The Drink with Kate Snow: Mark-Paul Gosselaar

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🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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In this bonus episode of “The Drink,” Kate Snow sits down with actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar, for a conversation about life beyond his iconic role as Zack Morris on “Saved by the Bell.” While many fans remember him as the 90s heartthrob, Mark-Paul reveals that he doesn’t really identify with Zack – and, in fact, calls him a s---head! He talks about the evolution of his career since then, from his post-"Saved by the Bell" roles to his exciting new NBC show, “Found.”

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody, it's Kate Snow. For this episode of The Drink, I caught up with actor Mark Paul Gossler at Lodi, a restaurant in Rockefeller Plaza.
0:09.2	If you're new to the drink, it's always about how folks got to the top of their field.
0:13.4	For this conversation, Mark Paul and I sat down over two glasses of Johnny Walker Black, his choice.
0:19.7	He calls it his go-toto perfect little drink. Of course,
0:23.0	most of you will remember him as the iconic 90s heartthrob, Zach Morris from Saved by the Bell.
0:28.4	But here's the twist. Mark Paul actually does not identify with Zach. And in fact, he doesn't even
0:34.5	really like the character that much. Way do you hear what he calls him.
0:38.1	We had a fascinating conversation about the roles he's taken on before and since then,
0:43.0	and why he is so committed to keeping his personal life out of the spotlight. That was interesting.
0:48.7	As always, you can catch all my conversations with top artists, entrepreneurs, and visionaries
0:53.3	at NBCNews.com slash the drink.
0:57.8	When you get off-saint by the bell, it does seem like you've moved into darker characters.
1:02.9	Zach Morris wasn't dark? I think he was extremely dark. We just, it was just, I think the colors of the show
1:09.2	hypnotizes you into thinking that he wasn't, that he wasn't an awful character.
1:13.6	Ooh, say more.
1:14.6	He was a, he was a, he was a shithead, yeah. He really was.
1:18.6	Cheers.
1:22.6	Cheers.
1:23.6	Prost.
1:24.6	Mark Paul Gassler. We're in Lodi, Rockefeller Plaza.
1:29.0	Yeah.
1:29.8	What do we got?
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