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 - Wow.
 - Yeah.
 - That's hot.
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 - Hey, what's going on everybody?
 For First We Feast, I'm Sean Evans
 and you're watching Hot Ones.
 It's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings.
 And today we're joined by Courtney Cox.
 She's an actress and director you know from gargantuan hits
 including "Friends," "Scream," "Cougar Town,"
 and many more.
 She recently launched her very own home beauty brand
 called Homecourt.
 So be on the lookout for that.
 And she also stars alongside Greg Kinnear
 in the new comedy horror series "Shining Veil"
 which is set to premiere on Starz March 6th.
 Courtney Cox, welcome to the show.
 - Thank you.
 - I've been following along as you've been sharing
 your kitchen adventures over the last couple of years.
 How are you around spicy food?
 - I don't do spicy food until right now.
 I really don't.
 I don't, first, I'm really savory.
 I mean, I'm really savory.
 No, I love salt, but I don't do spice.
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 - What are we gonna eat it right now?
 - Yep, that's how it goes.
 - That's good.
 There's some kick.
 - Not much, at least that's all right.
 It's really good.
 Okay.
 - So in your latest project, "Shining Veil,"
 you play the role of Patricia Phelps,
 a mother who moves her dysfunctional family
 away from the chaos of city living in Brooklyn
 and towards this creepy, haunted mansion in the country.
 And showrunner Jeff Astroff recently said in an interview
 that you called him to tell him,
 "This script is the only thing
 "that's ever been written for me."
 What was it about the character
 that gave you such a strong,
 gravitational pull towards the project?
 - Okay, first of all, is there something behind me
 that you're reading?
 'Cause who can do that?
 I couldn't tell you that much information about the show
 ever, that was incredible.
 - Oh, as an actress, I take that as such a compliment.
 Thank you so much.
 - I swear there's gotta be something behind me.
 Okay.
 She's so layered.
 She's going through a midlife crisis.
 She just had an affair with the handyman
 and her marriage is not doing great.
 She is at that age where things change.
 She's got a teenage daughter, which that's never easy.
 And she's dealing with some mental issues.
 At least her family thinks she is,
 but she's actually really depressed.
 So it's a 30 minute show that I can go from
 being really sarcastic, depressed,
 to emotional and crying.
 So I've never done something
 that had that many things to play.
 (soft music)
 Oh, this one's definitely spot,
 well how many of you,
 (laughing)
 it's on the scale.
 I mean, why am I going in for more?
 - Maybe you like it. - You're not?
 - You know, you're selling yourself short on hot sauce.
 Maybe you're just into it.
 - That's too much skin.
 I don't need any more.
 I mean, if you're making me, I would, but.
 God, I haven't had a wing in a long time.
 The wings are good.
 - There we go, hitting, hitting.
 Forgot what you were missing.
 - All right, that's good.
 - So recently you launched a home product line,
 Homecourt, which is a line of soaps, candles,
 and signature fragrances.
 What would you say is the biggest mistake
 that hopeless bro-dude bachelors like myself make
 when they go candle shopping?
 - I would say just the scent, so that you guys buy.
 I mean, it's not okay.
 And the vessel, it really matters.
 If you're gonna put something on your table,
 it has to smell good, but it has to look good.
 And sometimes I'll get candles from people and I'll,
 I can't even leave it on the table in order.
 I don't care what it smells like.
 So I did make a candle that is coming out soon
 and it's really, the vessel's beautiful.
 You can reuse it if you want as a pencil holder
 or a tea cup or something to wash down your hot spices.
 (laughing)
 All right, good.
 I don't wanna act like I'm so, got this down
 'cause I don't, but I can handle so far.
 - Could have fooled me, Courtney.
 Could have fooled me.
 - My lips are getting a little swollen,
 but that's okay.
 - Is it true that the party scene at the end of "Scream"
 took 21 days to shoot and was such an arduous experience
 that the crew had shirts made that said,
 "I survived scene 118"?
 - Oh God, that was the ending and the whole thing.
 That was intense, yeah.
 Oh yeah, and it's hard.
 You do all those stunts and you have blood and it's sticky.
 And anyway, yes, it's really hard to do
 the finales of these.
 It's so intense.
 And I remember being younger doing that
 and I was doing all my stunts.
