I'm so happy. - Thank you.
- You make me so proud and so happy.
But season one ended on a bit of a cliff-hanger.
- It did.
- So not you as you, you as Devi, now.
Talk about in your character. Who are you rooting for,
Ben or Paxton? Be real.
- As Devi? - Mm-hmm.
- I think Devi,
right now, is rooting for Ben.
- For real?
- Because-- I'm talking about season one.
- Of course. - Hold on.
This is no season two spoilers. - Right, right.
- As we leave off--
I'm, like, choosing my words so carefully
- Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. - 'Cause the fans get, like--
they get crazy about this.
But as we end off season one,
Devi ain't caring about Paxton on the phone right now.
She clearly isn't checking--
like, her ringer isn't even on for him.
- Okay. - So clearly she does not care.
She looks into Ben's eyes and just sees, like,
"Wow, he stayed for me." - The ringer doesn't matter.
You can't hear abs. - No, exactly.
You can't hear abs. - Speaking of season two,
how long do we have to wait?
Like, I just, there's no information anywhere.
When do we get to know? Season two, what's up?
- You get to know in July.
- In July? - In July.
- Like, this July.
- This July of 2021. - [screaming]
Exclusive! - Yeah, I know.
Right here, right now. - Oh, my goodness.
- Right here, right now, people.
- Oh, my God, over a virgin drink too, dang.
- Over a virgin drink. - Dang, it's like that, okay.
- Get ready, virgins. - Okay, so--
- Comin' in July. [laughter]
- I was gonna ask you.
When Mindy was on my show,
she mentioned this as well. - Mm.
- They very famously did a public casting call
for the role of Devi. - They did, they did.
- And they got, like, 15,000 people
that sent in video tapes. - Yeah.
- You--I want you to take this in.
- You know-- - You were selected.
That's crazy. - That still doesn't--
nah, that still doesn't hit me.
Like, I--that doesn't hit me.
- It needs to hit you. You were picked.
So, like, what was the audition process like?
You sent in your tape and what happened?
- We got the callback and, like, they asked me
to send in more videos and I genuinely was like,
"Oh, the bar must be, like, sorta low."
And then they were like, "Can you come to LA?"
And I was like,
"I don't know if I have enough money."
I look at my best friend. I'm like, "Bro, like,
I don't think I have enough money to do this."
She's like, "No, I got you. We'll pool it together."
Then we found out they paid for that,
so, like, whatever. It's okay.
I went-- - That Netflix money, bro.
- Truly, truly! So, I went with my dad.
My dad took days off work.
He came with me and
I went into the casting, like, room.
I was the only girl that showed up with my dad.
I didn't realize, like, I couldn't
bring my dad in the room.
- Wait, were the other girls brown?
They had to be. - Yeah.
- They didn't bring their dad? - No.
- Who let them? - I guess, I don't know.
I don't know. Also, they were all--
most of them were, like, older,
or, like, maybe their dads were in the car.
But I was like, "Nah, my dad?
Appa,
- [laughing] - Let's go.
So then I go into the room.
That's when I first saw Mindy. And I was like,
[whispering] "Whoa, first famous person
I've ever seen."
But she was also, like, on the way to the bathroom,
so I was like, "Don't be weird."
- [laughing] - That's like, hella invasive.
Like, can you chill and be a normal human being?
So then I go into the room.
Uh, I said, like, "Hi, Mindy.
Just want you to know, big fan of 'The Office.'"
I've watched it over, like, 15 times.
- Really? - And I love her
'cause she, like, wrote some of the best episodes
on "The Office," too.
More than just Kelly Kapoor.
I was like, "You are amazing."
And I was like, "Hey, just so you know,
"my friends told me not to do any impressions
"of 'The Office,' but I'm letting you know
that I have the facilities for that."
- Oh, let her know.
- Yeah, 'cause I was like,
"I'm not coming back here."
I literally took a bus tour after and, like,
got all the plastic Oscars and everything.
But I was like, "I'm not gonna be back here.
I'm not gonna meet Mindy Kaling again. So who cares."
And then I asked her, I'm like,
"Can I have my dad come in, just to say hi?"
And she was like,
"Okay." - [laughing]
- So my dad came in.
We took a nice little group photo.
- For real? - Yeah.
- You asked for a picture at your audition.
I'm obsessed with you. I'm obsessed with you.
- I was like, genuinely, I was like,
that should be standard. That should be standard.
I think, like, if I were ever a showrunner
and somebody said, like, "Can I?"
I'd be like, "Yeah, my guy.
Hell yeah." - [laughing]
- But I didn't think I would be back.
And I wouldn't see Mindy Kaling again.
And here's my dad, who took, like, multiple days off of work
for me.
Least I can do is ask.
So I was like, "Whatever. Live life."
And then they called me back
a week later to do my last audition
and then I got a role.
- That's insane.