8 Amazing Bodies of Saved by the Bell Stars

Get ready to hit the Malibu Sands Beach Resort in your best swimwear: It's time for a look at the amazing bodies from Saved By The Bell. True fans know the characters started on a series called Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which lasted for one season. It was then retooled, more characters were added, and it was renamed. That show aired on NBC for four seasons. A spinoff, The College Years, aired for one season, and followed some of the main characters at college. Two TV movies were also made—Hawaiian Style and Wedding In Vegas—which served as the show’s finale. Another spinoff, The New Class, followed a new set of characters. In 2020, the show was revived, with most of the main cast returning. Why does this show endure, and how do the stars look so good? Read on.

1. Tiffani Amber-Thiessen

Tiffani-Amber Thiessen played Kelly Kapowski on the original series, The College Years, and the 2020 revival. In addition to acting, she’s an avid chef. Thiessen even had her own show on the Cooking Channel, Dinner At Tiffani’s. “I grew up in a long line of women who love to cook,” Thiessen tells People. “I just kind of went right into it with them. As I’ve gotten older and I started traveling to other countries, my love of cooking just expanded.”

2. Ariela Barer

Ariela Barer played Chloe on season two of the revival show. She talked about having to deal with beauty standards with The Mary Sue. “We all have a very specific relationship to our appearances. I think as women, that’s definitely a thing, and men too. There’s a level of presentation to gender. There’s a performance of all of it and that’s something that’s shown in little details. We talk a lot about how Nico has time to put on all this make-up every day but that’s not unrealistic. She is someone who deals with having a mask and it’s kind of like war paint at a certain level. These looks get so intricate as stakes get so high because it is her warrior look and I think all of us have different relationships to make-up.”

3. Elizabeth Berkley

Elizabeth Berkley played Jessie Spano on the original series and its revival. She shared her favorite beauty product in an interview with Refinery29. “I am absolutely obsessed with a Senna Cosmetics tinted moisturizer called Barely Base — it gives the perfect coverage but allows your skin to breathe and reflect light. I use their cream blush called Coy every day and for special events; it creates a fresh, dewy glow.”

4. Mark-Paul Gosselaar

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Mark-Paul Gosselaar played Zack Morris in the original show, The College Years, and in the 2020 revival. He talked about preparing for his role in the show Pitch to Vulture. “I went on a ketogenic diet. But a ketogenic diet, usually people use that to maintain or lose weight. For me to gain it, I had to eat more than normal, which consisted of eating a lot of meats and fats. Mo and I are kind of on the same diet and that’s probably, along with the training, one of the hardest things we have to do. Because it’s a constant effort.”

5. Mario Lopez

Mario Lopez played AC Slater on the original series, The College Years, and the 2020 revival. He has maintained his impressive physique since the show, and shared his secrets with Men’s Health. "I think your health should be a top priority, because if you don't have that, what does anything else matter,” he said. “I want to just be healthy and be around as long as I can, to be able to be there for my family. It's a lifestyle, really: it's allowed me to handle this insane schedule at my age, and to have a lot of energy, like right now I'm going from the gym to Access Daily. And that's a talk show, viewers want to see people who are happy and excited, and at the moment we have a lot of guests, so I can't be low energy."

6. Cheyenne Jackson

Cheyenne Jackson played the recurring role of Rene on the revival series. In an interview with GQ, Jackson revealed that he is working on his sleeping habits. “I have to be as disciplined with my sleep hygiene as I am with food and exercise,” he says. “I like it to be cool in the room and definitely like downtime before. I go to bed by ten, because I get up about 5.45am. The kids are in this new phase where they want to get up and watch the sunrise and it’s so cute and so sweet. And of course it’s always worth it, but they’re going to get up whether I’m asleep or not. So I have to get my ass to sleep.”

7. Bianca Lawson

Bianca Lawson played Megan Jones on the first two seasons of The New Class. She shared some of her favorite workouts in an interview with Reflect Beauty. “I’m someone that needs to move my body for mental health. I’ve done some dance video workouts and I also have ‘The Mirror’, but I’ve been dying to get out of the house to exercise. I went for a hike yesterday and it was heaven to workout in nature!”

