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[ HORSE WHINNIES ]
I'M CHRISTO DOYLE, AND I'M ON A HORSE.
WELCOME TO A VERY WEIRD AND SPECIAL EPISODE OF "THE DIRT."
TONIGHT, IT'S PREMIERE NIGHT ON "THE DIRT."
DO A LITTLE PHOTO BOMB.
Doyle: FRIDAY'S GOLD RUSH ENDED WITH SOME BIG QUESTIONS.
I GET TO DIG IN CAHOON! WHOO!
YOU HAVE TO SHUT DOWN, PACK UP, GO HOME.
Doyle: AND NOW, TODD HOFFMAN IS M.I.A.
BUT WHERE'S TODD?
YOU HAD TO ASK THAT QUESTION, DIDN'T YOU?
BUT TONIGHT IS NOT JUST ABOUT "GOLD RUSH."
IT'S SO GOOD TO MEET YOU!
I'M A HUGE FAN, MAN.
DISCOVERY'S FIRST-EVER SCRIPTED MINISERIES, "KLONDIKE,"
PREMIERES AT 9:00.
IT'S KIND OF DAUNTING, THAT LEGACY OF THAT HUMAN BEING
THAT LIVED BEFORE YOU, TO DO IT JUSTICE.
WE HEADED WEST TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT TONIGHT'S
EPIC ACCOUNT OF THE REAL GOLD RUSH.
I'LL TALK TO OUR MINERS
AND THE ACTORS THAT PORTRAYED THE ORIGINAL KLONDIKE PIONEERS.
DID YOU EVER THINK THAT YOU WOULD END UP
IN A REVEALING SITUATION ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL?
NO. [ LAUGHS ] NO, I DIDN'T.
IN A BIZARRE TWIST,
ONE OF OUR "KLONDIKE" STARS IS STAR-STRUCK.
IT'S SO SURREAL TO BE SITTING HERE WITH YOU.
IT'S REALLY STRANGE.
Doyle: PARKER AND THE DAKOTA BOYS WEIGH IN
ABOUT THE ORIGINAL GOLD-RUSH ERA...
THERE WAS A LOT OF BACKSTABBING GOING ON UP THERE.
...AND WE FIND OUT THAT FRED'S BEEN MINING SINCE 1897.
Doyle: THERE YOU ARE!
[ LAUGHS ]
YOU'VE AGED PRETTY WELL, FRED.
Doyle: AND LATER, WE'LL SHOW YOU A SNEAK PEEK
OF A VERY SPECIAL MONDAY-NIGHT PREMIERE OF "GOLD RUSH."
TONIGHT, HOLLYWOOD AND "GOLD RUSH" COLLIDE.
I GOT YOU SOMETHING SPECIAL, BUDDY.
IT FIGURES THEY'D DO THIS.
[ TOILET FLUSHES ]
THIS IS "THE DIRT."
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
WE'RE AT A CRITICAL POINT IN "GOLD RUSH" --
MORE THAN HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON.
THE MINERS ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME, OPTIONS, AND EXCUSES.
Todd: YOU KNOW THAT FEELING
WHEN YOU GET SENT TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE?
THAT'S KIND OF HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW.
Doyle: THE HOFFMANS HAVE JUST 50 DAYS LEFT TO MINE,
AND SO FAR, THEY'VE FOUND NO GOLD IN GUYANA.
SEEING ANYTHING?
NOPE.
ALL THEY HAVE TO SHOW FOR THEIR SEASON
IS A COUPLE OF DIAMONDS.
THAT'S PEANUTS. IT DOESN'T MEET, YOU KNOW...
IN ALASKA, THE DAKOTA BOYS ARE FINALLY
ON THE VERGE OF MAKING MONEY.
72 OUNCES.
OH, WOW! ALL RIGHT!
[ LAUGHS ]
Doyle: BUT CAN DUSTIN'S CAHOON-CREEK DREAM
BECOME REALITY?
DAMN SURE NEED THE EQUIPMENT UP THERE.
AND IN THE KLONDIKE, PARKER JUST HAD
THE BIGGEST CLEANUP EVER ON "GOLD RUSH."
AWESOME!
LOOK AT THAT!
Beets: HOW MANY? 40 POINT...?
SIX. GEEZ.
BUT HE'S STILL GOT A LONG WAY TO GO
IF HE'S GONNA BREAK THE HOFFMAN'S RECORD OF 800 OUNCES.
BUT BEFORE WE GET
INTO ALL THE ACTION ON "GOLD RUSH" TONIGHT,
THERE'S A REASON WE MOVED THE SHOW OUT TO HOLLYWOOD,
AND THAT'S TO TALK TO THE STARS OF "KLONDIKE."
FIRST UP, THE KING IN THE NORTH --
"GAME OF THRONES'" RICHARD MADDEN.
IN "KLONDIKE," RICHARD PLAYS THE SERIES' MAIN CHARACTER --
A REAL, HISTORIC GOLD RUSHER -- BILL HASKELL.
RICHARD.
ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
[ British accent ] MY PLEASURE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
I GOT TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF THE WAY, HERE.
I'VE HEARD A RUMOR THAT YOU ACTUALLY WATCH "GOLD RUSH."
I DO WATCH "GOLD RUSH." I WATCH ALL OF IT.
THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE TO ME.
WHY? IT'S BRILLIANT!
WHAT ARE YOU DRAWN TO ABOUT "GOLD RUSH"?
I'M NOT REALLY SURE.
I WAS WATCHING IT BEFORE I EVEN GOT INVOLVED
IN DOING "KLONDIKE."
THERE'S SOMETHING ADDICTIVE ABOUT BEING ABLE TO PULL
LOTS OF MONEY OUT OF THE GROUND, ISN'T THERE?
YEAH. SEXY, ADVENTUROUS.
WHO DOESN'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT?
I KIND OF NEARLY WANT TO GO AND DO IT,
IF IT WASN'T SO MUCH HARD WORK.
WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD HANDLE IT.
THAT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SHOW.
OKAY.
WHAT ABOUT THIS WAS SO ATTRACTIVE?
WELL, THERE'S THE STORY, WHICH IS A TRUE STORY.
THAT'S WHAT KIND OF REALLY GETS ME,
IS PEOPLE ACTUALLY DID THIS.
THAT'S WHY I WATCH "GOLD RUSH,"
IS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY STILL DOING THAT THING.
AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S FASCINATING
ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS IN EXTREME SITUATIONS,
AND YOU DON'T GET MUCH MORE EXTREME
THAN BEING IN THE KLONDIKE DIGGING FOR GOLD.
NOW, TELL ME ABOUT BILL HASKELL.
HE'S A FASCINATING MAN TO ME.
REALLY WELL-EDUCATED, COMES FROM A GOOD BACKGROUND,
HE JUST GRADUATES FROM UNIVERSITY,
AND THAT'S WHERE WE SEE HIM AT THE START OF THE PIECE.
BUT HE'S MISSING SOMETHING IN HIS LIFE.
HE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING WITH HIS OWN HANDS.
I THINK THAT'S A KIND OF INHERENT THING IN MEN --
I KIND OF FIND THAT MYSELF --
YOU WANT TO GO AND BUILD YOUR OWN FUTURE BY YOURSELF.
AND HE DECIDES TO GO
FOR THE ABSOLUTE MOST DIFFICULT OPTION
AND RISK EVERYTHING ON GOING TO MAKE HIS FORTUNE
AND CARVE OUT HIS OWN LIFE IN THE GOLD RUSH.
JUST TRYING TO FIND A PIECE OF SOMETHING THAT'S MINE.
YEAH, AND SO WHAT RESEARCH DID YOU DO
TO PREPARE TO BE SOMEONE LIKE BILL HASKELL?
