B
RENDAN ROBINSON,
aka the embattled Lucas
Gottesman on a show called
Pretty Little Liars, is on his way up
in the world. With a bevy of new
projects on the horizon, including
teen sex comedy Feels So Good
among others, he sat down with
us to discuss his career, what
else Lucas is getting up to this
season, and Brendan’s uncanny
resemblance to the progeny of Tom
Hanks.
Pretty Little
BRENDAN ROBINSON
With Feels So Good, Robinson
breaks out of the mold created by
playing Lucas, to portray Allan, a
down-on-his-luck dork who feels
abandoned after his best friend
loses his virginity and begins
to change. About portraying a
character like this, Brendan says,
“I definitely had some stuff to pull
from my own life. Growing up I
wasn’t by any means popular at
all.” But it wasn’t as dire as Allan’s
situation: “Allan declares himself
as the biggest loser nerd in high
school,” Brendan observes. “I was
never nearly as naïve.”
The film itself is a wild ride, with
lots of gags and some intelligence
to boot. Brendan has a difficult
time choosing just one scene to
name as a favorite. “There’s a
couple actually!” he recalls. “The
strip tease scene at the Lane twins
house in the backyard – that’s
definitely one of my favorites.
Some of them didn’t make it into
the movie.”
And what about Brendan’s
thoughts on #PLL Season 5 and
Lucas’s involvement? “Lucas has
kind of a revenge streak in him,”
Brendan says. “This season he’s
teamed up with Mona, he’s never
let this Alison thing go – [even
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though] it’s been years.” He goes
on to refer to a scene that didn’t
make it into the final cut of episode
4, in which Paige comes to Lucas
concerned about Mona’s army. She
tells him “‘we have to stop this,
you’re still in love with Hanna, I’m
still in love with Emily,’” Brendan
remembers. “I kind of look at her
and tell her, ‘We can’t stop this
even if we wanted to, it’s already
too late.”
“LUCAS
HAS KIND
OF A
REVENGE
STREAK IN
HIM.”
“That storyline will play out for the
rest of the summer season too.
There’s some really exciting stuff
that happens in the finale which
will air in August – it really sums
up that whole thing and actually
gives viewers insight into what’s
really going on with Alison and with
Mona’s army.”
Clearly, we can’t wait to find what
that insight is. And what about
this whole story of Lucas having
a girlfriend?? Is he just messing
with Hannah? “I can’t say for
sure,” Brendan responds coyly,
“but Lucas has gone through his
transformation, and it’s been very
strategic – physically and in his
personal life too. I wouldn’t be
surprised if he was telling the truth,
and we might meet her later on.
But I can’t say for certain!”
And what would he like to see
happen to his character on the
show? “I would definitely love
to see him to get back on the
good side of Hanna,” Brendan
says, referring back to Lucas’s
uncomplicated friendship with
her in Season 1 and 2. “I think the
fans really want to see that too. It
brought out a softer side of Hanna.”
But regardless of what happens,
Brendan is thrilled to be going
along for the ride. “The writers
have been really great, giving me
a lot of stuff to do,” he says. “It’s
been a great opportunity to have
a real arc. I’ve been very lucky and
very appreciative of that.”
Finally, in terms of the actor’s
hopes and dreams for the future,
he has an interesting goal: “Tom
Hanks is my idol, so I would love to
play his son in a movie!” he only
half-jokes. He goes on to observe
(rightfully so) that Hanks’s real
son, actor Colin Hanks, is skewing
a little too old now to actually
play his father’s son, and Brendan
hopes he can fit the bill due to his
resemblance to the Hanks clan.
We wish you the best of luck on
that and everything else, Brendan!
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