8. Alycia Pascual-Pena

Alycia Pascual-Pena played Aisha Garcia on the revival series. She talked about wanting to be a role model for other Latin girls to HOLA! “I just hope that when people watch our show-but especially Latinas and young Latinx girls- [they feel] empowered. I hope that people feel empowered and feel motivated to persevere amidst adversity. I think a common thread between both our characters is resilience through it all, we both are met with a different monsoon of obstacles at Bayside but really go after what we want even though that were met with discontent. And I think it‘s really beautiful to see this narrative centered around two powerful Latinas who are very distinctly different. You’ll learn through the friendship that Aisha and Daisy are these very different women but both always come home to each other and take so much pride in their culture and heritage. So I pray that people back home feel empowered and feel as if they have a voice and feel motivated to go after whatever it may be, even if they’re told that they’re not capable of it.”

Welcome to a journey down memory lane with the 90210 stars! As fans of the iconic show, we can't help but wonder how the beloved cast have maintained their stunning looks over the years (especially since they looked 30 when in "high school").

Here we'll delve into the fitness and wellness routines of 11 amazing bodies. From Tori Spelling, who discovered the magic of microblading, to Brian Austin Green's inspiring resilience in the face of health challenges, these stars have more to share than just their glamorous roles. Join us as we uncover their secrets to staying fit, healthy, and vibrant, just like the characters we fell in love with in the 90210 universe.

So, grab your peach pit milkshakes and let's dive into the lives and bodies of our favorite West Beverly alumni. Because whether you're a Brenda, a Dylan, or a Steve, there's something in here for every 90210 fan to cherish.

1. Tori Spelling

Tori Spelling played Donna Martin on the show. She is known for being passionate about beauty, and revealed on Instagram that she tried microblading. "I’m obsessed with the beautiful #microblading she did on me,” Spelling wrote in the post’s caption. “Who knew brows could literally boost your self confidence! I feel so good about myself right now. Thank you my friend! So natural. So easy. So brilliant."

2. Jennie Garth

Jennie Garth played Kelly Taylor for the entire series and on the revival. She shares a lot of her favorite workouts on Instagram. In this video, Garth is seen doing exercises like mountain climbers, standing back kicks, and shoulder presses. She captioned the post, "It's time! Let's do this… let's choose to take care of ourselves, together. I love sharing my private workouts with you all and hearing how it's motivating you! So keep messaging me…. and I'll keep motivating you, deal?”

3. Tiffani Theissen

Tiffani Theissen joined the show as Valerie Malone in season five. She shared her approach to exercise with SELF. “I’ve always been someone who doesn’t like doing the same thing every day, so I like to change my workouts up. I do strength training and HIIT classes Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and then I do mat Pilates on Tuesdays and Thursdays. On the weekends I usually go hiking. In California we have such great hikes.”

4. Brian Austin Green

Brian Austin Green played David Silver on the show. Green has both ulcerative colitis and vertigo, and has dealt with stroke-like symptoms in the past. In an interview with ABC News, he shared his advice for others going through similar things. “Go see multiple people. Get opinions from a few different places. You have to know that there will absolutely be a light at the end of this tunnel."

5. Jason Priestley

Jason Priestley played Brandon Walsh on the show. He supports the Breakfast Club of Canada, which helps people access healthy breakfast options. Priesltey encouraged others to support and revealed how they could do so in an interview. “When I heard that one in four kids here in Canada have problems having access to healthy food in the morning, I felt like getting the word out about the Buy a Cup Give a Cup program was the right thing to do. It’s such an easy way for Canadians to give to this program and to give to the Breakfast Club of Canada.”

6. Hilary Swank

Before winning two Oscars, Hilary Swank appeared as Carly Reynolds in season eight. She revealed to Man Repeller that she makes smoothies in the morning. “I use kale, spinach, blueberries, flax, chia and green — like a supergreen. The bottle has to say supergreen! I also use cacao and a frozen banana. And I never put an avocado in because that makes me gag. I have this every morning whether or not I work out because I don’t think I get enough vegetables or fruit in otherwise. I only use a handful — as much as I can eat because who eats ten apples? Nobody.”

