WEBVTT - Anthony Keyvan of XO, Kitty 0:00:00.760 --> 0:00:04.640 Hey guys, welcome to I've never said this before with me, 0:00:04.960 --> 0:00:08.080 Tommy di Dario, it is always so much fun for 0:00:08.160 --> 0:00:10.280 me to have an artist on my show whose work 0:00:10.400 --> 0:00:13.400 makes so many people feel seen. That is the power 0:00:13.440 --> 0:00:15.360 of TV and film. I always say it. It's the 0:00:15.400 --> 0:00:18.159 way that a character can make someone feel, I don't know, 0:00:18.239 --> 0:00:21.200 a little less alone in the world. It's just so awesome, 0:00:21.560 --> 0:00:23.800 and that is exactly what my guest today has become 0:00:23.840 --> 0:00:26.920 known for. Anthony kay Vaughan joins my show who you 0:00:26.960 --> 0:00:29.800 most likely are currently watching in the smash hit Netflix 0:00:29.840 --> 0:00:32.880 series Exo Kitty, which just got renewed for a much 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:36.879 deserved season three. Anthony has been portraying various roles in 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:40.040 film and TV since five years old, but perhaps became 0:00:40.040 --> 0:00:44.000 a household name by playing raheem and unrestrained and hysterical 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:47.360 queer student in the series Love Victor. Now in Nexokitty, 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:50.760 his character Q also explores themes of identity within the 0:00:50.880 --> 0:00:54.840 LGBTQ plus community as he navigates his relationship with a 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:58.360 fellow athlete. He also plays Kitty's best friend, and every 0:00:58.440 --> 0:01:02.520 line he delivers Ugh his comedic gold. He's an actor 0:01:02.560 --> 0:01:04.440 that you very much sh be keeping your eyes on 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:08.360 because he is a rising star in Hollywood. So let's 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:10.679 see if today we can get Anthony to say something 0:01:10.760 --> 0:01:12.280 that he has never said before. 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:19.440 Anthony, how are you? My friend? It's so good to 0:01:19.480 --> 0:01:19.920 be with you. 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:22.080 I'm doing good. Good to be here. 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:24.440 Thank you for having me, Happy to have you. 0:01:24.440 --> 0:01:27.199 You have so much going on, so many exciting things 0:01:27.200 --> 0:01:29.880 are happening in your life. I know there's some big 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:32.240 news that we are fresh off of, which we're going 0:01:32.280 --> 0:01:34.360 to dive into all of that. But first of all, like, 0:01:34.440 --> 0:01:36.880 how has this whirlwind been for you? You know, the 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:39.960 show Likes So Kiddy Season two came out. I imagine 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:42.080 it's just like a roller coaster that you're just kind 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:43.280 of strapped onto. 0:01:43.120 --> 0:01:49.760 Right, Yeah, a bit. It's very surreal. I from the beginning, 0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:53.440 I keep pinching myself because I don't know. I have 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:56.040 like this crazy imposter syndrome. I feel like I've been 0:01:56.040 --> 0:01:59.000 doing this a long time, but every day I feel 0:01:59.000 --> 0:02:01.120 like am I supposed to be doing this? Like? Is 0:02:01.120 --> 0:02:05.040 this real? Is this actually happening? Like I'm very pessimistic 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:10.600 about it all, but it is insane how amazing this 0:02:10.680 --> 0:02:13.639 journey has been and how successful the show has been 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:15.640 so Yeah, I don't know. 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:19.840 It's so funny that such a seasoned actor and artist 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:22.400 like yourself still feels like that, like even in the 0:02:22.400 --> 0:02:24.880 game since you were five, and you're You're like, should 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:25.480 I be here? 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:26.520 Like that's wild to me. 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:28.799 I don't know. I mean, I think I've just been 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:31.520 dealing with a lot of rejection over the years. I'm 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:35.240 like conditioned to believe that this isn't real, this isn't happening. 0:02:35.280 --> 0:02:37.640 But I don't know, I've put in a lot of work, 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:40.600 a lot of time, so I have to like remind 0:02:40.600 --> 0:02:44.400 myself sometimes that like it's okay to be okay with 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:44.960 all of this. 0:02:45.800 --> 0:02:48.320 Yeah, like to allow yourself like, oh wow, I can 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:51.160 enjoy the success because it's happening then and I'm here, 0:02:51.560 --> 0:02:53.720 and like I imagine you have to remind yourself to 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:55.040 kind of live in that moment too. 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:58.720 Yeah I do. I do, And like my castmates are 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:02.120 great at reminding me, especially like she and I kind 0:03:02.120 --> 0:03:05.360 of like have the same mindset when it comes to 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:08.120 this kind of stuff, like no way we're doing this 0:03:08.200 --> 0:03:10.720 right now, like this is this isn't happening, like that 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:12.800 we don't deserve this, this is crazy. But then we 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:15.520 have to like remind ourselves, like, no, no, We've worked 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:18.440 our whole lives to be here. We are here because 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:21.640 we are the best people for the job, and that's okay. 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:25.160 We need to just understand that at this point. 