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Off The Record: Catching Up With Tesh Rajan!

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0:00 first we have to start here to make sure that we're already my old plan you got be here you be mark it Mark the distance Mark the distance okay Mark it you got it you feel it you got it ready action 3 two one welcome back to another episode of careful boys where today we are reunited with no one other than Tess oh wow oh wow thanks for having me everybody always a pleasure how you been how's the diet how's OIC OIC is great OIC is great you've been on that OIC yeah you know about this you like the aftertaste it's kind of dude I've been on OIC for the last 15 years shut up that's why you made this figure you keep it I did my parents have been have been writing scripts for OIC for me personally a Pioneer yeah I'm the one is that how the six- packs always work cuz

0:50 it's OIC guaranteed it's guaranteed movie quality I've never had one but you know I pretend to have one he can get you there he can get you there this guy he does I don't know probably not how you been man what's up with uh what movie is you on right now uh so I I think the I don't know the last time I was here did I talk about Yi and her he saw it oh you did this was he invited us he invited me and Jeremy into a special screening yeah yeah yeah is that the one that was screening in New York we did a screening in New York we did uh our Premiere was at the Chinese Theater but then the strike was like a week later so we we're doing the film festival circuit still doing it that's I remember seeing the trailer it was a cool premise it really good the the it's cool to see this guy as a leading character cuz we see we know him as um you know as a fun goofy G JK let's hear the synopsis from you oh we should do all here we go here

1:41 we go Nick's movie reviews go ahead yeah interracial couple Indian man white do the do that uh do the preview voice preview voice in a world in a world where an Indian man and a white Mexican lady have a baby and they go to Tulum and they're proposed what's a white Mexican lady she's half white and half white half white half Mexican but there's white correting like I just I just want to hear them and then I'll give my edits yeah good good good well Mexicans can be white this one isn't Jo you're ████ me up this one isn't heing so what happens they they go to Tulum and then what so they get proposed go to S Poncho I have to cuz it said it like a thousand times in the movie that's

2:31 why for so they go to PTO varara okay got it they get proposed with the ████ threesome they have a three sub but then should I say all of it cuz then am I going to I'm not give the trailer that sounds like a poral don't spoil it but then use your favorite genre of film three Subs so now we see how does this affect the dynamic relationships between this interracial couple very cool and they're in Mexico and they're in Mexico and did this did did it throw you for did it throw you through twists and turns throughout the movie like what you thought was going to happen I I I thought it was going to happen one way but guess what it didn't happen and tell us what it's like seeing Tesh as this character okay so in the movie tesh's can I say this part can I can I talk about like who you are in the character yeah you could tell yeah you can speak

3:21 about who I am as a character Tesh in the movie is kind of a ████ up dude do they go do they keep mistaking him as a Mexican man wait do you mean like a ████ up like like his character is ████ up or the character is supposed to be a ████ up right I thought you mean like he's ████ up he's not he's not the the they leave the edit line so like am I allowed to say that you sucked in the M he's missing his marks he's like out of frame he plays a character who's supposed to be kind of a degenerate okay yeah yeah yeah he's trying to figure out a lot he's not a perfect I I could see that in the trailer a little bit he's struggling yeah he you know he has flaws like the rest of us and how difficult was it to play someone that was not perfect yeah wow it was one of the most difficult things in my life I have to say it did stray away from who I am as a person yeah no I actually had a lot of

4:11 fun this was a it was a great time great energy on set um you know everyone on the film was as always professional and just loving and you know making movies I always say is a unique experience cuz you you come together you do a project and then everybody disappears yeah and it's not not not every job is like that you know where you see the same people for years um so that the time that we have together special H it's special yeah yeah you can't see them by the water cooler next week you're like no we're gone did you end up on this film because you worked with someone in a prior project uh you know I think uh the writer and director had saw my work uh and which thing did they see probably definition please I imagine oh yeah Russi the 100% run Tomato movie yeah that this this movie has 100% too oh yeah raw Tomatoes until you guys go on

