The characters on “The Studio” — the Apple TV+ hit that just lately earned a record-breaking 23 Emmy nominations, essentially the most ever for a freshman comedy — don’t have a lot of a life outdoors the confines of their high-pressure jobs working the fictional Continental Studios.
However they do get out now and again. And after they do, the present presents a view of Los Angeles that’s each sardonic and affectionate, portraying a spot the place desires can come true, supplied you’re not caught on the 405 at rush hour. (Which, to be clear, is just about any time of day.)
“L.A. is a wild, crazy, partially s—, madhouse,” says Evan Goldberg, one of many present’s creators and, with Seth Rogen, its co-director. “But it’s also a magical, artistic haven of crazy people with a lot of ambition and/or creative energy they want to share.”
We requested the present’s Emmy-nominated actors — Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Hahn, Catherine O’Hara and Rogen — how their characters channel that inventive vitality into their downtime within the Metropolis of Angels. Seize your infrared sauna blanket and pour your self a glowing water with three lemons. That is “The Studio” information to Los Angeles.
Ike Barinholtz as Sal Saperstein
Continental Studios’ inventive exec, a divorced dad, a survivor, albeit one who’s anxious (for good cause) about navigating the brand new sensibilities of Hollywood.
Favourite neighborhood: He lives within the Hollywood Hills. Why? It has the title Hollywood in it, and he nonetheless thinks that when you’re super-successful on this enterprise and single, having a spot up is the best way to go. You don’t want a yard. You don’t want house on your youngsters to go on walks. You’re single, and your youngsters solely come as soon as each different week, so it’s only a bachelor residing up within the hills.
Final live performance seen on the Hollywood Bowl: He went on a date with a a lot youthful actress to see Think about Dragons. And he didn’t have a good time.
Clothes model that dominates his closet: For Sal, the peak of trend is Tim Robbins’ Armani fits in “The Player,” fits which might be ever-so-slightly huge. In his downtime, he’s the type of man who likes to go to Nordstrom and do numerous injury. Earth tones, it doesn’t matter what.
Tim Robbins in “The Player.”
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Go-to date spot: Undoubtedly Sundown Tower. He additionally has a membership to the San Vicente Bungalows, however he’s mad at them as a result of they made a date put the sticker on her cellphone digital camera. He received into it with the maître d’: “You don’t trust that my date is not going to take pictures?” They lastly relented and let her take the tape off, and she or he took a bunch of images of celebrities. So he’s not in an amazing place with the San Vicente Bungalows, which is why he’s again on the Sundown Tower.
Most-shared wellness tip: He’s an IV man. So while you hit it somewhat too exhausting, this man will come to your workplace. He hooks you up, the entire thing out and in in 25 minutes, and you’re feeling such as you didn’t drink a bottle of vodka the night time earlier than.
Favourite place to see a film: Sal cherished the ArcLight as a result of that they had nice parking and you may smoke weed on the roof and nobody ever stopped you. However now that the ArcLight’s gone, I might see him doing Mann’s Chinese language along with his daughters. Sal Saperstein shouldn’t be afraid of Hollywood Boulevard. He loves it. He loves Musso’s and he loves the attraction of it. And, sure, he nonetheless calls it Mann’s Chinese language. And persons are like, “It’s not called that anymore.” And he’s like, “What are you gonna do? Cancel me?”
Exercise routine: He has employed a man who involves his house to do cardio boxing thrice every week, however he so typically cancels that he’s mainly simply paying this man $500 every week to do nothing. He has good intentions, however the follow-through shouldn’t be nice.
The Grove, adore or keep away from? He thinks of it as a gem. It brings him again to when he would go there along with his kids and they might meet Santa. Additionally, he’s met Rick Caruso and so they’re pleasant.
Rush-hour coping mechanism: He has somewhat weed vape pen that he can hit every time he’s feeling site visitors stress. And he has numerous playlists, basic rock, first wave. He’s undoubtedly mourning Ozzy [Osbourne], admiring him for the good music and likewise pivoting to TV and creating an empire.
Los Angeles Worldwide Airport.
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What the TikTok / Instagram algorithm serves him most: Trip spots. Folks going out on Ritz-Carlton cruises. Plastic surgeons speaking about what work Hollywood folks have gotten executed, as a result of Sal might be going to be like a type of guys that round 55 begins actually f— along with his face.
