- Aw, the kitties.
Uh oh. (cat meowing)
(tense dramatic music)
That cat's cleaning itself on the counter.
- It's a bit of a wild house right here.
I'm not gonna lie to you.
(upbeat music)
Hey everyone, it's "In Control with Kelsey",
the show where my friends get to control
their lives in "The Sims 4",
but I control the conversation, and nothing else.
Today, my friend is Katherine McNamara.
You may know her from "Shadowhunters",
the "Maze Runner" series, "Arrow",
and plenty of other awesome projects.
So, welcome! - Thank you!
Thanks for having me. - Thanks for being here.
- This is so much fun.
It's my first time playing "Sims",
so you'll have to help me out, but I'm super psyched.
- You're here with a seasoned professional
Sim player, I guess. - I can't wait.
Do you play any other games?
- I play a lot of games,
like game night type games with friends
like "Mafia", and card games, and things like this,
but this is a brand new world.
- All right, we're gonna try to take control today--
- Sounds good.
- Of your life and live your dream,
or nightmare life depending
on whatever you find the most fun.
- Oh my, let's do it.
- So first off, we're gonna make your Sim Self.
A lot of times, I find that people,
when I ask them to like make their own face,
they forget what their face looks like.
So we're gonna take a selfie first,
so that way, you can have, like a reference photo.
- Awesome. (uptempo traditional music)
- So you're ready to take control?
- I'm ready.
- So if you described your face.
- In general, I feel like I have a pretty strong jaw.
- Okay. - Yeah, that works.
What about chin?
- I don't often look at my chin.
- I know, normal?
I'm the worst person to do this with.
- You gotta help me, Kelsey.
- [Kelsey] I mean, it doesn't have a dimple.
- [Kate] Okay, there we go.
That looks better. - At least not a strong one.
This is already kinda starting to look like you.
- It actually looks good, you're a master.
- Thank you. - It's true.
- You're easy to please. - Amazing.
- My goodness. - So, describe your eye to me.
- I feel like I have pretty big eyes.
- [Kelsey] That's a little extreme.
- (laughs) It's so extreme,
it's like my eyes were popping out.
- Eyebrow. - So I have thicker eyebrows.
Can you scroll down a little bit?
- [Kelsey] Of course, I will slowly scroll for you.
- [Kate] I just wanna see what options there are.
There are so many, this great. - Yeah I know,
humans are so varied. - It's true.
- There you go. - There, there it is!
- What about nose? - Oh goodness.
- Look at that little nose. - Teeny tiny nose.
- It almost is this, honestly. - It has like a little,
almost, you are just a sculptor.
- I'm normally not this good.
- You're a Sims sculptor. - We're a good team.
Do you like to wear makeup?
Do you tend to not wear makeup
when you don't have to?
- I'm a huge makeup junkie.
I love makeup.
It's also part of how I create characters,
because it's like the clothes you put on in the morning,
the makeup you put on your face,
it says a lot about who you are.
- Are you like an under eye
kinda gal or or just top line? - I generally just on the top.
- Like a little wing? - Yeah, that's cute.
- [Kelsey] Maybe a little gloss?
- I love that a glossy lip is coming back by the way.
That's kind of, I'm so obsessed.
It takes me back to like '90s, early 2000s.
- Yeah, I remember there was a time
that there was too sticky though,
and your hair would always stick to it.
- I just remember being at recess
like if you have lip gloss,
you feel like all fancy.
And then your hair is just.
I didn't want a mustache, you know?
- Aw, so happy. - That's cute.
I'm a stubborn optimist, so I'll take a little smile.
- That's a lovely way of putting it, I like that.
I don't know why I whispered, I was just so touched.
So what about hair? - I think longer, definitely.
- I've definitely seen you
with a different color hair before.
Do you like changing it up a lot?
- I feel like I'm not as brave
to change my hair on my own.
But for work, I'll do anything.
I hope I get to shave my head some day for a job.
I'll pretty much do anything for work.
- Do you wanna see what'd that look like?
- Yeah let's see it. - You look fabulous.
- I feel like my head is probably not that smooth.