7. Kathleen Robertson

Kathleen Robertson played Clare Arnold on the show. She talked about her career in an interview with Canadian Living. Robertson says that she is working on not getting ahead of herself and thinking in the present. "It's something I have to work on as I get older. When good stuff happens to me, my natural instinct is to say, ‘OK, cool,' and move onto the next thing.”

8. Ian Ziering

Ian Ziering played Steve Sanders for the entire series. He also is known for his role in the Sharknado film series, and shared how he stays in shape for those films to People. “Leg day is my favorite day,” Ziering said. “You can’t have a thorough leg workout without feeling completely spent. It’s a challenge, but the benefits of maintain muscle mass on my legs is important because, as the biggest muscle group in the body, it also helps me keep the proper body composition in terms of fat to muscle ratio.”

9. Vanessa Marcil

Vanessa Marcil played Gina Kincaid on the final two seasons. She talked about her approach to wellness in the caption of this Instagram post. “Being a workaholic for 24 years, the most important parts of health for ME aren’t working out, or what I eat, or whether I drink water,” she wrote. “But for ME it’s balancing my hormones with an endocrinologist, weekly anger release therapy, sleep, taking risks that scare me, laughter & having balance in my life with no shame allowed.”

10. Gabrielle Carteris

Gabrielle Carteris played Andrea Zuckerman on the show. She was previously the president of SAG-AFTRA. Carteris talked about her desire for more diverse stories in an interview with The Los Angeles Times. “One of my real interests is to work on inclusivity — looking at diversity and gender equity. That for me, being a woman, is really important. With our leadership, our top three officers are women, which is not something you see in unions around the country or in our industry. I think it’s a testament to our members and to our work that we are about inclusion.”

11. Cress Williams

Cress Williams played the recurring role of D’Shawn Hardell from seasons four to five. He also appeared as the lead character in the show Black Lightning, and shared how he got in shape for the role to Men’s Health. “From the moment I turned 39, 40, I really turned a corner and became a person who really enjoys working out. When I don’t get a chance to, I miss it. I also just recognized that it would give me career longevity if I kept myself in the best shape I could possibly be in. I do have my limitations, I have a bad knee and stuff like that. But I do the best I can. So it was already something that was in my routine. And getting ready for the show, I just sort of ramped things up to get more strength. Then my stunt double, who has become a really good friend, he started coming over and helping me with the fight aspects of it.”

Let's go behind the scenes of "Blue Bloods," a drama about the Reagan family's law enforcement dynasty in New York City, as we explore the wellness and fitness routines of the cast. Donnie Wahlberg (Danny Reagan) attributes his success to a robust work ethic. Bridget Moynahan (Erin Reagan) and Will Estes (Jamie Reagan) emphasize the importance of regular exercise and healthy eating. Jennifer Esposito, Sami Gayle, and others share their personal and professional growth stories, highlighting how they balance the demands of their roles with their physical and mental well-being.

1. Donnie Wahlberg

Donnie Wahlberg plays lead character Danny Reagan. He shared with TODAY that his success came from his strong work ethic. "I think when I was younger, it wasn’t so much, the success I dreamed was possible. I wouldn’t have worked so hard at it if I didn’t think it was possible. So, I did it, and I committed to it, and got there."

2. Bridget Moynahan

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Bridget Moynahan plays Erin Reagan on the show. She tells Us Weekly that health and wellness are important to her. “I know everybody would love to hear about a secret pill or great cleanse,” she said of her wellness routine. “It’s just going back to what we were taught in school … eating and working out. I’ve just always been active. It’s been part of my lifestyle my entire life. It’s been instilled from my childhood.”

3. Will Estes

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Will Estes plays Jamie Reagan on the show. He shared his training process for roles with Men’s Journal. “I try to train based on the role. I played a marine once so all I did was running, pushups and boxing. I did anything that was combat-oriented. I would go shoot and box and just sort of get into the whole mindset. In general I just like to run around and stay active. I did a little gymnastics when I was a kid so I'll run around and find a bar and try to do as many pull-ups as I can do. In terms of nutrition, I just try to eat clean.”

