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The Amazing Race 23: Exclusive Interview with Rowan Joseph and Shane Partlow

Posted on 10/09/2013 by Gina in The Amazing Race and Cast Interviews

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Rowan Joseph and Shane Partlow of The Amazing Race 23

 

by Gina Scarpa

 

Best friends and actors Rowan Joseph and Shane Partlow ran into a few instances of bad luck this week on The Amazing Race in Chile. From a lost cab driver to getting on the wrong bus, they would get knocked back and but kept fighting to stay in the competition. When they arrived at the pit stop last, the news from Phil wasn't what they wanted to hear and we chatted with the pair following their elimination.


Q. Gina, RealityWanted: Whose idea was it to audition for The Amazing Race?
A. Shane: That would be mine! We applied once and had a three minute video. Rowan amused me and let me apply.
A. Rowan: I never thought we'd get on. Sometimes, it's easier to humor him and let him go.

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: Leaving so early on and being towards the bottom of the pack, you don't really get to know the other teams. Was there a team you wish you were able to spend more time with on the race?
A. Shane: Yeah, Travis and Nicole. We did bond with them on the two legs that we were on. You get to meet people after the fact. We so admire them. They're wonderful ER doctors, they left their family behind, and we think they're great. The team we're really close with are Chester and Ephraim. We're really close and we're going to see them in Los Angeles next time we're there.

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: This week in Chile, your taxi driver was having trouble finding the Detour. As Amazing Race fans know, taxi drivers can really hurt someone's game. Do you feel like that was the main factor in your elimination this week?
A. Shane: Well, it was a big one. There were three or four instances that if they had gone a little better, we'd still be in it.

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: Despite getting on a separate bus, you were able to make up a lot of time and were right back in it at the Road Block. How were you feeling going into that last task?
A. Shane: Well, that was a relief to see that we were that close. We were saying we can get back in this and we had a chance.
A. Rowan: That's one of my favorite things as a fan of the show. They were really true to the experience and it really was that close.

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: It had to have been disappointing to leave as early as you did and I'm sure you were hoping it was a non-elimination round. How were you feeling after Phil told you that you were out?
A. Shane: You said it right there. We were hoping it was a non-elimination. We did what we could do the best we could do and we weren't going to give up. Our cab ride to the pit stop... our cab driver was almost out of gas. I said to Rowan, "If we run out of gas, we're walking these ten miles because we're finishing"
A. Rowan: And we would've! The crew with us knew that as well. Despite our age and my physical shape, none of those factors ended up as an influence being able to do what we did. There's so many things that come into play. We were able to overcome so many obstacles and I think that's a testament to our team.

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: Being fans of the show, what's the biggest difference between sitting on your couch, watching the race, and actually running it?
A. Shane: Not being able to go to the fridge for a pop! You think they're climbing up the side of the mountain for 30 seconds on your television and then you're doing it for 3 hours. You don't know! Travis and Nicole also knew the race and the first leg, they got in the cab instead of running to the pit stop. There's so many things that hit your senses. At home you say, "How stupid can you be?" Being there, you get it.
A. Rowan: I'd like to interject that when you're at a foreign station, and you need the restroom, make sure you have the money of that country. That was an eye opener.

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: Now that the race is over, are you going to continue acting?
A. Shane: All over the country, as we've been continuing to do!
A. Rowan: I'm moving to Pennsylvania and am doing the Totem Pole Playhouse outside of Gettysburg. Jean Stapleton worked there for 30 years. I'm in the movie Grudge Match too, which comes out Christmas Day.

 


The Amazing Race airs Sundays at 8/7c on CBS.

 

(Image courtesy of CBS)

 


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