Ashley Park Shares Career Moments That Had Her Falling, Crying and Covered in Ice Cream | The Breakdown
Our Cosmo cover star Ashley Park has beauty, charisma, and RANGE. In this episode of The Breakdown, Ashley takes us behind the scenes on some of her most iconic work, which includes cocooning herself in a Louis Vuitton garment bag, a duet with Meryl Streep, and lots of laughs on the set of Emily in Paris. Read Ashley's cover interview here:
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00:00And then I was really scared of when I had to go.
00:02Can I say that to Cosmo?
00:04Hi, I'm Ashley Park,
00:05and today I'm doing the breakdown with Cosmopolitan.
00:08We're watching my old clips,
00:10and I'm letting you know what really went down that day.
00:13Do I like watching my own work?
00:15Probably not, not really, not necessarily, but I'll do it.
00:18I used to be super critical of my own work,
00:20but there's kind of a freedom of,
00:22hey, it's done, that's what I did.
00:24So now I'm less critical, but I'm actually,
00:26no, I'm still pretty critical.
00:30What's your favorite part of the scene?
00:33Well, hilariously, I'm wearing Louis Vuitton now.
00:36There it goes.
00:37That garment bag was actually made specifically
00:39for the scene,
00:40and it was like two inches too short accidentally.
00:42Every time they were like, zip it up fast,
00:44and I was like, please don't cut my nose.
00:45And I loved being in beef,
00:47and I remember reading the scene
00:48and not really understanding what it was gonna look like.
00:50And I think it's really perfect for this character, Naomi,
00:53and like how she feels.
00:55And it was my first time playing a role
00:56that wasn't necessarily a likable character
00:59and trying to find the humanity behind her.
01:01And yeah, oh, this is funny.
01:02Ali Wong, love her.
01:04In the final episode of Beef, Naomi has quite a journey.
01:07Jake and Sunny did such an amazing job
01:09editing that episode together.
01:10And I auditioned for that show
01:12with just the very first scene that I have with Ali Wong,
01:15where we're just like talking with coffee and stuff.
01:17So when we got to that, it was wild.
01:19There are guns and there's people dying
01:21and there's people sliced in half.
01:22And I had no idea I was gonna be a part of it.
01:24Naomi's not okay.
01:26To be with one half of your ex-lover
01:28and you press the button to kind of do that, not great.
01:31I don't think she's doing well.
01:33♪ Look for the light ♪
01:38Oh gosh, okay, only murders in the building.
01:40This is probably in like my top moments
01:43that I'll remember ever in performing.
01:45It's not often that you're cast in a TV show
01:47and they say, by the way,
01:48you're gonna be doing a duet with Meryl Streep.
01:51Whatever you think Meryl Streep is gonna be like,
01:52that's what it was.
01:53And also just that whole room of people,
01:55just the best group of actors,
01:57a lot of Broadway actors too.
01:59So it felt like coming home.
02:00The song was actually written by Sarah Bareilles,
02:02Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul.
02:04And they're all close friends of mine.
02:05Sarah, I know from Girls 5eva
02:07and Pasek and Paul Weigel way back.
02:09This was super special.
02:10I had just sprained my ankle and I was in crutches.
02:13And I'm like, you gotta make it onto this stage
02:15with Meryl Streep, you can do it.
02:17Oh, look at me.
02:18I'm not even acting,
02:19I'm just so happy to go on stage with her.
02:21Hey, hey, hey, it's us, Girls 5eva.
02:23Girls 5eva.
02:25Speaking of Sarah, Girls 5eva.
02:27Okay, I mean, it's everyone's dream
02:28to be in like a 90s girl band.
02:30And this was, ah!
02:32It's so cute.
02:35This was also like height of COVID too.
02:37So just to be in a safe place
02:39and get to like dance and sing.
02:40I hadn't been able to like dance and sing live for a while.
02:42Busy Renee, Erica, who I did Mean Girls with,
02:45and Sarah, of course.
02:47We just got to kind of live our girl band dreams
02:49in doing that.
02:50Tina Fey and Jeff Richman, who I did Mean Girls with,
02:52asked me to do this.
02:53And it was just like the easiest yes.
02:55Actually, what's funny is that
02:56Tina and Jeff were like, we named her Ashley.
02:59We envisioned if you had a freak accident and passed away,
03:02it would be like falling off an infinity pool
03:04with a magician somewhere.
