Trini: WELCOME BACK TO
LIVING808.
LOCAL BOY LIVING HIS DREAM.
KALAMA EPSTEIN.
PLAYS NOAA ON THE FOSTERS.
A POPULAR FAMILY DRAMA SHOW ON
FREE FORM.
HE JOINS US THIS MORNING.
TO TALK ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE
BEING ON THE SHOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
I TOLD MY 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
YOU WERE GOING ON THE SHOW.
SHE'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO
PEARLRIDGE JUST TO MEET YOU.
SHE'S A BIG FAN. SHOW.
I PLAY A CHARACTER NAMED
NOAH.
I PLAY JUDE'S BOYFRIEND.
JUDE IS THE YOUNGEST CHILD IN
THE FOSTER'S FAMILY, MAIN
FAMILY THAT'S FOSTERS FOCUS ON
AND HE'S AN OPENLY GAY, HIS
MOM IS A PASTOR.
HE LIVES IN A VERY ACCEPTING
COMMUNITY.
AND IT'S ALL ABOUT HIM AND
JUST YOUNG TEENAGERS LIKE I
AM.
AND THEY'RE JUST STRUGGLING
WITH EVERY DAY TEENAGE
PROBLEMS AND FIGURING OUT LIFE
FOR THEMSELVES.
Trini: I'VE HEARD GREAT
THINGS ABOUT THIS SHOW BECAUSE
IT REALLY TALKS ABOUT ISSUES
LIKE YOU SAID, THAT'S FACING
YOUNG TEENAGERS TODAY.
BUT IT'S KIND OF CUTTING EDGE.
RIGHT?
YES.
Trini: YOU'VE GOT ISSUES
ON THE SHOW THAT PEOPLE ARE
FACING TODAY.
INCREDIBLY GROUND BREAKING
SHOW.
I'M SO PROUD OF IT.
JUST THE OTHER DAY ON THE
SHOW, WE ARE THE FIRST, I
MEAN, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF
GROUND BREAKING STUFF WITH
TRANS-RIGHTS AND TRANS-ISSUES
AND GAY RIGHTS.
PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.
LBGTQ PLUS, ALL AROUND.
INCREDIBLY GROUND BREAKING.
SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT.
Trini: HOW DID YOU GET
INTO ACTING?
GOT INTO ACTING WHEN I WAS
NINE OR TEN.
I WAS ON THE ISLANDS.
ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A
DIRECTOR.
ALWAYS BEEN IN LOVE WITH
CINEMA AND FILM.
AND MY MOM TELLS A STORY AS I
EVENTUALLY CAME TO A MOMENT,
MAKING A LITTLE SHORT FILMS,
CAME TO A TIME WHEN I FELT
LIKE I COULDN'T BETTER DIRECT
MY ACTORS.
PUT ME IN ACTING CLASS TO
BETTER DIRECT MY ACTOR IN THE
SHORT FILM.
Trini: THIS IS WHEN YOU
WERE AROUND NINE.
EIGHT, NINE, SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
SO I GOT PUT INTO AN ACTING
CLASS HERE AND I JUST FOUND
ANOTHER PASSION, FELL IN LOVE
WITH IT.
EVENTUALLY, I TOLD MY MOM TAKE
ME OUT TO L.A.
THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY.
WE DID IT, IT'S BEEN
INCREDIBLE.
Trini: AMAZING STORY.
SO MANY LOCAL KIDS DREAM OF
DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND I'M SURE YOU'VE GOT
OBVIOUSLY, SUPPORTIVE PARENTS.
INCREDIBLE.
Trini: WHO BELIEVED NEW.
TAKES A LOT OF WORK.
WHAT HAS YOUR EXPERIENCE BEEN
LIKE IN THIS INDUSTRY?
EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN CRAZE.
ESPECIALLY GOING OUT AT SUCH A
YOUNG AGE.
WENT OUT THERE WHEN I WAS LATE
11, EARLY 12, SO IT'S COOL NEW
WORLD ESPECIALLY GROWING UP IN
HAWAI'I.
GOING OUT TO LOS ANGELES AND
DIVING HEAD FIRST INTO THIS
CRAZY INDUSTRY.
IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE
EXPERIENCE.
WAS VERY OVERWHELMING AT
FIRST.
BUT I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE
I'VE GOTTEN USED TO IT NOW.
IT'S BEEN AMAZING.
Trini: WE'RE PROUD OF YOU.
THIS IS VERY EXCITING.
SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR ROLE ON THE
FOSTERS BUT YOU ALSO HAVE A
NEW PROJECT COMING UP.
YES.
IT'S A SHOW CALLED LIBERTY
CROSSING.
GOING TO BE STREAMING ONLY ON
APP CALLED GO 90.
BUT IT'S A WORKPLACE COMEDY.
TAKES PLACE NATIONAL COUNTER
TERRORISM CENTER.
IT'S WRITTEN AMAZINGLY BY
DANIEL RODASH AND MICHAEL
HARRISON DIRECTED BY TODD
BURGER AROUND WE HAVE
INCREDIBLE CAST.
HILARIOUS.
COULDN'T BE MORE HAPPY TO BE A
PART OF THIS.
Trini: VERY EXCITING.
VERY EXCITING.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED BECAUSE
YOU ARE ONE OF OUR JUDGES AT
TOMORROW'S CW STAR SEARCH AT
PEARLRIDGE CENTER.
YOU'VE GONE THROUGH LOTS AND
LOTS OF AUDITIONS I'M SURE.
WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING DOWN
TOMORROW AND WHO ARE TRYING TO
BE OUR NEXT CW STARS?
I WOULD SAY MY BEST ADVICE
FOR THEM WOULD JUST BE TO BE
YOURSELF.
SHOW US YOUR TRUE PERSONALITY.
DON'T HIDE ANYTHING.
JUST BE YOURSELF.
HAVE FUN, ENJOY THE MOMENT,
SHOW US WHO YOU ARE, AND I
THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO
GO.
Trini: IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE
GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR?
YES.
Trini: TOMORROW?
DEFINITE TH ALI'I ALI'I WANT TO SEE
YOUR
DEFINITELY I WANT TO SEE
YOURSELF, TRUE PENALTY, WHAT
TRUE PERSONALITY, WHAT YOU CAN
BRING AND HAVE FUN WITH IT.
Trini: SO EXCITED TO YOU
BE PART OF OUR JUDGE'S PANEL.
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
TOMORROW.
COME ON DOWN, WHETHER YOU'RE
AUDITIONING OR NOT, YOU'LL GET
TO MEET KALAMA AND OUR OTHER
JUDGES.
INTERESTED IN BE BEING IN FRONT
OF THE CAMERA.
WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR
SOMEBODY TO GET THEIR FOOT IN.
OUR CURRENT CW STAR MIKEY
HOPEFULLY, THEY HAVE SEEN SOME
OF THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE.
HE'S ON LIVING808.
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SO YEAH, IT'S BEEN A JOY
HAVING HIM.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
YOU MEETING HIM TOMORROW AS
WELL.
AWESOME.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT