June 12, 2025 • 8 mins
Actor Scott Porter talks season 3 of the hit Netflix show 'Ginny & Georgia', new Acapella song and more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're on with Mario a little BITZ.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
It's up Mario Lopez joining me right now on Zoom.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
Actress Scott Porter, How you doing, Scott?
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I'm doing fantastic. Mario. Good to see you again. Man,
nice to see too. Where are we talking to you
from today? We're talking about my petremato. Man.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
The world has changed there, you know, instead of a studio,
just chill it in my room.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
That's that's the best good for you is home la yes, sir,
studio city. Okay, oh, very close. Okay.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Well, the third season of your Netflix show Virginy and
Georgia's back. For people who may not be familiar with
the show, what's the uh, what's the cliff notes version
of it?
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Yeah, I mean wild ride Over the first two seasons,
Georgia is a force of nature. The story follows her
and her family and my character, Paul Randolph, the mayor
of Wellsbury recently, you know, was engaged to her and
on her wedding night. At the end of season two,
she was arrested for the secrets that she's kept from
pretty much everybody. So season three Explorer, the full fallout
(01:01):
of all of that. Season three is all about what
I say is a reckoning for pretty much every character
on the show.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Oh a little chaos fun. Yes, do you all get
to shoot down here in la or where do you
shoot it? We shoot in Toronto, Canada.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
In Toronto.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Yeah, it's rare these days when you get to stay
in town. But that's a nice city at least. The
show seems to touch on a lot of heavy topics
as well, right, especially in the mental health realm.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Yes, I mean, you know, self harm, anxiety. There are
a lot of different issues that our characters face, just
like a lot of issues that people face in the
real world. And our show's creator, Sarah Lampert says that
just you know, silence is violence when it comes to
all of these things. When people are meant to feel
shame or feel like they're alone or they're isolated, that's
(01:49):
where the most harm can happen. So we want to
talk about these things, make them more public, give people
an ability or a platform or a show to talk
about that allows them to speak about their own experiences,
and try to get them the support. And we try
to take all these things very seriously. At the end
of every single one of our credit sequences, there's always
phone numbers and hotlines and websites that you go to
(02:11):
to find help that you need if you are dealing
with one of these issues. So I think a lot
of people across this country, you know, for a very
long time and over all over the world, really are
kind of told like, oh, if you're fighting an issue
like this, if you're battling something like that, you know,
there's a certain amount of shame or people will look
down on you.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
But that's not the case anymore. There are so many
of us.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
And you know, I went to a charity event for
the National Alliance of Mental Illness and their whole slogan
is Stronger Together. And so just like the town of
Wellsburg and Ginny and Georgia where these people are battling things,
we are a very tight knit group and we believe
everybody out there stronger together.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
So talk about it. Watch the show. If you are.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Feeling something along those lines, make sure you reach out
to somebody and you talk to somebody about it. So
that's what we try and do with the show. And
I think our creator and our writers are very they're
very careful with all of it, and we try to
be as responsible as possible with that storytelling.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
That's great.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
It's empowering, relatable, very helpful. That's very cool. You of
course start in the NBC hit Friday Night Lights back
in the day, and I know a reboot is on
the way for Peacock.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
That's pretty quick. It wasn't gone.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
I don't think that for that long for a REBOOTCU
is normally like decades go by. It seems like, could
we possibly see your character in an episode?
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Do you know anything about it?
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Well, you know, just like technology nowadays, things move at
the speed much faster than they used to. I think
the reboots are coming even quicker.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
You know.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
But we did sign off, you know, in twenty twelve,
so it's been a dozen years since we've had Friday
Night Lights.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
It just feels like it's more constant because of streaming.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Right.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
That says leaving the town of Dylan as Jason Street
was I feel like such a triumph for that character.
He broke a cycle in that town for himself, you know,
he suffered a catastrophic energy injury and everybody told him
he would never amount to much after that happened to him,
and he ends up becoming a sports agent, having a family,
having a child, doing all these things that people told
(04:15):
him he would never do. So I was so happy
with the triumph of Jason Street at the end of
the show that being said, yes, I would jump at
the chance to work with that creative team again. There's
so much trust between all of those people. But only
if it serves the story. Only if Jason coming back
actually does something for them. They're going to be going
to a new town in Texas, exploring a new set
of circumstances. And you know, I'm not sure if Street
(04:37):
fits in there at all, but if he does, yeah,
of course I would come back. I mean Texas forever, baby,
That's that's what we do.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
That's right. Hey, As an agent, man, you can always
pack your bags and move.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
So yeah, yeah, I got to recruit some of these
Texas football players that gott to catch him before they
go to college.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Nil money.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
There's that whole storyline, which wasn't the case twelve years ago.
You're also a singer, big and doc Cappella. That's cool.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
You got a new.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Song on the way with your old a cappella group.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Yeah, man, you know, I broke into the business.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Actually, I mean my very first performing you know gig
was in a barbershop quartet with some of my friends
from Lake Hawa High School in Orlando, Florida. We added
a fifth member became an a cappella group, much like
Pentatonics or those groups that you may know out there.
