Elisa Marie Proctor in POWER Legacy? Mattea Conforti talks Handmaids Tale: Testaments Ep. 87 | The Crew Has It

But look at this, just two people in a room that killed their fathers. It makes me sick. It makes me sick. Michael Kylg, you got to do some time, you know? You got to do some time, you know? [MUSIC] Last one to the airport by breakfast, by breakfast. [MUSIC] Day one, day one. [MUSIC] Hell yes, okay, Mike, you know what I usually say, who do we have in the building? But I'm not in the building, Michael, so who do we have in your building? >> Listen, a lot of people say that I did her dirty and, you know. >> You did. >> Gloky, that was kind of crazy, I ain't going to lie, that was kind of crazy. >> It was. >> But we got Matea, 40 here, a goal, honestly, one of Michael Kylg is killing it right now. >> Wait, so Matea, what episode was that? Do you remember? >> I don't even remember. >> I don't remember? I think it was like one of the last episodes of season five, I think? >> Yeah. >> It might have been season five or season four, but it was one of the last episodes, though. >> Yeah, and that was your last episode of Power on Matea. >> I think so. It was so long ago. >> It was really long ago, but yeah. >> I remember you're so clouded. >> Yeah, I remember filming that. >> That was bad. >> It's so crazy, the lower the fans though, they're like, she, at least Marie's coming back. >> Everyone thinks I'm coming back, and I'm doing something, and I haven't. I don't think I'm going to, but I don't know. >> Honestly, this is my honest, this is my honest assessment as to why force didn't cross over with ghosts, why they didn't bring back people from the original that much. It's like, I just think that there were so much going on, that they were just trying to tell the story moving forward. They didn't want to cross over, they didn't want to bring a lot of people back, because they were just like so much going on with all the shows. I hope now that there's one show that they can start doing that more, because I think it needs to happen. And it would be so cool to see you come back in some time. >> I would love to. I loved Power. Power was so much fun to film, and I was so young, so it was like, I feel like if I were to step back into it now, I'd really understand how to go about it differently and really get into it more. But the days that we were filming, and with Joe too, it was just so much fun. >> It was fun. >> Yeah. >> And legacy did get announced, so. >> Yeah. >> Who knows what could happen. >> Yeah. >> You know what I'm saying? >> Well see, so how old were you when you booked it? >> I booked it when I was like 10 or 11 or something, I was just coming out of it. >> Yeah. I was like 13 when I booked, when I booked Power. >> Really? >> Yeah, I was like 13. >> Oh my God. >> But by the time you got on the show, I think I was like 16. >> Okay. >> I was like 16 at the time, yeah. >> Yeah, I think I was around like 10 or 11. I was just getting out of like Frozen or something, so it was a weird like contrast between the two. >> [LAUGH] >> Not like, you know. >> Yeah Frozen today, the lighting people up. >> Yeah, exactly. But it was my first like what I considered adult role, like mature-ish role. So I really enjoyed it and I was originally just supposed to be like a day player on it and then I just kept coming back and I loved it, it was awesome. >> Yeah, the power will bring people back that they like and that the fans like, that's the one that you grade at. >> Yeah, yeah. >> So do you remember your audition scene? >> Oh man, no, I don't even know if it was like anything crazy because I was just supposed to be like Proctor's daughter and I don't think it was like, it wasn't anything too crazy at first. So I don't think the audition was that intense. I don't remember, I think I auditioned for it probably around like a year before I booked it. I don't really know if they wanted to like get me in that soon or not. I don't really remember honestly. >> You never remember what I just said. >> Did you do any type of like- >> We blocked those now. >> We don't want to think about all the rejection. >> Yeah, please, I don't want to talk about it right now. So did you do any like type of chemistry read with Jerry or anything like that or you just went straight on and he was your dad? >> I just went straight on into it and they were like, this is your dad and I was like, hey, Jerry what's up, he's a nice guy, he was really cool. >> Have you talked to him or seen him since? >> I have been, I have been, I'd love to though, I've really haven't seen anybody besides like you know. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> No, I loved everybody on power, they were so nice and it's probably really difficult working with a younger kid on that show just because the content is much more mature and I was kind of like the youngest one so I don't, you probably didn't want to like deal with me most of the time but they were super cool. >> They're chill. >> Yeah. >> Were you going to all the table reads? >> No, I don't think so. >> Yeah, I know I figured it'd be so hard like all the crazy stuff. >> You know, yeah, you know what's crazy is that I had honestly like I was really tapped in for my scenes but I had like basically no understanding of what was going on outside of my universe in my real life. >> It was like the first three seasons I'm not going to lie. >> It was really me, the first season. >> So people, yeah, people would be like this is, you know, very intense because this just happened and this is going to, okay, yeah sure. >> Have you seen the full show since? >> No, I haven't. It's just because like, I know, I should, I should. >> Yeah, I have. I have. It's great. >> I'll never watch anything that I'm in though because I just, I hate doing that. >> I can't. >> Everyone knows actors. >> Yeah. I'm one of those. I just, you know, I critique everything that I'm in and I'm like nitpicking everything. But also like, I don't know, it's like, I'm so young, it's just like, cringy. >> Yeah, I'm watching them watching that. