{"id":25803,"date":"2019-06-21T11:55:31","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T17:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1051325"},"modified":"2019-06-21T11:55:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T17:55:31","slug":"mischa-barton-brandon-lee-are-getting-new-beginnings-with-the-hills-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/mischa-barton-brandon-lee-are-getting-new-beginnings-with-the-hills-revival\/","title":{"rendered":"Mischa Barton, Brandon Lee are Getting New Beginnings with The Hills Revival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019520\/rs_600x600-190620133525-600.mischa-barton-mtv-hills-new-beginnings.ct.062019.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"37.076635514019\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"15.611214953271\">\n<p>Allow <em>The Hills: New Beginnings<\/em> to introduce you to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/mischa_barton\">Mischa Barton<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The O.C.<\/em> star isn&#8217;t unfamiliar to viewers, but she may be in this reality TV capacity. So, how&#8217;d she wind up in front of the MTV cameras?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, it was a bit of a wild decision process to be honest. It kind of came to me over the summer and I didn&#8217;t take seriously to be very honest,&#8221; Barton told E! News. But then she kept hearing about The Hills revival from everyone, including her hairdresser. When she saw the reunited cast on a red carpet, that changed her mind.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"60\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"10\">\n<p>&#8220;Suddenly it was like a tangible thing and they were all back together, having fun, having a good time\u2026I thought, \u2018OK, I&#8217;ll take this seriously now and think about it.&#8217; But I was hesitant. I was slow to come to that realization,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I think there&#8217;s also\u2014I always say this\u2014there&#8217;s a lot of mystery around me. I feel like people are always asking these questions and they want to know. This was like a family that was easy to join because I\u2018ve known them on and off for years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"36.10248447205\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"14.44099378882\">\n<p>Barton has a wide range of credits, from <em>KaBlam!<\/em> and <em>Sixth Sense<\/em> to <em>The O.C.<\/em> and <em>Once and Again<\/em>. She dipped her toe into reality TV in 2016 with a brief stint on <em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em>. And she isn&#8217;t the only new face joining the show. <strong>Brandon Thomas Lee<\/strong>, son of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/pamela_anderson\">Pamela Anderson<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/tommy_lee\">Tommy Lee<\/a><\/strong>, joins the cast of the revival premiering Monday, June 24 on MTV.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a big decision for me,&#8221; Lee told us. &#8220;I would say three years ago I might not have done it just because I was in such a different place in my life and I was going through a bunch of different things.&#8221; Lee said he kept his life very private, it&#8217;s how his parents brought him up.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"64.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"19\">\n<p>&#8220;I would say my mom just supports everything I do, no matter what\u2026I could be working at a gas station and my mom would be like, \u2018I&#8217;m happy you&#8217;re happy,'&#8221; Lee said. &#8220;What she said to me before I started was, she goes, \u2018No matter what, you&#8217;re going to be you, and I love you and people love you, you&#8217;re funny, you&#8217;re this and you&#8217;re that.&#8217; So she was like, \u2018Don&#8217;t even worry about it, just be you. Don&#8217;t try to be anything else.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now that he&#8217;s acting and modeling, Lee said he&#8217;s ready for the entertainment industry spotlight.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"61.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"13\">\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m just working hard and trying to make it in Hollywood,&#8221; he said. In addition to his modeling work, Lee had a role in Netflix&#8217;s <em>Sierra Burgess Is a Loser<\/em> and an episode of <em>Tales<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>As for how they were both received, well, that&#8217;s another story. Click play on the video above to hear more from them about their conflicts with other cast members.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Hills: New Beginnings<\/em> premieres Monday, June 24 at 10 p.m. on MTV.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1051325\/mischa-barton-brandon-lee-are-getting-new-beginnings-with-the-hills-revival?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allow The Hills: New Beginnings to introduce you to Mischa Barton. The O.C. star isn&#8217;t unfamiliar to viewers, but she may be in this reality TV capacity. So, how&#8217;d she wind up in front of the MTV cameras? &#8220;Well, it was a bit of a wild decision process to be honest. 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