4. Jennifer Esposito

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Jennifer Esposito played Jackie Curatola on the first three seasons. In an interview with Variety, she talked about dealing with career setbacks. “I just got so frustrated with where my career had gone and where it was supposed to go — the way I feel it should have — and I thought, ‘Instead of complaining about the stuff that you’re not getting and not seeing, I can’t complain anymore,'” she says. “It was like you’re either quitting or you’re going to do something about it. I would say, without being dramatic, ‘I don’t think I’d be able to die unless I do this.’ It was something that needed to be done.”

5. Sami Gayle

Sami Gayle played Nicky Reagan on the show’s first ten seasons, and has made a couple of guest appearances since. She is also a Broadway star, recently appearing in Bad Cinderella. Gayle talked about her goals in an interview with Broadway World. “I think the goal of having the MBA is to be able to make content that I'm passionate about, and I think it's useful to be able to produce to ensure that I can do that in today's world, where there are so many different streaming platforms, and platforms for performance. So, my hope is to be able to use that degree and producing background - I've already co-produced a movie called Candy Jar that my brother wrote, and we have a couple more movies currently in development- to continue doing that producing work. And continue telling stories that I'm passionate about for myself, and also empowering other actors and other playwrights, and screenwriters, and crew members, all that stuff in the process, to be able to tell the stories they want to tell too.”

6. Tom Selleck

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Tom Selleck plays Frank Reagan on the show. He has been in the public eye for years, however, he values his privacy. "I knew intellectually what it would mean in terms of being a public person, but until you've lived it, there's no way to understand it," Selleck told People. "I had a feeling of, 'I don't think I'm cut out for this.' I quit Magnum, not because I didn't like it or I was tired of it. I was tired from it. And I wanted a three-dimensional life because I didn't have one."

7. Marisa Ramirez

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Marisa Ramirez plays Maria Baez on the show. She joined the show in season three, and was promoted to main cast member in season four. In an interview with Pop Culture, Ramirez talked about how she booked the role. "There was a phase where I was the crying girlfriend. It was the sad girlfriend. It was like a bunch of guest star roles that was happening for a little while. Then maybe something happened in my personal life, where I just kind of evolved as a person and found some strength that was being seen in these casting rooms, and I just kept being cast as a cop."

8. Vanessa Ray

Vanessa Ray has played Eddie Janko-Reagan since the third season. In an interview with Long Island Weekly, Ray talked about how she prepared for the role. “Our producer, James Niciforo, who is the unsung hero of our show, took Marisa [Ramirez], Will [Estes] and I to a shooting range,” said Ray. “It was the first time I ever shot a gun since I didn’t really grow up with guns. I also did some SWAT-type training and learned how to clear a room. I have so much respect for police officers with the amount of gear that they’re wearing on a day-to-day basis and being in such great physical shape.”

9. Abigail Hawk

Abigail Hawk plays the recurring role of Abigail Baker. She talked about working on the show in an interview with Hamptons.com. “I feel as if I’ve almost grown into myself as a woman in this decade that I’ve been working,” she said. “Really, everything that I’ve learned as a professional actor has happened on my time on the show. It’s a personal triumph for me, but it’s also a professional and creative triumph. It’s incredibly rare for a network show to make it to 100 episodes, let alone 200.”

10. Megan Ketch

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Megan Ketch played the recurring role of Kate Lansing. She spends a lot of time outside and loves to go hiking to stay in shape. She shared this photo on Instagram of herself walking in the woods. Ketch also shared this set of photos of herself going on a hike with her dog and baby through a field. She captioned the post, “Wildflowers.”

11. Lorraine Bracco

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Lorraine Bracco played Margaret Dutton on the show. She shared her secrets for getting in shape in an interview with ABC News. "I started off very slow. My feeling is also, you sign up to go to the gym and you go to two classes and then you can't walk. It's just not the way to do it. Now, I go to Pilates class three times a week. I love that there are women who are in their 80s in my class and there were kids who are 23."