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:28.040 Do you think that comes from, like you said, so 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:30.880 much rejection over the years that you just almost can't 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:33.200 believe you are at this point of your life and 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:35.240 point in your career, or what do you think that 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:37.880 it stems from? Because I look at you and I'm like, man, 0:03:37.880 --> 0:03:41.360 he's been on successful shows and he's a small percentage 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:44.120 of people actually doing it. So it's so strange from 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:46.640 an outside perspective to hear someone like you be like, 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:48.840 oh my god, I feel like I'm I'm suffering from 0:03:48.880 --> 0:03:51.360 imposter syndrome. More like it can be taken away because 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:52.720 I'm like, you're in it, You're doing it. 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:56.640 I think it's just yeah, I think it has been 0:03:57.080 --> 0:03:59.360 just I mean, for every job that I have, there 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:03.040 are a hundred, if not a thousand no's, So it 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:07.480 is kind of like, is this actually happening? Or I 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:11.880 have to be very cautious with my excitement when it 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:14.400 comes to these kinds of things, Like I've done a 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:17.800 ton of pilots that never went to series. I've been 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:21.080 given jobs that were actually like actually, just kidding, we're 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:23.680 going to give it to someone else. And I've been 0:04:23.680 --> 0:04:25.880 in that position where I was the guy who was 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:28.680 given the job after someone else has been cast. So 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:33.120 there's just so much volatility in this industry that, like 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:38.160 it's I try not to get excited until I'm like, actually, there, 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:41.279 the ink is dry and I'm in front of the 0:04:41.360 --> 0:04:43.920 camera because then it's like, okay, well, at least even 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:45.960 if they do fire me, I'll still get paid for. 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:49.320 This, right, right. And it's self protection, right, I get it. 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:51.520 I get that you want to guard your feelings and 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:53.800 kind of guard your heart before you get super excited 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:56.599 about something. I think that's relatable to people in many 0:04:56.600 --> 0:04:59.400 different professions as well. But I hope you've been taking 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:02.000 a minute to you celebrate as much as you can 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:06.320 everything you've accomplished, especially with XO Kitty and your entire career. 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:08.719 I think it's really cool because you're someone who seems 0:05:08.720 --> 0:05:12.520 to find themselves in these sort of coming of age 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:15.719 stories and they resonate in such a big way with 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:18.280 so many people because it's so relatable. So for you, 0:05:18.320 --> 0:05:20.839 what do you love about being a part of that genre? 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:21.680 So to speak? 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:26.000 Yeah, I mean I never really intended for this to happen, 0:05:26.160 --> 0:05:29.240 like so close in proximity to the last job. But 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:34.080 I love telling these stories because there's an element of 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:38.000 realness to them and like all of these stories, I 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:41.400 feel someone has been in these shoes before, and it's 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:45.080 amazing to get to like walk those same footsteps as 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:48.719 someone else and like show that representation and be a 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:51.919 part of this story, whether it be a queer coming 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:54.560 of age story or just like a kid figuring their 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:56.400 shit out? Can I cuss on your you? Can? 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:57.960 You can say whatever you want on here. 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:04.120 And like for some and like myself, I look up 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:06.240 to the people that I'm working with, like if I'm 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:08.719 putting myself in my sixteen year old shoes, like I 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:11.120 would be watching these shows and feel seen and feel 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:14.640 heard so and just like reading the messages that people 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:19.040 have sent and seeing how much these performances and these 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:23.280 stories has impacted them, it makes it so worth it. 0:06:23.320 --> 0:06:28.159 And like I don't know, again, I never saw myself 0:06:28.240 --> 0:06:30.800 in this genre growing up. I never thought like, oh 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:34.440 I want to be doing like why shows, but they 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:37.919 are so important and they are so needed. I feel like, 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:41.560 so it's been really cool that I've gotten to do 0:06:42.200 --> 0:06:44.760 what I've been doing for the past few years and 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:46.000 continuing to do it. 