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Chase Infiniti - _The Testaments_ _ The Daily Show · Mic Drop Comedy

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  Speaker 1: How are we feeling?
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  Speaker 2: Hi.
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  Speaker 3: I feel great.
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  Speaker 2: How are you today?
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  Speaker 4: I'm great. Man, what an intense show. Already renewed for
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  Speaker 4: season two.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 4: Get that shuttered.
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  Speaker 3: And I think it was this week you received a
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  Speaker 3: Gotham TV Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I did.
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  Speaker 3: How about you?
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  Speaker 4: Talk me through it. What does that picture evoke for you?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it was.
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  Speaker 1: It was an insane moment because I just remember hearing
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  Speaker 1: my name get called and I was like, oh, I won?
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  Speaker 1: And I kind of like, I blacked out a little
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  Speaker 1: bit and then I walked up on stage and I
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  Speaker 1: was like, okay, I have to make sure, because I
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  Speaker 1: prepared nothing, so of course.
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  Speaker 2: And I was like, I have to make sure that
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  Speaker 2: I list off everybody who helped me get here.
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  Speaker 1: And so I thanked my team and the producers and
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  Speaker 1: the cast of The Testaments. But I see that picture
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  Speaker 1: and I just feel so happy because I was just
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  Speaker 1: over the moon.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, it's kind of a big responsibility. These Margaret
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  Speaker 3: Atwood books, Handmaid's Tale debuted 10 years ago. The Testaments
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  Speaker 3: was written in 2019 with a lot of the same
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  Speaker 3: themes that are relevant today.
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  Speaker 4: The patriarchy is still evil. People are clapping at.
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  Speaker 1: That.
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  Speaker 4: How did you feel with that responsibility to take on
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  Speaker 4: that character, Agnes?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think it felt very.
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  Speaker 1: You know what's crazy is I didn't feel very anxious
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  Speaker 1: stepping into it because I knew that.
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  Speaker 1: The whole cast and the whole crew going into it,
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  Speaker 1: because I'd met a couple people beforehand, especially like Bruce Miller,
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  Speaker 1: our showrunner, and I knew that they already were welcoming
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  Speaker 1: me in with so much love and so much care.
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  Speaker 2: And also just with incredible energy.
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  Speaker 1: And so I kind of had that to relieve the
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  Speaker 1: anxiety that I felt going into it, because it is
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  Speaker 1: a massive responsibility. And just the source material alone, like
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  Speaker 1: Margaret Atwood, incredible. And The Handmaid's Tale, the book, I
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  Speaker 1: studied it in school. And even the TV show, like
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  Speaker 1: it's so... And I was so loved for so many reasons,
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  Speaker 1: so I really wanted to make sure that I did
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  Speaker 1: right by her writing, right by the fans, and also
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  Speaker 1: right by Hannah, because she is such a beloved character
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  Speaker 1: as well.
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  Speaker 4: You did right.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 4: You did right by it. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: It's excellent.
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  Speaker 4: You're excellent.
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  Speaker 3: There are these themes of community and community amongst girls.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, friendship, love.
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  Speaker 3: There's definitely a rebellious streak.
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  Speaker 4: What did you relate with most? Were you a rebellious teenager?
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  Speaker 1: I don't know about rebellious, but I had my moments
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  Speaker 1: of rebellion where I would, if an adult told me
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  Speaker 1: to do something, of course you're like, well, I'm not
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  Speaker 1: gonna do it because they told me to do it.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, Margaret Atwood told me, I can say shut up
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  Speaker 4: to you.
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  Speaker 1: But of course there's so many themes in the book
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  Speaker 1: that I think a lot of people can relate to.
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  Speaker 1: And same with the TV show. And I think that
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  Speaker 1: the great thing about our show, especially for the episodes
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  Speaker 1: that we have right now, and I hope it can,
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  Speaker 1: I'm excited for it to continue forward.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's great.
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  Speaker 1: But I think that there's so many themes that are
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  Speaker 1: part of it that are so universal. The friendship element
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  Speaker 1: is something that I'm really connected to. My friends are
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  Speaker 1: some of the most important people in my life. And
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  Speaker 1: I think that also just the sense of community is
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  Speaker 1: something that I feel very strongly about. And I think
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  Speaker 1: that It's shown so beautifully in the show, especially with
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  Speaker 1: these young girls who really only have each other when
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  Speaker 1: they're told that they're not supposed to.
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  Speaker 2: Have that connection.
