WEBVTT - Edvin Ryding 0:00:01.840 --> 0:00:05.040 Hey guys, welcome to I've never said this before with 0:00:05.200 --> 0:00:09.559 me Tommy Didario. Today's guest is the super talented Edvn 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:13.320 Riding Now. Edvn is one of the biggest breakout stars 0:00:13.400 --> 0:00:17.080 on Netflix, starring in Young Royals, which is a Swedish 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:20.640 teen drama romance set at a fictional elite boarding school. 0:00:20.800 --> 0:00:24.800 Now the show primarily follows Edvin, who plays Prince Wilhelm 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:28.480 of Sweden and his romance with fellow male student Simon 0:00:28.640 --> 0:00:32.040 Erickson and all the drama which results, and let me 0:00:32.080 --> 0:00:34.919 tell you, there is a lot of it. Van grew 0:00:35.040 --> 0:00:38.280 up in Stockholm, Sweden, and started acting at five years 0:00:38.320 --> 0:00:41.280 old and a humble brag on his behalf. He became 0:00:41.360 --> 0:00:44.680 a Forbes thirty Under thirty lister in twenty twenty two, 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:47.559 which is not an easy title to obtain, and he 0:00:47.680 --> 0:00:50.800 managed to graduate high school during his rise to superstardom. 0:00:51.040 --> 0:00:54.000 He is now working on several different projects, including a 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:57.360 third and final season of Young Royals. I know, I know, 0:00:57.680 --> 0:00:59.720 what are we going to do without the show? Edvn 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:02.319 is such a deep and soulful guy, and I know 0:01:02.480 --> 0:01:05.280 you are going to really enjoy hearing a different side 0:01:05.319 --> 0:01:08.080 to him. Throughout this conversation. So let's see if today 0:01:08.280 --> 0:01:11.080 we can get Edvan to say something that he's never 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:16.800 said before. Van, my friend, it is so good to 0:01:16.880 --> 0:01:18.679 be hanging out with you. How are you today? 0:01:19.120 --> 0:01:21.720 Likewise? I'm good. I'm good. It's been a beautiful day 0:01:21.720 --> 0:01:24.080 here in Stockholm. I'm happy spring is coming. 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:28.039 Oh, I love that. I'm great, man, I'm great. I'm 0:01:28.520 --> 0:01:31.959 I mean, I should be kind of fanning myself because 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:35.360 am I talking to who BuzzFeed said is the next 0:01:35.400 --> 0:01:38.240 Meryl Street, Viola Davis and Denzel Washington. 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:41.720 I don't know about that. We'll see. 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:44.240 It's up to me, you know, Yeah, yeah, it's up 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:46.520 to you. But what an honor? I read that article 0:01:46.640 --> 0:01:48.440 not too long ago, and it was like, that's my man, 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:50.640 Good for you, Good for you. That must feel good. 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:54.480 Huh yeah, it's been. Uh, it's always like it's a 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:57.480 big honor. Obviously, you you get a little frightened at first, 0:01:57.520 --> 0:01:59.600 but then you like take a breather and then you 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:03.720 realize it's truly is like a huge honor and it's 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:05.360 something great to build from, you know. 0:02:05.880 --> 0:02:09.640 Yeah, yeah, well, well deserved. You are somebody who means 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:12.320 so much to so many and and it's largely due 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:15.079 to the show Young Royals, which came out and we're 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:19.240 in two seasons now. This show has taken the world 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:23.360 by storm. It is one of the hottest shows on Netflix. 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:26.480 People just love it to death so much. I want 0:02:26.480 --> 0:02:28.320 to bring it back for a minute. What was it 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:31.160 that made you say when you read that initial script 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:33.799 that pilot man, I have to be a part of 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:34.520 this series. 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:38.000 Well, you know, it's it's It was actually quite funny 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:41.600 because I was in like a weird period in my 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:46.160 life where, you know, COVID had just hit the world 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:50.840 a couple of months earlier, and I was like at 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:53.680 a stalemate, you know. I mean, it's weird for me 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:55.480 as twenty year old to say that, but you know 0:02:55.520 --> 0:02:59.480 it was. I was feeling pretty like restless, and then 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:03.080 I got this call for this this audition, and and 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:05.920 it just it felt great, Like it was truly just intuition. 