BILL HASKELL ACTUALLY WROTE A BOOK
WHEN HE LEFT THE KLONDIKE -- TWO YEARS AFTER HE LEFT --
AND I MANAGED TO FIND
THIS LITTLE PRINTERS THAT WERE PRINTING THIS BOOK,
AND I READ THAT, AND IT'S A MINER'S MANUAL.
IT'S HIM SAYING, "THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I TOOK WITH ME,
THIS IS HOW I DID THIS."
THIS IS HIS MANUAL OF SAYING, BASICALLY,
HOW TO GET RICH IN THE GOLD RUSH.
CAN YOU SHOW THAT TO OUR "GOLD RUSH" MINERS, PLEASE?
YEAH, AND THEN THEY CAN MAYBE LEARN A THING OR TWO.
[ LAUGHS ]
ONE IN PARTICULAR I'M THINKING OF.
THIS JUNGLE HAS BEEN STRAIGHT KICKING OUR ***.
YEAH, YEAH. NO, I'M NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT GUY.
OKAY, GREAT.
SO, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ELEMENTS,
AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR YOU
TO BE ACTING IN EXTREME CONDITIONS.
Woman: AND MARK!
THREE BEATS AFTER ACTION, WE'RE GONNA MOVE.
WE WERE UP AT 9,000 FEET.
THE AIR WAS THINNER.
I HAD TO HIKE TO GET UP TO THE TOP OF THERE
IN A PERIOD COSTUME, WHICH IS NOT PRACTICAL.
AND TO SHOOT THIS STUFF WHEN I'M IN --
IN RIVER RAPIDS AT ONE POINT IN THE SHOW,
AND I WAS IN CATEGORY-FOUR RIVER RAPIDS
AND WAS HYPOTHERMIC AT THE END OF THAT DAY.
YEAH, I KIND OF --
I LOVE THE THRILL OF ALL THAT, BUT I WANTED IT TO BE
AS REAL AS POSSIBLE FOR THE AUDIENCE WATCHING IT.
SO IT'S NOT A STUNT GUY,
YOU'RE SEEING THIS GUY, THIS YOUNG MAN,
GO ON THIS JOURNEY AND EXPERIENCE IT ALL FIRSTHAND,
AND IT GIVES IT A REAL AUTHENTICITY
OF SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE AND SPECIAL.
HOW DIFFERENT WAS THIS THAN, SAY, "GAME OF THRONES"
OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU'VE WORKED ON?
YOU KNOW, WHEN I SHOT "GAME OF THRONES,"
I THOUGHT, "THIS IS REALLY TOUGH."
"IT'S COLD, IT'S MISERABLE."
"I'VE GOT THIS, LIKE, TWO-TON COSTUME ON.
"I'M ON THE BACK OF A HORSE WITH A SWORD,
TRYING TO FIGHT SOMEONE."
YOU KNOW, IT'S EXTREME, AND I THOUGHT,
"NOTHING'S GONNA BE AS EXTREME AS THIS."
AND THEN I WENT TO FILM THIS,
AND PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY,
IT WAS MUCH MORE EXTREME AND MUCH MORE OF A JOURNEY.
THERE'S A REALNESS TO "KLONDIKE"
UNLIKE ANYTHING I'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE IN SCRIPTED SHOW.
HOW MUCH -- TO BEING OUT THERE IN THE ELEMENTS
REALLY HELPED CREATE THAT?
IT REALLY KIND OF PUSHES YOU AS AN ACTOR.
IT TAKES AWAY ALL THE BARRIERS
OF YOU HAVING TO ACT THOSE THINGS,
BECAUSE IT'S NATURAL, AND ACTUALLY,
THE BEST BITS OF THE CHARACTER CAN SHINE THROUGH
BECAUSE I'M PUSHING THROUGH THOSE ELEMENTS
LIKE HE WOULD BE PUSHING THROUGH.
YOUR CHARACTER IN "KLONDIKE," BILL HASKELL,
HIS JOURNEY MIRRORS
WHAT YOUNG PARKER SCHNABEL DID THIS SEASON IN "GOLD RUSH."
YEAH.
WE GOT A LITTLE PACKAGE
ON HOW YOUR TWO JOURNEYS ARE SIMILAR.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
Doyle: WELL OVER 100 YEARS
AFTER RICHARD'S CHARACTER, BILL HASKELL, HEADED NORTH,
PARKER ALSO LEFT FOR THE KLONDIKE WITH THE SAME DREAM --
STRIKE IT RICH.
Parker: THE KLONDIKE'S THE BIGGEST SANDBOX IN THE WORLD,
AND I'M READY TO PLAY.
Doyle: PARKER FOLLOWS A VERY SIMILAR PATH
AS THE ORIGINAL STAMPEDERS.
BUT THESE DAYS, THE TREK NORTH IS A WHOLE LOT EASIER.
[ ENGINE REVS ]
HE AND HIS GUYS RIDE
IN A COMFORTABLE CARAVAN OF TRUCKS, R.V.s, AND A "COOL" BUS.
Parker: TRIED TO PUT A KICK-*** CREW TOGETHER.
THINGS ARE JUST LOOKING LIKE IT'S GONNA BE LAID OUT WELL.
Doyle: HASKELL TRAVELED ON FOOT FOR 17 DAYS
JUST TO GO HIS FIRST 17 MILES TO THE CHILKOOT PASS.
PARKER HAD AN EASY, 14-HOUR DRIVE
OVER 600 MILES OF PAVED HIGHWAY.
HEY, TONY.
GOOD.
THE GOLD RUSHERS LIKE HASKELL ALSO TRAVELED 600 MILES,
BUT IT TOOK THEM OVER 3 GRUELING MONTHS...
GO EASY, BROTHER!
...BY FOOT, BOAT, AND SLED...
WHOO!
...TO FINALLY ARRIVE IN DAWSON CITY.
NO MATTER WHAT CENTURY YOU ARRIVE IN THE YUKON,
ONE THING'S FOR SURE --
THE KLONDIKE DOESN'T GIVE UP THE GOLD EASILY.
[ SIGHS ] WHAT THE [BLEEP] I'M GONNA SHOOT SOMEBODY.
DANG IT!
IT'S JUST A BIG CLUSTER [BLEEP]
PARKER, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO RICHARD MADDEN.
NICE TO MEET YOU. IT'S A PLEASURE.
IT'S SO SURREAL TO BE SITTING HERE WITH YOU.
FOR YOU.
I'M JUST A DIRT FARMER, YOU'RE THE...
NO, NO!
I THINK HE'S PUTTING US ON, PARKER.
AND THEN I'M ACTUALLY SITTING BESIDE YOU, IT'S, LIKE, WEIRD.
I THINK I SEE YOU MORE THAN I DO MY FAMILY.
IT'S STRANGE.
IS PARKER YOUR FAVORITE GUY TO FOLLOW?
WHY IS THAT?
BECAUSE HE'S THE YOUNG GUY GOING OUT
AND DOING IT BY HIMSELF.
THAT'S WHO I CAN RELATE TO MOST,
RATHER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER GUYS.
AND YOU LIKED PARKER BEFORE YOU PLAYED BILL HASKELL,
WHO PRETTY MUCH DID THE SAME THING.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I WATCHED YOU AND YOUR GRANDDAD, AND I LOVED THAT.
IT'S A REALLY COOL RELATIONSHIP.
SO, IN "KLONDIKE," THE GOLD MINERS ARE CUTTHROAT.
THERE'S GOOD AND THERE'S BAD, THERE'S GREED,
THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE HELPING EACH OTHER.
WHAT'S GOLD MINING LIKE TODAY, PARKER?
WHAT ARE THE GOLD MINERS LIKE UP THERE NOW?
I MEAN, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STILL LIKE THAT.
THEY GET UP THERE BECAUSE IT IS WAY LESS REGULATED
THAN A LOT OF PLACES.
