Hey, Voltage fans, it's Liv Rooney.
And Josh Wilcox.
And we are coming to you live on Gab-a-Scope
talking to the fans of Voltage, which will air right after this Q&A.
And I'm Willow.
I love Voltage.
Let's get to those questions.
Uh, first up, Mandy says, "Liv, you look so beautiful."
Oh. Thank you, Mandy.
Um, okay, so the next question is for Josh,
and it's coming from Gracie.
She says, "Josh, what is your favorite thing about playing Garrison?"
I guess that people underestimate Garrison,
which means that he can surprise you.
And also, on stage, there are free waffles.
[CHUCKLES, SIGHS]
Uh, Liv, Sofia says, "Show us your shoes."
Oops, caught me, Sof-Sof. I'm not wearing shoes.
Just my fuzzies.
Okay, one last question for Liv. Uh, "Liv, I love your hair.
Liv, you're so pretty.
Liv, what are you wearing on the red carpet this week
for the Fan Pick Awards?"
Hmm. Well, here's a hint. I'm gonna be ditching my fuzzy slippers.
Thank you guys so much and keep watching Voltage. Bye.
[SQUEALS]
I love talking to the fans.
Did you notice that Josh got asked about the show
and all you got was stuff about your looks?
Yeah.
I guess you're right.
Although now that I think about it, that kind of happens all the time.
Doesn't that bug you?
That is weird.
But I'm glad no one asked me about my shoes.
[CHUCKLES, SIGHS]
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
♪ Better in stereo ♪
♪ I'm up with the sunshine Let's go ♪
♪ I lace up my high tops Oh, no ♪
♪ Slam dunk Ready or not ♪
♪ Yeah, show me what you got ♪
♪ I'm under the spotlight Holler ♪
♪ I dare you Come on and follow ♪
♪ You dance To your own beat ♪
♪ I'll sing the melody ♪
♪ When you say yeah ♪
♪ I say no ♪
♪ When you say stop ♪
♪ All I want to do is go, go, go ♪
♪ You, you The other half of me, me ♪
♪ The half I'll never be ♪
♪ The half That drives me crazy ♪
♪ You, you The better half of me, me ♪
♪ The half I'll always need ♪
♪ But we both know We're better in stereo ♪
Rooney.
You and me have a problem.
You have an overdue library book.
What are you, like, the library cop? [LAUGHS]
As a matter of fact, I am the library cop.
Three years ago, you checked out Dribble Queen: The Holly Bell Story.
Oh, yeah, I love that book, but I...
[IMITATES DUMP TRUCK] returned it.
Incorrect.
And it is out of print, thus rendering a new copy impossible to procure,
so either return the book or face repercussions.
Hmm. Wow. I think...
Yeah, I think I can live with a black mark on my library return record.
Mm-hmm. Then prepare to be repercussed.
Hey.
Good morning, Mr. Dump Truck, sir.
Allow me to return Wizards: Don't Call it a Dunce Cap.
Whoa, hey, yo.
This spine is sticky.
What is this? Syrup?
Well... [CHUCKLES]
There may or may not have been pancakes in my backpack.
There were.
Damage like this is gonna cost you.
What?
No. Come on. I'm saving up for tap shoes.
Perhaps I can do you a favor and look the other way.
-[SIGH OF RELIEF] DUMP TRUCK: Of course...
I will expect you to return this favor when called upon.
Well, don't see how a deal like that
with an upstanding guy like you could backfire.
Let's shake on it, buddy.
That hand syrup-free?
I cannot guarantee that.
I'm gonna pass.
Honey, when you're at the Fan Pick Awards,
just make a subtle gesture so I know you're thinking of me.
Something like a:
Hmm.
Now, come on. Let's get you on that plane.
Ooh, the red carpet awaits. You must be so excited.
I am. I just...
Something's really been bugging me lately.
Oh, what's the matter, honey?
I just... I don't know.
I've been thinking how, when I do these things,
you know, I get questions mostly about my appearance, STYLE ::cue()
and male actors get questions about their work.
Oh. Yeah, that does seem to be the way it is.
Yeah. And I love fashion obviously, but I also love my work,
and I just kind of wish that people would ask me about that.
If you want to change the questions,
you have to find a way to change conversation.
