I learned I was going to be a part of Anyone But Me very very early on in my
career. And I think I was I think I was doing a terrible job of being a stage
manager on on a show which was also not going anywhere and and I was so so
thankful to like have an excuse to be like "I'm sorry I think I might not be
able to make all of these performances anymore you have to replace me." because I
was not very talented in that arena, at all, so I was very very grateful for that.
Do I have a favorite episode for my character? So I have a favorite moment
and it's so specific and small. The moment that Archibald and I are
recording in I think it was the Principal's office
we... he was doing like a shout out and I was doing a little promo for the play
that we were gonna be doing at school The Seagull I think it was. And in just
those few minutes you can see like the awkward tension between us and you know
I think it was like the first time we kind of like sit down next to each other
in the chair and I was watching it and thinking oh my gosh like I can sense
that static energy between the two of us and it was just such a cute tender
honest moment I remember feeling that way when I had a crush on a boy in high
school and so I think that's like probably my favorite moment at least to
watch back.
Hey.
So what should I say? Elisabeth: Just give a shout out about the play.
Um. Here's a little shout-out to y'all.
You probably know the drama club is putting on... Elisabeth: "The Seagull"
Archibald: "The Seagull"
And Elisabeth Matthews is here to give me the skinny.
I'm really psyched about our first production.
Oh and it's not about a bird that's just a symbol.
It's about people trying to figure out their relationships and it's a story
about well love.
When I auditioned for "Anyone But Me" I really don't think I'd
done any on camera before, I don't know. But it was something
new and exciting and who knew what it was going to be you know like a
web series , what's that?
I'm sure that my first thought when I saw the first
episode of "Anyone But Me" is what is going on with my hair. And then I
mean at the time like web series really hardly existed or I hadn't seen a lot of
them so I think I was probably struck by like how much it looked like TV and I
was really excited by it and I loved it.
I think there were a lot of realizations for Aster throughout the series.
At different times.
Obviously with her therapist um played by the lovely Liza Weil there were
realizations that happen in every one of those sessions that I thought were
really cool especially because we got to see you know a little glimpse of Aster's
relationship with her parents who we never get to meet. And I think that those
things really fed into the way that Aster behaved with Vivian and treated the
relationship with Vivian. So those were a lot of fun to play and I think
especially the last therapy session in season 3 where it's
like you know all these things are happening I'm thinking about my future
life but also I miss Vivian and what does that mean and there was a turning
point there where it was like I have to go back and see her. So I think that
was pretty major.
When you went to LA was there anything you were going towards?
What do you mean?
Well you chose a place you found a way to get there
What do you think you might've been looking for other than escape?
Something new.
A new version of yourself maybe?
I'm going out on a limb here but I'm
guessing that not being with Vivian is only one of the things that's different
about you.
I feel older.
Is that a good feeling?
I like it.
And it kind of scares me.
Smart girl. I'm big on two opposite
feelings occupying the same space at the same time well, actually my job depends
on it.
But the one that always stands out to me, from an audience standpoint
not even from having played it but from an audience standpoint is the finale of
season 2 because every time I've watched back like to my performance I was like
highly agitated. It was just Aster reaching complete boiling point and
doing something super impulsive that I think is totally within her character
but that we hadn't seen go to that point yet and it obviously set the tone for
the next several months of her life in their lives. So I guess I'd probably have
to say that that moment of like the watching the kiss between Sophie and
Vivian and then deciding in a split second I'm gonna go make out with Jamie
and I'm gonna blow this whole thing up.
Sorry. Aster: Not your fault.
It had to happen.
She'd be crazy to give you up for Sophie.
I thought you were into her?
She's cool but I don't waste my time on straight girls.
I like that. I like not wasting time.
Okay when I saw the first episode edited, I was just first of all I knew then I
was in really good hands with Tina as the director and these actors who
were so like camera-ready and some of them had never done any film work or
you know had experience with with camera. And I just I just thought this you know
this is this is very cool you know they're gonna be great and they may have
had some insecurities... we pulled it off.