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  Speaker 3: You know, community is this word that is thrown around
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  Speaker 3: a lot. And I join a gym, and they text me, hey,
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  Speaker 3: welcome to the community.
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  Speaker 4: And I'm like.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think this is the community that really is
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  Speaker 3: going to save our society, but it is clear in
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  Speaker 3: the Testaments that community is a powerful word and is
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  Speaker 3: an important aspect that we have to have. And I'm
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  Speaker 3: sure you were hoping people would take that away from
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  Speaker 3: the Testaments.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, completely, completely.
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  Speaker 1: I think that, again, one of the beautiful things about
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  Speaker 1: the show is it emphasizes how important community is, not
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  Speaker 1: only within our own lives, but to enact change in
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  Speaker 1: the world. And I think that one of the beautiful
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  Speaker 1: things that you see with these girls is even though
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  Speaker 1: they don't have that much power in Gilead, the amount
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  Speaker 1: that they can do with that power that they have
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  Speaker 1: because they've built a strong community, it does far more
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  Speaker 1: than anybody could have imagined. And I think that just
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  Speaker 1: having the show to remind people of that and remind
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  Speaker 1: people of connection, that I feel very fortunate to be
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  Speaker 1: a part of.
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  Speaker 4: That's great. You are Midwest by nature. Love that so much.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you.
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  Speaker 4: I'm a Michigander myself.
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  Speaker 2: I'm a Hoosier and a Chicagoan.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, Indianapolis and Chicago.
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  Speaker 3: But you've had this colossal trajectory so quickly, it feels like.
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  Speaker 3: I'm sure from your perspective, you know all the steps.
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  Speaker 3: Is it important for you to remain Midwest? What does
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  Speaker 3: it mean to be Midwest? I mean, I'm sure you're
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  Speaker 3: in New York and LA a lot, but what's your
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  Speaker 3: perspective on where you're from now, where you are in
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  Speaker 3: show business?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think it's, I love being able to go
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  Speaker 2: back home.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that there's key things about the Midwest
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  Speaker 1: that just, I don't know if I could ever leave just, again,
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  Speaker 1: that sense of community. The Midwest nice is something that
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  Speaker 1: I really do love. And also, like, that's where my
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  Speaker 1: family is, that's where my home is. I love that city,
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  Speaker 1: and I have no intention of leaving.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, me right now.
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  Speaker 4: Chicago, you're talking about Chicago. Chicago, Chicago, Chicago. Tell me
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  Speaker 4: what you love about Chicago.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, the food is amazing. But also like.
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  Speaker 4: I noticed you had a deep dish pizza in your purse.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, of course.
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  Speaker 1: I always carry it with me. But I think the
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  Speaker 1: food is incredible. The architecture is beautiful.
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  Speaker 4: For sure, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And also just, I love that it's like a... It
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  Speaker 2: feels like a small, big city.
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  Speaker 1: Because, I guess maybe because I've been there for so long,
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  Speaker 1: I'm very accustomed to the transit lines and getting around.
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  Speaker 2: But also just... I don't know, it feels cozy.
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  Speaker 1: But if I ever am craving the big city feel,
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  Speaker 1: I can just go downtown and kind of get my
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  Speaker 1: fill of that.
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  Speaker 3: I always said that when I moved to LA, I
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  Speaker 3: couldn't believe people would just lie.
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  Speaker 4: To my face. Be like, hey, we should get lunch sometime.
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  Speaker 3: And then I would follow up five times, and I'd
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  Speaker 3: be like, I think maybe they didn't want to get lunch.
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  Speaker 4: But in the Midwest, if someone says they're going to
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  Speaker 4: get lunch, you're going to get lunch.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly. And if anything, it's probably like in two days.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, we're going to do lunch. Let's do it right now. Yes.
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  Speaker 4: What type of roles do you look forward to playing
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  Speaker 4: in the future?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, these last two that I've seen you in
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  Speaker 3: from One Battle After Another and The Testaments, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: a rebellious, strong woman fighting the man.
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  Speaker 4: Is this what we're going to see from you in
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  Speaker 4: the future? Or is it all... up for grabs?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I hope to.
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  Speaker 1: Continue to play parts that kind of challenge both me
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  Speaker 1: and also the way that people can view me in
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  Speaker 1: a way.
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  Speaker 4: Sure.
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  Speaker 1: But I also am excited to see what the future
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  Speaker 1: holds and the variety of things I can do, because
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  Speaker 1: I want to kind of branch out Of course.
