CHAD MICHAEL MURRAY: I TRIED TO BE SOMEONE I WASN'T
Great Company with Jamie Laing
Jampot
4.5 • 947 Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
It’s a special bonus FRIDAY episode of Great Company!
Chad Michael Murray is someone we all grew up watching - he was the teen heart throb I wished I was. I was a huge fan of One Tree Hill, Gilmore Girls and of course, Freaky Friday and as he was over to promote the sequel, Freakier Friday, I was delighted to get some time to chat to him…
Chad opened up about feeling boxed in by stereotypes earlier in his career, and how having a family has taught him to free himself of others’ expectations. He tells me how an accident which resulted in months in hospital lead to his first big break. He also shared some excellent parenting advice
We cover:
- What is was like reuniting with Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis on set
- Pressure of being a heartthrob
- Wanting to leave a legacy
- His imposter syndrome at a table read
- Why being a dad is his proudest achievement.
This conversation made me really excited to become a dad!
Freakier Friday is out in cinemas now.
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Producer: Helen Burke
Video: Jake Ji
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| 0:43.1 | My name is Jamie Lang, and this is Great Company. |
| 0:50.6 | Well, happy Friday, everyone. |
| 0:52.3 | Happy Friday. |
| 0:53.7 | It's Jemima and Jamie here. Welcome back. Nice little tune right there from Jemima. You're welcome. You are. Bloody welcome. Today, we normally don't release an episode. No. But. But. We are. We are. Screw it. There you go. Enjoy. Yeah. That's it. |
| 1:11.4 | You can see them in the title. |
| 1:12.4 | You know who you've got. |
| 1:13.6 | We wanted to release it on a Friday for lots of different reasons. Firstly, we want to get this guest out because the movie they're in has been released. Secondly, the movie that they're in, Freakier Friday, the sequel to Freaky Friday, |
| 1:11.7 | if you know what that is, |
| 1:28.1 | with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, is out, is about Fridays and we thought a Friday would be a nice day to release this. Yeah, we are really good at coming up with those. Yeah, so we came up with. What's the kind of great ideas that we come up with? So we have Chad Michael Murray on the show. Oh, Chad Michael Murray. |
| 1:25.5 | Okay, how do you know? |
| 1:26.4 | When you think of Chad Michael Murray, |
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