 It was no big deal and I thought I could do it again
 and I did, but I was paying for it.
 - Yeah, well that last scene is 42 minutes just by itself,
 like that last location.
 - Once you're in the last place you're gonna die
 or not die in, yeah.
 - Is it true that you lobbied for the role of Gail Weathers
 because you wanted a nasty character
 to counter your nice friend's image?
 - Yeah, 'cause I'm so used to playing.
 I mean, I was on Family Ties and I was sweet,
 Lauren Miller, and then I was on Friends,
 but I had to prove that I could be really--
 - Yeah, did like Wes Craven think,
 oh, this is nice friends?
 Is she gonna have the edge for Gail?
 - Exactly, the edge is the good word.
 - All right, Courtney, you're ready to move on here
 to the next wing.
 This is the angry phoenix here in the forespot.
 And you are doing great, you're doing great.
 - I'm okay?
 How, am I gonna make it through this one?
 - Oh yeah. - Okay.
 - You're good. - All right.
 Oh God.
 It's a tough wing.
 - It is.
 - I wanna know what's the point.
 I mean. (laughing)
 I mean, seriously, I mean, there is some flavor,
 but do people just enjoy the sweat then?
 - The masochism of it all or, well, it's funny,
 like I've gone to hot sauce expos before in the past,
 and they do look like the parking lot
 of a Slayer concert, kind of, you know?
 Like the people watching it there is just, it's amazing.
 A part of the hot sauce subculture, I do think,
 is just sort of chasing that like extreme nature of it all.
 - Yeah, 'cause it just sticks with you.
 - So I've seen you cooking everything
 from Jamie Oliver's chicken and milk
 to then serving Laura Dern your recipe
 for the world's greatest turkey burgers.
 What is an Alabama sushi roll,
 and can you talk me through how to make one?
 - So an Alabama sushi is turkey.
 You can get it at Ralph's.
 It's just like honey-mayful turkey.
 And you put French's mustard, mayonnaise,
 then you put a little bit of a bavardi cheese on it.
 Sometimes I put avocado if I wanna go really healthy.
 I have to have a crunch, so I put Fritos,
 and then you roll it up really nicely,
 and that's how you eat it.
 You would love it.
 - I'm already down.
 - If you're eating this kind of stuff, I mean, I--
 - You should see what we have in post.
 I'm gonna give camera guy Bill the whole thing.
 He's gonna hands and pans this thing, bring it to life,
 and then you know what?
 I'm gonna take that recipe back to my kitchen
 and try it out myself.
 - I think you should.
 - All right, Courtney, you ready to move on here
 to the halfway point?
 - Okay, my lips are burning.
 Just saying.
 (laughing)
 Okay.
 Los Calientes.
 That means hot.
 I liked it better than the last one.
 Yep.
 No, no, I haven't seen the kickback yet,
 but I liked it better. - Oh yeah.
 - But in first impression.
 - Oh, it's really good.
 Two of my favorites.
 - Wow.
 And not to lead the witness, but those are the two we make.
 - Really?
 - Yeah.
 - It kinda has a little bit of a sweetness to it.
 Oh, it's starting to burn.
 - Yeah.
 I'd like to take that compliment
 and pull it back a little bit.
 - I'm still gonna go with it.
 That doesn't help.
 - Oh yeah.
 - Yeah, okay.
 Oh, I can't wait to get to pucker butt.
 All right.
 (laughing)
 All right, Courtney, well in the meantime,
 we have a recurring segment on our show
 called Explain That Gram,
 where we do a deep dive on our guest's Instagram,
 pull interesting pictures that need more context.
 We'll pull the picture up over here on the monitor.
 You just tell us the bigger story.
 Your Instagram side note rocks, by the way.
 - Thank you.
 Okay, my nose is running, that's for sure.
 All right, let's see.
 What do you wanna know about the gram?
 - So how big a thrill was it for you to play Tony Danza
 alongside Ed Sheeran, Brandi Carlile, and Elton John?
 - I can't tell you what a thrill that was.
 I love Elton John so much.
 And Ed was staying at my house, and he said,
 "Is it okay if Elton comes over for dinner?"
 And I was like, "Duh."
 And I directed Brandi's video right on time,
 so I knew her.
 She's, I've really come to real in her.
 I love her, and I've known Ed for years.