The hot docs are in the house. Here we offer a fascinating glimpse into the lives and fitness routines of some of the most beloved actors from the iconic TV show "ER." This article delves into the personal health and wellness strategies of stars like George Clooney, Julianna Margulies, and Anthony Edwards, revealing how their roles on the show intersected with their real-life approaches to maintaining physical and mental well-being. From unique workout routines to personal philosophies and career insights, each segment provides an intimate look at the practices and beliefs that have kept these stars in top form, both on and off screen.

1. George Clooney

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George Clooney’s star-making role was as Doug Ross. He talked about how his parents influenced his career to The Guardian. “Both my parents are really respected where we’re from and I wouldn’t want to do anything to embarrass them. Also, my dad made one rule for me and that was: ‘I don’t care what you do in life, but challenge people with greater power than you and defend those with less power.”

2. Julianna Margulies

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Julianna Margulies played Carol Hathaway on the show. She shared some of her workout secrets with TODAY. “I like being alone with no to one hear me. I run or bike or go on the elliptical. I breathe into my body. I do a mixture of yoga and pilates. I love to stretch. I get tremendous joy from working out. I know it sounds crazy.”

3. Anthony Edwards

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Anthony Edwards played Mark Greene on the show. He revealed his morning routine to FOX News. "Morning coffee, get up on news and get out and do something I'm fortunate to do," Edwards said. "I'm fortunate to be able to work on my garden and there are these kinds of chores that you've put off for years."

4. John Stamos

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John Stamos played Tony Gates during the last few seasons. In 2016, he talked about his workout secrets with The Los Angeles Times. "I fit workouts around my schedule. I do Pilates about three days a week, using the Reformer and other machines, as well as doing floor work and a lot of stretching. I swim laps three days a week and do a lot of push-ups and pull-ups. For cardio I run up and down a hill."

5. Eriq La Salle

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Eriq La Salle played Peter Benton. Since then, he has started a directing and producing career, notably working on Chicago P.D. La Salle talked about working on Chicago P.D. to One Chicago Center. “I love telling stories at any opportunity, and I’ve been able and blessed to do it for years. This represents another level of success so obviously there’s more responsibility, more contributions, more input, more partnership, so I love it. I’m having a great time. This is a new set of responsibilities and challenges and I’m loving it even more than I thought it would.”

6. Ming Na Wen

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One of Ming-Na Wen’s many acting roles was as Jing-Mei “Deb” Chen. In this blog post, she talked about the importance of doing squats directly after a knee injury. “After surgery, I had a limited ability to bend my left knee. And with the help of my physical therapist, I learned many small moves that make such a big difference. The key is to do it RIGHT. Position is super important to target the right muscles.”

7. Linda Cardellini

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Linda Cardellini played the role of Samantha Taggert on the show’s last five seasons. She shared some of her workout and self-care secrets with Byrdie. “Sometimes I really have to motivate myself to move, and I’ll get really down if I’m not moving enough. Literally, my brain works better when I’m moving. I have a jump rope, and if I’m feeling low, I’ll make myself do jumping jacks. Also, we’ve sort of just started putting on music that we like and trying to dance, regardless of how silly you might feel, and it really helps. At the end of the night, I read to my daughter, which really calms us both and puts us in an alternate reality without having to turn on a screen. And I take baths—I think that helps a lot. I like Epsom salts.”

8. Maria Bello

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Maria Bello played Anna Del Amico on season three and four of the show. She also produced the 2022 film, The Woman King, and talked about why she wanted to tell the story to The Hollywood Reporter. “The Woman King was definitely born of my love of the continent in general. It’s based on women’s history, a story I found many years ago about this army of women in the 17th century. I was watching Braveheart and I was like, Why isn’t there a woman’s movie like this?”

9. Angela Bassett

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Angela Bassett played Catherine Banfield on the final season of the show. In an interview promoting Mission Impossible: Fallout, she shared her typical diet. “Monday, Tuesday, I may eat carbs, fruit; Tuesday, Wednesday, protein, veggies—veggies every day—no fats those four days, and then the last three days, I flood it with fat. Good fat, though: maybe coconut oil, salmon, almonds, almond butter, you know, olive oil, that sort of thing.”

