March 18, 2024 • 7 mins
Actress Judy Reyes talks new movie and more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
On with Mario Lopez. A Mario Lopez joining me now
on Zoom the very talented actress Judy Rayes. Welcome to
the show, Judy. How you been?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Oh, thank you for having Mario. I've been busy.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
I know you have always enjoyed seeing you. I've been well.
Thank you very much. You got a locko and a soo.
Let's start with a new movie, Turtles All the Way Down,
based on the hit novel What's it about? For those
not familiar, that's.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
A wonderful story about a young young high school teenage
girl who struggles with OCD and how she manages it.
After she develops feelings for this boy, this boy whose
father disappeared, and her and her best friend try to
go find him based on their relationship so that they
can get a reward for finding the dad, the reward money,
(00:51):
but they fall. They develop a really close relationship that's
complicated by her OCD.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Oh I don't know you could manifest something like an OCD.
I thought you might be born with that's where they
are born with it.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Forgive me?
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Yeah, okay, so you are okay. What's your character's role
in all this? Is? She supported?
Speaker 2 (01:09):
So mom? I play her mom, who's kind of like,
you know, the overprotective, worried mom who's struggling between letting
them be a teenager and telling them what to do
to so that they don't fall into these they don't spiral.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Right, is uh? Is there a release date yet? I
know it's streaming on Max.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yes, but not until May. I believe they haven't given
me an official date, but I think it's going to
be end of April early May.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Nice. Well, congratulations on that.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
I'm very proud of it, and I think that it's
going to resonate with a lot of kids.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Yeah, and I bet it does. I have three my
own that I think I should pay attention. This fall
on ABC a drama called High Potential. What can you
tell us about that?
Speaker 2 (01:50):
High Potential is a great story, it's a great show.
It's a quirky procedural starring the the fabulous Caitlin Olsen,
who's hilarious, beautiful, and really wonderful in this role. She's
a She's one of those incredibly intelligent people who there's
they're almost too fast and too smart for the world,
(02:11):
and they're they're the the housekeeper, the janitor for the precinct,
and she ends up solving a crime by moving things
on their board, and when they find out that she's
the one who solved the crime, my character selling assault
of the chief up in those parts hires her to
be a consultant.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Ah, everybody's sugrin.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
So you got this quirky housewife god is a janitor
who's solving crimes with the with the cops.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Oh that's cool. I like all these hiring her.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
So it's a it's a bit of a female power
in the show as well.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Yeah, it is very diverse projects you got going on,
and your your co star Kaitlin Olsen very funny on
Always Sunny. Does she bring a lot of humor to
this project or is it a little more serious?
Speaker 2 (03:00):
She does. I think it's a great combination of it,
you know, where she does bring her her awesome and
very familiar humor to it, but she explores the drama
in it, you know, to communicate the seriousness of the
crimes that you are witnessing at the moment.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
But funny, got it, got it And currently streaming on
Shutter of the horror movie Birth Rebirth, which earns you
an Independent Spirit nomination. Tell me about that for those
of them seen a.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Great independent film that was at the disadvantage of being
released just as the strike started. But I'm so proud
of it, and I'm so proud of the work and
the attention the work. God. Laura Moss wrote it, co
wrote it, and directed it. And it's basically a Frankenstein story.
I lose my child. I play a nurse who loses
(03:52):
her child, only to have her brought back to life
by this insane, weird doctor. Oh wow, I've been experimenting
with bringing things back to life, and when she does,
we work together to do everything we can to keep
her alive.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Oh that's a wild premise.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
It's a wild premise. It sticks a big tailor, it's dark.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
It sounds it Ooh. And one of your earlier gigs, Judy,
was the Scorsese film Bringing Out the Dead. It turns
twenty five years old this year. Will What do you
remember about that time? Almost nothing, really.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
I'm at that age, dude. I remember doing it, but
I had the tiniest thing to do and I can't
even remember what I did except that, Yo, I'm Scorsese.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Right right right?
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Can I curse?
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Sure? Do you believe that?