- I don't think any head's that smooth.
- But one can dream. - That's nice.
- That's very nice.
- You're wearing glasses today.
- I am wearing glasses today.
but those are actually cute.
- Those actually might be closer.
- Those are giving me like Felicity Smoak vibes.
- Ooh, and you play Mia Smoak. - I do, I play her daughter.
- Has it been fun?
- It was intense at first because when I auditioned,
I didn't know I was auditioning
to be Oliver and Felicity's kid.
A lot of folks know the Olicity fandom
is intense. - It's real.
- And it's amazing, and I love them.
- I remember being a part of that OG fandom
when it first started I was like (gasps), I see it.
- And then sparks, they flew. - They really did.
- And then I happened. - Yeah.
Now it is time for fashion. - Amazing.
I tend to wear a lot of black.
I've sort of adopted the style
that a lot of my characters wear oddly.
I usually wear just jeans, and a comfy shirt,
and a jacket of some sort.
- So you essentially kind of have like a uniform.
Like if you were a cartoon character,
that'd be your vibe. - I tend to.
But I like black, it makes me feel badass.
- There you go.
You know, dress for the job you want.
- It's true.
- All right, what about shoes?
What shoes are you rocking?
- Let me see if I can show you,
if I can get them up in the shot.
- Yes please, I love when people show me their shoes.
- A nice pair of black combat boots.
- Ooh, say no more. - Oh, those are perfect!
It looks like me.
- [Kelsey] Your everyday Black Cat ensemble (laughs).
- Maybe I should become a witch.
- Honestly, that'd be pretty cool.
So before you finish, you're gonna pick an aspiration,
and three personality traits.
What's your aspiration?
What are you looking forward to in 2020?
- Well, lets go with master actor 'cause why not.
- Any, like, dream project to work on?
- So many things.
I did a Broadway show called "A Little Night Music"
several years ago.
And what I love about that show
is there's roles in it for basically women of every age.
I got to work with Angela Lansbury,
and Elaine Stritch playing my grandmother
over the course of the show. - Oh my gosh.
- These women doing eight shows a week and loving it,
it was such an inspiration to me.
So I hope, when I'm 94,
to be playing that role in "A Little Night Music" someday.
- That's awesome. - That's my dream role.
- Perfect answer.
All right, so now you get to pick
three personality traits.
- Well, I think I'm definitely cheerful.
I'm definitely a bookworm.
I'm reading about five books at any one time.
I was never without a book in my hand as a kid.
- Did you do that summer reading thing?
Where you, like, had to go to the library,
and, like, fill out how many. - For sure.
- Yeah, me too. (both laughing)
- I would say clumsy. - Clumsy.
- I trip on everything or nothing,
all the time.
- Cool, so we made your Sim pretty similar to you.
- Yeah. - Similar.
(crowd jeering) - You look amazing,
and you're living with two other roommates right now,
Arden Cho and Marcus Scribner.
- Arden, buddy Arden, that's amazing.
- And now, the world is essentially your oyster
to make friends, enemies, become a witch,
hang out with these dogs.
- I do want to adopt a cat, though.
Me being a cat of sorts.
- [Kelsey] Now you're gonna be living
in the house that Marcus chose.
- Cool. - All right, so you moved in!
- Amazing!
- Do you wanna say hi to Arden?
- I would love to say hi to Arden.
Let's ask to Stargaze, that sounds fun.
- Ooh, that's lovely. - Amazing.
- Arden says, "Hey."
- Aw, we made friends.
- I think you guys are gonna go
into the middle of the road to Stargaze.
This is very, "The Notebook". - Aw, like "The Notebook"!
- Roommate bonding.
Let's adopt a cat for this household.
- I would love that.
Oh my God, these are so adorable (laughs).
Can we adopt a couple?
'Cause I can't decide now.
- Yeah, you can adopt at least two.
- Okay, can we get Snuggs and Cheechoo?
- Yeah, Cheechoo and Snuggs are coming home.
Here comes the lady that's gonna give you the cat.
- Aw, yay!
- She kind of had a sassy walk here.
- Aw, the kitties.