WHETHER IT'S LEGAL OR NOT LEGAL,
THERE'S GUYS OUT 100 MILES FROM TOWN
THAT JUST DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.
IT'S LIKE RIGHT WHERE WE WERE MINING
THAT SOME GUY CHASED DOWN HIS WIFE THAT STOLE A BUNCH OF GOLD
AND SHOT HER OR SOMETHING.
YEAH, ALL SORTS OF WEIRD STUFF.
AND THAT'S RECENT.
DO THE MINERS UP THERE TODAY, PARKER, IN DAWSON --
DO THEY RESPECT WHAT HAPPENED IN 1898?
DO THEY KNOW THEY'RE ON HALLOWED GROUND?
THERE'S A LOT OF GUYS THAT ARE REALLY INTO THE HISTORY,
AND YOU CAN SIT DOWN WITH THEM
AND THEY KNOW THE CREEKS THAT WERE MINED THEN
AND ALL THE FEEDER CREEKS,
AND YOU CAN SIT THERE AND YOU CAN LISTEN FOR...
YEAH.
I LOVE THAT. IT'S STILL, LIKE, LIVING.
TONY BEETS USES ONE OF THE OLD MAPS FROM THEM.
IN ALL THE RESEARCH I DID,
THERE WAS A LOT OF THESE GUYS BEING UP AT THE MINES
FOR, LIKE, FOUR MONTHS.
THERE SEEMED TO BE A PATTERN OF KIND OF GETTING UP THERE,
GETTING ENOUGH MONEY TO SURVIVE FOR A WHILE,
GOING INTO TOWN AND THEN BLOWING IT ALL
ON PROSTITUTES AND ***, BECAUSE THEY'D BEEN
IN THE MINES BY THEMSELVES FOR FOUR MONTHS.
WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK I'M TRYING TO DO THIS WINTER?
DO YOU BLOW ALL YOUR MONEY ON PROSTITUTES AND ***?
NO, LIKE, DOES EVERYONE NEED THAT MASSIVE KIND OF BLOW OUT,
THAT RELEASE FROM BEING UP THERE?
IS THAT STILL A PART OF WHERE YOU'RE KIND OF GOING OUT?
I CAN ANSWER THIS.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE THIS WINTER, TOO.
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ DOOR CREAKS ]
IT IS STILL, LIKE, A BIG PARTY TOWN.
WHEN I WATCHED THE FIRST SHOW,
THEY REFERENCE PARIS OF THE NORTH.
THEY STILL CALL IT THAT.
THEY STILL CALL IT PARIS OF THE NORTH?
YEAH, AND THERE'S STILL PEOPLE
FROM ALL ACROSS CANADA, REALLY,
THAT WILL GO UP TO DAWSON AND JUST GET A LITTLE JOB,
AND GO TO TOWN EVERY WEEKEND AND PARTY ALL WEEKEND.
YOU CAN COME OUT, AND WE'LL TEACH YOU
HOW TO RUN A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
THAT WOULD BE COOL.
IT'S SO SURREAL TO BE SITTING, TALKING TO YOU HERE
ABOUT, LIKE, GOLD MINING AND STUFF.
WHY DO YOU KEEP SAYING THAT?
"GOLD IS SETTLING IN THE RIDGE OUT THERE,"
AND I'M JUST LIKE, "THESE ARE ALL LINES I HAD IN THE SHOW,"
TALKING ABOUT GOLD SETTLING AND CHOOSING THIS SPOT.
PARKER'S BILL HASKELL.
SEE THE SHAPE OF THE LAND HERE?
THE LAY OF THE GROUND AND EVERYTHING,
IT LOOKS PRETTY PROMISING.
WELL, AND THE OTHER FUNNY THING IS
I'M ALWAYS LOOKING AT, LIKE, BENCH GROUND,
LIKE OFF THE SIDES OF CREEKS AND STUFF,
AND THAT'S -- IN THE SHOW, THAT'S BROUGHT UP.
GOD KNOWS HOW MUCH UNEXPOSED CREEK BED WAITING FOR US.
I'M LIKE, "MAN, THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF
I'M THINKING ABOUT ALL THE TIME."
I DRIVE UP AND DOWN THE CLAIM ROADS
ON THE RIDGES AND EVERYTHING.
THAT'S ALWAYS WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT.
I WAS AMAZED BY THAT EPISODE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE NEXT TWO, FOR SURE.
WELL, I'M GLAD YOU ENJOYED IT.
IT'S A GREAT SHOW. THANK YOU, BOTH, FOR SITTING HERE.
THANK YOU.
STILL DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY A FAN, THOUGH.
CAN'T BELIEVE THAT HE'S HERE. IT'S SO SURREAL.
IT WAS NICE TO MEET YOU, MAN.
YOU, TOO, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
Doyle: COMING UP...
[ CHUCKLES ]
..."THE DIRT" HAS NEVER LOOKED THIS GOOD.
IS ABBEY CORNISH GONNA BE HERE?
YEAH.
GOOD.
[ LAUGHS ]
Doyle: I TALK TO THE BEAUTIFUL
AND BAD-*** LADIES OF "KLONDIKE"...
SHE'S LIKE A NINJA OUT THERE.
...AND FIND OUT WHAT IT TOOK
TO BE A WOMAN DURING THE GOLD RUSH.
YOU BETTER BE DRIVEN, SMART, AND TOUGH.
FOR THE ORIGINAL STAMPEDERS,
JUST GETTING TO THE KLONDIKE WAS LIFE AND DEATH.
THE JOURNEY NORTH
WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE FIGHT AGAINST THE ELEMENTS.
I THINK THIS BELONGS ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL,
BECAUSE THE PHENOMENON
OF FINDING THIS PRECIOUS RESOURCE -- GOLD --
IN THE MIDDLE OF NATURE'S WRATH IS EXACTLY
WHAT THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL SEEMS, ANYWAY, TO BE ALL ABOUT,
WHICH IS MAN'S RELATIONSHIP TO NATURE.
Doyle: CLIMBERS TREKKED 30 MILES STRAIGHT UP THE ALASKAN BORDER
TO CHILKOOT PASS.
HOW THEY DID IT -- I MEAN, IT'S -- I --
IT SEEMS COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE, PHYSICALLY,
TO PULL OFF WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DID PULL OFF AT THAT TIME.
EXTRAORDINARY.
Shepard: THE TREK TO GET UP THERE --
INCREDIBLE THAT PEOPLE WOULD PUT THEMSELVES THROUGH THAT.
Doyle: BUT SURVIVING THE EPIC TREK TO THE KLONDIKE
WAS JUST HALF THE BATTLE.
Judge: YOU DON'T NEGOTIATE WITH NATURE.
YOU EITHER BEST IT OR IT BESTS YOU.
AND MEN WEREN'T THE ONLY ONES
THAT RISKED IT ALL IN THE KLONDIKE.
THE CHARACTER THAT AUSTRALIAN ACTRESS ABBEY CORNISH PLAYS
HAD TO BE EVEN MORE TENACIOUS TO SURVIVE.
HEY.
VERY GREAT TO HAVE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
CHEERS.
SO, YOU PLAY BELINDA MULROONEY...
YEAH. BELINDA MULROONEY.
...WHO WE FONDLY CALL THE GODFATHER OF DAWSON CITY.
TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER.
SHE WAS QUITE A WOMAN.
EVERYTHING IN DAWSON COMES THROUGH ME. DON'T IT, JOE?
TO THIS DAY, WHEN YOU READ ABOUT HER,
IT'S INEVITABLE THAT YOU ARE AMAZED
BY HER STORY, BY HER JOURNEY,
BY EVERYTHING THAT SHE ACHIEVED IN HER LIFE AT THAT TIME.
AND WHERE SHE ACHIEVED IT.
WHERE SHE ACHIEVED IT, YEAH.
I MEAN, EVEN WHAT SHE ACHIEVED ALONE.
