Before he made us swoon in Something Borrowed, Colin Egglesfield appeared on Gilmore Girls. It was Spring Break 2004, he smiled at Rory and she smiled back. Colin played Sean, the hunky cutie Rory meets at the Sea Sprite Motel. Scott and Colin reminisce about Colin's Gilmore Girls moment. Although brief, WAY TOO BRIEF, he reveals how he got the part and worked that very same day. Plus, will we ever get that sequel to Something Borrowed?!??!?!
I am all In. Let's kiss you, I Am all in with Scott Patterson and I Heart Radio podcast. Hey Everybody's Scott Patterson. I Am all In Podcast one on one interview. We have a very special cast. Colin eggles Field. He was uh in one of his only appearances in season four, episode seventeen, Girls in Bikini's Boys Doing the Twist. Uh. He played Sean Um And a little bit about Colin. He's an actor, is known for his roles in All My Children, Melrose Place, Where's Olian Aisles? And The Client List, Chicago Fireplus, starring alongside Kate Hudson and Jennifer Goodwin, and Something Borrow Doesn't There's a sequel something about a sequel to that that you can tell some were supposed to the book has a sequel to it, but we never actually got to filming that second. Oh man, Yeah, it's I know, right, you get to work with Kate Hudson again. Well, once it's good enough maybe right. Um, all right, let's jump into it. You you played shown in spring Break episodes He's four episode seventeen. How did you get the role? The audition for it for so yes, I did um and that one was the first time that I actually had to. My agent called me off the morning of and I was like ten o'clock in the morning, got an email, um, and then a phone call saying, hey, uh gil More girls, they're doing this audition down in Marina del Rey and if you book the role, you're gonna be working today. So, I mean, I don't know how this business works sometimes where it's like all right, you know, it's like we're My dad was an obstetrician, like he would have to get called in the middle of the night. But you know, with Hollywood, it's very similar in the sense that like you just got to be on call. And uh So I went down there and there was probably like fifteen other guys that were at this motel um and one by one they had us go in audition, and then it was that magical moment where the casting director comes out and says, all right, everyone can leave except for Colin. I was like, right, got this role, and then she says, Okay, we just need you to wait here. We're waiting for one other actor to come by audition, Like crap. So I'm sitting there literally for like an hour, and then finally this kid walks in and it was actually this guy from my acting class, and um, I was brand new to acting and he was like the more experienced actor in my our acting class. He was the guy that like everyone looked up to for advice and stuff. And I was like, oh, he's wanting you know. So I was like, oh, then, you know, obviously I'm not gonna get this. And shure enough, he went in an audition and then she came out and said, all right, call him he can you come back in here and audition again. And so I went back into the audition and then she came back out and she was like, all right, to the other guy, you can you can take off Colin to go to wardrobe. So you're working that day? Yeah, wow, how exciting. So so what was that like you tell us about you know, you get the wardrobe. Did you go to Brendan mabn and she fitted you with the wardrobe and then you went to set? Tell us about what that was like? Yeah, just you know, it was a pretty quick wardrobe fitting. I think I had like two or three outfits and uh, you know, my character plays a spring breaker, and um, the girls come and they see they check into a hotel the world of the motel rooms, and I walked by with my friends and I kind of like take a glance, and I'm kind of like smiling and flirting. And then, um, we see each other again at the pool and I'm just trying to like play Mr. Cool and so yeah, I think I had like three different or two different wardrobe changes. Um. And then you know a lot of acting is just sitting around waiting, So just kind of sat around waiting for a while and then uh, and then just got to it. Um. So we shot one day there and then we shot another day at the nightclub scene where the girls. Um, I think Paris sees two girls making out, so no, no, no, no, no no, Paris makes out with Rory. Yes, well you see you see Paris kiss Rory and then you go up to Rory finally, Yes, but it was I don't know where Paris got the idea, but she was like she kisses Rory to try to like spice things up because they're like on spring break and right there they feel like they're boring. And of course Rory is like gob smacked. She's like what are you doing? And I see this and I'm like, oh, these girls are like into this kicky stuff. So I walk over to Rory and she's like, oh hey, and I'm like, hey, how you doing? Maybe your friend wants to come to She was like you gross and she like hence hence the one episode on a family friendly show. Um, but hey, at least you got to play right, Uh And what a great credit the head of on the resume. Did it help your career and all? Getting a Gilmore Girls because Gilmore Girls is sort of a stamp of approval the way Seinfeld was absolutely absolutely Yeah, having a credit like that on my resume definitely, Uh makes casting directors and directors and producers, you know, taking more seriously and you're not just uh, you know, a newbie and that you've actually you know, proven that you've gone through the audition process and you know, because it's it's definitely not easy, like