Oh, uh oh. (cat meowing)
- Snuggs' got some attitude.
- All right Snuggs, we need to calm down.
Snuggs, maybe you need to do some snuggling.
- Oh no. (dog barking)
What do we do now?
- I don't know. - Maybe give a treat?
- Yeah, give treat.
- Honestly, whenever things don't like me, I bribe them.
- Aw, that's better. - That did a lot of work.
- See, just needs to know that she's welcome and loved.
- So what would you like to do next?
You wanna just go ahead and adopt?
- Yes, absolutely. - Aw, this is a keeper.
- Yeah, the dog is drinking out of the toilet,
that's amazing (laughs).
- It's a bit of a wild house right here,
I'm not gonna lie to you.
All right, would you like to change Snuggs' name or Snuggs?
- Snuggs is perfect. - Snuggs is the name.
Look at you and Snuggs. - Aw, look at all the love.
- That's amazing, now, let's focus on Cheechoo.
- [Kate] Okay, Cheechoo needs some love.
- All right, we're a full house.
We cannot have any more pets or humans in this home.
- I feel like this poor woman has just walked into chaos.
- She's like, "I don't know if I should
"leave all these pets here."
There's definitely not even like any pet supplies.
We did not buy any pet supplies for this home.
We could suit it up a little bit, before we head out.
- Clumsy!
- There you go, yeah, it's coming into play already.
- Well at least everybody's laughing about it.
- Yeah, it seems like everyone's having a pretty good time
in this house.
(uptempo whimsical music)
What would you consider your favorite part of the house?
- I love the kitchen, 'cause it's kind of the heart
of the home and it's where everybody kind of gathers.
Inevitably, we end up in the kitchen
sharing some kind of food and just talking.
Those are my favorite times.
Those are the memories I cherish above anything else.
- That's awesome.
Do you like to cook? - I do, I'm a huge baker.
So that's my forte, I can cook a little bit.
- Well you could cook right now.
What would you want to cook?
- You're a beginner cook, so it all develops as you learn.
- Oh I see, let's do eggs and toast.
- Ooh okay, a classic.
- Feels like it'll be entertaining to watch.
- [Kelsey] This house is just covered in animals.
- The cat. - That cat's cleaning himself
on the counter. - Yeah,
he's making himself known.
(pan clanking)
What did I do?
- Well, you're kind of new to cooking.
- I saved it, I hope.
- I think it'll be all right.
- Moment of frustration.
Got over it, got myself together.
This cat just loves that countertop.
- Yeah, I feel like that cat's
totally eat your eggs and toast.
- Oh yeah, well, that's all right.
- GeekCon is in town.
Would you want to go to the festival?
- Ooh, that sounds like fun.
- All right, you can geek out.
- Awesome. - It'll be great.
Who would you like to travel with?
- Let's take Arden and Marcus,
might as well take the roomies.
- You've been to Comic-Con before.
- I have been to Comic-Con.
- What's your favorite thing about going to a convention?
- It's the one place where you go to get excited
about things, right?
People just go to geek out on anything and everything,
and I just love connecting with people on that level,
and also, I've been lucky to be a part of some shows
like "Shadowhunters" and "Arrow" that have huge,
massive, passionate fandoms,
and that's the most amazing thing,
to have people that connect with the work and get it,
and wanna come on that journey with you.
- All right, what would you like to do at GeekCon?
You could make a rocket ship.
You could play games.
There's like a telescope. - Ooh, what's the telescope?
That looks cool.
- [Kelsey] You can observe the sky or spy on apartments.
That's spooky.
- Let's observe the skies and see what's going on.
You changed outfits, so we'll change you back.
- I like this outfit, I don't mind it.
- You don't mind it? - No, I think it's cool.
- Nice comfy sweater and some boots.
- Let's see what's going on in here.
- Ooh, you're thinking about aliens.
And you're learning a new skill.
Right now, you're learning logic.
- Cool.
- Would you consider yourself a logical person?
- I'm definitely a logical person.
I've been a huge math nerd my whole life,
and I love the fact that it's a puzzle,
and you can work it out.
