Interviewer: So do you want to give me a rundown of exactly what The
Hundred is about?
Thomas: Sure.
Interviewer: Go for it.
Thomas: Okay.
Well The Hundred is a TV show.
The idea is that in future, the not so distant future, the earth has been
destroyed by nuclear war and pollution.
To the point at which everyone has to leave the planet and go
live in outer space.
So they go and live in space for about 100 years and
then they return to earth to try to figure out if they can live there
again.
That's basically the idea, but there is a lot more to it.
Thomas: And where do you fit in?
Thomas: I'm one of the people who is sent back to earth.
The title The 100 refers to that group of people.
Interviewer: And they are juvenile delinquent from what I understand?
Thomas: That's exactly right.
Interviewer: Aren't you the one who has a sibling?
Thomas: No, I'm not.
Interviewer: Are you that one or are you the other one?
Thomas: Well, secretly there might be, but I'm not that one.
There is that one in the pilot.
You discover that.
In fact she's sitting right over there.
Her character's name is Octavia and she's been secretly living on
this space ship because they have a one child policy.
Not unlike China.
Interviewer: So there's some political issues that are current to the day?
Thomas: Yeah, well they just don't have enough resources, you know.
There's overpopulation.
Interviewer: What is the difference going to be on the show between the ark
and the earth scenes?
Thomas: There's many huge differences.
For one, the ark is in space.
Interviewer: What do the kids do with earth?
Thomas: What do they do with the earth?
Interviewer: I've seen some clips.
I haven't seen the show.
Thomas: Okay.
Well they arrive for the first time.
Then the wild rumpus begins, as it was written in the script, which
I will always remember.
They celebrate the fact that they're not dead.
Interviewer: That was the wording?
The wild rumpus?
Thomas: The wild rumpus begins.
Which is funny.
Yeah, Jason Rothenberg, writer.
Yeah, so they celebrate.
They're glad they're not dead and they enjoy the...
Interviewer: And did they go with plans?
Were they given with directives?
Thomas: Yeah, the plan is to like, immediately figure out a way to stay
alive.
So they have to find a cache of food, water, stuff like that.
So they are having to move from where they were
dropped through a dense forested area, over a mountain, into a place
where they can find the stuff that they need to stay alive.
Then they're supposed to make contact with the ship.
The mother ship, the ark.
Interviewer: Do they do that?
Thomas: Maybe.
Maybe later.
No, it's like a big part of the first episode.
This thing is making contact or not.
They wear these wrist bands, which are supposed to measure their
vital signs and also they can be used as communication devices.
But not everything goes as planned.
Interviewer: I also saw in the clip that there might be other life on
earth.
Thomas: There may be.
Interviewer: You're not going to let anything out, are you?
Thomas: Well, there's definitely other life on earth.
The earth has been stewing in radioactivity and pollution for
so long that things have changed, sort of dramatically.
So where there might have been a recognizable mammal over here in the world
that we know and understand, maybe in the world of The Hundred there is
a less recognizable creature.
You know what I mean?
Interviewer: I do.
What are you most excited about working on this
project?
Thomas: There's a lot.
The character that I play, he's unpredictable, very
live character.
So anything can happen with him and that's what's so cool
for me.