my tray I have a question I already know
the answer obviously I have to ask team
Ben or team Paxton I'm struggling team
Davey obviously I'm starting my team
debut revolution okay
the team Davey revolution is a thing now
loot all so know that self-love okay she
has too much to unpack go play well
played
they told me like I was one of the first
people officially cast on a show which I
found to be really actually because we
didn't do any chemistry reeds
when yeah but then we all met at the
table read it was like how did they know
we're just all gonna mesh Mindy's like a
Jedi of castings honestly like
matchmaking friends like here you go you
guys will all automatically be friends
guaranteed and we were Mindy casted all
of us so perfectly but like I know for
me I see a little bit of myself in Davey
and I know like the rest of the crew see
a little bit of themselves in the
character but how much is that like do
you relate to with Paxton or do you
relate to like another character more
you know it's interesting I can relate
to passing in the sense that he's a book
judged by his cover and that was helping
I dealt with a lot in high school I was
a jock never once a one party though
never had a sip of alcohol never did
anything like that like the typical high
school experience but in terms of like
academically I was a lot more like Ben
and Davey to be honest I always liked a
straight-a student I was doing
extracurriculars there was so much
stress on academics I feel like if I met
Davey like when I was in high school I
might have been friends with her but I
would have just been like bro you care
so much stop relax fill out I was like
nowhere near his boy crazy I never like
cared like I'm gonna do this in grade 12
I'm gonna do this in grade 11
you didn't map out in an excel sheet
how's your rear end you wire a boyfriend
I didn't I didn't and I didn't run the
probability you know losing my virginity
sadly no oh opportunity missed I'm sorry
I keep mentioning this but it is like a
big thing this was
one your first role and it was a huge
thing on and you absolutely crushed it
and I say that a million times to
everyone but even any moment that you
felt especially that you had like this
amount of pressure on you or just got
nervous or felt you know you you you
weren't bringing it enough what moments
did you have like that on set
I think constantly in my brain I was
always thinking like bring your a-game
and nothing but your a-game like so much
to the point where like you know the 80s
on top of my mom almost all of them were
like making sure us eating and making
sure it's like I was taking breaks and
if Tristram are any of the directors if
somebody wasn't happy with it
you're gonna do it again we're gonna get
it till everybody is okay with it right
but I don't think I ever felt any weight
of like oh my god this is so much for me
to handle because I had you guys all
supporting me you guys all had my back
and you guys never made me feel like I
was being an inconvenience if I ever
messed up you guys made me feel bad
about you didn't tell them if you want
what I said to you when I poured you
aside and change your life no you can do
it you know you can do it sound it
sounds better when you say it so it's so
much more like if I say it's gonna be
like no when you say it's more like like
it hits home better bro
cuz you like to say it sarcastically
therefore it sounds I saw my Jay one day
just kind of like it was a long day like
he was there bashira that there was more
demanded of you than any one of you
they're like 12 hours a day like five
days a week things seem to start getting
you and I just wanted to just I don't
know it's just like hey if you ever have
a moment of doubt if you're ever feeling
like you're not meant to be here or
you're not doing things right just
realize that Mindy didn't doubt you
universal bin and now you Netflix it in
doubt you minded and dodged another
direct yourself so if you're doubting
yourself you're kind of insulting them
so let's not insult them because you're
meant to be here you're here to stay and
you kick an ass and then you try
ethically hell oh my god you're making
me drip now those dog oh my god okay
okay
I'm sorry I didn't say pneumatically
nothing self-moving
how you say it with sarcasm it it makes
the easier this is why I say everything
with sarcasm the coping mechanism
so you cries great I think so how about
you like when did you feel like that
pressure or like nurse my character
being part at ease with you know Yoshida
has the last name that was a last-minute
addition
where Mindy and then and and Sal and
laying heard the speaking in Japanese
you go and they were okay you're
Japanese yeah part almost Gaelic do you
mind me if your character Jeff oh yeah
awesome
like immediately and then I was like oh
crap I was so scared like you know the
Japanese community are like part
Japanese community Asian American
community was gonna look at me and be
like this is the guy they cast for that
role like he's not he's not this enough
you know because I know looking at me
the first thing you think he's not
Japanese so I was just really wanting to
portray that honestly and do it well and
make it believable because it is my hair
it's you know my mom is was it raised
very Japanese and that was the house