Speaker 1 (04:44):
That's all? You need to remember now. I'm at that
age right with you too. People come up to me
and said, hey, what's going on. I'm like, oh, what's
good with you? And I totally don't remember that on
a face or.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Well, I know for me it's the age, But is
it the technology as well? We are so used to
getting the answers immediately that I'm like, or you're.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Being able to look it up if you don't remember, right, Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
The mental exercise isn't done anymore, Mario.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
I know you don't have to memorize your right you
can just kind of google everything. Yeah, I don't know.
That's a good thing.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
My kid, Yes, sir, I don't know my kid's number.
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Can I tell you the only numbers I remember? It's
funny that you say that is the phone number I
had growing up. I know my wife's cell and I
think and like a couple of friends that have had
the same cell since like the nineties.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
People had cell phones.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Correct, But that's it. I don't remember anybody's know your number.
I know my number. I know my number, thank goodness.
But like if my phone died and I needed to
make a call and remember the number by hard. Forget
about it. I'm done.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
The person will tell you should have backed it up, bro.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
That's why you got to have a backup charger. You're
you mentioned your your daughter? How old is she now?
Speaker 2 (06:02):
My kid is fourteen?
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Fourteen age?
Speaker 2 (06:08):
The fourteen year old like the amazing, awesome and and
try my patience every single day.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Oh my gosh, I got three. I have three. I
have a thirteen year old too, And so yeah, she's no,
she's well, she's put my wife through it more than me.
But I still get a little bit of that attitude.
What's she interested in? Right now?
Speaker 2 (06:32):
They're they're they them, and they are interested in musical theater.
There are all things musical theater. That's what them and
I have in common. I introduced them to musical theater.
I remember the first musical we saw Lion King and
they lost their mind because it was you know, it's
their favorite movie. And every summer, every time we every
(06:53):
chance we get, we go to New York, we catch
a musical or two. And now it's their passion. They
have an incredible voice. They're really gonna and and that's
they want to go to New York to study theater.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Just like mom. All right, all right, you keep you
all bonded that way. Good for you, Good for you. Well,
that's great. I love catching up with you. Congratulations on everything.
Judy Turtles all the way down comes to Max this spring.
Thanks so much for hanging out, Thank you, thanks for
having me. Okay, we'll talk soon. Take care of with
(07:25):
Mario Lopez
On with Mario Lopez. A Mario Lopez joining me now
on Zoom the very talented actress Judy Rayes. Welcome to
the show, Judy. How you been?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Oh, thank you for having Mario. I've been busy.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
I know you have always enjoyed seeing you. I've been well.
Thank you very much. You got a locko and a soo.
Let's start with a new movie, Turtles All the Way Down,
based on the hit novel What's it about? For those
not familiar, that's.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
A wonderful story about a young young high school teenage
girl who struggles with OCD and how she manages it.
After she develops feelings for this boy, this boy whose
father disappeared, and her and her best friend try to
go find him based on their relationship so that they
can get a reward for finding the dad, the reward money,
(00:51):
but they fall. They develop a really close relationship that's
complicated by her OCD.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Oh I don't know you could manifest something like an OCD.
I thought you might be born with that's where they
are born with it.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Forgive me?
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Yeah, okay, so you are okay. What's your character's role
in all this? Is? She supported?
Speaker 2 (01:09):
So mom? I play her mom, who's kind of like,
you know, the overprotective, worried mom who's struggling between letting
them be a teenager and telling them what to do
to so that they don't fall into these they don't spiral.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Right, is uh? Is there a release date yet? I
know it's streaming on Max.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yes, but not until May. I believe they haven't given
me an official date, but I think it's going to
be end of April early May.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Nice. Well, congratulations on that.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
I'm very proud of it, and I think that it's
going to resonate with a lot of kids.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Yeah, and I bet it does. I have three my
own that I think I should pay attention. This fall
on ABC a drama called High Potential. What can you
tell us about that?
Speaker 2 (01:50):
High Potential is a great story, it's a great show.
