00:00Did the cast do anything in particular to bond?
00:02To bond, I think it started with the casting.
00:05I think there's an incredible alchemy amongst this group of young actors and young people.
00:09And then we just spent pretty much every waking minute together.
00:12Speaking of that, so your character has this relationship with Kaya's character.
00:15Did you guys do anything to sort of find that relationship?
00:18Kaya and I had known each other for a little while before we started filming.
00:22We'd been friends for a while, but really it came down to the writing.
00:24I remember a lot of guys that she and I would lay our scene pages out on her dining table
00:29and take two pencils and just really kind of dissect what it was that we were going to see tonight
00:33today.
00:34I credit her a lot with coming up with the emotional depth and the intricacies of our relationship.
00:40Absolutely. How did you meet and become friends?
00:42Just kind of through the grapevine, through doing this.
00:45Young people trying to make some dreams come true and we hit it off.
00:49Thankfully we got the opportunity to work together and I hope we will have many, many more.
00:52Absolutely. Who from the cast do you think would do the best in a horror movie scenario?
00:56I think you rigged me, no doubt.
00:58He has too many skills for his own good.
01:01And who do you think would do the best in the 80s?
01:03Probably Hayes, Lauren.
01:05He was sort of made to be some sort of an 80s cultural icon, I think.
01:09Absolutely. What did you find to be the most relatable about your character?
01:12I don't know. We're both blonde. We look really similar.
01:19I'll give you that. I'll give you that. How was working with Ryan Murphy?
01:21It's a dream come true. It's been my dream for a very long time.
01:25But I think it's any actor, particularly a young actor's dream.
01:28It felt like an embarrassment of riches not only that we got to work on his material,
01:32but also that we got to work so close in hand with him on the project.
01:36I think it's deeply personal to him.
01:38He's been a young person in the 80s.
01:41Yeah, that wasn't a lot so much.
01:43Absolutely. How was working with Homer?
01:45A dream. A dream. It's like my brother for life.
01:48On camera there's some tension, but off camera it's a dream.
01:52Absolutely. Were there any mishaps behind the scenes?
01:54Mishaps?
01:57Nothing noteworthy.
01:58Nothing I'm ready to admit.
02:01Okay.
02:01You worked on Stranger Things, which is also 80s.
02:04Yes.
02:04Were you in the same musical head space for both of these shows?
02:07Yeah, absolutely.
02:08I was the music editor on Stranger Things and I worked with our amazing composers,
02:11Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, who were super inspirational to me at the time.
02:17They were doing a very 80s synth score with the original hardware at the time with the keyboards and all
02:29this stuff.
02:30At the time, I was like, what are you guys using? It sounds amazing.
02:36So I took a lot of, I learned a lot from them about the sort of process of using the
02:42original instruments.
02:45And the rewards are much better, it sounds so much better instead of using the big keyboard, you know, computer
02:52sounds.
02:53So I learned that from them.
02:54Absolutely.
02:55Gotta dig out the real keyboards and not use the big stuff.
02:57Yeah. Was there anything about your time on Stranger Things that kind of makes you laugh to think back on?
03:02Makes me what?
03:03Makes you smile or laugh to think back on?
03:06Well, I mean, it's funny because when the show started 10 years ago, it was sort of a small little
03:13indie production.
03:16Our budget was really tiny.
03:18The production office was in this really dingy house off of Hollywood.
03:24That was just disgusting and just a horrible place.
03:30And, you know, you're all crammed in a tiny little editing room watching the show together, coming up with like
03:34where we're going to put the music in the show.
03:37And I think to where we were 10 years later in this beautiful, sprawling office where everybody had a nice,
03:42huge, fancy, new, modern edit day.
03:44And it's just like, flown a long way.
03:47Yeah, it's incredible.
03:47Now, you also worked on Ryan's other show, All's Fair.
03:50Yeah.
03:51Audience did strong responses to that.
03:52What did you think of the audience's response?
03:55They were very entertaining.
03:56So, yeah.
03:57Yeah, I mean, the highly acclaimed All's Fair, critically acclaimed.
04:03I don't really, you know, think about stuff like that.
04:06Because I also co-composed that with my composing partner, Morgan, who I worked on the Shards with.
04:13So we worked on that together a little over a year or so ago.
04:18And we just like, we just, we were getting the scenes and we were writing our score to it and
04:23it was making us laugh and we were having a good time.
04:25So, that's what matters, you know.
04:27And Ryan just has great ideas for music.
04:30Like, he wanted like a 90s R&B girl band sound for the score for that.
04:36So, you know, and now we're doing like an 80s and score for this.
04:39So, it's fun to work on Ryan's shows because you get to change it up for it into projects.
04:46The cast is all like fairly new.