But I also, I love the creativity
of telling stories and creating worlds,
so life's about balance, right?
- Yeah, definitely.
Or at least it's about trying.
- Whoa, that's cool.
- Why don't we check out some VR?
- Yeah, let's see what that's like.
I feel like it's VR inception,
'cause this is already a kind of VR,
and we're going to go into the VR in the VR.
- It's true, their Sims can play "Sims".
There you go. - All right, cool.
(VR booming) This is loud.
- Oh my God, someone just took off (gasps).
someone's woohoo-ng in the rocket ship.
- What, it's a different kind of mile-high club.
- There's a cosplayer over here.
Oh wait, there's a couple!
There's Leia!
- Can we make friends with them?
'Cause they look amazing. - Yes.
Oh my God, she just said no to you.
- Wow. - That is so rude.
I already knew Nancy Landgraab was a terrible person.
- I'm sorry.
- Maybe talk to this llama guy.
- Yeah. - That is so rude.
- Maybe if I can make friends with her husband then we can,
like, all be friends.
- Maybe she's just, you know, wait, is that Santa?
Why is Santa here?
That's definitely Santa.
- Is that Santa, Clement Frost?
That sounds like a Santa. - That's a Sims Santa.
- That's like a Santa undercover name,
it's like the Clark Kent of Santa names.
I wanna meet Clement Frost. - You wanna meet Santa?
- I'm such a huge Christmas nut.
- Oh, you are? - Yeah.
- Well it looks like you and Clement
are getting along fine, so Nancy can--
- [Kate] Let's talk lovingly about cosplayers.
- Aw, have you ever seen like some crazy cosplay
of your own character?
- Absolutely, even for "Shadowhunters",
even before the show came out,
there were folks that came to our first ever Comic-Con
dressed as our characters.
And that was absolutely insane.
But since then, it's just grown and grown,
and now we see groups of friends dressing up
as all of our characters at Comic-Cons.
And people will tweet us pictures,
and it's so fun to see people's creativity,
and how they apply that to their own lives.
Wow, look at all this cosplay. - I know.
I don't even know who that is.
- [Kate] It's a "Star Wars" character.
- Are you a "Star Wars" fan? - Oh yeah, huge.
- [Producer] Also Baby Yoda is in the game if you want that.
- That's true, would you like a Baby Yoda figurine?
- Yes. - And I can even make
a big, big Baby Yoda. - Oh my God.
Can we just put that in our yard?
Like a massive Baby Yoda? - Yes, yes.
Very fun day at Comic-Con. - Take a little jog.
- We got snubbed by Nancy Landgraab.
- It's all right, we've got to give people time.
I'm new to the neighborhood.
- I appreciate your positivity,
but Nancy Landgraab will be forever my enemy.
- Oh my, you know, I'm happy to mediate
if you ever want to reconcile.
- I appreciate that.
All right, so you're back in the apartment
since you are a "Star Wars" fan,
let's get that Baby Yoda. - I would love that.
I wanna surprise my roommates,
and put a massive Baby Yoda statue in the yard.
- How big do you want it?
You just tell me when to stop, okay?
- I think that's perfect, wait, go back one.
There you go. - There it is.
- It's large enough to say, "We love Star Wars,"
but not so large as to scare small children,
and maybe our dogs.
- Let's go view the Baby Yoda statue.
- Let's view the Baby Yoda. ("Ave Maria")
- Wow. - That's beautiful.
It's bigger than you.
- I have to take a picture of this.
Perfect, we're definitely a festive household.
- Oh yeah. - I appreciate that.
- I think this is possibly the coolest house in "The Sims".
Thank you so much for coming today.
- Thank you for having me, this was so fun!
I got a full Sims education.
- So what did we learn today?
Did we learn anything?
Three dogs, and two cats, and three people is a full house.
We learned that cats like eggs and toast.
And we learned that Santa goes to Comic-Con.
- Yes (laughs).
- And Baby Yoda makes great lawn art.
- We learned so much today.
I love that for us.
- I think we've learned quite a bit.
Check back next episode where someone else
will be in control with Kelsey.
Bye! - Bye!
(uptempo whimsical music)