As a matter of fact, this group they're called voice Play.
They play second on the sing off the season after
(05:26):
Pentatonics won, and they still, you know, make a living
creating music with their voices. And I look back and
I go, man, I'm kind of envious of you guys.
You know, I was with them for a number of years.
We stayed friends this whole time, and every now and
then I get to go back and record a number
with them. This time I went back and recorded Until
I Found You with them, an acapella cover of this
(05:48):
wonderful song that Georgia actually walks down the aisle at
Paul and George's wedding.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Oh that's cool, and we did it.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
It's kind of like a bittersweet kind of send off,
you know, for what could be Paul and Georgia's final voyage.
And that music video you can find on YouTube at
the Voice Play on their channel, and it comes out
on June sixth, the day after Ginny and Georgia premieres.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Nice, nice, like the way I weaved in there. Hey,
is it true you're a good beat boxer?
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Yes, sir, I mean that's how I started in the
in the in the business. But I got to say, like,
just like I said, with technology, with show reboots, with everything,
the world moves so fast. The beat boxers that are
out there competing and making a living doing it now
are so far beyond.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
There's people that are making a career out of beatboxing.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Go check out Wing Dopamine. That's all ring to check
out DoD just based on the name. But what I was,
I was a vocal percussionist. So I was the entire
drum section for our group. Can you give me like
five seconds?
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Can you give me like five or six seconds of it?
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Sure, you know, just stuff like that. But but the
thing is, these guys can make so many more sounds.
And I could do like electric guitar with my voice
and Loren's was my voice.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
I went to New York.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
My very first show in New York off Broadway was
called Toxic Audio, and our tagline was exploring the boundaries
of the human voice, and everything that we did was acapella.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
It was very much like Stomp, but just with the
human voice, and it won a bunch of awards.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
I performed at the Drama Desk Awards right after Hugh
Jackman when he was doing Boy from Oz.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
So the thing for me is like.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Acappella music actually led me to this career of acting
because out of that show, I booked a little musical
called Althar Boys, and that first pilot season was Friday
Night Lights beat Boxing. To be me playing football in
Texas in the span of a year. It happens just
like that.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
That's awesome, man, that's a true Hollywods. Very good for you, brother,
that's awesome. Well, congratulations on everything and listen. Be sure
to check out Scott in season three of Ginny and Georgia,
which is streaming right now on Netflix.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Scott, thanks for checking in, man, hey man, thanks for
having me. Good to see you again. Brother. Next time
we'll get together in person. Huh, you got it? Look
forward to right daycart later
Speaker 3 (08:00):
On with Mario Lopez
You're on with Mario a little BITZ.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
It's up Mario Lopez joining me right now on Zoom.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
Actress Scott Porter, How you doing, Scott?
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I'm doing fantastic. Mario. Good to see you again. Man,
nice to see too. Where are we talking to you
from today? We're talking about my petremato. Man.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
The world has changed there, you know, instead of a studio,
just chill it in my room.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
That's that's the best good for you is home la yes, sir,
studio city. Okay, oh, very close. Okay.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Well, the third season of your Netflix show Virginy and
Georgia's back. For people who may not be familiar with
the show, what's the uh, what's the cliff notes version
of it?
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Yeah, I mean wild ride Over the first two seasons,
Georgia is a force of nature. The story follows her
and her family and my character, Paul Randolph, the mayor
of Wellsbury recently, you know, was engaged to her and
on her wedding night. At the end of season two,
she was arrested for the secrets that she's kept from
pretty much everybody. So season three Explorer, the full fallout
(01:01):
of all of that. Season three is all about what
I say is a reckoning for pretty much every character
on the show.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Oh a little chaos fun. Yes, do you all get
to shoot down here in la or where do you
shoot it? We shoot in Toronto, Canada.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
In Toronto.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Yeah, it's rare these days when you get to stay
in town. But that's a nice city at least. The
show seems to touch on a lot of heavy topics
as well, right, especially in the mental health realm.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Yes, I mean, you know, self harm, anxiety. There are
a lot of different issues that our characters face, just
like a lot of issues that people face in the
real world. And our show's creator, Sarah Lampert says that
just you know, silence is violence when it comes to
all of these things. When people are meant to feel
shame or feel like they're alone or they're isolated, that's
(01:49):
where the most harm can happen. So we want to
talk about these things, make them more public, give people
an ability or a platform or a show to talk
about that allows them to speak about their own experiences,
and try to get them the support. And we try
to take all these things very seriously. At the end
of every single one of our credit sequences, there's always
phone numbers and hotlines and websites that you go to
(02:11):
to find help that you need if you are dealing
with one of these issues. So I think a lot
of people across this country, you know, for a very
long time and over all over the world, really are
kind of told like, oh, if you're fighting an issue
like this, if you're battling something like that, you know,
there's a certain amount of shame or people will look
down on you.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
But that's not the case anymore. There are so many
of us.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
And you know, I went to a charity event for
the National Alliance of Mental Illness and their whole slogan
is Stronger Together. And so just like the town of
Wellsburg and Ginny and Georgia where these people are battling things,
we are a very tight knit group and we believe
everybody out there stronger together.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
So talk about it. Watch the show. If you are.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Feeling something along those lines, make sure you reach out
to somebody and you talk to somebody about it. So
that's what we try and do with the show. And
I think our creator and our writers are very they're
very careful with all of it, and we try to
be as responsible as possible with that storytelling.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
That's great.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
It's empowering, relatable, very helpful. That's very cool. You of
course start in the NBC hit Friday Night Lights back
in the day, and I know a reboot is on
the way for Peacock.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
That's pretty quick. It wasn't gone.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
I don't think that for that long for a REBOOTCU
is normally like decades go by. It seems like, could
we possibly see your character in an episode?