HOW DID YOU GET INTO THAT ROLE?
WHAT DID YOU DO TO PREPARE FOR THAT ROLE?
I KNEW SHE WAS A CHALLENGE.
YOU KNOW, TO STEP INTO A WOMAN'S SHOES
WHO'S THAT INTELLIGENT, THAT DRIVEN, AMBITIOUS,
WHO'S SO INDEPENDENT, SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL WARRIOR --
SOME PEOPLE MIGHT LOOK AT IT AND GO, "WOW.
SHE'S A WOMAN LIVING IN A MAN'S WORLD."
I ALWAYS FELT LIKE SHE SAW HERSELF EQUALLY,
WHICH I REALLY ADMIRED.
IT'S KIND OF DAUNTING, THAT LEGACY OF THAT HUMAN BEING
THAT LIVED BEFORE YOU, TO DO IT JUSTICE.
HONOR IT.
AND SO, I READ AS MANY OF HER BIOGRAPHIES AS I COULD FIND,
AND THEN, AT A CERTAIN POINT,
ONCE YOU'VE GOT ALL THE FACTS ON A CHARACTER,
YOU'VE GOT TO LET IT FLY.
NOW, THIS ROLE REQUIRED YOU BEING LITERALLY OUT THERE.
OUT IN THE ELEMENTS.
CHEEVO, HIKE!
TELL ME ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE
AND WHETHER OR NOT IT HELPED YOU BECOME BELINDA.
IT DEFINITELY HELPED ME BECOME BELINDA.
WE STARTED IN PREP --
YOU KNOW, LEARNING HOW TO DOGSLED, HORSE RIDE --
AND THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS WOMAN
THAT'S DRIVEN IN A WAY I'VE NEVER KNOWN,
AND IS CONNECTED IN A LEVEL THAT IS...
SHE'S LIKE A NINJA OUT THERE.
YEAH.
'CAUSE I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
NOW, THIS IS AN ALL-STAR CAST,
AND YOU WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH RICHARD MADDEN IN THIS.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO WORK WITH HIM?
RICHARD WAS WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH.
EVERY DAY FOR ME WAS LIKE GOING TO WORK
WITH ONE OF MY BEST BUDDIES.
I ADORE HIM, AND HE'S SUCH A HARD WORKER,
AND I THINK HIM AND I HAD VERY SIMILAR WAYS
OF APPROACHING AND WORKING, SO THAT'S ALWAYS NICE.
THERE'S A BIT OF A SYMBIOSIS.
YOU LABOR OR MANAGEMENT, HASKELL?
HOW'S THAT?
ONLY TWO TYPES COME UP HERE --
THE GUY WITH THE SHOVEL, THE GUY WITH A BUSINESS PLAN.
Doyle: DURING THE GOLD RUSH, DAWSON CAME ALIVE AT NIGHT
WITH DANCE-HALL GIRLS, CAN-CAN DANCERS,
AND PROSTITUTES.
AND TODAY, THE LEGEND OF ONE MADAME STILL LIVES ON.
[ SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY ]
Doyle: DIAMOND TOOTH GERTIE'S IS A SALOON
STRAIGHT OUT OF THE GOLD RUSH.
IT WAS ONCE A PLACE FOR MINERS TO ESCAPE THEIR CLAIMS,
A PRACTICE THAT LIVES ON TO THIS DAY.
Solloway: GERTIE REALLY EXISTED
AND WAS A REALLY SMART WOMAN WHO HAD A LOT OF IDEAS.
AND SHE SAID, "WHAT DO MEN LIKE?"
"GAMBLING, LIQUOR, AND GIRLS."
SHE WAS THE COOLEST CHICK IN 1898.
[ LAUGHS ]
PUT THOSE HANDS TOGETHER FOR THE GOLD RUSH GIRLS!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
Doyle: THESE DAYS, THE CAN-CAN DANCERS COME FROM FAR AND WIDE
TO AUDITION AT GERTIE'S.
I JUST HAD HEARD A LITTLE SOMETHING THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
ABOUT A CAN-CAN IN THE YUKON.
"WHAT THE HECK? THAT SOUNDS AMAZING."
TRIED OUT FOR IT AND GOT IT,
AND THEN IT BLEW MY MIND HOW FUN IT IS UP HERE.
[ INDISTINCT CHATTER ]
Doyle: AND JUST LIKE THE EXHAUSTED GOLD RUSHERS,
MINERS TODAY COME INTO DAWSON TO BLOW OFF STEAM.
Solloway: SHIMMY THE SHOULDERS, GENTLEMEN!
LET ME SEE MY FAVORITE REAR VIEW!
OH, COME ON!
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
IN "KLONDIKE," ACTRESS CONOR LESLIE PORTRAYS SABINE,
A TOUGH ENTREPRENEUR FORCED TO FIND HER WAY IN DAWSON.
HI.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU. REAL PLEASURE TO TALK TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT, SO, YOU PLAY SABINE IN "KLONDIKE."
MM-HMM. YES.
TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS ROLE.
WELL, SABINE IS A YOUNG GIRL
WHO HAS HIGH HOPES, I THINK, OF STARTING A NEW FUTURE,
AS A LOT OF THEM DID GOING TO DAWSON CITY.
[ SIGHS ]
RECKON WE'VE GOT TWO MORE HEADED FOR DAWSON CITY.
THERE'S NO LAW, IT'S BRAND NEW.
YEAH. IT WAS SO SEXY.
BUT GOING THERE WAS NO JOKE.
WHAT KIND OF WOMAN DID IT TAKE?
YOU BETTER BE DRIVEN, SMART, AND TOUGH --
AND I DON'T MEAN JUST EMOTIONALLY. I MEAN PHYSICALLY.
THEY KNEW THEY HAD TO STEP UP.
I MEAN, IF THE MEN WERE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING THERE,
IMAGINE BEING A WOMAN --
THE CLOTHES THAT THEY HAD TO WEAR.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS SO ATTRACTIVE OR ALLURING
ABOUT THE GOLD RUSH?
IT'S STILL --
IT STILL IS SO FASCINATING TO PEOPLE.
WHAT IS IT?
IT'S MORE THAN THE GOLD.
IT'S THE ABILITY TO SURVIVE, OR...
I THINK HUMAN BEINGS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING
FOR A WAY TO CHALLENGE THEMSELVES
OR PUT THEMSELVES IN CRAZY SITUATIONS
JUST TO SAY THAT THEY DID SOMETHING
MORE THAN THEIR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES.
EVEN THE CHARACTERS IN OUR SHOW
GO THROUGH A JOURNEY, AS WELL.
FOR SABINE, I THINK HERS STARTS OUT
IN THIS IDEA OF WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO
AND WHAT SHE EXPECTS WHEN SHE GETS THERE.
AND IT TAKES A WHOLE OTHER TURN THAT SHE DIDN'T EVEN EXPECT.
IT SURPRISED ME. THAT'S FOR SURE.
NOW, ON THAT NOTE,
YOU HAVE WHAT I CAN ONLY CALL A VERY REVEALING SCENE.
WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY WHAT THAT REVEAL IS,
BUT IT'S DEFINITELY DIFFERENT FOR US AT DISCOVERY.
AND MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, DID YOU EVER THINK
THAT YOU WOULD END UP IN A REVEALING SITUATION
ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL?
NO. [ LAUGHS ] NO, I DIDN'T.
NO, I THINK...
EVEN WHEN I READ THE SCRIPT,
I THINK WHAT DREW ME TO IT
IS THAT DISCOVERY WAS DOING SOMETHING REALLY GRITTY,
AND IT WAS WONDERFUL BECAUSE IT'S AN EDUCATIONAL NETWORK,
IT'S GOT A LOT TO OFFER, AND IT'S ENTERTAINING,
BUT YOU CAN REALLY LEARN SOMETHING FROM IT.