03:05And I was like, honestly, fine.
03:09Wait, she's dead though.
03:10Ashley's dead.
03:11I'm pretty sure.
03:13Oh, I've just heard about this.
03:15Someone was like, my husband has a huge conspiracy theory
03:17that you're alive.
03:18And I was like, I am alive.
03:19And they were like, no, Ashley.
03:20And I was like, I am Ashley.
03:21So I don't know.
03:22Every season I've gotten to come back
03:24and do like a fun flashback episode with them.
03:26And it's so fun to put on those clothes
03:27and be with those women.
03:32Oh, this is Joyride.
03:33This scene.
03:36What's so funny, I've never had to do like fake barf
03:38like this before.
03:39And honestly, they were like, what
03:40are your favorite flavors?
03:41I said cinnamon rolls.
03:42They used oatmeal.
03:43It made it taste like cinnamon rolls.
03:45This is how great Roddy is.
03:46We did one take.
03:47And I have a very small mouth, too.
03:49FYI, Cosmo.
03:51So I couldn't hold him for a whole roll for the scene.
03:54And then spit it on him.
03:56But the first time, I obviously didn't
03:57want to spit on his face.
03:58So I got all over his shirt.
03:59And they're like, that was great.
04:00And he was like, let's do it one more time.
04:01He was like, you can spit it in my face.
04:03That was such a fun time.
04:04The slaps are also fun.
04:09Sherry, Sabrina, and Stephanie, like, we
04:11had the best time filming them.
04:12I'm usually really bad at watching
04:14myself with other people.
04:16But it was just like such a fun time watching
04:19my friends on the screen.
04:20So I always had a really good time with that.
04:21Oh!
04:22Oh!
04:23Yeah?
04:24Oh.
04:26Was that in the show?
04:27Oh, here are the bloopers.
04:29Just wait for this season's blooper reel.
04:30Let me, oh.
04:31I had a lot of scenes.
04:33Did I not with the door this season?
04:35And always, oh, there she goes.
04:37She's just tripping again.
04:38Oh, there's Paul, my boyfriend.
04:41I didn't realize how clumsy I was.
04:43Because I just, like, live as myself every day.
04:45And I'm like, sure, I hit a door.
04:47Whatever.
04:48You're my pal Katie.
04:49Incorrect.
04:49You have to pick a French name.
04:51Chanel.
04:51No.
04:52Celine, do you?
04:53No.
04:55So this is an example of when Tina Fey's like,
04:57do you want to come play for a day on the Mean Girls movie?
04:59And I'm like, sure.
05:00So I had, like, one day of filming.
05:01I did that musical eight times a week for, like, a year,
05:04year and a half.
05:05And to hear those songs again in this context was wild.
05:08You know what was funny?
05:09Everyone, all the students had props.
05:11Like, they had their, like, iPads and laptops.
05:13And I was like, oh, I think we're ready to shoot.
05:15Like, they all have their gadgets out.
05:17And they're like, no, in schools now, that's what kids use.
05:19And I was like, oh my god, I deserve to be Madame Park.
05:22Like, I don't know what's going on.
05:23Which of your Joyride co-stars
05:25would you least like to travel with?
05:27This is one that you're like, oh.
05:28Love the outfit.
05:29OK, let me just tell you, I've watched Hot Ones.
05:33I did not understand.
05:34I've not cried like that in a long time.
05:37I could not feel my face.
05:38They gave me, like, ice cream at the end of it.
05:40I'm pretty sure I tried to put it on my face.
05:42And I, like, couldn't function for the rest of the day.
05:44It was one of those days where we had a bunch
05:46of pressed things, and I couldn't get it together.
05:48And then I was really scared of when I had to go.
05:51Can I say that to Cosmo?
05:52And I was like, what if it hurts there
05:54as much as it's hurt up here?
05:56That's the first press interview where I was like,
05:57I'm gonna start to lie.
05:59I think I should start lying and just, like,
06:00making up answers so I don't have to keep going.
06:02Yeah, well, there she is.
06:03She's crying.
06:04I felt so bad for my makeup artist that day.
06:08I was like, sorry.
06:09Thanks for watching.
06:10Be sure to catch Emily in Paris season four on Netflix.
06:24We are watching my, oh, just slipped.
06:36Let me just tell you, yeah, that was the blooper reel.