 But when he came and he said,
 "Would you mind doing this thing for Instagram
 for playing hold me closer Tony Danza?"
 But it's actually hold me closer young Tony Danza,
 which Lisa Kudrow made very clear after.
 Look at my, like we're hugging.
 I mean, you can't get better than that.
 But he was sitting next to me, and I was so nervous.
 I had just learned the song about 20 minutes
 before he came over, my piano teacher.
 I was like, "Come over now."
 And then he left and saw Elton on the way out.
 We're not practicing anything.
 Anyway, so I was playing and he was holding my arm,
 and I was gonna get to that part where you go,
 dun, dun, dun, dun, dun.
 And I thought, "I'll never be able to do this.
 I can't even move my arm,
 and I just wanna stay like this."
 And I was so scared.
 He was the nicest person.
 So nice.
 - And this is like why this segment exists.
 You have a lasting memory from dinner with Michael Jordan.
 It's like a royalty over here.
 - Right?
 He is such a great guy.
 I just remember this was so many years ago.
 This is early on my Gram experience.
 I just, I met him, I forgot where we were,
 and he was wearing that beautiful blue suit,
 and he just was great.
 He was really personable,
 and I think you could see those eyes.
 I was looking at him kind of just in awe.
 I mean, I love his, I was a big Bulls fan.
 - Well, you know what?
 I'm from Chicago, so big Jordan fan on this side, you know?
 - Yeah, and yeah, you're from Evanston.
 - Whoa!
 - And your last name was Evan, so crazy.
 Is it your talent?
 - You're on the Wikipedia, the car over here or something.
 - Listen.
 - I'm not the only one researching today.
 - Yeah, that's right.
 - All right, Courtney,
 are you ready to move on here to the back half?
 You're doing great, by the way.
 - Good.
 - This is the Queen Majesty Coco Ghost.
 - I will say, I think it was Dawson
 is the one who got my lips burning
 and keeping them feeling this way.
 - Well, in the back half here,
 there'll be a whole new cast of characters
 bringing their own games to the party.
 - You ready?
 - Uh-huh.
 - Okay.
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 - Oh, oh yeah, that catches it.
 Okay, yep, I feel that one for sure.
 I'm kind of excited that I can actually go to a restaurant
 and if they say, "You want hot sauce?"
 I'm gonna say, "Yeah."
 - An eye-opening and awakening experience here today.
 So in the past, we've talked to guests
 about juggling being an actor and director simultaneously,
 but then you've also done things like finance films,
 like just before I go, and I'm just curious,
 what do you learn about making a movie
 when you're also the one cutting the check
 to bring it to life?
 - When you do pay for a movie, which is really dumb,
 it's nice 'cause no one can tell you what to do.
 So you're only making your own mistakes
 and that feels better to me
 than people making mistakes for me.
 But I love directing, I love,
 when I directed "Cougar Town," I did about 10 episodes.
 I just love it, I'm very visual.
 - What's the best lesson you learned about scoring
 from Gus Van Zandt?
 - Oh, right, God, that was cool that I got to,
 how did you know?
 Wow, yeah, I sent him the film and he was really nice
 and he gave me advice.
 I think he even said something like,
 trying to tie in the tone of the movie
 because a lot of times you wanna play against the tone
 of the film and by doing a different kind of score.
 I'm just watching you, you might be,
 is it hotter for you than it's for me?
 - Whoa.
 (laughing)
 You know what?
 It might be, I think people think
 'cause I've done this so much that I'm just like,
 some sort of like, I'm impervious to hot sauce, right?
 Like I can't be stopped with hot sauce.
 But my lips burned the same way.
 - Are they burning right now?
 - Yeah. - Okay, good.
 - I put my legs on, put my pants on one leg at a time.
 - You can't talk either.
 Okay.
 13 years.
 Okay.
 I like the one, oh.
 - Yeah.
 - Oh.
 (laughing)
 I like the, I was gonna say,
 I like the way it starts off a little sweet.
 - Yeah.
 Has that barbecue sort of vibe to it,
 like a good barbecue sauce.
 And then afterwards, right.
 It kicks into a whole 'nother gear.
 - It really does.
 But it's kinda good and yet I hate it.
 (laughing)
 - I see.
 - Going in.
 Salute.
 - Yeah.
 That one's got some kick.