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  Speaker 2: And do a bunch of different things. I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I love acting.
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  Speaker 4: You were a musical... Were you involved in musical theater?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I went to school for musical theater.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, so you sing.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, my gosh. I'm not going to say sing now. Stop.
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  Speaker 2: Thank God. I'm not warmed up. I'm not warmed up.
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  Speaker 4: But Broadway is maybe... I mean, here we are in
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  Speaker 4: New York City. Broadway is something that could potentially be
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  Speaker 4: in your mind?
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  Speaker 2: I hope so. I mean, it's been a dream of mine. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that's cool.
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  Speaker 1: That's cool. It's been a dream of mine since I was.
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  Speaker 4: Like, 10.
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  Speaker 2: So.
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  Speaker 3: It's been a dream of hers since 10, so she's
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  Speaker 3: gonna have to beat me out, beat me first.
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  Speaker 4: Because, whatever. You've worked with Leonardo DiCaprio.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: You've worked with Sean Penn.
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  Speaker 1: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 4: Now you've worked with Michael Kosta.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, what is it like It's such an honor.
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  Speaker 4: What is it like being around such icons?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, I'm kind of very anxious right now.
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  Speaker 1: You make me very anxious because I'm so excited to
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  Speaker 1: be here, of course.
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  Speaker 4: You have to say that.
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  Speaker 3: But what is it like sharing a screen with people
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  Speaker 3: that you grew up watching, I'm sure?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it's incredible because I can learn so
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  Speaker 1: much from them. And I did learn so much from them.
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  Speaker 1: And I feel very grateful, too, because I can call
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  Speaker 1: on them for anything. But just watching their, not only
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  Speaker 1: their professionalism, but like their passion. And just how incredibly
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  Speaker 1: gentle they are with their leadership. And I think that
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  Speaker 1: that is something that I also admire deeply and their kindness.
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  Speaker 2: And I just learned so much from them.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, in the Testaments, I think I read
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  Speaker 3: that you were number one on the call sheet, which
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  Speaker 3: makes sense. But that comes with a little bit of
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  Speaker 3: sense of responsibility. Was that something you took seriously?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, completely.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that I also felt an extra level
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  Speaker 1: of responsibility considering that there were a bunch of younger
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  Speaker 1: girls that were on the show. I mean, it was
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  Speaker 1: the greatest gift of all to be working on a
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  Speaker 1: show with girls who are similar to my age. But
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  Speaker 1: I also wanted to be a voice of advocacy for
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  Speaker 1: them because I know that I'm in a very privileged position,
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  Speaker 1: both in terms of the show, but also in terms
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  Speaker 1: of my experience and I wanted to make sure that
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  Speaker 1: I could, I guess, be of example to them, but
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  Speaker 1: also if they ever needed anything, I tried to make
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  Speaker 1: sure that they knew that I was always there for them.
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  Speaker 1: And just to be a listening ear, if they even
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  Speaker 1: just needed a pick me up or anything, I could
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  Speaker 1: be there for them.
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  Speaker 4: I've never been number one on a call sheet.
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  Speaker 3: I've been number 14, but equally, I take that very
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  Speaker 3: seriously and with a lot of responsibility. And I always
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  Speaker 3: tell people that are between the numbers of 14 and 99,
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  Speaker 3: you can come talk to me anytime you want. I
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  Speaker 3: love asking artists, actors, creators, what inspires them, what motivates them,
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  Speaker 3: what comes to mind when I first ask that from you,
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  Speaker 3: or something that we can all take from what gives
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  Speaker 3: you your energy and your inspiration.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, my community.
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  Speaker 1: I think that my friends and my family are the
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  Speaker 1: people that give me the most energy, the most inspiration.
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  Speaker 1: I always say that my best friend is my biggest
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  Speaker 1: inspiration because if she doesn't, I'm like, well, she's doing it.
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  Speaker 2: I kind of want to try it.
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  Speaker 1: But my community are the people that inspire me the most.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that they pour so much into me,
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  Speaker 1: and I try to pour back into them, and I
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  Speaker 1: love them. They're my people in life, and so I'm
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  Speaker 1: grateful to have them.
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  Speaker 4: That's great. Thank you very, very much for coming here today.
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  Speaker 3: All episodes of The Testament are streaming on Hulu and
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  Speaker 3: Hulu on Disney +.
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  Speaker 2: Chase Infinity!