um my name is maya sebastian and i play kaz
if i could play another character probably play kaz
because she's cool i like her vibe she's a sick character on the outside she's like aggressive and
like puts herself out there i guess she kind of seems quite cold towards all the characters
at the beginning what are you doing out here just go back to playgroup you're running away
what's it to you yeah she is a rebel she must be the rebel immediately you identify her as the rebel
she ends up in your office quite early on doesn't she yeah in trouble you may want to be someplace
else kaz but we like having you here so you take away our phones which means there's nothing
to distract you from forming new relationships what's lovely is the story arcs that you end up
finding out why she's the way she is it's not as with everyone it's not just because she's a
grumpy teenager it's because there's been a lot of history in the past my foster parents
are probably on a beach somewhere you said she doesn't trust people very often you know i think
she finds it hard to open up to people but then she definitely warms up to each and every one of
them like she opens up yeah she's not quick to trust anyone and she's definitely set in
her ways if she wants something she'll try her hardest to get it everyone has a great
character progression and i think she's one that definitely is prominent in the show
four kids disappeared in these woods 23 years ago never to be seen again i don't think kaz
trusts bea quite a lot um so i think bea just kind of brushes off that kaz doesn't particularly like
her what's with this i got some numbers we can try people that might help us unbelievable this
is why you came back here what's all this i got some numbers we can try people that might help us
you're unbelievable this is why you came back here so kaz was also a tricky character to cast
because she has this brittle shell if you like she's gonna be quite aggressive quite sharp
but crucially underneath it there is someone who's quite vulnerable and maya i think instinctively
brought both those qualities to the mix right from the beginning she was brilliant
cut thank you cut there
we're very different but in ways we are similar i think we're different because kaz doesn't like to
be paid attention to whereas i do um but i think we're similar in the aspect where kaz is she's
quite sarcastic and she's like kind of mean to the people she likes and i think i do that as well
if you can't be nice just say the opposite of what you actually think okay uh you're mature of your
age you're fun to be around and your breath smells amazing her look was very specific because she had
this t-shirt that was really key to the whole show and to her um her character plot through the show
take it off i didn't mean i don't care it's not yours you don't just take other people's things
so that t-shirt was what we built the whole look around and it's her feral flowers band
logo t-shirt so that was the key piece that everything then was hung off the back of
great
i think this hair suits kaz so much we tried curly we tried blonder we tried sort of lilac
like a light purple sort of like like a pinky sort of color and they decided it wasn't bold
enough so then we came to this color and and they love the straw i think it because kaz
obviously i don't think she finds it easy to express herself but she can express herself
through her clothes and her hair and her makeup and i think that's a really cool thing she was
completely natural in in the kind of energy and what she brought to the role so she felt very real
she was never forcing it one way or another
her character is fantastic to be admired a great example of somebody who isn't defined
by their hearing loss and basically she's able to just you know embrace it and join in
and uh and almost have it as a as a power in a way are you reading lips i can understand you fine
you know if you mouth olive juice it looks like you're saying i love you
my mom used to do it when i was little you still are little
a lot of the things she's done is she would more by insecurity or problems
with stuff at home you just see a different side to her by the end i think nobody is what
they seem at the beginning she's a very feisty character and she's talking about you i agree
she knows what she wants and she gets what she wants um but i think she's
secretly deep down she's a very kind and caring person she just doesn't show it no