Wow. [LAUGHS]
Change the convo.
-Thanks. -[KAREN CHUCKLES]
You just dropped a mom bomb.
-Whoop. -[LIV LAUGHS]
[COMPUTER BEEPS]
Hey. Okay.
Mom, so I need my transcripts to apply for basketball scholarships, right?
But the Ridgewood student portal will not release them,
and I'm gonna miss my deadline.
Can you fix it?
Well, lucky for you, Vice Principal Mom has security clearance.
So let's see. Put in my code...
[COMPUTER BEEPS]
Oh. Yep, here's the problem.
Your transcripts are being held because a book called Dribble Queen is overdue.
Dribble Queen?
I'm being repercussed.
Wait, Momma, I have literally no idea where this book is,
and now, it's gonna keep me out of college?
Oh...
Could you do something about it, Vice Principal Mom?
Winkity, wink, wink, wink, wink.
KAREN: Oh. MADDIE: Huh?
Madison Rooney, I am a vice principal, not a common criminal.
Rules are rules.
No go on the winkity, wink, wink?
-What about the blinkity, blink, blink? KAREN: Okay.
Find the bookity, book, book, book.
Hey. It's my new pal, Dump Truck. [LAUGHS]
Let me just ditch my books in my locker,
then, we can hit the cafeteria for some bro-rritos.
Okay.
Remember when I told you one day I'd need a favor?
Well, today is that day.
I'm storing certain items in your locker.
What sort of... [IMITATES DUMP TRUCK] certain items?
I'm sorry. I'm really sorry.
Please, refrain from opening your locker until further notice. Now, scram, yous.
Oh.
Why are you carrying so many books? Joey, you know I worry about your back.
Dump Truck's using my locker for something.
Uncle Martucci...
we ain't gonna be hearing from Tony Slim Nose no more.
I made sure of that with my meat cleaver.
[BOTH GASP]
And the pieces are stored in a secure location.
[GASPS]
Did you hear that?
No.
There was too much whimpering and fear going on in my head.
He's hiding a dead body in your locker.
Oh. Well, now the whimpering and fear is coming out.
[WHIMPERS]
Ugh. Where is it?
Where is that book?
Yeah.
Yeah. [GRUNTING]
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
What are you doing right now?
I... I thought we were messing up the kitchen.
It seemed like fun.
No. I'm... I'm looking for this book. [SCOFFS]
and if I don't find it, basically my entire life is ruined.
What book?
Uh, Dribble Queen: The Holly Bell Story.
[GASPS]
-Why did you just gasp? PARKER: I didn't gasp.
Yeah, you did. You went: [GASPS]
Oh. That?
I always do that.
Tell me what you had for breakfast.
MADDIE: Oatmeal. -[GASPS]
[BREATHLESSLY] See?
Tell me what you know, because if I don't find that book,
I'm not gonna go to college,
and then, you are gonna have to share a room with Joey forever.
-Okay. I know where the book is. MADDIE: Yes.
Where is it?
Down below.
It's in the Parker tunnels? Why?
You need to see for yourself to fully grasp the sitchiation.
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
[EXCITEDLY] We're at the Fan Pick Awards.
[BREATHES HEAVILY]
Okay, Josh. Be cool.
[CALMLY] We're at the Fan Pick Awards.
I can't hold it in. We're at the Fan Pick Awards.
Whoo. STYLE ::cue()
Liv Rooney, Paula Porter, Celebrity News Now.
Hi.
You look beautiful.
Thank you.
Josh Wilcox, why do you think the fans love Voltage so much?
I think Liv should answer that.
She's worked hard bringing SkyVolt to life.
Liv, I have been dying to ask you about your part.
And I am just dying to tell you.
What made you change the part
in your hair from the side, to the center, and back to the side?
There was something that I was going to change,
and it had nothing to do with my hair.
It was time to change the conversation.
JACOB: Liv Rooney. Over here.
Jacob Michaels from News Meets World.
Let's get a shot of that dress.
Oh. Where you...? Oh. Hello.
Hello. Hi. Hi. Hi there. Hi.
Um, so, sorry, are you gonna pan down over Josh's body too, or...?
Oh, I hope not.
-I'm not wearing matching socks. -[CHUCKLES]
Or shoes.
You are biffing your first red carpet, Josh.