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> That would be crazy. >> I'm weird. I'm like, how do I watch more of myself? Is there any ways I can get more footage of me not getting it? So after power, what did you do right after? >> So after power, well- >> She's like, I went to third grade. >> And this is the night 4th. >> Fourth grade. >> That's insane. >> While I was filming power, I was also filming the show Nose for Auto. They made that into a little series and I was going- >> Well, that was shot in Rhode Island. >> Yeah, yeah. >> So quickly in Rhode Island. >> No way. >> No way, I'm so cool. >> A little crazy take I have as I hate Rhode Island. >> Damn G. >> Because of that. >> Tell me more. Let's put it into this. >> Don't be tough and you, but- >> I'm on board with you, Rhode Island too. >> It's just like, it was so cold, whatever we would film, we filmed in the middle of the woods in Rhode Island. And it's just freezing and it was dark and I was in a lot. It was like a scary TV show so I had all this fake blood on me that would get sticky and cold. And yeah, it was- so I was going from being like a weird demon child to Elise Marie back and forth. >> Also a demon child. >> Also a demon child too. >> She didn't really know though, like she didn't really know- >> She didn't know. >> She didn't know. >> No, she didn't know. >> I guess. >> She was the demon child. >> Wait, so you wonder what's weird? You wonder what's crazy is that- this is how small Rhode Island is. Is that the tree farm that you guys filmed on is like my mom's best friend? >> No way. >> Like they own the tree farm. It's called Latins. >> Like the Christmas tree farm? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Oh my God. >> That's so small. >> There's like 19 people there and my mom's friends with them all. >> Yeah, I remember filming in that farm, I have like PTSD from it because it was so cold and there's- you're just in the trees, like just we would be in like the woods, like in the middle of the night, just walking around. >> Yeah, it's like a cool vampire show. Who else was on the show? It was like Zachary Kinto. >> Yeah. >> Who else was it? >> Yeah, Zachary Kinto, um, um, I'm blanking on- it was so long ago. I'm blanking on the rest of the names, but it was- >> You don't know any actors in any show she's in and she doesn't watch at them. She's like, "I just show up and have fun." >> This is not a good look. I'm just thinking, you know, it's like it's something I remove. It's not all the center of- >> No, I get it. You were younger at that time and you know- >> Yeah, I think I was- >> So cool. >> Yeah, it was really cool, but you know, it was hard going back and forth between the two. And then right after power, I think, um, was it was like COVID or something that happened right after that? So I was just like in school. I wasn't really doing anything. And then I went to college and then I booked testaments pretty much after that. >> Wait, wait. So where'd you go to college if it's public? >> I, uh, I, I go to Harvard. >> That's why. >> Yeah. >> That's why. >> She's like, um, you've heard of it before. >> [LAUGH] >> Well, you go to Harvard is insane. How good were you in school? >> Um, I wasn't that good. I mean, I was like decent, like, I- >> [LAUGH] >> So I know the good part of it. >> [LAUGH] No, I mean, I was good at school. I was good at school. I really enjoyed learning. I liked being in the classroom. And I just kind of, that was the last school I had applied to. I was going to go to USC for a little bit. And then I found out I got into Harvard and I was like. >> USC is a thing. >> Yeah, you found out you're getting to Harvard. - I'm just saying, if I was thinking about what you were seeing, then I'm like, "I accept the Harvard, I'm not the Harvard." - Yeah, I mean, it was just kind of like, "All right, you can't not pick Harvard now." But yeah, I'm in my sophomore year there, so I just finished my sophomore year. - Okay, I have so many questions. So, are you an athlete? - I used to, well, okay. An athlete is kind of a stretch, but I used to play lacrosse, but not in college though, just in-- - But you got into Harvard. People don't realize how hard this is. You got into Harvard, not being an athlete, no extra curriculars strictly on school. - Yeah, I mean, so basically when you apply to the school, you apply undecided because they kind of want you to go and we call majors concentrations. So they want you to go and formulate your own kind of concentration when you get there. So they don't want you to apply to anything specifically, which is something that I really liked about the school, whereas what I was applying to USC and other schools, I was applying kind of under a BA program for acting and stuff. And I didn't want to kind of be, I never had really studied acting or theater at anything in school. So I kind of wanted to just explore anything. So that's what really drew me to Harvard. So yeah, I applied. And that was the last application I filled out and I found out in like end of March. And then I had-- - What was your reaction to getting in a whole set? - I was actually, so I was like filming all of my reactions, opening up my college acceptance letters and I filmed my USC one and I was going crazy. It's so funny. But then one day my friends and I went to the sushi restaurant and one of my friends was like, oh, Mattea, the regular, the decisions they just came out for Harvard, you should check and I was like, okay, fine. So I just checked silently because I didn't want them all and I was checking it and then I saw that I got in and my parents thought it was AI. I thought it was AI, no one thought it was real. I was just like, I was like, there's no way. There's no way. But yeah, I went. - There was someone who was a fan of power that was going to do these acceptance letters. (laughing) Like, it's so funny because I was playing hockey and I was gonna go to, like Princeton was like my dream school. - Okay. - And even then with hockey, I was, everything, they were like, your grades are like not even half of what they need to be able to play. So that's why I'm like, it's very hard to, and I applaud you 'cause I don't. - Oh, thank you. Yeah, I mean, you have to kind of find, I was able to kind of find that balance between like school and acting and stuff and I fortunately enjoyed both a lot. So it made it really easy to kind of work hard in the classroom and also in acting too. But yeah, I got in and I went and I had really big imposter syndrome when I went there. Like I didn't think I was gonna fit in at all and I was like, I don't belong here, honestly. But I met great people and my classes have been awesome. And yeah. - What up y'all, we're gonna take a break from the episode. 