5:02 there and vom it sabotage go on there thumbs down write a bad review that's really cool funny did you guys shoot this was this like last we shot it last year no no no we shot it um last like two years ago in Mexico in Mexico yeah half of it is in La half of it is in Mexico uh it's doing the festival circuit now so when it when it's playing hopefully in La again I'll let everybody know did um did Tes have any kissing scenes in this movie do we had a lot of kisses and were you sold did you believe it did you want to try be like let me see that yeah I was like let me get let me get a take um yeah I did believe it I think it was um we see a sneak peek of uh tesha's a stroke game a little bit what we get to see like he's playing isn't he playing a ████ so he's not that's not his true stroke game I don't

5:52 know I don't know how you separate that as an actor that's not my skill like I don't understand you don't think you can fake a bad stroke game what are you how do you how do you as actor or do you not or is that just or is that the character like I don't know first of all I don't even know what the ████ you're talking about when you say stroke game are you saying like stroking myself no no no no he's talking about the the gation of the headp yeah just you you crushing cheeks you know what I mean throwing down cheek you throwing you throwing down the hole you know I always say it's like it's an awkward it's an awkward situation that sounds gross doesn't it you know what I mean like it's like an actual intimate moment which obviously it's supposed to convey that but they'll be but the boom guy just keeps yeah it's like you know you're getting hit in the face with this or like you know this is the light hey make it brighter make it bright make it brighter like you know who knows did you have a new found uh respect for porn

6:44 stars after that absolutely cuz I would have been like man crazy how do you perform under these conditions everyone's got their specialty yeah you know wow no wonder they need a fluffer a fluffer yeah long shooting days so many you got to be consistent there's someone eating a celery in the back I think I would be scared to do a kissing scene with so many people around really yeah it's not what you think it is this romantic what if it was a comedic kissing scene with another dude why'd you point at me you point at me you know what if that's the case I actually think it's easier because there's nothing truly at stake right and also I think the more serious you take it the funnier it actually becomes all right let's see what would you do do it oh I don't want to kiss kiss this get in the character

7:34 Nick come on what's the character St here's a scene two guys are joking around how funny it would be if they kissed but then when they do it they end up one of them ends up falling in love secretly the other guy's trying to one kiss trying to keep the joke going cuz he doesn't want to face the facts I don't think I can act I didn't coach them Co them on I don't think I can act acting is hard I don't think I can do this how about this how about this we'll do it like this 3 two one we just turn around and then we just see what happens like a ready turn around and then uh on your on your queue T all right I'm going to call Action hold on I'm getting stuck on your ████ chair no but first first you have to start here to make sure that we're already that my old plan you got be here you mark it Mark the distance Mark the distance okay Mark the mark it you got it you feel it you got it ready got I'm

8:25 going to get closer action three two one no you can't keep your eyes open you keeping your eyes open why is his eyes open why are your eyes open cuz I don't want to kiss you man already messing up the SC is that how you kiss people with your eyes yeah I do actually ask my wife Ru number one I tell her I'm like I like looking at your eyes when we kiss like eyelids okay yeah he did he did come with his he did come with his wife to watch a movie and and he's looking at himself he was like this yeah who looks at their nose when they kiss I'm not looking at the no I can't see it it doesn't go out that far you're never gonna make it in this town oh God I have another project that hopefully is coming out soon just we just did a deadline drop today actually today in real time oo what's that is this it's called cognitive oh ████ a little sound cerebral this one sounds like action thriller sounds like it's a thriller

9:17 it's a horror Thriller oh it's Horror oh yeah oh do you die oh don't know got see it bro I like a who done it I like those are you a lead uh the lead in this one too or uh it's an ensemble piece there there are some more you know lead characters as the you see the movie but do you think it's a little bit more difficult when you're the lead because you have to carry the movie on your back or do you feel like it's like less pressure and you could kind of uh you know I think everyone is different and how they kind of handle this I do you do have more responsibility you know if you're the main character the lead character there is more weight on your shoulders to do a good job per se but if you do a bad job you're going to stand out and matter what up guys this episode is brought to you by Robin Hood did you know that even if you have a 401k for retirement you can still have an IRA Robin Hood has the

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11:00 on transfers is subject to specific terms and conditions Robin Hood Ira available to us customers and good standing Robin Hood Financial LLC member sipc is a registered broker dealer if you do a bad job you're going to stand out no matter where you are in the movie oh I see like even if it's one scene you're like that person wasn't good I was out of place yeah like know Weir but you ever got a role but then it was actually the other role you wanted and even though you had the lead role you wanted like the villain and you're just like ████ ████ you I would have done the job way better but I'll stick to my role yeah I would listen I'm to say that's interesting okay when you're in the moment like when I'm on set I'm never I never feel that way because everyone brings their sort of unique flavor and energy and point of view uh and there's a reason they chose you or at least this