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:09.160 I think, if we're going to break it down, I 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:11.720 read the script and I was like, yeah, this is sure, 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:15.360 it's yeah. You know, it was fun because you know, 0:03:15.440 --> 0:03:17.760 I've heard my my coworker Omar talk about it, and 0:03:17.760 --> 0:03:20.280 he was like, yeah, this is this is going to 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:22.600 be a hit, you know, and I read it and 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:25.880 was like, yeah, we can, we can do something out 0:03:25.919 --> 0:03:28.400 of this. I really think with the teamwork that we 0:03:28.560 --> 0:03:32.960 had during season one and season two, I think that's 0:03:33.040 --> 0:03:36.360 like the major, major thing that made it what it was. 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:40.280 And I think also that's like what made me want 0:03:40.320 --> 0:03:40.760 to do it. 0:03:41.000 --> 0:03:43.120 I love that it's a queer love story, man. I 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:46.600 mean I grew up, I'm a millennial and I never 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:49.200 had anything like this to watch. I mean, we had 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:51.200 Will and Grace, but it was a very different type 0:03:51.200 --> 0:03:53.040 of show and it was great yea, And I love 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:56.760 the representation there, but it wasn't this this love story. 0:03:56.840 --> 0:04:00.760 I mean, do you feel ever that responsibility of being 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:03.320 in a show that that means so much to so 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:04.320 many Uh? 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:08.240 Yeah, I'm not gonna lie, like it's it's it's definitely 0:04:08.480 --> 0:04:11.120 like it's it's huge for me, and it is a 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:14.840 big responsibility. Like all these people writing and saying like 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:19.239 they feel seen by this show and by by our 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:23.320 portrayal of these characters. It's it's massive, you know, and 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:27.120 I like I feel seen by them as well. Like 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:29.960 it's a very I haven't spoken about it too much, 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:32.640 I think, or maybe I've just been been bad at 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:35.320 articulating it, but it truly is like a give and 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:39.000 take situation with with us in the cast and our audience, 0:04:39.080 --> 0:04:42.520 like we they make us feel seen, and apparently we 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:44.400 make them feel seen. And it's like, I think it's 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:46.760 a big responsibility for us because we're like in the 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:49.280 spotlight and we want to take care of these people 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:52.480 as much as possible, and it's a movement and that 0:04:52.520 --> 0:04:54.080 comes with the responsibility, you. 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:56.560 Know, one hundred percent. I think that's such an interesting 0:04:56.600 --> 0:04:59.039 way to look at it. You know, yes, the audience 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:02.720 feels seen through your work, but you feel seen through them. 0:05:02.839 --> 0:05:04.839 Talk to me more about that. That's such an interesting, 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:07.599 interesting way to put it that I really haven't heard before. 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:10.520 Yeah, I mean, well, I've been thinking about it these 0:05:10.560 --> 0:05:13.839 last few weeks, Like we're in early early early prep 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:17.760 for season three right now, and I'm starting to like 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:22.680 slowly growing into Wilhelm again, and I've been thinking about it, 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:27.520 like it's we have such an intelligent audience. They're like 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:31.080 they're like on a high level intelligent people, Like they 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:34.520 can analyze the show, and they can analyze not just 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:37.400 our story, like I see them interacting with other shows 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:40.400 as well, like art stopper Wednesday, and the way they're 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:46.640 like dissecting these stories and finding like symbolism, it's it's beautiful. 