AND I THINK, WHETHER IT'S SABINE'S REVEAL OR ANYTHING,
IT'S A VERY GRITTY SHOW, AND I LIKE THAT THEY WENT THERE.
I DO.
I THINK IF YOU'RE GONNA START YOUR SCRIPTED --
DO IT RIGHT.
Doyle: COMING UP, WE FIND OUT IF PARKER AND THE DAKOTA BOYS
COULD HAVE HACKED IT DURING THE ORIGINAL GOLD RUSH.
THERE WAS A LOT OF BACKSTABBING GOING ON UP THERE.
BUT WE'RE USED TO DEALING WITH ALL THESE PRODUCERS NOW.
WE'D BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT.
BUT "KLONDIKE" FILM MAKERS GO TO EXTREMES
TO CAPTURE THE ACTION UP IN THE FROZEN NORTH.
Scott: IT IS STULTIFYINGLY HARD.
WE DID CLIMB THE MOUNTAINS. WE DID CROSS THE RIVERS.
Doyle: AND LATER, WE TALK "GOLD RUSH."
CAN PARKER REACH HIS SEASON GOAL -- 800 OUNCES?
Parker: THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT,
AND WE REALLY NEED TO START STEPPING THINGS UP.
"KLONDIKE" WAS SHOT
ALMOST ENTIRELY OUT IN THE ELEMENTS --
A MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR THE FILM MAKERS.
LET'S CHECK OUT WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH.
TO GET TO THE YUKON,
THE GOLD-RUSH MINERS HAD TO ENDURE NATURE'S WRATH,
AND RECREATING THAT JOURNEY WAS AN EPIC UNDERTAKING.
I ASKED THE PRODUCER, "WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
THAT YOU SHOT A MINISERIES OUTSIDE?"
"NO SOUND STAGE, NOTHING INTERIOR?"
AND SHE SAID, "NEVER."
IF IT WEREN'T FOR ME,
YOU'D BE PULLING THAT CRAP UP THE MOUNTAIN.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LIKE MINUS-20 OR MINUS-38?
IT IS STULTIFYINGLY HARD,
AND YOU'VE GOT TO BE DRESSED PROPERLY
TO ENABLE YOU TO THINK PROPERLY.
EVERYTHING'S COLD. THE CAMERA FREEZES UP.
George: OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE ON THIS
IS JUST THE WEATHER AND THE LOCATIONS
BECAUSE WE APPROACHED IT USING MINIMAL VISUAL EFFECTS
AND TO TRY AND CREATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS REAL.
WE DID CLIMB THE MOUNTAINS.
WE DID CROSS THE RIVERS.
WE DID LIVE IN MUD.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE ALL THAT.
Scheuring: THIS LOOKS LIKE AN EPIC
AND SIMON CELLAN JONES HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB
OF PUTTING THAT DOWN,
ALONG WITH THE CINEMATOGRAPHER, MIKE ELEY.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST A FANTASTIC PALETTE.
ON ONE LEVEL, IT'S A BIG, FAT ADVENTURE STORY
IN A SORT OF CRAZY FORM OF NATURE,
BUT I LOVE THE WAY
THAT THERE WAS A HUGE, EPIC FEEL TO THE SCALE OF IT
HIKE!
SOME PEOPLE SAID, "CAN'T BE DONE."
YOU CAN'T SHOOT AN EPIC LIKE THAT IN 56 DAYS.
AND SIMON SAID, PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT INSANELY,
"OH, YEAH, I CAN DO THAT."
TO HIS CREDIT, HE HAS. I MEAN, HE SHOT THE HELL OUT OF IT.
I CANNOT SAY HOW IMPRESSED I AM
WITH THE FACT HE'S GOTTEN THIS ALL DOWN ON FILM IN 56 DAYS.
Jones: IT'S AN EXCITING PROJECT,
AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU CAN GRAB IT BY BALLS,
OR YOU CAN JUST GO, "OH, I DON'T CARE."
AND THERE'S SOMETHING SO EXCITING ABOUT IT
THAT I FIND IT'S VERY EASY TO TURN UP TO WORK EVERY MORNING.
IT'S THE ONE. IT'S DEFINITELY THE ONE.
SOMETIMES IT TAKES JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TOIL
TO GET THERE.
THIS IS ME, RIGHT?
Woman: YEAH, THAT'S YOU. SIT DOWN.
WE MIGHT MAKE IT THROUGH THE DAY YET.
[ LAUGHS ]
LIKE THIS?
Man: MAKEUP, COMING UP!
NICE COWLICK.
[BLEEP]
[ LAUGHTER ]
ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
FRED, DUSTIN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME.
HI.
ALL RIGHT, SO, LOOK. WE'RE GONNA TALK "GOLD RUSH."
I MEAN, WE'RE AT A PRETTY CRITICAL
POINT IN THE SEASON, HERE.
WE'RE GONNA DIVE IN TO WHERE YOU GUYS ARE.
BUT TONIGHT'S A SPECIAL NIGHT. WE'RE TALKING "KLONDIKE."
YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN NIGHT ONE OF "KLONDIKE."
I WANT TO GET YOUR INITIAL THOUGHTS.
WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
FIRST THING THAT YOU GET AN IMPRESSION OF
IS JUST HOW TOUGH THESE GUYS WERE.
I MEAN, WE THINK WE'RE TOUGH.
YOU LOOK BACK ON 100-SOME YEARS AGO,
JUST TRYING TO GET TO THE CLAIMS WAS TOUGH.
I ADMIRE THOSE GUYS.
I MEAN, IT STILL LOOKS TOUGH TODAY,
BUT YOU'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT
SITTING IN AN EXCAVATOR, BOUNCING AROUND.
HOLY [BLEEP]
ALL RIGHT, BUCKET.
BETTER DO YOUR JOB AND HOLD ME UP.
THESE GUYS WERE OUT THERE HAND-PICKING ROCKS.
IT REMINDED ME OF ALL THE HAND DIGGING I DID,
AND THEY DID 10 TIMES THAT, EASY.
THAT'S A LOT OF DIGGING.
NOBODY DOES THIS [BLEEP] ANY MORE!
THEY WERE JUST TOUGHER THAN ME.
I GREW UP 50 MILES AWAY FROM CHILKOOT PASS,
AND MY GRANDPA'S TOLD ME STORIES ABOUT GUYS THAT HE KNEW
THAT MADE THE TREK,
AND IT SEEMS LIKE, FROM WHAT I SAW IN THE SHOW,
IT LOOKS PRETTY ACCURATE.
SO, DAWSON TODAY
IS WILDLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT WAS THEN.
I MEAN, THERE'S PARIS OF THE NORTH THEN.
I DON'T KNOW. I'VE SEEN SOME STRANGE THINGS.
WELL, I DIDN'T SAY IT WASN'T STRANGE.
BUT IT'S NOT AS VIOLENT, IT'S NOT AS ROUGH.
I MEAN, IT'S A LOT CALMER,
BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT CHARACTERS UP THERE.
PEOPLE STILL GO UP THERE TO KIND OF GET AWAY
FROM CITIES AND TOWNS,
AND IT KIND OF GOES AT ITS OWN PACE.
THERE'S A SAYING IN ALASKA --
YOU CAN ASK A GUY WHAT HE'S DOING TODAY,
WHAT HE'S DOING TOMORROW.
DON'T ASK HIM WHAT HE DID YESTERDAY.
HELL NO.
I MEAN, WHAT I'VE HEARD WHEN I WAS UP THERE
IS THAT THERE'S THE BELIEF --
AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS IS MYTH OR NOT --
THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY MINE THE GROUND UNDER THE BARS
FROM SO MUCH GOLD THAT FELL BETWEEN THE CRACKS BACK THEN.
OH, YOU BEEN WATCHING THE MOVIES TOO MUCH.