I just described. You know, there's a lot of competition when it comes to acting. You know, sometimes there's some luck involved, but a lot of the times it does come down to uh, you know, just um proving to the casting that you know that they usually want to see you like four or five six times, the trust you enough to you know, see what you're capable of doing, you'll actually pull the trigger to to cast. So before you Gilmore, you've done a few TV episodes. When your first gig, you've done Law and Order, s V. You you did SWAT. Were you familiar with Gilmore Girls before you joined the show? Were how did you discover the show? It was just you know, it's, um, just just popular show. I mean, you know back then when the ratings were like, you know massive, there was only what maybe six networks or seven networks instead of like the two thousand networks that they're UM. So, I you know, I'd always heard that it was, you know, a really popular show. I never actually watched an episode, but I always thought Alexis was cute and uh I was like yeah, and you know, you see her in like the Red Carpet and magazines and stuff, So I mean I knew who she was and I was like, yeah, this this would be cool. What did you think of her? Would you? Did you like working with her? Oh? Yeah she was so everyone was so sweet, so cool, so down to um and uh yeah it was it was great to work with her. Then, um, I saw her, Um, one of my favorite shows is Madman. So when I saw her on that. Um, I was like, good on. Yeah. It was like and she doesn't age. I mean, it's crazy, like she still looks the same. Yeah. Um so. Uh. The band The Shins performed at that club in that scene. Were you excited to see him on stage during the filming? Yeah? Yeah yeah. And The Ships were actually one of my favorite bands at the time. Um. I had first discovered them in New York City before moving out to l A. So that was an extra special treat to to be able to see them. Dude, let me ask you this. Do you do you get recognized from that episode? Um? I have? I have, yes, Um, maybe once or twice. Uh. You know, it's it's usually some I don't know, something, just a random person like an airport or something, and they'll come up and be like you wait you are you an actor? I'm like yeah. Normally it's from All my Children or something borrowed because those are some of the bigger projects I've done. And I there was this one person, um, and I was like, she was like, you know, are you an actor? Was like, yeah, I was on All My Children. She's like no. I was like, what else have you been on? And this is then where it gets in of this like rabbit hole of uh did something borrowed? No? No, that client, No, that wasn't it. Give the whole resume to somebody. That wasn't it. And then five minutes later she comes back that's me gilbar Girls And I was like, oh, yes, that was twenty something years ago. Y. Yeah, you're very patient just to go through the entire list. That's it. Yeah, because that's like if you if you say like, hey, listen, I'm not gonna play this game, they're like, oh yeah, we'ready a callin niggles Field. He's such But they don't know who you are anyway. They didn't know who you were. Well they recognized you, but they didn't know why. And you know, knew me from something. Wow. Um. So you went on to start in several movies, uh, and TV series mel Melrose Places, Client List, Razolian Isles um, and you filmed Something Barroed, which kind of a big head right. Oh yeah, yeah, So I mean, I know, we we talked about a little bit in the beginning, but what happened to the sequel? So there there's a sequel to the there's it's a book series, something Borrowed, something Blue, and in the end of Something Borrowed, they actually show the preview for Something Blue, so left everyone thinking, all right, well, this is going to happen. And it was right around the time when romantic comedies at the box office we're just kind of like curtailing and the traditional romantic comedy, something like How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days or Pretty Woman, Something Borrowed. Um, what happened was two weeks after Something Borrowed came out, Um, it was the movie with Kristen Wig, Bridesmaids came and that movie, like almost overnight kind of redefined what the romantic comedy was. And so our movie kind of, I mean it did, it did good, but Bride'smaids just exploded and within after coming out after Something Borrowed, all the attention was on bride'smaid So then the romantic comedy started to just kind of it started to go a little more subversive and a little more black comedy, kind of more realistic, more of the non traditional boy needs girl and are they going to get together? Um, it was kind of more of the I don't know INDI version of romantic comedies. And then couple that with the explosion of Netflix, where everyone started to get these gigantic TVs in their homes and so people stopped going to the movie theater as much. The largest demographic of movie goers is actually seventeen year old boys. So that's why all of these tent pole superhero movies do so well theaters, like Marvel and you know, Superman and all this stuff, spider Man and the romantic comedy as we know it has really kind of shifted more over to like Hallmark and g a C. Where there the traditional you know, boy meets girl kind of model. UM. And it's it's a shame because I stn't think there's there's definitely an audience for the kinds of romantic comedies that you know, people we grew up watching. UM. And not to say that you know, the new type of romantic comedy is is not um, you know, not viable, because