Thomas Doherty On Being Scottish, Shailene Woodley, & Punching Stephen in 'Tell Me Lies' // TRAIN BRAIN

Thomas Doherty On Being Scottish, Shailene Woodley, & Punching Stephen in 'Tell Me Lies'

On this episode of Variety's "Up Next" podcast, Thomas Doherty sits down to chat about life growing up in Scotland, what he thinks about the Gossip Girl reboot now, and being starstruck by Shailene Woodley.
00:00 Intro
01:10 Scotland Recommendations
2:10 Working Odd Jobs
05:15 Getting Started in Acting
10:00 Booking Disney's The Lodge
12:50 Moving to the US
14:03 Perfecting His American Accent
16:00 The Gossip Girl Reboot
17:35 Gossip Girl Original vs Reboot
19:55 Tell Me Lies
20:40 Working with Grace Van Patten
21:14 Punching Stephen on Tell Me Lies
22:40 Shailene Woodley
26:00 Survival Skills
28:20 Haggis
29:00 Lies Scots Tell Americans
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