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Weight loss by HIMS is not available in all 50 states. Wagovie is a registered trademark of NOVO Nordisk AS. To get started and learn more, including important safety information, Wagovie Clinical Study Information, and restrictions, visit HIMS.COM back to the episode. So when you got in, were you nervous about people recognizing you or being in class with people like, has that happened? Like, no. I mean, there has been a bunch of really cool people that have gone to my school, but I never thought-- I never thought I would have to leave school to work ever. I just kind of thought, OK, honestly, this point of my life is done. Acting is-- you put that to bed. It was fun while it lasted. This-- I'm meant to just go to college now. So I go to school and I-- sorry. I had just kind of gotten into theater and extracurricular stuff at my school. And then I would just audition for random things. And then I found out I got testaments. And I had to take a leave for my freshman spring semester. So I have to make that up. And then I'm going to have to leave again in the fall to film season two. So it's crazy. I mean, that's so cool. So she's going to be in Harvard for, like, 35 years. 48. Matt. I'm going to be forever after that. It would take me 35 years straight. No break. I'm going to run away. So how do I do this? Yeah, no leaves, I don't like it. It's 30 years, so yeah. Me and Mike combined, we still wouldn't be able to do it. I did. I don't fucking know. I took a sex love and friendship class while I was there. It was a philosophy course. It was really cool. You're peaking my interest a little bit. I'm like, what? They have sex class there? Oh, man. You talk about love and friendship, too. But-- Oh, no, I'm good. I'll stay for the first five minutes of class and then I'm leaving. Excuse me. Can you let me know when the sex part ends? [LAUGHTER] That's hilarious. OK, cool. Awesome time to get into testaments. I'm so excited to talk to you about this. So what was the name of the original show? It was called the-- Handmaid's Tale, too. Handmaid's Tale, yes. And I loved it. And it's so good. Did you watch it before you audition for Testaments? Yeah, I had a little bit. I was so young when it came out. So I didn't watch it immediately. But then once I figured out, found out that I booked it, I went back and I watched it. It's not a show you can binge. It's so intense. And you don't want to binge it. Honestly, it's awful. So you binge it? I mean, yeah. But I watched it. I had to do my research and figure out the vibe of the show and what kind of universe I was stepping into. But I watched it. And yeah, I was-- as crazy as the show is, I was really excited to get into it. Yeah, I mean, that's like a piece of material that like there's only a handful of actors that get to do stuff like that, which is like such a gift. Oh, thanks. Yeah, I was really nervous when I got the audition. They didn't tell us what it was for at first. But you kind of figured out with the language when they're like, praise B, or these are the ants. And it's like no other show would be saying that besides the handmaid's telling everything. So I really wanted to get the opportunity to do this [BLANK_AUDIO] it's so unique and individual and I feel like it's a piece of media that's really and literature that's really revolutionized its time and the audience and sparked so many conversations but yes I was really nervous but really excited when I got it. So you were at Harvard when you got this audition or yeah I was at Harvard and I was kind of just like I was getting a few tapes here in there to just throw out and I you know you never expect to actually book them for at me at least you know I never expect to really go and book them when I when I send them out I do have a track record for playing characters that are like really tragically doomed or have like really weird relationships with their fathers or their fathers that are dying that's just like and it's so funny because you're like the sweetest person. Maybe it's the contrast because you're so bubbly and like that maybe they're like yeah it's fun I mean I like putting myself in those situations as you know weird as that might sound it's it's enjoyable I'm not fortunately I'm not there in my real life so it's fun to kind of play pretend that way but yeah I said in my audition and then I found out a few weeks later and then I had about two weeks to get to Canada and put in my leave and did you have to it was one tape and you booked it series regularly it was so I had audition for one role and then it was a producer session after that for that role and then they scheduled another producer session for backup so it was about three auditions and yeah I got a call while I was actually in a lecture and I had to step out I wasn't I didn't take the call first I actually went back in my lecture and finished my notes and it was like midterm season so which I was also so pissed about I would just take in all my midterms and then I was like I have to go Michael and I would be strip club 3 p.m. we're not going back to that lecture we had to sell a bit crazy wait so were the producer session were we're on zoom yeah they're all on I know I hate it I hate zoom I mean I I ride on like the first impressions like I like meeting people I like talking to them first I want them to know my personality a little bit more yeah I like that interaction and it would zoom like I've had you know some of those sessions where they lose connection they're frozen and it's like yeah I have to read and it's like you don't hear them right so you're like do I wait do I keep breathing do I stay in the moment it's it's come to make me realize that like it they already they see your tape they already know your essence they already know what they want it has nothing to do with the acting because they there's no way they can really see it through this yeah that's what get your energy it's just like I just think there's an element of you know performance that you miss when it's not in person you know you can just feel that energy and you can even when you're you know reading off of the reader you know I just I don't know I like that so much better so how long was your first leave from school it was so I I found out I booked it mid-march so we just come back or we were just about to leave for spring break so I was about halfway through my second semester at school and then I get the call I booked the role and I have two weeks to get to Canada and I was in Canada from March to August so I had to you know like find a place to live and and