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:49.600 And some of these things are like just things that 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:53.040 we as actors are maybe you know, I can only 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:55.680 speak for myself, but the things that we like come 0:05:56.720 --> 0:05:58.360 we figure it out in the moment. We just do 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:00.599 something and we feel like, yeah, yeah, that's that's that 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:03.520 makes sense because Willielm's this person and he would do that, 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:05.960 and then you just do it and and they really 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:10.360 they pick up on that and it's beautiful. Like they 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:15.279 they I think they see our craftsmanship and that's huge 0:06:15.279 --> 0:06:16.600 for me as an actor. You know. 0:06:17.279 --> 0:06:20.560 Yeah, yeah, that's a really special relationship to have with 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:23.160 the viewers of a show that you're creating and you're 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:26.599 bringing to life. I think that's super super cool. And 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:30.359 obviously everybody knows that you and Omar are thickest thieves, 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:33.839 super tight. He of course plays Simon in the show. 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:37.720 Why was he the right guy to play opposite you? 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:37.960 Like? 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:39.279 What made him that guy? 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:42.080 He's many things, but mainly is a very brave person. 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:48.719 And he is brave and like almost every aspect of 0:06:48.760 --> 0:06:52.200 his life like he's very he's daring. He wants to 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:54.600 do stuff and he wants to try them and and 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:58.679 that's like very fundamental for an actor to be able 0:06:58.720 --> 0:07:03.920 to be brave, you know. And I felt like I 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:08.240 saw that the first audition we did together, because I 0:07:08.400 --> 0:07:10.320 was it was like his first, but it was my 0:07:11.400 --> 0:07:13.000 Maybe it wasn't his first, maybe it was his second 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:14.720 or something. I had done a few at least, you know, 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:17.200 And and I was like, in the moment, I was 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:20.560 trying this improvising stuff, and he just followed, and he 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:24.320 like he pushed it in another direction, like we were 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:26.760 just playing with each other, playing with these emotions, and 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:31.360 it's not easy to do that if you've never like 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:35.680 properly acted before. And yeah, I really really admire that 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:36.400 about him. 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:41.200 And you didn't know him during those early auditions, right, No. 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:42.920 No, I knew who he was. He was. He's like 0:07:43.000 --> 0:07:45.200 he's been a celebrity in swite him for a few years. 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:50.200 And I went to see him. It's ten years ago, now, 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:53.400 that's crazy. Yeah, I went to see him when he 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:58.880 opened for Justin Bieber in Stockholm twenty thirteen, and his 0:07:59.120 --> 0:08:02.920 like musical career was huge from there, you know, up 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:07.120 until Royals and it's only been growing. So I knew 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:09.360 who he was, but I didn't know him personally, you know. 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:13.200 So how did you establish such an insane bond and 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:17.240 develop that chemistry on screen? Because you guys together, I mean, 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:21.080 it's so believable. We as an audience believe you are 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:23.640 truly in love, and that's not always easy to achieve, 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:25.880 as in my opinion as a viewer, when I watch 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:28.680 certain shows, it's you know, kind of like, Okay, yeah, 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:30.680 they're they're doing the job of having to be in love. 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:32.319 But I watch the two of you, and I say, no, 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:34.480 these these guys look like they are in love. So 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:36.800 how did you form that bond? Was it a pretty 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:37.679 easy thing to do? 