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:48.240 And what's so cool about your work is I think 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:50.880 back at some of those more coming of age stories 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:53.719 that I grew up with, and throughout my life I 0:06:53.760 --> 0:06:55.839 can kind of pinpoint the moments that made me look 0:06:55.880 --> 0:06:58.919 back at those shows or movies and made me think like, 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:01.279 oh yeah, I felt totally seen and like I could 0:07:01.360 --> 0:07:03.560 relate to that moment in my own life, and I 0:07:03.560 --> 0:07:06.600 think that's something people carry with them forever. So in 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:09.279 some ways, you know, all genres are great and important, 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:12.280 but in some ways, this genre is I think so 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:14.080 personal for so many people. 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:17.640 I agree and like, just like what you were saying. 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:21.040 I get stopped sometimes by grown men who are like 0:07:21.280 --> 0:07:25.200 your performance on The Victor has resonated with me so 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:27.880 much like and that to me is like, Wow, this 0:07:27.920 --> 0:07:30.040 isn't just for like people coming of age. This is 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:34.160 for people of all ages who didn't get these stories 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:39.880 or media representation in their childhoods or in their growing 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:43.600 up and now are seeing it and it's like healing 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:47.360 the inner child within them and it's it's really an 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:51.040 honor to do what I do and to be a 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:56.440 part of someone's like coming of age story. So yeah, 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:59.600 I don't know. I think I'm rambling, but it really 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:05.760 is to a freaking, like weird but amazing and special, 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:08.600 magical thing that I get to do, and I never 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:11.560 ever imagined it would be this impactful. 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:14.560 Well, and for that reason, and among many other reasons, 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:18.800 people are so psyched that a season three just got announced. 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:20.720 Were you were you? Did you have a feeling that 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:21.200 was coming? 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:22.880 Were you like, all right, we got this or how 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:24.440 does that work for you when you let go of 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:26.280 a season you're waiting for a new pickup? 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:27.360 Were you mentally? 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:31.280 You know? It's so interesting because if you had asked 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:34.280 me two years ago while we were filming season one, 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:37.400 I honestly was like, Oh, I feel like this is 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:40.559 such a niche show. No one's really gonna watch it. 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:42.800 Like I fully wrote it off in my head that 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:44.920 this is going to be a one season show. It's 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:46.800 going to go away and no one's going to talk 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:49.520 about it. And then the show came out for season 0:08:49.559 --> 0:08:54.960 one and the audience reaction was so intense. I was 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:58.680 really taken aback by it all, and then we immediately 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:02.960 got a second season, and then the strike happened and 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:05.600 then we didn't hear anything. We went dark for like 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:08.320 eight months. So I was like, oh, maybe our show 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:10.120 is just going to go away like so many other 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:13.480 shows did. But no, like Netflix and the studio were like, 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:15.680 we're going back as soon as the strike is over, 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:18.840 We're going back, and we did it. So coming into 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:24.240 season two, I felt like really confident that people the audience, 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:28.520 the creatives, and the people at the studio were confident 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:31.720 in us and our show. So when season two came out, 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:35.600 I felt honestly like, yeah, I think we are going 0:09:35.640 --> 0:09:38.040 to do a third season. Everyone's been talking about it. 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:40.200 While we were filming season two. They were already talking 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:43.880 about season three. But it's easy to fall back into 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:48.760 that kind of pessimistic mindset that I've been conditioned to 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:51.120 have growing up, that like, okay, yeah, well, you know, 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:54.120 you can't take everyone's word for it, Like people say 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:56.079 things all the time and then it doesn't come to fruition. 