readjust and everything but I put in my leave and then that basically just meant that whole semester just didn't count and yeah yeah they wouldn't let me say that you work off campus wait what you couldn't even like no because they view it as a violation of their academic and like integrity code because it's like cheating if it's you know not on campus work wait where we're in Canada do you shoot that Toronto oh cool yeah do you like the city there I do I love Toronto it's it's really fun it's just like a I it's like a cleaner version of New York really and it's super close but yeah I went to I love their public transportation there too it's really easy that's what I liked about it the most and the food I thought this is really good like it's diverse it's very diverse yes yes yes we've had some times in Toronto Michael that's really where did you guys go love that city where do we go we went to whatever clubs that they booked to yeah it was fun I don't know I liked it I really liked Toronto like the the culture there's crazy the vibes like I just I love it I want a shoot to show they're so bad my cousin's there so I visited before like when I was younger too but the last few times I've been back it was it was kind of crazy it was with Gianni so it was yeah it was crazy what up y'all we're gonna take a quick break from the episode and we're gonna talk to you about our awesome friends at 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It was pitch black, you know, the women are like carrying me and I was genuinely struggling and they were like, you know, quite hard, but they were really strong so they could like take it. But I mean, all of the love and we all put so much work into it, so it's like, it's just feels so relieving and like rewarding, like seeing all that coming back, but I love it. I love how people are so invested into it and people are drawing so many theories to like even in that scene, people were like, was it the eyes, was it Mayday, you know, who was it, was the ants, so it's been really cool. You know, because you feel your dad and even out in the show, you know, you're supposed to, he was supposed to get killed in ways because, you know, he rakes faces character and other girls, but your mom ended up having to take the fall for you. Like, how did you feel about that? Because you know, he hung her. I know. I didn't expect that to happen truthfully. I really thought in that moment, my character's gone. I'm like, well, had a great time filming the season. Like, I'm screwed. No, but I think the seed is planted so perfectly in the way that they're saying that, you know, a mother would do anything for her daughter, and it just ties into the whole theme of the show of all of these women, you know, bearing the consequences of all these men's actions, which is just so crazy about how ironic it's such a full circle moment. But filming that scene, when the scene when we were all sitting around the table and we're all holding hands and she's like, you found your mother with the shears, that was such an emotional day. It was my last day filming that was the last scene I filmed. So, everyone was just like really upset. And it was, you know, it's really hard voicing those things out loud. And we had to get in this mental state where we, you know, we're really into it. And you can, you know, get a little bit sad and like angry yourself while you're filming it. So, it was kind of easy to portray those emotions, but Kate who plays my mom was so good, and the scene of her, when I watched that scene of her being hung, oh my god, I was like, oh, I got like goosebumps. It was so crazy. Yeah, go right ahead. I love this. Last thing. So, I want to just know more about like your relationship with work with Chase, because I was not expecting that in the storyline. As we're watching, you know, you guys just seem like best friends, but then you actually like started falling in love with her. I know like you had a romantic connection. And I think we didn't really see that she realized that either of the last episodes. Yeah, so it was kind of crazy to see how that played out. That's going to be me and Chase too. She's not going to realize it. I mean, you have this crazy case. She won't. Sorry. I just can't help myself. Yeah. How was it working with her, and then like, how did you feel about the storyline, and how like fans were kind of like for me watching her the viewer? I didn't realize at first that you were like romantically interested. Yeah. Like the second to last episode. Yeah, when I first got there, I mean, that was kind of a layer to Becca. I feel like wasn't really explored too much in the book. But when we first got there, we were just kind of talking about, you know, how Becca is so much more layered in the show. So we added in this element that she was going to be romantically, you know, in love with Agnes. And luckily, Chase and I, we had such a close bond immediately. So it was super easy to play into that. And she's, you know, gorgeous and amazing. So again, super easy to play into that. But it was interesting to see what Agnes interpreted Becca's love for her as. But at the end of the day, there was always this foundation of their best friends in a world where they can't be best friends. So they have this kind of like enhanced version of loving each other. That's different from the rest of their friends. But that the scene where we kiss in the last episode. Um, for, I think for both of the characters, we had talked about how it's kind of just this act of acceptance and support for each other and just, you know, we have this unconditional love for each other, no matter what. Um, and I think in that moment Agnes finally realizes, as you were saying, that wow, this whole time Becca has been in love with me and, you know, for Becca, there's nothing else to lose. Her whole family is gone. She's becoming a wife, which she doesn't want to be. Um, so this is kind of a last ditch effort to show her undying, you know, love for her. Yeah. Look at this. Thank you. Those are great questions that you just have those like, we were just thinking about them. Yeah. That should be a lot. Those were like professional questions, like very thought out. Those are great. That's what we had her in here. Look at this. Just, just two people in a room that killed their fathers. Yeah. It makes me sick. It makes me sick. Michael killed you. You got to do some time, you know, you know, it's crazy. See, Loki killed both of her fathers. No, I