going to blow that, but anyway,
she was a member of one of the native tribes.
Speaker 5 (10:45):
And when the United States gave.
Speaker 7 (10:47):
Land back to the tribes, she being older than nine
years old, she got her own one hundred and sixty
acres and what the you know, the government thought was
probably you know, useless land because you couldn't grow anything
on it. But she was very special, precocious, spiritual, intelligent.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
Girl who could read and write.
Speaker 7 (11:04):
And she was reading the newspapers and she saw that
the oil boom was coming across the nation, and she
went to her land and she prayed over her land,
and she believed that God told her that there was
oil in it, and sure enough, as you learned through
the movie, she goes and hires this wildcatter, this independent
oil man to help her get the oil out of
her land.
Speaker 5 (11:19):
Bro.
Speaker 7 (11:19):
She had the largest and purest oil reserve in all
of North America. She became the richest woman in America
as a ten year old black girl in nineteen eleven.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
Total awesome story. That's an incredible story. How have I
not heard about that story before?
Speaker 7 (11:32):
Because there's a lot of these stories that unfortunately gotten hurried. Yeah,
so we made that film. We shot that last summer
in Tulsa, and that comes out. I believe this Christmas.
So that'll be coming outcent to I want.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
To watch all these movies, correct, Help you go, man.
Speaker 5 (11:44):
We'll talk about all of them when they release.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
We will. Matt.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Congratulations, both professionally and personally. Buddy, good luck, Thank you
in a couple months, and hopefully we'll get to see
as soon in person. Listen. Meanwhile, be sure to catch
Jack in the new film, The Unbreakable Boy, which is
out right now.
Speaker 9 (12:02):
Thanks for checking in, man, Thanks Mario, good to see you, Bro,
Are you too?
Speaker 2 (12:19):
Music rolls on? You're all Mario Lopez, don't forget. iHeart
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(12:44):
Time for messy movies with Mario Courtney Lopez. All right, honey,
what's do in theaters this weekend?
Speaker 1 (12:49):
The Monkey?
Speaker 3 (12:49):
It's starring Theo James and Elijah Wood and Tatiana Mizzlani.
When twin brothers find a mysterious wind up monkey, a
series of outrageous days tear their family apart. Twenty five
years later, the monkey begins a new killing spree, forcing
the estranged siblings to confront the cursed toy.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
I saw the preview for this. It's wild. It's it's
basically like a Chucky, but with this month moy the
one with the little thing with the little symbols. Yeah,
oh that class. It's terrifying. Yeah, And he starts killing
people and it's wild.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
Isn't it like from the eighties.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
I think so, it's like a seventies or eighties toy.
I think it's like from the turn of the century.
Speaker 5 (13:30):
Maybe it's older.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
Yeah, we've only been around since the eighties.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
And The Unbreakable Boy starring Zachary Levi, who was on
with us earlier talking about this movie. When Scott and
Teresa learned that their son Austin is autistic and has
brittle bone disease, they initially worry about his future. However,
with Scott's growing faith in Austin's incredible spirit, they become
unbreakable as they find joy, gratitude, encourage in the most
(13:55):
trying times.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
Sounds like a very sweet movie, very sweet. Zachary was
really cool and excited about it. So nice.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
More Mario Lopez coming up.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
Music rolls on as we quickly recognize today's obscure holiday.
You're on, Mario Courtney Lopez. What are we celebrating, honey?
Today is World Cha Day? What is kombucha again?
Speaker 3 (14:17):
It's a drink. It's a drink, but what is it
from the derivative.
Speaker 4 (14:23):
Of I don't know that we can celebrate.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
What kombucha is? A fermented life lightly effervescent sweetened black
tea drink. Oh it's tea. It's a basical tree, all right,
all right, it's supposed to be good for your gut.
All right, let's do it. A Mario Courtney Lopez. You
more songs. I'm gonna squeeze in today's birthday shout out.
So we'd love to play a song for you as well.
(14:45):
So have you got a request? A lot into our
dms over on ig at al Mario Lopez and.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
If you're han't it while you're there A click follow
and join the fam.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
A Mario Courtney Lopez A few birthdays to celebrate, all right?
Who's getting for today?