10. Maura Tierney

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Maura Tierney played the role of Abby Lockhart on the show. In an interview with Salon, she talked about her feelings on society. “In life right now, I think we need to know what's true. I find it very disturbing that untrue things are being allowed to go unchecked. I feel just so dismayed, in terms of what's happened to the truth. We almost need a new word. We need to make up a new word because truth, it seems to be not mattering at all.”

11. Mariska Hargitay

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Mariska Hargitay had a supporting role as Cynthia Hooper on the show. In an interview with Parade, she talked about the struggles she faced trying to get her career off the ground, and how she didn’t quit. “I could have quit a million times, but my dad drilled into me that our family doesn’t quit,” she says. “So if you don’t get it, it means you’re not ready and you have to get up and try again. There’s really something to be said for perseverance and not throwing in the towel.”

12. Shane West

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Shane West broke down his career with E! News. He says that when he joined the show in season 11 as Ray Barnett, he wanted to understand everything about the character and show. "I like to do a lot of research as much as I can and prep before I start a project but this, I didn't know how," he explained. "Besides, back then, getting a bunch of DVDs and watching DVDs. I was on IMDb writing down like character names to the actor and the actress so that I didn't make a fool of myself because I got the wrong character name and put it to the wrong person. I didn't want to do that."

13. Parminder Nagra

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Parminder Nagra starred as Neela Rasgotra on the show. She talked about her career and how she’s approaching it to The Guardian. “I can’t start dissecting it, because I’ll go mad. I just think, life happens, work happens, and we’re all at the mercy of both. Lots of things have happened in my life over the last decade that I’ve had to adapt to. It’s meant I can’t do certain things.”

14. Gloria Reuben

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Gloria Reuben played Jeanie Boulet on the show. She was also a backup singer for Tina Turner, and opened up about the experience to The Today Show. “One of the things that she taught me is this: You can reach for anything, you can do anything, you can overcome, you can walk through and sometimes you got to fight your way through trauma and grief and the past and you know what? It makes you who you are today.”

The It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia stars aren't just funny; they're grounded. From Charlie Day's newfound confidence to Rob McElhenney's transformational weight loss journey, each blurb here delves into the unique approaches these beloved actors take towards their health and fitness. Learn about Glenn Howerton's intermittent fasting, Danny DeVito's unconventional pre-show routine, and Kaitlin Olson's perspective on playing multifaceted characters. Josh Groban, too!

1. Charlie Day

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Charlie Day plays the lead role of Charlie Kelly. He says to Backstage.com that creating the show has given him more confidence in his acting career. “It was ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ that gave me the confidence to say, OK, well, I don’t always have to be making something just [to have a project] to act in. I can make something for the thing itself to be unique and worthy of people’s time.”

2. Rob McElhenney

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Rob McElhenney plays Mac on the show. He notably lost a lot of weight, and shared his secrets with The Wrap. “As I started off I was doing it with chicken breast and rice and vegetables,” McElhenney said. “But when you’re four months in it and you have to muscle down 1,000 calories for the third time or fourth time in a day and you have to either eat three chicken breasts, two cups of rice and two cups of vegetables — or one Big Mac — you start to see the Big Mac and realize it’s a lot easier to get down … And then every once in a while I would eat three donuts. And every day one of my meals was a high-calorie protein shake.”

3. Glenn Howerton

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Glenn Howerton, who plays Dennis Reynolds, tells Men’s Health that he intermittent fasts. "That's the main staple of my diet," he says. "I read somewhere that you're not supposed to drink coffee first thing, which was torture for me, so now what I do is I start with a big glass of water, maybe some supplements, and then after I've been awake for about an hour and half, two hours, then I get my coffee."

4. Danny DeVito

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Danny DeVito plays Frank Reynolds on the show. He revealed his unique pre-show exercise to GQ. “I have a trampoline. I don't know if you can see it, over there. I start every night with it to get myself going. I guess you would call it exercise, but it's like getting ready to go out.”