0:09:57.160 --> 0:10:00.440 But I don't know. Usually I'm like checking every day 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:03.560 with my team. Have we heard anything yet? Have we 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:06.319 gotten a pick up letter? Has the studio reached out 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:09.360 for dates yet, and I didn't this time. I was 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:12.000 just kind of like, I think, I honestly think it's 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:14.440 going to happen, and I think I can say this. 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:18.280 Back in October, I found out that the writers went 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:20.640 back in the room and started writing season three. So 0:10:20.679 --> 0:10:23.160 I'm like, this is all like all signs are pointing 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:25.560 to yes. And so I didn't lose any sleep over it. 0:10:25.640 --> 0:10:28.839 I honestly was like, it's a good chance that it's 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:32.240 going to happen. I'm prepping myself. I'm like buying all 0:10:32.240 --> 0:10:33.800 the things that I need from when we go back 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:37.520 to Korea. So I just kind of had that in 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:39.360 my head that it was going to happen. And then 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:42.600 Jessica called us a few weeks ago, our showrunner, and 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:45.120 told us the news, and it was almost like yeah, 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:48.319 I figured, yeah, we're going back, We're going back, and 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:51.080 like I was like, oh my gosh, yes, yes, yes, 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:54.640 Like I feel like I normally would have because something 0:10:55.160 --> 0:11:00.600 just inside me knew that this story wasn't done being 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:01.120 told yet. 0:11:01.679 --> 0:11:02.240 Look at that. 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:04.520 That is what I think is called growth, Right, You're 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:07.559 like stepping out of that pessimistic mindset and allowing what 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:10.120 you deserve to come your way and being like yeah, cool, 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:13.120 that feels right, okay, awesome, which which is pretty right 0:11:13.200 --> 0:11:17.800 on your character. He's people just adore him. Q means 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:20.920 so much to so many people. He's very confident and 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:23.599 put together and you know, sure of himself. 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:26.000 Are you all those things? Can you relate to Q? 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:27.560 Oh? 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:28.000 My god? 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:32.160 No, no, no no. It's so fun playing C because 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:34.480 it gets it feels like I'm playing like a way 0:11:34.520 --> 0:11:38.360 more confident version of myself. I always said this, like 0:11:38.440 --> 0:11:41.200 I've never felt more comfortable than when I'm pretending to 0:11:41.240 --> 0:11:43.360 be somebody else. This is why I do my job. 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:46.720 Like I am one of the most anxiety people you'll 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:49.840 ever meet. So getting to like play a character who's 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:54.320 popular in high school and is confident in his own skin, 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:58.000 it's not something that I normally am, or was when 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:01.160 I was Q's age, because I think you, like sixteen seventeen. 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:03.400 I'm twenty four now and I'm still working on all 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:05.520 of this. So it's nice to play these characters because 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:08.240 I get to take pieces of them. It's like my 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:11.360 own kind of like therapy, which sounds so messed up, 0:12:11.480 --> 0:12:16.280 but like I see what Q's capable of and I'm like, well, 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:17.720 if he can do it, then I can do it, 0:12:17.800 --> 0:12:20.800 and I take that home with me sometimes. So to 0:12:20.840 --> 0:12:23.160 answer your question, no, I don't feel like I am 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:26.120 like Q in a lot of ways, but I am 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:30.800 starting to grow into that a little bit and take 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:32.600 parts of him with me when I go home. 0:12:32.960 --> 0:12:35.040 Well that's pretty cool, and that's that's always fun to 0:12:35.040 --> 0:12:37.280 me when I think an artist can learn from who 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:40.080 they're playing and pull something from at least you know, 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:43.720 their their life to better enrich your own, right, Yeah. 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:45.559 Usually it's the other way around, Like you put your 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:49.920 own personal experiences into your characters, and honestly, like that 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:52.720 does work too. But for the characters that I have 0:12:52.840 --> 0:12:55.760 been playing recently, I've learned a lot about myself because 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:58.120 of playing them, and it's like someone's giving them a 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:01.880 script already and I know the outcome and so I 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:04.199 get to like play with that in my real life. 