obviously it is. It just definitely UM that they were afraid with a huge budget like you kid Hudson and John Krasinski's and like the salaries. I mean, it almost became a question of, well, are we going to make our money back because the amount of box office scorers now is just not what it used to be So now you have a series called Coffee with Colin on Facebook or or is it YouTube? Tell us about that, It's it's both. So I do a live talk show on Monday nights where I interviewed my actor friends and and influencers athletes essentially the platform. The whole theme of the show is what what challenges have you faced in life to overcome to be able to manifest your dreams and create success in life. A lot of people look at, you know, actors or athletes or whatever and think like, oh, well, you know I could never do that, or there's no way, like you know, that's Hollywood or you know, all that's for other people, and uh, for full you know, for a full hour, we delve into you know, why did you want to become an actor or an athlete? Or how did you write this book? Um? What were the challenges you face? What would you tell your younger self? What advice would you give to anyone who's pursuing a career now in acting or whatever? Um? You know, because on talk shows there's really not a whole lot of time to really delve into this kind of stuff. On talk shows, it's like five or ten minutes they you know, people give a little sound bites, but I'm a coffee with Colin. I try to show a side of people that the general public maybe never knew about, or when they watched the show, they're like you know what, wow, Like, Um, they're just like me. And you know, I always wanted to be an actor, and I always like, it's good nice to hear that. You know that success of actors or whatever have the same doubts and the same fears and the same insecurities as everyone else. But this is how we overcame all of that to get to where we're at. Um. Interesting alright, Uh, coffee with Colin, Facebook, YouTube, checking out everybody. You know. You you have a pretty interesting background before acting, you were in the fashion world. You were, um, a very successful model. Uh, tell us about a little bit about that journey. How did you get discovered and what was that experience? Like, Yeah, I was I was going to school at the University of Iowa. I was a senior um and I was coming home from my waitering job one night in the middle of winter and I heard on the radio, come to the Model Search of America the Davenport Holiday And next Tuesday night you can travel the world, and I was like, why not? So I went to model agent. Scouts said, uh, we're doing this this model convention UM in Chicago, like for you to come, and so I went to it, got hooked up with an agent in Chicago and started he started setting me on some of these auditions, and then they randomly got selected for this Ralph Lauren campaign and then Versace and you got a Ralph Lauren campaign. Yeah. And as as as somebody who just coming into the business, Yeah, I was twenty three years old years old and you're shooting with Bruce Webber. There you go, because he shot he shot those campaigns, right, yeah, and what year was that? This was nineties six, all right, so he was all through the eighties too, so he was well established at that point. Is as like the one of one of the photographers. Yeah, Bruce Webber and I go down to Florida to shoot this thing and I'm like, oh, yeah, Like I didn't know who was I didn't like. I was just saying I would stand here playing the beach and like ball. Sure, And then he hired me two weeks later for this Versace campaign and good lord, Yeah, I got to go to the Versaccy Mansion for Bruce Webber's birthday party and met Donna Tella and like supermodels. And then they sent me to Milan, Italy and started doing runaway shows for Versacey Armani and uh I wrote a book four years ago and I write all about this, just kind of like crazy journeys and stuff. And then I lived in Milan for three months, and then I moved to New York City and started doing the Calvin Clan underwear box. So I was working with and pretty regularly. And uh then every six months Milan, London, Paris for the fashion shows. Lived in Tokyo for like seven weeks modeling stuff. And while I was in New York, my agents started sending me on some commercial auditions for like you know, no acting required, just basically you're driving a car, or like Gillette. And I started booking some of these commercials and my agency, have you ever thought about doing TV or film? And I was like, God, now, I've always been nervous in front of the camera. And it's like, why don't you take an acting class see if you like it, because you seem to have a knack for booking these commercials. And I jumped into this acting class and who just in New York. In New York, My, Yeah, my first teacher, her name was Jackie Segal, and it was just a private acting class in the East Village. Uh. Studied there for a little bit, and then I studied UM at the Bank Street Theater UM and then also with Sheila Gray and Sam Batson UM and yeah, I just I fell in love with it. And then I was across the street for the World Trade Center. I had done two acting roles, one Law and Order episode SV and then uh, an episode of the show called the Street Right to get into bed with Jenny Garth in my underwear, and uh, you know, two small acting credits to my name. And then those planes hit the World Trade Center that morning. I I was living across street from the Trade centers. I went to my window because I could hear the syrens and the ambulances, and I literally looked up