get it. Oh, yeah. What? That's crazy. Well, no, actually, it was really, it was really, it was really my character because, because you left the door open. Oh, my God. That's so sneaky. Left the door. That is so sneaky. I was like, yeah, let's go do some ice cream. No, I'm gaslighting Elise. Wait, wait, does, do you get hate on social media or DMs from that from people still? From that? No. Cause it really wasn't her fault. Like, she really got, like, deeply manipulated. I deeply, very manipulated. It was a ice cream. It was a hot chocolate. Uh, it might have been ice cream on the one of the two. Probably both. Probably both, but yeah. Yeah. Look at some ice cream. It's like a white chocolate. I was like, let the door, what it seems. Yeah. I felt bad. I go out watching the scene like after I was like, damn. Yeah, I think honestly, that's where like, Tariq got real dark. Yeah. I never thought that was going to happen. I wasn't really aware of it while we were filming too, which made it even more sneaky. I think I was wrapped in the moment when you left the door open. So like, I didn't even know that it was happening. Oh, yeah, we did film this. I think we filmed, yeah, we filmed those very soon. We filmed that. So I was like, oh, great. We're actually getting ice cream. Yeah. Honestly, as an actor, do you think that helps you because like, when I did my first episodes on power, I knew nothing about the show. Yeah. I think it helped me because I didn't like see Tariq as like a killer or whatever. Yes. I just, she was like, my roommate at church. So I was like, oh, what up, dude? Like, yeah, let's have some fun. I didn't watch it until after. Yeah. I think for the characters, what really helps especially in the power universe is that level of like, naiveness where you just kind of are susceptible to whatever the other character is saying, like, for at least Marie and Tariq, like, she genuinely thought that he was, you know, trying to be there for her in that moment and they were like, friends, which was not the case. But like, you know, she had this level of like, innocence and naiveness that as any young girl would in that moment too, you know, she was super vulnerable and some people like to take advantage of that vulnerability. Hey, listen, yeah, I was just doing my job. Go tell me where to kill him. And for testaments, like, obviously you watched Ham a Tale beforehand, but like, what type of prep do you do as an actor day of? Do you like, like, because that's such a great show. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I tried not to really be in that mindset all the time, but like, I was, you know, and I was, I was my first time, like, living alone, like, first time working as an adult without, like, my parents there without having to do school or anything. So, you know, being in that kind of, not like, I wasn't like lonely, but I was just kind of doing this all on my own. It was kind of easy to, you know, be like, I would separate it away from like real life and kind of really just immerse myself into it fully. And, um, I don't know, I had like a sad playlist. I would play all the time on set. And the scenes were like, every scene I'd be like crying or like screaming. Usually to get that, you know, something. Yeah. Or, you know, it was, it was the days where we had like the sacrifice scenes. Um, you were like, cut off his hand and stuff. Um, it's fun to just like scream for like the first 30 minutes, but we were, we would film those scenes for hours. And there'd be like 300 girls too, also screaming. Oh my god. Yeah. Poor the guy Aiden that got his hand cut off. He actually threw up in that scene from the gag that he had in his mouth. Um, they kept it in and we're like, wow, looks so real. And it's like, yeah, it's real. Oh my god. It is. It's real. It's real. But yeah, I mean, everybody gave their 110 on that show, cast, crew, creative, everybody. Like a lot of they did. Like, because I haven't seen like all the episodes, but like when she's watching, I've been passing up like, yo, this is good. There's, there's not a moment where it's not intense. Yeah. It's, yeah. That's what I was saying. That's what I was just about to say. Like, yeah. No matter what episode it is, like, it's always some crazy shit going on. And I'm like, every time I walk the past, I'm like, let me watch what I'm like, damn, like, what is it? Not ever something like, what is it? Just chill shit going on. There's nothing. I always characterize the show is, there's the show episodes one through five right before like up until the ball scene. And then there's episodes five through time. And I just feel like they're two totally different shows. And yeah. That's crazy. That is literally nothing. What do you, what do you do on your, on your off-time in Toronto? Do you like, do like filming not in New York and be, uh, What do you do when you're like just hanging out I love filming in Toronto because there was just so many restaurants and just I don't know Things to just do like my friends would come up. We went to Niagara Falls With the girls and I we'd go to a bunch of restaurants. We'd always get steak free So whenever we went out and then we just like hang out. We have like, you know Fire they're so so good. It was like my protein. When you went out there. Did you try? I tried Poutine I don't like you know I get no I don't I don't What about it again? I just think I got it from like a shitty place Because everywhere in in Kansas. I know I'm known for their Poutine right yeah, I need to try that again Yeah, you got to get like a good one. Yes But we just like go to the park and just like walk around Anything that was totally opposite of the show and everything in its nature We would do so just like chilled and we'd you know We'd spend the whole week together then we just get together and just like deep everything We just talk about it. I know that must feel so daunting to be like It's like when you have a lot of homework on the weekend You're like fuck I don't want to think about it. You got to go do that crazy shit during the week Yeah, yeah, and it's it's really hard to because you know You're doing all that stuff and you're just inside and it's dark and you know You're in those costumes and you have to then kind of act this way around your friends and then once we all cut You know everybody just goes back to who they normally are, but it's it was really interesting seeing everybody get into character And it helps you get into