It's a quirky procedural starring the the fabulous Caitlin Olsen,
who's hilarious, beautiful, and really wonderful in this role. She's
a She's one of those incredibly intelligent people who there's
they're almost too fast and too smart for the world,
(02:11):
and they're they're the the housekeeper, the janitor for the precinct,
and she ends up solving a crime by moving things
on their board, and when they find out that she's
the one who solved the crime, my character selling assault
of the chief up in those parts hires her to
be a consultant.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Ah, everybody's sugrin.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
So you got this quirky housewife god is a janitor
who's solving crimes with the with the cops.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Oh that's cool. I like all these hiring her.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
So it's a it's a bit of a female power
in the show as well.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Yeah, it is very diverse projects you got going on,
and your your co star Kaitlin Olsen very funny on
Always Sunny. Does she bring a lot of humor to
this project or is it a little more serious?
Speaker 2 (03:00):
She does. I think it's a great combination of it,
you know, where she does bring her her awesome and
very familiar humor to it, but she explores the drama
in it, you know, to communicate the seriousness of the
crimes that you are witnessing at the moment.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
But funny, got it, got it And currently streaming on
Shutter of the horror movie Birth Rebirth, which earns you
an Independent Spirit nomination. Tell me about that for those
of them seen a.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Great independent film that was at the disadvantage of being
released just as the strike started. But I'm so proud
of it, and I'm so proud of the work and
the attention the work. God. Laura Moss wrote it, co
wrote it, and directed it. And it's basically a Frankenstein story.
I lose my child. I play a nurse who loses
(03:52):
her child, only to have her brought back to life
by this insane, weird doctor. Oh wow, I've been experimenting
with bringing things back to life, and when she does,
we work together to do everything we can to keep
her alive.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Oh that's a wild premise.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
It's a wild premise. It sticks a big tailor, it's dark.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
It sounds it Ooh. And one of your earlier gigs, Judy,
was the Scorsese film Bringing Out the Dead. It turns
twenty five years old this year. Will What do you
remember about that time? Almost nothing, really.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
I'm at that age, dude. I remember doing it, but
I had the tiniest thing to do and I can't
even remember what I did except that, Yo, I'm Scorsese.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Right right right?
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Can I curse?
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Sure? Do you believe that?
Speaker 1 (04:44):
That's all? You need to remember now. I'm at that
age right with you too. People come up to me
and said, hey, what's going on. I'm like, oh, what's
good with you? And I totally don't remember that on
a face or.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Well, I know for me it's the age, But is
it the technology as well? We are so used to
getting the answers immediately that I'm like, or you're.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Being able to look it up if you don't remember, right, Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
The mental exercise isn't done anymore, Mario.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
I know you don't have to memorize your right you
can just kind of google everything. Yeah, I don't know.
That's a good thing.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
My kid, Yes, sir, I don't know my kid's number.
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Can I tell you the only numbers I remember? It's
funny that you say that is the phone number I
had growing up. I know my wife's cell and I
think and like a couple of friends that have had
the same cell since like the nineties.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
People had cell phones.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Correct, But that's it. I don't remember anybody's know your number.
I know my number. I know my number, thank goodness.
But like if my phone died and I needed to
make a call and remember the number by hard. Forget
about it. I'm done.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
The person will tell you should have backed it up, bro.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
That's why you got to have a backup charger. You're
you mentioned your your daughter? How old is she now?
Speaker 2 (06:02):
My kid is fourteen?
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Fourteen age?
Speaker 2 (06:08):
The fourteen year old like the amazing, awesome and and
try my patience every single day.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Oh my gosh, I got three. I have three. I
have a thirteen year old too, And so yeah, she's no,
she's well, she's put my wife through it more than me.
But I still get a little bit of that attitude.
What's she interested in? Right now?
Speaker 2 (06:32):
They're they're they them, and they are interested in musical theater.
There are all things musical theater. That's what them and
I have in common. I introduced them to musical theater.
I remember the first musical we saw Lion King and
they lost their mind because it was you know, it's
their favorite movie. And every summer, every time we every
(06:53):
chance we get, we go to New York, we catch
a musical or two. And now it's their passion. They
have an incredible voice. They're really gonna and and that's
they want to go to New York to study theater.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Just like mom. All right, all right, you keep you
all bonded that way. Good for you, Good for you. Well,
that's great. I love catching up with you. Congratulations on everything.
Judy Turtles all the way down comes to Max this spring.
Thanks so much for hanging out, Thank you, thanks for
having me. Okay, we'll talk soon. Take care of with
(07:25):
Mario Lopez
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