 - Do you feel like misfits of science
 and then your role as a telekinetic teenager,
 do you feel like that's maybe been overlooked
 by the superhero enthusiasm that's swept over Hollywood
 over the last 15 years?
 (laughing)
 - Oh my God.
 I used to see my, I really thought this was gonna be
 a big post for the 'Gram.
 I did this thing with this picture where we're all
 in our costume misfits of science.
 And I was telekinetic and there was the guy
 who was really tall and then there's Dean Paul Martin was,
 oh he was just trying to help us.
 He was like this professor or whatever.
 But then there was the guy who had the electric thing
 and he ran faster than the speed of light.
 Anyway, I did a little thing where I was like,
 I'm surprised Marvel didn't pick this one.
 (laughing)
 No one thought it was funny but me.
 (laughing)
 - Did you have to raise my mic
 'cause I feel like I'm yelling.
 - Oh, you know what?
 Do we touch these?
 Probably not.
 These just kind of stay in a nice position.
 Yeah, like if the equilibrium's off
 and if the world's moving,
 it's probably more because of the hot sauces.
 - Yeah.
 (laughing)
 - And speaking of, are you ready to move on to the next one?
 This is Da Bomb Beyond Insanity.
 - Okay, Da Bomb.
 All right.
 (laughing)
 Did you make this one?
 - So you can say whatever you want about it.
 - This is horrible.
 I'm sorry.
 - No.
 - No, it's not horrible.
 It's just hot.
 - Yeah.
 - There's no flavor after.
 - No, there's no redeeming quality.
 There's no culinary quality.
 Just pure heat.
 - Yeah, that's just heat.
 - And then it just doesn't stop.
 - Mm-mm.
 - This is gross.
 It bellows.
 - Oh my God.
 That's the worst.
 Sorry, Da Bomb.
 (laughing)
 I mean, maybe it's great for some.
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 Wow.
 That's hot.
 Oh, shit.
 Oh, I can't wait to get to Pucker Butt.
 (laughing)
 - Did you have a favorite or most memorable cameo
 from the Monica Love interest
 between Tom Selleck, George Clooney,
 Jon Favreau, and Jean-Claude Van Damme?
 It's quite a roster.
 The tears just a reflection.
 - Okay.
 Well, Tom Selleck was the nicest.
 I mean, the tallest.
 Jon Favreau is the best director.
 He wasn't directing then.
 - How would you quantify the impact of shooting
 in front of a lot?
 - Shooting not from the heat.
 I'm actually crying.
 - I know.
 I know.
 I know.
 And I'm right here with you.
 I'm right here with you, Courtney.
 - All right.
 - How would you quantify the impact
 of shooting in front of a live studio audience?
 You know, I saw an interview
 with executive producer Kevin Bright,
 where he talked about how writers,
 like if a joke didn't hit in the live studio audience,
 writers would workshop and rewrite the joke in real time.
 Me too.
 I'm right here with you.
 I'm right here with you.
 - Yeah, these writers were so incredible
 that when we were taping the show,
 the reason why Friday nights would take so...
 There was no high voice,
 like, "Oh, it was good."
 Or there was no, "It's okay."
 It had to be the best.
 And that was what made the show so good.
 Our writers were so incredible.
 Okay.
 Sorry.
 - No, it's all right.
 - Put an ASMR effect on it.
 - Oh yeah.
 Okay.
 I'm gonna put this back, but it's mine.
 - Yeah.
 - Don't take a sip of this.
 - Sure.
 Whatever happens over there,
 that's for you. - His day is over here.
 (laughing)
 Okay.
 I just don't know how my lips gonna get hotter.
 - We'll find out.
 - Oh, fucker, but let's do this.
 (laughing)
 Are you doing it?
 - Extra Mean Green.
 - Okay.
 Who can feel anything after Da Bomb?
 - Right.
 I think if there's anything that's nice about Da Bomb
 is it just leaves scorcher throughout your mouth.
 And then all of a sudden.
 - Oh God, this one gets you back in the throat.
 - Yeah.
 That one has some tricks, yeah.
 - I'm just, I'm in such pain.
 It doesn't matter what's happening now.
 - And you know what?
 We're so close. - I mean, I might as well
 eat the bones.
 - There we go.
 There we go.
 - And then why not?
 Fuck it.