character when they're that intense too But oh yeah, it was like whoa this is it felt so real when you saw everybody in their costumes in the set and Even like having scenes with the with my dad Randall who I it's a great guy, but he's so screwed up in the show So like even those scenes were just so weird to film, but everyone was super lovely on the outside I know it's so hard to like differentiate the actor to like their character because to this day people still hate like Rotime who played Drey like people still hate all these characters of characters from power. It's so hard to like differentiate. Yeah, I'll fuck that guy It's like oh, he's actually great. I mean that you know that means you're doing it pretty well, so on a resale So I mean obviously like I I tell people like kind of how it goes But like we do have a lot of actors that listen to the show so you did you find your own apartment in Toronto? I did yeah, I and the show didn't help you at all. Well, no, no, they they did help me like, you know, we were all right I also would just kind of look on my own, too It's probably center. Yeah, I'm not saying I'm not staying here, right? I um, no, I eventually did I I exercised all options and then I Eventually found my own place, which was you know, it was great It was super close, but the one thing I hate about Toronto actually Was the highways there and the they're the driving there the traffic is the worst. It's worse than LA It's worse than New York. I've never been in a place with that much traffic. It would take us like weirdly I remember that Mike it was it is bad. It was awful. There's like two lanes on the highway and there's like no exits and There's always construction. There's always something that was being worked on a massive shutdowns, too So it would take us like two hours to get 30 minutes to the studios sometimes. Yeah, did you have a you have a driver? Or did you rent a car while you went? No, so that luckily they sent up like vans that would you know pick up all the girls and bring them to set But I mean we'd be in the car for hours and it would help to kind of you know Lock in and get into that mindset when you're stuck in the car for that long But I mean we would be in stuck in the car and like it would be scorching hot outside in the summer So what do you what do you what are you doing during the summer? Are you chilling or you you're not starting to film yet? No, so I don't know when we're gonna start to film. I'm I'm pretty sure hopefully soon But right now I'm just kind of maxing out my time at home while I can You know some things up in the air We'll see, but I don't know I want to spend a lot of time down the shore Jersey Shore That's my yep fist bump, baby Yeah, did you ever watch Jersey Shore? Obviously Mike have you seen Jersey Shore? Of course Well, I feel like anybody from the like from the area has seen you have to yeah, yeah from like a little what in New York or Jersey? Yeah, it's like your religion So you have what like a film potentially up in the air for the summer? Not well, maybe I don't know. You know, just like you sending stuff out Right, yeah, just manifesting in the high it is right, you know, yeah, yeah, right Manifesting good energy, but so you I wanted to ask you this before but you were just getting into such a great stuff about Harvard But like how did you like because power was your first Kind of first couple things. Yeah, I had started so I started really working when I was Eight I auditioned for Matilda on Broadway. That was my first role that I had done And I booked that when I was eight debuted and I was nine, so I really started then And then ever since then I kind of went on a a theater You know is when I was in the theater era of my life, if you will And I did Sunday in the park with George and frozen right after that and then I had gone into power So power was kind of, you know, my first really big or not really that big for at least Marie, but bigger TV Part was like being on like doing theater. Did it make it like easier to be on like set filming like TV and something? Yeah, I think that really set me up Not even as an actor, but just like as a person it teaches you so much discipline and being prepared Yes, yeah, and you have to show up at a certain time and you have to learn how to work with other people and you know, you really have to It's such that you learn how much of a collaborative environment it is Hi, yeah, what do you like doing better theater or TV? Oh, you have to say both You can't say one of the other who says both you know, you say they're they're just so different, you know You can't you can't really compare the two. I just why I just want to say a play. What's the name of it? Which one it was um, I forgot the name, bro But it's with a Taraji Piansen a Sejick Denta Tainer. That's been pretty fire like Yeah, was it was it was it off-probably player. No, it's on Broadway. Oh, okay, so Oh, I've heard of that so yeah, I saw I spoke to him like after he was just telling me like the preparation for it It's crazy, bro. They rehearsing like seven days a week eight hours a day, and then they're doing like like they did what like 50 shows and like like two weeks or some crazy like that. Yeah, you do eight shows a week Show days - yeah, I'm like bro. It's no joke like that schedule is the most intense schedule I've ever done Yeah, he was telling me he's like yeah, this is intense because it's like Because like a lot of it like the preparation is like filming days like you know like they don't they literally rehearse in the same thing for eight hours And then it's literally just rehearsal and then they have to go do it in front of thousands of people right after it's like That's this okay. No, I just don't know if I could do the same thing that many times like when I was like I did stand up a little bit the last couple weeks Just and I'm like I was already sick of what I was saying I thought it was gonna be like that for me too, but once you get in the repetition of doing it You can kind of like play around with certain things and each audience reacts so differently So it's like you're performing to like a new crowd every single night that might not laugh at the same joke that the previous crowd laughed at It might not applaud as loud as you know the last crowd did but you know You kind of find certain little things to tweak or new little moments to play with on stage But I I love the I love theater. I love it just beyond like beyond being on