MADDIE: Are we there yet?
We'll be there when I tell you we're there.
MADDIE: Ugh. -Okay, we're there.
Welcome to Parker Hollow.
This is where I go to allow my mind to focus on my scientific research.
[THEME MUSIC PLAYS]
And where I sometimes binge watch Linda and Heather.
Okay. So let's just find my book and get back above ground.
Yeah, so about that...
Sick. There it is.
Wait. That pillar is the main support beam for Parker Hollow.
Touch that book, and the tunnels will collapse.
And with them, our house.
[SCOFFS, LAUGHS]
Oh, that's really funny.
[RUMBLING]
Oh...
Ah. What? Dang it.
[RUMBLING SLOWLY STOPS]
Like I said, it's a sitchiation.
Well, there's a rotting corpse in my locker.
What do I do?
Joey, you have to tell the police. or at the very least, the janitor.
[DOORBELL CHIMES]
[GASPS] It's Dump Truck. Act natural.
Oh. Okay, less natural.
Hey there, Mr. Dump Truck, sir.
Joseph, I came to thank you for the use of your locker,
and to tell you that it will be vacated soon.
There's some business going down tonight.
The less you know, the better.
Thanks, buddy. [LAUGHS NERVOUSLY]
That all sounds super normal and above board.
As is my way.
A pleasant evening.
Joey, he's moving the body tonight. We can catch him red-handed.
Or we could just wait 12 hours, and then, it is not our problem anymore.
You said, "Our problem."
-This murder is making us a couple! JOEY: Uh...
Ugh, I cannot believe
that you used my library book to hold up the entire house.
My life is over.
Look, all we have to do is replace your book in the pillar
with another one that's the exact same size.
Got it. Mom's Thai cookbook.
Oh, yeah. She's not gonna miss this.
She's been promising to make us pad Thai for, like, years.
-Back to the tunnels. MADDIE: Yes.
Uh, this way, blondie.
There's a shortcut.
What?
No way. A brand-new Parker tunnel?
Dude, no wonder you always win at hide-and-seek.
Who's ready to watch the Fan Pick Awards? Oh.
Nobody here. [GIGGLES]
Guess I'm the only one who's down with the popular culture. [GIGGLES]
Please, don't be a dead body.
-[BOTH GASP] -JOEY: It's an arm!
It's the arm of Tony Slim Nose!
I told you not to open your locker.
[BOTH GASP]
[BOTH SCREAMING] STYLE ::cue()
Shut your mouths!
Now, open them back up to enjoy a piece
of my Uncle Martucci Truckberg's family salami.
BOTH: What?
We're going to kill Tony Slim Nose.
In a taste contest.
This whole thing was about salami?
Yeah.
What? You didn't think nothing nefarious was going on, did you?
BOTH: Us? No.
One question though.
Why did you have to store the salami in my locker?
Because it's the last place Tony Slim Nose would look.
They clearly don't understand
the cutthroat nature of the salami business.
[SNORTS] Yeah. Let's go.
DUMP TRUCK: Okay. -Knuckleheads.
DUMP TRUCK: Tell me about it.
[UNCLE MARTUCCI LAUGHS]
Thank you.
[GASPS] Liv Rooney. You're back in L.A.?
Kristen Bell!
-Hello. -Hi!
No way. No way. No way.
I'm on the red carpet with Kristen Bell. I'm talking to Kristen Bell!
[LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY] Hi, Kristen Bell.
I'm Kristen Josh. I mean...
Hi.
-Hi. -You are blowing this, Josh.
He's cute. It's his first time?
Yeah. Wow, how could you tell?
You guys got past the microphone circus okay?
Yeah. I mean, sort of. Most of the questions were...
They're just variations of "Clothes." "You wear clothes!"
"Why these clothes?" "Hair!"
[KRISTEN AND LIV LAUGHING]
Yes. Exactly.
Kristen Bell and Liv Rooney. Two of my favorite blondes.
Quick question. Love your hair.
That's not a question.
All that I could think about were the girls watching me at home,
and it was so important to me that they hear me talk
about more than just my appearance.
Do you wanna do something about these dumb questions?
Are you saying we tackle these reporters, grab their mics, head into the parking lot
and bash their headlights in?
-Oh, I'm in then! -All right. Okay.