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:42.480 Firstly, thank you, that's very kind of words. It was. 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:47.360 It wasn't easy, you know. I mean it's never easy 0:08:47.400 --> 0:08:49.920 to or sometimes it is, you know. With Omer, I 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:53.839 think it was actually because like I said, he's brave. 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:56.960 I'd like to consider myself as a brave person's file 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:04.560 and we kind of had to. Like it was, it 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:08.840 was like a force of nature in some way because 0:09:08.880 --> 0:09:14.080 he's he's very open and brave, and I'm I'm I'm 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:18.760 very like intrigued by those types of people, and we 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:22.080 were working all of these long hours and day in 0:09:22.120 --> 0:09:25.520 and day out, and we were doing these beautiful scenes, 0:09:25.520 --> 0:09:29.959 and we had our director who is like our directors 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:32.760 they were they were really like helping us out with 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:36.320 understanding these scenes in this relationship, and that I think 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:39.160 that created like a trust between me and Omar. And 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:42.480 trust is like I usually say, like the two most 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:45.400 important things when it comes to working in the film industry, 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:48.359 or maybe three things. It's like it's trust, it's communication, 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:52.080 and its respect. And I think me and Omar found 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:53.560 out with each other pretty quickly. 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:56.839 I love the development of your character in the two seasons. 0:09:56.920 --> 0:09:58.840 I imagine for you it must be a super fun 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:01.520 role to play. What you love about playing the Prince? 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:10.360 Wow? Uh? I love It's very challenging, honestly. I mean, uh, 0:10:10.440 --> 0:10:14.080 he's he's grown a lot since the first episode of 0:10:14.120 --> 0:10:18.280 season one. Uh. And he's it's been like a rollercoaster 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:21.720 so far. Uh. And that's very challenging. And I think 0:10:22.320 --> 0:10:25.840 mainly that's like the funniest, the most fun part of it. 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:30.480 But he's like he's so sensitive and it's always like 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:35.280 I you feel like it's rewarding for you as a person. 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:37.200 I feel like it's rewarding for me, like as a 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:40.200 person to portray Willham, because like he's so sensitive and 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:44.600 emotional in a very uh in a very good way. 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:49.800 Like it's not it's very anti macho thing, and I 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:52.880 think that's important to portray as well, and and for 0:10:53.000 --> 0:10:55.200 me as an actor to be able to like go 0:10:55.360 --> 0:11:00.800 into those that kind of lifestyle and and places. It's 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:02.680 rewarding for me as a person. You know, I learn 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:08.440 a lot by working with young royals, and that's great, Like, 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:12.840 that's not it's not usually like that, I think. 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:15.600 Yeah, I think, well, I think it takes a special 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:20.040 kind of person too to be aware with the environment 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:22.240 and the work that they're doing to actually learn something 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:23.880 from it. Right, It's not like you go to work, 0:11:23.920 --> 0:11:25.760 you put on this character and you leave and you're 0:11:25.800 --> 0:11:27.760 kind of like that's it. Like you want to grow, 0:11:27.880 --> 0:11:30.120 you want to learn, you want to be somebody who's 0:11:30.160 --> 0:11:33.520 continually improving yourself. At least that's what I gather from 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:37.800 our conversations, which I think is a really unique trait 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:40.760 and quality to have in this industry. I know that 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:47.640 season two, this character he goes through some things, and 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:50.960 I know you've commented on how you've kind of grappled 