SOUNDS GOOD, THOUGH, DOESN'T IT?
HAVE YOU SEEN "PAINT YOUR WAGON"?
I KNOW YOU'RE KIND OF A HISTORIAN WHEN IT COMES TO THIS STUFF.
WHY DID THEY MISS SO MUCH GOLD?
OR WHY ARE WE STILL ABLE TO PULL
SO MUCH GOLD OUT OF THE GROUND
THAT THESE GUYS MINED?
WELL, THEY WERE THE FIRST ONES
TO ACTUALLY MASSIVELY MINE THAT AREA.
YOU COULD LITERALLY ALMOST GO AROUND
AND KICK NUGGETS OFF THE GROUND.
THEY WERE JUST UNDER THE SURFACE.
THE EASY GOLD HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH FOUND BY NOW.
I HEAR STORIES OF GUYS THAT --
I MEAN, THIS IS MORE RECENT THAN THE GOLD RUSH,
BUT THEY'D GO THROUGH THEIR SLUICE BOX WITH A FIRE HOSE
AND WASH EVERYTHING SMALL OUT
AND SCOOP THE NUGGETS INTO A FIVE-GALLON BUCKET.
AND THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF THEY WERE DOING BACK THEN.
SO, WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF GOLD WE'RE CATCHING TODAY
VERSUS THE GOLD THEY CAUGHT IN 1898?
THEY PROBABLY ONLY CAUGHT ABOUT MAYBE 60% OF THE GOLD.
NOW, WE'RE RUNNING IN THE HIGH 90s,
PICKING UP OUR GOLD,
SO WE'RE A LOT MORE EFFICIENT NOWADAYS.
PARKER, YOU KNOW THE AREA WELL, YOU GREW UP NEAR THERE --
DO YOU THINK YOU COULD HAVE HACKED IT BACK IN 1898?
I'D FIND SOMEBODY LIKE YOU
AND CONVINCE YOU TO DRAG MY *** UP THE MOUNTAIN.
AND THEN I'D DIE, AND YOU'D EAT ME.
OR I'D SHOOT YOU, YEAH. ONE OR THE OTHER.
INTERESTING.
HOW WOULD YOU HAVE DONE, DUSTIN HURT,
IF YOU WERE BILL HASKELL, 1898?
I THINK I'D HAVE DID ALL RIGHT, THEN.
I WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET UP AND OVER.
BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE TO IT THAN THAT.
GETTING THERE'S HALF THE BATTLE.
YEAH, IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF BACKSTABBING
GOING ON UP THERE.
DEALING WITH PEOPLE.
DEALING WITH PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN
THE HARDEST PART, I THINK, OF ALL THAT.
BUT WE'RE USED TO DEALING WITH ALL THESE PRODUCERS NOW.
WE COULD'VE HANDLED THAT.
SO, YOU'RE SAYING I'M AS EVIL AS A CLAIM JUMPER?
WATCH HE DOESN'T SHOOT YOU.
I WILL SHOOT YOU.
SO, FRED, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE HAPPY ABOUT THIS,
BUT DUSTIN SAID HE FOUND A PICTURE OF YOU
ACTUALLY THERE IN 1898.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. I THINK THAT'S FRED.
WE GOT FRED HURT. THERE YOU ARE.
[ LAUGHS ]
YOU'VE AGED PRETTY WELL, FRED.
HEY, NOT BAD.
THAT'S YOU IN THE GLORY HOLE IN 1897.
AND HE'S STILL THERE.
AND HE'S STILL THERE.
FRED'S ACTUALLY 200.
YEAH. THERE YOU GO.
TAKE A LOOK IN THIS CAMERA SO WE CAN GET A LITTLE...
[ LAUGHTER ]
I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING -- THAT GUY'S NOT FINDING ANY GOLD.
[ LAUGHS ]
Doyle: COMING UP...
DO YOU HAVE ANY BOXING GLOVES?
OH!
...THE TABLES ARE TURNED.
I TALK WITH MY BOSS
AND THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF "KLONDIKE," DOLORES GAVIN.
ARE YOU NERVOUS?
I CAN BARELY LOOK AT YOU IN THE FACE.
IT'S MORE NERVE-RACKING TO TALK TO YOU THAN RICHARD MADDEN.
[ LAUGHS ]
AND LATER, I DIG IN WITH THE DAKOTA BOYS
ON TONIGHT'S EXPLOSIVE EPISODE OF "GOLD RUSH."
DUSTIN FINALLY GETS HIS SHOT AT BIG CAHOON-CREEK GOLD.
YOU THINK THERE'S A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF GOLD UP AT CAHOON.
I THINK IT IS REALLY BIG.
Doyle: TO MAKE "KLONDIKE" COME ALIVE,
THE FILM MAKERS RECREATED
THE LEGENDARY BOOMTOWN OF DAWSON CITY IN EXACTING DETAIL.
Scott: I THINK THE STORY SHOWS HOW WELL IT'S BEEN RESEARCHED.
YOU CAN SMELL IT, YOU KNOW?
I DON'T CARE WHETHER IT'S BASED ON FICTION,
WHETHER IT'S BASED ON ADAPTATIONS,
YOU'VE GOT TO GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT.
Jones: SOMETHING I REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON
WAS MAKING THIS TOWN, THIS LOCATION,
LOOK NEITHER LIKE A WESTERN NOR LIKE AN OLD LOCATION,
BUT SOMEWHERE THAT'S SORT OF STRANGE AND WEIRD
AND UNEXPECTED, MORE OF AN EDGE-OF-THE-WORLD TOWN.
SOMEWHERE THAT HAD NO REAL REFERENCE
TO ANY OTHER STUFF THAT YOU'D SEEN BEFORE,
A TOWN THAT JUST EMERGED
OUT OF THE DUST AND THE MUD AND THE ICE.
Director: AND ACTION!
THE MATERIAL ITSELF PROVIDES ITS OWN BEAUTIFUL ROAD MAP,
AND THEN HERE WE ARE ON THESE BEAUTIFUL SETS,
WHICH ARE STAGGERINGLY ACCURATE,
AND YOU ULTIMATELY FEEL LIKE YOU'RE THERE.
ON TONIGHT'S SPECIAL PREMIERE EPISODE OF "GOLD RUSH,"
ALL THREE CLAIMS FACE A TURNING POINT IN THEIR SEASON.
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!
[BLEEP]
WHAT THE [BLEEP]
Doyle: BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO "GOLD RUSH"...
DO YOU HAVE ANY BOXING GLOVES?
...I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO SIT DOWN WITH MY BOSS
AND THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF "KLONDIKE," DOLORES GAVIN.
WHAT, NOTHING IN THE CUP?
YEAH!
CAN WE GET SOME IRISH WHISKEY FOR DOLORES GAVIN?
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS AWKWARD.
[ CHUCKLES ] WE'LL SEE.
LET'S TRY NOT TO LAUGH TOO MUCH.
DOLORES IS MY BOSS
AND THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF "K-KLONDIKE."
ARE YOU NERVOUS?
I CAN BARELY LOOK AT YOU IN THE FACE.
IT'S MORE NERVE-RACKING TO TALK TO YOU THAN RICHARD MADDEN.
[ LAUGHS ]
I THINK THAT'S A COMPLIMENT.
BUT I NEEDED TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT HOW THIS WHOLE THING STARTED.
FILL US IN ON HOW WE ENDED UP WITH "KLONDIKE."
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DECIDED THAT WE NEEDED TO DO
IS THAT WE NEEDED TO GET INTO SCRIPTED.
I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY GREAT STORIES
THAT APPEAL TO OUR AUDIENCE, AND THEY'RE JUST NOT BEING TOLD
BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE IN THE PAST.
SO WE SAID, "THAT'S THE WAY WE HAVE TO GO."