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:06.960 Well that's cool, though, because that tells me you're someone 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:10.880 who's very open to growth and learning and not, you know, 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:12.600 not digging your feet in the ground and saying I 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:14.559 am who I am and there's no room for change. 0:13:14.600 --> 0:13:16.839 It's like, no, I want to be better. I want 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:17.640 to keep evolving. 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:21.040 Yeah, that's why we're put on this earth. Like people 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:24.040 think when you graduate high school, you got everything figured out, 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:28.000 and that's not the case. Like I am constantly learning 0:13:28.080 --> 0:13:32.360 and having life lessons being taught to me all the time. 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:34.720 And that's what I think is like beautiful about doing 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:36.600 my job is I get to meet so many new people, 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:41.520 experience different cultures, and continue to grow. Like that's all 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:43.360 that I really want to do as a person and 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:44.480 an artist. 0:13:51.040 --> 0:13:53.880 You work with Anna Cathcart very closely. You play her 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:56.400 best friend. I had her on my show. She adores you. 0:13:56.520 --> 0:13:59.520 I imagine working with her is just the best. 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:03.120 It really is. It's funny because we didn't know each 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:06.840 other prior to the show. We had one like chemistry read, 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:09.120 but it was over zoom and so like we didn't 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:11.720 really get a feel for each other. And I remember 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:15.000 we were about to start filming season one. We had 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:18.400 just kind of like landed in Korea, and I was 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:21.400 walking out of the hotel and she was being driven 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:23.800 back into the hotel like in the ballet area, and 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:27.000 she like swings open the van door and I look behind. 0:14:27.040 --> 0:14:29.400 I'm like, are you Anna, And she's like, are you Anthony? 0:14:29.480 --> 0:14:31.760 And like we like run and like it's almost like 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:35.800 that season two episode one scene where we like embrace 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:38.400 each other and like spin around and we're like, I'm 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:40.560 so happy to meet you. And from that moment on, 0:14:40.680 --> 0:14:44.200 I was like, this girl is real. She's not some 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:48.200 random little screen on my computer. She's a real person. 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:52.480 And we clicked immediately. And I think also because the 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:55.520 both of us had quite a bit of an experience 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:57.800 in the industry, whereas like a lot of our cast 0:14:57.840 --> 0:15:01.640 members were pretty green and didn't have a lot of 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:05.160 well some of them actually never had worked or acted before, 0:15:05.520 --> 0:15:08.560 so there was that kind of like mutual understanding of like, Okay, 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:11.400 we're entering a new space and we're going to be 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:15.600 in Korea and doing this thing together with a bunch 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:18.240 of people who don't really know what's going on. So 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:22.720 we immediately bonded on that. And also, like our scenes 0:15:22.800 --> 0:15:25.760 just kind of like flew by, we were the ones 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:28.480 that like the eighties would come up to us and 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:30.200 be like we knew you'd be able to get us 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:32.640 home on time, and that it was just like fun 0:15:32.680 --> 0:15:35.360 to be able to do that for our show and 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:38.600 with each other. And I just remember like season two, 0:15:38.640 --> 0:15:42.480 we had one scene. It was the first scene for 0:15:42.600 --> 0:15:47.040 me of the season, and the sun was setting and 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:49.760 it was an outdoor scene and we only had like 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:52.680 fifteen minutes to get this scene in both of our coverage, 0:15:52.720 --> 0:15:55.280 which isn't a lot of time. And then we started 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:58.760 rehearsing as they're setting up camera and I remember the 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:01.800 script supervisors like you what are you reading? We're like 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:05.200 the scene? What do you mean? This is the scene? 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:08.120 And she's like that's not the scene anymore. And I'm like, 0:16:08.160 --> 0:16:10.520 we didn't get the new pages because like sometimes they 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:14.440 like print out stuff like day of and then they 0:16:15.040 --> 0:16:17.200 expect you to like memorize it, and they someone forgot 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:19.360 to like give us a new so they gave us 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:21.400 the new pages, and I remember us like yelling the 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:24.280 lines at each other and then they're like almost done 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:27.840 setting up and they like finished setting up and they're like, okay, 0:16:27.920 --> 0:16:29.920 hate your marks. And then we do the scene. We 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:32.240 did it in like two takes, and I remember us 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:34.440 looking at each other and be like, we're so back. 