that I grew up in and um I was just that
was a lot of pressure just hoping that I
did that right and didn't catch flack
from the asian-american community like
what the whole show is about though in a
way everyone's struggling with this
identity like am I sure I think once I
really fell into that it seemed easier
to be you know what there are I'm
representing a population of America I
don't think has much representation you
know so it was kind of cool to take up
that pocket sure my dress have you from
the amazing fans have any like fan
favorite pics for like a casting like
any movies they want you to do any
characters they want to see you do yeah
I've seen a couple of people
pitched me for a Kamala Kahn and I was
like you know what after this whole
journey of never have I ever coming to
where I am now it's the smart move to
say no because I'm not Pakistani Muslim
how hypocritical of it like would it be
for me to even try
really
if there was a humble superhero and they
weren't casting some humble girl out
there for me to watch so I would want to
do that to another community that
equally deserves representation it's a
valiant move you know let them feel
shine like let I'm sure if Mindy can put
an open casting call to the world to
find me yeah I'm sure
other producers can like directors you
know creators can do the same thing and
put in some effort to find somebody who
really truly fixed the role right well
what about you
what about you any Dreamcast's there's a
the after fandom is like stuck with me a
lot to this as you know like before
pressing on the fan base his diehard
loyal and it's HOD just came she had the
author of the book after just we've been
talking on Instagram she's like I've
been keeping you in mind for a lot of
things crossing my desk and there's this
one project I'm like I haven't actually
read yet she said to me saying she could
see me in so maybe in that world and
then now that I have I have Marvel
coming out on May 20 they finally
announced it I have agents of shield
coming out there's a lot of people about
something in the Marvel Universe I'm
totally up for that
that would be sick okay if we get a
season 2 if that happens what would you
want the characters of Sherman Oaks what
would you want to happen to them I think
it'd be a really interesting power
dynamic or like role reversal in terms
of like Davies and pieing happier Paxton
Alexei's one trying to win his heart
trying to find out ways I like her and
packaging has never had to deal with
chasing after things have always come so
easy to him and now he's put in this
position where he may have missed the
boat you know now you may have something
with Ben so it might be interesting just
seeing like you know Paxton out of his
element
trying to find a way to make you like
him again or feeling like wait am i
enough for her now like I don't really
know question though
Davey being Davey in season two what if
you returned will she even acknowledged
what you know her kiss with Ben
I was a shoe right like I was gonna ask
you does that mean everyone else has
been talking about that moment and I'm
like they're like woody are you team
bend your team backs and I'm like look I
I can see both but one Ben has a
girlfriend when he kisses you still
there's still that you don't see is the
other woman but also it's I felt like
and I want to ask you this what do you
think us as the as the character do you
think in that moment it was just such a
vulnerable moment that you're you had
just dumped your dad's ashes you had
this crying said mom you're you're a
drownings up like everything's going
that like been sitting there and he
stayed do you think it was because it
was Ben that you kissed him or if it or
it could have been almost anyone that
was there for you in that moment that
hard I think it's a mix of vote right so
all those things happened to her and
it's like definitely the adrenaline rush
because also the whole you know journey
of them getting to the beach that was
really hyped up but I also think if you
look back at like Episode one and every
single episode the one person that
actually stays consistent through the
show to Davey is Ben and like even that
first you know the first scene where Ben
sounds like oh I can tell something else
is bothering you and sure he gives her
like a backhanded compliment but even
still like it was sort of always there
that you know subtle care but I feel
like with Davey though her behavior
wouldn't be surprised if she goes to
like Fabiola and Allen or and is like
what I don't know what just happened
firstly for me and this may be cheesy to
say or whatever I want
Davey to like learn the lesson of loving
yourself like I can't stress that enough
because it's so important and it's not
something that you only deal with in
high school it's something that people
do with their entire life and not a lot
of people actually truly love themselves
and truly accept themselves for who they
are
Davey most certainly doesn't at all
whatsoever out of everybody in school
she probably thinks she's the biggest
loser and that she doesn't deserve any
happiness like she said in the
principal's office so she could learn
how to love herself that would be
amazing
and just be her own best friend
while also being a good friend to Elinor
in Fabiola I'm still mad