Speaker 4 (15:01):
Sophie Turner from Game of Thrones, Joe Jonas's.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Ex Sansa Stock got her name? That was her character's
name in the Game of Thrones. I believe she is
thirty one three twenty nine, twenty nine.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
Give you on, Oh my god, Giya's favorite artist right now?
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Really?
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Yes? Go on from Sizza, Well that's her woman, Okay, okay.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
But give on.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
There's a song called twenties right now and she just
has that on repeat. And I'm thinking to myself, you're fourteen,
who are you thinking.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
About wasting your time? Easy give me on.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
Well, clearly, if he's writing about what he wasted in
his twenties, then he has to be.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
Thirty thirty five thirty is correct? Oh okay? Jeff lof Hewitt's.
Speaker 4 (15:48):
From the client list, used to live next to Mario
in an apartment building or something.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
Love, who's a sweetheart? She I gotta say she is
forty five, she's forty eight, forty six, forty six.
Speaker 4 (16:03):
And finally someone who shares my name in the TV sense,
Kelsey Grammar from Fraser.
Speaker 3 (16:09):
Kelsey Grammar ex wife was on Beverly Hills. That's what
I know him from is one hundred and seven.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Wow, No, he's seventy one seventy Oh okay, pretty good.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
More Mario Lopez coming up.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
Music rolls on Omaro Courtney Lopez. Quick reminder for you
to hit up Allmar dot com to get signed up
for your shot to check out Nellie Liven concert. We're
giving you and a friend of shot at a three day,
two night trip to see where the Potty at in
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Speaker 3 (16:44):
Ooh, the winner gets round trip coach airfare for two
two nights, hotel, two premium concert tickets, plus you'll meet
Nellie after the show in the most Shine VIP lounge
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Speaker 2 (17:00):
You're al Mario Lopez reminding you that the awards show
for fans is back twenty twenty five. I Heeart Radio
Music Awards coming to Fox March seventeenth. Huge night for
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to interfer your chance to win. Oh, Mario Courtney Lopez
got to choose your side to Mario or Team Courtney.
Because it's sounds for a weekly fake debate where the
topics are made up on the spot, but the passion
is real.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
Real.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Who's prone. Who's con today?
Speaker 4 (17:41):
Youre pro. Last time, She'll be calm. This time, Courtney
will be pro. You'll have fifteen seconds to make your case,
ten second rebuttal afterwards. Your topic today, inspired by Kombucha Day,
is t I'm pro tea, your pro t.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
I love how before we do it we always go
I'm pro to.
Speaker 1 (17:56):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
You have to make sure you say it, okay.
Speaker 3 (17:58):
I'm pro tea. Tea is the most important thing that
you can put in your body. And I'm not talking
about the tea gossip. I'm talking about the warm, organic
tea that can coat your stomach and make it you're done.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
That was absolutely awful, mister Lopez. You are against tea.
The problem with tea is that peeing becomes your new
hobby once you start drinking a lot of it. It's
a diuretic. You're dehydrated and your body needs water, and
it's bad for your teeth. You'll get a grime. It
just has so many negative effects that you never never realized.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
I think you're confused because in order to make tea,
we need water, so you're really not dehydrated.
Speaker 4 (18:42):
Thank you and your response.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
Tea has been around since the beginning of time, and
it's one of those temptations like the devil that will
constantly be here. But you got to learn to say no.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
Ah, okay, I don't think I got choke.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
With more Mario Lopez on the way omorow, Courtney Lopez
almost time to wrap up and head out and out
before he squeeze in our comment of the week, What
you got, honey?
Speaker 3 (19:11):
This is from at War Eagle seventy two and they said,
you know, I used to be cool. Now I say
things like I better sit up so I don't get heartburn.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
What happened War Eagle seventy two. I feel you. Age
is what happened, my man, And with age comes wisdom.
And you better sit up because heartburn is awful. When
you get it, then you're looking for Atlanta or Chaopec tape.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
You don't want acid reflex No, not good. Tom to Tom, Tom, Tom.
Speaker 8 (19:38):
I want to be the tweet of the week. The
tweet us on with Mario and hang on, just Mario Lopez.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
We'll be right back.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
That's it. Thanks again to Zachary Levi. I'm re zuming
in homright dot com for more my chat with him
and more fun on Monday.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
Until then this is Mario and Courtney Lopez saying good
night and have a great and safe weekend's
Speaker 1 (19:56):
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