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:37.400 We're so back, Like we have this amazing chemistry on 0:16:37.480 --> 0:16:40.280 and off camera, and I love working with the girl 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:43.440 because it's just so obvious to everyone else. And it's 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:46.400 so easy. That's what. That's the best way I can 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:50.640 explain our work, our professional and our personal relationship is 0:16:50.680 --> 0:16:51.120 just easy. 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:54.240 Well to the point of I think people confuse the 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:57.120 both of you with your characters because it feels so natural, 0:16:57.520 --> 0:17:00.640 you know what I mean. Yeah, that's awesome. That's a 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:02.760 testament to the work that you guys do well. I 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:05.080 know people are so excited for more of that in 0:17:05.119 --> 0:17:06.919 season three. And you've shared a little bit about what 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:09.000 you want to see for your character in season three, 0:17:09.040 --> 0:17:12.160 But is there anything else that you haven't really said 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:14.000 yet that you want to explore for Q? 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:17.280 I don't know, Like I kind of want him to 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:20.760 have his own love triangle, some drama for Q, because 0:17:20.760 --> 0:17:22.920 I feel like you's the one that's always like so 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:26.480 put together and like has everything figured out and isn't 0:17:26.520 --> 0:17:29.960 like the one that the drama or the chaos is surrounding. 0:17:30.600 --> 0:17:33.280 So it'd be cool to like get to step into 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:36.320 kiddy shoes a little bit and like, look some shit up. 0:17:37.440 --> 0:17:39.720 Yeah. Do you ever have say in what happens to 0:17:39.760 --> 0:17:40.359 your character or No? 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:43.320 I mean, like I can I can talk to the 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:46.040 writers and ask them, like, Hey, what are you thinking 0:17:46.080 --> 0:17:48.959 for this like what if we did that? I was 0:17:49.320 --> 0:17:53.359 very adamant on like being true to myself in terms 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:57.040 of my heritage and like having them add that we 0:17:57.040 --> 0:18:00.439 were I was Iranian and Filipino and they were super that, 0:18:00.480 --> 0:18:03.520 which I'm very grateful for. But as in terms of story, 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:07.080 like that's the writer's job, I have no say, Like 0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:10.760 my job is to say the lines, basically, but like 0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:13.119 it is nice to like kind of, you know, go 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:14.840 in and be like, what if we did this? And 0:18:14.960 --> 0:18:17.640 usually they're very collaborative and very open to what I 0:18:17.720 --> 0:18:21.000 like suggestions I have, but no, I have no idea 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:23.280 what's in store first. I mean I have a little 0:18:23.280 --> 0:18:25.840 bit of an idea, but I don't know what's actually 0:18:25.920 --> 0:18:27.119 written and what's on paper. 0:18:27.520 --> 0:18:30.560 I would be so tempted to be hounding the writers like, hey, 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:32.119 have you worked on anything today? 0:18:32.160 --> 0:18:33.560 Anything takes a lot. 0:18:33.720 --> 0:18:36.560 It takes a lot to not be like that because 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:38.919 I used to be like, so, what's happening? What's happening? 0:18:38.920 --> 0:18:40.600 And like nine times out of ten, like if you're 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:42.880 filming season two and you're like, what are you thinking 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:46.840 for season three? They'll give you ideas, but those things 0:18:46.960 --> 0:18:50.480 change so much, like based off of audience reaction of 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:54.920 the season. The studio has opinions, the network has opinions 0:18:54.960 --> 0:18:57.119 of what they want the show to look like, so 0:18:57.160 --> 0:18:59.560 like they could have ideas, but like it could be 0:18:59.600 --> 0:19:03.879 completely different by the time you actually start filming the season, 0:19:03.960 --> 0:19:06.280 which has happened on every show that I've been. 0:19:06.200 --> 0:19:08.400 On so on. Behalf of all the fans. 0:19:08.440 --> 0:19:11.399 When I announced you as my guest, I feel like 0:19:11.440 --> 0:19:13.240 it is my duty to ask you this question. 0:19:14.400 --> 0:19:15.160 You look nervous. 0:19:15.640 --> 0:19:16.640 I'm a little nervous. 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:19.240 I know I just made it very dramatic. 0:19:20.440 --> 0:19:24.199 People are very interested who you want the endgame for 0:19:24.320 --> 0:19:24.879 Kitty to be. 0:19:26.160 --> 0:19:28.520 I knew this was coming, did you? I knew this 0:19:28.640 --> 0:19:32.159 was coming. Yeah. Everyone always wants to know this answer. 0:19:33.160 --> 0:19:37.879 I okay, how do I say this? I really hope 0:19:37.960 --> 0:19:42.800 that whatever happens in terms of Kitty's love story is 0:19:42.880 --> 0:19:47.280 what she wants. I hope that it is a relationship 0:19:47.320 --> 0:19:52.040 of growth and understanding. I think, and this is I 0:19:52.119 --> 0:19:54.760 don't want to be like I don't want anyone to 0:19:54.800 --> 0:19:59.040