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:53.520 with how you view your character in season two. Talk 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:54.480 to me more about that. 0:11:55.800 --> 0:12:00.600 Well, this created kind of created quite a stir on 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:03.000 the social media when I said this, at least with 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:10.840 our audience, because they defend Wilhelm really, you know, really 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:15.160 really much. And what I've been like when I say 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:18.000 I I had a hard time understanding, Well, it was 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:21.520 like on a very like fundamental, but also it was 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:25.599 kind of abstract because I thought he was very selfish 0:12:25.679 --> 0:12:30.560 a lot of the time in season two. He was 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:33.240 mainly thinking about himself and his own problems. He wasn't 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:39.080 thinking about h Simon and his problems, and and that's 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:42.480 you know, it's frustrating reading that, you know, seeing that 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:45.960 character in front of you is like, I wouldn't want 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:48.000 to be friends with that kind of person. I think 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:52.480 people can change, you know, but it's a very it's 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:56.600 a very pessimistic way of life, I think. And that 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:59.520 was a hard time like understanding, but then I had 0:12:59.640 --> 0:13:04.560 long conversations with our writers and directors and eventually I 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:07.240 figured it out. I think I don't know if our 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:10.880 audience know what I mean yet, but they will one day. 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:14.160 Yeah, Yeah, I think that's cool that you get to 0:13:14.240 --> 0:13:17.840 explore different sides to this character, right, Like that must 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:18.640 be fun for you. 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:23.480 It is, you know, it's always funnier. Like you know, 0:13:23.920 --> 0:13:28.040 people are so like complex. You know, we have different 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:30.920 different ways of talking when we're with different people, we 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:35.760 have different ways of moving, we laugh different with different people, 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:39.640 and just you know, that's like the outer layer, imagine 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:42.800 like the inner layer. It's way more complex, and that's 0:13:43.559 --> 0:13:48.600 like reality. So portraying that is speaking of like rewarding 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:51.320 for me as a person. That's also like I learn 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:54.120 a lot by doing that because that's what it is 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:57.520 in real life, Like how does Wilhelm control these feelings? 0:13:57.559 --> 0:14:00.600 Pretty badly? Sometimes maybe I should do that, you know, 0:14:00.760 --> 0:14:01.400 do you know what I mean? 0:14:01.880 --> 0:14:05.080 Yeah, yeah, no, that's right on. I think it's an 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:08.880 interesting study on human behavior when you kind of drive 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:10.640 into a character like that, right. 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:13.800 Yeah, I mean it is, it is. I find that 0:14:14.000 --> 0:14:18.600 so interesting, Like the human mind, it's powerful and scary, 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:23.640 but it's beautiful at the same time. So I tried 0:14:23.680 --> 0:14:29.120 to everything I know about psychology and behavioral science. I 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:31.760 try to put into my character work. 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:43.840 So if you can look back at your work over 0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:46.760 the last two seasons. Is there a scene or a 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:50.280 moment that was so meaningful for you wish you could 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:52.760 relive it and and do it all over again because 0:14:52.800 --> 0:14:55.280 you so enjoyed doing it. And on the flip side, 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:58.160 is there a scene that you wish Hm, I wish 0:14:58.200 --> 0:14:59.640 I had another shot at that. I feel like I 0:14:59.640 --> 0:15:01.640 could trade a little differently. 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:03.720 Like I enjoyed most of my time. I'm thinking about 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:06.680 which scene I like the most, not which one I 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:12.360 hate the most. No, but I think the football field 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:17.240 scene or soccer sorry. 