11:50 is what I think or at least I tell myself this to make myself feel better for this role because they think hey you can take this to the highest level possible uh with our budget they just hired Dev Patel or something you know that guy syan Murphy right that's his name from pey blinders he auditioned for Bruce Wayne and then they gave him scarecrow cuz they liked him so much but he was like well ████ it how do we keep you in this project and they give him scarecrow wow so next time when I get the role of sweeping the floor I'm going to do it to the best of my ability even though I should have been the main guy if I'm the guy in the background that's cool you never you never know what opportunities are going to come your way from just doing a great job and just being a cool guy on set that people like yeah but how about the ones that suck the producer's dick and you're just like if I I could have

12:41 ████ sucked it but I never had the opportunity and that's why you're here and better yeah valid I was watching I was watching this one clip you know Terry Cruz you know how Terry Cruz kind of felt like he just blew out out of nowhere yeah did he get sely harassed no I think so no he was uh just on set with some homies for training day and I think that the director was like dude you look pretty ████ jacked you want to be in the scene of Denzel Washington just wear like a a tank top he's like oh ████ sure and then from there then he got casted for like uh next Friday and all just he got him from Terry crw I mean he he h himself up he was like Terry Cruz Terry Cruz Terry Cruz got him from training that was his first movie he he was just hanging out he like I think some of his friends were on set like you want to come on set he goes yeah so he's just standing around they're like dude I like your look you never know crazy isn't that what happened to life of pie it

13:31 could happen right now someone could bust through this door that happened to life of pie right the kid was like just hanging out with his homie going on like auditions and then they're like oh wait was that uh Slum Dog Millionaire doing a normal thing yeah yeah or was that Slum Dog I don't know Kumar no no like he came you're just you're asking me to rehash dark memories of me of all the roles that I didn't get so he's like what other Indian roles do I know that could have but he didn't ████ get it cuz he sucks uh it was inie movie and The Story Goes that he wasn't even auditioning but he was there cuz his buddy was there and then no one got picked did you know that his buddy was me I didn't know that's sad has there recently has there has there been uh since we last saw you have

14:21 you got any offers for roles that you turned down because you didn't like something about it oh no well considering the strike was going on since I think the last time I saw you the answer is no um there are auditions that I will say no this is I'll pass on this yeah not for me but where's your line drag won't you do yeah I mean dude it's not guy kissing or is it something like you've done before cuz I know some artists they're like I don't want to do something I've already done before yeah there is there are roles if or if I feel like hey this character is not um as in depth as I want them to be oh okay you know everyone has a a different trajectory in their career and it's you know it's just going to go like a staircase and so the the idea is that you're always moving forward hopefully you don't want to do things that you've already done I'm done playing Indian

15:11 doctor yeah like ████ terrorist would you play a guy with terrorist again again ████ man would you play a dude that has a Chinese accent and they never explain why that'll be so that would be so good I mean maybe only because it would be awesome to have me do a Chinese accent it's also not it's also not a comedy it's just it's like a serious movie about Ser M an Indian guy who has a Chinese accent it's but it's never explained it's like it's like Schindler's List but for Chinese people it's like that serious oh no I mean if someone's going to hire me I'll definitely I'll run it by my my my team for sure I'll call my manager and be like if you had what do you think if you had two months to prep for like say your Chinese accent is awful now if you had for sure it

16:01 is do you think it would be I don't practice it much no no no hey outside of it I'm I'm with I'm with Tes in the gym he's doing Chinese accents almost exclusive what oh just a dumbbell he does like that and I'm like T dud it's kind of ████ up that's what I oh you to kick her so hard oh I live B now I'm like wa this is a great impression of me I don't have to repeat what I sound like cuz I won't do it on camera but I'll let Nick do it do you think you can make that better in two months yes dude the the thought of you doing Chinese accents only at the gym it's only in the gym cuz it makes everyone's like why is he doing this I what I'm really trying to do is be more like Bart so that's a good that's a good if I'm like if I'm like good goal yeah yeah that's that's the next the accents make

