Danny & Nikki Blonsky (Hairpsray)
Everything Iconic with Danny Pellegrino
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🗓️ 14 July 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Nikki Blonsky, star of 2007's Hairspray, stops by the pod again in a special bonus episode to discuss the 15th anniversary of the iconic film, working with John Travolta and co., performing at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, what's next for Nikki Blonsky, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to everything iconic with me, Danny Pellegrino. I'm so excited. |
| 0:13.2 | We have the star of hairspray, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary, Nikki Blonsky. |
| 0:18.1 | Nikki, how are you today? |
| 0:19.9 | I'm good. Every time somebody says the 15th anniversary, I'm like, what? Really? It seems |
| 0:28.0 | like it was just yesterday, most days. And then there are days when it feels like 400 |
| 0:32.8 | million years ago in another lifetime. So it's, it's definitely an interesting thing. |
| 0:38.2 | I just can't believe that it's been 15 years since we've had that much fun. And since |
| 0:43.8 | I got to wear a matching dress with John. |
| 0:47.1 | Oh my God, it was so good. I rewatched it yesterday. It's on HBO Max. And it's still just |
| 0:52.8 | his joyous. I remember seeing in theaters with my mother, my mom and I went together. |
| 0:56.6 | I think what year was that? I guess I was just out of high school or in high school. |
| 1:00.4 | Yeah, 2007. Yeah. So I was, I remember going with my mom though and it was such a joy. |
| 1:06.8 | And not only is it the 15th anniversary of hairspray, but Nikki, I don't know if you know |
| 1:10.0 | this. You might not remember this at all because I know you do a million interviews, but |
| 1:13.8 | you were one of the first guests on everything iconic. When I started this show three, four |
| 1:18.4 | years ago, I don't know remember when it was. So it's full circle. So we're coming back. |
| 1:24.0 | Thank you so much for having me back. Yeah, thank you for coming. So it's nice to come |
| 1:28.2 | back. You know, when the whole story like, yeah, we like my back. I'm like, yeah, it |
| 1:32.4 | did something right. Yeah, yeah. Okay. So I want to talk about this movie. Do you watch |
| 1:36.5 | it when it's on? Like, will you flip past it if you see it on TV or will you put it on |
| 1:40.9 | HBO Max? So anytime the movie's on, I will get a surge of text messages from friends. |
| 1:49.1 | Oh, hairsprays on e. Hairsprays on this. And I'm like, okay, great. Yay. Like I'm excited, |
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