5. Kaitlin Olson

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Kaitlin Olson plays Dee Reynolds on the show. She talked about what she enjoys about the role, and her other roles, to The Hollywood Reporter. “I’m really attracted to playing broken people. Mickey was very scrappy and self-sufficient; for Dee, [life is] just a giant competition. Neither of them had the little-girl quality D.J. has. I thought it was a nice opportunity to play something different and to have actual emotion. There’s a relationship there, and it’s one of the driving forces behind the whole season, because D.J. is a bit in the [comedy special] that Deborah’s doing. It’s nice to play a comedic character that also has some broken, raw emotion.”

6. Mary Elizabeth Ellis

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Mary Elizabeth Ellis plays The Waitress on the show. She tells Marie Claire that she wants to have more women involved in the television creating process. “I think having women behind the cameras is exciting—whether it's as a director or a writer or a producer—because it does feel like we're in the middle of this awakening of realizing that it's important for women to have a voice. But I also think it's still easy for us—as women, as writers and as directors and producers—to let it fall into the same patterns. Like, ‘and then the woman brings in the food, because the woman's the one who makes food.’ It's easy for that to happen, because that's what we've always known. We all have to hold each other accountable and point that behavior out to each other in a kind way. I guess what I'm saying is just having women behind the scenes isn't enough, we also have to be aware of what we're saying about ourselves.”

7. Artemis Pebdani

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Artemis Pebdani plays Artemis on the show. She talked about dealing with racism and cutting people out to The Daily Beast. “Being an Iranian kid in the 1980s, well, that wasn’t the easiest. I’m fair complexioned, so it would have been easier if I had just kept my mouth shut about being Iranian, but I didn’t, so I received my share of ‘antagonism’ at an early age. Now I am older, and I mostly get to choose who I am surrounded by, and I choose not-bigots.”

8. Travis Schuldt

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Travis Schuldt plays Ben Smith on the show. He tells Digital Journal that he took on a new hobby during the pandemic. “I started up a garden, which is very fun. We grow cucumbers, cantaloupes, and tomatoes. I joke with a friend of mine and I tell him that ‘I grew up in Kansas and I left Kansas to go to California and I ended up becoming a farmer in California.”

9. Brittany Daniel

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Brittany Daniel plays Carmen on the show. She talked about the process of getting in shape for her wedding in this blog post. “To commit myself to getting stronger, I wanted to create a workout program for myself that was succinct and efficient, so I enlisted my friend and Hollywood trainer extraordinaire, Jeanette Jenkins to help me out. My faithful workout partner Cyn came along for the training sessions, and we made sure they were all only 30 minutes so that she and I would have no excuses to ditch our workouts for lack of time. Jeanette designed each workout with high interval training and super sets. That way, we were able to keep our heart rate up, and burn the most calories in a short time span. The results were amazing!”

10. Jimmi Simpson

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Jimmi Simpson plays Liam McPoyle on the show. He revealed in an interview with The Imagista that he wants to learn from other actors. “The way I run my life, I enjoy surrounding myself with people who know more than me. I have been blessed to be surrounded by a lot of those people, I just love to absorb that. As far as artistic idols, when I was in college considering going after this as a career, there really were not dudes like me doing something that was interesting to me. However, when I saw Richard Burton’s work that was pretty profound for me because he was speaking to me in his performance in ways that no actor ever had with Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe, with footage of his contemporary Hamlet and the movie Becket. I had never seen an everyman just knock my dick in the dirt with their performance. He kind of reinvented what it was like to be a man and I bought what he was selling. Watching him made me realize that maybe I had something to say because I identified with what he was saying.”

11. Josh Groban

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Josh Groban has made cameos as himself on the show. He talked about his wellness secrets with GQ. “Now that it's getting warmer, what I'm trying to do is be good to my body in ways that aren't necessarily, like, lifting or going to the gym. I'm trying to be good to myself and good to my body right now outside of the theater with things like, biking a lot, or taking long walks, or, playing and doing stuff in the park. Getting exercise in ways that allow me to get a little bit of vitamin D and, and let me see the world outside the stage door. At some point, I’ll get back into the gym.”