Stars on Mars’ Tom Schwartz Felt Like He Was on ‘Another Planet’

Tom Schwartz and his Stars on Mars castmates didn’t in fact depart Earth for the Fox fact present, but he nevertheless felt like he’d long gone to outer house.

“The instant I felt like we ended up essentially on an additional planet the most was when we experienced to go out and we experienced to erect the interaction tower and reattach the satellites and anything,” the Vanderpump Guidelines star, 40, solely instructed Us Weekly in advance of the show’s Monday, June 26, episode. “There was a whole-blown dust storm, and we had it in our mouth — like we couldn’t breathe. It was chaotic. That minute in specific, I really felt like I was on a different planet. They did a wonderful position of producing, you know, a realistic ecosystem.”

Schwartz is one particular of 12 stars competing on the collection, which debuted before this thirty day period. The contestants take part in various challenges designed to simulate a mission to Mars to see who can endure the longest on the Crimson Planet.

While producers couldn’t actually deliver the show’s stars to Mars, they at minimum tried to replicate the seem of the world by filming the clearly show in Coober Pedy, Australia. Positioned in the state of South Australia, the distant town is recognized for its pink deserts and opal mines.

“The whole encounter was practically like psychedelic — otherworldly,” Schwartz advised Us. “It’s about as shut to Mars as you can discover on earth Earth. I was so charmed by the total metropolis. A whole lot of the sites they have were underground there because it’s so incredibly hot, so by requirement they have, like, these neat underground bunkers, underground residences.”

Yet another component that served Schwartz suspend his disbelief was the truth that he and his costars could not use their phones all through filming. “I’m averaging 8 to nine hours display screen time suitable now, whole transparency,” he told Us. “I’m not proud of that. I was fired up about the idea of disconnecting a very little bit. It could have been the most fortuitous time for a retreat like this, a very little sabbatical, a minor adventure in my everyday living. So, it was a welcome retreat, and honestly, it was sort of a gift from the gods.”

Schwartz mentioned that he felt a bit of “guilt” leaving to film Stars on Mars so before long following the opening of his bar, Schwartz & Sandy’s, but the “spirit and camaraderie” on set assisted him get more than that swiftly.

“All of a sudden every little thing didn’t appear to be so lousy anymore,” he spelled out, including that he’s stored in touch with several of his costars. “Within a day or two, I experienced acclimated to existence on Mars, our habitat. And you know, I sort of fell in enjoy with it.”

He went on to observe that filming the display helped him understand how to “thrive” on spontaneity. “I necessary a very good dose of levity and experience,” he stated ahead of referring to his divorce from Katie Maloney and the tough process of acquiring Schwartz & Sandy’s up and working. “The previous couple several years, I floundered a tiny little bit. … I kind of truly feel like I fell aside, but coming up right here, it gave me a contemporary point of view on anything.”

Stars on Mars airs on Fox Mondays at 8 p.m. ET.

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With reporting by Christina Garibaldi