0:15:15.480 --> 0:15:17.240 Yeah, depending on where you live. 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:24.120 Yeah, that scene in season one for me as an 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:27.320 actor was very fun to do. We were improvising a lot, 0:15:27.360 --> 0:15:32.040 and I had a really nice collaboration with our director 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:39.240 for that episode and with Omar, and I think, I, yeah, 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:41.680 that was really that was fun. I don't think I 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:44.200 want to do it again. I want to like be 0:15:44.320 --> 0:15:47.000 in that moment watching myself doing it, do you know 0:15:47.000 --> 0:15:50.520 what I mean? I don't think I could do that 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:54.320 exact same thing again because it's so it was so 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:59.320 like intuitive, But it was fun to do. And if 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:02.800 I get another shot at one scene, probably some scenes 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:07.080 in like the early early stages of season one, it 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:10.840 was a weird time coming into the first season, and 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:14.520 some of those scenes were pretty difficult to grasp Aron 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:17.440 and we had like issues with postponing these scenes because 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:20.440 of COVID and stuff. So if I have to say one, 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:23.800 maybe the scene in episode one of season one, there's 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:29.000 the scene in the car where Wilhelm he finds out 0:16:29.000 --> 0:16:31.600 that he's going to start at Hemascat at the school 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:38.000 and he's really pissed at this Royal Family staff member. 0:16:38.560 --> 0:16:40.360 If I have to pick one scene, I'd picked that one. 0:16:40.560 --> 0:16:43.360 Very cool. I always find it so fascinating the inner 0:16:43.400 --> 0:16:46.560 workings of artists brains and how they view their work. 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:50.480 So thank you for sharing that. I think it's so 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:54.320 cool that you started as the Swedish actor and then 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:57.120 you hit this international level of fame with the show, 0:16:57.200 --> 0:16:59.720 even appearing on Jimmy Kimmel here in New York City, 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:03.680 which is just so cool. So what are you the 0:17:03.720 --> 0:17:06.320 most proud of with your work on this show. 0:17:06.480 --> 0:17:08.320 I think I'm the most proud of like the way 0:17:08.359 --> 0:17:11.920 we've we've reached out to the audience, Like the way 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:14.800 we've connected with our audience. I've been saying this now 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:20.120 for two years soon, but it's so majestic, it's monumental. 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:23.439 It's like for me, it's like it's such a feeling 0:17:23.480 --> 0:17:27.400 of comfort in my chest. Like the relationship that this 0:17:27.440 --> 0:17:31.600 story has with its audience is it's so beautiful and 0:17:31.640 --> 0:17:34.760 it's so like it's it's real, you know, it's a 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:38.440 movement and you can dissect the whole period down to 0:17:38.520 --> 0:17:41.880 different Obviously, I'm super, super proud to have been on FOUL. 0:17:42.080 --> 0:17:45.000 I think we honestly, I think we were the first 0:17:45.359 --> 0:17:49.000 we're the first Sweetist show to be promoted on Jimmy 0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:54.119 Fallon and that's huge, you know. But but there's like 0:17:54.640 --> 0:18:00.800 so much more to it than just like being able 0:18:00.840 --> 0:18:03.560 to travel the world with this show and meeting all 0:18:03.600 --> 0:18:08.440 these people. I think that that relationship with the audience 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:11.920 is Yeah, it's beautiful. 0:18:12.359 --> 0:18:14.720 Yeah, I agree. I see a lot of the comments 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:17.359 surrounding the show and how this show has helped so 0:18:17.400 --> 0:18:19.679 many people. You know, I often wonder if I had 0:18:19.680 --> 0:18:22.400 a show like this, I'm thirty, teld them, I'm thirty seven. Now, 0:18:22.640 --> 0:18:23.640 if I had a show like. 0:18:23.640 --> 0:18:27.280 You're Looking Day over twenty five, you don't have. 0:18:27.240 --> 0:18:29.359 To you don't have to lie. I mean, I appreciate that, 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:29.879 but thank you. 0:18:30.000 --> 0:18:30.600 Yeah, thank you. 0:18:30.760 --> 0:18:34.720 I wondered if I would have maybe come out earlier 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:37.360 if the show existed. You know, I came out what's 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:39.800 considered late now. I mean, I know there's no right time, 0:18:39.920 --> 0:18:42.440 but I was in sen year of college, and I 0:18:42.480 --> 0:18:44.280 think it's so great. So many people are coming out 0:18:44.320 --> 0:18:47.000 earlier and earlier and on their own time, and I 0:18:47.040 --> 0:18:49.359 just wonder if I had something like this, would that 0:18:49.400 --> 0:18:51.200 have helped me? And I think it probably does help 0:18:51.240 --> 0:18:52.960 a lot of people. You know, it's powerful. 