Energy-lunch order: Grilled rooster paillard with a inexperienced salad and two martinis. He’s a Vesper boy. It will get him by way of until 5 o’clock.
Most L.A. grievance: Navigating LAX may be very annoying, even when you’re extremely rich. He’s mad that he has to cope with LAX bull—. “Why are we not moving? Why is traffic completely stopped here?” He simply flew again from New York and the driving force that they employed for him isn’t there, and he has to go as much as departures. He believes L.A. is such an amazing metropolis, it must have a greater airport.
Kathryn Hahn as Maya Mason 
Audacious, profane advertising and marketing govt who views herself, fairly rightly, as essentially the most inventive individual within the room.
Favourite neighborhood: I’ll inform you this, she will be able to’t drive “east of the 405” and has been saying that for the reason that early ’90s. The truth is, she got here up with it. She loves Sycamore Avenue. There’s a Tartine and the clothes retailer Simply One Eye, which is insanely costly however she nonetheless loves to buy there.
Clothes model that dominates her closet: Concern of God. In all probability her stylist was like, “It’s very niche, uncomfortably raw fashion.” It’s very ahead, and that’s what she likes.
A band performs contained in the San Vicente Bungalows, the place photographs are often verboten.
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Go-to date spot: San Vicente Bungalows. She was one of many founding members. She put her money down straight away as a result of she was so sick of the freaking Soho Home. San Vicente Bungalows are cooler and chiller. However sincere to God, she hasn’t been on a date in twenty years, until you rely Raya.
Most-shared wellness tip: Ayurvedic, however solely as a result of you’ll be able to s— loads. For her, it’s all in regards to the old-school colonic. A therapeutic massage takes too lengthy.
Favourite place to see a film: Whereas sweating in an infrared sauna blanket. And he or she’s solely watching screeners of upcoming releases. She hasn’t watched a film for pleasure in years.
Exercise routine: In her workplace at lunch with Dave, her coach. She likes to get “stretched out.”
An Ayurvedic therapeutic massage.
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The Grove, adore or keep away from? By no means. She will be able to’t deal with the parking storage. It’s the identical cause she doesn’t go to the Hollywood Bowl. The inconvenience drives her loopy.
Rush-hour coping mechanism: Matt Belloni — or the sound of her personal screaming.
What the TikTok / Instagram algorithm serves her most: Mukbangs.
Energy-lunch order: The rooster paillard at Il Pastaio — pounded, pounded, pounded. Further pounded. And a glowing water with three lemons.
Most L.A. grievance: “I might lose you in the canyon.”
Catherine O’Hara as Patty Leigh 
Straight-talking former studio head, now a mentor to Matt Remick and having fun with her personal manufacturing deal at Continental.
Favourite neighborhood: Culver Metropolis. She likes the historical past and needs to be near all of the studios. Her work is her life.
Final live performance seen on the Hollywood Bowl: Oh, it’s been some time, I believe. She’s been busy. In all probability Garry Shandling. He was good. God bless him.
Clothes model that dominates her closet: Max Mara. Plenty of beige and pumpkin. She undoubtedly received sucked into having her season executed, so she is aware of she’s an autumn. The garments aren’t the best finish. She’d fairly spend her cash on meals and booze and journey.
Downtown Culver Metropolis.
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Go-to date spot: Chinois on Principal. Or Mr. Chow. You’ll be able to speak over shared dishes. And there’s at all times somebody she is aware of within the room, so if the date goes south, she will be able to name them over to the desk. These locations are additionally good as a result of she will be able to see in the event that they know tips on how to use chopsticks. In the event that they ask for a fork, there’s no second date.
Most-shared wellness tip: All you want is a stable 5 hours of sleep. But it surely’s received to be steady.
Favourite place to see a film: She has a pleasant house theater, good sound, cozy chairs. Actually cozy. Stunning couches and chaise longues. It doesn’t appear like anybody else’s movie show.
Exercise routine: Mountain climbing within the hills. And after I say “hills,” I imply hilly residential streets, like in Brentwood, so she will be able to have a look at properties and gardens and in folks’s home windows and get some extra good concepts for landscaping and adorning.
The Grove, adore or keep away from? Keep away from. Earlier than the fires, it could have been the one within the Palisades. She hopes it’ll come again.
The Doobie Brothers.