 - Go in, fuck it.
 - I feel like I'm gonna live in the woods now.
 Just like.
 (laughing)
 - So I was really tickled to hear that you and Ed Sheeran,
 your close friends, that you even let them crash
 at your Malibu pad while he was doing his album, Multiply.
 How would you rate him as a house guest?
 Like you didn't let him bring Benny Blanco over, did you?
 - No, I do know Benny Blanco, but I know,
 I don't know if Benny ever came to the house.
 Ed is a good house guest.
 There's some after effect.
 - Yeah.
 - Don't hit me.
 I'll plug her butt.
 Okay.
 Ed does like to talk to Alexa at the house.
 And he likes to order get masks,
 just randomly Amazon and I'll get a get mask.
 I must have eight.
 But Ed is really funny and he's a great guy.
 I hate this milk so much.
 - But you know what?
 Any port in a storm, you know?
 - I mean, for my coffee, I use,
 this is like half and half.
 Although they did say, 'cause I did some research,
 what should you do?
 - Of course you did.
 - I'm not even a nerd, like.
 - I'm excited. - You eat butter or salt
 or like a lot of saturated fat?
 - Well, if you say Courtney Cox, then it's the truth.
 - What are you doing?
 I saw Ed, he didn't just do a dab, he dunked it.
 - Oh, he did.
 - Okay, the last, I'm gonna really take that word dab
 seriously. - There you go, yeah,
 that was good, that's good right there.
 - I'm not gonna dunk it, I'm just gonna dab it.
 - Just dab it, that's all, that's, you know,
 it's right there, that's all we say.
 - I'm gonna get the right part of that bird.
 Okay, hold on, gotta wipe my nose.
 Okay, all right.
 Cheers. - Cheers, Courtney.
 - What is that on the skull scale?
 (Courtney laughs)
 - Two million.
 - I was out to dinner and I, um,
 preparing myself for this.
 I just tried this hot sauce just out on the table
 and I said, oh, I got this.
 And I said to my friend, what is this?
 He goes, let me check the Scoville scale.
 It was 2,000.
 (both laugh)
 I was so excited.
 - Yeah, you probably had some crystal
 or like some Frank's Red Hot or something like this.
 - It wasn't even that spicy.
 - But look at you today.
 - Yeah.
 - Taking down the gauntlet and you know what?
 The good news here, no more wings to go.
 I do wanna close things out with a somewhat prosaic question,
 but I am really interested in how you think about
 the continued and historic success of the Friends franchise.
 Like Dom, our producer, for example,
 she has an almost sacred relationship with the show.
 She can quote every single episode.
 She goes to trivia nights.
 She had the best birthday of her life
 at the Friends Experience.
 And even one time after somebody in our crew got married,
 she changed the last name to everybody
 on our closing credits, which was like a tip
 to that one after Vegas Friends episode.
 Why do you think the show has continued to bank
 so much cultural currency,
 even as it approaches two decades of being off air?
 - The reason why I think it's gone on and on and on
 is because humor is humor.
 And when you're in your 30s and you're going through life
 and the characters are so distinct from each other,
 I think that everyone can experience that part of their life.
 I just think the writing was so incredible
 and the chemistry is incredible.
 And every now and then there's like a little pepper
 that gets swallowed.
 - Reminds you, yeah.
 - I think all the characters are relatable in some way.
 You're either a flighty person
 or you're a sarcastic person or a neat freak.
 - No matter who you are,
 you find someone you can relate to.
 And look at you, Courtney Cox,
 taken on the wings of death,
 didn't have much confidence in yourself going in,
 but absolutely crushed the gauntlet.
 And now there's nothing left to do,
 but roll out the red carpet for you.
 This camera, this camera, this camera,
 let the people know what you have going on in your life.
 - Okay, so I just had a show come out called "Shining Veil."
 It's on Starz.
 It's really good and it's scary and funny.
 I have a product line called Homecourt,
 which is essentially beauty products for the home.
 They smell incredible and they really work.
 Okay, that's it guys.
 - Great job.
 - Thank you.
 - Are you happy you did it now that you're on the other side?
 - I would do it again.
 I'm sure I loved it.
 I loved it because you're fun too.
 And you can actually like just cry if you have to.
 - For the first time ever,
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 That's right, hot sauce for kids.
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