AND "GOLD RUSH" IS THE TENT POLE OF THE NETWORK,
AND PEOPLE COME TO THAT FOR SO MANY REASONS,
AND IT'S JUST BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL.
SO WE SAID, "WHY DON'T WE JUST DO THE REAL GOLD RUSH
"AND TAKE THOSE SAME THEMES THAT WE KNOW AND YOU KNOW,
WORK IN THE NON-SCRIPTED, AND PUT IT INTO THE REAL GOLD RUSH?"
AND THREE AND A HALF YEARS LATER, HERE WE ARE.
BUT I THINK WHAT WE STRIVE FOR IN "GOLD RUSH,"
AND WHAT I THINK WORKS IN "GOLD RUSH" IS AUTHENTICITY.
WHY WAS IT SO IMPORTANT
TO MAKE "KLONDIKE" SO GRITTY, SO REAL?
BECAUSE IT WAS GRITTY AND REAL.
BUT IT'S MUCH HARDER, RIGHT, TO DO THAT IN SCRIPTED?
OH, SURE. OH, SURE.
AND YET, THE BEST STORIES ARE THE ONES
THAT REALLY TOOK PLACE, RIGHT?
IT'S LIKE TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WORKS WITH "GOLD RUSH,"
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WORKED WITH "KLONDIKE."
I THINK PEOPLE REALLY GRAVITATE TOWARDS AUTHENTIC STORIES.
I THINK YOU CAN HEAR A GREAT STORY
AND THEN WHEN YOU HEAR,
"THIS IS BASED ON ACTUAL EVENTS," I'M IN.
BEING SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN THERE FROM THE BEGINNING OF "GOLD RUSH,"
WHAT THEMES DID YOU WANT TO BORROW FROM "GOLD RUSH"?
THE REASON WHY PEOPLE LIKE "GOLD RUSH"
IS WHY WE HOPE THEY'LL LIKE "KLONDIKE."
RIGHT?
SO, "KLONDIKE" IS ALL ABOUT -- IT'S MAN VERSUS MAN...
HE'S JUST TRYING TO SCARE YOU.
...MAN VERSUS NATURE...
MM-HMM.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU GET IN "GOLD RUSH" WEEK AFTER WEEK.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE PEOPLE TAKE AWAY FROM "KLONDIKE"?
I HOPE THAT PEOPLE TRULY GET A SENSE
OF WHAT THE PERSONAL JOURNEY WAS,
OF WHAT THESE PEOPLE HAD TO GO THROUGH
TO MAKE IT UP TO THE KLONDIKE
AND WALK IN THEIR SHOES FROM THE WINTER OF 1897 TO THE WINTER OF 1898
AND REALLY GET A SENSE OF WHAT THAT TIME CAPSULE WAS,
AND YET HOW RELEVANT IT IS TO TODAY.
WELL, DELORES,
I'M NOT JUST SAYING THIS 'CAUSE YOU'RE MY BOSS...
...BUT CONGRATULATIONS.
"KLONDIKE" IS ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE.
I'M GONNA GO LOOK AT THE SET.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
WE DID SOMETHING KIND OF UNFAIR
IN THE LAST EPISODE OF "GOLD RUSH."
WE LEFT THE AUDIENCE A LITTLE BIT HIGH AND DRY.
YOU GUYS HAD A MASSIVE CLEANUP --
72 OUNCES, $100,000 WORTH OF GOLD,
WHICH, FRED, THAT WAS YOUR KIND OF PREREQUISITE
IN ORDER TO LET DUSTIN FINALLY GET WHAT HE WANTED.
72 OUNCES.
OH, WOW.
Tallis: YOU'RE KIDDING!
I GET TO DIG IN CAHOON!
[ LAUGHS ]
I WAS REALLY STRETCHING IT THIS YEAR.
I REALLY COULDN'T DO TOO MUCH FINANCIALLY
UNTIL WE STARTED GETTING SOME INCOME BACK IN.
I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THE GOLD.
BY BACKING UP AND EXPANDING THAT HOLE AND EVERYTHING
WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
I MEAN, WE WERE BEATING OURSELVES TO DEATH
DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT ORIGINAL HOLE DOWN THERE.
BUT IT WORKED OUT.
IT'S BEEN WORKING OUT QUITE WELL.
BUT NO MORE SHOVEL DIGGING.
RIGHT, SO, HOW EXCITED ARE YOU
WHEN YOU FINALLY GET THE GO AHEAD
AND YOU'RE OFF TRYING TO GET THE EQUIPMENT TOGETHER?
I WAS RARING TO GO.
I WAS READY, I HAD BEEN TRYING
TO GET TO THIS POINT FOR SUCH A LONG TIME.
WHAT GOES INTO GETTING READY TO GO UP THERE?
WELL, EVERYTHING THAT GOES UP THERE
HAS TO GET UP THERE BY HELICOPTER,
AND THE LIMIT ON THE HELICOPTER IS 2,000 POUNDS.
THAT'S ALL THEY CAN LIFT.
ON PAPER, IT'S ACTUALLY 1,700 POUNDS.
BUT 2,000 POUNDS,
THEY CAN STRUGGLE AND GET IT UP THERE.
SO I HAD TO GET THESE LITTLE EXCAVATORS,
AND I HAD TO BREAK THEM DOWN TO 2,000 POUNDS,
WHICH DOESN'T SOUND THAT HARD, BUT IT'S REALLY COMPLICATED.
YEAH, EVEN THOUGH THOSE LITTLE EXCAVATORS ARE SMALL,
EACH ONE OF THEM WEIGHS OVER 4,000 POUNDS APIECE.
WITH AN EXCAVATOR,
WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY FIND UP AT CAHOON?
I MEAN, NO ONE'S DUG THAT GROUND EVER.
YEAH, NO ONE'S EVEN GONE UP THERE, REALLY,
AND TESTED MORE THAN A LITTLE DREDGE,
AND NOBODY'S DUG DOWN TO BEDROCK AT ALL OUT THERE.
SO NOBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON.
THERE USED TO BE A GLACIER OVER IT.
IT'S SO HARD TO GET EQUIPMENT UP THERE
THAT NOBODY'S DONE IT.
FRED, YOU'RE STILL HOLDING OUT
FOR THAT BIG BUCKET OF GOLD DOWN AT PORCUPINE,
AND, DUSTIN, YOU THINK THAT BUCKET IS UP AT CAHOON.
I THINK THE SOURCE IS UP IN CAHOON.
YOU THINK THERE'S A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF GOLD UP AT CAHOON.
I THINK IT IS REALLY BIG.
WE LEFT THE AUDIENCE HIGH AND DRY.
TONIGHT, ONE OF THE BEST STORY LINES I'VE SEEN
OUT OF THE DAKOTA BOYS.
IT'S A REALLY COOL EPISODE. I'M PSYCHED FOR IT.
Doyle: COMING UP, PARKER REVEALS HIS RISKY PLAN
TO UPGRADE BIG RED THIS LATE IN THE SEASON...
YOU DECIDED TO *** YOUR WASH PLANT.
THESE ARE NOT MY WORDS.
...AND WE ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.
TODD WAS
KICKED OFF HIS CLAIM.
THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE TO DO WITH WHY HE'S NOT HERE.
THIS IS A BIG NIGHT!
...WE'LL GIVE YOU AN EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK
TO TONIGHT'S ALL-NEW EPISODE OF "GOLD RUSH."
WELCOME TO THE MONTE CARLO!
Doyle: AT THE "KLONDIKE" PREMIERE PARTY...
I'M A SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE.
...OUR "GOLD RUSH" MINERS CLEANED UP NICELY...
HOW DO YOU GUYS LIKE YOUR NEW POSTCARDS?
...TO TOAST THE BIG NIGHT.
I'M NOT COOL ENOUGH TO BE OVER THERE.