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Do you know anything about it?
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Well, you know, just like technology nowadays, things move at
the speed much faster than they used to. I think
the reboots are coming even quicker.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
You know.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
But we did sign off, you know, in twenty twelve,
so it's been a dozen years since we've had Friday
Night Lights.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
It just feels like it's more constant because of streaming.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Right.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
That says leaving the town of Dylan as Jason Street
was I feel like such a triumph for that character.
He broke a cycle in that town for himself, you know,
he suffered a catastrophic energy injury and everybody told him
he would never amount to much after that happened to him,
and he ends up becoming a sports agent, having a family,
having a child, doing all these things that people told
(04:15):
him he would never do. So I was so happy
with the triumph of Jason Street at the end of
the show that being said, yes, I would jump at
the chance to work with that creative team again. There's
so much trust between all of those people. But only
if it serves the story. Only if Jason coming back
actually does something for them. They're going to be going
to a new town in Texas, exploring a new set
of circumstances. And you know, I'm not sure if Street
(04:37):
fits in there at all, but if he does, yeah,
of course I would come back. I mean Texas forever, baby,
That's that's what we do.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
That's right. Hey, As an agent, man, you can always
pack your bags and move.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
So yeah, yeah, I got to recruit some of these
Texas football players that gott to catch him before they
go to college.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Nil money.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
There's that whole storyline, which wasn't the case twelve years ago.
You're also a singer, big and doc Cappella. That's cool.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
You got a new.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Song on the way with your old a cappella group.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Yeah, man, you know, I broke into the business.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Actually, I mean my very first performing you know gig
was in a barbershop quartet with some of my friends
from Lake Hawa High School in Orlando, Florida. We added
a fifth member became an a cappella group, much like
Pentatonics or those groups that you may know out there.
As a matter of fact, this group they're called voice Play.
They play second on the sing off the season after
(05:26):
Pentatonics won, and they still, you know, make a living
creating music with their voices. And I look back and
I go, man, I'm kind of envious of you guys.
You know, I was with them for a number of years.
We stayed friends this whole time, and every now and
then I get to go back and record a number
with them. This time I went back and recorded Until
I Found You with them, an acapella cover of this
(05:48):
wonderful song that Georgia actually walks down the aisle at
Paul and George's wedding.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Oh that's cool, and we did it.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
It's kind of like a bittersweet kind of send off,
you know, for what could be Paul and Georgia's final voyage.
And that music video you can find on YouTube at
the Voice Play on their channel, and it comes out
on June sixth, the day after Ginny and Georgia premieres.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Nice, nice, like the way I weaved in there. Hey,
is it true you're a good beat boxer?
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Yes, sir, I mean that's how I started in the
in the in the business. But I got to say, like,
just like I said, with technology, with show reboots, with everything,
the world moves so fast. The beat boxers that are
out there competing and making a living doing it now
are so far beyond.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
There's people that are making a career out of beatboxing.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Go check out Wing Dopamine. That's all ring to check
out DoD just based on the name. But what I was,
I was a vocal percussionist. So I was the entire
drum section for our group. Can you give me like
five seconds?
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Can you give me like five or six seconds of it?
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Sure, you know, just stuff like that. But but the
thing is, these guys can make so many more sounds.
And I could do like electric guitar with my voice
and Loren's was my voice.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
I went to New York.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
My very first show in New York off Broadway was
called Toxic Audio, and our tagline was exploring the boundaries
of the human voice, and everything that we did was acapella.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
It was very much like Stomp, but just with the
human voice, and it won a bunch of awards.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
I performed at the Drama Desk Awards right after Hugh
Jackman when he was doing Boy from Oz.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
So the thing for me is like.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Acappella music actually led me to this career of acting
because out of that show, I booked a little musical
called Althar Boys, and that first pilot season was Friday
Night Lights beat Boxing. To be me playing football in
Texas in the span of a year. It happens just
like that.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
That's awesome, man, that's a true Hollywods. Very good for you, brother,
that's awesome. Well, congratulations on everything and listen. Be sure
to check out Scott in season three of Ginny and Georgia,
which is streaming right now on Netflix.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Scott, thanks for checking in, man, hey man, thanks for
having me. Good to see you again. Brother. Next time
we'll get together in person. Huh, you got it? Look
forward to right daycart later
Speaker 3 (08:00):
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