-Yes! -Okay, no, no.
-I'm in. -So dial it down.
-I don't know. That was a great plan. LIV: You...
[GRUNTS]
Last time you were this worked up was after Serena and Venus Williams beat us
in that charity tennis match last summer, so...
-That ball was out. -No, it was not.
We've been over this a million times.
-It was out. -They beat us six-love six-love.
-I can't remember, but I think it was out. -Okay, focus. K-Bell. K-Bell.
We are changing the conversation.
-Okay. LIV: Yeah.
-All right. LIV: Yeah.
-You start. I will back you up. LIV: Okay.
-Liv Rooney. LIV: Yeah?
You are the prettiest superhero on TV. Talk about that.
Um, actually, I would like to talk about something more.
Um, not one reporter has asked me, you know,
how I feel about playing a superhero, or how I do the stunts,
or what heroes inspired me.
You guys have only asked me about my dress and my hair.
Boom.
-Busted, Jacob Michaels. LIV: Busted.
Hey, Liv Rooney just played you. Let's talk about that.
JACOB: Uh... [LAUGHS NERVOUSLY]
Well, she's America's sweetheart, all right?
Those are the questions that our audience expects.
Or is it what they're told to expect by a group of people
who don't think to dig a little deeper?
Whoo. You are on fire right now, K-Bell.
Thank you, L-Roon.
Yeah, and also, I mean, don't we have an obligation
to encourage our fans to expect more?
I love fashion, but that is not the only thing
that women in show business care about, you know?
I mean, ask us more.
Drop that knowledge, Liv.
Yeah. And... and girls, you are you,
and you are so much more than just your appearance.
I think that's it.
JACOB: Okay. Oh. LIV: Oh, wait! No!
Hi, Mom.
What was that?
That's just how I say hi to my momma.
-Do you...? Can I borrow that? LIV: I mean, like, yeah.
Okay. Hey.
Hey, kids.
Okay, when the Parker-tronic hydraulic pogo lift triggers,
it'll take the stress off the pillar for two seconds.
That's when you swap the books.
[BREATHES DEEPLY] I got this.
[PARKER GRUNTS]
PARKER: You can do this, Mad Dog.
It's a lot of pressure, but you thrive on that.
Yeah, I do.
PARKER: Just think about swapping the books.
Not about how if you fail, it'll destroy our home
and suck us into the earth for a certain, painful death.
Okay, Parker! STYLE ::cue()
Hey! Parker, where are you?
PARKER [OVER WALKIE-TALKIE]: Rooting for you...
from a secure location.
Good luck, sis.
[WALKIE-TALKIE BUZZES]
[PARKER-TRONIC BUZZES]
[RUMBLING]
Ah. Oh.
[GASPS]
Oh, I did it! I got the book!
I knew we could do it, Maddie.
Hey, guys. So we are on the set of Voltage,
and we have a few minutes to answer some questions, so fire away.
Um, this one's from Elisa.
"Liv, I loved what you said at the Fan Pick Awards.
"Girls are more than just their appearance.
What is the biggest risk you've taken?"
Wow. Um, great question.
I told her that my biggest risk, um, was leaving home to follow my dreams
of becoming an actress.
And, then they asked me about who my role models were,
and which charities I support.
[CHUCKLES]
Look at us.
We just changed the conversation a little bit.
[CHUCKLES]
Here's another one. Uh...
"Liv, what accomplishment are you most proud of?"
Um...
Well, right now, it's kind of the fact
that that is the question that you just chose to ask.
Yeah, that's pretty cool.
Hey, has anyone out there changed the conversation?
And if so, reach out and let us know how it made a difference in your life.
Yeah, L-Roon would love to see that.
Yeah, it's really only K-Bell who gets to call me L-Roon.
Biffed it again, Josh.
All right. Here.
Dribble Queen.
Now, will you please release my transcripts, so that I can go to college
and live the life that I was born to live?
Everything seems to be in order.
[TABLET BEEPS]
I have restored your once sullied name.
But I'm watching you.
Sick!
All right, now all I need is my birth certificate,
and my college applications will be complete.
Not a problem, I know exactly where that is.
You see, I keep everyone's important papers in my Thai cookbook.
Your Thai cookbook?
In her Thai cookbook.
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]