0:18:53.040 --> 0:18:57.440 Yeah, it is like that's that I've really moved by that. Wow, 0:18:58.600 --> 0:19:01.800 But also like it's this, this is like it's all 0:19:01.840 --> 0:19:04.879 part of like a big process. I really believe that 0:19:04.960 --> 0:19:09.000 at one point there will be no like coming out 0:19:09.040 --> 0:19:11.600 late or coming out early or anything like that, because 0:19:11.600 --> 0:19:13.560 people won't have to come out because it won't matter, 0:19:14.359 --> 0:19:18.040 Like for real, it won't matter who you love or 0:19:18.080 --> 0:19:22.080 what your pronouns are or what you identify as. It's 0:19:23.000 --> 0:19:26.880 I mean, that's what we're working against, and Royals Young 0:19:26.960 --> 0:19:31.639 Roles is evidently it's a part of that process, and 0:19:31.680 --> 0:19:37.000 I'm super proud to be part of that little puzzle piece. 0:19:37.240 --> 0:19:37.399 You know. 0:19:37.840 --> 0:19:41.160 Yeah, it's important, and I think what a refreshing world. 0:19:41.200 --> 0:19:43.160 It will be when we don't have to do any 0:19:43.200 --> 0:19:45.480 of those things you just talked to me. I know 0:19:45.800 --> 0:19:48.040 I'm ready for that time. And in fact, I remember 0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:51.600 seeing a tweet, you know, and I believe your friend 0:19:51.680 --> 0:19:55.600 Kit Connor kind of got publicly, you know, out it 0:19:55.640 --> 0:19:57.760 if you want to call that as as bisexual, and 0:19:57.760 --> 0:19:59.560 he came out and made a steament and you said, 0:19:59.560 --> 0:20:01.440 my heart was out to you, right are you? Along 0:20:01.480 --> 0:20:04.240 those lines? You said your heart you feel for him, 0:20:04.640 --> 0:20:06.520 because no one should be put in that position, right, 0:20:06.520 --> 0:20:08.480 we should all just we shouldn't have to do that. 0:20:09.160 --> 0:20:13.439 No, No, it was that was painful to watch, you know. 0:20:15.160 --> 0:20:20.080 And kid's such a sweet guy too. I mean, no 0:20:20.119 --> 0:20:24.760 one deserves that. But at this age too, I mean 0:20:24.800 --> 0:20:30.600 we're the same age and and and to be like 0:20:30.920 --> 0:20:35.720 forced into two coming out or like proclaiming who you are, 0:20:35.880 --> 0:20:39.000 like you you owe people that. It's it's such a 0:20:39.040 --> 0:20:47.160 weird way of looking at the world and fellow human beings. Yeah, weird, 0:20:47.320 --> 0:20:47.600 you know. 0:20:47.640 --> 0:20:50.119 Yeah, And that's I think showing your support was a 0:20:50.160 --> 0:20:53.240 really amazing thing to do. And I I, of course, 0:20:53.280 --> 0:20:56.280 I think it speaks huge, huge volumes of who you 0:20:56.320 --> 0:20:59.320 are as a person. And I just thought that was cool, 0:20:59.320 --> 0:21:00.639 So I agree with you. I think when there's a 0:21:00.640 --> 0:21:02.080 time where we don't have to do that, it's going 0:21:02.160 --> 0:21:05.560 to be awesome. Speaking of Kit Connor, who of course 0:21:05.600 --> 0:21:07.919 stars in Heart Stopper, there's a lot of buzz and 0:21:07.960 --> 0:21:10.359 shatter around the internet. I don't know if you said 0:21:10.359 --> 0:21:14.520 something in an interview once, oh yeah, but everyone's wanting 0:21:14.560 --> 0:21:17.119 some sort of crossover. So for everyone who's listening, if 0:21:17.160 --> 0:21:19.760 you haven't seen Heart Stopper, it's another amazing queer love 0:21:19.800 --> 0:21:23.440 story on Netflix. Season one was brilliant. I believe season 0:21:23.520 --> 0:21:25.920 two wrapped and that should be coming out hopefully soon, 0:21:26.960 --> 0:21:28.840 and a lot of people want to see, you know, 0:21:29.040 --> 0:21:31.399 Kit and Joe the two actors in the show, and 0:21:31.680 --> 0:21:34.960 and you and Omar do some sort of crossover. Maybe 0:21:35.000 --> 0:21:36.679 it's a double date in one of the shows. I 0:21:36.680 --> 0:21:38.920 don't know, I mean, come on, what's happening? Are we 0:21:39.000 --> 0:21:39.640 doing anything? 0:21:40.800 --> 0:21:43.359 I don't know. You know, we said that in an 0:21:43.440 --> 0:21:48.879 interview a couple of months ago, and it created was 0:21:49.200 --> 0:21:56.560 been mayhem afterwards. I don't think, like I'd love to 0:21:56.760 --> 0:21:59.959 like do something with Kid and Joe and me and Omar. 0:22:00.640 --> 0:22:03.160 I don't know if we should do it in character though, 0:22:04.280 --> 0:22:09.880 but I mean, we share a lot of audience members 0:22:10.400 --> 0:22:15.320 the two shows, and I think we should we should. Yeah, 0:22:15.440 --> 0:22:17.480 I want to, you know, we should do something. I 0:22:17.480 --> 0:22:19.199 don't know if a crossover is the right way to go, 0:22:19.280 --> 0:22:21.600 but you know, it would be fun to give something 0:22:21.640 --> 0:22:23.639