and saw the flames and people jumping out of the towers and it was horrendous. And I took my video camera and I started video videoing everything. And then the second plane hit and that's when I knew, like, all right, something's not right. So I ran outside and um, this tower fell down. I was running down the street and it was two weeks before I could get back into my apartment. And when I did, it looked like a bomb had blown up. My windows were blown in and there's all this debris everywhere, and I had ten minutes to grab whenever I could, put it to a suitcase and get out of there. And that's when I decided to know what I'm gonna go to. I think I'm gonna go to Hollywood to pursue this dream, you know, this close to meeting my maker. And that was one of the things that I write about in my book about you know, I think we take life for granted, and I think we let a lot of the our own self doubts stop us from going after what we really want to. And you know, I loved acting, but the idea of going out to Hollywood to be a professional actor, that was just kind of like, it didn't seem real. I was like, I mean Leonardo DiCaprio and Ben Affleck and Matt Dame like I would love that, but and Tom Cruise, I was like, I can never do that. But after that day on nine eleven, I was like, you know what if I was stuck up at those in those towers, and you know, God or someone said, hey, Colin from giving you a second chance of life, what are you gonna do with it? And just crystal clear, I was like, I want to act, I want to go do this, and uh so I went up to Hollywood and counted the pavement for three years and it was in that three year period that I booked Stale Moore Girls Before All My Children, which probably back to New York. What's the name of that book. It's called Agile Artists Like Lessons from Hollywood and Beyond. What a story? What a story? Um, all right, we're gonna shift gears here and thank you for sharing that. That is uh yeah wow. Um. You know, that's one of those life changing moments, obviously for a lot of people around the world, and especially for the families directly affected by it. But you know, you were there, You were at ground zero practically, and you you could have lost your life had you not gotten out of there. Sure have you ever got a life altering moment like that? Well? Uh yeah, uh huh A couple of them actually, Actually the day that happened, that's you know, September eleventh, is my birthday. So that altered my life, and that, you know, should gives me an opportunity to show respect to the fallen and the lives that were lost. I no longer celebrate my birthday on the eleventh. Um, it's not a time of celebration. But yeah, so that changed. But yes, I've had I've had a several actually life changing Um so I know I know what you mean, man, You know it changes your perspective on everything, and you go, you know what. And I've I've been in your shoes where it was like, Okay, um now I'm gonna do what I'm you know, if I had ten years to live, what am I gonna do? You know? If I had really matters? Right right? Yeah, all right, We're gonna play a game called Rapid Fire, okay uh, and I'm gonna ask you questions and you just you just answer his fast account. Okay if you wouldn't mind, all right, you don't have to, but that's what we do, all right, Rabber. How many coups of coffee do you have in a day? Are you Team Logan, Team Jesser, Team Dean? I don't know who's your favorite character on Gilmore Girls? What would you what would you order at Luke's Diner a turkey club sandwich? What would you rather go on a road trip with Taylor or Michelle Taylor? Why? I don't know. I like the name, finish the lyric and where you lead, I will follow dot dot dot to the ends of the earth and make you the happiest woman in the world. Wow, that's pretty good. We better call Carol King and say we gotta we got a hot line coming in. We got a line coming in hot here, Carol. Now it's anywhere that you lead me to. But we like your line as well. Jackson's Vegetables or Suki's baked Goods. Would you rather listen to Drella's Harp or The Troubadour's cover songs, Cover Songs, Children prep or Stars Hollow? Hi? There you go, Colin. It has been a pleasure. Thank you for sharing your story a little bit with us. Um And uh, you know, one thing I will note is that when you came on screen the first time, and I watched this this morning, Um, I said to myself, boy, he looks you know, he's got the same kind of spark as Milo vent Amelia. I mean, you really sort of reminded me him because I saw you in a profile and then when you started speaking, you sounded exactly like him. So I I, you know, I'm gonna check with Warner others to see if Milo. I'll text Milo to see if he was voicing over your voice. I thought, maybe there's something weird with this guy's voice. And they had Milo on the set that day and they can your voice over his voice. You sounded and looked very very similar to Milo. Um, so it looks like Amy. Sharon Peladino has a type, right, Okay, anyway, anyway, so thanks for playing with us. Uh, it was great meeting you and talking to a little bit. And thank you for Sharon your story. Uh, and good luck with everything. Okay, my pleasure, you too, all right, call him take care now, all right, take care of alright. Yeah, hey everybody, and don't forget follow us on Instagram at I Am all In podcast and email us at Gilmore at I heart radio dot com. Oh you gil More fans. If you're looking for the best cup of coffee in the world, go to my website for my company scott EP dot com, s C O T T Y P dot com. Scott ep dot com Grade one specialty coffee. Yeah.