Which moment made you break character the most?
It's probably most visible in the edit of the show, but that first defense animation where Evan [Williams], who played Shaun, showed the video that his nephew made. We didn't see that beforehand or know what it was gonna look like. For me in general, when doing a bit myself, I didn't find it hard to stay in character, but when you're watching somebody else be so funny, it's impossible.
What improvised scene are you proudest of?
I love doing improv, and everyone was doing improv all the time on this. The things that I feel the most pride about were engineering moments that Ronald would come up with, but that we planted the seeds for. Bringing him in on the joke in a way that's not making fun of him and growing it together unbeknownst to him was the most fun thing. My character got a makeover at the mall and he helped pick out some clothes. We sort of planted the seed of that idea for Ronald to do that, and then it was like when we go to the mall, I'll just go for the wildest clothes I can find. That was a ton of fun.
How has your life changed, if at all, since the show came out?
My younger more with-it cousins are letting me know how the show's doing on TikTok. Getting messages from people I haven't talked to in a long time from elementary school has been wild. People very helpfully on Instagram are sending me other companies that make chair pants in real life and asking for feedback on designs and stuff.
"That reveal was maybe the most scared I've ever been in my entire life and then the happiest I've been after."
Do you have an all-time favorite moment from filming the show?
Maybe this is a cop-out, but I think because everyone on the show was so funny and talented and hardworking and nice, the longer it went on and the closer we got to the reveal, the more it was like, "What if we don't make it across the finish line? What if he finds out early?" Or any sort of other reaction he could've had. Going into that last day when we revealed it to him in the courtroom, I was so nervous, and predictably, as with everything else, it wound up that he was so nice and so happy. He was talking about how much he loves comedy and was excited that it turned out to be a comedy thing that he was a part of. That reveal was maybe the most scared I've ever been in my entire life and then the happiest I've been after.