04:48Was there anyone that you were kind of leaning on for advice or like who was kind of the, took
04:52the lead?
04:52Like it's a steal.
04:53It's a steal.
04:54Um, Aya is a social partner.
04:58She, she like, she mulled her and like took care of her, you know, that's what I'm gonna say.
05:02It's hard to say.
05:02It's very nervous.
05:03Um, and so she, and she's, she's pretty a bit of a social group leader too.
05:09Um, but we've all been cool.
05:11So honestly, I was just hanging out with my family, and a guy.
05:14Um, I've subred in.
05:17Um, so yeah, it's been great.
05:19I don't know, we all get along, so.
05:21Did you guys do anything in particular to Bond?
05:24Uh, we had a great karaoke.
05:26We had a great time.
05:28Um, that was, that was, um, yeah.
05:31Um, and yeah, I probably should say.
05:3580s, 80s songs?
05:37Uh, probably.
05:38I don't know how much I remember what he sang.
05:41Um, I think Total Pits of the Heart was in there.
05:45Yeah.
05:46Um, who, from the cast, do you think would do the best in the 80s?
05:52What is that?
05:52Yeah, in the 80s?
05:53Tough talk.
05:54Um, uh, most adaptable person.
05:58Probably probably probably sure.
05:59Yeah.
06:01I'll give that one to me.
06:02Yeah.
06:03What is it about her that you think would thrive in the 80s?
06:06She could, like, talk to anybody.
06:08You know what I mean?
06:08I feel like people were way more punishing about social skills back then.
06:12You know, if you were awkward, you had, like, this one or something.
06:15Yeah.
06:17So, did the cast do anything in particular to Bond?
06:19To Bond?
06:20Uh, we hung out a lot.
06:22Um, we went out in Atlanta.
06:23I mean, LA's a fun place to hang out anyway.
06:25I was here earlier, but we all watched, uh, the Super Bowl halftime show.
06:30That other show, together.
06:32That was, that was kind of surreal.
06:33Like, at Kaya's house, all of us sitting around watching her.
06:36Oh, that was fun.
06:37How was working with Kaya?
06:38Kaya's amazing.
06:39Kaya's one of the kindest people I've ever met.
06:42And, um, she definitely, like, set a tone.
06:44And, um, being, like, kind to each other.
06:47And, and, and I think that helped us all, Bond, quicker.
06:50Absolutely.
06:50Yeah.
06:51Cause you're, you were all, like, fairly new at this, right?
06:53So, was there, like, one person you all were really leaning on or getting advice from?
06:57I mean, Ryan.
06:58Ryan's the surest hand in town.
07:00I don't know.
07:01He does.
07:01And he also knows exactly what he wants.
07:03So, we all lean on him.
07:05But, yeah, it's a new cast and that's very exciting.
07:07Did anything surprise you about working with Ryan?
07:09Like, anything wasn't how you expected it to be?
07:13He is a lot more generous with his time than I expected.
07:16Somebody that spreads it in on, like, so many projects throughout the industry.
07:21Like, TV is, like, half Ryan Murphy.
07:23And he's, he gives you plenty of time.
07:25Like, he, uh, if you want to talk to him, reach out to him, he makes time for his actors.
07:29And I really appreciate him.
07:30Absolutely.
07:31Who in the cast would be most likely to survive if he were in a horror movie situation?
07:34Not me.
07:36Yeah, I think Igby knows martial arts, so he probably, like, karate shot killer.
07:41Um, yeah, I'd say Igby.
07:44And who would do well, um, who from the cast would, like, do well in the 80s, do you think?
07:49Who'd do well in the 80s?
07:51I think, I think, Ivy Woke is kind of, I think Ivy Woke is a fascinating person.
07:58And, and she could probably, like, blow some people's minds with her.
08:01If she, one did stand-up in the 80s, I think that would kind of, like, like, a black hole
08:06would open up in the comedy scene, maybe.
08:08Absolutely.
08:09How was working with Evan Rachel Wood?
08:11It was incredible.
08:12I've always wanted to work with her, and she's a handsome and professional.
08:16Every tape was, like, I felt like we could just use that.
08:19So, um, yeah, it was, yeah, one of the greatest actors I've ever worked with.
08:24Absolutely.
08:25Were there any mishaps behind the scenes?
08:27Yes.
08:27There was some wardrobe malfunctions.
08:30Um, uh, we're wearing some pretty tight clothes, but, uh, yeah, I can't see too much about that.
08:37What was the wardrobe malfunctions you had?
08:39Well, uh, I know for me, like, everything was just riding up, because I had crop tops, short shorts.
08:45I felt, sometimes, like I was gonna burst.
08:49I think some of us did burst out of clothes.
08:52Yeah.