stage and I'm like Thousand people and I just messed up my lines that's happened before like But yeah, you tell us what happened well not to me, but to other people It's actually during No, that happened a lot and I've also had moments where like I forget but you know You just kind of like make stuff up, but There was this one time in Matilda where I was in this scene and the guy I was speaking to just completely blanked and just forgot His his line and it was ironically a scene where I was speaking Russian so I was like I don't really know how to move around what to say here because we have the set dialogue of Russian when I'm supposed to Say but I can't just you know improv Russian So he just was like oh, you know you're talking about the other thing and then you know get back into it That's crazy. Yeah, I just recently saw Michael Jackson or Michael on Broadway. Mm-hmm. It was So it it was guys you have to see it. It was amazing. I was I don't have musicals. That's my problem Michael Jackson though like this is a Michael Jackson. I can't that's one thing I can't get on board with but like I just personally don't like plays when they're all of a sudden They're like she hated it and then it goes into this whole thing. I'm like oh - You don't get it, you don't get it. (laughing) - No. - You don't like musicals either, huh? - You don't? - I'm like, baby, I like plays that are just like, I don't know, once the music things are happening, I kinda get lost in it, like, I don't know. The only two musicals, we like, - This is the experience. - No, no, no, I don't know, I'm just, I'm like, we liked Petina's show. - Into the woods was fine, into the woods was fine. - Into the woods, that's a classic. - That was fine, I'm not gonna lie, that was fine. - That was a beautiful one, no? - Yes. - Yeah, it was a musical. - Yeah, it was fine, I didn't go out, I liked that. - What about these? - But I think it was only fire, because Petina was like, - I think I'd rather watch a musical player, rather than a movie. - Really? - Yeah. - 'Cause it's like, 'cause watching a musical movie is just like, all right, but watching a musical play is like, you see the acting, and then it's like a real, like, like, last song that's kinda like coming into it. - Yeah, yeah, you're more into it. - Yeah, I got the music. - There's nothing worse than a musical movie. - Yeah, the bottom of my list. It's the bottom of my list. - The musical play is better than, 'cause, like, at least you can watch it a little bit, but a musical movie you're like. - I wish my life was a musical movie. If I could live my life like a musical movie, I would. - It's the only musical. - She goes to Harvard. (laughing) - What was it called? What was that, like, it was on Disney. I was like, the only musical I've watched. - What? - High school musical. - High school musical, yeah. That's the only musical. - You forgot the name of high school musical? - Yeah, I'm crazy. - Oh my gosh. - But like, that's the only, like, movie musical I've ever watched. - Really, which, all three, or just like? - Yeah, all the more. I don't think I've ever seen any other, like, on a movie. - That's a great. That's a great story. - It's fine. - It's great. - I'm buggin'. High school musical is top 10 favorite movie of mine, but that's the only one I like. - It's fine. - Yeah, that's very comfortable. - Which one? - I felt like, I felt like, the first one. I didn't watch the rest of them. I felt like Troy Bolton in high school when I was playing hockey, but like, wanted to be an actor. I'm like, I'm fucking Troy. - Oh my god. - Did you sing on the ring? - In my head. I'm not really much of a singer. - You're like, you're like going down the ring. Guys are like, what the fuck? - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - So I had a question, so now that you're like, you're like, in high school just mowed right now. - Yes. - And if you could like, I asked this, like, to all, like, actors and actresses, if you could tell them make a role for yourself, like. - Tell them make a role? - Yeah. - Like, something that you want to play. - Well, now it's gonna sound like I'm making it up, but like a musical role. Like, I would that be my dream. Like, I love theater so much and I love film. And I just want to like combine it. - Put it together? - Yeah. - Okay, let's get these musicals going for my change. This is dumb, guys. Come on, lock it in. - Wait, so you were auditioning for musicals at nine? - Yeah, so I started out, actually, I was a competitive dancer. I started dancing when I was-- - Oh, that makes sense. - Yeah, I started dancing when I was three. - Yeah, the dance to acting pipeline is a bit common. But I started dancing when I was like three. It's like super young. And I love dancing. It's like, you know, my first ever thing that I was really into. So I went to an open call from Matilda just because I wanted to start getting into, I don't know, dancing roles. I thought maybe I could start doing it outside of just my dance studio. And then I auditioned for Matilda. I hadn't heard anything for like six months. And I was super pissed because I was like, why wouldn't they cast me? I thought I had a shot. And then they called me back. And I was called back for the role of Matilda. And I thought I had just auditioned for like an ensemble role or dance role. So that's kind of just how it all happened from there. - That's crazy. - Yeah. - That's fine. - Mike, do you think you could do it? Do you think you could do Broadway? - Hell no. - Broadway is-- - Broadway is-- - What do you mean, me doing-- - No, no, no, if I had like what, how long is the preparation? How long did they say they were rehearsed for until they actually started doing this? - About like a month. - Yeah, like a month. Probably like almost two months. And then they also do like the rehearsals in front of the crowd too. So like I think if I had that much time-- - Like previous and stuff. - Yeah, yeah, the previous. I had that much time of preparation. Maybe I could do it. But I'll just like have to really like lock in. I'll just have to dedicate myself. Like literally like I'll have to prepare myself to be ready for preparation. 