16:51 you shter just kind of blown up a little bit Yeah Dy suitors another he's in a video game you guys can probably see it on if you have a PlayStation store or even on it's on all major platforms thirsty Shooters it's like a RPG kind of strategy tactical but the cool thing is the theme it's like Mega diverse and it's also like it's it's is the lead character in it Indian yes uh so the character in the game uh is this Indian girl who comes home at from college and she basically the whole concept of the game is that she has to reconcile with all of her ex lovers uh and at the same time she battling her parents basically old-fashioned sort of culture her grandmother is always trying to set her up with possible suitors for marriage

17:41 yeah uh it's just like a great sort of crazy that they made a game about that like it's it's pretty ballsy to to do yeah and it's it's been critically claimed everyone check it out oh that's cool it's a it's not super long I'm seeing it a lot it's popping up everywhere CU it has like a really high rating on on Steam too dope you're going to say Rotten Tomatoes another hit for T wow hit 100% it's how we try yeah how do you pick winners how do you do that how do you always get such good reviewed movies basically I just avoid doing a Chinese accent because I know resist there's a fine line there's a fine line between 100 and 99 and my Chinese accent is like probably at 99 so I I don't do it for people is there an accent that like ████ I hope they they cast this one day

18:33 either one that you're like either good at or one that you you wish you had New York one would be so sick for you though I don't know like but do do I have I don't really have a New York but you would know where to pull from you could yeah I wouldn't know how to pull from yeah New York would be fun it would be so sick to do one for a movie I would like to do accent you want to do a Brampton one it's Brampton it's ████ Canada it's where all the Indians are in Canada I was more thrown off because he knew that was like yeah you would know that I was like you would know that that's another brand of Indians dude it's it's it's something else have you guys been to Edison New Jersey no it's like it's like the Little India it's like Aria you you guys know about Aria right Aria is crazy you guys yeah no so Edison

19:23 is AR is crazy Edison is Disney World and Aria is Disneyland wow wow as as whole place huh for for you know just Edison you said yeah Edison New Jersey okay wow that's a pretty sick film if it took put it on the map no it's already on the map like oh for for Asian Bachelorette the one that I did with you my character was from Edison New Jersey wow how did the Wong Fu guys know about that man I think I told him that oh that was your int yeah I was like Edison just make it Edison it'll be funny damn man what's next then what's the uh so dude I don't so cogn cognitive cognitive is the next is the next one and then is that the horror one yeah the is it like what kind of horror is it like ah or is it like H that's scary

20:13 ctive looks more like that yeah oh somebody die you guys should review all of my work it should be like a formal I kind of nailed you me and her cuz I you know I I thought it was going to be way worse my synopsis and I think I did I think I did an okay job how did I do actually it was pretty good like out of 10 what' you give yeah I would give you 10 Rotten Tomatoes what you give it I give you like a six only because the some of the my bad the information in there was incorrect like yeah like the Des like the location the setting some of the key Parts I'm curious like as you're watching it do you just completely forget that you know this ████ yeah no I did absolutely really I was worried about him seeing it cuz he actually knows me on a personal level it's so hard I it's so hard to

21:03 separate like once you know someone I feel like it's so hard to separate the person from like who they're playing on screen it's weird seeing somebody you know in a movie and and you're watching in a theater like that's weird that was weird yeah but it's but it's weirder if you can't forget that it's them but I think the movie I enjoyed the movie so I felt like I was like really uh I was immersed that's good then I I always say this no matter what you watch if you watch it in the movie theater it's always better like it's always better you're just more into the story yeah you're you're more I disagree I like airplanes they make me cry all the time airplanes is is underrated I get it I get it under but you know why it's it's because of the isolation I don't want to say isolation but it's the focus No One's texting you you can't get up really no you're like I'm on the airplane I got to do Airline can they catch you at to watch this not yet not yet but if any airlines out there want

21:53 to buy the movie I'll let boy sure if you're going to watch Alaska hit me up if you're going to watch you me her watch it in the biggest possible screen so you can really see tou the stroke game as big as possible so what do you see his butt cheeks slapping down dude you're just hearing nothing but this oh yeah all right pay-per-view you know it baby congrats man thank you Nick your dad was the Foley for that yeah he

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