the first thing that he said he kind of
tucked down to brass tacks was tell me
everything you know about Rock Hudson
well at the time you weren't cast yet so
he just told me like Rock Hudson so I
was like cool and then I remember early
on like I Tex Ryan one day and was like
who's playing rock like oh yeah after he
gave me the script that's what it was I
read the script saw that it was like he
falls him or you know there was a
connection with rock types and I like
who are you thinking of and he was like
I really like this guy I'm being right I
really like this guy Jake picky and he
just said your name so I'm like on
Instagram life okay all right mr. Jake
picky
yeah I look up to those a lot of these
guys I make the golden egg like rock and
even Paul Newman James Dean Marlon
Brando I mean that's a little later but
I often find myself posing the question
you know what would these the older you
know counting stars do you know did you
know that you had gotten a partner or
wasn't still like early on Oh story yeah
I didn't know he was just kind of you
know that's terrifying yeah I just has
like a nice cut like a large iced coffee
from Starbucks to you so I was just like
yeah I don't feel this at all right now
I'm not I feel I'm we yeah I remember we
decided to meet up before we started
working together just to talk and catch
up and get to know each other which was
great because our first day on set you
know goes like all of our intimacy like
mobile so like thank God we had like I
don't know shake hands before yeah he's
gone but it was I felt like it was good
to just get on the same page you know to
see house and there was only a few days
before honestly set like we showed up
and it wasn't intimacy and there was a
coordinator but at that time we had
known you're just a thousand percent and
we just wanted to pay on and do the best
we could and kinda have the audience be
like
slides on Raw yes you know I know I do I
think you know having that meeting and
just talking about who we were as
individuals as artists was so helpful
you know we talked about astrology we
did like all of the things like a first
date you wrap yes because I one thing
I've said in different interviews it's
like how much I trust you and had to
trust you you know being that our first
day on set together creating these
characters was like an intimate moment
it's like I almost had to like freefall
and trust that you were going to catch
me yeah I did and I think because I felt
safe with you on screen you know working
in our work relationship it helped just
like do office here that was me I could
trust me because from day one you were
there you have my bag he was so I'm
giving him as the scene heaven we might
surprise each other we'd like oh I
didn't I wasn't looking for love both
kind of find it support it behind
something that feels tangible and it
ended up becoming like I don't think
Archie could have made it the way that
he did without having wronged by her
side without having the one thing that
felt consistent that he could come home
to that was going to love him
unconditionally no matter the color of
the skin and very similar the rock was
like someone who's gonna love him for
all of the things he is the trauma that
he comes from and I just kind of cater
to that and be like medicine for him
kind of although really because it
actually knows that he's in a toxic
situation with Henry his agent but it's
like he also knows that the only way
he's gonna become the huge star that
Archie season to be which I just think
ultimately is beautiful and fun and made
it so exciting
yeah I think that's the one relationship
in the series that we get to watch like
from beginning to end we get to watch it
before and then kind of see the things
that they go through and then how they
come out on the other side I think it's
something that's really brewing with our
show is we are beginning or another rat
we're taking an opportunity to show the
world what
representation looks like we're show and
then women in power
we're showing them successful black
people talented black people were
showing them the queer community rising
I'm taking a chance and a risk on those
hoops and you know marginalized groups
of people I think just for me and my
experience of being an actor an artist
is just kind of wondering you know like
how big can you dream I think people
have asked me you know like is this a
dream come true and I'm like absolutely
I don't even know if young Jeremy
dreamed this big right for a TV debut
would be as great as it was with the
Ryan Murphy you know on a huge network
like I just wanted to make it on TV and
maybe that was in the black round or
like it you know I hadn't dreamed I
hadn't created that vision for myself
but I just know that there's gotta be
and hopefully there's someone out there
that is going to see the show see the
representation on the show and feel kind
of seen and heard and know that there is
something tangible out there for them to
get that that's who can dream that that
can become the dream of yeah like a real
dream something that is tangible and in
ironic way you're having an Archie
moment now you know you're having the
Archie moment in Los Angeles so it's
exciting to watch you know and I mean
not only I touching on what you said
it's like not only is it a great it I
just it's a healthy form of escapism I
think watching this show but it also is
like it's a commentary on the abuse of
power and even in the industry itself it
in the entertainment and everything
there's always unfortunately probably
gonna be an abuse of power okay it's
okay to be who you are no matter what
any anyone is telling you no okay about
standing your truth in and all that you
are and the power of people that are in
those power positions if they take a
chance and a risk on something different
the impact that one decision can have on
a group of people and or the world and
or the industry
I mean I think we challenge that low-key
it kind of hits that our chill is coming
out during this time because I feel like
it's almost like the opposite of the
Hollywood in the sense of like we were
gonna have a premiere and be doing press
and it's gonna be so extra in the last
way but now we get to like just put the
show on and let people like find it and
discover it on us on its own and
experience what they're going to
experience like I feel like you're so
talking about it but it's less forced
and I think it and it's like you said
it's a hopeful inspiring story so I mean
I know you've seen it but are you gonna
watch it again like what's your vibe
what's your but are you know acted again
I know you've seen it but I think what
I'm gonna do if I were to set up the
perfect date or the perfect moment for
anyone out there I would recommend
popping a little popcorn popper pop that
pop pop that pop make a pop pop now some
great snacks some quarantine chips or a
little candy and like go on this journey
with us I think it's like you get a
little bit of history you get a little
camp funds it's Ben and Jerry's go and
see a go get inspired go root for it for
Archie and Rock dream Leonard team JP in
the house JP JP they're here
what are you doing oh that's what I'm
talking about we want that type of
energy but in your binge-watching