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Rush-hour coping mechanism: Yacht rock. Michael McDonald. The Doobie Brothers. Christopher Cross.
What the TikTok / Instagram algorithm serves her most: She scans it each on occasion if she’s bored or if she will be able to’t sleep. However social media isn’t her factor. She’s received folks to watch that.
Energy-lunch order: A salad with grilled rooster or salmon. It was once with a glass of rosé, however she’s reduce on that. It received her in hassle a few instances. She’s principally stop the booze and the swearing.
Most L.A. grievance: The site visitors. At all times the site visitors.
Seth Rogen as Matt Remick 
New head of Continental Studios, a folks pleaser making an attempt to steadiness his love for filmmaking with the calls for of commerce.
Favourite neighborhood: He has a fixation with Previous Hollywood — the Chateau Marmont, Musso and Frank. I’m positive he finds himself on the Soho Home and the Sundown Tower.
Final live performance seen on the Hollywood Bowl: A type of nights the place John Williams conducts a film rating. Just like the “Jaws” night time. It doesn’t even need to be John Williams. Hans Zimmer would do. Something related with the flicks. I don’t assume he has a lot style in music past music from motion pictures.
Clothes model that dominates his closet: Brunello Cucinelli, one of the crucial unbelievably costly clothes manufacturers there’s. It’s an Italian model that makes a stunning double-breasted swimsuit, however, once more, simply extremely priced. It’s important to be fairly useless to make that leap, which Matt is.
Dan Tana’s.
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Go-to date spot: Matt doesn’t date a lot. I’d begin there, at the beginning. But when he have been to exit, he’d need to go someplace he feels form of cool and the place he looks like they know him. Dan Tana’s. Once more, Previous Hollywood vibe. And the waiters know him by title, so when he walks in, they go, “Matt!” I believe he’s jockeying to have a dish named after him. That might be the last word accomplishment.
Most-shared wellness tip: Matt has a high-end physician who is available in and does blood work and tells him what he must be doing to be more healthy, after which he simply neglects the whole lot he heard. Matt likes speaking about well being and wellness. Like, “Celebrities are into wellness. This is something we could talk about.” I wager he has a sauna and a chilly plunge someplace, however by no means makes use of them. He tells folks to meditate, however by no means meditates. He talks in regards to the significance of sleep, however he doesn’t sleep very effectively.
Favourite place to see a film: If the Cinerama Dome have been open, it’d be the Cinerama Dome. But it surely isn’t, so it’s the Chinese language. Stunning theater, unbelievable sound, and the costume from “The Wizard of Oz” is within the foyer. It’s a real piece of Previous Hollywood that’s nonetheless purposeful immediately. And you may get harassed by a man in a Spider-Man swimsuit on the best way in!
Exercise routine: Simply working up and down these stairs in that workplace is a big a part of his exercise routine. He’s in all probability like, “I stand a lot. That counts.” Like many Hollywood males, he doesn’t work out and runs off of consuming half a salad and ingesting 100 cups of espresso after which having a pair martinis on the finish of the day. They’re not chubby, however they’re not in any means wholesome or match.
The Grove, adore or keep away from? He’s OK with the Grove as a result of he likes the Farmers Market subsequent door. Once more, Previous Hollywood. He would in all probability like telling those that James Dean ate his final meal there earlier than he went on his ill-fated automobile journey.
Rush-hour coping mechanism: He’s rolling calls in a convertible in 105-degree warmth, you recognize, yelling at somebody’s agent.
Willem Dafoe in “To Live and Die in L.A.”
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What the TikTok / Instagram algorithm serves him most: Movie stuff. Letterboxd critiques. Little clips of filmmakers like, say, William Friedkin speaking about making “To Live and Die in L.A.”
Energy-lunch order: He orders one thing wholesome, in all probability the salmon, after which doesn’t eat it as a result of he’s speaking by way of the entire lunch. Like, he goes to the Beverly Hills Lodge, orders the McCarthy salad, and it stays on his plate.
Most L.A. grievance: Matt loves L.A., so his largest grievance is folks coming to the town and making disparaging feedback. Like, it’s an unpleasant metropolis or it has no historical past or tradition. It’s a good looking metropolis! And it has a storied historical past and numerous tradition! Matt sees the town’s magic and surprise and will get very defensive when folks don’t prefer it.
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