- Who causes the most good trouble on set?
Is it you or someone else?
- It's not me.
[Laughs]
I'm very well behaved. [Laughs]
Honestly, between you and Emma Hunton,
Ms. Emma Hunton, who plays Davia.
Honestly, all of us, that whenever we have scenes -
- That's some good trouble right there.
- That's some good, good trouble
because we cannot keep it together. Our poor crew.
- Always laughing,
- Always laughing, always loud.
You and Emma have a particularly shrill, loud, loud laugh.
Cierra has a knee-slapper laugh.
- You can hear Emma's from a mile away.
- It got so bad that we had to come up
with a code word on set that we would say to each other,
to remind each other to keep it together.
I'm not gonna tell the code word
'cause it's our cast secret, but it exists.
- But, there is a code word. [Laughs]
- So Cierra, now that season three is finally, finally out,
what in the show are you most excited about?
- I mean, I'm really excited
about a lot of our storylines.
I think our writers do such a great job
of making things really timely and topical.
Really cool to see life, kind of, imitate art.
But, I think that something really cute
that I've always loved,
and I know that fans of 'The Fosters' love,
is when 'The Fosters' fam[ily] comes back to visit.
So, there's an episode where we're all together
and I think everyone's gonna
really, really enjoy that one.
That one's cute.
- It's cute.
- Honestly, I've been having so much fun on set
with Miss Constance Zimmer.
I love Kathleen.
I was a huge fan of Constance, she doesn't know this,
but I used to watch her when I was little on 'Entourage.'
I remember thinking, as, like, I was already acting
at like, you know, 11 or whatever.
And I remember watching her
and just thinking how cool she was
because it was this, kind of, male dominated show,
and she was such a badass
and she had so much agency.
I just remember thinking, like,
"That's what I wanna be like.
"That's the kind of actress I wanna be like.
"That's awesome.
"She's so cool."
- That's crazy. It's, like, full circle.
- I know. And so, to have her, like, on our set,
especially to be able to work with her, you know,
primarily has been just so, so, like, incredible.
I'm learning so much from her, but also,
I mean, that character's so fun.
There's so much coming up with this character
that you have no idea where it's going.
Your minds are gonna be blown.
It's so much fun.
I cannot wait. - I can attest to that.
There's some good stuff coming.
- It's juicy.
It just gets juicier and juicier.
- So, our show stays really current
with everything that's happening today.
Does 'Good Trouble' inspire you
to stir up some good trouble of your own?
- I mean, of course, yeah.
I mean, our show does such a good job of inspiring
that with everybody because there's something for everyone.
Every character is stirring up
some type of good trouble, you know?
Whether it be Davia with her body positivity storyline,
or Malika with the Black Lives Matter stuff,
or, you know, Mariana shattering glass ceilings.
It's impossible to not relate.
And, I mean, because we're working so closely with the show,
like, of course, it always, you know, is with us.
And that's been, kind of, the biggest blessing
about being on the show,
everything we've gotten to learn.
And we've really been able to walk the walk.
Our show is so relevant and on topic
and, you know, politically motivated.
Do you think that it's inspired you,
in your life, to start good trouble?
- Absolutely. I mean, I think I can agree with you
on just the fact that we've learned so much
through our stories that we get to tell.
And I think, you know, we're all so passionate
about the stories that we get to tell
that it's hard not to translate into real life
and be just as passionate about it and vocal.
You know, we've been blessed with these platforms
and I think that we all really love being able to use it
for the greater good.
And it's been really cool.
I mean, especially with this summer,
I think, humanity, as a whole, has learned so much
and it's something that we've, kind of, been talking about
and learning about since, you know, season one
and even on 'The Fosters.'
And it's really cool to be able to tell those stories
and to have it translate in real life.
- So, our show has this wonderful
melting pot cast of women, of diverse women.
Why do you think it's so important
for us to show these characters in this way,
these female characters in this way on our show?
- That's a great question.
I think since the beginning of time,
women have been pitted against each other.
It's really sad because we're just
so much stronger together.
You know, I think that it's a really beautiful thing,
you know, having this much female energy in The Coterie
and having those women to rely on and learn from.
And I mean, it's just so important.
It's a huge part of Mariana's storyline
and everything that she believes in
is, you know, she's all about the girl power.
And I think it's just so important to stick together
because, you know, no one's gonna do it for us.
And it's really cool.
I think girl power is everything.
- Of course. I get my strength, in my personal life,
from the women that I surround myself with
and the way that we support each other.
In the media, typically, you know,
women are pitted against each other
and it's just so not how the world is.
I mean, on our show, we're, you know,
really committed to showing accurate representation
of young people and how young people are living.
And that's just not it, you know? [Laughs]
And so, it's really refreshing to see, you know,
a bunch of women living and working together,
who are supporting each other and building each other up.
That's how I live my life,
you know, that's what we should
be putting out there. - Absolutely.
- What is your favorite part
about our character's relationship
and what's your favorite part about our relationship?
- There's so much that I love
about Callie and Mariana's relationship.
I think what is, you know,
the kind of general theme for both our relationship
and Callie and Mariana's relationship, is just the sisterhood
and the coming together no matter what.
'Cause we have that kind of dynamic
and, obviously, Callie and Mariana do.
Honestly, our friendship is really similar
to Mariana and Callie's.
There's not a lot of differences.
I mean, I guess we're a little older,
we're both a little more mature, I think.
But, I guess my favorite part of both of them
is just how they support each other
and how they always come back together no matter what.
- I agree.
I think that, you know, they love each other unconditionally,
as do we.
It's really cute.
I feel like we have a lot of moments
where, the things that they go through together
mirror what we've gone through together.
So, it's hard to pick just one thing
about Callie and Mariana
'cause I feel like that's just picking one thing about us
and I love everything about us.
- I feel like Callie and Mariana
are less honest with each other than you and I are.
- Yeah.
- You and I definitely are more honest
with each other, I think.
- So, we've been filming 'Good Trouble' for three years now.
What's the biggest thing that Callie has taught you?
- I mean, Callie is just the most resilient person.
She's so strong and she's come so far.
I mean, even just, you know, in our premiere
this season, watching her pass the Bar.
Like, that moment was so huge to know where she came from.
Like, in our pilot of 'The Fosters,'
she was literally getting beaten up in juvie, you know?
So, for me, in general, what Callie, kind of, reminds me
in my own life, you know,
no matter how hard it is, no matter, like,
if you're at rock bottom,
you can always pull yourself out of it, you know?
- I mean, as cliche as it is,
it's just don't stop going after what you want.
I think Mariana is a big believer
in not taking no for an answer.
When she wants something,
she will go after it. - She gets it.
- And she doesn't care who is in her way.
And I love that about her.
She loves a good challenge.
It's pretty inspiring.
- So Cierra, I heard a rumor that the ladies
over at 'The Bold Type' would be interested
in doing a little crossover 'Bold Type'/
'Good Trouble' action episode.
- Oh.
Would you be down?
- Are you kidding? [Laughs]
I would love that.
First off, we love those girls.
- We love those girls.
We are obsessed with those ladies.
They are so cool,
they're so good.
That show is so good.
- They're beautiful inside and out. Every time we see them,
which, you know, hasn't been in a minute
since Covid,
but we always pick up where we last left off.
It's just, it's so fun being around them.
And, I mean, I feel like those worlds really just, like,
it makes sense.
- It makes a lot of sense. - It makes so much sense
that there would be crossover and I would live for that.
- Yeah, like, maybe, you know, they pick up a piece
about Mariana's app or something, you know?
And then, you have to go there for an interview.
I don't know, we'll discuss.