IF I HAD TO HAVE ONE OF THE MEMBERS
OF THE "KLONDIKE" CAST ON MY SITE --
ABBIE CORNISH.
SHE'D LIVEN THE CREW UP A LITTLE BIT.
ABBIE CORNISH? SHE COULD BE ON OUR CREW.
IT'S A BIT OF A DUDE FEST.
SHE WOULD BE QUALIFIED.
COME ON, CHRISTO!
FISH OUT OF WATER.
Doyle: OUR "KLONDIKE" STARS HAD FANCY TRAILERS.
YOU KNOW WHAT? NO, I REMEMBERED --
THE NETWORK GOT YOU SOMETHING SPECIAL, BUDDY.
BUT THE PRODUCTION CREW REMINDED ME AND PARKER
WE ARE NOT HOLLYWOOD.
RIGHT NEXT TO CHRISTO.
IT FIGURES THEY'D DO THIS.
ALL RIGHT, PARKER, LET'S DIG IN TO SOME HARDCORE "GOLD RUSH."
HUH? WHAT DO YOU SAY?
ALL RIGHT.
BUT WHERE'S TODD IS MY FIRST QUESTION,
IF WE'RE GONNA BRING UP "GOLD RUSH."
YOU HAD TO ASK THAT QUESTION, DIDN'T YOU?
SO, HERE'S THE DEAL --
THE WAY WE LEFT OFF IN LAST EPISODE,
TODD WAS CONFRONTED BY HIS CLAIM OWNER, TONY MEKDECI,
AND WAS TOLD HE WAS DONE, KICKED OFF HIS CLAIM.
YOU TELLING ME YOU HAVE NO GOLD? WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
AND ALL I CAN SAY
IS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE TO DO WITH WHY HE'S NOT HERE,
BUT THE AUDIENCE WILL FIND OUT TONIGHT.
IT'LL PLAY OUT IN TONIGHT'S BIG EPISODE.
I'M SURE HE'S IN A REAL TOUGH SPOT.
HE ALWAYS IS IN A TOUGH SPOT.
BUT I CAN'T TALK ABOUT TODD HERE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU.
LAST EPISODE, YOU HAD
THE BIGGEST CLEANUP IN "GOLD RUSH" HISTORY --
$200,000 CLEANUP, 140-SOME OUNCES.
HOW BLOWN AWAY WERE YOU BY THAT TOTAL?
WE WERE ALL BLOWN AWAY, BUT IT WAS MUCH NEEDED.
WE HAD A BIG GOAL,
WE WERE MORE THAN HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON
WITH LESS THAN A QUARTER OF WHAT WE NEEDED,
AND WE REALLY NEEDED TO START STEPPING THINGS UP.
I KNEW, AS SOON AS WE GOT
A GOOD, FULL WEEK OF RUNNING OUT OF IT,
THAT IT COULD DO GOOD THINGS.
DAMN IT.
THAT WAS A TOUGH INCIDENT WITH RICK.
THE BYPASS IS STILL ON.
HE'S A CLOSE FRIEND OF YOURS. HE'S A REAL BUDDY.
THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A TOUGH MOMENT FOR YOU
AS A FRIEND AND A BOSS.
DO YOU TAKE ANY OF THE BLAME FOR THAT INCIDENT?
OH, I TAKE ALL THE BLAME. THAT WASN'T HIS FAULT.
'CAUSE HE WAS OVERWORKED?
WELL, YEAH, AND HE WASN'T USED TO THE PLANT.
HE HAD HALF A DAY OF TRAINING WITH EITHER GREG OR CHRIS,
AND IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH TO GET THE HANG OF EVERYTHING.
THAT'S A COMPLICATED PLANT.
IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE, PARKER --
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY ANYTHING TOO JUICY, HERE,
BUT YOU DECIDE TO *** YOUR WASH PLANT.
I HOPE THOSE ARE YOUR WORDS.
ARE THEY MINE?
I GUESS NOW IT'S JUST TIME TO *** MY WASH PLANT.
I'M A LITTLE TOO OLD TO SAY "*** MY" ANYTHING.
BUT YOU DECIDED TO *** YOUR WASH PLANT OUT.
REALLY, IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE
THAT AFTER THAT $200,000 CLEANUP
THAT YOU'RE GONNA CHANGE YOUR WASH PLANT.
ISN'T THAT A RISKY MOVE?
NO. I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK A LOT OF GUYS WOULD SAY THAT,
BUT THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
WITH GENE, HE ALWAYS SEES WHAT ISN'T WORKING
AND WHAT ISN'T 100% EFFICIENT.
RIGHT.
AND I LOVE THAT. BECAUSE IF WE CAN GET
ANOTHER 20% OF YARDAGE THROUGH IT,
THAT'S ANOTHER 20% GOLD,
AND WE HAVE THE SAME EXACT CREW WORKING,
WE'RE PAYING ALMOST THE SAME BILLS.
BUT THAT'S 20% MORE GOLD, RIGHT?
YEP.
AND SO, TONIGHT WE'LL SEE...
IF IT WORKS OR NOT IS THE PROBLEM.
...THIS WACKY MOVE YOU MAKE AND WHETHER OR NOT IT PAYS OFF.
I MEAN, I THINK IT'S THE KEY TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU GET 800.
YEAH.
Doyle: TONIGHT, ON A VERY SPECIAL
MONDAY EPISODE OF "GOLD RUSH,"
ALL THREE CLAIMS ARE AT A CROSSROADS IN THEIR SEASON.
TO HIT IT BIG, IT'S NOW OR NEVER.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE NEED A MIRACLE.
I'M NERVOUS AS HELL RIGHT NOW.
Doyle: IN ALASKA, THE DAKOTA BOYS
FINALLY HAVE THE CAPITAL TO CHASE CAHOON-CREEK GOLD...
FRED: I got something that you might like.
...AND THEY FIND GOOD THINGS
REALLY DO COME IN SMALL PACKAGES.
AWESOME! THESE ARE GREAT, FRED!
BUT THE COLOSSAL TASK OF GETTING
THEIR NEW GEAR UP TO CAHOON CREEK...
WHOO! SHE'S SPINNING.
...IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! [BLEEP]
IN THE KLONDIKE,
PARKER SCHNABEL HAD A MONSTER CLEANUP --
$200,000 IN GOLD.
THE BIGGEST OF HIS LIFE.
IF HE CAN DO IT AGAIN,
HE WILL EASILY SURPASS HIS GOAL FOR THIS SEASON.
BUT DESPITE THE 140-OUNCE CLEANUP,
PARKER ROLLS THE DICE,
TWEAKING HIS WASH PLANT LATE IN THE SEASON.
I DON'T KNOW. I THINK YOU'RE TAKING A BIG CHANCE HERE.
WITH BOLD MODIFICATIONS TO BIG RED,
HE PUSHES HIS OPERATION TO THE LIMIT.
WHAT THE [BLEEP]
PARKER'S GAMBLE WITH EITHER LEAD TO A MILLION-DOLLAR SEASON
OR END IN KLONDIKE FAILURE.
WHAT THE [BLEEP] HAPPENED?
DOWN IN GUYANA, THE HOFFMAN'S DISASTROUS SEASON
IS ONLY GETTING WORSE.
Todd: YOU ARE FREAKING KIDDING ME!
Doyle: THEY FOUGHT A VALIANT FIGHT DEEP IN THE JUNGLE...
THIS JUNGLE HAS BEEN STRAIGHT KICKING OUR ***.
Doyle: ...BUT WITH NO GOLD AND ONLY A FEW DIAMONDS,
THEY JUST MIGHT BE OUT OF TIME.
YOU HAVE TO SHUT DOWN, PACK UP, GO HOME.
THE FATE OF THE HOFFMAN CREW PLAYS OUT RIGHT NOW
ON AN ALL NEW "GOLD RUSH."