hello, priah, how are you?
i'm good.
you just celebrated a sweet sixteen.
yes.
how was that?
how was the party?
that was fun, the party was really fun, I enjoyed myself.
it looked really fun on Instagram.
so, happy birthday.
thank you.
now you have more to celebrate.
so you have "the curse of bridge hollow" coming up, and you also have the premiere.
do you have your outfit picked out yet?
um, I do for the premiere.
it's gonna look really, really cute.
um, so I'm super excited for it.
how long does it usually take you to pick out a premiere outfit, or just like a special
occasion outfit?
I mean, I guess it depends.
it takes me a minute, but I think I already kind of go knowing what I'm going for, come
in knowing what I'm going for, so...
that's nice.
um, do you know what you're gonna be for halloween yet?
no, I don't.
are you a big halloween person?
like, dressing up like--
I am, but lately I haven't been dressing up.
this year, I kind of want to dress up, but I guess it just depends on my mood when it
comes, like, closer to the day.
yeah.
how do you feel if you found out that people dressed up as some of your characters you've
played before?
i mean, I'm kind of honored.
it's kind of cool, so.
it's kind of cool to see how they are dressing up as me.
no, yeah, that'd be insane.
yeah.
um, and for this movie, did you ever think that you'd be in a halloween-themed movie,
like, a main character role?
um, I've al--I knew that I always wanted to lead a film, but I didn't know it would be
halloween.
but once they did say--they showed interest into the, um, into having me in the film,
I was really honored.
and I took up the offer because I really did love how the, I loved the concept, and I thought
it would just be a fun movie for me to be a part of.
yeah. and you have--obviously you have other netflix, "stranger things", you have netflix
under your belt, so, when you got this call, what do you remember through the auditioning
process?
like, did you do it over zoom?
like, what was it like?
well, I remember, like, my manager calling me right after I had wrapped "stranger things",
um, four in the summer, just basically telling me that they had showed interest and that
they wanted to do a producer session.
so that's what I did, I did a producer session over zoom, and then I did a, um, I did, like,
a chemistry read with the rest of my co-stars and the cast mates, which, which was also
very, very fun.
and then after that, I think I, um, we started filming around this time last year, so...
yeah. and you--okay, so, in the comments of the trailer, um, a lot of people are saying,
like, "it's so good to see her doing, like, other roles outside of 'stranger things' and
just seeing her in different stuff," so how do you feel taking a step outside of "stranger
things" and other projects that you've done with this movie?
I feel great, especially, like, playing a teenager, because erica is not a teenager
in "stranger things".
and also playing in a different era. because, you know, playing the '80s is fun, but you
also want to see what you'll look like playing it, playing a character in this day and time.
so that was really fun getting to, um, experience that.
and also playing around with different roles and working with some different people.
although the cast of "stranger things" is like family.
yeah. for sure.
and it is a comedy-horror; so was there any times on set that you guys just completely
lost it, like, all your co-stars and all of you, that you just couldn't keep it together
because you're laughing too much?
yeah, there were times, but I think we all do a pretty great job, like, snapping it,
um, back and getting back in that character.
but there were times, like, if the camera wasn't on me, I'll definitely try to laugh
behind the camera.
yeah. and if you could--okay, so, you obviously like posting, like you're, you have a big
social media following on instagram on tiktok and everything like that.
so, you have a huge audience.
and what would you say is a big acting goal of yours?
like, do you want to produce a movie, direct a movie, do you have a certain role you'd
want to play?
I guess it's the mix of those.
I think in the future, I definitely have a certain role I want to play, definitely more
action, some stuff with more, um, that's more theatrical and drama to it.
but also I want to get into producing and directing, and I'm kind of working on that,
like, right now, which is super fun, so...
yeah. and you're young, so you have a lot under your belt at your age, and I'm sure
people are always like, "oh my gosh, you're doing so much at your age" and stuff like
that.
and stepping back from acting and working most of the time, what is one thing that you're
usually doing with your friends?
are you binge-watching your own shows, you know?
what do you like doing when you're not working?
i definitely, because it is fall, and it's, like, a bunch of festivals out, I try to fit
in time to go to the fair or go to, like, theme parks.
and, um, since it is coming up on the holidays in october, I definitely want to visit a few
haunted houses and, um, do that kind of stuff.
so, I'll try to fit in time to do that kind of stuff.
and also find time for myself as well.
yeah.
it's a good plan.
and then, okay, if you could bring any of your "stranger things" cast over to "the curse
of bridge hollow" and have a crossover, who would you bring over?
ah, that's a hard one, because they're all so talented.
but I would probably bring over dustin.
I think he would be a funny, um, addition--especially with him and marlon--to "bridge hollow".
I think that'll be really funny to watch.
and speaking of marlon, you have obviously an iconic dad in the film.
did you watch "white chicks", "little man"? like, did you watch those--
yes, growing up, I did watch "little man".
that was my movie growing up.
and I watched "scary movie", um, which was also really funny.
um, I did watch "white chicks".
on set, he told me to watch "white chicks", and I did, and I actually loved it, it was
super fun.
funny.
it's a good movie.
I love how he told you to watch it too.
yeah.
it's also iconic because you have, like, obviously you watched his movies and now you're in a
movie with him, and there's stories like that with the actors and actors all the time, but,
like, I feel like, when you're living it, it's just, like, an unreal kind of experience.
um, we have a quick, before we wrap, "trick-or-treat".
so basically, there's two candies, not hard at all, you pick what candy you'd prefer,
okay?
okay.
halloween themes.
okay.
skittles or dots?
skittles.
yeah, that's [indistinct].
snickers or twix?
oh.
snickers, because snickers, to me, are like--twix could get old after eating it for a while,
but once--you can eat as many, like, snickers as you want to, but twix, it kind of, you
get tired of them.
um, reese's or hershey kiss?
reese's.
yeah, I'm team reese's.
so good.
sour patch kids or runts?
you know, the little--
no, I've never heard runts.
I don't really like them.
I think, like, they're just, like, hard candy, and basically it's, like, chewy and, like,
sour obviously, and then it's, like, sweet and hard.
probably sour patch kids.
yeah, team sour patch kids.
plus iconic, they're, like, sour patch kids.
um, laffy taffy or caramels?
um, laffy taffy.
the chewiest.
yeah.
airheads or butterfingers?
which don't--
airheads.
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um, would you do--okay, so this is, like, technically candy, but tootsie pops or blow
pops?
yes, they are.
blow pops.
yeah.
iconic.
I love it.
well, thank you so much, congratulations on the film and everything you've been up to.
thank you.