[APPLAUSE]
Hi.
[LAUGHS]
So nice to meet you.
Congratulations.
The world's gotten to see who was Batwoman.
How's that feel?
Thank you for having me.
It feels great.
It's exciting.
We're working really hard.
It's funny because I feel like the world is
seeing the fruit of our labor while we're still laboring.
We're filming all the way until mid May.
But it's really cool to see all of our work come
to life on screen every Sunday.
You must have been so excited.
What was your reaction when you found out you got the part?
You know what, my manager called me and I saw her name
top of my phone, I literally said to myself,
she's calling me to tell me they made a different decision
and they didn't choose me.
And so I picked up the phone with the expectation
to hear I didn't get it.
And when she said may I speak to Ryan Wilder, I was like, no,
for real?
He's like, yeah.
I'm like, they chose me?
And she's like, yeah.
I'm like, oh my goodness.
And so like, I immediately called my mom.
And weirdly, my mom had the same expectation.
When I called her, I'm like, mom.
She's like, they didn't choose you.
I'm like, jeez.
Is this really like the confidence
that we have in ourselves right now?
No, they chose me, mom.
We're just really excited.
It was a great, great moment.
Congratulations.
I mean, first of all, it's got to be hard to audition
by Zoom, which is--
I mean, what was that like?
Because you really aren't getting
a response when you're in the room the way you normally do.
No, the first part of the audition
was a self tape, which, if you're an actor,
you know you will overthink everything
and you'll keep retaping yourself
until you feel like you got it right.
And then the second part of the audition
was a Zoom call with all the executive producers.
And like I'm assuming they're probably in their pajama pants
because that's how I am in front of my Zoom meetings.
And I have one of my good friends like reading for me.
And it was weird because I think that what benefited me
was that I was in my own home.
So I was comfortable.
I was able to really give everything that I had
without having to worry about any nervousness
as far as being in a room with people I didn't know.
So it was fine.
Well, yeah.
That makes sense that you'd be more comfortable
being in your own home.
And then you're not wasting time getting all--
driving someplace to just be rejected,
which is a lot of auditioning.
Exactly.
To be rejected.
Exactly.
That's 99% of auditions.
That's the way it goes in this town.
So Batwoman is gay.
And when you got this part, you talk
to your mom about your own sexuality, how was that?
I've always just been who I am and I date who I love.
My mom and I never had a conversation because we just
hadn't.
It's weird because I think that I'm just
very private in general.
So that might be why we had never really
had a conversation.
But I felt like it was important for me
to speak my truth in this, because I wanted people
that were walking in my path to feel represented
with this role.
And I wanted to have a conversation with my mom
before I had a conversation with the world.
And I said something to my mom about it,
and I just sat down with her and talked about it.
And she said, I've known you your whole life,
I know everything about you, and I love you,
and that was enough.
So I felt the strength to be able to go forth and have
a conversation with the world about it.
What a great mom.
That's all you want.
She's amazing.
Yeah, that's all-- you want your mom to just love you,
because you're doing what makes you happy.
That's so cool.
So let's talk about-- you joined the second season,
what is happening?
What can you tell us is happening?
Oh, so right now, Ryan is dying from kryptonite.
And if you are a comic book fan, you
know what a kryptonite can do to a person.
So I am getting ready to find my way to Coryana
and try to get a desert rose to save myself.
But we'll see what happens.
You have to tune in this Sunday, because this Sunday
is going to be one of my favorite episodes,
because I'm a huge stunt person, and I love to do my own stunts.
That was one of the biggest things about getting this role.
When I auditioned for Caroline Dries,
our show creator said how are you with stunts?
And I'm like I love it.
And so I sent her like this videotape
of me pushing a tire down field and doing
all these like major things.
And she's like, OK, this is going
to be a big part of the role.
And I'm like I'm here for it.
And so now, it's like we go into these stunts,
and they have to do two takes.
They have to do one take where they know I'm going
to break and laugh and smile.
And then they'll do another take where I'll actually try
to take it and be in character.
And so this Sunday's episode, I get to pretty much skydive.
So I really want you guys to see it.
It's going to be really dope.
Yeah, I had heard you did your own stunts.
That's very cool.
All right, well, then we'll tune in this Sunday.
It's on the CW.
And it is Batwoman.
It airs Sundays at 8:00 on the CW.
We'll watch this Sunday.
We'll be right back.
So nice meeting you.