'Cause like bro, what do you mean rehearsals? But eight hours a day, seven days a week. - Yeah, we would, all the kids would have three hours of school in the morning too. And then we'd go into rehearsals. - I remember that when I was on the sand. I happened to do three hours of work. - Awful. - It was the worst thing ever. - Awful. - I have the shortest day ever. And I'd be like oh no, you gotta stay for school. - Yeah, you just stay for school. - I'm like, come on. - And my mom had been over, but she was so pissed. She was like, oh, you're just, we have to leave. Like what do you mean? - It was the worst. - You got a little loophole though, you got a little loophole. - Yeah, and some of the two hours were so rude. - I remember I was swimming this morning. I was swimming this one movie Second Chance Christmas for the Twitter that they had for me. She was like the scariest lady ever. Like she was mad, like weird. Like shout out to her. Like she was nice, but like at the time, like she was like mad, weird, and like scary to me, bro. And she'd like bring like cookies and like a plastic bag. - Some of them were like one of those cookies, bro. - Yeah, they'd bring like the weirdest snack. - Bro, the weirdest. - Yeah. - I'm like, this lady's like scary. Like she looked like a lady that go home to like, like 30 cats in her house. You know what I'm saying? Like just have like weird like puppet and doll in her house. Like that's the type of lady she looked like at the time. I don't know. I don't know if I'm supposed to. - That's what Michael thinks all white people have in their house. - That was a doll. - It was just that lady. I'm from this, it was just that, bro. She was scary as hell, bro. I swear. - Now the tutors, they were, they were not nice. - It was bad though. But I was homeschooled so like-- - Mattette, most of the time I didn't have-- - I was sorry, gone. - I didn't have a tutor. - Oh really? - Because you could just do it on your own. - That's so nice. - Thank God. But that time I had to do it. - I was so jealous of those kids. - This was so dope having you. We loved having you on the podcast. We got to have you back. When you have season two come out, we'll have you back. - Awesome. - You know, if you get this movie, we'll have you back then. But yeah, we will see if you will be in legacy. That would be crazy. - That would be awesome. - That would be such a cool like Easter egg, you know. - I'm predicting it. - Me too. - All right. - Because it's only-- - Michael's predicting it. - I was like, I'm gonna be a fan real quick. I'm gonna do a little theory real quick. - All right. - It's only right, bro. It's only right. - I agree. - It's literally, the show's gonna be centered around the two people that fucked her life up. So I was like, she's gonna come back with some vengeance. I think. - I know what if she comes back and kills you both at the end of the show. I'll be insane. - I'll be fine with it. - Do you think I could? That's like a good, religious story right there. - No, I think it-- - And then she just breaks into a musical. She's like, I feel them both. (laughing) That would be OD. I think she's gonna have some vengeance in our show. - I hope so. - And be awesome. - We will see that. That'll be so cool. - I'll come back with that. - But she's gonna come back and kill us and shit. - You look great. - Thank you so much for coming. - Thank you. - We appreciate it. Of course, do you have any social media you want to plug? Any anything else that you want to plug? - I mean, my Instagram's just my name, I'm a tagging 40, it's basically it, yeah. - Hell yeah. Go watch Testaments. If you haven't watched it yet, it's so good. And yeah. - Thank you. - And you just such a treat having here. I gotta meet you in person. - I know. - Mike, plug, plug what you got. - Nix and four. - Okay, but we don't know when this episode is coming out. So it might be in a couple of weeks. So the next might of the time it comes out, the next is gonna be Champions. Let's go. - And me and Mike, me and Mike were at the game and it was unbelievable. We went to game five in San Antonio. - No, not tonight, not tonight. - Okay. - Not tonight, unfortunately. So hopefully, yeah, I sort of look. Shout out to PricePix, the homies. No, I'm sorry. We love PricePix. - We love PricePix. So the thing is, I'm in a bit of a pickle because I want the next to sweet. Like, I want them to sweet, but PricePix is getting us to take us to the game five. - Oh. - Oh, my God. You know? I mean, it's the NBA, bro. I don't think they're gonna let them sweet. - I really do. - I think it's gonna be five. - For us way too perfect. - Yeah. - And we already swept like two rounds in a row. They're not gonna let us sweet again for the Champions. - Not all of us game was really close. - My cortisol levels was through the roof. - That was really scary. - My heart was beating so fast towards the end. It was bad. It was bad. But it was a good win. - I would have paid to see you during that game, Michael. - Oh, Gianni. Gianni. Gianni. I almost had a heart attack. I believe it. - I believe it. - I believe it. - That's why you and me came five. Like it's gonna be the best night of our lives. - They're gonna hate us. - They're gonna hate us in San Antonio. - Yeah. - 'Cause we gotta get security for the game. - But that's the fun part of it. - I know, but they don't hate Shalame and Fat Joe. They hate them, bro. They hate them, bro. I was talking to-- - No, Kylie. - I was talking to Fat Joe at the Gotham Bowl. The food bank, like, a gallery we having and everything. I was talking to Fat Joe about the Knicks or whatever. He went to the 76ers games. He was like, "Yo, I almost got into like six fights, my G." He was like, "He said I'm walking through." And all I hear is, "Hey, yo, Fat Joe, suck my dick." (laughing) - Really? - Yo, I swear, bro. He was like, "Yo, it was crazy out there. It reckless." - I was like, "Yeah, I mean, he was in Philly, but he's about to be lit." - Yeah, he's gonna be lit. - Hey, you gotta get on that jet with Fat Joe to go to the game. - Yeah, we out. I'm about to call him. - You gotta hit Fat Joe in big. - You gotta extra spot on that jet. - We're gonna bring out the jet, I'm coming. I'm gonna call myself, "We're a jet, Mikey." You know what I'm saying, G5, Mikey. (laughing) - Here we are. - All right, the Knicks have already won. This should be out in the next week or two. - Awesome. - So, Mattea, thank you so much for coming on. We love you, we appreciate it. - Thanks for having me. - Hell yeah, Mike, of course, of course. Michael, give us one. - The crew has it, and you have it, we out here. - The crew has it, and you have it, thank you Matteo. (cheering) Hell yeah. - It was so fun. (upbeat music) [MUSIC] >> Last ones in the airport by breakfast. [MUSIC]